Listen to Lucky

This song is one of Rahman's best and that has fetched Shreya G the filmfare award which i had predicted to my friends (previously i have predicted successfully for thangathamarai (minsara kanavu) for SPB and (Engey Enathu Kavithai for Chitra). I have listening to the inaugral piece on santoor which Rahman used beautifully after Roja. Though I have listened to this few hundred times, i was hooked to this one for a different reason. "Valiba Kavignar Vaali" has come out with wonderful and mesmerising lyrics particularly the charanams, which i have posted here. [ shreya ] Munbe vaa en anbe vaa oone va uyire va Munbe vaa en anbe vaa poo poovai poopom vaa Naan naana kaytane ennai naane naan.... neeya, nenjam sonnathey.. Munbe vaa en anbe vaa oone va uyire va Munbe vaa en anbe vaa poo poovai poopom vaa [shreya] Ah.... Poovaithai poovaithai nee poovai-kor poovaithai mana poovaithu poovaitha poovaikul thee vaithai Ohhhh... [ Naresh ] Theyney nee malaiyil aada naan maan naan nanai...

Recently, I had a debate with my friend krishna on whether Shane Warne is better than Anil Kumble (or) not. Personally i like Shane warne for his heroics, his attitude on the field, his competitive spirit, his aggression and his sportsmanship. Even though, this blog is not about this comparisons, it is about comparisons. The need for this blog is just to outline how our views and focus gets towards comapring personalities / products etc. I have been tired of people comparing Sachin with Lara, Federer with Sampras, Schumi with Kimi, Kapil with Hadlee, SPB with Yesudas, Illayaraja with MSV / ARR and the list is endless. I feel that comparisons should not be done in the first place, if done it has to be with proper analysis and parameters. I don't understand how people can compare Sachin and Gavaskar / Steve Waugh etc. The reasons for the akward comparisons are people played in different era / conditions / pressures / batting order / People's likes. There are hundreds of Mamas/u...