Rashmi Vijayan sings for Bhagyaraj movie

Rashmi Vijayan sings for Bhagyaraj movie

Some time ago in one of my music reviews I had mentioned about an upcoming singer and labelled her as the future generations Voice. It is not an easy task to create an own style which captures the complete arena during a performance.

I am talking about Rashmi Vijayan, whose 4th movie song for the Bhagyaraj movie "Siddu Plus 2 First Attempt" starring Shanthanu Bhagyaraj has just been released at Madras.

Born on 02nd November to Mrs. Ragini and Mr. Vijayan, Rashmi did her schooling at Our Own English High School, Dubai, and went on to Graduate from Manipal University in Dubai in the field of Media and Communication. Currently she is pursuing her Masters in Broadcast communications at MOP Vaishnav College for Women in Chennai.

She is also a trained classical dancer and with interests in playing the keyboard and flute, and is also an occasional blogger. Rashmi studied Carnatic music under Sri Babu John in Dubai for 8 years and later on studied Hindustani with Sri. Shiva Iyer in Dubai.

Some of her achievements in her Music journey thus far are:

• Asianet Voice of Arabia Semi Finalist
• Zee TV Saregamapa Middle East Muqabla - (First Runner up-Gulf)
• Sony TV "Indian Idol Season 3"-Finalist (Last 28-All India)
• Amrita TV Superstar Global -Finalist (Last 11-Global)

She has done many stage performances in different locations in Trivandrum, Kochi, Chennai, Bangalore, Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

Her dedication, confidence and appeasing style to get along with peers and equals have given her opportunities to perform along with M/s. Shankar Mahadevan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Shaan, M.Jayachandran, Unni Menon, Vani Jayaram, Sujatha,Stephen Devassi, Biju Narayanan, Vijay Yesudas, Franco, Jassi Gift, Anwar Sadat, Jyotsna, Rimi Tomy, Sangeeth, Pradeep Babu, Roopa, Ratheesh, Latha, and of course Anand. Talking about Rashmi and Anand together on stage for an event, they both literally rock the show.

Please click on the below links and enjoy Rashmi's film songs, while she celebrates her birthday today:

1. Song : Chendel Oru vandundo
(with Sayanora, Ranjini Jose and Reetha)
Movie: "Red Chillies" starring Mohanlal
Music:Sri M.Jayachandran

Link:
http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/musicSearch.do?BV_ID=@@@

or


http://www.4shared.com/file/87812806/dbf23095/Chendel_Oru_Vandu.html?dirPwdVerified=2940ffff

2. Song: Maina penne
( Duet with Franco) Movie: "I.G". starring Suresh Gopi
Music: Sri. M. Jayachandran

Watch the full video of Rashmi's song Maina Penne here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4HrTF3qrbw


3. Song: Odo Odo Ododi Poaren
( Duet with Lavanya)
Movie: Kanden Kadhalai starring Bharat and Tamanna
Music: Sri. Vidyasagar

http://www.raaga.com/player4/?id=161159&mode=100&rand=0.04505100380629301

4. Song: Money Money
(Duet with Benny Dayal)
Movie: "Siddu Plus 2 First Attempt" starring Shanthanu Bhagyaraj
Music: Babu Shankar

Link:

http://www.123musiq.com/SOURCE/latest%20tamil%20movie%20songs/Siddu%20Plus%20Two%20First%20Attempt/02%20-%20Money%20Money%20-%20Benny%20Dayal,%20Reshmi.mp3

On behalf of Q4music and Talent Share and all her well wishers, I sincerely wish her a great musical journey ahead.

November 1st - Kerala Piravi - greetings from Q4music

Keralam Keralam....

Minimol(1977) Music - G Devarajan Lyrics - Sreekumaran Thampi Singer - K J Yesudas Keralam Keralam Kelikkottuyarunna keralam Kelee kadhambam ...

Diwali from Moscow - Anand Narayan

Diwali from Moscow - Anand Narayan



Pearl harvesting - a talent hunt and introduction of pearls amongst us


Diwali from Moscow.


If you ask me to name a conqueror after Napoleon, I will be happy to suggest Anand Narayan. Only a small difference, he is conquering the music and compering world. From all the towns in Kerala to different cities in India and now the Europe, he is on a journey.


Enjoy listening to this this one man power packed music and presentation army.


I wish him all the success on this Diwali day for a wonderful year ahead.


