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Digitizing Chennai Theatres
The negative will be changed in digital HD 5 format and encrypted and put on the centralised server. It will then be up-linked to satellite. The theatre concerned will receive the signals, which in turn will go into the local server and then on to a digital projector. The digital projector would be used for…
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Rahman on Raaja’s TIS
[Thanks – Vikatan] We know that there is some compulsion to say good things to media about pioneers. Rahman’s this response to Vikatan on Raaja’s Thiruvasagam in Symphony, doesn’t seem to be pretenitous. It’s guileless and straight from the heart. I didn’t know until this interview that Rahman did a quick show at the Tsumani…
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Sujatha’s “Paarvai” – A blind’s eye view !!
By Latha “Sir, Naan oru piravi kurudan, paarvai endraal ennavenre theriyadhu, neengal oru ezhuthaalar dhaane? Oru kelvikku badhil solkireergala. Varnam endraal enna? Enakku varniyungal, varnam enbadhu enna? ” Paarvai, a short story by Sujatha, written sometime in 1972, gives us a ‘glimpse’ of the blind’s world and their ‘view points’. A train journey, one (two?!)…
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Rahman Rising and The Ballads of Mangal Pandey
It starts like DDLJ’s Thujey dekha to hai jaana sanam and becomes a best qawwali I’ve heard in recent times. Ofcourse, I’m not a hunter of qawwalis but this was truly a magic. On many more hearings, I am not sure if this is can be classified as a qawwali or a dance-katha song, mujra.…
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Aararai Kodi Paerkalil Oruvan Adiyen
Aararai Kodi Paerkalil Oruvan Adiyen Thamizhan Naan Ungal Nanban Aana Neengal Aavanna Naan Thaan Neengal Illamal, Naan Ingu Illai…..Illai Naam Iruvarum Saerum Samayam Nam Kaikaliley Varum Imayam Naam Thottathu Ethuvum Amayum Ithu Anbaal Innaindha Idhayam Enn Anbe Aaruyirey…… Vaali’s ‘tamizh’ lyrics. Rahman on keys and vocals. Just mesmerizing !!
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