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On 10/30/07, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > *'Rahman is on a quest to get the best'* > > *Arthur J Pais in New York > * > > > > > > > Hariharan (right) performs with A R Rahman (first left) during a concert. > > > > > > > *Related Articles* > • 'When Rahman calls, you go without asking questions' > <http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jun/18rahman.htm?zcc=rl> > > • What others say about Rahman > <http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jun/14rahman1.htm?zcc=rl> > > • Pix: Rahman takes over New York > <http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2007/jun/18sld1.htm?zcc=rl> > > > > > > > > > *Top Emailed Features* <http://www.rediff.com/forwards.html> > • Seven things Potter fans didn't notice > <http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/oct/24dum.htm> > • A father's dilemma<http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2007/oct/25slid1.htm> > • Bollywood's worst-dressed > ladies!<http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2007/oct/22slide1.htm> > > > > *Tell us* > • Ask a question <http://qna.rediff.com/> > > > *Advertisements* > • Buy,sell or rent > property<http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/click.cgi/www.rediff.com/textlinks.htm/[EMAIL > PROTECTED]/1457362_1450740/1456876/1?PARTNER=4&OAS_QUERY=null> > • r u a Gizmo Geek! > clik<http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/click.cgi/www.rediff.com/textlinks.htm/[EMAIL > PROTECTED]/1457363_1450741/1456877/1?PARTNER=4&OAS_QUERY=null> > • Work less.Earn > more<http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/click.cgi/www.rediff.com/textlinks.htm/[EMAIL > PROTECTED]/1457365_1450743/1456879/1?PARTNER=4&OAS_QUERY=null> > ** <http://www.rediff.com/forwards.html> > > > > > > > > > > > Get Movies updates: *What's this?* <http://www.rediff.com/push/> > > > <http://www.rediff.com/push/newsletters.htm> > <http://www.rediff.com/push/rss.htm> > <http://www.rediff.com/push/js.htm> > > > > > Leave your details and our hotel advisor will > call you shortly > > > > Advertisement > > > <http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/click.cgi/www.rediff.com/movies_homepage.htm/[EMAIL > PROTECTED]/1502188_1495351/1501617/1?OAS_QUERY=&PARTNER=0> > Beautify Your Looks > <http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/click.cgi/www.rediff.com/movies_homepage.htm/[EMAIL > PROTECTED]/1321363_1314965/1320734/2?OAS_QUERY=&PARTNER=0> False > eyelashes with special glue.Many designs in unique colour. Made inChina. > www.qdeyelash.com 5Rediff P4C Classifieds <http://pay4clicks.rediff.com/> > > June 20, 2007 16:02 IST > > Composer extraordinaire A R Rahman has many fans, and one of them is > fellow musician *Hariharan > [Images<http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=hariharan>] > *. > > The singer is devoted to Rahman for many reasons, chief among them > being "his strength, and the way he designs sound." > > "He has revolutionised film music and is perpetually on a quest to get the > best out of you and makes you feel at ease which is important. I have sung > some of my best songs for him. I will drop everything to sing his > compositions." > > The singer and composer -- who had just wound up an American tour that > took him to more than 12 cities -- got a call from Rahman asking him to join > half-a-dozen other singers in another concert tour. Hariharan did not think > twice before consenting to return to America. > > "In my heart and career, I hold a very special corner for Rahman," he > says. "He has given me some of his finest songs to sing in Tamil and Hindi." > > During his solo concert, one of the most appreciated Hariharan songs was > from *Guru*. "It brought the house down every time I sang it," he says > referring to *Yeh Hairathe *, which he sang with Alka Yagnik in the film. > > Hariharan says the haunting composition, lyrics and director Mani Ratnam > are the three reasons why the song did so well. > > Hariharan says that though he made his film debut many years before Rahman > came to him with *Roja [ > Images<http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=roja> > ]*, it was his song in that film that gave his career a big boost. > > "It was like I was singing for a very vast audience for the first time," > says Hariharan who sang for composer Jaidev in the 1977 film *Gaman*. His > first song, *Ajeeb saane he mujh par qarar *, brought accolades and very > soon his voice was heard in many offbeat films. > > But it was the song *Thamizha thamizha* from Mani Ratnam's *Roja* in 1992 > that catapulted him to fame. > > Soon he reached another milestone with a song for Rahman in Mani Ratnam's > *Bombay*. The song *Uyire Uyire* sung with K S Chitra became very popular > in the four southern states. The Hindi version *Tu Hi Re* was even a > bigger hit. > > Rahman, in turn, also has a soft corner for Hariharan and, like some of > the best singers he has worked with, Rahman says Hariharan likes to push the > envelope. > > "The more you demand from him, the more he gives. At times, Hariharan can > even exhaust the most patient composer," Rahman says with a chuckle > > -- > regards, > Vithur > > > A.R. RAHMAN - THE GOD OF MUSIC > >
