Check Deepak Gulati's cool blog out at http://deepakg.blogspot.com - it is so refreshing to know that not all folks in the technology industry are code junkies huddled behind a CRT typing their way into repetitive stress injuries.

On a different note, I was reading a review of Yuva on rediff.com - surprising that this review has been in total contrast to the ones I have read/heard/seen elsewhere.But of course those were on Ayudha Ezhuthu and not so much on the hindi version.

Personally somehow I have always believed that Rahman's music sounds richer in Tamil than in Hindi (or any other language for that matter) - maybe it is Rahman's legacy in Tamil films, maybe it is the quality of the lyricist in Tamil or maybe it is just the quality of singers Rahman can choose from when it comes to Tamil.

I have also realised that Tamil as a language is easily more extensible and open to lyrical nuances from other languages vis-a-vis hindi which even with the best of efforts sounds stilted and contrived (Try "Telephone mani pol sirripaval ivala" against "Telephone dhun mein hasne waali" and you will know what I am suggesting!) which means lyricists potentially have a larger landscape to work with in Tamil.

One set of composers who I think have made the cross-over are Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy - their music although invariably coated in inane "Munda","Maahee" and"Sony" is refreshingly tuneful and immediately hummable. Although Kamal's "Aalavandan" ("Abhay" in Hindi) was a resounding flop, their music was extremely raw and powerful keeping with the protagonist of that story. Of course enough said about Dil Chahta hai.........

Which brings me to my next question - so is this cross over only uni-directional? Barring an Udit Narayan and maybe a Sandeep Chowta why isnt anybody approaching this side of the country? (I will reserve my not-so-charitable comments on this till my next post)

Happy listening.....