Paartha Vizhi..

I've wanted to write about so many songs that i end up writing nothing....and i heard this song today prompting me to write this blog...

One heck of a song..that is what 'Paartha Vizhi' from 'Guna' is...There are too many good things:

1. The chorus portion all through the song where Raaja stands tall...
2. The conch and cymbals that come for a brief moment before the pallavi starts..
3. Yesudas... astounding vocal abilities..gifted.. is all i can say..and more so in this particular song when he shifts to a higher tempo towards the end of the song...his voice glides so smoothly (call it kural izhaithal in Tamizh)
4. Screen Portrayal..where Kamal sways in the queue to get a piece of prasad from the heroine..(interestingly this part makes amma go wild!!! and i find it an amazing piece of art )
The boundless joy that emanates on his face when he gets it is captured so well (akin a bhaktha blessed with darshan of the Divine) ..
5. The movie as a whole...

This is something i remember from long back..Kamal said this in some TV program...this was how the song sequence was explained to Raaja...the song was to evoke a sense of divinity, longing and love..the actor and the director wanted it to be in the lines of the Carnatic song..'Kaava vaa vaa..Kandha Vaa Vaa'..and Raaja's response was 'Paartha Vizhi'...i had a chance to listen to 'Kaava vaa' on radio some time back and the similarity in the emotions that are evoked by the songs is striking...call it the same raaga base or taala or shruti ..what else and what not...Music is Divine...!!!should get to know what raaga this is based on??