2009

A tribute to our Academy Award winner, A R Rahman. Here are interludes from 25 Tamil songs of A R Rahman. Can you guess which movie they are from? Don't worry about the spelling. Just spell it like it sounds, and the box will turn green. Comments Steve 12 Mar 2009 7:07 pm: Got 25/25!!! Thanks Anand, enjoyed it very much!!! Vijay Anand 12 Mar 2009 3:11 pm: I got 24/25. not able to recollect the movie name of July Matham song Only May madham came to my mind anantha 2 Mar 2009 6:40 pm: Got 22 without struggling. The last three (5, 17, 25) gave me trouble. Got 5 after some humming along and for 17, somehow was stuck on a dubbed version of a hindi soundtrack till I got it. 25 was purely round robin :) Sriram 2 Mar 2009 7:09 pm: Hi anand, I am one of the big fan of ur site. I scored 21/25. please send me the answers. srini 2 Mar 2009 10:37 am: Hi thanks again for a good one. I scored more in Raja test than this one.. so you know my age group. Please send me the answers. Can’t bang myself anymore… thanks S Anand 2 Mar 2009 3:34 pm: Have sent the answers by e-mail. Akbar 2 Mar 2009 6:23 pm: I scored 20. Really nice one …. thanks. yeshwanth 10 Mar 2009 4:50 pm: I got 25/25…was struggling for 17..but got it in the end….based on your clue that its a rajini film Nivi 2 Mar 2009 9:11 pm: 23/25!! and i pride myself that of the things i got, i got everything within the first 5 seconds :) Hari 6 Mar 2009 4:42 pm: Awesome compilation. I didn’t get 4, 16, 17, 19 and 21. I was kicked when I got 25 :) subbu 11 Mar 2009 1:41 pm: 23/25 - got 23 and 24 woooo hooooooo Barath 7 Mar 2009 7:33 pm: Give me clues for 6 and 25 Arun Ganesh 10 Mar 2009 6:02 pm: 25/25 …. had to refer no clues thankfully… this is good stuff.. keep posting more. thank you Arjun 7 Mar 2009 8:30 pm: Hey, Great man. Thanks for the quiz. We had a lot of fun doing it. By the way, the score is 23! :) What are 17 and 25? I’m totally stumped (but, most probably, I’ve never heard these pieces). S Anand 7 Mar 2009 8:38 pm: Clues: 6 is a Vineeth film 17 is a Rajni film 25 is a Prabhu film Dinesh 11 Mar 2009 2:00 pm: i got a 25/25….. hardcore ARRfan…. thank u thanku…. :) Priya 11 Mar 2009 12:57 pm: I scored 24….But i couldn;t guess which one is the 17th….. subbu 11 Mar 2009 1:34 pm: 21/25 - didn’t get 16, 23,24,25 :) Ganesh.V 10 Mar 2009 6:15 pm: HA ha i got 25\25…….pretty much easy……even 25 and 17 Nice compilation…… Vivek 10 Mar 2009 6:45 pm: 25/25, in one go! I’m proud to be a hardcore ARR fan Rajith Ramnivas 10 Mar 2009 6:51 pm: 25/25 i can answer whatever related to rahman sir. chetan 10 Mar 2009 10:24 pm: 24/25 !! damn missed the #13 ……….. Guys pls help me out … Which Movie is it?? @S Anand- Superb Man quiz is. thanks for it….. sanjay shankar 10 Mar 2009 8:25 pm: 25/25 !!! Like Yeshwanth, # 17 took about a min, but got the others within seconds. Thanks for the nice quiz! AMEER SALEHA 11 Mar 2009 8:04 am: it was quite interesting and as well as it made me to find out some songs of arr which i didnt hear Vinodh 11 Mar 2009 9:20 am: I got 24/25… I couldnt get the 25th song… someone pls help… :( amjath 11 Mar 2009 3:00 am: Score: 25 / 25 i got i done it i made it very very gud choice of songs Ashwin Krish 11 Mar 2009 3:05 am: 25/25! 5 was the toughest for me! Interludes are pretty easy… what is challenging is a BGM quiz. You should post that Krishna 11 Mar 2009 4:00 am: scored 100%. Great quiz Mehrun Shiraz 11 Mar 2009 11:19 am: its damn good..scored 24..but dont know number 17..pls send me the answer. rama krishna 10 Mar 2009 4:36 pm: hi, i score 21/25 musicar 10 Mar 2009 4:43 pm: I GOT 25/25!!! It was an easy test!!! Just the 25th one took a couple of extra seconds! Enjoyed it!!!Thanks for creating it Prakash 10 Mar 2009 4:28 pm: Bingo. I got 25. Needless to say I am a Rahmaniac! :) Anil 10 Mar 2009 4:31 pm: Wow ….got 24 on 25 ….all except 25 (but the clues in your comments) got that one as well .. Good one this. My ARR quotient is pretty high :-) -A Siva 11 Mar 2009 2:07 pm: Got 22/25. Couldn’t find 5, 17, 25. Then found 17 and 25 using the clues. And finally, 5 after many guesses. :( viji 11 Mar 2009 2:25 pm: hey hi.. gr8 work.. superb.. :) gt al 25 rite.. :) keep posting more :) Appu 11 Mar 2009 2:49 pm: woow,16 was tough.i got no.6 listening to the rhythm pattern. did it anyway. 