Blogswara’s 6th album – Scheduled for March 1

It is time for another version of Blogswara! Yes, it is Blogswara’s Sixth album!! We have posted the song teasers in our website, so hop over there to listen to the song previews.

We have 14 songs this year and in four languages – Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil & Telugu (introducing Telugu for the first time in Blogswara) many new talented people being introduced through Blogswara..

So watch out for 1st of March for the grand release of Blogswara Version 6. And do spread the word around!

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Music video: Iniyethra Naal

Those of you who frequent to this blog have heard the song “Iniyethra Naal” in this blog before. To those who are new here, I composed this song for a short film directed by a friend. You can read more about the song by clicking this link.

The short film, titled “Aa Kathukal Parayaathirunnathu“, was previewed on February 12th at St Thomas College, Thrissur, in the presence of national award winning director Priyanandanan. You can see the song video below, which will hit the Malayalam TV channels hopefully soon. You can also download the MP3 file of this song by clicking here.

Credits:

Lyrics: Ratheesh
Music: Joseph Thomas (Jo)
Singer: Divya S Menon
Orchestration: Rajith George
Cinematography & Direction: Pavithran
Short film: Aa Kathukal Parayaathirunnuathu

‘Happy Husbands’ and ‘Bodyguard’

Do not ever go to watch a movie by public opinion. That is what I learned after watching two Malayalam movies recently. I heard Jayaram-Indrajith-Jayasurya starrer “Happy Husbands” is a laugh riot and a good watch, but I was left bored. With a stupid script and dialogues, it would easily top at the list of Razzies, if there was one for Malayalam films. Checkout the scene where psychologist girl chasing Jayasurya or Indrajith playing innocent before his wife etc – this movie is a so damn waste of money. It is not even worth of the air condition inside the theatre, because it is just another torture than the heat outside the cinema hall. Plus, I have one thing to tell Suraj Venjaramoodu. You are fast becoming the most irritating comedian ever in Malayalam cinema. Jagathy Sreekumar did not rule with his Trivandrum slang, but with his talent. You also have to find some other ground than trying to bank upon the Trivandrum slang. Get a life!

Then there was Dileep-Nayantara starrer Bodyguard. I never thought that director Siddique would disappoint people at this level. Considering his previous comedy hits, I went to watch this movie with much hope. Disappointment again. The movie goes on well but as the first half comes to an end, the story takes a pathetic turn. And then it is an utter waste of time and money. Siddique even takes a Kuch Kuch Hota Hai line in his story and by the time you figure out what is happening in the stupid story and script, the movie ends and you leave the cinema hall wondering, “what was it that I just saw?” The only saving grace of the movie was Nayantara with her beautiful looks and the way she moves in the dance scenes is a treat to your eyes. You can see a professional playing there. Except for Nayan, the only other good thing about the movie is the song “arikathaayaaro”, composed by Ouseppachan. All other songs are just passable.

(Image courtesy: Samvruthasunil.com and Bharatstudent.com)

Racism and Casteism

Raped Dalit girl kills self as cops let-off the accusedThe girl was raped by an upper caste youth on February 12 in their village.

The above news item shows up in the front page of IBN website. Whenever such news come up, there is not much rage in Twitter or blogs like it happens when Indians are attacked in Australia. Not many are condemning Casteism, like they condemned Racism. Not many concerns of security and the criminals being left unpunished because this is just another day and just another news item in India.

When Australians attack Indians, it is seen as a racist attack. When Indians attack Indians, people insist that it should be seen purely based on the crime aspect that caste and class have nothing to do with it.

Such is our time.

Pune

Then it all went slow motion, everything slow motion
First came the flash of lights, then the sound of explosion
And we’re still in slow motion, we’re still in slow motion

Now it’s all gone slow motion, everything slow motion
The lights gone out – I feel no more emotion
I’m all out of emotion, I’m out of emotion…

From the song, Days of Fire
[Album: London Underground]

(Image courtesy: BBC)

R.I.P Gireesh Puthenchery

I had the fortune of meeting Gireesh Puthenchery at East Coast Studios in Trivandrum. I was there to sing a track song for M G Radhakrishnan sir and Pappechi introduced me to him. I still can’t forget the smile on his face. He turned to me while chewing the betel leaves and when the talk of beginners started, he recalled his initial days as a song writer and about the beginning of his friendship with M G Radhakrishnan sir whom he called Rajettan.

Dear poet, Thank You for all the beautiful songs you penned. Thank you for the movie Vadakkumnathan, which I loved so much because it reminded me about my friend who took his own life a couple of years back. From today, everyone in Kerala will miss you so much whenever we hear your songs…

(Image source)

Married

(Thaali, Manthrakodi and Rings – photo by Aashik)

Can’t believe it happened. Felt blessed to have got wedded in the presence of my closest friends. The doubts, the questions, all seem to be vanishing away. And then there are surprises. She finally sang to me. And she sings pretty much better than I expected. 🙂