Song of the day - Saibo from Shor (In the City)

I'm totally in love with this soft rockish melody. Thanks to Dhruv for sharing it with me. It is composed by the duo - Sachin and Jigar. Shreya Ghosal and Tochi Raina create pure awesomeness with their vocals. Both these singers usually exceed our expectations, be it any genre and this one is no exception. The remix remains quite ordinary though. You can listen to the song here - Saibo.

Sunitha interviews Karthik in Jhummandhi Naadam show.

I found this interview on Youtube today and it's with one of my fav singers, karthik :) There is just the first part that has been uploaded :( I wish the user uploads the rest of the parts too. I enjoyed every second of this 9 min video. It feels good to see Karthik in a Telugu music show.

Vintunnava by Shreya Ghosal

I want to make a mention about the song 'Vintunnava' from the movie 'Ye Maaya Chesavo' (Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya in Tamil). I never really bothered to listen to it in Tamil (since the Tamil album was out first). Actually not in Telugu too until I had to listen to the whole song once and I did not have an opportunity to skip the song in winamp ( I was cooking some complicated stuff, couldn't deviate in between :P).


So, once I heard the complete song, I really liked it. Shreya Ghosal's rendering is just too perfect in it. Karthik's vocals complemented hers very well in Telugu. He should have sung in Tamil too. I am not a very big fan of AR Rahman's vocals. To me it sounds good in only few songs ( like in Newyork Nagaram, Khwaja Mere Khwaja ..and few more..can't remember them all now..) Anyway, so this is one song which is on my winamp these days. My dear ARR fans out there, do listen to it if you still haven't (which is highly improbable :) )

You can listen to the Telugu version here : Vintunnava

and to the Tamil version here : Mannipaya

Waiting for You

Kay Kay is the king of pathos. Give him a sad number and he'll nail it. He'll sing it with such ardor you'd think for a moment he is taking it personally. Waiting for you from Oy! is one such song. Yuvan Shankar Raja composes a gem of a tune, adds minimal yet sparkling orchestration to it and Kay Kay does the rest.

We've seen Yuvan compose such songs previously - good examples are Kadal Valaranthe from Manmadhan (again by Kay Kay!), Devadhaiyin Kandein from Kadhal Kondein and some more from 7/G Brundavan Colony etc. Kay Kay, as I said, has always been a master at this. His first ever hit, Tadap Tadap (Lut Gaye) from HDDCS (Ismail Darbar), Beete Lamhein from The Train (Mithoon) and numerous others Pritam with O Meri Jaan from Tum Mile being the latest.

This one ranks among his best (and is my personal favorite). The premise is roughly this - the guy has proposed to the girl and in typical filmy style set a deadline for her to accept and is singing this song in the mean time. (*Note/Spoiler: One would wonder why it would involve so much of grief but I guess it goes with the theme of the film where the girl would go on to die of cancer).


You can listen to the song here and watch the video here. (I absolutely hate the video because it does no justice to the song and serves an insult to it, if any..).

I found the lyrics here and I'll try to translate them:

Chirunavve navvuthuu naa kosam vasthaavani
Wishing that you'd come for me with a smile
Chigurasee reputhuu nee premanu thesthaavani
Wishing that you'd bring along your love
Ninu vethikaane nanne thaake gaalulne aara teestoo
I looked for you enquiring the breezes that touched me
Niluchunnane neekai veche teeraanne aaradhisthuu
I stood admiring the shore waiting for you
Prathi janmaa neetho ne I'm waiting for you baby
[I want to spend] each life with you, I'm waiting for you baby
Prathi janmaa neetho ne I'm waiting for you baby

Ooo...
Chirunavve.. (repeat)

Nuvvu nenu yekam ayye premallona..
In the love where You and I unite
Ponge pralayam ninnu nannu vanchinchenaa..
Would the [impending] catastrophe betray us?
Puvve mullai kaatesthundhaa, Neere nippai kalchesthundhaa..
Would the flower turn into a thorn? And water, into fire?
Vidhinainaa veleyana Ninu gelicheyanaa
Wouldn't I defy fate and win you over?
Nee kosam nereekashanaa
This wait is for you
Oo.. I am waiting for you baby
Prathi janmaa neethone I am waiting for u babyy... (repeat)

Ooo.....

Premaane oke maate aamelo gathinchindha
Did the word called love culminate in her?
Veedani bhayam edho gundene tholusthundha
Is some morbid fear bothering her?
Aa oohee thana madhilo kalathale repenaa
Is it disturbing her?
Vidhinainaa veleyana ninu gelicheyanaa..
Nee kosam nereekashanaa..
Oo.. I am waiting for u babyy... (repeat)

Chirunavve.. (repeat)

PS: Do check out other songs from the album Oy if you haven't . Fantastic music by Yuvan. Read about it here and here.

