Another Devotional song - Khedamekum

After another break, am again posting another devotional song on Lord Ayyappa. But again this is recorded long back, about more than a year ago. I have been introduced to blogging by Mr.Pradip Somasundaram and since then have been actively blogging till my Jouney with Idea Star Singer started in May 2007. And with the busy schedules of the star singer , I was not able to pursue my blogging since then. Idea Star Singer 2007 remains 'A much more expected , but least reaped' event for me. After the unexpected exit from the contest, have been involved in stage shows in the peak of the season. Travelled to Indore, Bombay and Baroda for doing some exciting stage shows along with my Star Singer Colleagues. And the amount of love and affection people shower on us is something very precious and unique. And the most memorable show among these is the one where I had the oppurtunity to be with K.J Yesudas and K.S Chithra along with famous personalities like Nedumudi Venu and Kaviyoor Ponnamma. And I have no words to express my joy when I met the music legendry and my idol Dr. Balamuralikrishna during the finals of Idea Star Singer 2007 in Trivandrum. Thanks to Idea Star Singer for its wonderful exposure. Right now am settled in Bangalore and joined a new job. Amidst of the work schedules I am not able to do what I would really like to do. But am sure I will come back with a bang. Thanks to all the music lovers for making this blog a success which recently crossed 35000 hits.

The song am posting today is a devotional song on lord Ayyappa from the hit album 'Gangayar'. This is originally sung by Gana Gandharvan KJY .Please let me know how you all like this one. The picture which is shown above may not have any relation with the context of the song except that it was taken with my Sony Ericsson W580i.

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Song : Khedamekum

Album: Gangayar

Lyrics : B K R Bhadran

Music : B A Chidamabaranath

Originally Sung By : K J Yesudas

Sung By : Murali Ramanathan

Recorded and Mixed by : Reji, Rebenky Digital Studio, Trivandrum

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Kaathalee - From Avai Shanmukhi

Kamal is the youngest of four children born to Rajalakshmi and Srinivasan Ayyengar. His Mother Tongue is Tamil. His father, an attorney by profession, gave all his sons (Charu Haasan Ayyengar, Chandra Haasan Ayyengar, Kamal Haasan ) the suffix of "Haasan" as a sign of his friendship to one Mr. Haasan. Kamal is also a playback singer and sometimes pens the lyrics for the soundtracks of some of his recent films. He is also a Bharatanatyam dancer and has choreographed some of the dance sequences in his films. He is multilingual. He is also a self professed atheist and follower of E. V. Ramasami Naicker. He has been hailed as India's most veteran and versatile actor.

The song which I present here today is 'Kaathalee' from the film Avai Shanmukhi composed by Deva on the lyrics of Vairamuthu. This is a superhit song originally sung by Hariharan Please let me know how you all like this one.

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Song : Kaathalee

Movie : Avai Shanmukhi

Lyrics : Vairamuthu

Music : Deva

Originally Sung By : Hariharan

Sung By : Murali Ramanathan

Recorded and Mixed by : Reji, Rebenky Digital Studio, Trivandrum

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Oru Vakkum - From BIGB

After a long break today I am presenting a song from the latest malayalam movie BIGB. Despite its simplistic storyline, it manages to stir your soul, and transport you to something that you have never experienced in Malluwood. Making a must see for a quality conscious, refined film buffs and also the front liners at the same time, the film establish the director as one of the brilliant and techno savvy story teller of our times.Unlike most Malayalam action movies, Big B proves to be a well thought-out product, which does its job of providing entertainment to perfection.

The song I am preseneting here is 'Oru vakkum mindathe' sung by composed and sung by Alphonse. Please let me know how you all like this.

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Song : Oru Vakkum Mindathe

Music : Alphonse

Sung By : Murali Ramanathan

Recorded and Mixed by : Reji, Rebenky Digital Studio, Trivandrum

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Mahaganapathim - Deekshitar Composition

Today I am presenting a Krithi on Lord Ganesh by Muthuswami Dikshitar. Muttuswami Dikshitar is the youngest of the trinity of carnatic music the other two being Tyagaraja and Shyama Shastri.He was the eldest son of Ramaswami Dikshitar who was himself a composer and a scholar. This is a very popular krithi based on Nattai raga which is a janya raga of Chalanatta. Please let me know how you all like this.

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Song : Mahaganapathim

Raga : Nattai

Melakartha Raga : Chalanattai(36)

Composer: Muthuswami Dikshitar

Sung By : Murali Ramanathan

Recorded and Mixed by : Reji, Rebenky Digital Studio, Trivandrum

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Innumente Kannuneeril - Tribute to Raveendran Master

Raveendran master is one of the unique composers we ever had in Malayalam music industry. Raveendran master has composed many soulful melodies. He started his career as a playback singer in the 70's and evolved as one of the foremost music directors in the South, composing about 1,500 songs in 450 films, in addition to a number of light music and devotional albums. It was Yesudas who helped him later to become a music director as Raveendran himself had strongly wished to be known as a playback singer. It was then that I V Sasi, the director of "Choola"(1979) gave him a chance to give music to the film. A few among Raveendran’s best songs were in films like ‘Thenum Vayambum’, ‘Amaram’, ‘His Highness Abdullah’, ‘Ayal Katha zhuthuthukayanu’, ‘Nandanam’,'Bharatham', ‘Mizhi Randilum’. His last film was ‘Vadakkumnathan’ a musical odyssey.

