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Gopal Srinivasan wrote:
> September.09. 2007 @ I'm fully aware of how much buzz a post of
> Rahman's inspirations may generate, not adding the hate mail that I may
> eventually end up getting. But, here goes! Malgadi Shuba's 1991 Telugu pop
> song, 'Eddem Ante Teddam Antav', from the album 'Chik pak chik bam', with
> music by Raj Koti, seems to be the source of inspiration for Rahman's
> superhit Gentleman song, 'Ottakatha Kattikko'. The first 2 lines' flow, that
> is, nothing more. And, considerably spruced up in Rahman style, of course! I
> recall reading Rahman's apprenticeship as an arranger for other composers
> like Ilayaraja, Ousepachan and Raj Koti, so a connection cannot be ruled out
> as a coincidence. Plus, I'm not getting into a guessing game which points to
> Rahman composing this tune originally for Raj Koti since that's merely a
> conjecture! Thanks to Amith Chandran and Bhagavathi Mohan for the info! The
> full Telugu song is available in CoolToad, here. Listen to Ottagatha Kattikko
> | Eddem ante http://www.itwofs. com
>
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