Maestro ilaiyaraaja news & titbits

[Senareb]

I remember, Bala first approached to Raaja sir for Nandha.. bt Raaja sir gave opportunity to U1..

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

Bala pOi Gautam Vanthaaru DumDumDum! Atleast for 1 film! but the effect Gautam created equal to 10 films, no?! Be haappy saar!

[baroque]

plum, see.....they leave the hall to eat bhaji, vadas etc...
while the artists are performing, at least the places I attend at San Jose - CM & HM concerts, I am happy!
it's good.

[kameshratnam]

Super stuff told by Balumahendra in the NEP Release function

I shot my 1st scene in the PRasad Recording studio where Raaja sir records. I Kept my camera angle and saw for the 1st shot and my shot had raaja in it . He came down from the car and he stood there. Wow what a 1st shot it just happened .. Raaja then took a flower pot and covered something and said now you can proceed the shooting... what was it.why did he do it...because Balu mahendra had a hospital set put in prasad studios...and the name prasad recording theatre was visible and raaja covered it with a flower pot and went inside

[rajkumarc]

'mAttEn'nu sollittArA enna?

Might be possible, as IR was not happy with the level of violence in Bala's Naan Kadavul and had asked him to tone it down for future films if he wants his music. Not sure how true this is, vaguely remember reading this somewhere.

[vem]

While it's true that BM has directed some wonderful movies, his woeful performance in his recent Julie Ganapathy and Adhu Oru Kanakalam cast a pale shadow on his upcoming movie: IR's songs, although not in the same league as in the 80's, were hummable in both movies.

Remains to be seen if both veterans can recapture their magic in this movie--else, the movie will be taken off the theaters in just a week, just as AOKK.

IMHO

[K]

http://ohoproduction.blogspot.com/20...post_4264.html

[MelHarmony]

I know... THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE, FOLKS! BE CONSIDERATE!
MOVIES theaters too...
Can't they sit calmly without talking before the movie starts!
NO!
constant chatting, they give you head-ache even before the movie starts....
angadhan vandhu socialize pannuvanga!
Carnatic & Hindustani music rasikas attending C & H concerts remain calm and encourage the artists after their presentation!
Very meditative experience!

well said! never will India have a symphony orchestra! ! our people dont know how to behave in public during live performance....In live music, the audience play an important role by acting as a sound dampner and also feedback mechanism....this well researched in european church coir music fraternity. They have a separate branch of engineering called church hall acoustics... also I was disturbed by the interviews being slotted in the middle of the songs...the orchestra had lost mementum by the time GVM returned to the stage...they went to have bajji/vadai :O

[baroque]

oh! really, so this presentation is different from Rahman's VTV audio release!
I yet to see the videos!

This randomly making enthu screams not only affect the artist's concentration and flow of the concert and also harmful for people with health demands.
There are people with auditory sensitivities! They deserve to enjoy their favorite artists live music just like us.
If we orderly clap or encourage at the end of the piece, they can manage by closing their ears or stepping out for a min etc...
come on, we all can co-exist!

[KV]

B(K) had posted this in the TFM section; not sure if this one's here already.
Mayilsaami on ManathOdu Mano, speaks about IR and then sings Umbargatkarase from Thiruvasagam. Whattay rendition! Gooseflesh stuff!