My first music post in a while. And this song from Modhi Vilaiyaadu (Music by Hari and Leslie) is really worth it. Strikingly similar in its core and interestingly even in part of its orchestration to "PorkkaLamaa, thee kuLamaa" a.k.a Oneness by RR - (Subbu will remember it as one of the songs of our PGP1 days in IIMB. ), this song is intriguing, catchy, classy and involved at once. Sunitha Sarathy and Jayashree in one song was the USP which led me to download the song uninitiated, and man - are they a combination or what! Jayashree is seen singing full throated for a change - after the irritatingly monotonous usage by Harris Jayaraj. The percussions of the thavul when Sunitha is crooning away is really a novelty... What an exciting song, that keeps changing till its end... Enough to make this the most interesting song of the year so far. It's interesting how both singers stick to their strengths in the same song and make it click!
I dont want to post MP3 links here - but check the song out. Its available everywhere.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Saturday, April 18, 2009
It is not really "Chennai" Super Kings playing out there
I have half a mind to stop watching CSK games after today's CSK match. Dhoni is 100% responsible for it. He picks Parthiv Patel ahead of Chennai's Vijay. I think Vijay is better in these conditions being a test class opener. But that's still acceptable. He drops Balaji for a different combination of bowlers. Not fair on someone picked to play test cricket for India not too long ago.
He then picks R Ashwin and does NOT give him a bowl. Why? Why? Why? Even after Flintoff gets tonked for 3 sixes in the 18th over. It is irking me even more as the spinners won it for MI in the end. Dhoni also got CSK's batting order horribly wrong. Patel is no opener in SA conditions in my book. Flintoff at 4 when 2 early wickets fell is again a slap on Badri's face. He then picks himself and Oram ahead of poor Badri who was forced to come in at 7 when they needed 60 off 30 or the like. Not too surprising given similar shoddy treatment in last season's IPL. I remember hapless Kapugedara coming ahead of Badri in last yr's final. Badri needs to shift to Royals in order to get more opportunities. Dhoni is getting too involved with his foreign cricketers and going too much on face value. He needs to back performers like Badri, Ashwin, even Vidyut and Vijay. Even if we lose, we lose with our Tamil boys screwing it up... Atleast give our boys the chance Dhoni. Don't be this autocrat. If you continue in this vein, you might lose your biggest supporters...
Dhoni seems hell bent on losing the respect of Chennai fans like me.
(The following is my reaction to Monkee's comment that informed me of 5 TN cricketers being sent back to India)
Who is Viraj Vilas Kadbe? He averages 26 in 6 matches with the bat and has taken 7 wickets for Vidharba in Domestic ODIs. He is yet to play T20. What has someone like Vidyut or Suresh Kumar done to miss out on selection ahead of this Kadbe? Suresh Kumar is a useful all rounder who averages 51 in 10 list A games for TN batting at 6 or 7.
Vidyut was more than useful last year. I am not citing Abhinav/ Anirudh's case yet cus the mandate seems to have been to retain the bowlers/ bowling all rounders. Vidyut and Suresh can both bowl ok. They have done enough to retain their spots. What has Kadbe done to stay in the CSK? He is 19. Even if some unbiased sport was to argue saying that his age was on his favor - Napoleon Einstein my friend. He is an allrounder as far as I know, and has been in India's Under 19 squad. What has Kadbe done?
And in any case I find Jakati staying on inexplicable. He is NOT getting a game in any case. Murali, Ashwin are the top 2 spinners. Even Indian teams dont take 3 spinners for tours abroad, and you are looking at players with Murali Kartik/ Amit Mishra's class missing out. Surely Jakati is not their class in left arm spin (He has 103 wickets in 41 first class matches!!!!). The guy has never played even Zonal cricket if I were to believe cricinfo. Face it Dhoni - HE IS NOT GONNA TURN OUT IN CSK's XI ever!!!! There will never be injuries to BOTH Ashwin and Murali. Even if such a situation were to arise, we could have managed with Vidyut/ Einstein if only you had retained them.
Dhoni seems to be in a rampage to send back TN cricketers and eventually lose supporters from Chennai. God save him. Finally "Idhu Chennai Chennai Superkings!!!!!"
He then picks R Ashwin and does NOT give him a bowl. Why? Why? Why? Even after Flintoff gets tonked for 3 sixes in the 18th over. It is irking me even more as the spinners won it for MI in the end. Dhoni also got CSK's batting order horribly wrong. Patel is no opener in SA conditions in my book. Flintoff at 4 when 2 early wickets fell is again a slap on Badri's face. He then picks himself and Oram ahead of poor Badri who was forced to come in at 7 when they needed 60 off 30 or the like. Not too surprising given similar shoddy treatment in last season's IPL. I remember hapless Kapugedara coming ahead of Badri in last yr's final. Badri needs to shift to Royals in order to get more opportunities. Dhoni is getting too involved with his foreign cricketers and going too much on face value. He needs to back performers like Badri, Ashwin, even Vidyut and Vijay. Even if we lose, we lose with our Tamil boys screwing it up... Atleast give our boys the chance Dhoni. Don't be this autocrat. If you continue in this vein, you might lose your biggest supporters...
(The following is my reaction to Monkee's comment that informed me of 5 TN cricketers being sent back to India)
Who is Viraj Vilas Kadbe? He averages 26 in 6 matches with the bat and has taken 7 wickets for Vidharba in Domestic ODIs. He is yet to play T20. What has someone like Vidyut or Suresh Kumar done to miss out on selection ahead of this Kadbe? Suresh Kumar is a useful all rounder who averages 51 in 10 list A games for TN batting at 6 or 7.
Vidyut was more than useful last year. I am not citing Abhinav/ Anirudh's case yet cus the mandate seems to have been to retain the bowlers/ bowling all rounders. Vidyut and Suresh can both bowl ok. They have done enough to retain their spots. What has Kadbe done to stay in the CSK? He is 19. Even if some unbiased sport was to argue saying that his age was on his favor - Napoleon Einstein my friend. He is an allrounder as far as I know, and has been in India's Under 19 squad. What has Kadbe done?
And in any case I find Jakati staying on inexplicable. He is NOT getting a game in any case. Murali, Ashwin are the top 2 spinners. Even Indian teams dont take 3 spinners for tours abroad, and you are looking at players with Murali Kartik/ Amit Mishra's class missing out. Surely Jakati is not their class in left arm spin (He has 103 wickets in 41 first class matches!!!!). The guy has never played even Zonal cricket if I were to believe cricinfo. Face it Dhoni - HE IS NOT GONNA TURN OUT IN CSK's XI ever!!!! There will never be injuries to BOTH Ashwin and Murali. Even if such a situation were to arise, we could have managed with Vidyut/ Einstein if only you had retained them.
Dhoni seems to be in a rampage to send back TN cricketers and eventually lose supporters from Chennai. God save him. Finally "Idhu Chennai Chennai Superkings!!!!!"
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