Music And Movies

(Johnson) Malayalam Music Director Johnson passed away recently. I knew about Johnson, had watched him on TV where he was judging a singing talent hunt show. Also knew that he had got two National awards and he was well known in Kerala for both his songs and his background scores (for which he had received the National Award.) Unfortunately I had heard very less of the songs he had composed. Once I happened chance upon a HMV collection of 15 of his songs titled, 'Nostalgia' and bought it. I was impressed with  all the songs in that CD. Added to it I had heard a few more on youtube but overall my exposure to his music has been limited. I  anyway had  'moham kondu njan' listed in my internal database as a song which I should feature in this series. So I thought I will put it up today in honor of Johnson. As I said earlier, I had not heard enough of him to get an idea of his individuality. All I could observe is that his best songs were melodies, based on diff...

I personally feel that no one emanates stronger signals than a woman in love. Generally the only person whose receiver is shut off from these signals is the male of the species for whom the signals are meant!! Everyone else can easily spot a girl in love except that special person!! If you think I am joking, first look at this song. Then I will give you my views on the song after you watch it. First observe the woman. Every small gesture of her's oozes love. Can anyone have any doubts that she is in love with the gent in the picture? The half smile, the faraway look which break into a sudden smile and the smile which turns into a faraway look, the sudden glance, 'from the corner of the eye' look. Shoba is a such a delight. As someone commented in the youtube comment section. "How can someone not fall in love with Shoba?" How indeed!! Now observe the gentleman in question. You have no clue if he is tuned to the same frequency as Shoba. His whole se...