You may visit the following link to read more about him.http://q4music.blogspot.com/search/label/Anand%20Narayan

Mishal Nazarudeen - a little master arriving to conquer the music world

Mishal Nazarudeen - a little master arriving to conquer the music world
Mishal Nazarudeen, a Grade I student of Our Own English High School Sharjah is the next best little thing to watch in the music world. Son of Mr. Nazarudeen and Mrs. Zaina Nazarudeen from Sharjah, he has already touched several musical hearts by his quality conscious and crisp rendering of Malayalam and Hindi songs. From a very young age of 2 years, he showed signs of his music brilliance and from 4 years he started performing on stage. He is now learning music from Master Santosh.

Mishal has performed all over UAE and is a regular performer in Radio ASIA 102.4 Oxygen FM and Asianet Radio.

Watch some of his music videos and you will prompt me for more. He can be contacted by email at: slim.shal5@gmail.com

His Face Book profile is : http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000334096269

Enjoy his music and guide him with your comments and appreciations.

K P Jayan's first Arabic song album - Marjan released

K P Jayan's first Arabic song album - Marjan released



A long time dream of Sri K P Jayan. A song with Arab singers and pictured together!. Being an Indian and Non Arabic speaking, it was a great task to have a song recorded But at last it happned due to the great support of his welwishers in the Arab world. The casset name is Marjan and is produced in Kuwait and recorded in Al jazeera Studio in Abudhabi. It is a duet song with Najua Zoheir and currently she is based in Cairo and an established Arabic singer.

Music unlimited

Music unlimited


Music unlimited
ExpressBuzz Kochi 24 Sep 2009

KOCHI: If you are on the lookout for those missing pieces to complete your musical collection, head straight to the Women’s Association Hall. You will find everything from ‘lalitha sahasranamam’ to Michael Jackson’s hits along with a wide collection of films at the music fair going on there. It is being organised by Viji Music for the ninth year for Kochi’s music lovers.


The highlight of the fair is a vast collection carnatic and hindustani music CDs. Albums by living legends and late maestros of both the genres are on display. All those evergreen oldies from Tamil, Hindi, English and Malayalam are also available along with instrumental music, fusion music, sufi music, gazals and qawwalis.

For kids there is a wide range of entertaining and informative CDs. Nursery rhymes, animated Arabian tales, Aesop fables, Panchatantram stories, Tom & Jerry, Charlie Chaplin, Cinderella, My Friend Ganesha, Bobanum Moliyum, Thenali Raman, Chundu Kurukkan, Ramayan, Agatha Christie...

the list goes on. There are educational and informative CDs like Spoken English, Alphabets Made Easy, Maths Made Easy, Inventions and Discoveries and Sudoku.

There is a collection of youth festival CDs that covers almost all competitive items including light music, bharatanatyam, thiruvathira, group dance, mohiniyattom, folk dance, recitation, koodiyattom, kuchupudi, ottan thullal, group song, margam kali, kol kali, chakyar koothu, oppana, monoact, Kerala nadanam and aravana muttu.

You will find a number of folk song CDs popularised by cine star Kalabhavan Mani and kadhaprasangam hits by the late V Sambashivan. The collection of devotional songs is amazing as it has CDs from all religions. Ashtapadhi, chendamelam, panchavadyam, kalyana melam and shingari melam are also available and if you are interested in kathakali you can take your pick from Santhana Gopalam, Banayudham, Uthara Swayamvaram and much more. You will also find ONV, Kadammanitta, A Ayyappan, Anil Panachooran and may others here. Collections of hit songs by Yesudas, M G Sreekumar, Chitra, Asha Bhosle, Pankaj Udhas, Jagajit Singh are available along with old hits of ABBA and MJ.

You can find those black and white films of the 60s sharing space with the latest Bollywood flicks. There is a good collection of Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi films of the past years. Music therapy CDs to cure diseases and yoga and meditation CDs are also on offer.

Books on music, especially classical music, are available too. A number of books on the legends of Indian cinema and dances of India are on display. Legends of Indian cinema features Guru Dutt, Mehaboob Khan, Sivaji Ganeshan, P C Barua and Sohrab Modi while the series on dance cover kuchupudi, kathakali, mohiniyattom, kathak, and odissi. The books also have excellent pictures of dance forms and snippets on the lives of the artists.

The fair is on till September 30. Drop in any time between 9 am and 9 pm.

