Topic started by Rajaraman (@ 192.122.136.148) on Thu May 29 23:20:07 EDT 1997.
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• From: Rajaraman (@ 192.122.136.148) on: Thu May 29 23:32:09 EDT 1997
  
  NERUKKU NER:
  
  Stars: Vijay, Surya(son of Sivakumar)
  Dir: Vasanth
  Prod: Mani ratnam's Madras Talkies
  
  Has 5 songs
  
  1. Akila akila - Aslam mustafa, Noel james endru oru pattalame koothadichirukkum paattu.
  2. Engenge(hariharan, asha bhosle) - just ok. asha's accent is horrible
  3. Thudikkindra kaathal(mano, bhavathaarani) - ok.
  (Is Bhavathaa singing first time outside of her family's music?)
  4. Manam virumbuthe(Unni) - Lifted from "Manavyaalakim"
  kriti, but may interest people.
  5. Aval varuvaalaa(Hariharan, Shahul hameed) - good.
  
  An above average(yes..good) album from Deva.
  
  Detailed review, anyone?
  
  -
  
  
• From: Rajaraman (@ 192.122.136.148) on: Thu May 29 23:39:10 EDT 1997
  
  (contd last post)
  
  "Manam virumbhuthe" also has a version sung by Harini.
  
  
• From: Ravi (@ greed.cs.umass.edu) on: Thu May 29 23:41:58 EDT 1997
  
  Is avaL varuvALA the last song sung by SH? (nimmadhi perumoochchu vida thOnugirathu but propriety stops me. )
  
  
• From: Ravi (@ greed.cs.umass.edu) on: Thu May 29 23:43:09 EDT 1997
  
  I read a report somewhere that Bavathaarini has sung a song for Sirpi.
  
  
• From: Rajaraman (@ 192.122.136.148) on: Fri May 30 05:12:37 EDT 1997
  
  Enakku nimmadhi perumoochu, Bhavatha paadurathai
  niruthiya piragu thaan....
  
  
• From: Pagalavan Krishnamoorthy (@ shad.cisco.com) on: Fri May 30 17:59:09 EDT 1997
  
  I am surprised that someone does not like Bhavatharini's voice. I feel the "kuzhandhaiththanam nirambiya kumarippen" touch in her voice.
  
  On the other hand, have you ever listened to Malgudi Subha..I would agree with you for Malgudi Subha...
  
  
• From: Rajaraman (@ 192.122.136.148) on: Fri May 30 21:49:11 EDT 1997
  
  It's not the voice that's in question, but her singing
  talents. Yes.. she shows "kuzhanthaithanam" in that
  too... :-)
  
  I don't know how she is managing to give classical
  concerts! Ellaam neram..
  
  
• From: P. Sundram (@ palo9.pacific.net.sg) on: Tue Jun 10 11:17:08 EDT 1997
  
  Absolutely with Rajaraman on Bhavatharini's singing talents. She occasionally seems to have difficulty hitting high notes and sticking to the key. It's ditto for dad although he's one of the greatest music composers India has produced.
  
  
• From: Gopal Prasad (@ host-207-53-2-196.atl.bellsouth.net) on: Wed Jun 11 10:47:52 EDT 1997
  
  I have been listening to the Maestro's music and his voice in particular, for quite a no. of years.
  According to pundits,his voice may be shaky at a high scale, but its his very voice that has attracted many fans like me. In fact, there is not a day without his Geetanjali, a devotional rendition, in my home. He weaves an artless, naive vocal abracadabra around you. He owes that to the spirituality he has sustained in all these years. Definitely his voice is unique.
  Lets accept that now.
  On to Bhavathaarini's voice: Just good for a young , talented singer. Its again different!!. Thats it. I again like the unsophisticated nature of the voice. I think you ought not to be a pundit to enjoy something....
  
  
  
  
• From: Padmanabhan Ganesan (@ igw2.merck.com) on: Mon Jun 16 15:48:34 EDT 1997
  
  Deva has flicked two songs ( that I know) in Nerukku Ner
  
  Akila Akila is a note-by-note copy of Buffalo Soldier by Bob Marley.
  
  Another song is a copy of a piece by L.Subramanian (Motherland - Album Super Instinct).
  
  Deva is not a composer. He is as bad as remix kings like Bally Sagoo.
  
  
• From: Gopal Prasad (@ host-207-53-0-11.atl.bellsouth.net) on: Tue Jun 17 16:47:35 EDT 1997
  
  Sincerely speaking, is there anyone called Deva's fan?? I wish to know that....He is yet another "music" director. He can only be proud of the fact that he belongs to the Maestro Ilayaraaja's music era!!!
  
