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Some gossip on who will be the heroini of the karagAttam movie

On the other hand, there are reports that she (Shreya) will be seen in director Bala's next Karagattakaran, a film based on the Tamil folk dance. Sasikumar is said to be playing the lead. Music maestro Ilaiyaraja is scoring the music for the film. Though nothing has been confirmed, if the actress indeed manages to bag the role, it would be a big break for her.

App - Composer Sharreth. He is a HUGE HUGE raaja fan. So very glad that this has happened. News of the day.

Also isn't Suka making his next(!) with Raaja music?

Super news of the morning. Thanks Ravi.

nanRi Nerd!

Oh, expectation for that song bayangara ekiRal

Here is yet another gossip

சமீபத்தில் இயக்குநர் பாலாவின் புதிய படத்துக்கான இசைக் கோர்ப்புப் பணிகளில் பிஸியாக உள்ளார் இளையராஜா.

அவரை தன் மகனுடன் சென்று பிரசாத் ஒளிப்பதிவு கூடத்தில் நேரில் சந்தித்தார் இயக்குநர் மகேந்திரன். அவரை இயக்குநர் பாலாவும் கவிஞர் நா முத்துக்குமாரும் வரவேற்று அழைத்துச் சென்னர்.

ஒலிப்பதிவுக் கூடத்தில் அமர்ந்து ராஜாவின் இசைக் கோர்ப்பை ரசித்த மகேந்திரன், பாலா படத்துக்கு ராஜா இசையமைத்த சில புதிய பாடல்களைக் கேட்டு ரசித்தார். இருவரும் சில நிமிடங்கள் தங்களின் அடுத்த படங்கள் குறித்து பேசிக் கொண்டிருந்தனர்.

மகேந்திரன் இயக்கவிருக்கும் புதிய படத்துக்கும் ராஜாதான் இசையமைக்கிறார் என்ற பேச்சுகள் கிளம்பியுள்ளன.

I'm not terribly excited about a project by Mahendran at this point of time, but an interesting news nevertheless...

Myskin-Bala

Let us see if they sign up rAsA or some other "vaNika" MD....

We will have to wait to know whether the music for this film will be scored by Maestro Ilayaraja who is commands reverence from both the filmmakers associated with this project.

People have been lamenting, like, "Why recently no Shreya (G) with rAsA"...

Well, look at this news:
Ramanujar, rAsA & Shreya
 

It is official now, rAsA-Mahendran

J. Mahendran, the director of critically acclaimed films such as Mullum Malarum, Nenjathai Killadhe and Uthiri Pookkal is excited about returning to direction after a long gap. Interestingly, he teams up with another legend — Ilaiyaraaja — for the film’s music. Says the director, “I kept out of film direction due to certain rules I had laid out for myself. I’m looking at making a film in which I do not have to compromise on my principles, but one that does not end up being a loss-making venture for the producers either. I’m following the current film trends. I’m glad that the three partners of my new film have agreed to all my conditions. The film will have new faces, and the shooting is likely to begin in March.”

app_engine wrote: Some gossip on who will be the heroini of the karagAttam movie

On the other hand, there are reports that she (Shreya) will be seen in director Bala's next Karagattakaran, a film based on the Tamil folk dance. Sasikumar is said to be playing the lead. Music maestro Ilaiyaraja is scoring the music for the film. Though nothing has been confirmed, if the actress indeed manages to bag the role, it would be a big break for her.

Mo Chuisle Varalaxmi is the herione..Bala's casting  

This is better news about IR-Mahendran project

மகேந்திரனின் உதிரிப்பூக்கள் புதுமைபித்தனின் சிற்றன்னை கதையை தழுவி எடுக்கப்பட்டது. அதேபோல் இந்த புதிய படமும் புதுமைபித்தனின் சிறுகதை ஒன்றின் பாதிப்பு. மொத்த கதையையும் அப்படியே எடுக்காமல் சிறுகதையில் தன்னைப் பாதித்த சில வரிகளை கதையாக்கியிருக்கிறார்.

