Ella Pugazhum Iraivanuke!

From Roja to the red carpet of Oscars, this man's journey has been full of excitement, pride and full of honors. He has made Tamilian proud in Indian Stage, India on the world stage and now he has made the long time dream of every Indian and Tamilian true.. That too twice...

I doubt if any other Indian winning an Oscar would have created so much of a reaction among the country people. But Rahman is one who has associated himself with every nook and corner of India through is soulful music of which no one can deny being a fan.

I feel really very happy and consider myself to be lucky to be living in the same era as him witnessing all these honors. And all I can do is salute his dedication, hardwork and his modesty after all this success...

Jai Ho, Rahman!

New Playlist 2009...

These are songs that get frequent play in my mobile everyday now and most of them run sometimes in infinite looping playlist. In alphabetical order:

1. Song: Aathichudi
Film: TN O7 AL 4777
Singers: Dinesh Kanakaratnam,Vijay Antony
Music: Vijay Antony
Favorite for: Different attempt, very peppy with ultimate fast beats towards the end

2. Song: Atlantic Oceanuku
Film: Laadam
Singers: Suchitra
Music: Dharan
Favorite for: Suchi's unique voice, western composition

3. Song: Chinnan Chirisu
Film: Kunguma Poovum Konjum Puraavum
Singers: Javed Ali, Bela Shende
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Favorite for: Javed Ali(of Guzarish from Ghajini fame), extremely sweet voice of Bela Shende, western style beats in rural song

4. Song: Dheemthanakka Thillana
Film: Villu
Singers: Devi Sri Prasad, Divya
Music: Devi Sri Prasad
Favorite for: Peppy music, catchy lyrics and Divya's voice

5. Song: Eppadio Maatikiten
Film: Siva Manasula Shakthi
Singers: Clinton, Nruthya
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Favorite for: Lead vocals, slow paced rhythm, dialogue-style lyrics

6. Song: Honey Honey
Film: Ayan
Singers: Sayarora Philip, Devan
Music: Harris Jayaraj
Favorite for: Sayanora's excellent voice modulation throughout, nice beats

7. Song: Kallil Aadum Poove
Film: Anandha Thandavam
Singers: Benny Dayal, Shwetha
Music: G.V.Prakash
Favorite for: Benny Dayal's brilliance, melodious tune

8. Song: Nalamdhaana
Film: Silambaatam
Singers: Silambarasan, Earl, Suzie.Q
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Favorite for: Silambarasan's voice, supporting vocals, slow beats

9. Song: Oh my love
Film: Ennai Theriyuma
Singers: Achu,Sunitha Sarathy
Music: Achu
Favorite for: Achu's voice which is very simple and sweet as a guy next door singing it, dialogue-style lyrics

10. Song: Oru Kinnathai
Film: Indira Vizha
Singers: Balaji, Yadhish, Priyadharsini
Music: Yadhish
Favorite for: Nice remix, the female vocals

11. Song: Pada Pada
Film: Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu
Singers: Karthik
Music: V. Selvaganesh
Favorite for: Karthik, tune with classical touch

12. Song: Siragugal
Film: Sarvam
Singers: Javed Ali, Madhushree
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Favorite for: Javed's voice, sufi style composition

13. Song: Siru Thoduthalile
Film: Laadam
Singers: Bombay Jayashree, Haricharan
Music: Dharan
Favorite for: First time western avatar of Bombay Jayashree, the flute and the melody

The Bus Shift

I have been traveling in city bus to office for more than two months now. I deliberately chose to travel in city bus and cancelled my company bus pass end of last year.

I always enjoy bus travel, especially sitting in the window seat, looking outside and listening to music all the way. But this is not the reason for the shift, because I do this even in company bus.

The main reason was that there was no thrill, no adventure in life. So I atleast I wanted to add some spice to it. Changing buses and sometimes traveling routes, trying different permutations and combinations of bus routes from my home to office... There is a lot of uncertainty with all these which I love very much.

One more important difference is whenever you get into office bus everyday all you get to see is "shit-yet-another-day" kind of faces, atleast that is what I get to see in my bus route. But people who travel everyday in crowded government buses surprisingly look very excited with a good attitude to start the day.

The only problem is the bus timings as no bus in Chennai runs according to any timetable. Again, uncertainty, which is a different experience. Hail the Deluxe and A/c buses which give you utmost comfort especially after a tired day in office.