  
• From: DEVA "priyan' sathyakumar (@ bones.deneb.com) on: Wed Jun 18 09:22:14 EDT 1997
  
  Answer to Gopal:
  
  I am a fan of DEVA (neenga sirichaalum parava illai)..I like most of his songs - I really
  don't know/care whether it is a cut-n-paste or a
  line-by-line-ditto from somewhere.
  All his dubbanguthu songs are good.
  
  I would prefer to here anytime ARUNACHALAM songs
  for Raman Abdulla or Devathai.
  
  One beautiful song from NESAM by DEVA is:
  Oh Nanda lala..sri ranga naatha...
  
  Kathal kottai:
  sivappu lolakku kulunguthu...
  naan ingu ok nee angu sowkiyama
  Kalki:
  singapore selai intha sevatha ponnu mele
  + 2 more songs
  Avvai sunmugi:
  Kaathala...
  velai velai...
  Arunachalam:
  3 songs
  Gogulathil Seethai:
  2 songs
  
  With ARR making two/three movies per year (athil Mr.Romeo mathiri dokkum included) and Raaja almost
  retired (5/6 movies per year with 4/5 hit songs),
  Deva is doing a v.good job in fillingup the
  makkal+directors need.
  
  He is THE MAN for balachandar, barathiraaja, kamal, rajini,....the supposed to be TOP cine makkal.
  
  He maintains his own standard which are liked and
  enjoyed by the mass...he is doing a good job
  in providing old MSV kind tunes with latest
  rhythm based mnusic, you may call it copy, but
  it is good for TFM and it is enjoyable.
  
  In my opinion he is more productive than ARR.
  
  DEVdu kaaru nalla MDkaru.
  
  
  
• From: Padmanabhan Ganesan (@ igw2.merck.com) on: Thu Jun 19 11:18:25 EDT 1997
  
  I saw Arunachalam yesterday.
  
  Alli Alli Anarkali is a copy of Didi Didi by Moroccan musician Khaled.
  
  From Beethoven to Bob Marley to Khaled to Ilaiyaraja, Deva leaves no stone unturned in his quest for the perfect copy !
  
  
• From: Ravi (@ greed.cs.umass.edu) on: Thu Jun 19 11:40:20 EDT 1997
  
  Deva has already one song in vEdan (a Saratkumar starrer)- vaazhkayE porkkaLam, in which the saranam is 'didi didi'. paattu aarambathukkum athukkum sambantahmE irukkaathu. So he has really only copied himself in Arunachalam. :-).
  
  
• From: Renuka (@ palo6.pacific.net.sg) on: Mon Dec 29 02:44:12 EST 1997
  
  Bavatharini and her father have the worst voices.Enna periya kuzhanthaithanam? For a 19 year old, it's not something which is needed.Harini is 10000x better than her. As for ARR doing 2-3 films and Deva doing more, ARR believes in quality and not quantity. Deva has 4 other brothers and his son to help him. He says that they each do one song. He also claims(believe it or not) that he does not copy but because there are only 7 notes in music,(sa-re-ga-ma-pa-the-ni) he somehow accidently gets the same tune.He also says that his brothers do most of the tunes which have been copied. So who's the composer? He or his brothers? Give me Harini and AR Rahman any day!!
  
  
• From: SHASHI (@ deneb.its.deakin.edu.au) on: Mon Jan 5 03:50:04 EST 1998
  
  HELLO, EVERYONE....
  Please remember that there is no music director who has won national awards from the president of india for five times but the genius a,r.rehman.
  All raja fans please get your acts together....
  
  
• From: pg (@ gate02.merck-medco.com) on: Mon Jan 5 13:14:50 EST 1998
  
  Hello Mr Shashi :
  
  I can count two - Roja and Minsara Kanavu - where are the other three awards which the great ARR has won ?
  
  
• From: IR FAN (@ 202.54.34.105) on: Fri Jan 23 06:24:37 EST 1998
  
  Shashi,
  Ennappa, Ennthan ARR fan agga iruntahlum
  ippadiya ?
  Aatho , theryathanama MinKanavu namma makkal juryla irrunthal award kidichathu.
  Enna awar fielduku vanthu 5 varusham than aachu?
  First i've a serious doubt whether u r watchingto TFM regularly.?
  Roomba kathai vidatheenga.
  
  

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