[HedgeYourBets]

Hubbers Choice
Hub Awards 2005 - Tamil Film Music


Best Choreography / Picturisation: Unnaivida from Virumandi

Best Lyricist: Vairamuthu

Album of the year: 7G Rainbow Colony

Song of the year: Kaadhal valarthen

Best Playback Singer - Female: Chitra

Best Playback Singer - Male: Kay Kay

Best Music Director 2004: Yuvan Shankar Raja

[Paul Bunyan]

Best Choreography / Picturisation

We started out this as two categories. Midway, we realised there were some confusions and when polling was offered, the two were rolled into one.

Appadi podu podu, Chennai senthamizh, Goodbye nanba, Gnabagam varuthe, Thaththai thaththai, Thottaal poo malarum and Unnaivida usandhadhu were nominated for polling.

Other national and international favourites such as Sirichi siruchu vandhaa, Pottu thaakku, etc were ignored by our Hubbers.

Eventually, even the vastly popular Appadi podu was swept away by the other songs.

Voting was very close in the beginning and competition was strife among the reminiscent Cheran, the ultra modern Surya and the rural and passionate Kamal.

And the best choreographed / picturised song is .....

[Fegasderty]

Best Choreography / Picturisation 2004!

Unnavida indha ulagathil usanthathu
from Virumandi

with 31% of the votes received!

[TorryJens]

Though I did not vote for this song I'm happy it ended up at the top !!

[tgs]

What would have been your preference then?

[LottiFurmann]

Mine was 'Autograph' song !! Though unnaivida.. was picturised diffrently IMHO, gnaapagam varuthE was nostalgic and poignant!!

[HedgeYourBets]

Best Lyricist 2004

From time immemorial, lyrics have given Tamil fim songs a life of its own. Tamil song lyrics are legendary with many discussions, arguments and even debates (patti mandram).

2004 saw a battle between the old and new.
Ever youthful Valee was in the race and so was evergreen Vairamuthu.
newcomer Na Muthukumar found competition from relatively new Pa Vijay and Thamarai.

Na Muthukumar received the most number of nominations, but was it translated to vote? Needless to say his songs Kadhal valarthen and Ninaithtu ninaithu paarthen are on everyone's lips.

What about the diamond and pearl poet? His Vasoolraja MBBS gave a new breath of life to Kamal's songs. Not to forget his English kiss vs. Tamil kiss.

As predicted, the competition was between the old and the new. Who would go pass the line first? Vairamuthu or Muthukumar?

[LottiFurmann]

Who else??? It's definitely EVER GREEN - IYARKAI KAVINJAN kavippErarasu Vairamuththu !

[softy54534]

Best Lyricist 2004!

Vairamuthu

with 43% of the votes received!

[Paul Bunyan]

Happy to see that.... Vairamuthu has been selected...

He is always the best..

[Raj_Copi_Jin]

YES!!!!!!!!

[Beerinkol]

Album of the Year!

2004 did not see many albums with all good songs, compared to the previous years. However there were some complete albums like YSR’s 7G Rainbow Colony, Bharadwaj's Autograph, ARR’s Ayutha Ezhuthu, Kangalaal Kaithu Sei and New, Vidhyasagar’s Madurai and IR’s Virumandi. Basically, ll major MDs were represented except Deva.

Many votes were received for 7G and Autograph, with ARR fans splitting between AE and KKS. Later part of the voting saw one leading the pack, leaving the rest far behind.
Which one was the leader among the three: 7G Rainbow Colony, Autograph and Kangalaal Kaithu Sei?

[Lt_Apple]

Album of the Year!

7G Rainbow Colony

with 49% of the votes received!

[Drugmachine]

Song of the Year!

From Album of the year, we move on to the one song that literally had many Hubbers swooning. Competition was steep, with finally 10 being chosen for polling. Of these 10, three were deemed to be washouts: oh pOdaatha appadi podu podu podu, latchiyamillaadha latchaavathiye and endha kudimaganum thernthedukkaatha undhan desaththil.

Four more, lost during the later stages. ARR’s ennuyir thozhiye and kaalaiyil dhinamum. YSR’s kan pesum vaarththaigal too didn’t capture very many and the lone IR song of Unnavida (which won best picturisation) somehow failed to capture people’s interest.

Which leaves us with three songs in the race.
Kaadhal valarththen (Manmadhan)
Ninaiththu ninaiththu paarththen (7G Rainbow Colony)
Ovvoru pookkalume (Autograph)

Who will the winner be? YSR or Bharadwaj?!

[Drugmachine]

Song of the Year!

Kadhal valarththen!
from Manmadhan with the music of Yuvan Shankar Raja!

with 36% of the votes received.

[Ifroham4]

Best Playback Singer - Female

Many newcomers were brought into the field of playback singing, matching with the youthful new heroines. Among them were our nominees of Chinmayi, Mahathi and Shreya Goshal.

Old time singer Chitra was not forgotten, while 90s singer Harini too joined the race. S Janaki and P Sushila graced the way for the newer talents.

Mahathi and Chinmayi were wiped out early in the race, as the competition was mainly between Chitra, Harini and Shreya.

Who among the three will win this prestigious award?!

[PhillipHer]

I think Harini is the winner

[Peptobismol]

Best Playback Singer - Female 2004!

Chitra!

with the amazing 42% of the votes received!

[Peptobismol]

I think Harini is the winner

sorry! :P

[softy54534]

Best Playback Singer – Male

Since bygone days of TMS and then SP Bala, individual singers ruled the roost, while today’s trend is to introduce new talents with fresh voices, suitable for the young heroes. One of the biggest casualty (and arguably regrettable one too) is SP Bala.

Trendy Hariharan, handsome Harish Ragavendra, college boy (look) Kathik (machan to some!), nectar voiced Kay Kay and the classical Unni Krishnan were the Hubbers choices for Best singer.

Interestingly there was some campaigning for Kartik in a specially created worship-thread right here in The Hub. Will he win?

Or will the eventual winner be the singer of the haunting kaadhal valarthen, Kay Kay?