Harmoniums are for Dads
Reading about music directors travelling to exotic places to draw inspiration for an album, has always brought to me images of both film-maker & composer exchanging ideas, perched on a tree stump in a forest clearing right out of LOTR, birds chirping in the background and autumn leaves collecting around their feet. I’ll have to redraw that image now.
Yuvan Shankar Raja is in Bangkok, composing for Pudhupet with friend, director & Karunanidhi impersonator, Selvaraghavan. Their reason is simple, and something everyone in Madras can relate to now.
They wanted to get away from the heat of Chennai and do something innovative.
Considering their last project together, Kaadhal Kondein, resulted in an inspiration overdose, wonder what goodies they have for us this time.
December 1st, 2005 at 1:16 am
what about 7G rainbow colony….Thats a master stroke….no inspiration…all original
December 1st, 2005 at 12:26 pm
I did miss mentioning 7/G. Master stroke? I don’t know, but ‘Ninaithu Ninaithu’ (the Shreya Goshal version) is one of his better compositions.
December 1st, 2005 at 11:39 pm
‘Kana kaanum kaalangal’ was also good in that movie. Other songs were just duds.
December 16th, 2005 at 4:44 pm
Though not apt enough to be termed as a Master stroke, 7/G had some nice compositions. My personal pick of the album was ‘Idhu Porkkalamaa’. Even ‘Kann Pesum Vaarthaigal’ was pretty good. And top of all these, was that theme music which was amazing.
December 16th, 2005 at 9:34 pm
Yeah, it was not a bad effort at all. Have you checked out ‘Pudupet’? How do you like it?
December 19th, 2005 at 10:44 pm
I am looking forward to your pudhupet review..
December 20th, 2005 at 12:27 am
Thanks for the encouragement, unless you are a YSR fan waiting to pounce on me at the first sign of negativity. :)) The post will be a while in coming though (got some personal business to attend to)
December 20th, 2005 at 12:53 pm
I knew that you are not a fan of YSR’s music and you wrote only once about raam.. I still prefer to see how bad YSR has done from your point of view in PP :))
May 11th, 2006 at 7:36 am
kadhal kondein n 7 g rainbow colony were masterpieces..especially..ninaithu ninaithu..by kaykay..n in kadhal kondein..thotu thotu..is brilliant!!..pudhupettai has sum really great stuff as well..check it out..rock on yuvan!!..hats off to you genius..