Anwar (Malayalam)

Finally, the most awaited songs of Shreya have released. Yes, I am talking about Anwar. The movie which was already making waves among Shreya fans and the great news is that, its Malayalam this time.

Shreya has sung two songs in the movie. One sung by four singers (though fully sung by Shreya, others singers are chorus singers) and the other one is a duet with Naresh Iyer. Music has been composed by Gopi Sundar who also composed Vennilave which still is a favorite among her fans, and will always stay.

Lets talk about "Kizhakku Pookkum". It s been sung by Shreya, Sabbari Brothers, Navin Iyer & Raqueeb Alam. It runs for 5 minutes 7 seconds. The song is a perfect blend of Qawalli and Carnatic music. The song starts with a harmony by a chorus singer followed by a background music played on harmonium. Shreya starts with the song beautifully with clappings supporting her at the background. Since its a qawalli, so you might be aware which beats this song would be having. Shreya's vocals completely melts in your heart. The composition is so rich and fresh. The chorus singing "Khalbila Thee" is an major phase of the song. The song is supported by amazing instruments like harmonium, dholak, tabla, sarangi, flute, etc. The interludes are composed fantastically by Gopi Sundar. The antaras are well composed suiting the theme of the song. I don't know what adjectives should I use to praise the singing of Shreya here. Sabbari Bros have done an awesome job in the song as well. The amazing sargam in the second interlude adds the best finishing touch to the song. I am sure the song will become a rage all over, specially down Kerala. Shreya has used different harkats.I am not surprised as she is the queen of expressions. I won't be surprised if I see Shreya winning a Filmfare for this one.

Next song is titled "Kanninima Neele" which is a duet by Shreya Ghoshal & Naresh Iyer.It runs for 3 minutes 53 seconds. It starts with a beautiful piece played on matka (which is widely used in Carnatic Music). It can even replace dholak in many songs. Shreya starts with the song first and I liked the song in first hearing itself. Everything is very impressive about the song. I really liked the way Shreya sings her first line which doesn't have the space to breathe. Its a very unique romantic song and again, one of the best Malayalam songs of Shreya. Naresh has given good company to her in the second antara. So far, all Malayalam songs of Shreya have been fabulous. Hope we'll get to hear more Malayalam songs by Shreya in near future.

Shreya's song in Jhoota Hee Sahi

Shreya has tweeted last year(when she joined Twitter) that she had sung for AR Rahman in 1-800 Love. To the ones who are still not aware, let me tell them that the title has been changed to Jhootha Hee Sahi. So, do not wait for 1-800 Love now!

The trailor of the movie was out last week and promo of the first song came out some two days ago and the great news is that the song is sung by Shreya. Its titled “Cry Cry” which is a duet with Rashid Ali. So, I am posting the trailor of that song here, though I had already posted it in the Twitter fanclub (@ultimateshreya) More talks on the song when the music will release.

Here you go:

Chori Chori - Kis Hudh Tak..

It’s the time to write about Shreya’s new Hindi song from the movie “Kis Hudh Tak”. Though the track list was out many days ago but the songs some more time to release. Shreya has one duet with Abhijeet in this movie. Lets talk about it now!

The song is titled "Chori Chori" and music has been composed by Abid Shah (never heard of him before). Since its a low budget movie, you cannot expect the song to be promoted well. Even the trailor is not on the music channels till now. Its a 3 minutes 35 seconds. Its a romantic song with simple instrumentation.We have heard songs like these before in the compositions of Dabboo Malik. The song has a flavor of 90s melodies and Abhijeet, after a long time has finally sung a song and I could feel the stretch in his voice in the first antara. Shreya, as always is sweet in the song but I am not too happy with the composition. Its a simple romantic song and Shreya has sung second antara.Though the tune is good, but there's something which is missing. Shreya rocks as usual :)

Autograph (Bangla)

Now I am going to write about new Bangla songs of Shreya. Its from the movie Autograph. Shreya has sung two beautiful solos in the movie composed by Debojyoti Mishra (who also composed Megher Palok).

