vaidya ji. plz stop calling me himmathwala. I feel little embarrassing :) there is story behind this mail id. my birth name is: Himavanth I was having [EMAIL PROTECTED] mail id, to which i subscribed to this group during early day of 2000. I used to get 100s of mails. So i thought of creating new mail id with my birth name, which was not available. so i created this, which is very near rhyming wise (it striked to me at that time)...anyways, I feel little shy when i saw my email id. anyways, i wanted to say that because, ppl wont judge my attitude based on my email id.
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Dinesh Vaidya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know Vijay Iyer and he is the last person to speak or mention > something in a selfish way. So Dear Suresh, kindly remove this doubt > from your mind. Since this was interview of Vijay as a person, it is > but natural that he will respond as an individual and he can not be > the "representative of all fans" all the time. > > And Suresh Himmathwalla ji, As far as meeting Rahman, You atleast have > his signature taken, I have not even seen him in person, so aren't you > much better placed than many of us ? > > Be happy ! > > Best regards > DInesh Vaidya > Pune > > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "SURESH" <himmathwala@> wrote: > > > > "He just saw me and he thought that this is a crazy fan, but was > > really convinced, that I was really genuine." > > > > I am not really convinced with above statement. I am a crazy fan of > > Rahman. If i get a chance, I too like to spend my entire life with > > Rahman (musical life..of course not intruding into his personal life) > > > > Vijay, you are lucky enough that you met ARR at very early stage and > > nice opportunity to be with ARR. you dealt it perfect. you got the > > talent to do it. but discriminating other fans is not just good. > > This is the second time I am observing that kind of attitude. > > > > When I met Rahman in Houston, I dont have much choice other than > > taking an autograph...At that time I dont want to disturb ARR more > > than that. > > > > anyways, I am not being jealous, but contrary to the above two lines > > of words. All fans are equal (just like all human beings). > > > > I luv this grp so much, I get all coolest..rarest bits of ARR which I > > couldnt get any where else... > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Farzad khaleel" <farsad666@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Ok Boss.......... Sorry :( > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 9:19 PM, Vithur <vithurm@> wrote: > > > > > > > Farzad...... Pls... Lets not deviate... Lets maintain Vijay 's and > > > > Gopal's privacy. Already they are envied everywhere. and people > > are so crazy > > > > to meet them for getting some chances to ARR.... > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 8:55 PM, Farzad khaleel <farsad666@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> A snap of Vijay Iyer.................. Can anyone help :) > > > >> > > > >> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Vithur <vithurm@> wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> ARR is the Boss with a difference.... Because he is B O S S ( > > > >>> Bachelor of social Service ) ... :-) > > > >>> > > > >>> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 5:34 PM, Srini <saint.sirin@> wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>>> I have been having this question for Vijay for a few days now.. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> In a world where people dont really like their bosses, how does > > it feel > > > >>>> to work for someone the whole world adores?... :) > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> On Jul 24, 2008, at 12:25 PM, Madhavan Rajan wrote: > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Thanks for the writeup Vithur... > > > >>>> I'm proud of you Vijay :-) > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Just a few seconds with our boss made me feel like I'm > > surrounded by an > > > >>>> aura of modesty! You are blessed to be with him and my best > > wishes for KM > > > >>>> Music... > > > >>>> > > > >>>> I'm waiting for the first KM album from Rashid Ali soon! > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Cheers, > > > >>>> Madhavan.R > > > >>>> I live in a musical kingdom and A R Rahman is the King. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 8:39 PM, Vithur <vithurm@> wrote: > > > >>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> Dear Rahmaniacs, > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> VIJAY IYER ( our co-owner and moderator of Yahoogroups) was > in air > > > >>>>> today , sharing his experiences with Raihanaji on Aaha FM > > 91.9. A brief of > > > >>>>> what he discussed with Raihanaji is as follows :- > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> " Hi. This is Vijay. I am from Mumbai, just moved to Chennai. > > I was a > > > >>>>> big fan of AR, then became a friend of him, and its my good > > fortune that I > > > >>>>> work for him now. I am based in Chennai now. Rahman has > > announced his new > > > >>>>> music label, which is called KM Music. Its a music company. I > > manage the > > > >>>>> Label. I also do other things like managing the content of his > > website , lot > > > >>>>> of creative stuff etc . > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> Km Music has been Rahman 's dream, and he has mentioned this > > in a lot > > > >>>>> of his interviews. The Kind of music he likes... Nowadays, if > > you see, all > > > >>>>> sort of music is commercialised. and music sales is not that > > much. > > > >>>>> Basically, a film which has 4 or 5 Kutthu songs are become the > > pick of the > > > >>>>> day ( This was told by Raihannaji), and thats what sells ( > > told by Vijay) . > > > >>>>> There needs to be a market for true Music Lovers, and Rahman > > shares that > > > >>>>> feeling, and this label of his will give an opportunity for > > him as well as > > > >>>>> other musicians to explore what is not within commercial > > parameters. > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> Almost from the time, Roja got released, I have been a fan. > > Actually, I > > > >>>>> dont know, if I could take you through that journey, I used to > > tour Chennai > > > >>>>> , in my vacation during my school days. That time Roja > > cassette had > > > >>>>> released, and my uncle had bought me the same. On the return > > journey to > > > >>>>> Bombay, I didnt listen to the Roja cassette. My