Linga tracklist and release date

Track List

1. Oh Nanba
Vocals: S. P. Balasubramaniam, Aaryan Dinesh Kanagaratnam
Lyrics: Vairamuthu

2. En Mannavva
Vocals: Srinivas, Aditi Paul
Lyrics: Vairamuthu

3. Indiane Vaa
Vocals: A. R. Rahman
Lyrics: Vairamuthu

4. Mona Gasolina
Vocals: Mano, Neeti Mohan, Tanvi Shah
Lyrics: Karky

5. Unmai Orunaal Vellum
Vocals: Haricharan
Lyrics: Vairamuthu

Album Credits

Release date: December 2014

Studio: AM Studios

Credits:

MUSICIANS

Indian Rhythm - T. Raja, Kumar, Neelakandan, Raju, Laxminarayan, Vedachalam – Venkat, Kaviraj, Sai Shravanam, Satyanarayana

Guitars - Keba Jeremiah

Saarangi - Dilshad Khan

Shenai - Balesh

Sitar - Asad Khan

Dilruba - Saroja

Woodwinds - Kamlakhar

Chennai Strings Orchestra & The Sunshine Orchestra

Conducted by VJ Srinivasamurthy Recorded at AM Studios, Chennai

BACKING VOCALS

Dr. Narayan, Nivas, Santhosh, Deepak, Arjun Chandy, Yazin, Pooja, Maalavika, Sowmya, Soundarya, Nirjari, Veena, Arpita, Maria Roe Vincent, Varsha, Surbhi, Sasha, Debolina & The KMMC Choir

Additional Programming
TR Krishna Chetan, Hentry Kuruvilla, Ishaan Chhabra, Santhosh Kumar Dayanidhi, Marc, Ranjit Barot & P. A. Deepak

On 'En Mannavaa' 
Additionally arrangements by Ranjit Barot
Additional arrangements and programming by - Aditya Paudwal 
Percussion - Arun Solanki and Aditya Paudwal
Chorus - Varsha Tripathi, Surbhi Dahsputra, Sasha Tirupati, Debolina Bose
Recording Engineer - Puneet Samtani
Assistant Engineer - Vimal Pancholi 
Musician Coordinator - Vimal Pancholi, Sanjay Utekar

On 'Oh Nanba' 
Brass Section: Blasco Monsorat. Kishore Sodha, Raghav Sachar
Raghav Sachar - Brass conductor
Recording Engineers - Muralidhar Praveen / Aditya Modi
Recorded at - Studio Nysa / PDMS, Mumbai

SOUND ENGINEERS

Panchathan Record-Inn, Chennai: Suresh Permal, Vinay Sridhar, Srinidhi Venkatesh & Nitish Kumar

AM Studios, Chennai: Sivakumar, Pradeep, Kannan, Karthik, Ananthakrishnan

Mixed by P.A. Deepak

Mastered at Hafod Mastering by Donal Whelan and Gethin John

Musicians Coordinator - Noell James & Vijay Iyer

Musicians Fixer – R.Samidurai

karnamotcham from kaaviya thalaivan

Sufi Rock, A Simple Intro

Contrasting rhapsodies with Harmonium and Guitars romancing all through the song, the sufi rock way!
Its actually surprising and breath taking, how the string instruments take place of soulful cries in a traditional qawwali to take the genre into yet another level.
Genre has its roots to legend Ustad Nusrat fateh ali Khan himself. In 1995, pearl jam's Eddie Vedder joined hands with Nusrat saab to come up with Face of Love and Long road, two singles in this genre.
1) The Face of Love

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2) The Long Road


Then, with micheal brooks, ustad ji came up master class albums, "Mustt Mustt" - A must hear album in the genre and Grammy nominated album "Night Song".
Sweet pain from Night Song & Star rise (Another one album released by micheal brooks posthumously to ustad ji's demise)


After ustad ji's sad demise, Rizawan & Muazzam (Distant cousins to Nusrat Ji, who were then tutored by Nusrat ji himself) become one of the torch bearers of this genre.
They came up with Naina De Akhay and Nima Jaana Jogi Naal in a Coke Studio Performance.



