Enge Enadhu Kavidhai ( Cover version )

Enge Enadhu Kavidhai ( Cove... Lyrics & Chords

Been a long desire of mine to sing this song. Had a couple of tracks but none that really was “the track” if you know what I mean :) So, postponed it saying “The day shall come when I shall get an original -1”, and I have been waiting and waiting.

Then managed to download a decent enough track from Santosh Hariharan’s karaoke site (Thanks Tara for pointing me there :=) It’s quite an exhaustive list, so please do check it out. Then some last minute changes, asked Murali if he could do Srinivas’s parts since I had no patience to ctrl c ctrl v those chorus parts from the original :) The track has some distortions here and there, so please do bear with that

So, here it is, pretty tough song on the breath and the tongue twisting fast occuring words. Hope you all like the effort :D

Thanks in advance

Movie: Kandukondaen Kandukondaen
Original music by: ARR
Lyrics: Vairamuthu
Originally sung by : K.S.Chitra
Cover version by: Meera Manohar
Backing vocals & harmonies: Murali Venkatraman
& Meera Manohar
Mixed by: Meera Manohar

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Anup said

one word….FABULICIOUSS….both of u….awesomeeee

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Rashmi Nair Pro user said

Excellent rendition Meera. Loved the feel you brought into it. Great job! 5/5 from me.

~Rashmi~

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Murali Venkatraman said

Fabulous rendition. My portion was only miniscular in this superlative rendition and glad to be a part !

Should rank along with Kaatril varum geethame as one of your best renditions. Your high registers are excellent (kEtkudhE…adhu nallave kEtkudhe) and I am glad you have realized the power of your voice for opening up. You had earlier resorted to falsetto for high notes in some songs. Now, look at your rendition. It is bright, melodious has a subtle bass running along all the time.

Choosing a song is a battle half won. Delivering it smoothly, expressively and in your style makes it complete. As a friend and co-singer who has followed your voice for almost 3+ yrs, I am only surprised to hear your renditions get better by the day.

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Maruthi said

Hi meera….

I am not sure if am the only one hearing pitching issues in this rendition……this is a tough song….almost 80% of sindhubhairavi is tough to render as the composer can pull out any note from anywhere among the twelve …….this is why while singing sidhubhairavi clarity in sangathi is very very essential……if the sangathi is not correct it will still sound sindhubhairavi….but the intension of the composer is mislead….in other words its a communicatian drop…….otherwise it should be an improvisation in a better way.

Brave and courageous attempt….but calibre like u have more to come out with. No doubt I enjoyed this. I just could nt stop my bad mouth. I will listen this couple of more times in my monitors.

thanks,

Maruthi

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Meera Manohar Pro user said

Thanks Anup, Rashmi, Murali & Maruthi, for your thoughts. I am glad all of you enjoyed this cover.

Cheers,

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Adiyae Kolludhae
Minnadi Minnadi
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Ramya Harish said

Very nice rendition Meera. Enjoyed it.
Murali – You sounded different from usual, nevertheless very pleasant.

Cheers:)
Ramya

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Shrikanth Kumar said

Clear singing……Nice fills by Murali

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Meera Manohar Pro user said

Thanks Ramya & Shrikanth, for your comments.

Cheers,

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Subbu said

class!

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Srividya Kasturi Pro user said

Beautiful rendition, Meera :) Ketkude could be better still…Glad u opened up at the higher registers….:)
Murali, wouldnt have known it is u if it were not mentioned :)

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Allen Sebastian said

haaa very nice :)

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Meera Manohar Pro user said

Thanks Subbu, appreciate your comment :)

Srividya— Yes, played around with Murali’s voice so I get the same tone as the original :) Thanks for listening

Cheers,

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Adiyae Kolludhae
Minnadi Minnadi
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Meera Manohar Pro user said

Thanks Allen, for listening and commenting

Cheers,

A few of my latest posts:
Enge Enadhu Kavidhai
Adiyae Kolludhae
Minnadi Minnadi
Raina Beethi Jaaye

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Sindhuja Bhakthavatsalam (no longer active on muziboo- pl visit me at http://octaves.blogspot.com) said

Meera…. I continue to be smitten by your Kaatril, Kanda naal and Ninaiththu ninaiththu. Those are absolute landmarks.
I know this is a heavy and sullen song, and its important to convey the melancholy- even so, I felt this could be better w.r.t energy level. I also did find some minor off key in hitting the upper shadjamam.
“Ketkudhe” as has been pointed is very well done! But it finishes off in a hurry….
But I can clearly see one big plus in this rendition: ease. You scale the high notes with such ease and your singing flows freely. I was huffing and puffing as I was doing this song :) Hats off to you for that.

