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love is talking in mesmerising way
it threatens me in a naughty way
I murmur the same name
I join my name in that name
my answer paper is empty
is that question asked by Love ?
aaha kadhal konji konji pesudhey
aalai miratti kalla thanam kaattudhey
love is talking in mesmerising way
it threatens me in a naughty way
Is love is like a leaf fallen on a river ?
Why does it require so much of fight to touch the banks of river ?
Did I fall?
Will I make it?
WIll I fall again when I try to make it ?
unnai paarthathai naan ariyen
unnai paarkiren ver ariyen
I didn't realise that I watched you
I am seeing you, and not aware of anything else
Lyrics Of Adiye From Kadal
English Meaning of Adiye song from Kadal
Singer: Sid Sriram
Music: A.R.Rahman
Lyrics By Madhan Karky
Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI16RTtCKjo
manasa thoranthaye nee
engirinthu vanthaayo nee
adi ye
adi ye
enna enge nee kooti pora?
adi ye
adi ye
enge nee kooti pora?
enna, enge nee kooti pora?
will you open your heart
where did you come from
oh girl
oh girl
where are you taking me along ?
oh girl
oh girl
where are you taking me along ?
where are you taking me along ?
pallankuzhi paadha(i) puriyala
unna nambi vaareney
indha kaattu paya oru aatukutti pola
un pinne suthureney
one does not understand many pits which come along the way
i trust you and walk along
this tribal is following you
like a Child Lamb
pallankuzhi paadha(i) puriyala
unna nambi vaareney
indha kaattu paya oru aatukutti pola
un pinne suthurene
one does not understand many pits which come along the way
i trust you and walk along
this tribal is following you
like a Child Lamb
chithirai nila, orey nila
parantha vaanam
padacha kadavul
elame othaiyile nikkuthudey
nee kuda othaiyile nikkuradey
ettu vai makka
ettu vachu aagasam thottu vai makka
April Moon, single moon
wide skies
god who created us
all standing alone
you are also longing alone
step ahead friend
stead ahead and touch the skies friend
chithirai nila, orey nila
parantha vaanam
padacha kadavul
elame othaiyile nikkuthudey
nee kuda othaiyile nikkuradey
ettu vai makka
ettu vachu aagasam thottu vai makka
Sight happens out of eyes
nation borns out of shaky pond
epic borns out of a sad event
clarity of thoughts comes out of defeats
when sun goes out, light smiles at you
when the boat crashes, tree branch would near you
chithirai nila, orey nila
ettu vai makka
ettu vachu aagasam thottu vai makka
April Moon, single moon
step ahead friend
stead ahead and touch the skies friend
when the tree falls it would grow again
who would guide a crashed heart ?
when you dig earth, you end up un-earthing treasure
when you open flower, you find honey drops
Lyrics of Elay Keechan from Kadal
English Meaning of Elay Keechan song from Kadal
Music By A R Rahman
Lyrics By Karky
Sung By A R Rahman
Percussion By T Raja, M Lakshmi Narayanan, Raju, Vedachalam
Guitars By George Doering
Translation By Nandhini Karky
Video Link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPOM--aGnIs
Hey girl, As I rig the sails - oh my fate,
with a whiff of pomfret bait
here comes the tigerfish
your tigerfish
At night, eyes from an owl, he'll ask
And also a prawn mushtache, he'll ask
Then, he'll come in an tiger's mask
hey, sada sada vena kaaththila aadum
en saaram yelaa um pera paadatha ?
oru oru oru oru oh
orutharam orutharam orasa
posukkunu usuppura usure
hey, in the wind
shuddering, shuddering
my sarong, darling, won't it sing your name ?
once, only once you brushed past
and with that, my life you blast
Just for you, a net I cast,
I sit in penance and fast
Hoping you will fall, burning midnight oil,
keeping awake, I toil
I'm a bit of lunatic
If you say no,
Where will this Thomas go ?
Otha Alayila medhakkura
odam pol un nenappu-la
naan methandhu kedakkuren
ora paarvayala sirichaa enna ?
On a single wave, life a raft,
in your memory, I waft
From the corner of your eye,
Why not, a smile for this guy ?
Bharadwaj Rangan had carried out an enviable job of talking with Mani Ratnam to capture thoughts about film making in the latest book called "Conversations with Mani Ratnam".
I pre-ordered the book through Flipkart and the delivery was received on 20th Oct. I completed reading by yesterday and thought of recording my reactions in this auspicious day of Vijaya Dasami.
First and foremost, the format of the book is interesting and little different. It discusses his movies from the beginning of Pallavi AnuPallavi to Raavanan. Question were asked by Rangan and Mani Sir answers with lot of details, references and the details which goes into film making - Example the pigeons behind Nayakan Kamal.
It also brings out the friendship / relationship of Mani with other well known artists of India like - Ram Gopal Varma or MT Vasudevan Nair.
Overall, it is an excellent attempt and we definitely get insights into film making.
