The Musical Me -II

As for Gazals- I was never much of a Gazal enthusiast (Hindi or Malayalam) with all its weepy, sad, self pitying undertones. Nope, not for me. I mean I do sometimes go on self-pitying, self-loathing trips ( that's what Kishore K was for back then ) but Gazals have a way of inducing these emotions even if you are feeling ok with life and everything else.

All said (here I go contradicting myself) there are a few recent (Hindustani/Gazal influenced) Malayalam songs ( with the exception of one) I like and I like them because they were either part of a movie I liked or the context in which it was sung or the lyrics or the music or both. That brings the total number of songs in this offbeatcategory-I-love-list to exactly 4 and in the order of preference, they are:-

1. From the movie Perumazhakalam- Raakilithan. Gosh! I get all overwhelmed every time I hear/see this song. You will too if you think there is something magical about monsoons.

2. From the movie Meghamalahar- Oru naru pushpamay. One of the best adult type movies I have seen. Now don't get me wrong ..adult not in an-all gory violence and/or naked bodies kind of way, but adult in a very emotionally mature kind of way. Too lazy to give you a synopsis and even if I did you would get all judgmental on me. Yes, I am insecure- sometimes. So ?

3. A Gulam Ali gazal( to my knowledge it was not part of a movie).- Tamam umr..- This is sort of the exception to the rule. The only non-malayalam song in the list and I love it for its lyrics, his voice and the music. Ironically, the first time I heard the song, it was sung by a mallu guy, with an awesome voice, in Hindi ( laced with a slight mallu acent and everything) on some tv talent show and still did not spoil it for me. For those who can follow Hindi -

" तमाम उम्र तेरा इंतज़ार हमने किया
I waited for you all my life
इस इंतज़ार मे किस किस-से प्यार हमने किया"
And while I waited I loved many (I don't know who all (sort of implied))

4. From the movie Ore Kadal- Oru Kadal- For various reasons, one of which is- I will watch anything that Shyama Prasad makes and will say how much I love it even if I didn't, which is highly unlikely, because I will always like what he makes (I just drew a circle-didn't I?). His movies are unique and interesting and I guess he expects the same standards for the songs he includes in them.

I just yawned but cannot sleep yet. So may the music begin-!! and who can stay still with this music?!?

kesa sharmana aja nach k dikha de
aa meri hoja aa parda gira de
aa meri akhiyon se akhiyan mila le
aa tu na nakhre dikhaa
wanna be my chamak chalo
ooh ooh ooh ooh
wanna be my chamak chalo
ooh ooh ooh ooh
(OST-Ra-One)