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Pinnacle of Instrumentation -Thiruda Thiruda (A treat to your ears)

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2016 in a interview with film critic Rajeev Masand, composer Amit Trivedi made a surprising admission about the film score that truly inspired him. "One of my friends introduced me to the album and I was awestruck by the kind of music my ears were listening to", he said, "That sound still inspires me, it makes me think how the hell can one think like this. It's fresh and still gives one the feeling of not having heard something like this before." The album  which made Amit trivedi go gaga was  Thiruda Thiruda (1993)   Directed by Mani Ratnam and composed by none other than our AR Rahman. Hmmmm.... I had heard it multiple times... It was good. But why did Trivedi go gaga over it? I gradually picked my favorite Bluetooth earphones. Opened spotify , My faint memory had failed me. Damn the songs were so good. I had played those songs in LDAC codec (its just a high quality audio codec). Damn , I literally cried listening to the instrumentation. A  Rece...

Happy Friendship Day .... Na Muthukumar...!!!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqJtGuxHwPQ Ever had the feeling that you have no friends?? Or no one to bear your pain. Or no one gets what you are going through???? It is all part of Human life. Don't believe me ? நா.முத்துகுமார் tries to explain this in a song . If you haven't heard it once in your life, STOP whatever you are doing and go click the above link. Then , comeback here. Almost everyone knows that I am a sucker for yuvan's music and Na Muthukumar's lyrics(Well, who isn't??). This is a tribute for my love towards the lyrics of Na Muthukumar. It is my go to song that I listen to when I am depressed. The song deals with many  emotions on the whole, I would like to segregate it into 8 based on my knowledge on emotions. உண்மை ஓய்வின்மை வலியோடு வாழ்வது தனிமை உணர்தல் கடவுளின் முடிவு துரோகம் தீர்வு 1. The First Emotion   உண்மை / Truth: நா begins by stating facts... ஒரு நாளில் வாழ்க்கை இங்கே எங்கும் ஓடி போகாது மறு நாளும் வந்து விட்டால் துன்பம் தேயும் தொடராது எத...