Hi friends,
Shankar's latest interview was aired on Jaya TV last Sunday in the morning. He did not speak one word about HJ even though the interview was on Anniyan. It was a nice interview. They split his name and one quality was assigned to each letter of his name. (S- success, H-hardwork, etc). Here is a translation of what he said on hard work. Its not word to word but i have conveyed what he wanted to say.
Hard Work.
Well, i am not anywhere close to hard work if you look at some of the others. AR Rahman is the epitome of hard work. When we record songs, i used to be very happy with it, but he used to say lets add something more. And ten minutes later it used to sound better and i used to say great sir, lets record it. But he used to refuse. I used to wonder how can you ever make this song better!?! But again after 10 minutes he used to add a small touch to the song and it will sound so beautiful. But he always asks my opinion and makes sure that i am satisfied as well. if i did not like a particular sound he will remove it promtly but that has happened only once. He keeps making a song better till he is totally satisfied. And lets talk about song mixing on the CD. Its the easiest job and musicians start the work at 11 AM and finish it in 2 hrs. But Rahman takes one or two days for that. He makes sure that the songs are mixed properly in the CD. He stays back to make sure it is done and never settles for anything less than perfect. Such a great maestro need not ask others for opinion but he always makes sure everyone including the sound engineer is happy. It is such simplicity and hard work that makes him the best ever composer in India. This is why he has taken Tamil Music to the world. Some great musicians have scored music and people have enjoyed and they have become famous. But this man has made sure that even a foreigner stops to listen to a Tamil Song! At the same time no Tamilian is unhappy. This requires not just pure genius but that hard work and down to earth nature. What a man!
Now i am not sure if they really have a problem. Maybe ARR just dint have the time and shankar had to prove himself after boys film dint do well. He would not have praised him soooooo much if they really had a fight. lets hope they get back soon. for the sake of each other, for the sake of tamil music industry.
any comments
Wasim.
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