It is with Band Kailasa, by Kailash kher, the genre got popular in India.
Saiyaan By Kailaasa

Bismillah by Kailaasa

Arr has composed many qawwali's & Sufi Song's for Bollywood films and Albums but first song to have a trace of this genre is his collaboration with Niyaz in the Single, Mazaar


Latest song in the genre is the Master class Sufi Songs from the Movie, 'Highway' composed by  none other than the Mozart of Madras.
Yeah its patakha guddi. Both Male Version & female Version is different and Awesome in its own merit.
Let me share ThalaivArr's version of Patakha Guddi

Sorry for Covering a small gang of artists. Please contribute your views to further improve the scope of this article!

Kochadaiiyaan - The Legend | Official Teaser (Exclusive)

Kochadaiyaan's Teaser featuring Super Star Rajini Kanth with Original Score by our ThalaivArr has crossed 3 Million Hits in the You tube...
Catch the video here:

Uzhavan BGM

Tango for Taj Rockstar

Ever thought a Qawwali could be an Instrumental? Yeah it can be when the magician himself is ready with his weapon of choice (Piano)
I'm talking about Tango for Taj. That is one hell of a composition...!!!
Its been more than a year since the release of the album Rockstar. Still the Songs are the Mainstay of everyone's play list.
Tango for Taj which is part of the Two Instrumentals from the album Rock Star is  more like a Romantic Dance being played by two rhythm's within a Piano.
Close your eyes, listen to the tune, you could find a solitude rhythm searching for its Counterpart and the rejoice at their meet. Qawwali it is..!!!

Songs of Shankar's I

Ar Rahman and his team is said to have finished a song for shankar's next project in Tamil, " I " starring Vikram and Amy Jackson. The song according to sources would have Chinmayee and Sunitha sarathy in vocals. Stay tuned for the the big news, " I " album's release date. 

Imitiaz ali's Highway Music By Arr?

Ar rahman and Imitiaz ali's Partnership is said to be continuing with the project "Highway". Ar rahman is also said to have consented for the project. Sajid Nadiadwala will be producing this project according to sources. Rahman's previous association with Imitiaz ali, " Rockstar" was a big Musical Hit.

Randeep Hooda and Alia Bhatt are said to be playing the lead roles in this Love story. Let's Hope for another Musical Mega Hit...!!!

KMMC sufi and qawwali compilation

KM Music Conservatory is the brain child of A.R. Rahman. It trains students in different genres of music. Sufi Music is also a branch of learning Experience they're offering. Students of KMMC performs seperately and also together with Arr Qawwali Party. They call their group as " KMMC Sufi Ensemble"
Most of the songs are adaptations of Arr's hit qawwalis. Trainer of the qawwali party is Munna Shaokath Ali, Who composes the qawwali performed by the students. The love and passion they have towards sufism is well evident in their recitations. I've tried to compile their performance here. If you find anything in addition please feel free to suggest us..

1. Khwaja aapka dar noorani noorani
This is the first sufi performance of KMMC Sufi Ensemble

2. Medley By KMMC sufi Ensemble at Super Singer Junior 3.
In this performance, they start with a sufi adaptation of the song Varaaga Nadhi Karai Oram Song from sangamam and they continue with Khwaja Mere Khwaja and  Kun Faya Kun


Full version in this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2NwboLFcCA

3. Special performance by KMMC Sufi ensemble
In this performance, In addition to Zikr from Bose and Khwaje mere Khwaja from Jodha Akbar, They perform, Man Khunto Maula

4. KMMC Sufi Ensemble with Ar Rahman and His son Ameen at Ameen Peer Dargah, Kadapah

Visit here for Sufi compilation of A.R. Rahman and an Introduction to sufi music
http://pandbar.blogspot.in/2013/01/list-of-sufi-songs-by-ar-rahman.html

Feel free to suggest us other performance..!!! 

A.R. Rahman Qawwali Concert @ Kadapa Dargha Urs 2013

ரசாயன ரோஜாக்கள் - New album by Ar Rahman ?

New Album from Arr?
Wait for it...!!!

