Here's a song from Director Padmarajan's classic 'Koodevidae' which stormed the box-office in the eearly eighties. This song was composed by Johnson and was the only background song in the movie. Reflecting on the beauty of spring and shot in a hill station, the song depicted the return of happiness in a rejected student's life(portrayed by actor Rahman in this debut movie of his).

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Happy Navarathri season!

Navarathri is celebrated from the first to ninth date of Ashwin Shukla Paksha of the Hindu Calendar for the worship of the Goddess Durga. The name “Durga” means “inaccessible”, and she is the personification of the active side of the divine “shakti” energy of Lord Shiva. In fact, she represents the furious powers of all the male Gods, and is the ferocious protector of the righteous, and destroyer of the evil. Durga is usually portrayed as riding a lion, and carrying weapons in her many arms.Nine different manifestations of Durga are worshipped over the nine days:

• Durga :Goddess beyond reach
• Bhadrakali the auspicious power of time
• Amba or Jagadamba: mother of the world
• Annapurna: giver of food and plenty
• Sarvamangala: auspicious goddess
• Bhairavi: terrible, fearful, power of death
• Chandika or handi: violent, wrathful, furious
• Lalita: playful
• Bhavani: giver of existence.

In the south , during Navarathri, friends, relatives and neighbors are invited over to one's home to look at Golu-the arrangement of the dolls symbolizing Gods,Goddesses and people on a 3/5/7/9 tier step. We find dolls dressed in traditional costumes from the various Indian States. There's also a kids' edition attached, which spans themes like jungle, park, school, sports and is a major factor of attraction for young ones.Each day of the festival starts with reciting the stotras and singing devotional songs. In the evenings, offerings of fruits and flowers are made to the decorated Golu. Also, daily puja is done by lighting a lamp. Celebrations are complete when friends and neighbors visit and enjoy seeing the beautiful arrangement of the Golu and eat the delicious sweets and snacks prepared by the hostess. This year's Navarathri season begins on Sep 19 and ends with Vijayadashami on Sep 28.

Today's posting is a devotional song in Telugu on Sri Rajarajeshwari composed in Kaanada scale. I performed this song at Mahaganapati Temple of AZ this year, during their anniversary celebrations.

Album: Ugra Roopam

Language: Telugu

Sung by: Karthik R

Sri Chakra Simhasini | Online recorder

ആലിപ്പഴം പെറുക്കാന്‍...Aalippazham Perukkan!!

This month's post is an evergreen fun song from a movie that created history in Indian cinema. Exclusively made for children in the mid-80s, the film deployed 3D technology, which was a wonder at that time. Released in multiple languages, various state governments exempted entertainment tax on the ticket prices as a pleasant bonus. Music was scored by Maestro Ilayaraja. With an interesting mix of instruments and a fun-filled tune, the song became a popular hit and featured at various occasions where kids performed. Let's relive the nostalgic times yet again!!

Album: My Dear Kuttichathan
Year: 1984
Language: Malayalam
Music: Ilayaraja
Cover version by Karthik R


Aalippazham Perukkan(My Dear Kuttichathan-3D) | Music Upload

Mere Dholna

This month's post is a classical-based song from the movie Bhool Bhulaiyya, a Hindi remake of Fazil's Manichitrathaazhu(Malayalam). The movie won accolades in all languages it was remade in-Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. This song appears in the climax. With the variable tempo in the composition, beautiful harkats and jugalbandhi in the sargam part, the song soared up in popularity immensely in the year 2007. I've performed this song atleast 4 times in various occasions, the last of which was AID benefit show in Feb 2009. The response to this song has remained tremendous till date-once again re-inforcing that it is bound to be evergreen.


Album: Bhool Bhulaiyya
Year: 2007
Language: Hindi
Sung by: Karthik R and Mayuri Ray



Mere Dholna Sun from Bhool Bhulaiyya | Upload Music

Kaatrin Mozhi

Mozhi-the pleasant blockbuster of 2007 holds a special place in Tamil film history. It is credited with a neat storyline, skilled starcast and above all..music with melody ruling the roost after a really long time in Tamil films. The title song was a chartbuster hit with meaningful lyrics and a simple yet fresh tune by Vidyasagar. Here's a recording of this song performed by Mayuri and me at Arizona Tamil Sangam in August 2007.


Album: Mozhi
Composer: Vidyasagar
Cover version by Mayuri Ray and Karthik R



Kaatrin Mozhi | Online recorder

Konja Neram Konja Neram

Here's presenting a song from Superstar Rajinikanth's hit movie 'Chandramukhi'. With a storyline based on Fazil's malayalam movie Manichithrathaazhu and refreshing tunes by Vidyasagar, the movie went on to be one of the top grossers of 2005. This song was received well at multiple occasions, the most recent being Arizona Tamil Sangam Deepavali celebrations 2008.

Language:Tamil
Album:Chandramukhi
Composer:Vidyasagar
Cover version by Mayuri Ray and Karthik R


Konja Neram Konja Neram | Music Upload

Naguva Nayana

Today's post is an all-time hit duet composed by Maestro Ilayaraja for Manirathnam's debut movie 'Pallavi Anupallavi' in Kannada. The movie featured the hindi actor Anil Kapoor in a lead role. I performed this song at the AID benefit concert on Feb 20, 2009 at Phoenix, AZ alongwith Mayuri Ray.

Language: Kannada
Album: Pallavi Anupallavi
Composer: Ilayaraja
Cover version by Karthik R and Mayuri Ray



Naguva Nayana | Online recorder