Unnale Unnale

Sometimes while listening to a song, which we might have already heard umpteen number of times, we might still find something nice in it which makes us like it even better.I just heard the title song of Unnale Unnale and a line in specific caught my attention this time.The line 'seri endru theriyaamal thavaru endru puriyaamal' sung by Harini was really good.I must have heard this song over 100 times,but it never bores me. The composer, Harris Jeyraj mostly doesn't disappoint his listeners. He has at least one good number in each of his films. And when it comes to giving a soundtrack to Jeeva, he never fails.


Karthik and Harini's vocals totally reflect the mood of this song. The hero and heroine express their joy of being in love and the singers captured it perfectly. The song starts off with Krishh singing a small part which repeats many times in the next 4.43 minutes.The orchestration is amazing in the song,all credit to Harris.Karthik as usual soothes the listeners with his mesmerizing voice right from the start and Harini joins him in the second stanza.She is fabulous!

Oh yeah, I should ask the listeners of this song to concentrate on harini's voice from 3.30 to 3.39 especially when she sings these words - vinnale chendrene. She is amazing and it surprises me as to how little gamakas can enhance the beauty of a song.The song is as beautiful in telugu as it is in tamil. But I'm too lazy to write down the lyrics in telugu right now. I am posting the tamil lyrics while keeping my favorite lines in bold. The translation can be found colored and in brackets. I’m not a tamil speaking gal but I tried my best to get the lyrics right. Please feel free to make any corrections.

Krish Sings:
mudhal mudhalaaga mudhal mudhalaaga ,paravasamaaga paravasamaaga
vaa vaa vaa anbae..
(For the first time I'm excited, I’m happy. Come on my dear)
Oh Ho..
thani thaniyaaga thanan thaniyaaga ilavasamaaga ivan vasamaaga
vaa vaa vaa anbae..
(Come alone to become a part of me. Come on my dear)

Pallavi:

unnaalae unnaalae viNaaLach chendraenae
(Because of you I'm on cloud nine) 
un munnae un munnae mei kaaNa nindraenae
(When I stand in front of you,I'm hypnotized)
oru sottu kadalum nee, oru pottu vaanum nee, oru puLLi puyalum nee
(You are a drop of ocean, tip of the sky,You are a pinch of cyclone)
brahmiththaen
(I am astonished)
oLi veesum iravum nee, uyir kaetkkum amudham nee, imai moodum vizhiyum nee
(You are a light in the night,You are the divine potion which makes me immortal,you're my eyelid) yaasiththaen..
(I crave for you)

[mudhal mudhalaaga..]

Charanam 1:
oru paarvaiyin neeLaththai,oru vaarththaiyin aazhaththai
( your sharp looks, the depth in your words)
thaangaamal veezhndhaenae
(I was helpless,I fell for them)
thoongaamal vaazhndhaenae
(I lost my sleep/I'm able to live without sleep)
nadhi meedhu sarugaippOl, un paadhai varugindraen
(I'm following you like a leaf on the river)
karai thaettri viduvaayO,gathimOtcham tharuvaayO
(Will you take me to the shore?Will you fulfill my desire?)
moththamaai moththamaai naan maari pOnaenae
(I've changed completely)
suththamaai suththamaai thooL thooLaai aanaenae
(I'm totally broken into pieces)

[mudhal mudhalaaga..]
unnaalae unnaalae,viNaaLach chendraenae
un munnae un munnae,mei kaaNa nindraenae

it's very fast love grows.people in the pulls listen down !
its' love graph..yO !let's peep in & call in..

Charanam 2:
nee enbadhu mazhaiyaaga,naan enbahu veyyilaaga
(You are the rain,I'm the sunshine)
mazhaiyOdu veyyil searum,andha vaanilai sugamaagum
(When rain and sunshine come together,the weather becomes pleasant)
seri endru theriyaamal thavaru endru puriyaamal
(I don't know if it's right,I can't understand why it's wrong) 
edhu vandhu saerndhaen naan,edhirpaarkkavillai naan
(I don't know what has brought me to this stage,I did not expect this)
en vasam en vasam irandadukku aagaayam
(Now there are two skies for me)
irandilum pOgudhae en kaadhal kaarmaegam
(In both, the clouds of love are passing by)

papap..pa..pa...ppa.pa
unnaalae unnaalae viNaaLach chendraenae
(Because of you I'm on cloud nine) 
un munnae un munnae mei kaaNa nindraenae
(When I stand in front of you,I'm hypnotized)

You can download the song here - Unnale Unnale(tamil), Nee valle Nee valle(telugu)
If you like this song,feel free to put in your thoughts too :)