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    Quote Originally Posted by thumburu View Post
    Third is the most popular SriRamaRajyam which has bunch of melodies and which is heard often too. But I could not hide a tinge of disappointment as this musical has the least novelty from Raja. He has taken a very safe stance of using all clichéd ragas like Suddhadhanyasi, SindhuBhairavi, Keeravani, Hindolam instead of venturing into new ragas [reminded of magical Balanagamma, Kovil pura] . Despite sliding to number 3, I consider “Devulle menchulle”, “Srirama lera” and “kalaiya nijama”

    Cliched choise of ragas?

    Not quite....

    Rama rama ane was a catchy senchuruti and those brief thukkada songs (sengu sakraala and idhi paatabhi raamaniki) are set in saraswathi/triveni...Saraswathi raga is | S R2 M2 P D2 S | S N2 D2 P M2 G2 R2 S ...some songs of Raaja in this scale are Veena Vani - Pon Megalai, Karpoora Bommai Ondru - Keladi Kanmani. While the pallavi of karpoora bommai ondru is in saraswathi, the scale changes in charanams to accomodate the happier flashback scenes. Coming back to the Sri Rama Rajyam songs, he has used this scale with a very slight touch of Ni3. The folkish sounding song follows the saraswathi pattern, and the vakra pattern of skipping Ni2 in arohanam and using it in avarohanam is repeatedly marked/pronounced. However, he didnt compromise melody for grammar, and he had no inhibitions in introducing a Ni3 just to add to some extra effect. Gifted to have this isai saraswathi ilaiyaraaja with us !
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