Oh.. this is a good thread! :) should be interesting to read everyone's experiences!
my first exp - I had narrated when i went on the Fan show on Aaha FM's Rahmania.. here we go again... I was in my 4th standard when Roja released.. I didnt know much about movies/ film music at that time, though I used to listen to a lot of music....The only MD i knew then, was Illayaraja... one of my seniors from school came and gave me a cassette and asked me to practice one of the songs on my keyboard, so that I could accompany the singers. Need I even mention that the cassette was Roja cassette? the song was "Thamizha Thamizha"... I listened to it and was totally floored!!! It was nothing like anything I had heard b4. I listened to all the songs, and I was spell bound, and listened to them so many times that day!! And later, when we performed Thamizha thamizha on stage, we got a very good response as well! :) Aravind Indmov Buff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This is such a lovely thread! Thanks for starting it, Bergin! Although it's a bit old I can't help sharing my unforgettable experience with you guys. My parents and I were on holiday in India for the very first time ( I was 9 years old). We were in most parts of India and finished off in Chennai as part of a pilgrimage. So our last 3 nights in India were in Chennai and I remember my mother enjoying all the shopping whilst my dad and I were too engrossed, absorbing the radiance in the atmosphere of the city. So different to where I come from but still felt very much like home and I remember not wanting to leave. On the last night we decided to go watch a movie (my first Indian movie on big screen) and Roja had just released. I can't remember why we picked it. Actually everything from this point is a blur except for until Chinna Chinna Aasai started playing on screen. I remember vividly the feeling that came over me when Chinna Chinna Aasai started. I think 'happy' would be too simpler word to use but I felt an extremely pleasant feeling taking over me. Something beyond words and same for the other songs and of course the movie itself! My mum loved the songs too. I walked out of Roja , with admiration for two people*. Two people that I now have the greatest admiration in Indian Cinema: Rahman and Maniratnam. I remember being really adamant in wanting to buy the Roja cassette before we left to the airport. I was literally crying at the hotel reception so my poor parents were forced to take this crying kid to this Bazaar (not sure what the name is) to buy the cassette, on our way out of T.Nagar towards the airport. Mission accomplished, for me- we found it! Unfortunately not everyone was happy at the end of that day! My parents that is -because we missed the flight back home! Well, my parents think that we may have made it if I hadn't thrown a tantrum to buy the cassette and if we didn't have to go out of the way to get the cassette but I am sure you guys would agree that it was the Chennai traffic. Not my fault or anything!:) P.S: I still cherish that first cassette. Although a bit in tatters , it's still part of my proud rahman collection. *Actually 3, if I have to be honest (arvindasamy too! ) ;) --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://arrahmaniac.blogspot.com --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.