The first song is “Chal Rastay” which runs for 4 minutes 14 seconds. The song starts with a beautiful piece played on Piano. The song is so wonderfully sung by Shreya.The way she has pronounced every word is trulu amazing.I am completely speechless. Fabulous composition by Debojyoti Mishra! The song has so much peace into it.The moment you hear it, you are completely in some other world. Its supported with light instruments. The background music is very soothing. It has some shades of Shantanu Moitra’s compositions. The more you hear this song, more you will get addicted. Hats off to Shreya and Debojyoti for such a wonderful song!!

Second and the last song is titled "Uthche Jege".Its again a solo by Shreya having duration of 3 minutes 35 seconds. Its not a melody exactly but sort of a melody with light western beats. Though I don't understand the language, but I guess its a song of celebration and happiness.Note the harmonies by Shreya at the end of the song. Our Nightingale is completely a rockstar!

Hope you will like both the song and please do not miss "Chal Rastay".

Eradu Jadeyannu - Jackie

Finally, I am here to talk about one of my recent favorite songs of Shreya. Its again a Kannada track from the movie Jackie and it released many days ago but I couldn’t write about it. Anyway, lets talk about it now!

Its titled “Eradu Jadeyannu” and its a duet by Our Nightingale and Sonu Nigam. Music has been composed by V.Harikrishna. It runs for 4 minutes 45 seconds. The song starts with a very beautiful tune which I find quite similar to the one played in Jiva Rangala (Shreya also won 4th National Award for this).This tune gets repeated in the whole song. Its a melody and it has a slight oldies flavor to it. The song is so sweet and Shreya's voice makes it even more sweeter.The instrumentation, composition and singing ofcourse is fabulous.If you notice, the tune played from 1:29 is quite similar to the one played in the starting of Saansein Ghulne Lagi (Aetbaar). The antaras are made perfectly.Its one of the sweetest melodies I've heard till date. The second interldue involved a great piece played on the instrument like Guitar and I really liked the way Shreya started with first antara after the interlude finishes.I am in love with this song! So, if you miss this song, you are in a loss!

Pancharangi

Finally, I am writing about Pancharangi. The combination of Shreya Ghoshal – Mano Murthy – Yograj Bhatt – Jayanth Kaikani is back!! What more can anyone say when this superb combo associated to create another gem. Who can forget the beautiful Araluthiru, Ivanu Geleyanalla, Na Naguva Modalene, etc.As I already told you before, Shreya has sung two songs in the movie. Both are solos by Shreya. Music has been composed by Mano Murthy.

Let me talk about the song which has caught my attention since the day it got released. This song is so special that it has easily become one of my top most favorites songs of Shreya. I would, anyday rate this in Top 20 favorite songs of mine by Shreya. Its titled "Ninnaya Nalumeya". The moment I heard this message, I immediately messaged Kiran Raj that this could be Araluthiru - Part 2 and I will always strict to this point. The song is titled "Ninnaya Nalumeya" and runs for approximately 5 minutes. The song starts with a mindblowing piece played on violin which continues for 30 seconds and then Shreya starts the song with her mellifluous voice.I seriously don't know how to express my emotions on Shreya's singing, beautiful composition by Mano Murthy. This song has left such impact on me which Araluthiru had left some years back. After hearing this track, my respect for Shreya - Mano has increased. He has used beautiful instruments like Guitar, violin,etc. One more thing I noticed in the song is that there is a very unique sound which repeats in the song many times. The interludes are simply amazing, supported by Shreya's harmony. There are two antaras in the song and both are composed on a different tune and the last antara is even more beautiful.Hats off to Shreya and Mano Murthy.I, seriously bow to this combo.No words can describe such songs!!Truly amazing!!This will always be a very very special song and will be in my memory till my last breathe.

Next song is "Hudugaru Beku" and its a completely different genre when compared to the track discussed above.If you people remember, then I also pasted the trailer of this song some days ago. Its a peppy number sung by Shreya, with some chorus parts by Chetan (who also sang Sye Sye Chakora with her). It runs for 5 minutes approximately. Versatile Shreya has modulated her voice to suit the theme of the song.It starts with a tune played on guitar and flute followed by awesome harmony by Shreya. She has completely modulated her voice and it sounds awesome , as usual.This would be one of my favorite peppy songs of Shreya. Chetan has given good support to Shreya in backing vocals. Shreya has some awesome western harmony in the second interlude.

