After a hiatus I'm back with a cover version of a personal favourite from
Salilda's Malayalam repertoire. This song was composed for the movie 'Raagam', the Malayalam remake of 'Anuraag' with some obvious classy and trademark techniques of Salilda. Deriving the tune from his own Bengali composition (Jodi Barono), he pleasantly re-orchestrated it to give an evergreen touch. While the Bengali version was rendered by Lataji, the Malayalam version was handed over to 'Lataji of the South'- the undisputed melody queen, P.Susheela. This remains one of her concert favourites till date. Hats off to the magical duo-Salilda and Susheelamma.
Original singer: P.Susheela
Composer: Salil Chowdhury
Album: Raagam
Cover version by Karthik R
Ambadi Poonkuyile | Online recorder
Among the new age music composers, Mickey J Meyer has struck gold with his debut album 'Happy Days' released a couple of years back. Set against an engineering college backdrop, the movie was a pleasant success with attributes like director Shekhar Kammula's fresh and youthful approach, peppy music and brand new starcast. Today's post is a popular song from this album. I performed this song accompanied by the noted Telugu playback singer and composer Shri G.Anand's orchestra 'Swaramaadhuri' on May 30, 2009 for Capitol Area Telugu Society, Baltimore.
Oscar winner A.R.Rahman, the strongest music force spanning close to two decades, needs no elaborate description. His humbleness is as large as his achievements and this is an invaluable virtue not seen in many of his contemporaries. His partnership with Manirathnam has never failed to exceed one's expectations since the days of 'Roja'. Today's post is an ode to peace composed for the movie 'Amrutha' released in 2002. The story revolved around a child's search for her mother in the troubled borders of Sri Lanka. The song conveyed a strong message for the need of world peace. One of the simple yet soulful, serene yet strong compositions of the maestro. Jai Ho to ARR!
