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== Development ==
== Development ==
Mahendra decided to bring Ilaiyaraaja on board, after he planned to do the same for his maiden Tamil film ''[[Azhiyatha Kolangal]]'' (1979) but [[Salil Chowdhury]] who worked in Mahendra's debut directorial ''[[Kokila (1977 film)|Kokila]]'' (1977), was later chosen to compose the music.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=8 January 2007|title='The Music Messiah' arrives for connoisseurs|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/%60The-Music-Messiah-arrives-for-connoisseurs/article14703477.ece|url-status=live|access-date=19 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919120128/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/article1779856.ece|archive-date=19 September 2015}}</ref> Then Mahendra approached Ilaiyaraaja to score the music for this film, the second Tamil film he directed.<ref name=":0" /> Mahendra recalled in 2007, "When I first met [Ilaiyaraaja] I explained him what my kind of movie is and what I expect from him. The background score should allow meaningful silences in my films. I believe silence conveys more than words or music".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Prasad|first=G.|date=18 August 2007|title=Off the beaten track|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/off-the-beaten-track/article2257860.ece|url-status=live|access-date=15 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615081455/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/off-the-beaten-track/article2257860.ece|archive-date=15 June 2016}}</ref>
Mahendra decided to bring Ilaiyaraaja on board, after he planned to do the same for his maiden Tamil film ''[[Azhiyatha Kolangal]]'' (1979) but [[Salil Chowdhury]] who worked in Mahendra's debut directorial ''[[Kokila (1977 film)|Kokila]]'' (1977), was later chosen to compose the music.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=8 January 2007|title='The Music Messiah' arrives for connoisseurs|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/%60The-Music-Messiah-arrives-for-connoisseurs/article14703477.ece|url-status=live|access-date=19 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919120128/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/article1779856.ece|archive-date=19 September 2015}}</ref> Then Mahendra approached Ilaiyaraaja to score the music for this film, the second Tamil film he directed.<ref name=":0" /> Mahendra recalled in 2007, "When I first met [Ilaiyaraaja] I explained him what my kind of movie is and what I expect from him. The background score should allow meaningful silences in my films. I believe silence conveys more than words or music".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Prasad|first=G.|date=18 August 2007|title=Off the beaten track|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/off-the-beaten-track/article2257860.ece|url-status=live|access-date=15 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615081455/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/off-the-beaten-track/article2257860.ece|archive-date=15 June 2016}}</ref>


''Moodu Pani'' marked [[A. R. Rahman]]'s first association with Ilaiyaraaja. Rahman (then known by his birth name Dilip) who was just 13 years old then, worked as a [[Programming (music)|keyboard programmer]] in the film.<ref name="MM">{{Cite news |date=7 April 2013 |title=இளையராஜாவின் இசை வாரிசுகள் |language=Tamil |trans-title=Ilaiyaraaja's musical heirs |work=[[Maalai Malar]] |url=http://www.maalaimalar.com/2013/04/07233327/Ilayaraja-musical-heirs.html |url-status=dead |access-date=20 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920071655/http://www.maalaimalar.com/2013/04/07233327/Ilayaraja-musical-heirs.html |archive-date=20 September 2015}}</ref> During the background scoring sessions of ''Moodu Pani'', Ilaiyaraaja fired his old keyboard programmer, due to the person's drinking behaviour.{{efn|The name of the person is not mentioned by Ilaiyaraaja.<ref name="MM" />}} At that time, another one of his troupe members asked Ilaiyaraaja to meet a boy named Dilip, who was already doing keyboard programming for Malayalam films. Ilaiyaraaja agreed and sent for Dilip, whom he instructed regarding the notes and tune he had to play. Dilip, under Ilaiyaraaja's supervision, successfully completed the background score.<ref name="MM" />
''Moodu Pani'' marked [[A. R. Rahman]]'s first association with Ilaiyaraaja. Rahman (then known by his birth name Dilip) who was just 13 years old then, worked as a [[Programming (music)|keyboard programmer]] in the film.<ref name="MM">{{Cite news |date=7 April 2013 |title=இளையராஜாவின் இசை வாரிசுகள் |language=Tamil |trans-title=Ilaiyaraaja's musical heirs |work=[[Maalai Malar]] |url=http://www.maalaimalar.com/2013/04/07233327/Ilayaraja-musical-heirs.html |url-status=dead |access-date=20 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920071655/http://www.maalaimalar.com/2013/04/07233327/Ilayaraja-musical-heirs.html |archive-date=20 September 2015}}</ref> During the background scoring sessions of ''Moodu Pani'', Ilaiyaraaja fired his old keyboard programmer, due to the person's drinking behaviour.{{efn|The name of the person is not mentioned by Ilaiyaraaja.<ref name="MM" />}} At that time, another one of his troupe members asked Ilaiyaraaja to meet a boy named Dilip, who was already doing keyboard programming for Malayalam films. Ilaiyaraaja agreed and sent for Dilip, whom he instructed regarding the notes and tune he had to play. Dilip, under Ilaiyaraaja's supervision, successfully completed the background score.<ref name="MM" />
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Moodu Pani
Soundtrack album by
Ilaiyaraaja
Released1980
GenreFilm soundtrack
LanguageTamil
LabelEMI Records
ProducerIlaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja chronology
Anbukku Naan Adimai
(1980) 		Moodu Pani
(1980) 		Murattu Kaalai
(1980)

