En Iniya Pen Nilave

I don't think you'll hear me sing too many Jesudas songs, but there are millions of his fans who wouldn't believe if you tell them there are other singers as well (you know what I mean). However, one of my favorite Jesudas song is from this movie "Modu Pani" with Prathap Pothan and Late Shobha in lead roles. Besides Jesudas's voice, the greatness of this song is its simplicity. In those years when very little technology was prevalent, Illayaraja had to entirely rely on his brilliance when it came to handling / mixing instruments. The melody of this song and its cinematography was just too good.

I think I have made a decent attempt in bringing back memories for some of you and I hope to continue doing the same with few other forth coming songs.

As always, enjoy and please leave your comments.




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Pani Vizhum Malar Vanam

By now millions of people would have sung this song as a karaoke, on a stage, in their bathrooms...just amazing song! As I had mentioned in one of my earlier blogs, Illayaraja is very kind to certain producer / director wherein music in their films stand out. One such director who happens to be that lucky person is yesteryear Producer-director Sridhar. Most of the songs in his movies become a superhit and end up being chart busters composed by none other than our "Mr. Raja".

This song brings back memories from 80s wherein this was one of my favorite solo number that I very often sang in various competitions (and won as well!). Easy on the ears with a feet tapping rhythm. While this movie Ninaivellam Nithya didn't turn out to be a hit, it introduced actor Gemini Ganesan's daughter Jiji as co-star opposite to Karthik (another actor Muthuraman's son).

Once again as it has happened before, I am not too very impressed with the karaoke track that I was able to get to perform this song, but have made my attempt with what I got.

Enjoy and please comment.



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Kal Ho Na Ho

I rarely watch Hindi movies, but few years ago this one (Kal Ho Na Ho)was recommended to me by few friends. I made an effort to pick this up from my video library and watched this movie with my family and was touched. In this day and age where there are very few movies that you could watch as a family (you know what I mean), this one is a safe bet.

Except for the star cast, this movie otherwise is quite simple and to great extent same old drama; but, the powerful performance of Shahrukh, it’s awesome locales and effective supporting crew added to its glamour and neat narration. Some of the background score from this movie (though might sound repetitive) they were soothing to our ears and was very supportive to the storyline.

This title song sung by Sonu Nigam was at the top of the charts and if you haven't heard the original score before, I am sure after you hear this karaoke you'll be able to appreciate its top position.

As always enjoy & please leave comment




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Ankhon Mein Ajab Si

Ok, this is a song that I stumbled upon just couple of hours before I decided to make a karaoke. I haven't heard this song until I happen to visit another blogger's site wherein he had written so passionately about this song and infact recreated this entire song in his keyboard and some wonderful software to produce this almost replica of the original song from the Hindi feature Om Shanthi Om starring Shahrukh Khan. When I heard this the first time, I immediately decided to make a karaoke of this more so because of the effort and time put in by this wonderful Dr. Ashwinkumar Murthy http://drashkum.blogspot.com. Please note that the background score belongs to him.

It took me atleast couple of hours to understand the lyrics, tune and its gamakams. Hindi being not my first language, I found it a bit difficult to get the lyrics right though in the end I think it turned out OK; however, I still wanted to get this out and solicit your feedback.

As always enjoy and comment



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Jotheyali Jothe Jotheyali

I have been searching for a long time for this all time great Kannada song (Karaoke version) from the movie Geetha. What an amazing song by SPB and Janaki. Its feet tapping rhythm, captivating lyrics by Udayashankar and most of all scintillating / heartwarming music by Illayaraja is simply superb.

Since its Kannada version, we have heard its Tamil version in the movie Nooravadhu Naal starring Vijayakanth, Mohan (in negative role) and Nalini and recently in the Amitabh Bachan / Tabu starrer Cheeni Kum. Infact remake of this song in Hindi as early as couple of years ago (after such a long gap from its original version) goes to prove the ever greenness of this awesome song.

While it’s true that I am a great SPB fan, I liked this song particularly for its smoothness and melody.

I have tried this duet as a solo which in a way limited my options but still felt you all will like it.

Enjoy and comment.




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Paadu Nilave

The next song is from the Tamil feature Udhaya Geetham. Belief was, movies produced in the combination of Kovai Thambi, Actor Mohan, Illayaraja & SP Balasubramanian was destined to become a super grosser. Though quite a few of such movies didn't have much substance, the sheer (special) magic created by Raja & SPB in a way assisted Mohan to achieve stardom and filled Kovai Thambi coffers. Revathi who played the female lead role in this movie was infact cast with Mohan in several other movies.

This song that I have sung was one of hits from this movie where all the songs were chartbusters. The soundtrack tapes were much sought after those days (1985) and infact not a single radio station missed playing these songs atleast once a day.

Enjoy this awesome & melodious song; this also is one of my favorite songs.

Nilave Vaa

Lots of work related travel in the recent past has been keeping me away from my desk at home with very little time to indulge in my passion (singing!). This weekend I did find sometime and thought I need to catch up with you all.

This next song is from a National Award (1987) winning movie Mouna Raagam. This movie won several awards and also got the director Mani Rathnam a Silver Lotus for the best regional film. Needless to say this was an awesome movie with lot of drama/emotions/lighter moments and ofcourse enthralling musical score by none other than maestro Illayaraja. While all the songs from this movie were super hits and remained in the top of the charts in its time, this particular song sung by SP Balasubramaniam is such a melodious gem that I am sure it will remain a captivating one across all generations. Infact my six year old daughter who happen to hear this song for the 1st time was so much impressed that she has been humming this tune quite often.

As always your comments are welcome, enjoy this wonderful song.