Today, Ram is a noted music critic in the Chennai circles and the author of a book on the Carnatic music stalwart, G.N.Balasubramanyam titled "isaiulaga iLavarasar". I can only say I'm so pleased and proud! Way to go, Ram :)
This song goes out to my three good friends from ROS - Ram, Murali and Sheela. Glad to have met you all.
And dear blog visitor, will be glad to know what you thought of this piece!
Song: endha mugam
Ragam: Ragamalika (Darbari Kanada, Sahana, Ranjani, Charukeshi, Behag)
Thalam: Rupakam
Lyrics: Ramachandran Mahadevan (Lalitaram)
Tune: Self
And here are the lyrics:
entha mugam nOkkinaalum unthan mugam thOnRuvathEn
enthan manam thudippathaiyE unthan manam uNarnthidumO?
thanthai thaay thamakkai muthal entha mugam kaNda pOthum
chinthai ellaam silirkkachcheiyyum vinthai mugam therigiRathE!!!
munnam pala piRavigaLil kaLiththu kaziththu magizhnthathupOl
innum pala eNNam en agththil vazivathu En?
pongum un karuNai veLLam pagarndhidumE naan maRaiyum
Engum en mananilaiayi nee paarthaalthaanE thuyar maRaiyum
thEdum en manam kaNdum irangaamal oLivathEnO
naadum nOkkaththudan naanirukkum thavam veeNO
pathiyenRu koNdEn unnai,sathi seithu thaviRkkalaamO
mathimayakkum maayavanE,vithi maaRRa thayakkamEnO
nithamunnai piriyEnena muththamittuth thazhuvi ennai
eththanayO kURiyathu aththanaiyum poiyaachchuthO?
meththamaiyal koNda intha kuRRamaRra pEthathanai
saththaminRi neengkiyathu uththamanuk-kazhagaagumO?
pannagaththil paduththurungum ennagaththu naayaganE
viNNavarum maNNavarum vaNangum anbar-kaavalanE
paNNisaiththu kathaRum intha pEthaithanai paaraayO
ennilaiayi uNarnthu enthan idarneekka vaaraayO
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27 comments:
Awesome piece Sindhu! Great team work! Loved Behag n charukeshi of all, ofcoz enjoyed every bit!
Sindhu,
Thanks for reminding of all those wonderful grad-school days when I had too much time on hand!
I'm glad I realised that writing for songs were not my cup of tea:-)
When I write your biography a few decades later, I can write on your journey from your early collaborations with mediocre lyricists to the legends in the music field:-)
I loved the sahana and behag renditions.
I heard your piece through a link provided by Mr. Ram's blog. It was very sweet and I liked it. Thanks for sharing. - Prasad, Salem, India
அருமையான குரல் – துணை வாத்தியங்கள் இல்லாமலேயே மெட்டின் நெளிவுசுளிவுகள் அட்டகாசமாக ஜொலிக்கின்றன, பாட்டு வரிகளும் இந்த genre பாடல்களுக்குப் பொருத்தமாக நன்கு வந்திருக்கிறது … பேஷ் பேஷ்!
- என். சொக்கன்,
பெங்களூரு.
பாடல் வரிகளும் குரலும் அருமை!
வாழ்த்துக்கள்!
பாடலில் பிடித்த வரிகள்
சிந்தையெல்லாம் சிலிர்க்கச்செய்யும் விந்தையெல்லாம் தெரிகிறதே!
பொங்கும் உன் கருணை வெள்ளம் பகர்ந்திடுமே நான்மறையும்
நாடும் நோக்கத்துடன் நானிருக்கும் தவம் வீணோ
பதியென்று கொண்டேன் உன்னை சதிசெய்து தவிர்க்கலாமோ
நல்லா பாடி இருக்கீங்க.ராமின் வரிகளும் நல்லா இருக்கு.பாட்டில் ”NRI தமிழ்” உச்சரிப்பு இல்லை.
தர்பாரி கானடாவும்/ சாருகேசியும் காதல் உணர்வு கொண்டு வருகிறது.பேஹாக்/ரன்ஞனி இல்லை.
வாழ்த்துக்கள்.
பாட்டு கேட்க பிடிக்கும். ராகமெல்லாம் தரம் பிரிக்கத் தெரியாது.
இந்தப்பாட்டில் பின்னனி இசையில்லாமல் இருந்தாலும் கேட்க இனிமையாய் இருக்கிறது.
