Lyricist C Ramachandra Menon writes a music series

Ramachandra Menon says ‘Naadhabindukkal’ will be a continuing series

Malayalam poet and lyricist C Ramachandra Menon has been busy writing for his music series” ‘Naadhabindukkal’. He has already written 13 songs in the series, which have been set to music by producer and composer Gladvin A Devas. “The writing will continue; more songs will be added to the series as I complete them,” he says.

‘Naadhabindukkal’ is an attempt to bring music and poetry together, says Ramachandra. The songs, rendered by established singers and newer singers too, range across musical genres — ghazals, love songs, devotional songs to light music. The orchestra for all the songs has been arranged by Shin Peter.

Three songs ‘Paadi paadi’ (in Tamil) sung by Afzal, ‘Paribhava Pazhmozhi’, sung by Shifin Abraham and ‘Aaro, Aaro’ sung by Alka Askar, are available on YouTube. ‘Paadi Paadi’ (in Malayalam), also sung by Afzal, has just released on YouTube. Another song, ‘Ooyaladi Kaattinoppam’, will be released on YouTube soon. The Tamil version of ‘Paadi Paadi’, was inspired by Ramachandra’s song about musical geniuses. Translated by Tamil lyricist Maran S, the song is a tribute to legendary singer S P Balasubrahmanyam.