The original composition is sung by A.R.Rahman and Lata ji.
I have tried to notate the swaras as closely as possible. In case, if you find any change, please feel free to intimate me.
Note:
, indicates a single pause.[1 maathirai]
; indicates a double pause. [2 maathirai]
The Swaras in red indicates the taara sthaayi and the green indicates the manthra sthaayi.
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Posted by Arul on November 27, 2011 at 11:29 AM
excelent…keep it up..
Posted by surendar on December 1, 2011 at 9:21 AM
ravi,i want to know the raga of the song ” oru deivam thanda poovae” by the film “kannathil muthamittal”…….i am waiting for your answer…..
Posted by ravikumarv on December 3, 2011 at 12:52 AM
Oru deivam thanda poovae, is not following a single Ragam throughout. The song has a hindustani style of composition. The song is based on a raag called “Miya ki Malhar”.
In carnatic, we can say it is based on Dharbari Kanada.
The pallavi starts in the C scale. However in the interlude, the song switches to the F# scale [prathi madhyamam] and the here the song deviates from the Raga.
But I have to tell one thing. Rahman Ji is a genius. The way he switches the scale and comes back to the original scale is heavenly and the song portrays a mixed emotion.
The tune clearly gets out the mood of the scene.
Posted by Karthik on November 13, 2012 at 3:08 PM
Hi ravi, Thanks for the swarams, very well written.
I think that the reason why it matches so well is because C Natural minor scale and F# scale are just one octave away! C Natural minor is Nata bhairavi ragam in C and F# is sankarabharanam ragam in F. Its amazing how by shifting one octave you can play an easier ragam and it all matches 🙂
But since we are one octave higher the emotions depicted are definitely different and ARR used this fact really well to compose a truly legendary song
Cheers
Posted by hemant on February 16, 2012 at 11:25 PM
in d 3rd line last note is ‘sr’ instead of ‘sn’
Posted by ravikumarv on February 27, 2012 at 3:49 AM
Thanks for your comment.
It cannot be sr, as the ending note is lesser than s. Probably the way they pronounce it is a bit different and hard to figure.
Another way to confirm this is by listening to the 7th line. They sing the same swaras again. Here if you listen, without doubt you
can assure it is SN. So I am not making this correction to the post.
Thanks once again. Cheers 🙂
Posted by saisri on November 10, 2012 at 10:53 PM
thanks dear for such wonderful notes………………
Posted by vardhan on November 16, 2013 at 10:07 AM
Thanks a lot bro……………..
Posted by ravikumarv on January 2, 2014 at 9:04 PM
Thanks
Posted by artsy on January 1, 2014 at 11:08 PM
Which raag is the song based on? Is it Bilawal?
Posted by ravikumarv on January 2, 2014 at 9:06 PM
Yes. I believe its based on behag belonging to bilawal that.
Posted by Sandeep Singh on April 21, 2014 at 9:45 AM
I agree it’s SR instead of SN… but as u say it’s lower swar then S so u r also rit.. Maybe it’s a sargam their way of singing.
Posted by Aakash on December 9, 2016 at 4:36 PM
Wow! I am new to your blog..I am amazed by ur talents and detail observation talent..Can you help me find out the raagam of “Pudhu Vellai Mazhai” song from Roja? Thank you.
Posted by Siddhartha Chandra on January 1, 2017 at 11:40 AM
Hey Ravi, well transcribed! your blog was pretty helpful. I am still not sure about what derivative of Bilaval is the song written in . Bihag comes to mind, like you pointed out, but I feel Re is being used in the ascent in the song.
Also, found a small glitch in the 4th last line. It should be ‘Re Ga’ instead of Re ma’