Just thought of writing here what I am listening to nowadays….

A R Rahman’s masterpieces:

• • The classic Veera Raja Veera
  • The fun piece Nana from Couples Retreat
  • The soul-stirring Dichotomy of Fame from Rockstar
  • The playful Kuru Kuru KaNgaLile from, again, Couples Retreat
  • Ponni Nadhi from Ponniyin Selvan – the same Rahman can sound playful in Kuru Kuru KangaLile and pack so much energy in this ode to Ponni Nadhi
  • The haunting, contemplative Latika’s Theme
  • The inspirational ‘Never Give Up’ from Million Dollar Arm

The trailing background music of Kuru Kuru KaNgaLile is as lovely a piece in itself, as the one in the background for ‘Jugni’ from ‘Kaatru Veliyidai’. The vocals, the humming, the chords, the melody – there are multiple layers of awesome music running all through this less than 3 minute song.

Bliss of Navarasa Kannada:

• Ni Paadamule Gati by Sanjay
• Vande Sada Padmanabham by Sanjay
• Naan Oru Vilayattu by Sikkil Gurucharan & Anil Srinivasan (Album – Tarunam)

The first two bring out the joyous shade of Navarsa Kannada, while the last one brings out the other rasa of Navarsa Kannada by being all soulful! 🙂

Finally, Sanjay’s Shri Parvati in the beautiful Shri Raagam is one song that I just can never have enough of! This is such a beautiful composition, replete with some lovely chittaswarams.

What are you listening to? 🙂