Shankar, if you are still around.

I have been defending Brangar that he is not intentionally anti-Raja propogandist to app_engine here. many others, too. 
However, he doesn't help the case.

take today's article on Balu M, for instance.

He goes to the tune of "Imagine today a top hero and top heroine agreeing to do a small film with artistic intention like Moondram pirai". Implication being Kamal and Sreedevi did something out of the ordinary there in agreeing to do MP.

I was wondering why the miss on top MD, who infact was the patron of small artistic movies. As Jeyamohan observed, he was the selling point for a lot of these movies, too and in that sense the main reason why such films existed in 80s.

But Brangar carefully omits saying that. I was wondering if it was a coincidental oversight or lack of understanding of IR's role in promoting small movies in 70s and 80s. There was a clear opportunity to include "top MD" in that statement, and contrast IR's commitment to cinema the art versus Rahman's promotion of commerce there.

But then the clue that he was in fact either genuinely believing that Rahman is also equal to IR when doing small artistic films or is actually trying to create such an impression comes when he causally props up Maryan as the equivalent of Moondram piRai today.
Now, let me dwell on that for a moment now.

suppose i wrote that last sentence in his blog, I know what he'll react "Oh I didnt mean Maryan is equal to MP, you dont even understand that plum" would be his immediate reaction. In other words, he wouldn't even understand that I have actually understood that he wasnt equating MP to Maryan artistically but will deign to make snobbish statements about how IR fanatics dont understand his statements, as though they were greek and latin. Ok, digression over

Ok, so I understand he isn't equating Maryan and MP artistically. What he is doing is saying that Maryan is the kind of artistic movie that is made with artistic intentions by producer, director, actor and MD. In other words Rahman the top MD today is also committed like IR was in his hey days to artistic small cinema. This is perhaps the reason Brangar didnt say "would you image top hero heroine or MD today to do small films like MP" instead he said only "Would top hero heroine do?"

Which is a lie. oR a misconception.

Rahman clearly is a commercial animal - and as Seenu ramasamy ranted recently, will not touch small, artistic movies with a bargepole. Which is a valid choice by him. But why project as if he is also exactly like IR in that aspect?

shankar, if you read this, I want to say I am still not accusing Brangan of agenda here to discredit ir or over credit ARr.
what I think is that he is ignorant or lacks the intelligence to understand that while IR made small films possible and was the key factor(as jeyamohan observed in Malayalam, sex played that role of making artistic films commercially viable) while for ARR, small artistic films are anathema.

I think brangar, seeing Maryan, is convinced that ARR is as committed to small, artistic films as much as IR hence he didnt damn Arr in that "top hero heroine" statement. Which is pathetic understanding of the dynamics, which is actually not surprising from brangan(sorry for saying the truth about your friend  ). He is a besant nagar thavaLai with complete lack of understanding of indian film industry dynamcis beyond Kamal, Mani, KLB, hindi movies

....Or

He doesn't think MDs today can make alter the fate of a movie, or doesn't consider their role important. 

But....

BRangar wrote:The people who came to theatres to see Moondram Pirai don’t come to theatres anymore, and even if they do, certainly not in sufficient numbers to make a hit out of something like Maryan – a flawed film, yes, but the closest that present-day Tamil cinema came to capturing the Balu Mahendra ethos, the Moondram Pirai ethos, with good actors and a top-ranked music director and a minimalistic storyline that the director at least attempted to narrate in a quasi-art-house fashion.

is highly questionable.  

No, Fring. He genuinely seems to believe Maryan showcases ARR's commitment to "art" LOL.

I mentioned in twitter that seenu ramasamy's rant against ARR for not patronizing his kind of movies was misguided. Basically, ARR vechukittu vanjana paNNala - ARR can't mould himself to the needs of such movies which he knows and hence avoids.

