When I started a blog, I promised myself that I will post atleast 1 song every week- a promise that I clearly broke. It has been almost a year since I recorded anything productive and worth publishing/ posting. Several interesting (some not so enjoyable) things have happened in the meanwhile and so music took a backstage. Now I am beginning to turn to Music as the only respite from the pressures of everyday life.
I wanted to make my comeback with an MSV number and had been thinking of this one for a special reason. It has been 10 years to this month that I won Sapthaswarangal. I still remember how I was standing in front of the great Vani Jayaram, shaking head to toe, trying to force some pleasing sound out of my mouth. Recently, I was watching a programme on the internet where she was judging and I was in tears when I heard her sing this song. Her utter dedication to music is evident in the clarity and perfection with which she renders any song for that matter. “EzhuswarangaLukkuL”, in my family’s language, is an “Asura paattu” due to the degree of complexity and difficulty. I sometimes feel that while giving songs to Vani, MSV must have made each song more difficult than the previous one to extract the best out of her. I have summoned a lot of courage (and audacity) to attempt an unplugged version of the song. I hope I will not be arrested for this crime!
Ten years have passed since I have known Subhashree Ma’am. If the meeting hadn’t happened, the manifestation of the musical me may probably never have dawned. I may never have endeavoured to lift up the mic and do some serious singing. I may never have believed that I could do it.
Today, I want to dedicate this song to Subhashree Thanikachalam to celebrate her 15 years in Onscreen Production and Direction. I may not have accomplished a great deal as a singer to make her really proud of me. But this much, I think I definitely owe her.
Movie: Apoorva RaagangaL
Music: MSV
Originally sung by : Vani Jayaram
