Mohini Ninakkayi-Original Song from Manjeeradhwani(1997)composed by Illaiyaraja-With K.S Chitra
Mohini Ninakkayi-Original S... Lyrics & Chords
This song holds lot of nostalgia for me. It was my first one with the maestro Illaiyaraja and my first with my singing icon K.S Chitra!
When I was young, hearing the greats, I used to think that they were God’s and could not go wrong or falter! And finally when I had a chance to work with two God’s of the industry, I knew that I could touch them and feel them and they were as human and humane as we were!
An anecdote from the recording at Chennai AVM C Theatre:
I had to sing in three different voices for this song. This song was very tricky and the part where Chitra sings “Ninne Japichu……” is without any rhythm and the guitar chords and the base guitar twangs are the only guides to the timing. I had already finished recording my parts and was eagerly awaiting in the console room, to hear Chitra sing! When she reached the part I mentioned no matter how hard she tried she could not sing the part correctly. She struggled for almost an hour and with each try she was losing confidence and her voice quality was going down. Finally the music director said. “Chitra lets have a break. Lets’ have food and re-do it(it was already 2.00 P.M)”. Chitra was relieved. “Pradip, why don’t you join us for lunch? Chitra asked me!” Well I was speechless! Her house was close by at Saligramam and a beautiful home she has there. I asked her if she was fine. She laughed and told me. “Pradip, I think you are alarmed by what you saw. These things do happen some times. And when it does, the best way is to take a break, relax and then start fresh”. I had a sumptous lunch at her house and after we came back, with the very first take she nailed the song! Again her speed amazed me!
Well I had learnt my biggest lesson in life.
Our mind is our biggest friend and foe. If we know how to handle it well, then we can conquer anything in life!
Song: Mohini Ninakkayi
Film: Manjeeradhwani (1997)
Music Director: Illaiyaraja
Singers: K.S Chitra & Pradip Somasundaran
Lyrics: M.D Rajendran
Film Director: Bharathan (Late)
This song was transferred from an audio cassette and so excuse me for the bad audio quality. It’s a long peculiar kind of song and am posting it just for the nostalgia
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December 08, 2009
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- 22 Comments
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Roshine Gnanatharshan. said
OMG What a song?
Beautiful ……Awesome….Have no words at all.
Indeed its a very tricky song.Chitra mam rocked as usual.
But……
Could not believe that all three different voices was sung by the same person.I am amazed !
Loved it.
-——————————Bala (composer/producer) said
Excellent! Thanks for sharing this, Pradip! This sounds like a real tough song to sing with those dynamic rhythm patterns. Great job!
Your anecdote is very interesting. Also, the lesson you have mentioned is very true. Sometimes I sit with my keyboard and try to compose something for hours and will not get anything interesting. Sometimes I will get very catchy melody lines while I am strolling or driving with a lighter heart. You are very ture…. Our mind set is the most important thing than anything else.
Btw, was wondering whether you had any interesting conversations with the legend, Ilayaraja!
- Bala
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Harshan (away) Nambiar
said
Thanks for sharing the story and your awesome experience. Never heard this composition before, loved your vibrato and throw…had glimpses of kishoreda. Chitra was amazing too as usual….
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Srividya Kasturi
said
Interesting anecdote, Pradip! The tune is sooo nice…Loved the composition and both ur singing:)
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Meera Krishnan said
Pradip,
thanks for sharing ur wonderful experience with us…I have read chitra is a very down to earth person… and reg. d song. njaan endhu parayaan……amazed on hearing ur singing in three different voices…wonderful brother…ur r really a god’s gift to muziboo and we all r really lucky to have you here.all d best for ur singing career and by god’s grace u will go places. by d way, I am also from Trichur….
Regards,
Meera…….
Sudha Kumar (recovering and getting back to listening..)
said
That was such a lovely experience to share, Pradipji! Thanks for sharing these wonderful gems and memories with us.
God Bless you,
-Sudha
Marc Morlock said
Beautiful song & great sound
Love the “Vocals”
Pradip somasundaran said
Roshine, Bala, Harshan, Vidya, Paras, Meera, Sudha, Marc: Thank you guys :)
Bala: he does not talk much and is very focussed and serious on what he does. Luckily, it was my day and I could sing the song without any problems so it was totally uneventful.
paras: The I warn you was already there. The language is malayalam. Yes, it is a scene where the actor “Vineeeth” acts in a Ballet where he is a “Shilpi”, there is the Devil, God and then two lovers the "Shilpi and his “mohini” the creation. The tug ends with love supreme succeeding even death…….
Meri Awaz Suno
Dr. priya Rajan said
Deeps … love the way you modulated your Voice. Want to hear more of Malayalam songs.