25/25 all the way. Jai ho!!! Appu Anu 11 Mar 2009 3:27 pm: I got 25/25, was thinking hard for 17 but then your clue on Rajni movie helped….very interesting and easy quiz!!!! sriraman vk 11 Mar 2009 3:44 pm: i got 24/25. what is the answer for song 14? Sriram 11 Mar 2009 4:20 pm: Awesome! Can you do the same for AR’s Hindi and also the BGM?! Please man! santhosh 11 Mar 2009 5:36 pm: Hi, really a nice quiz….. Got 25/25 Keep posting :) Madhavan R 11 Mar 2009 6:16 pm: Cool! Got 25 out of 25 in the first go!!! 17 was tricky but after repeated listens for some 5 or 6 times, I found it…Great stuff; thoroughly enjoyed! suriya 12 Mar 2009 11:47 am: super songs anand! 5,13,19,24 known BGM.. any clues? Karthik 12 Mar 2009 7:04 am: Got all right :) Asuthosh 12 Mar 2009 7:08 am: 25/25 - some old Tamil ones were tricky. The trick is to continue the interlude forward in your mind and it will segue into the pallavi/charanam. Great stuff, thanks! Rivjot 12 Mar 2009 8:20 am: Please make such quiz for Hindi interludes of Rahman as well. Enjoyed taking this one :) Amit 11 Mar 2009 8:41 pm: Got 22. (After a lot of hair pulling!). Being a non-tamilian rahmaniac, I am happy. Please send me the answers. (#5, 14 &16) I cannot take these tunes out of my head now… Prashanth Dappula 12 Mar 2009 2:54 am: Coooooooool, thanks for the quiz. 25/25, had a bit trouble for few seconds recognizing 25th :-), but got it. Thank you once again. gowrishankar 11 Mar 2009 11:39 pm: got 25/25, nice work S.Vijai Ananth 12 Mar 2009 12:29 am: Rahmaniac from Malaysian ARR fan club(Rahmania)…..25 definitely……all these interludes sat in the subconscious for too long already…… Rams 13 Mar 2009 5:37 pm: Yippeee…. 25/25 again… for a rahmaniac, it feels good to get them all…. Siddharth 14 Mar 2009 5:53 am: awesome..i’ve got 25/25..thanks anand…great compilation man… Chandra 14 Mar 2009 5:48 pm: Hi… I too got 25/25. The last one was tough (had to listen to it 4 times), the 13th one was a bit tricky, and I was slightly lucky with the 16th (but caught it even as I was typing it)! Great compilation!! Thanks a lot! ANANDA CHETANA 15 Mar 2009 5:56 am: I am submitting my answers and I would like to know my score. Please put this in a file that can be downloaded by us and used for quizzing over here. It is a fantastic compilation. Jai Ho gopal sambasivam 15 Mar 2009 11:32 am: good collections,anand. Niranjan 18 Mar 2009 10:10 am: Hurray!!!! 25/25 awesome It took some time for song 24 and 25!!! but i got it atlast…… Rajeev 18 Mar 2009 11:29 pm: Hey Anand, Nice work. Even though getting a full score is easy, it makes you feel good to feel proud about the fact that u can identify any song of ARR in a jiffy….. Muhthar 24 Mar 2009 7:57 pm: Great compilation. and great selection of songs. rajkumar 4 Apr 2009 5:32 pm: amazing . which song is last one Akshaiy 9 Apr 2009 11:42 am: Can you email the answers? arun 15 Apr 2009 7:35 am: good one…feels proud Muruganandham k 11 May 2009 6:39 am: Me too got 25/25 though 25th is trial & error priya 15 May 2009 10:07 am: ejoyed alot Arun 28 May 2009 1:16 pm: Good work dude Venkata 6 Apr 2009 10:01 pm: Good work. I got an inspiration from this blog and planning to have a game for one of my daughter’s birthday party. Keep up the good work. Can you suggest any tools to cut the interludes from the songs ?Thanks Chinna 31 Aug 2010 5:16 am: nice compositions of our maestro…… got 25/25 hurray…….. :) nirmala 26 Dec 2010 1:22 pm: got all correct:) MICHAEL JACKSON 27 Dec 2010 7:24 am: SCORED JUST 20….:-( ………………….. chirp 1 Jan 2011 1:02 am: Good ones ravindra babu hyderabad 18 Dec 2010 1:35 pm: konchamkastam telugu ayitei nice pa Sudhakar Dhanapal 19 Jan 2011 11:09 am: wowww. got 25/25 ramya 12 Dec 2011 6:57 am: plz mail the answers… i got oly 19 :( priya 31 Dec 2011 12:59 pm: only 23/25 :( … answers for 17th and 25th pls… A R Rahman Songs | Durgeshgowtham's Blog 28 Mar 2011 11:13 am (pingback): […] http://www.s-anand.net/blog/a-r-rahman-songs/ This entry was posted in Cinema. Bookmark the permalink. ← mobile hacking LikeBe the first to like this post. […] janu 16 Jun 2012 1:39 am: Managed to get 25/25! I should coz I’m a crazy ARR fan. Had a tough time on 17 coz honestly I haven’t heard it before. Your clue “Rajini” helped doing the gueswork :-) Ranjani 7 Aug 2011 12:55 pm: Scored 16/25 Suganya 29 May 2012 9:11 am: Hurrayyyyyyyyy… 25 found.. ramya saranya 1 Sep 2012 11:31 am: 16th kizhakku cheemaiyile ,17th baba and 25th is uzhavan…. i got 25/25 :):):) Sai Lakshmi 18 Sep 2012 6:22 am: makes me feel on top of the world to get a 25 on 25… LOVE YOU ARR <3 <3 <3 <3 YOU ARE MY GOD FOREVER <3 GOD OF MUSIC :* Akila 12 Dec 2012 10:35 am: I couldn’t nail down 3 and 4 though they sound very familiar…. answer pls? hbqdb 27 Apr 2013 6:52 am: Hoooooooooooooo!!!! 25/25 awesome

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