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My Favorite Tamil Song 101: Funny, Creative Group Dancers Sequences in Song Part 2

Prabhu Deva Dance Dancer Background Tamil

, the renowned dancer, choreographer, and actor, has left an indelible mark on the world of with his mesmerizing moves and innovative choreography. Known for his versatility and unique style, Prabhu Deva has given us countless memorable in cinema. Image source: Wikipedia

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My Favourite Tamil Song 101: Azhagae Sugama – The Pain of Separation

Paarthale Paravasam Tamil

The 2001 Paarthale Paravasam directed by late legendary director K. Balachander and starring Madhavan and Simran, the did not do well at the box office but then again, the soundtrack from A.R. Rahman namely one titled Azhagae Sugama has become one of the must-have songs in the playlist. Image source: Amazon.

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Mickey J Meyer 101: Energetic, Powerful Pranavalaya Music Video 2021

Kotha Bangaru Lokam Mickey J Meyer Telugu Movie

I first got hooked with ‘s style of composition with the , Kotha Bangaru Lokam which I discovered accidentally when I was searching for a Paiyaa Tamil movie song. I don’t understand Telugu but then the language of music is universal and thus found the Telugu song Nijangaa Nenena which was so refreshing that I started to dig further and created a personal Mickey J Meyer playlist. Image source: Amazon.

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Tamil Movie Review: Beautiful Sarvam Thaala Mayam 2019, GV Prakash High Point Movie

GV Prakash Sarvam Thaala Mayam Tamil Music Movie

Before , my impression of GV Prakash is that he is a really good director who has composed some of the best hits in the industry. I had never rated him as a good actor perhaps due to the types of roles that he has done in the past.

My personal favourite is his composition for the 2010 , Aayirathil Oruvan titled “Maalai Neram” sung by Andrea Jeremiah. He also did a great job in music scoring for other blockbusters like Madrasapattinam, Deiva Thirumagal and Raja Rani. Image source: Wikipedia.

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Indian Cinema 101: My Favourite Vidyasagar Tamil Hits Part 2

mozhi Vidyasagar tamil movie

Continuing from Part 1, this concludes my favourite hits from the one and only . He created for , Malayalam and Tamil since the late but he was prominent in the late 1990s and the 2000s covering huge hits in Tamil such as Vijay’s Ghilli, Vikram’s Dhool, Kamal Haasan’s Anbe Sivam and ‘s Chandramukhi.

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My Favourite Tamil Song 101: Beautiful Vidyasagar Tamil Hits Part 1

Vidyasagar Tamil Music

It is difficult to place in the scene – you see the and 1990s was dominated by the one and only Maestro Illayaraja and then 2000s thereafter we had AR Rahman changing the whole way we hear Tamil songs and then we had other directors like Vidyasagar. Image source: Times of India

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Ilaiyaraaja: Project “Then, Now & Forever” 2013

Western classical is perspective – look at the number of people involved in a symphony! Our traditional music is lonely –

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A very young Ilaiyaraaja with the very talented SP Bala and S. Janaki in the early during a recording session. Image source: The Federal

As long I could remember, I have been listening to Ilaiyaraaja music since I was still young and started to have an appreciation of his style of music – all the way from the (you are aware that Annakili was not his first and that he had to impress the producer Panchu Arunachalam by singing a song that his mother sang and using the table as a music instrument?) to his latest flick in “Neethane En Ponvasantham” – thanks to my Dad who was a big fan of Ilaiyaraaja (Ilaiyaraaja means the “younger” Raja – that is because the music industry already had another named Raja – the famed A.M. Raja).

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Tamil Movie Review: Enthiran 2010, Simply Dumb And Simply Illogical

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(I know there was trouble when I saw a “Borg cube” at the opening credit of the . Poster source: SYFY)

Before I start with the review, let me tell you upfront that we have been duped, major time, by Shankar and the studio marketers with the whole hype before the movie was released.

I keep asking myself – is this the movie that been thinking for the last 10 years of doing? It was simply dumb and illogical.

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My Favourite Tamil Song 101: Enna Solla Pogirai By AR Rahman 2000

Kandukondain Kandukondain Enna Solla Pogirai Tamil Song AR Rahman

The song “Enna Solla Pogirai” (meaning – “what you are going to say”) been humming in my mind for the last few days. It is one of my favourites among Mahadevan’s songs and when I watched Shankar Mahadevan singing it in a concert over Astro Vannavil; it was a great feeling to hear it again. Image source:

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Sports 101: A Funny Game Called Cricket

Lagaan Cricket Amir Khan

(Everything I need to know about , I learned it from the “Lagaan” – a combination of great masala story, a fight by the underdogs, crude cricket manual, the usual perfection & lovely . Image source: The European Film Awards)

I am a Malaysian and yet cricket and I is like oil & water. It never mixed primarily because I don’t play the game (it is not a major game in Malaysia). It is the same as the Afro-Americans not knowing to play basketball or the Japanese, not knowing about Sumo. The only time I tuned in to see cricket on TV is when I caught the sight of beautiful Indian girls cheering for their team.

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