Negative comment or things which could have improved the book:
a. No personal details of Mani Sir is shared. Some two pages of summary could have been added like his favourite movies, or his eating habits or travel places or about how he handles personal vs professional life.
b. Mani Sir has not brought out how his assistant directors or story discussion team adds color or facts into movie script.
Sung By Andrea Jeremiah, Joseph Vijay
Composed By Harris Jayaraj
Lyrics By Madhan Karky
f: Google Google பண்ணிப்பார்த்தேன் உலகத்துல
இவன் போல ஒரு கிறுக்கனும் போரந்ததில்ல
Yahoo Yahoo பண்ணிபார்த்தும் இவனைபோல
எந்த கிரகத்திலும் இன்னொருத்தன் கிடைக்கவில்லை
நான் Dating கேட்ட Watch'ஐ பார்த்து ஓகே சொனானே
Shopping கேட்ட E-Bay.Com கூட்டி போனானே
Movie கேட்டேன் Youtube போட்டு பொப்கோர்ன் தந்தானே
பாவமா நிக்கிறான் ஊரையே விக்கிறான்
Meet My Meet My Boy Friend
My Smart And Sexy Boy Friend
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My Smart And Sexy Boy Friend
m: Google Google பண்ணிப்பார்த்தேன் உலகத்துல
இவ போல இங்க இன்னொருத்தி போரந்ததில்ல
Yahoo Yahoo பண்ணிபார்த்தும் இவளபோல
எந்த கிரகத்திலும் இன்னொருத்தி கிடைக்கவில்லை
இவ dating'காக Dinner போனா Starter நான்தானே
Shopping போக கூட்டி போனா Trolly நான்தானே
Movie போனா சோக சீன்இல் Kerchief நான்தானே
பாகத்தான் இப்படி ஆளுதான் அப்படி
Meet My Meet My Girl Friend
My Hot And Spicy Girl Friend
Meet My Meet My Girl Friend
So Hot And Spicy Girl Friend
f: Hey Come on Girls Ithu Intro Time
இவன் யாருன்னு இப்போ சொல்லாட
ஒரு Handshake செஞ்சிட பொண்ணுங்க வந்த
Swing'நு பறப்பான் Bullet'டா
Military Cut'ல Style இருக்கும்
ஒரு Millimeter Size'ல சிரிப்பிருக்கும்
Almost ஆறடி ஊரில் யாரடி
இவன்போல் இவன்போல் Gudi Gudi Gudi Gudi
Meet My Meet My Boy Friend
My Smart And Sexy Boy Friend
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My Smart And Sexy Boy Friend
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என் Status மாத்த சொல்லி என்ன தொல்ல செய்ய மாட்டனே
கிட்ட வந்து நான் பேசும்போது Twitter குள்ள முழுகிடுவன்
இச்சுனு ச்வீட கணத்தில் தரண்ட
நச்சுனு Tweeta போட்டிடுவான்
Romance கொஞ்சம் Thriller கொஞ்சம்
காற்றில் பஞ்ச நெஞ்சம் நெஞ்சம்
m:அவ Oh அவ Oh அவ Oh இவ Oh
அவ Cellphone ரெண்டில்லும் Call இருக்கும்
Backup Boyfriends நாலு இருக்கும்
நெஞ்சில Jealous'சியை வெதசிடுவா
என் வயதுக்கு Gelusil குடுத்திடுவா
பொண்ணுங்க நும்பெற என் போனில பார்த்தா
சத்தம் இல்லாம தூக்கிடுவா
ஊற கண்ணால சைட் அடிசால்லும்
நோக்கு வர்மத்தில் தக்கிடுவா
அளவ குடிப்பா அழகா வெடிப்பா
இதய துடிப்பா துடிப்பா துடிப்பா
m:Meet My Meet My Girl Friend
My Hot And Spicy Girl Friend
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My Hot And Spicy Girl Friend
Google Google பண்ணிப்பார்த்தேன் உலகத்துல
இவன் போல ஒரு கிறுக்கனும் போரந்ததில்ல
Yahoo Yahoo பண்ணிபார்த்தும் இவளபோல
எந்த கிரகத்திலும் இன்னொருத்தி கிடைக்கவில்லை
நான் Dating கேட்ட Watch'ஐ பார்த்து ஓகே சொனானே
Shopping கேட்ட E-Bay.Com கூட்டி போனானே
Movie போனா சோக சீன்இல் Kerchief நான்தானே
பாகத்தான் இப்படி ஆளுதான் அப்படி
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My Smart And Sexy Boy Friend
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My Hot And Spicy Girl Friend
Music by A R Rahman
Lyrics by Gulzar
Directed by Yash Chopra
Overall Rating - Impressive
01. Challa track sung by Rabbi Shergill - (5/5) - Simple song made addictive through Punjabi accented lyrics, singing style. The beauty of Rahman's arrangement lies in Ranjit Barot's energetic, rhythmic drumming and Guitarist Keba Jeremiah along with Keith peters for Bass. The song is sounding like a duet between vocal and shadow like accompaniments.
02. Saans track sung by Shreya Ghoshal & Mohit Chauhan - (4/5) - Nice duet, two layered music and ably sung by Shreya and Mohit. I feel lot of fans would have preferred Udit over Mohit !!!