List of sufi songs by A.R. Rahman with an Introduction to sufi songs

Sufism is not just about the songs, its a way of life. There is more to it. It is how the heart gets cultured and filters the dirt out off by bringing positiveness and Love into the heart. Love can be towards anything, It can be towards fellow human beings, Other creatures or the Ultimate Creater the God himself, according to melvana Rumi.

Sufi Music is often compared to a spinning wheel. The movement of the wheel at the outermost region would be more than the innermost portion but the entire friction and physics lies at the centre. Sufi Music revolve around many a topics but the major emphasis would be on one thing that is Divine Love. Repeating the same sacred texts during the course of the performances makes the desired impact that is to flush away the impurities from hearts of the audience experiencing the divine art form and flourish the positiveness unto that.

It can be a Hamd, Sung in praise of Allah, Naat which is in praise of Prophet Muhammad, Manqabaat - a Praise in the honour of any of the sufi saints ( as in the case of Khwaja mere Khwaja which was sung in the praise of revered saint Khwaja Moinudeen Chisti ) and Kafi or Ghazal revolving around generic subjects

 Rahman is an ardent follower of sufism and many of his songs were inspired by sufism and its venerable saints. I have attempted to compile the sufi songs here. Jai Ho...!!!

Sufi Songs By A.R. Rahman
S.No	Song Name	Film
1	Khwaja Mere Khwaja	Jodha Akbar
2	Piya Haji Ali	Fiza
3	Maula Mere Maula ( Arizyan )	Delhi 6
4	Kun Faya Kun	Rockstar
5	Al Madath ah	Mangal Pandey
6	Noor Una laar	Meenaxi
7	Marhabba Ya mustafa	Al Risalah
8	Zikr	Bose - The forgotten Hero
9	Mere yaar mila de sathiya	Saathiya
10	Maula Ali ali	Niyaaz Ft Arr
11	Varaaga Nadhi karai Oram	Sangamam ( Tamil Sufi )
12	Kurukku Siruthavale	Mudhalvan ( Tamil Sufi )
13	Kadhalennum	Kadhalar Dhinam ( Tamil Sufi )
14	Khwaja Aap Ka dar noorani	KMMC & Munna Shaokath Ali
15	Khwaja moinudeen Chisthi ( Remake of Varaga Nadhi kara Oram )	KMMC & Munna Shaokath Ali
16	Man Khunto Maula	KMMC & Munna Shaokath Ali
17	Wedding Qawwali	Bombay Dreams

Check out the previous compilations here :
http://pandbar.blogspot.in/2010/05/ar-rahman-sufi-songs-download.html
http://pandbar.blogspot.in/2012/08/tamil-qawwalis-by-ar-rahman.html
http://pandbar.blogspot.in/2012/07/ar-rahmans-sufi-compilation.html

Ar rahman's secularism

To me he is the most SeculArr person i know. Be it a song about Islam, Christianity or Hinduism he never misses to touch the hearts of the listeners. Every single time he sings something about God, he leaves us all spell bound by the divinity and peace. The grace with which he approaches the song makes us all fall in love with the song at the stroke of the second we hear it.

I don't have to say about kun faya kun, Khwaja mere khwaja, piya haji ali, Maula mere maula, Al madatha about Islam. Who would even forget the Anbendra Mazhayile from Minsara kanavu and Anbin vasale from Kadal ( New Arr - Mani ratnam combo )..??? Ek onkar about sikhism..??? Radha kaise na jale from lagaan, Pal pal hai bhaari from swades, Ayyapa sami from Boys ( Tamizh ) about Thamizh

Ar rahman's song Ameen Rahman Performs @ 10th CIFF

Anbin Vaasale Full Song - Kadal AR Rahman, Mani Ratnam

Reviews for elay keechan

Elay keechan is fresh, brilliant and awesome....thats all from me....See how does the first five reviewers at flipkart feels about the song

First song sung by A.R. Rahman

Whenever people come to know that you are an Arr fan, they try to test you by posing the question " What's the first song of Arr...? "
I say, answer to the question is kind of tricky. To be frank his first ever would be Chinna Chinna Aaasai from Roja. Yeah. I expected that grin with surprise....There would be one loop around 3.15 in the song. Thats the part with arr's Humming...That small piece that shows how heaven would sound as i would say..
Here is an another version of the humming he performed at the unity of light concert quite some years ago,

Anyway the first full song sung by A.R. Rahman would be urvasi urvasi from kadhalan....!!!
This is particle of the new series Discover A.R. Rahman....
Stay tuned for more discovery....!!!
Jai Ho...!!!

