Dear Members May be for the benefit of people who are not able to stream it properly and hear it I thought I can just write it down so that everybody can read and enjoy
q :- How was Life before you got your first break ?. The struggles faced ?? I did one album . i.e. Punjabi Songs in South Holland . It was a combination of folk songs ; traditional PUnjabi Music and western style. It came out very well and people liked it. That CDs were given to everyone in Bollywood. It was a combination of Jazz Music, country music etc Q :- How did you get your first break ? I was listening to Laxmikanth Pyarelal right from Childhood. They were big shots , and I wanted to contact them somehow. I convinced their watchmen to leave me inside, and he allowed me to meet them. They claimed that it was good, but were giving me some tips abt Music Direction, which I couldnt understand properly. So, I was upset once again. At that time, I heard somewehere in radio that music of ROJA and Rangeela had released. Then I decided that this is the right person for me, who can do the experiment and can understand me well. when I sang the Punjabi Version of Chaiyya Chaiyya in front of the Music Directors in Mumbai, they were telling that its not a good song, an ordinary song, and is creating more noise. So, I decided to run away from Mumbai to CHENNAI. It was a very right decision , and the moment I met ARR, the song was finished in the next 20 minutes. Q :- How did you get a chance to meet ARR ?. There is a musician very close to ARR, whom I met before. I asked him that I wanted to meet ARR somehow, and he told me " Come". Q :- Your whole life changed after you met ARR ?? Definitely. ARR is a genius. I met the person, who always makes new experiments. Q ;- How did you convince ARR ?. Now also, I feel I am not a succesful singer. Other singers are doing a good job. I have never tasted succes. I have not seen success. Basically, my motive was to do an experiement with music. When I met ARR, there was no need to describe anything. The moment I met ARR, he told me to write lyrics for the movie . I was shocked. It was fr a waqt for the movie THAKSHAK. ARR told Govind Nihalani that may be wecan try with Sukhwinder singh if he can write the lyrics. So it was liked by Govind ( director ) , and he told ARR that Sukhwinder can write the lyrics. ( MUje Rang De Mujhe Rang de Song ) And then ARR asked if he can write a song dil Se. Sukhwinder jokes saying that he writes all lyrics from his heart ( Dil Se ) , for which ARR told " No.. its for a movie called Dil Se ( Maniratnam Film ) ". ARr started narrating the situation, and SS was saying about Pir Baba Bulleh Shah. The situation that was explained was suitable for wordings from Pir Baba Bulleh Shah. ARR liked it very much, and then he asked " Whom do you think will sing this ?". SS told " Let me try". and he sang and then everything was history. first big break with ARR was that . SS was there in Chennai, till the completion of TAAL. Till that time, SS was living there, and then returned to Mumbai. On 1/22/08, Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://profile.imeem.com/dWod_ZN/music/3tL9a1fK/bbc_asian_network_sukhvinder_singh_on_arr/ > > Towards the last 1/3rd of the piece. > > Thanks to Dev Mannemela for this clip. > > > -- regards, Vithur A.R.RAHMAN - MY BREATH & LIFE FORCE
