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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

One Raga, One Film, Different Emotions....

There are some movies, wherein IR uses one raga in more than one song, often to convey more than one emotion (sometimes contrasting emotions like happy & pathos). Here are some i can recollect...

I) Raga Sivaranjani - Movie: En Raasavin Manasile

song 1: Pen manasu Aazhamunnu
song 2: Kuyil paatu oh (happy & sad)

II) Raga sindhubhairavi - Movie: Ejaman

song 1: Oru naalum unai maravaadha
song 2: Nilave mugam kaatu

III) Raga Revathi - Movie: Kadhal Oviyam

Song 1: Amma Azhage
Song 2: Sangeedha jaadhi mullai

V) Raga Natabhairavi - Movie: Nayagan

Song 1: Andhi mazhai megam
Song 2: Thenpandi seemaiyile

V) Raga Sarasangi - Movie: Periya veetu pannakkaaran

Song 1: Muthu Muthu medai pottu
Song 2: Malligaiye Malligaiye

3 comments:

  1. Good observation Vel.

    Has IR used one raga for all songs in a film?

    Ravi Natarajan

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  2. hi Ravi....Nityananda Pillai, a IR music researcher, says kadhal saadhi had 3-4 songs in sindhu bhairavi :)

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  3. another observn.
    film: indru nee naalai naan [sivakumar, lakshmi]

    3 songs in gowri manohari ragam.

    all 3 sound different and terrific at the same time.
    one as lullaby, one is so sensuous and the last one is a teaser.

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