Best
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Meera Manohar Pro user said

Sindhuja— just the persons comment I was looking for :-) Thanks for listening. Interestingly, didn’t find offs as you said. Probably was just too tired working on this mix all day and my ears have just had it, so guess didn’t sound too odd to my ears :-( But yes, I shall revisit it again tomorrow to see the offs and buts you and a couple of others have mentioned.

As to the energy, I think I will have to disagree there, but yes will hopefully take more care when I do a sullen number next time around. And thanks for those landmark mentions, and am glad to see that my voice had the required ease. :-)

Cheers,

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Sindhuja Bhakthavatsalam (no longer active on muziboo- pl visit me at http://octaves.blogspot.com) said

Meera: to be specific, slight offs in the pallavi in between the 2 charanms, and “niththam vendum endru venduthe”

Best
Sindhuja

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Arvind R said

Meera … A very nice challenging number and I very much appreciated your rendition. I heard it via my studio monitors and will try to keep it to the point.

1. Vocal volume not enough to really appreciate your singing. It is well overtaken by the rhythm.

2. Couldn’t get most of the lyrics … felt that you glide through the lyrics rather than pronounce them well. Imagine if you were the first singer to sing this song … will people have got the lyrics?!. I doubt it!.

3. Totally agree with Maruthi regarding Sindhubhairavi. It’s an amazing raga with potential use of all 12 notes and only the composer knows what he is doing in some places!. Not easy to transcribe!. I did hear some aberrations in some sangathis. With this raga it is tricky and you can be convinced that it is all OK. It’s to do with the changing major and minor scales and not easy to sound flawless and your rendition is no exception. I suspect even original recordings in this scale are massaged to perfection finally!.

4. Needless to say that your singing talent is well above par but you are underplaying your hand. It seems to me that you are concentrating on ‘getting it right’, rather than letting yourself go. Would much prefer vibrant singing with issues rather than subdued cautious ones … that is just me!.

Bottom line: A complicated song that has been rendered very well with caution, but lacks crucial vibrancy.

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Rahul Soman said

Meera,

I see above a lot of mixed feedback. But honestly, I felt it was superb. I couldn’t find any of the msitakes mentioned above. Murali has sung his portion really well. But maybe since the expectation is high from you. You also get tough criticism :-) But this goes into my favs :-D

Regards,
Rahul

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Maneesha C m said

Meera, good attempt, buti felt u could do much better than this…. u are capbale of… “urugi urugi manam theduthe” was a bit shaky… charanam 1 begining was superb but, the ending of was not too perfect… thts my personal opinion…

Cheerz

Maneesha…

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Keshav Kulkarni said

I love this song, although I do not understand Tamil. One of the best ARR’s compositions. Wonderful rendition.

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Migavum Sirantha muraiyil Manathai varudumbadi appadiye paadiyulleergal.

Enathu manamarntha paaratuthalgal. Intha nalla kural valathudan endrum vazgha.

nandri

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Sudha Kumar Pro user said

Very melodious and soothing rendition, Meera. Agree with some – I think the low notes – on Kavithai could have been clearer to bring out the base – maybe that’s where one feels like it went off? antaras/charanams could have had a tad bit more energy…
I’m inspired to listen to more Tamil numbers, thanks to you! :-)
-Sudha

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Rashmi Madhu said

Meera,
after listening to your song all I can say is wow………………!!
Keep up the good work.
regards

Dr.Rashmi Madhu

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Srujana Nadella said

Nice to be back on Muziboo & what a song to restart my listening.Lovely rendition meera have no words to describe just lovely…

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Meera Manohar Pro user said

Thanks Sindhuja for the timestamps. I am yet to come back to music after the that hefty dose of mixing session Friday :) So shall get back to all pointers and timestamps shortly.