The organisers are also conducting a musical and percussion contest on the sidelines of the fair. For participating in the contest contact 9446463158 or 9446539836.

kochi@epmltd.com
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To master, with love - Sadanam Divakara Marar

To master, with love
Mr. Sivadasvarma for ExpressBuzz



Sadanam Divakara Marar presenting sopana sangeetham at Thamaramkulangara Sree Dharma Sastha TempleSivadas VarmaFirst Published : 23 Sep 2009 11:45:00 PM ISTLast Updated : 23 Sep 2009 10:44:21 AM IST

KOCHI: Sadanam Divakara Marar is a living encyclopedia of temple art forms, both ritualistic and artistic. Hundreds of his disciples, who attained expertise over myriad temple art forms under Marar's strict and systematic teaching, are planning to honour their guru. In a colourful function, proposed to be held on October 4, at Ernakulathappan Hall, Marar will be honoured with a veera srunkhala. Divakara Marar started his formal training under his uncles Narayana Marar and Kunjikrishna Marar. After learning the basics of the ritualistic percussion ensemble Marar learned more from Thazhathedathu Govinda Marar. Then he turned towards the Unnayiwarrier Smaraka Kalanilayam, Irinjalakuda, and learned the unique kathakali chenda from Alankarathu Appu Marar. Then he shifted to thayambaka and learned under the strict guidance of the chenda maestro, Chandra Mannadiar. Marar mastered the intricacies of thayambaka from Peroor Gandhi Seva Sadanam and came to be known as Sadanam Divakara Marar.


The clarity of nerkol (straight beat by holding the stick perpendicular to the face of the drum) is the specialty of Divakara Marar. “Holding the stick vertically above the face of chenda in a symmetrical position, is most important,” Marar says elaborating on the strenuous training he underwent under the strict vigil of masters like Chandra Mannadiar and Appu Marar.

“That is the secret of clarity of the beats which play a crucial role in making a melam or thayambaka more attractive,” Marar observes.

Even while Marar was busy with the staging of thayambaka, kathakali chenda and other forms of traditional percussion ensemble, he was very keen to train the younger generation. He started his teaching career at RLV College of Music and Fine Arts as a kathakali chenda teacher. Later he became the Principal of Vaikkom Kshethra Kalapeetom, an art school run by Travancore Devaswom Board. After his retirement the Devaswom Board made use of his matchless skill by appointing him visiting professor.

Even in his late seventies Divakara Marar is very active as a teacher at Ernakulam Siva Kshethra Vadhya Kalalayam and Kanayannoor Vadhya Kalalayam.

Marar has a special skill to hand over the rich tradition rooted in typical Kerala rhythm to the young generation.

After recognising his teaching skill, institutions and individuals always depend on him to train the young generation in languishing temple art forms.

Marar’s deep knowledge in temple art forms like sopana sangeetham, marappani, parisha vadhyam and thimimila paani was systematically documented with the financial aid of Ministry of Cultural Affairs. “Most of the traditional percussion ensembles like parisha vadhyam and kotti paadi seva (ancient form of sopana sangeetham) have been handed over from generation to generation as an inherited art form,” Marar says. However the theoretical part of these languishing art forms is quite intricate. With an aim to document these art forms for posterity Marar started a two-year research and the Central Government has awarded a fellowship for this vast and deep study of the traditional Kerala percussion ensemble.

“Sopana sampradaayam of singing is quite different from Carnatic vocal or even kathakali sangeetham,” Marar says. It was only at a later stage ashtapadhi was added to the singing style of sopanam, Marar observes. Kottipadi seva, the earlier form of pure sopana sangeetham was designed by our great ancestors to praise the presiding deities of different temples. These compositions were popularly known as thyaanis and were in conventional keraleeya ragas like poraneera, paadi, indalam and kanakurinji.

Legendary sopanam singer the late Njaralathu Rama Poduval used to sing a song praising Thirumandhamkunnu Bhagavathy in poraneera raga which is very popular as ghanasangham. “Different baanis (schools) are there for sopana sangeetham like that of Ramamangalam baani developed by the legendary singer Shadkaala Govinda Marar, Poduvaal baani popularised by the saintly singer, the late Njaralathu Rama Pothuval, and also the Guruvayoor baani of Janardhanan Nedungadi,” Marar says.

Marar has also documented the customs to be followed by a temple artist for performing marappani and thimilapaani, which are inevitable percussion ensembles in connection with holy temple rituals ulsava bali, sree bhoota bali and various kalashams.

As a teacher Marar can boast of hundreds of disciples spread all over Kerala who can perform sopana sangeetham, parisha vadhyam and other traditional temple art forms. And now it is the turn of these disciples to honour their master with nothing less than a veera srunkhala.

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