Moodu Pani is the soundtrack album for the 1980 film of the same name, directed by Balu Mahendra. The soundtrack album is composed by Ilaiyaraaja, in his 100th film as a composer,[1][2] and also his first film in which he collaborated with Mahendra,[3] and later later worked in all of Mahendra's films until Thalaimuraigal (2013), the director's last film before his death in February 2014.[4] The album was released under the label EMI Records.[5][6]

Development

Mahendra decided to bring Ilaiyaraaja on board, after he planned to do the same for his maiden Tamil film Azhiyatha Kolangal (1979) but Salil Chowdhury who worked in Mahendra's debut directorial Kokila (1977), was later chosen to compose the music.[2] Then Mahendra approached Ilaiyaraaja to score the music for this film, the second Tamil film he directed.[1] Mahendra recalled in 2007, "When I first met [Ilaiyaraaja] I explained him what my kind of movie is and what I expect from him. The background score should allow meaningful silences in my films. I believe silence conveys more than words or music".[7]

Moodu Pani marked A. R. Rahman's first association with Ilaiyaraaja. Rahman (then known by his birth name Dilip) who was just 13 years old then, worked as a keyboard programmer in the film.[8] During the background scoring sessions of Moodu Pani, Ilaiyaraaja fired his old keyboard programmer, due to the person's drinking behaviour.[a] At that time, another one of his troupe members asked Ilaiyaraaja to meet a boy named Dilip, who was already doing keyboard programming for Malayalam films. Ilaiyaraaja agreed and sent for Dilip, whom he instructed regarding the notes and tune he had to play. Dilip, under Ilaiyaraaja's supervision, successfully completed the background score.[8]

Composition

"Yen Iniya Pon Nilavae" was written in January 1980,[9] and is set in Natabhairavi, a Carnatic raga.[10] According to Ilaiyaraaja's brother Gangai Amaran,[11] it was one of the hardest songs in the album to write.[12] Mahendra wanted a song depicting Chandru playing the guitar and asked Ilaiyaraaja for a tune;[13] Ilaiyaraaja played the "scratch notes" of the song that would become "Ilaya Nila",[b] but Mahendra was not pleased and asked for another tune; Ilaiyaraaja gave him the tune of "Yen Iniya Pon Nilavae", and this was retained;[14][15] K. J. Yesudas later sang the song.[16] The song "Paruva Kaalangalin" is set in Natabhairavi raga, as such as "Yen Iniya Pon Nilavae".[17]

According to A. S. Panneerselvan of Frontline, the dominant genre of the music used in Moodu Pani was "modern jazz with a sprinkling of avant-garde elements."[18] Gangai Amaran was the main lyricist of the soundtrack, except for the English-language number "Sing Swing" (also known as "Swing Swing") which was written by Viji Manuel (credited as Vijaysamuel on the first soundtrack edition, and Vijaymanuel on the second); the lyricist of "Aasai Raja", is not credited.[19][5][6] The first soundtrack edition did not feature "Aasai Raja";[5] the song was, however, included in a 1981 edition of the soundtrack.[6]

Track listing

Side 1[6]
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Yen Iniya Pon Nilavae"Gangai AmaranK. J. Yesudas4:10
2."Paruva Kaalangalin"Gangai AmaranMalaysia Vasudevan, S. Janaki3:00
Side 2[6]
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Sing Swing"Viji ManuelKalyan4:57
2."  Aasai Raja"Gangai AmaranUma Ramanan1:04

