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Among the recent songs in Malayalam cinema, there are two songs to pay attention to. The first one is Nila Nila from Tournament sung by Karthik and Swetha, written by Vayalar Sharatchandra Varma and composed by Deepak Dev. First, the song itself is absolutely divine with the guitar in the backdrop. It is not very [...]
Rajesh Pillai’s debut movie, ‘Hrudayathil Sukshikkan’ which came out in the year 2005 was a poor copy of the Hollywood hit ‘Meet the Parents’. But his second movie ‘Traffic’ which is also the first Malayalam release of 2011 is not only an original one but also manages to keep you in the edge of the [...]
In one episode of Idea Star Singer, K S Chitra explained her experience on recording a song with Rahman, whom she knew when he was a small boy working in Illayaraja’s studio. With Rahman, the song is not finished when the singer comes in; that is just the begining. Unlike track singing or recording with [...]
In this clip, MG Sreekumar explains the story behind the song Devasabhathalam. The original take was done by Yesudas, Sreekumar and Sharath. According to Sreekumar, he kept up with Yesudas, prompting the music director Raveendran to remind him that he is singing for a losing singer in the movie (played by Kaithapram) that he had [...]
Kerala State Film Awards for 2008 has been announced by a jury with Kannada Director Girish Kasaravally as the chairman. Category Winner Best Film Oru Pennum Randannum(Director – Adoor Gopalakrishnan) Best Director Adoor Gopalakrishnan(Movie – Oru Pennum Randannum) Best Actor Lal (Thalappavu) Best Actress Priyanka(Vilapangalkkapuram) Acting – Comedy Mamukkoya(Innathe Chinthavishayam) Best Actor(Runner Up) Anoop Menon(Thirakatha) [...]
Serial blogger D. Keith Robinson has some suggestions for overcoming writer’s block. The simplest idea is: write. The rationale behind this is the fact that if you keep on writing, even if it is something silly, the mind will soon overcome the block and words will flow. Unfortunately, Balachandran (Mammotty) who is working in a [...]
Laptop Music Review Composer-Sreevalsan J. Menon There is a beautiful and grossly underrated song in the movie Ratchagan composed by A. R. Rehman. The song, titled Kanavu, starts with kayyil mithakkum kanava nee. For many, it was their first wow moment with the singer Srinivas. What has this song to do with Laptop (movie)’s songs [...]
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