Gautham, why this kola veri?
When it comes to Yuvan numbers, can't they handle it like the good ol' days? i.e. record two versions (Yuvan and say, a Karthik version), retain both versions in the album, and use the better one in the movie? It can serve as an ego-booster, can help with album sales, catering to discerning music lovers as well as fans of Yuvan's kolaveri singing and also do justice to the movie :) ?
Wonder when the son will learn to speak good Tamizh from his 'daddie'!! Cringe-worthy stuff!
National Film Awards 2012 - Music Categories winners
As we all know, the National Movie Awards for year 2011 were announced on March 7. Almost all mainstream media news sites listed the winners, except for two glaring omissions. Two important categories were missing from the announced list - Best Music Directions (Songs) and Best Background Score.
I had to dig through several websites and got the names – as usual, I am surprised:
Best Music Direction (Songs) - Neel Dutt for Bengali movie "Ronjona Ami Aar Ashbona"
Best Background Score - Mayookh Bhowmick for Bengali film "Laptop"
As an ardent fan of Raaja, I am disappointed by these awards. Who were the runners-up?
Everyone was expecting Raaja to bag Best Background Score for atleast one of these movies - A.Kuthirai, Sri Rama Rajyam, Hello Jaihind. Sri Rama Rajyam could have been runner-up for songs with 13 classical items. How about Rahman's "Rockstar"?
The other surprising award is Best Female Playback singer for Roopa Ganguly - Bengali film "Abosheyshey". Who was the runner-up?
I was expecting Shreya to bag this award. Shreya did a fantastic job in at least three languages - Snehaveedu, Sri Rama Rajyam and Dirty Picture. Just hear the accurate pronunciations and melody in all three languages. She is an amazing and incredible singer.
For Male Playback singer, Hariharan (Snehaveedu, Hello Jaihind) and Mohit Chauhan (Rockstar) were strong contenders.
The million dollar question for Govt. of India's Information & Broadcasting Ministry is this. Why can't the government appointed screening committee (we still live in 18th Century British Raj) announce the runners-up for each category besides all films that were nominated? India's film industry is a bizzare association of nearly 20 languages - The Best Movie Award went to Byari language film "Byari", which is a language spoken by a miniscule population in Kasargod/ D.Kannada districts of Kerala and Karnataka. Can anyone get a DVD? We have to wait for Doordarshan to screen the film next year.
Why can’t we allow members of the film fraternity to vote for these awards? Or have a National Film Festival and select the winners (Cannes Model). This is an appalling situation with our National Awards.
For next year 2013 awards, don’t be surprised if Dhanush wins Best Playback Singer for “Kolaveri Di” and Anirudh for Best Music Direction (Songs) for “3”. No one can forget that Sridevi was snubbed by National Awards Committee for her role in “Moondram Pirai”. Raaja should have received one more award for 1986 - “Punnagai Mannan”. He got it for “Sindhu Bhairavi” the same year. 2010 award for Amit Trivedi was again twisted. I heard Dev.D songs several times and couldn’t comprehend how the committee chose this film.
Eera Vizhi Kaviyangal Songs
I dont know if this is old news here. iTunes has an Album "Ilayaraaja Black (Emptiness)" that has all the songs from the movie Eera Vizhi Kaviyangal for those interested.