Legacy

Elements of "Yen Iniya Pon Nilavae" were incorporated by Ilaiyaraaja in his song "Baatein Hawa" from Cheeni Kum (2007).[20] A remix version of "Yen Iniya Pon Nilavae" is featured on music artist M. Rafi's album Aasaiyae Alaipolae.[21] In 2006, Yesudas performed "Yen Iniya Pon Nilavae" during a programme held at PSG College of Technology, organised by Helpline Arts Academy to sponsor the education of underprivileged children in and around Coimbatore.[22] In March 2010, singer Vijay Prakash performed "Yen Iniya Pon Nilavae" as part of a medley, at the Star Vijay music show "Kaadhal Unplugged".[23] Singer Srinivas performed the song live the following year in a concert organised by Rotary Coimbatore Central,[24] as did Ajesh, at the Puthuyugam TV music show "Yugam Unplugged" in March 2014.[25] Vijay Yesudas, son of K. J. Yesudas performed this song in a 2015 concert titled Yesudas 50.[26]

Notes

  1. ^ The name of the person is not mentioned by Ilaiyaraaja.[8]
  2. ^ "Ilaya Nila" was later used in the 1982 film Payanangal Mudivathillai.[14]

Further reading

  • Sundararaman (2007) [2005]. Raga Chintamani: A Guide to Carnatic Ragas Through Tamil Film Music (2nd ed.). Pichhamal Chintamani. OCLC 295034757.

References

  1. ^ a b Mathevan, Santhosh (1 December 2018). "Present-day music does not impress Ilayaraja". The News Today. Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b "'The Music Messiah' arrives for connoisseurs". The Hindu. 8 January 2007. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  3. ^ "'The Music Messiah' arrives for connoisseurs". The Hindu. 8 January 2007. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Balu-Raja endearing collaboration ends!". Sify. 14 February 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  5. ^ a b c Ilaiyaraaja (1980). "Moodu Pani (The Mist)". The Gramophone Company of India Ltd. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  6. ^ a b c d e Ilaiyaraaja (1981). "Moodu Pani (The Mist)". The Gramophone Company of India Ltd. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  7. ^ Prasad, G. (18 August 2007). "Off the beaten track". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 15 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  8. ^ a b c "இளையராஜாவின் இசை வாரிசுகள்" [Ilaiyaraaja's musical heirs]. Maalai Malar (in Tamil). 7 April 2013. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  9. ^ Engeyum Eppothum Raja [Anywhere, Anytime, Raja] (concert). Toronto: Trinity Events. 13 February 2013.
  10. ^ Sundararaman 2007, p. 128.
  11. ^ "Ilayaraja's Brother Gangai Amaran Likely to Join BJP". The New Indian Express. Press Trust of India. 19 December 2014. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  12. ^ "Episode 5". Yesudas 50. Season 2. 25 October 2015. From 1:04:15 to 1:05:00. Star Vijay. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  13. ^ பாலசுப்ரமணியன், வி. (2 June 2018). "கற்பனையால் ரசிகர்களை வியக்க வைப்பதே வெற்றி; எல்லாவற்றையும் தாண்டிய இசை ஒன்று இருக்கிறது!: இசைஞானி இளையராஜா சிறப்பு நேர்காணல்". Hindu Tamil Thisai. Archived from the original on 16 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  14. ^ a b Ramanujam, Srinivasa (31 May 2018). "The Ilaiyaraaja interview: 'Why should filmmakers know about music creation?'". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  15. ^ Vincent, Rohan Ashley (25 August 2012). "Magic in the Air". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  16. ^ Murugesan, Deepauk (15 April 2011). "Tonal Trinity". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  17. ^ Sundararaman 2007, p. 152.
  18. ^ Panneerselvan, A. S. (10 September 1993). "Master of melody". Frontline. Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  19. ^ Chandramohan, V. (13 November 2015). "காற்றில் கலந்த இசை 30 – அன்பைத் தேடும் மனதின் பாடல்". The Hindu (Tamil). Archived from the original on 16 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  20. ^ Rangan, Baradwaj (20 May 2007). "Music Review: Cheeni Kum". Baradwaj Rangan. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  21. ^ Jeshi, K. (2 November 2007). "Mix and match". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 November 2007. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  22. ^ Rao, Subha J. (25 May 2006). "Some hiccups and then, glorious music". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  23. ^ Rao, Subha J. (29 March 2010). "What's love got to do with it?". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 30 October 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  24. ^ Sivashankar, Nithya (23 February 2011). "Golden notes". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  25. ^ "En Iniya Pon Nilave : Yugam Unplugged (15/03/2014)". YouTube. Puthuyugam TV. 20 March 2014. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  26. ^ "En Iniya Pon Nilave". Hotstar. Star Vijay. 2015. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
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