It was not ROJA for me ! actuall my case of getting into Rahman is slightly different from most others. because the first time I started to listen to film music was when "Kadhalan" was released and "Take it Easy" was playing everywhere !!!
I didnt even know at that time about Roja or Thiruda Thiruda or Bombay ! wonder I was like that.. but its basically because my parents used to play lot of non-film music.. so I never was into listening filmi music. but it was my Quarterly holidays. and Vividh Bharathi was playing Kadhalan Ad. "Gentleman Films pugal K.T.Kunjumohan vazhangum Kadhalan" "A.R.Rahman innisayil Kadhalan".. I got hooked onto Take it Easy & Kadhalan as a whole. I saw an interview of him & fell in love with the man himself ;) . I then started going backwards in time. I learnt this same guy had composed Roja, Bombay, Thiruda Thiruda, Duet & many others.. and I was able to pick the small changes in ARR (evolution) from Roja to Thiruda Thiruda.. Kadhalan changed me forever ... from being a guy who never listened to music much To someone keeping his ears almost into the speaker finding out the small sounds & effects ARR uses in each song. Long live ARR & His Music. On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Aravind AM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51734/*http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping> > > > > > > http://arrahmaniac.blogspot.com > > ------------------------------ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! > Search.<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51734/*http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping> > > > -- Cheers, Pradeepan. "All you need to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to you !"