A.R. Rahman's Jaya TV Interview

Enjoy friends...!!!

A R Rahman Special Interview Part 1
A R Rahman Special Interview Part 2
A R Rahman Special Interview Part 3
A R Rahman Special Interview Part 4

Is Anbae anbae a qawwali ?

I've always wondered about the genre of the song " Anbae Anbae " from jeans, every time i hear. One question comes right to my mind as i hit the play button...Is this a qawwali..???

Again if we are to apply the traditional scales, we have to reject the question but if we take contemporary examples, we may conclude it as a filmi qawwali. 

The song meets the major requirement, One emphasized context on which the song should evolve. The singer's appetence towards his girl is the main nucleus on which the song's built upon. Much like the qawwali "sanu ik pal chain na aawe" by Nusratji which is about the seperation of the protagonist from his beloved

Lyrics of the song:

" Anbe Anbe Kollathey Kannae Kannaik Killaathaey
Pennae Punnagaiyil Idhayathai Vedikaathaey
Aiyoa Unnasaivil Uyirai Kudikaathaey

(Anbe…)

Pennae Unathu Mellidai Paartaen Adadaa Bhramman Kanjanadi
Satrae Nimirndaen Thalai Sutri Poanaen Aahaa Avanae Vallaladi
Minnalai Pidithu Thoorigai Samaiththu Ravivarman Ezhuthiya Vadhanamadi
Nooradi Palikai Aaradiyaakki Sirpigal Sethukkiya Uruvamadi
Idhuvarai Mannil Pirandha Pennil Neethaan Neethaan Azhagiyadi
Ithanai Azhagum Motham Serndhu Ennai Vadaippadhu Kodumaiyadi

(Anbe…)

Koduthu Vaitha Poovae Poovae Aval Koondhal Manam Solvaayaa
Koduthu Vaitha Nadhiyae Nadhiyae Aval Kuliththa Sugam Solvaayaa
Koduthu Vaitha Kolusae Kolusae Kaalalavaich solvaayaa
Koduthu Vaitha Maniyae Maarazhagaich solvaayaa

Azhagiya Nilavil Oxygen Nirappi Angae Unakkoru Veedu seivaen
Unnuyir Kaaka ennuyir Kondu Uyirukku Uyiraai Uraiyiduvaen
Maegathai Pidiththu Methai Amaithu Melliya Poo Unnaith Thoonga Vaippaen
Thookkathil Maadhu Vaerkkinra Poathu Natchathiram Kondu Naan Thudaippaen
Paal Vannap Paravai Kulippatharkaaga Panithuliyellaam saegaripaen
Thaevathai Kulitha Thuligalai Alli Theertham enrae Naan Kudippaen

(Anbe…)"

Ar rahman and Vairamuthu #101

One of the Tamil Film Music Industry's long standing partnership is that of Arr and Vairamuthu. From Kadhal Rojave to Nenjukkule ( Kadal ), their partnership is been inspiring. I relive memories listening to their combo almost all the times.
From now on , in addition to the series of Ar Rahman qawwali's, i'm thinking of starting a new series - Ar rahman Vairamuthu partnership..

As the starting post, i thought to throw some light on vairamuthu's use of the word " Chiyaan " in A.R. Rahman's songs..

The most famous use being the " Chiyan kaata thondi partha semman ootru ratham than" from kodu potta song in Ravanan movie. In one media conference he had clarified his use of the word for the justification of the context and not for the lead role ( Vikram ) of the movie.

Interestingly, He had already used the same word with another context  almost thirteen years ago in one evergreen album of Arr. Thirupaachi aruvala song from the movie " Taj Mahal ", has the earliest use of the word " Chiyan" . Lines go like this,

" engooru pombalaiya moappamida vandhavana enga seeyan mookka aruththaaga "




To be continued