But with the odd Mani kannnathil muthamittal and maryan, ARR fans and sympathizes seem to position him as "equally committed to art".
That shows a lack of understanding of IR's role in promoting cinema, the art all through is career.

We have to go beyond "hARRiyum sIRvanum oNNu; so, saying that IR or ARR was better in any one aspect is deiva kuththam" as the nadunilayALargaL maintain.

There are some things that IR did which ARR cant dream of because of his limitations. Likewise, IR cannot match ARR's diplomacy and networking, negotiating skills and commercial positioning skills. ARR is also possibly a more pleasant person to move around with.

Likewise, we have to recognise, in IR music flowed like a natural river while ARR has always had to wait for the rain and keep a plastic bowl to catch it. sometimes, he processes the plastic bowl water nicely enough for it to taste good(sometimes for us but many times for his followers)

This being the case, ARR cant afford to waste his limited catch on small movies. He has to store it for the big commercial opportunities. 

To not recognise this is typical of BR's limited intellect

ARR can't afford to champion the cause of shoe string budget art films. Seenu rant was misguided, though ARR's "god given share" is equally laughable. However, I am not ready to believe that BR is so dense as to not be able to comprehend the real reason ARR doesn't score for no-budget films. If I find out that he sincerely thinks ARR is simply trying to allow space for other MDs to survive, I will stop commenting on his blog. I promise. The para I quoted betrays a lack of sharpness in his analysis and/or perhaps laziness. I will continue giving him the benefit of doubt till he says something truly outlandish.

I agree with Fring. I wouldn't blame of having an agenda as much as I'd blame him for a lack of understanding.

nAnum lack of understandingnu dhAnE solREn? sariyA thAne pEsuREn? 

plum wrote:nAnum lack of understandingnu dhAnE solREn? sariyA thAne pEsuREn? 

Of course. nAn podhuvA sonnEn #NallaPodhuvASonnEn. Should've said agree with Fring and Plum.

'un samaiyal aRaiyil' audio expected in March

Ilaiyaraja’s music, the highlight of Un Samayal Arayil
Prakash Raj has taken on a mammoth task this time — the remake of the Malayalam hit, Salt N’ Pepper, in three languages. But he is tackling it without much difficulty. “Un Samayal Arayil is not just a remake. I have taken the soul of the original and adapted it differently for each of the three languages — Tamil, Telugu and Kannada,” says director Prakash who also plays the lead along with Sneha in all three. “And, the best part is the music by Ilaiyaraja who has done the work individually for each version. He has completed the talkie portions for all the three languages and is already into post-production after which the re-recording will start. “I hope to release the audio by March end and will look at an early May release, God willing!” says Prakash.

C.Nila Soru on Jaya(don't ask why..family viewing on sundays  ) yam okay with directors playing within their comfort zone but this is
gulag torture..healthy baby delivered in iddi mazhai/mother/amman/thaali sentiments with pannakara thimir thrown in..suffice to say Sundarajan is MS Bhaskar of Mozhi

I watched a few scenes. Let me just stop with that. But really liked the BGM. The opening piece and the end credits.

Btw, exciting year for Raaja fans.

Films with the best in the business (Bala, Mysskin hopefully)
Potential hits (Bala, PrakashRaaj, Balki/AB/Dhanush, Anushka)
Revered old-timers (Mahendran)

I am waiting for an NEPV-esque combo. I mean the kind which tops the charts. Kamal?

app_engine wrote: 'un samaiyal aRaiyil' audio expected in March

Ilaiyaraja’s music, the highlight of Un Samayal Arayil
Prakash Raj has taken on a mammoth task this time — the remake of the Malayalam hit, Salt N’ Pepper, in three languages. But he is tackling it without much difficulty. “Un Samayal Arayil is not just a remake. I have taken the soul of the original and adapted it differently for each of the three languages — Tamil, Telugu and Kannada,” says director Prakash who also plays the lead along with Sneha in all three. “And, the best part is the music by Ilaiyaraja who has done the work individually for each version. He has completed the talkie portions for all the three languages and is already into post-production after which the re-recording will start. “I hope to release the audio by March end and will look at an early May release, God willing!” says Prakash.