Thanks Arvind, Rahul Maneesha, Keshav, Theagaraj, Sudha, Rashmi & Srujana, for all your thoughts and suggestions. Your appreciation is welcomed, suggestions and pointers noted and will be worked on in future renditions.

Cheers,

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Djo Mix said

hi meera

i loved it. Nothing more to write. But i did something after listening to it :)… chk my site…. you are the first lady singer came in that section.

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peace
djo

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Meera Manohar Pro user said

Hi DJO,

Welcome to my space :) And, just visited your site. Whoa— thanks for featuring this cover on your site and the track of the da week mention. Appreciate it tons :)

Cheers,

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Padmini Priya said

Tooo gud!!I love the original sung by Chitra sooo much n It was almost like listening to the same!!Heard it many a times:)
Great job both of u!!over all very pleasing:)
keep it up!!
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Surajit Chatterjee said

Awesome work by both of you. Loved it thoroughly. Hope to hear more of the kind from you in the future. All the best.

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Meera Manohar Pro user said

Thanks for those really kind words, Padmini, Am glad to see that you enjoyed it as much as the original. Chitra is singer par excellence and it’s always a toughie on amateur singers to come anywhere near 50%, leave alone 100% of her renditions . I am glad I could attempt the number.

@ Surajit: Appreciate your motivation and interest to listen to regional songs and still find a way to enjoy it :D Not many can do that, salutes to you for that…. Thanks a ton for the comment.

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Krishna Tangirala said

Meera,

Nice rendition! At first, I thought I was playing the original :) Apart from the goodies that everyone has pointed out (which I most agree with), I found your voice struggling a little bit when trying to reach the high notes in few places. But overall, you were great on the rhythm and tone levels and I enjoyed your rendition as always.

And, yea, the k-track is wonderful :)

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Vamsi Nadella said

Excellent Meera!!! Just WOW!!!
Check out my first song here
Please do comment. They help me encourage and improve.

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Meera Manohar Pro user said

Thanks Krishna & Vamsi! I am glad you guys enjoyed it.
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Krishnan N v said

Very good one. Liked it…

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Meera Manohar Pro user said

Thanks Saleem, welcom to Muziboo and to my space :-) Sure, will listen to your uploads soon.

NVK, appreciate you listening and commenting. Glad you liked it!
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Sukumar R ( far away ) said

v gud song…some line makes vibration…
u r a professional.

suk

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Meera Manohar Pro user said

Thanks Sukumar, for your comments
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Rajesh Balasubramanian said

excellent singing but one small correction if i say you its a correction then its wrong
i would like to say feel there in vezhiyil kalandu vittado i was expecting the same as from chitra jiii…. anyways other wise you are …… no words to explain…. :) keep going with all good songs we all are waiting for that to listen….

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Rajesh Balasubramanian said

ver vai poota udan i could find a bit of beat missing…. i donno why but wanna give you a headsup probably because of karoake…… and paaraiyil vizhundu part was really good a different expression i could feel…. anyways good singing and expecting more from you…. :)

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Meera Manohar Pro user said

Thanks Rajesh, for letting me know your thoughts on this rendition. And, thanks for letting me know honestly what parts you liked and didn’t. Gives me an idea what listeners feel when they listen to the way I envision certain words and the feel behind it.

Keep visiting!
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Sushane Shankar said

Whoa…… Awesome……!!! great singing……
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Jane Mathew said

Beautiful Meera…i am inspired to do a cover of this song!

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Meera Manohar Pro user said

Thanks Sushane— am glad you liked this cover

Santosh— appreciate your thoughts :)

Jane— thank you, much appreciated and I look forward to hearing your version :-)
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Jenni said

Lovely song and very beautifully sung with the right emotions :)

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Meera Manohar Pro user said

Thanks Jenni, much appreciated :)
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Ranjit Salian said

Amma Chechi serene and soul stirring rendition.

What a divine voice. I just now heard the original, for me it was better than the original in your divine voice, style and the soul you provided in the song.

Truely you are Lord Krishna’s Meera. Blessed are you divine soul.

This goes to my favorites and it touched my heart and soul.

Infinity on 5 for you divine soul. Another of your IMMORTAL renditions.

