Picha Vacha Naal Muthal (cover)
Perhaps after Kangal Irandaal, this is one song that keeps me hooked to my iPod and I never get tired of listening to it. Such a beautiful, melodious song from Deepak Dev and it seems to be the come-back of Deepak after a short interval. This song is already a huge hit across Kerala. One thing I like about the orchestration of this song is that the vocals do not get miffed in the background music. It has very minimal use of background music so that the vocals is clear when you hear it. And this one is sung by the versatile Shankar Mahadevan and the Shankar – Deepak has made this song forever hit. Here is my humble attempt in singing “Picha Vacha Naal Muthal” from Puthiya Mukham.
Sally is a long time friend of mine and also the elder sister of Jessica, whose song I published in my old blog. Sally thought this song would suit me and requested to sing it. Here is the song for you, Sal. 
And many thanks to Rosh for the karaoke track. She knew I love this song and sent me the karaoke. Thanks!
Song: Picha Vacha Naal Muthal
Movie: Puthiya Mukham
Music: Deepak Dev
Original singer: Shankar Mahadevan
Sung by: Joseph Thomas (Jo)
Karaoke provided by: Roshni
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August 16th, 2009 at 1:23 am
even before hearing the song i got a feeling that ud rock this…and u did
…song suited ur voice like T….well sung Joboy!
August 16th, 2009 at 2:33 am
adipolii JO !!!! beautiful rendition ..
August 16th, 2009 at 2:43 am
നല്ലപാട്ട് ശങ്കർ മഹാദേവന്റെ ആക്സെന്റ് ഇല്ലാതെ കേട്ടതിൽ വളരെ സന്തോഷം. അതിലും നന്നായി ജോ പാടിയിട്ടുമുണ്ട്.
കൊമ്പൊസിഷൻ അത്രമികച്ചതൊന്നുമല്ല. “സ്വയംവരചന്ദ്രികേ”യുടെ പ്രേതം ചിലടത്ത് ആവേശിക്കുന്നുമുണ്ട്. പക്ഷേ ഓർക്കെസ്ട്രേഷൻ പുതുമയുള്ളത്. സൂക്ഷ്മതയുമുണ്ട്. മാൻഡൊലിൻ പ്രയോഗങ്ങൾ സുന്ദരം. മൃദംഗത്തോട് ചേർന്ന്.. ഇടയ്ക്ക് ഘടം വന്ന് വോക്കലിനു കൊടുക്കുന്ന സപ്പോർട്. ഒരു യന്ത്രം ഒരേ ബീറ്റു മാത്രം ഇട്ടുകൊടുക്കുന്ന ഈയിടത്തെ പതിവിൽ നിന്നും വ്യത്യാസപ്പെട്ടത്.
August 16th, 2009 at 10:32 am
A great work, Joe. I hope this talent will soon be revealed for public eye.
August 16th, 2009 at 11:21 am
Stupendous rendition, Jo! Really enjoyed every bit of it. This song is a personal favorite of mine too
The interludes reminds me of ” Pranatosmi Guruvayoor….” from Sindhoora Rekha composed in Reethigowla. May be this song might be the in same raaga (not sure 
August 16th, 2009 at 11:26 am
Jo, Give me your hand man..!!
Amazingly sung!! I knew this song would be a piece of Art..if sung by you, just for the range and the simplicity !!
And it sure is….!!
Wow …is not the word…!! Superb…!!
Fantastic Karaoke !! Well mixed.
Your voice, sruthi, bhavam, fantastic. Really enjoyed it !!
I think Picha Vecha is the song of the year so far !! I am sure it will break a lot of records. And I wish Deepak Dev – listens to your version !!
August 16th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
well done
August 16th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Good one!!!
August 17th, 2009 at 5:40 am
very well sung!! keep it up
August 17th, 2009 at 10:07 am
Excellent!!! Enjoyed the feel you gae to the song.
August 17th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
wonderful Jo..
..
I love your rendition..
no words to express the feel….
wish u a great time ahead.. god bless u…
August 17th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
Jo..u r brilliant!!!
it is sooo cut out for ur voice ..very very soothing Jo.. Loved it! 
