Sunday, February 18, 2007

Carnatic in Movies 3: Sahana

There are many raagaas that are so mellifluous and make us feel light. Few are Aanandha Bhairavi, Malaya Maarutham, Sahana. Lets take Sahana this time.

The most ever popular song in Carnatic is Tyagaraja's Vandanamu. One of the best rendition of the song is by Dr.Bala Murali Krishna. I heard it 10 years ago first when one of my friend - KSVS Kumar from Rajamundry - had a cassette filled with Bala Murali's songs and one of it was this gem. The same song I also heard Bombay Jayashree singing 6 years ago.

I have heard few songs in movies that used Sahana like
  • Paarthen... Rasithen... from an old movie
  • Anbe Sugama... by AR Rehman from the movie Paarthaale Paravasam
But no one should forget the director K.Balachandar that popularized this raagaa in a tele serial: Indha Veenaikku Theriyaadhu...

You should hear this raaga to appreciate. Try the movie songs in raaga.com or do a search for sahana in musicindiaonline.com and you can hear.

Update: I forgot the famous Papanasam Sivan Kriti on Sahan "Chitham Irangadhadhu Enayya". Great composition!

2 comments:

Veroniq S Guptha said...

Hi,
itz
Parthen sirithen pakkam vara frm(Veera Abhimanyu). 1 of ma fav too.

Venkatesh said...

"thenkizhakku cheemayile" from the movie kizhakku chemayile music by AR Rahman is also a very good folk song based on Sahana.

And there is that guitar interlude in the song July Matham VanthAl (Pudhiya Mugam) that's a beauty in Sahana.