Divine soul still waiting for my request in your divine voice…Hope you remember…

Take Care divine soul,
Keep the faith always,
Peace be with you,
God Bless You and All your beloved souls…

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Meera Manohar Pro user said

Thanks Ranjit for your comments. I am glad you liked it and appreciate your adding it to your favorites.

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Narayanan Raju Pro user said

Very nicely rendered Meera. I am always in awe of how effortlessly you manage such songs.

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Meera Manohar Pro user said

Hey Narayanaa :)

Thanks a ton for the compliment. Am so glad you enjoyed this number!
Cheers,

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Esakki muthu K said

Meera,

no words to explain……

Excellent.

keep singing.

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Dhiraj Barla said

Back to Muziboo, I am glad that I chose your song as the first…. what a rendition Meera, liked this one a lot…. I am at “Kekkade”, I loved the strong feel in your voice when you said those words. Awesome stuff Meera, felt a bit hurried at some sangathis, but overall a very nice effort.

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Meera Manohar Pro user said

Dhiraj— :D

Thanks a lot for your thoughts! I am glad you liked it. Pointers noted about sangathis.
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Vinay Vinay said

you have a mesmerizing voice….! good Job.All the best.
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Meera Manohar Pro user said

Thank you Vinay. And, welcome to my space!
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Anirudh Ks said

very good singing! pro on ur name proves it :)

enjoyed it !

“Music is a universal Language”
and I am proud to be a part of it :)

Cheers
Anirudh

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Meera Manohar Pro user said

Thank you Anirudh, appreciate it :D
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Akshay Suresh said

Splendid !!!! I am very big fan of tamil music and specially ARR.

Very mellifluous and great control on the throw of voice. Lot of talent here in muziboo…. will check out all songs….

Please do hear my song ISHQ and two others. http://www.muziboo.com/aksrocks/music/ishq … and let me know your feedback and tips to improve…

Bravo … “kekude” was spellbinding…. looking fwd to listen to all your tracks.

Akshay

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Meera Manohar Pro user said

Thank you Akshay, much appreciated. And, welcome to my space :)
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Rajesh Raman said

Marvelous rendition and mixing. A slight slippage at 1.08…sangathi at 2.21 could have been better. High note was perfect.

Overall very very nice ! Goes to my Fav
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Meera Manohar Pro user said

Thanks Rajesh, appreciate your time and favouring it :)
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Ganesh D said

Meera excellent rendition, goes to my favorite list.

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Meera Manohar Pro user said

Thank you Ganesh, for your thoughts and adding it to your fav’s

:)
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Akshay Suresh said

Meera
Gentle reminder…. Do listen to the song ISHQ from my list and few others…. let me know ur thoughts.

Thanks,
Akshay

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Hamsa Raghuvir said

awesome meera……sounding heavenly

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Badre Dariz said

Meera ….
Ur selection of songs are always superb !!
hats off u maam !!

Regards,

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Vaidyanathan Pn said

Excellent rendition—keep it up ! full marks to you 5/5 vaidyanathan
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Shyama said

Excellent !! Both of you have done a wonderful job! The flow in your voice is commendable. Song mixing is also pretty good.

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Sriram Emani said

Hi Meera,

Although I dont understand Tamil, this has been one of my favorite songs and I think you’ve done a great job with it!

Since your overall flow is so nice, at a few places when it didnt happen it is standing out a bit. The harkats can be a little smoother too.

But I loved listening to it, do let me know when you do more songs like this!
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Ambi Vedhu said

engae enadhu idhayam thulaithu vittaen unathu kuralin layathil!!!! :-) too good!!!

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Ashok Kumar said

Meera, you done it well with your own style, liked it much…. God bless!!!

Cheers,
Ashok

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Gopi Shanmugam Pro user said

Hm….mm Meera, I know you can do better than this, you have the potential. Voice volume is low but a very good try but not up to your mark.

Please redo it and upload it again. I love to hear this song from you again….

Cheers
>> Gopi

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Bhavani Gayathri said

nice potential… very gud,,,

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Antrin Harris said

really nice ……first time am hearing your voice….First i don’t feel anything….later only i saw the comments……and realized…… very nice voice ….really nice…. :)


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