August 17th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
Very nicely rendered
Beautiful song and you have given the full credit to it by singing so good.
August 17th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Very beautiful, Jo. You did beat Shankar on this one. Since it is a slow one, it is quite easy to pick on accent mismatches, though Shankar had given all the ‘bhava’ it deserves. You gave everything that the original song lacked.
Now the song is complete!
August 18th, 2009 at 1:18 am
Muhaseen – Thanks a lot man!
Ani: Thanks Ani!
Ethiran Kathiravan – Thanks maashe.. Those are some very good observations you made here about the orchestration of this song!
Narendran – Thank you!
Arun: Thanks Arun. Yeah, could be the same raaga!
Narayanan – Thanks a lot for your support as always, bro! And eagerly waiting to do our Tamil version.
Joffie – Thank you.
Sijo – Thanks da!
Ranjith – Thank you.
Krishnan – Thanks a lot.
Ranji – Thank you Ranjith.
Vidyu – Thank you!
Ravi: Thanks a lot Ravi
Sajeev – Thanks a lot for that flattering comment! I appreciate it.
August 18th, 2009 at 2:42 am
Azhagaai Nee thuLumbunnu !!
Superbly done in this line !!
August 18th, 2009 at 8:02 am
beautiful jo… as ways done ure best
August 18th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Your’s is good.
SM has an irritating texture nd not good for malayalam songs. Bad decision deepak dev. u cud try with someone else.
September 2nd, 2009 at 7:59 am
Wow, loved the song
And very nice rendition by you! Very emotive! Reminded me a little of swayamvara chandrike…
September 3rd, 2009 at 7:17 am
Somehow missed this… lovely singing Jo!!! loved it thoroughly…
September 3rd, 2009 at 11:25 am
Thank you Neelu, Saljo, Sindhu and Rashmi.
September 9th, 2009 at 12:04 am
Dear Jo…..
enikothiri ishtamulla paattaa ithu….
athu originalinekaal manoharamaayi paadiyirikunnu…
very well done jo…..
thnx a lottt….
Pramodriju
September 9th, 2009 at 12:20 am
Thank you Pramod.
October 16th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Jo,
I heard it now only. Though this song was a huge hit across Kerala, I was hugely disappointed with Shankar Mahadevan’s performance – especially because of his accent. I wished dasettan sang this song.
Just finished commenting on Youtube about the flaws of this song. It’s not a super duper melody, but surely a decent one. The following are the problems with Shankar.
He pronounces ‘picha vecha’ like ‘puchham’, aasha like ‘fashion’ and not like ‘dosha’. And it should be ‘swantham’ not ‘sontham’. Also ‘paadaswaram’ is wrong – it’s actually ‘paadasaram’. Rest like ‘naan’ for ‘njaan’ etc can be excused. That’s what Tamil + Malayalam + Hindi can do to your language
Fortunately, you have done an excellent job with your clean Malayalam and crispy voice – well, except for paadaswaram
Way to go jo…
October 18th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Thanks a lot Ajith.
Glad you liked it!
November 5th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
Excellent rendition….
November 6th, 2009 at 12:05 am
Thank you Shalini
November 26th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Enikku othiri istamulla paatta ithu ! After a long time something that is so melodious. I wish if Karthik sang this ! But Sankar Ji did justice to the song. Actually Deepak Dev sang this beautiful in SuperStar 2. Also isnt it Padasaram and not Pada Swaram? Jo ,you rendered this beautiful as usual . Also try to do the new song from Kerala Cafe (Kathakal athi ..sagaram, and some beautiful numbers from NeelaThamara )
All the best
Karthika
November 26th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
Hi Karthika, thank you for pointing these out and for your kind words of appreciation.
Haven’t heard the songs from Kerala Cafe, will listen to it and try some of them for sure. 
December 6th, 2009 at 9:19 am
You are really a good singer..excellent…
December 6th, 2009 at 11:17 am
Thank you Balan
December 22nd, 2009 at 9:50 am
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December 22nd, 2009 at 10:54 am
I dint know you had sung this song!!! I lOVE it.. thank you Jo..
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