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After a looooooong time I have attempted a cover song…..was inspired by the golden voice which is magically still young and ever green in this beautiful song….a coming together of the legends of the yesterday years…

Song: Pazhayoru Rajani Than

Film: Naayika (2011)

Music: M.K Arjunan

Lyrics: Sreekumaran Thampi

Original Singer: K.J Yesudas

Covered by: Pradip Somasundaran

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Here is a song with another awesome singer Rashmi Nair! Rashmi has a beautiful voice and sings classical oriented songs amazingly well and has an impeccable sense of pitching and voice control! Well I should say that I am really floored by her supportive vocals which can be any music director’s delight! Again, no EQ…. no correction whatsoever on her raw vocals in any respect! Bang on target! Just with the reverb effect!

This is one of Raveendran master’s toughest compositions (all of his compositions are a challenge to the singer). All the songs of Bharatham were classics and will stand the test of time.

Song: Gopangane

Film: Bharatham

Music: Raveendran

Lyrics: Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri

Original Singers: K.J Yesudas & K.S Chitra

Covered by: Rashmi Nair & Pradip Somasundaran

Here is a song with another awesome singer of our community! Rashmi has a beautiful voice and sings classical oriented songs amazingly well and has an impeccable sense of pitching and voice control! Well I should say that I am really floored by her supportive vocals which can be any music director’s delight! Again, no EQ…. no correction whatsoever on her raw vocals in any respect! Bang on target! Just with the reverb effect!

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The Audio CD of my second Telugu Film has been released on Nov 11th.

I have sung a duet “Poolu Gusa Gusa” with “Sonu Kakkar”

Song: Poolu Gusa Gusa

Singers: Pradip Somasundaran & Sonu Kakkar

Film: Saleem

Music: Sandeep Chowta

Lyrics: Chandrabose

Banner: Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures (Dr. Mohan Babu)

I need not upload it . It’s already uploaded by thousands on the internet!

You can hear it here: http://telugumoviepedia.com/audio/play/soundtrack/2718/poolu-gusa-gusa.html

Just give a search “pradip somasundaran saleem” on google and see the magic:)

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Live performance by Kaveri Jha for Saleem Audio release function

Well I have roped in the Koel who sings kuhoo……kuhoo in muziboo for this song:) Kuhoo’s parents might have known in advance that she was to have a voice as sweet as the Koel. Well when she accepted my request and sent me her file, I was spellbound! A beautiful voice with clear diction, expression, and spot on pitching is what makes Kuhoo special! And she does remind you of Lataji in her younger days! I never had to correct the pitch or even EQ her voice at any place! It’s just as she has sung, just with the reverb effect.
And what a composition by A.R Rahman sung with moving emotion and grace by the then 77 year old Lata Didi! She can still move mountains with her voice alone……This song has made me cry literally every time I hear it!
Prasoon Joshi’s words are simple but striking and A.R R has masterly sung the male portions himself with his distinctive rustic voice.

Song: Lukka Chuppi
Film: Rang De Basanti (2006)
Singers: Lata Mangeshkar and A.R Rahman
Music: A.R Rahman
Lyrics: Prasoon Joshi

Covered by: Kuhoo Gupta & Pradip Somasundaran

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This song without any doubt been the most popular hit of 2009 among Malayalam films released so far. And this is the only song that’s hearable in the film “Puthiya Mukham”. This is invariably one of the very best songs composed by “Deepak Dev” so far in his career. He has not done a film for almost 2-3 years in Malayalam and it has been a great comeback for him with this song. Though the song is very popular the debate to whether “Shanker Mahadevan” was the right choice to sing this song, considering the fact that there was much to be desired regarding his pronunciation will go on. There is also doubt on to whether this was technically one of the best songs that Shanker has sung. Barring the above mentioned doubts, I believe that Shanker has done a fabulous job on expressions, and this song carries itself through sheer melodic but simple arrangements that Deepak has used throughout. The song has simple but meaningful and musically beautiful words woven into it.

This is my version of the song. I have sung it in my own way with some minor variations but largely within the mood of the song.

Song: Picha Vacha Naal

Film: Puthiya Mukham

Music: Deepak Dev

Lyrics: Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri

Original Singer: Shanker Mahadevan

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Posting a Tamil song after a long long time……

I believe that this is one of the best songs ever composed by AR Rahman and my heart breaks when I see the video and the whole film in which it came. The film was a disaster at the box office and those who saw it would know why it was so. It was hopeless. It’s a shame that such a gem of a song went wasted for such a mediocre film. The song video had S.J Surya, actor, director….etc. in a blue “Lungi” doing some funny steps with a very beautiful damsel who was wasted in the film. If this song was shot with an apt video it would have been another story! Anyway, one of ARR’s best of  best! The beautiful bells keep on tinkling in this song and what a voice Madhushree has! Reminds me of the other golden voice Sadhana Sargam, whom he uses quite often in his songs. Naresh Iyer glides effortlessly with his silky voice which suddenly transforms to all power at the higher notes.

Song: Mayilirahe

Film: Anbe Aaruyire (Ah Aah)

Music A.R Rahman

Lyrics: Vaali

Original Singers: Naresh Iyer and Madhushree

Covered by: Meera Manohar and Pradip Somasundaran

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This track is a gem of a backing track! As soon as I got “Rafi Resurrected” by “Sonu Niigaam” I was amazed by the backing from this world famous Symphony Orchestra for some of the songs in the album. This was one of them. Though this does not have tabla it was a joy singing along with this track! I think the best one in this album was “Tum Jo Milgaye Ho” in all respects, singing wise and Orchestra wise, but unfortunately it did not have a minus track in the album Sonu Niigaam has said about singing a Rafi, cover again after a long time “it’s always a bliss to come back to your roots”….great thoughts indeed from a well established singing icon and one of the best in the business in India!

Song: Yaad Na Jaaye Beete Dinon Ki

Original Singer: Mohammad Rafi

Film: Dil Ek Mandir (1963)

Music: Shankar Jaikishan

Lyrics: Shailendra

Backing Track By: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

*Track courtesy: SAREGAMA LTD.*

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An evergreen beautiful song from the yesterday years in the golden voice of Mukesh. Mohammad Rafi also sang another short version of this song in the same film. One of my all time favourite song of Mukesh.
This was composed by Sardar Malik the father of Annu Malik!

Song: Saaranga Teri Yaad Mein
Film: Saaranga
Singer: Mukesh
Music: Sardar Malik
Lyrics: Bharat Vyas

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A beautiful and mind blowing composition from the young and upcoming music director Gopi Sunder! This was amazingly rendered to perfection by my very good friend “Gayatri Asokan” or “Gayu” as we all call her fondly. A singer who has a soft silky but classically trained voice she had won the state award for the best playback singer some years back. The arrangements that Gopi has created for this song takes us to a fairy land with Gayu’s magical voice……One of the best song’s that I have heard in Malayalam in the recent times.
Indcidentally Gopi was the programmer for “Vishal and Sekhar” in the “Sharukh” starrer “Om Shanti Om”!!!

Song: Nin Hridaya Mounam
Film: Flash
Music: Gopi Sunder
Lyrics: Rafeeq Ahmed
Original Singer: Gayatri Asokan