The song which I present here today is 'Innumente Kannuneeril' from the film 'Yuvajanaolsavam' directed by Sreekumaran Thampi. This is a beautiful composition from Raveendran master on the lyrics of Sreekumaran Thampi. Please let me know how you all like this one.

I am very happy that I am back to blogging again after a short break. Thanks a lot for the encouragement and support.

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Song : Innumente Kannuneeril

Movie : Yuvajanolsavam

Lyrics : Sreekumran Thampi

Music : Raveendran

Originally Sung By : K J Yesudas

Sung By : Murali Ramanathan

Recorded and Mixed by : Reji, Rebenky Digital Studio, Trivandrum

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Yesu Nayaka - A song on the occasion of Easter.

Here is another new composition on the happy occasion of Easter. Easter marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is a day of great rejoicing and merry-making. Easter ceremonies correspond to Passover, the Jewish festival. It symbolizes the ultimate victory of good over evil. Feasts are given, sweets exchanged and processions taken out on this occasion.

The song which we present here today is 'Yesu Nayaka' composed by another young talented composer Damodar Narayanan. Damodar is a final year Engineering student and he is very passionate about music. He does have a good knowledge in Classical Music. I met Damodar through internet and became good friends. This is a different composition by him on the lyrics of Christie. Subin has done a great job in orchestrating this song. Please let us know how you all like this.

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Song : Yesu Nayaka

Lyrics : Christie

Music : Damodar Narayanan

Orchestration : Subin

Sung By : Murali Ramanathan

Recorded and Mixed by : Reji, Rebenky Digital Studio, Trivandrum

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Alamkrutha Sundara - Composition by Murali Venitaraman

Its been long since thought of posting something diffferent. Today I am presneting a song composed by my friend Murali Sankar Venkatraman. I met him through this blogging world. When I heard one of his composition 'Barse Badariya' sung by Swati Kanitkar I was dumb struck at the beauty of the composition. He enouraged me a lot when i came into blogging and gave me enormous confidence. We tried something togeather and here's the first cut of the result. He has around 45 compositions on Lord krishna. Yes....MSV is a talented composer.

The song which we present here today is 'Alamkruta Sundara Roopam' set to Charukesi raga. The version which we present here is a draft version and I sung this for doing orchestration.I really enjoyed the challenge in singing this beautiful composition. We will soon present a version with orchestration. Please let us know how you all like it.

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Song : Almkruta Sundara Roopam

Lyrics & Music : Murali Venkatraman

Sung By : Murali Ramanathan

Recorded and Mixed by : Reji, Rebenky Digital Studio, Trivandrum

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Blogswara 3 is Live Now.

Blogswara V3 is Released.. This time the album comes with 9 songs featuring artists from all over the world.Check out the songs at http://www.blogswara.in

I have sung one song in this album(Vasantham..) .This song is composed and orchestrated by Anil B S on the beautiful lyrics of Sreeja Balraj. Please do listen and share your thoughts.

Ariyathe Vannu Nee - From Ormaykkai.

Today I am presneting a song from the popular malayalam album 'Ormaykkai'. This album was very popular and has some beautiful numbers in it. This album has popular songs like 'Ormmakkai iniyoru sneha geetham', 'Jeevante jeevanam kootukari' etc. More than two lakh cassettes of the album were sold.

The song which I present here today is 'Ariyathe Ariyathe' . This is a beautiful song composed by M Jayachandran in Hamir Kalyani raga. I recorded this three months back and was waiting to correct a word :). Infact I took the lyrics of the female version when i recorded it. I was trying seee whether i can correct the word 'Thozha' to 'Thozhi' so that it will become male version. But unfortunately the backup was not available with Reji. So now i thought of sharing with all of you with this known defect :).

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Song : Ariyathe Vannu nee

Album : Ormaykkai

Music : M Jayachandran

Originally Sung By : K S Chitra

Sung By : Murali Ramanathan

Recorded and Mixed by : Reji, Rebenky Digital Studio, Trivandrum

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Devotional Album Released on Lord Siva

I am very happy to announce that a devotional album on Lord Siva has been released on 16'th of February. I had the fortune to sing with playback singers like M G Sreekuamar, Kallara Gopan, Ravishankar, Jose etc in this album. There are nine beautiful songs in this album. The songs in this album has been composed by Shri.Somasundaram, a music teacher located in Trivandrum on the lyrics of Shri.Sreelal Aryanad. I had the fortune to sing two good songs in this album. I would like to really thank Anil B S for providing me this oppurtunity. It was the rendition of one of his compositions on the lyrics of Sreeja Balraj , helped in grabbing an oppurtunity to sing in this devotional album. I would like to specially thank Anil chettan for all the support he is providing me ever since we met. Also it was a wonderful experience for me to be partially involved on the mixing aspect of this album with Anil B S. It was a wonderful experience working on this album.

I am adding some song teasers here since its not possible to share the full version with all of you.

Album : 'Dakshinamoorthe Bhagavane'
Lyrics : Sreelal Aryanad
Music : Somasundaram Trivandrum
Orchestration : Malarmary Joy
Mixed By : Anil B S, A.B.S Studio Trinvandrum

Song Teaser 1 : Dakshinamoorthe.
Sung By : M G Sreekumar



Song Teaser 2 : Aayiram Ithalulla.
Sung By : Murali Ramanathan



Song Teaser 3 : Oru mizhiyil.
Sung By : Kallara Gopan



Song Teaser 4 : Ushassin
Sung By : Murali Ramanathan