What do U want me to comment ?
NEVER hit the wrong BIRD in my LIFE:)
Mark yr words…… there is always possibility of improvement in any field, and MUSIC is an Ocean. Your words are right.
Our mind is our biggest friend and foe. If we know how to handle it well, then we can conquer anything in life!
As you say no one is 100% perfect, we all can only strive towards Excellence – hence said… Man learns till his last day.
Knowledge is an Ocean and we can still acquire just a drop of it in our life time. One thing that could be given freely is LOVE and Affection which is comparatively not a big feat compared to other things of life,
yet we are stingy to share and care for others.
Preme oru rahasyam
sangeeetham me prema kavyam
Preme satyam nithyam
nin manase oru aalayam
madhuram madhuram nin sangeetham
ne paadum madhura gaanam
nyan thedum jeevamrutha bindu agum
nee paadum pavana gaana
hrdayathil vasikum prema rahasyam
All my love/5 and fav….:)
Thanks for sharing.
MUSIC is the language of the soul!
Srinivas Panda said
Very Nice Composition n singing by you as always.
Actually i started listening music (hindi) from the time of A.R.Rahaman but after knowing Illaiyaraja I can feel that he is the real legend of music……BTW i feel ‘chandralekha’ title song of a.r rehman has a lil bit touch from this song.
Illaiyaraja is a real inspiration !!
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Rahul Soman said
Pradip Ettan,
The composition is indeed a tough one. To sing this itself is a great challenge. You have really sung well. But the song didn’t appeal to me :). Maybe because its very much oriented on the visuals, hence it would be nice to hear with the video.
I am really glad to know that you got to work with the maestro.
Regards,
രാഹുല് കുരഞ്ഞിയൂര്
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Kuhoo (www.reverbnation.com/kuhoogupta) Gupta said
Very interesting song with lots of variations in it ! Amazingly sung by both of you as always :) Your modulations in different voices was excellent !
Very nice story & thanks for sharing with all of us !
May you achieve more & more in your music career and get to work with the living legends :) All the best !
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Shampak Chakravorty said
Awesome Pradip da…… Very interesting story….
After reading the story the song became even more eventful……as I could almost picturise the whole recording…… Great job…. Keep it up….
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Srini S (bye bye friends)
said
Hope you had a great time with ‘The Everlasting
Supremo’ and ‘Chinnakuyil’.Loved the song in
your voices and what to say about the legend’s
composition?A very adamant,strict,garvam
pidithavar in his work.Ofcourse these all
qualities is a must in him,otherwise a song
cannot become a super hit.A very serious person
and a less talkative man.Raagadevan’s composing
was something different in this song.Enjoyed
it a lot and great effort by you and chitraji.
Liked your part very much in diff voices.
Loved the description and all the best
Mr.Pradeep.keep singing.5/5 and goes to
my favs.
srinivasan.s
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Sunitha Kalyanaraman said
Ahhhhh! Never thought I wud get an opportunity to comment on d work of a playback singer ;) Am very new this muziboo world and surprised!! What do I say abt d work… The song was too much for me to understand :) however, I enjoyed it a lot!
Please keep singing and posting…Good Luck!
Biju Ramachandran
said
pradip.,
i just loved what yu wrote in the description.
yes!in the recording studio,we can lose confidence easily when small things dont fall in place.
yu have done a wonderful job as usual.its an amazing song and yu have done full justice to what raja sir demanded!
biju ramachandran
Vishak Subramoney said
Pradip — Awesome rendition. hope we can get a chance to listen to many more of ur playback songs.
Meera Manohar
said
Pradip,
Wonder how I missed this song :)
Very different composition, and very well done!
Liked it, definitely
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Kitcha Swamy said
Pradip Ji, Thanks a ton for this song and special thanks for the anecdote. Chitra is a god to me too and of course raja we all know is the greatest of all legends. I was truly inspired when I heard this song. Superb stuff.
I would love to hear much more experiences of yours with so many other singing/music celebrities. Also, please share some of your experiences with Illayaraja sir.
Thankyou.
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Abhilash said
Pradeepetta, eventhough this song was released in 1997, I am listing this first time now. Let me tell you frankly, I don’t like this song. :-( May be it is due to my bad music sense. But the ‘experience’ you had with chitra chechi… is really nice to read.
Thanks for sharing….
-Abhilash, Sharjah -
Sushanth Shankar said
Hi Pradipetta…
Happened to stumble upon this song when listening to your new Telugu song with Chitra chechi… :) Very interesting write up… It is indeed a great experience working with such greats!
Very different song indeed and has all the ingredients of a difficult song from the Maestro… :) You have done a great job!
All the very best!
- Sushanth