There is no impurity in the tune (like any anniya swaram). And ofcourse, the rhythm should give scope for good dance movements so that the hero and heroine could share their love by dancing! Maybe, many of his tunes have to be branded as semi-classical or light music (even though the raga form might be pure) only because of this rhythm factor.īy Lakshminarayanan Srirangam RamakrishnanĬarnatic Music in Tamil Film Songs "Chalakku Chalakku Selai" is one good number in chakravaagam. To a guy who knows carnatic music, the ragas are explicit, and to a non-classical rasika, they are just great tunes! This was one of his specialities, to give the raga in almost good shape and also make a good cinema tune out of it. In "Chembaruthi" there are six songs, out of which 4 are carnatic based. But it would definitely be interesting to pour out our ideas once in a while in a random order of the ragas covered by him.
I thought that it would be worthwhile to discuss his music, particularly the CLASSICAL aspect! I am aware that it is not possible to write about all his carnatic oriented songs, about how he has handled those ragas, how he has deviated from the classical style etc.
MAHANADHI MAHAKAVI BHARATHIAR POEMS IN TAMIL MOVIE
Though I had heared all those songs many times while I was in India, watching that movie created a reminiscent train of thoughts in my mind, about Illayaraja, his music, the dramatic change he brought about in Thamizh cinema. One of those unethical, "kuppai" screen printed video cassette, you know, that gives you a vision like that of a "soda-butti" watching TV without his spectacles! Illayaraja has done a fantastic job in that movie. By: Lakshminarayanan Srirangam Ramakrishnan, Internal Medicine Department, Brackenridge Hospital, Austin, Tx 78701.Ĭlassical Illayaraja - 1 Recently, I watched the movie 'Chembaruthi' on video.