The Colors of Love: An Alaipayuthey picspam

[dharmavati.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this is yet another picspam for picspammy. :P This time, I'm picspamming what is perhaps one of my all-time favorite Indian movie songs: "Pachai Nirame" from the Tamil movie Alaipayuthey. The reason it is particularly apt for the "Color Focus" challenge is that it is actually a song about colors. :D The lyrics of the song has the male lead character comparing his love interest to the many colors of nature and the cool thing is that you don't have to know anything Tamil at all to understand what color the song is talking about at any particular moment since the visuals help you out. :D



Some of you might recognize the song since Alaipayuthey was remade into Hindi as Saathiya and A.R. Rahman used the same music score. The Hindi equivalent of this song is the eponymous Saathiya but, with apologies to Rani Mukherjee and Sonu Nigam's voice, it is just not as awesome or pretty as the original "Pachai Nirame". I'm sorry, it's just true.








And because this picspam doesn't do enough justice to the prettiness:

Please don't use these screencaps for graphic-making!

Comments

[qb-pwnz-u.livejournal.com]

OMFG. I absolutely <3 this song. I agree that the Hindi version just doesn't seem to measure up to the Tamil one. I'm going to listen to it again now. :D

[dharmavati.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's such an awesome song! Thanks! :D

[(Anonymous)]

oh my god this song! it is definitely so incredibly perfect <3
this song and movie are such love (and being a tamil person, perhaps i am bised in saying that i like the tamil version better)
...*runs off to listen to the song*

[dharmavati.livejournal.com]

Haha, I feel the same way!

[alaplage.livejournal.com]

wow, the colors on this are SO lovely! what a gorgeous picspam.

[dharmavati.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! :D

[dharmavati.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I have never actually seen that movie but now I feel that I should. :D BTW, your icon is from House of Flying Daggers, right?

[sarora.livejournal.com]

Yaaay! So excited to see more desi cinema being represented in picspammy!

[dharmavati.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'd like to see more variety in picspammy, frankly! :D

[darknessisbliss.livejournal.com]

Wow, this is just a ridiculously pretty picspam! Two very enthusiastic thumbs up! :)

PS - I did a picspam on Saathiya for the same challenge, but I have to agree, the original is better, mostly because Madhavan >>>>> Vivek Oberoi. :P

[dharmavati.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I just went to check out your picspam and it was very lovely as well! I like how you used several movies to bring out those colors. I like the scene of "Saathiya" that you picspammed a lot so it's not that the song doesn't have pretty colors but I just love the overall effect of the colors in this version a lot more. :D

[lauraaa33.livejournal.com]

MAAAADDY<3<3<3
thank you for this BEAUTIFUL picspam! this song is one of my all time favorites! it's soooo much better than the hindi version :D ahhh, truly LOVE this song and video! madhavan is so adorable<3
and your coloring is really beautiful! thanks <3

[dharmavati.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! I love it so much too! :D

[storylikeascar.livejournal.com]

Wow I'm accustomed to the Hindi version first and aside from your gorgeous picspam when I saw this vid I was like "eh, still like the Hindi vid better" but it's been a while so I went to watch it and wow! This Tamil version is WAY better! The colors, the song, everything! Love it!

Bollywood just can't help copying everyone huh? I thought it was just a knack for Hollywood but guess it doesn't stop there. Anyway thanks for introducing me to the original (i was unaware).

P.S. Did I mention how gorgeous your picspam was? ;D Great coloring.

[dharmavati.livejournal.com]

Bollywood just can't help copying everyone huh? I thought it was just a knack for Hollywood but guess it doesn't stop there. Anyway thanks for introducing me to the original (i was unaware).


You're welcome! I'm glad you liked it! And, don't worry, the Tamil film industry does its fair share of copying from Bollywood and Hollywood so I don't want to say that one particular film industry is always better than another. :P

[imprinted-soul.livejournal.com]

i love this movie and this song. i somehow feel they don't make enough tamil movies like this anymore. it's a little sad.

but yay must be a tamil movie first for picspammy!

[imienazwisko.livejournal.com]

Fab^^
Nice job with colors are also in:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv63yzG5zEE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8roXq47CgM8

[gruskek.livejournal.com]

Wah! So pretty :) Great job on the colouring :) It's one of my favourite songs ever.
What's more it was a really good movie :) Madhavan and Shalini were both wonderful. The music and cinematography also top notch.