Please don't miss to hear these songs, specially Ninnaya Nalumeya. If you are a music lover, then please please go for it!!

ps: I would recommend you all to also hear the instrumental version of Ninnaya Nalumeya. And I'll post about Jackie and other 3 songs of Shreya tomorrow because I want this post to stay as a latest post for atleast one day.

Kannalli Kannittu Nodu - Bindaas Hudugi

Hi friends.I am again back with my new post. This time its about a Kannada song titled "Kannalli Kannittu Nodu" from the movie "Bindaas Hugugi". The song was released after Pancharangi but I'll write about it after this post.

Anyway, coming back to the song, its been sung by Shreya and Tippu and composed by Yarra Ramesh (never heard about him before).

Its a melody which runs for 4 minutes 30 seconds.It starts with a tune played on flute.Its a simple romantic song supported by usual common beats used in most of the Kannada songs.Shreya does a splendid, as usual. There is a beautiful harmony by Shreya after the mukhda.Tippu has given good support to Shreya but I never found his voice attractive or mesmerizing. Yarra Ramesh has done quite a good job with the instrumentation. I have nothing more to say about this song.Overall, its a nice track.

ps: I know I've been very late in writing about Pancharangi and you all know that I couldn't post it because of my busy college schedule and I seriously can't write anything in a hurry and specially, when its about the wonderful combo of Shreya - Mano Murthy - Yograj Bhatt, then I don't want to take risk!So, my next post will be of Pancharangi followed by the deluge of posts including one about a Hindi song!

Shreya's interview taken by Hemant Parikh

I posted some interviews of Shreya in the Twitter fanclub which were taken by Hemant Parikh in Auckland. Thought of posting them here too.So, here are they:

Btw, in the Part 2, Shreya really appreciates the blogs and fanclubs made on her. I just want to say that I will keep writing about your songs till my last breathe, Shreya :)

Here are the videos:

Part1:

Part 2:

Ishq Hai Ye - Thakita Thakita (Telugu)

Its been too long that I posted in the blog. This college life has screwed all my schedules. But still, whatever happens, I don’t forget to post in the blog because that has become the most major part of my life. So, here I am with her new Telugu track “Ishq Hai Ye” (yes, its titled in Hindi).

The track is a sung by Shreya and Prasanna ( who also sang the beautiful Unnai Ninaithaen with our nightingale). Music has been composed by Bobo Shashi. The track runs for 5 minutes. It begins with a beautiful harmony by Shreya followed by a short alaap.Then, the chorus begins singing “Ishq Hai Ye”. I can relate this song with Tere Naina from CC2C as the antaras of both the songs are fast supported with techno music (You'll understand what I mean after hearing the track).Shreya truly sounds angelic and the interludes are simply mindblowing. The first interlude begins with a harmony by Shreya followed a beautiful piece played on Harmonium and Tabla in Qawalli style. I liked the way Shreya added "hmm haan" in the antara. The second interlude has a mesmerizing piece played on saxaphone. Prasanna has given good support to Shreya. The starting line " Kannulake Kalava Kalava" is so beautifully sung by Shreya. I am hearing this song atleast 10 times a day. A very rich composition by Bobo Shashi and ofcourse, awesome singing by Shreya and Prasanna as well.

Shreya sings in Krishna Sakha!

Shreya has sung two beautiful Bhajans in album called “Krishna Sakha”. You gotta hear those songs people! :)

1. Maiyyan Yashoda Tera Kanhaiyan - Shreya

2.Nand Ka Laala Bansuri Wala - Shreya

3.Mat Roko Dagar Mere Shyam - Shreya Ghoshal & Abhijeet Arun

All the three bhajans are very soulful but it seems that the songs were recorded 3-4 years ago. Music has been composed by Abhijeet Arun.

Hear the songs online here: http://www.raaga.com/channels/hindi/album/HD001447.html

ps: I have to write about a lot of pending songs.Will write as soon as possible.Stay tuned!