 
Confusing. What does he mean by this? that each version will have different tunes (for same situation)? Unless each version has strong/distinctly rooted nativity aspect, I cannot understand why tunes have to be different (though I am not complaining) in each version. None of the bilinguals/trilinguals typically have different tunes for different versions.

Nerd wrote:I watched a few scenes. Let me just stop with that. But really liked the BGM. The opening piece and the end credits.

Btw, exciting year for Raaja fans.

Films with the best in the business (Bala, Mysskin hopefully)
Potential hits (Bala, PrakashRaaj, Balki/AB/Dhanush, Anushka)
Revered old-timers (Mahendran)

I am waiting for an NEPV-esque combo. I mean the kind which tops the charts. Kamal?

idhula oNNu kooda hit potential illa...

rAsA-Mahendran

The Hindu wrote:
நானும் ராஜாவும் இணையும்போது ஹிட் சாங் கொடுத்தே ஆக வேண்டும் என்று திட்டத்தோடு இறங்குவதில்லை. மறக்க முடியாத பாடல்கள் அதுவாக அமைந்துவிடும்.
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இசையமைப்பாளர் இளையராஜா பேசும்போது, ‘‘தனித்தன்மையான படங்களை கொடுத்தவர் பாலுமகேந்திரா. அந்த இடம் மகேந்திரனுக்கும் உண்டு. இப்போது அவர் சொல்ல வரும் கதையும் தனித்தன்மையோடு அமையும். அதுவும் மகேந்திரனுக்குரிய தனித்தன்மையோடு அமையும். புதிதாக நாங்கள் வேலை செய்பவர்கள் அல்ல. ஏற்கெனவே பழக்கப்பட்டவர்கள். ஆகவே எல்லாமும் இயல்பாக அதுவாகவே அமையும்’’ என்றார்.

salt and pepper for summer

இந்தப் படத்தை உன் சமையல் அறையில் என்ற பெயரில் தமிழிலும், உலவச்சாரு பிரியாணி என்ற பெயரில் தெலுங்கிலும், ஒக்கரனே என்ற பெயரில் கன்னடத்திலும் ஒரே நேரத்தில் தயாரித்து இயக்கி நடித்து வருகிறார் பிரகாஷ்ராஜ். லால் வேடத்தில் அவர் நடிக்க ஸ்வேதாவின் வேடத்தை ஏற்றிருப்பது சினேகா. இளையராஜா இசை.

மும்மொழிகளிலும் ஒரே நேரத்தில் படத்தை பிரகாஷ்ராஜ் வெளியிடுகிறார். சின்ன படம், மும்மொழி தயாரிப்பு என்பதால் தாமதமாகியது. தற்போது போஸ்ட்புரொடக்சன் ஸ்டேஜை எட்டியிருக்கிறார்கள்.

மே மாதம் கோடை ஸ்பெஷலாக படம் வெளியாகிறது.

Plum, sorry for the delayed response, I was out on vacation. I understand where you are coming from and also the fact that your views have formed over a period of time. I know how involved you were previously in discussions over there. The point is anything less than agreeing with you will seem like I'm obstinately defending BR. If I said that you are reading too much into sentences and extrapolating some, it will not come across as fair. I respect you and so will not say such things. I just feel that sometimes when we step back and see things, we may see them in a new light, especially without any notions. I'm just saying things because I've spent a lot of time with BR and know who he is and what he really feels. I know you don't have the benefit of that and can only go by the written word. I'm also not averse to pulling him up on something if I feel so like in the Ninaithathu Yaaro comments, if you've read that. In that case, I just chose to do it privately. In the end, plum, no one is perfect....everyone has flaws, just let it be, man! Let's just rejoice in Raja's magic...