03. Ishq Shava track sung by Raghav Mathur & Shilpa Rao - (5/5) - I would love to call this as "template dhink chik song" but Rahman brings the surprise element in arrangement of interludes without altering the rhythm and the eventual change happens at the end ! I predict this track will be the biggest hit post release of the movie.
04. Heer track sung by Harshdeep Kaur - (5/5) - rhythemic punjabi lyrics, naturally sung and composed. Saans track makes a fusionable entry into second stanza interlude.
05. Jiya Re track sung by Neeti Mohan - (3.5/5) - Neeti Mohan rocks big time in this track and enters the bollywood item songs market convincingly. Guitar tones down the vocal on some places but the lyrics are a bit of let down.
06. Jab Tak Hai Jaan track sung by Javed Ali & Shakthisree Gopalan - (4/5) - starts off slowly and elegantly but passes through 3 different background beats in 3:53 minutes (Piano, synthesizer drumming & dhotak) !!! But some how, it falls in place and you end up wondering why you didnt like this track in first place.
07. Saans Reprise track sung by Shreya Ghoshal comes with slower tempo, pathos tone.
08. Ishq Dance Instrumental track - (5/5) - Quite interesting with thagara dubba-va pottu adingada finish :). I think, director's cue lies somewhere in this track.
09. Jab Tak Hai Jaan (The Poem track of Aditya Chopra) versed by Shahrukh Khan - (5/5) - SRK does full justice with his lovely voice. The music is awesome and elevates the mood... you have heard it in the trailer already!
I agree that expectations were high when Yash-ji, Gulzar-ji and Rahman combination was announced. Although the, final music is not comparable to the recent Rockstar or Delhi-6 in terms of creativity it nevertheless satisfies you. After all, the commercial stakes are quite high when you have Yash-ji & SRK as combo and music matches the tone of the movie.
My favourite track was Jab Tak Hai Jaan of Javed Ali & Shakthisree Gopalan as I was not expecting the title to be used in another track and some how it enters nicely into our ears. The funny part is reserved for Shakthisree ... when she sings "bemani bathon" ... as the "bemani" is little abusive word in Tamil ... she must have smiled, I guess !
Audio Credits
Programmers
Hentry Kuruvilla & T R Krishna Chetan
Sound Engineers
Panchathan Record Inn, Chennai: Suresh Permal, Srinidhi Venkatesh,
Hentry Kuruvilla, T.R.Krishna Chetan, Deepak PA, Jerry Vincent & R Nitish Kumar
Panchathan Hollywood Studio, Los Angeles: Tony Joy
AM Studios, Chennai: S.Sivakumar, Kannan Ganpat & Pradeep
India is on headlines for all the wrong reasons ... Bribery & corruption, coalition politics, lack of reforms and hurried reforms, abuse of democracy, slower economic growth etc etc.
When will India become super power ?
How do we raise our head and say proudly - We are Indians ?
When will get the quality of life which we deserve for paying 33% Income Tax ?
When will India Shine ? truly, really, nicely ?
are some of the questions I used to ponder for over last 15 years. In between, I managed to visit and work in multiple countries and observed the the way their society is built. According to me, the key points are listed below:
1. Fear for Law - that Law would punish people for their crimes committed in a reasonable period of time and the justice process ( like vaaidha, manouvering witness) cannnot be bought easily.
2. Bribery for day to day transactions must stop.
3. Responsibility and accountability of the officials of the Government - must happen and the visibility to be made public.
4. Infrastructure must help farmers, traders to move good freely in all modes of transportation - Road, Rail and Ship. Storage, shipping facilities must drastically improve.
5. Canal systems must be made workable so that Villages can benefit.
6. Above all, People should become much more responsible - they must own their actions instead of passing their mistakes - for things like usage of dust bin to paying bribes.
Without these, India can not shine like Singaore or Korea - India can be just another country who is trying to fight for their survival..... forever !
Neethaaney En Pon Vasantham music was keenly expected as it is the first of GVM and Maestro combo...
I love Raja Sir Music and there is not a day which gets passed without it. But But But ....
after listening to some 15 - 20 times., the following are my reaction !
My pick of the lot Saaindhu Saaindhu & vaanam mella;
a. NEPV is supposed to be a youthful movie... does music sound vibrant, energetic & youthful ? I don't think so.
b. Does the music got any new creative attempts ? Sadly, No. But also involves heavy orchestration.
c. Does the music suit multi lingual attempt ? Tamil - Could work upto 60%; Telugu 30%; Hindi - Highly unlikely
d. Considering it is around 42 minutes of music and the music would play a major role in taking the movie forward... it definitely lacks the punch and finesse to lock you in the seat !
e. GVM - NEPV Lyrics give enough clue abt meet-break-meet ! Lot of people were tired after watching Trisha's tantrum in VTV., and hope you do some justice to heroine's character this time.
I missed Thamarai's lyrics bigtime on GVM movie in NEPV. Also wondering heavily about the interlude music of Saaindhu Saaindhu and trying to imagine what is in store as the director's cue !