Well sung Sindhu.A very clean write up there.Loved the lyrics too.Keep up your good work sindhu :)
Sindhu beautiful lyrics and you sang wonderfully.
Really soothing.
DEAR Shindu
I vaguely remember the days u
practised this song.Obviuosly it's muchmore refined and imorovised now.It's good that u dug ur memories and brought
it out.The "net" result is we've got onemore excellent piece to ur blog.I like Charukesi and Bihag the best.Hats off to Ram.Appa joins me in wishing u and Ram.
amma
elloarukkum miga nanRi!!!
Ram: ur "modesty" makes me want to say I should probably stop composing. And my biography in a few decades? idhu onakke over-a therila...
Anyway- this was indeed a pleasant rewind back to those times... :)
amma: thanks! so glad to see ur comment here finally :)
It took me back to those days when i'd got u to record this song for me on a cassette among many of my other favorites...i used to rewind over and over again to listen to this one. Now it somehow seems even more beautiful!:)
மனத்தின் மெல்லிய பிரதேசங்களை மயில் இறகால் வருடியது உங்கள் குரல்.
பாடல் வரிகளும் அற்புதம்.
-ச.மீ.லோகேஷ்
You try the following song which is not familiar.Your voice suits well.
Soul stirring @ Very very emotional orchestration.Stunning!
Song:"Kannil Dhagam Eano Mithra"
Movie:"Achachamundu Achachamundu"
Music: Karthik Raja
Singer: Sowmya
Lyrics: Andal Priyadharishini
http://www.dishant.com/album/Achchamundu-Achchamundu.html
Thoroughly enjoyed!!! Every raga I heard I kept thinking, "This is the best". very well composed. I wish I knew Tamil better to fully appreciate Ram's lyrics !
I second Sumi. Could you post the meaning of the lyrics?
Like everyone above mentioned, excellent work. If you were this good back then,....hmmm.....just thinking !!!!
:)
It gives me immense pleasure to have witnessed your progress as a musician and a keen thinker. Brings back all the good old memories.
Your composition is not naive. Some compositions can remain simple for the very fact that simplicity appeals to a bigger audience than complex compositions. And I always liked this maiden attempt of yours.
Beautiful. I liked the garland a lot. Ranjani is bit unfamiliar to me. Is it any similar to SriRanjani (doesnt seem so!)? The behag piece is very nice. I love that raaga somehow. But your rendition and composition, both are equally wonderful.
@Deepthi: Wow, I now vaguely remember recording this (and other songs) for you on a cassette :) Fond memories! And thank you!! :)
@Ravishankar: Thanks for the suggestion, I will try it sometime. BTW, did you mean to say that Behag and Ranjani don't bring out the emotion well? neengaL sonnathu sariyaaga puriyavillai.
@Hyderabadi: I think it's a good idea to post a translation. Will do that soon. Thanks! (BTW, the composition is old but the recording is very recent)
@Murali: Glad you still remember this song. Thanks!
And once again to each and everyone of you for such encouraging words! Really appreciate it.
இனிய குரல்; அற்புத பாவம். இது கொடையே ..அமெரிக்காவில் இருந்து அழகுதமிழ்!
வாழ்க!
AWESOME!! GOD BLESS YOUR MUSIC TEACHER/S...
Do write some post about the teachers in your life...
Johan: miga nandri!!
Krishnapriya: thanks a lot. I received my initial training of basics from Smt. Bhagyalakshmi, then learnt for about 6 years from Smt. Ranganayaki Sridharan, and then Smt. Lakshmi Raghavan and now from Smt Lalgudi Rajalaksmi, all from B'lore. Thanks for the idea- it will indeed be a helpful exercise to write about my experiences with each of them. I should do it sometime.
Very nicely done, especially liked the sahana piece and Behag...Congratulations on ur maiden attempt!
I dunno why u said it's an immature tune- this is very sophisticated! and the lyrics are beautiful - had to use mom as a dictionary! the mood through out the song was nice with the different ragams! :)
Simple and elegant tune! Looking fwrd for more Sindhu
Sindhuja, Excellent set of tunes and very well sung. I can sense the bharathi influence on Ram for the lyrical style.
Very well done.
Do you sing professionally?
Thanks very much, folks! This is very encouraging!
@Anonymous: off and on in small shows- nothing big time...
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