sister was > > listening to it > > > >>>>> in her walkman. And then she used to say, " Its verynice; very > > nice ". But I > > > >>>>> nevr heard it. Then , I was surfing Tv Channels. Then I heard, > > " Netru > > > >>>>> Illadha Maatram ". Then I went back to Roja, and thats how the > > journey began > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> Then in 1994, when I came to Chennai, I saw this movie " > > Duet". The > > > >>>>> song " Anjali Anjali" with awesome interludes and awesome > > song. In fact, > > > >>>>> right after the movie, I made up my mind, that I want to meet > > Rahman. I dont > > > >>>>> know if you would remember or not, when I called up the > > studio, ( the house > > > >>>>> ) , you answered the phone, and it was you who guided me to > > the place. So, > > > >>>>> Anjali Anjali is a very good song. I also love the song, " > > Lukka Chuppi" and > > > >>>>> want to dedicate to my mother. Rahman 's duet with Lataji. For > > the past some > > > >>>>> years , you listen only to Love duets, and this is first of > > its kind, where > > > >>>>> a mother and her son talk to each other in this manner, and > > its really nice. > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> *Experiences as a FAN* > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> At that time, there were only cassettes, because the Cds were > > > >>>>> expensive. That too, I was in Bombay. Very rarely, do you get > > Tamil > > > >>>>> cassettes there. There used to be a store called, " Giri > > Stores", where we > > > >>>>> used to get Tamil cassettes. and I was little far off from > > this place. At > > > >>>>> those times, we never used to know , when Rahman is releasing > > a track, as > > > >>>>> the internet was not that prevalent. I used to call the Giri > > stores almost > > > >>>>> daily, to find if any new release of Rahman had got released. > > For getting a > > > >>>>> cassette worth Rs 50 /-, a lot of phone calls used to be made, > > and the shop > > > >>>>> keeper used to reply, " No Sir. nothing has come ". But, I > > used to make it > > > >>>>> sure, that whenever the cassette got released in Bombay, I > > used to go 45 > > > >>>>> minutes by train, and get the cassette. In fact, right from > > Pudiya Mugam to > > > >>>>> Sakkarakatti, I still remember, how and when I have gone to > > buy the > > > >>>>> cassette. That was fantastic. > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> Towards 2000, when the Internet became popular, we formed a > > Fan Club on > > > >>>>> the Internet. It was Gopal ( he is based in Bangalore ), who > > started this > > > >>>>> Fan Club . And world over members started joining, and the > > activities kind > > > >>>>> of increased. Before, all this, we used to feel that it was we > > who are big > > > >>>>> fans , and after coming into the community, we could realise, > > that there are > > > >>>>> much more crazy fans than us. Every Interview of Rahman, > > Photos of rahman ( > > > >>>>> My cupboard.. I used to paste photos ) , Cassettes, Cassette > > covers, Rare > > > >>>>> songs, Ad Jingles, were there with everyone. This community > > was a good > > > >>>>> forum, for rare information exchange. > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> Vijay sings a song, " Tere Bina ". ( Very nice singing from > > Vijay... > > > >>>>> :-)) > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> *Transformation into a Friend of Rahman* > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> Its an interesting story. In 1994, when I came to Chennai, > > through you, > > > >>>>> I met Rahman. After that, I wasnt been able to be in touch > > with him, as I > > > >>>>> was in Bombay, and he was in Chennai. There were no cell > > phones or emails at > > > >>>>> that time. After my studies, I took up a job. I was lucky > > enough, as in one > > > >>>>> of my jobs, I used to frequently travel abroad. That was the > > time, in > > > >>>>> 2000-01, when Rahman was doing Bombay Dreams in London. so, > > one day, when I > > > >>>>> was travelling to London. I saw Sir in Bombay Airport. I ran > > towards him, > > > >>>>> and asked him, if he remembered me, when I had met him up in > > 94, and he > > > >>>>> told, " NO.". So, i thought that this was the opportunity, as > > no one would > > > >>>>> disturb him, in the plane. No Directors, nor producers. For > > the full 8 hrs, > > > >>>>> I spoke with him, in the similar manner as I am speaking with > > you now. I > > > >>>>> told him abt how I bought his cassettes, Internet Community > > etc . Next day, > > > >>>>> in London airport, I told him, I was free the entire day. If > > you dont mind, > > > >>>>> can I come with you. He just saw me and he thought that this > > is a crazy > > > >>>>> fan, but was really convinced, that I was really genuine. I > > had the fear > > > >>>>> that many like me, would have gone to him, seeking his > > autograph, photos > > > >>>>> etc. But I think, there is some connection. It can be said as > > Destiny. He > > > >>>>> agreed, and he took me with him to the place where he stayed > > in London. he > > > >>>>> was happy, by seeing the Internet community, and he himself > > gave his email > > > >>>>> id, and his phone number and said, " Keep in touch". and then, > > we were in > > > >>>>> touch regularly. Whenever he used to come to Mumbai,. I was > > lucky enough to > > > >>>>> drive him to the studios, been there for recordings etc > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> We became close friends. This is really Blessings of the > Almighty. > > > >>>>> There are millions of people waiting for a chance like this. I > > dont know, > > > >>>>> how I got a chance like this. Right from the beginning, the > > fascination to > > > >>>>> be with him, and do anything for him has been there in my > > heart. At that > > > >>>>> time, he was planning to open a new studios in Chennai by name > > A.M. studios. > > > >>>>> He was looking for someone to manage the studios. So, he asked > > me to come to > > > >>>>> Chennai, have a look at it. But that didnt work out. After > > that, we did a > > > >>>>> lot of write ups, and convinced him on making a website. I > > used to keep > > > >>>>> telling him, " Sir. I want to do something for you, with you. > > ". Its a > > > >>>>> passion, thats why. > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> One day, he called me and said, " Meet me at 5 in the > > morning". I went > > > >>>>> at 5 in the morning. He said, " I am planning to start a new > > music label , > > > >>>>> and I think you can do it. You come to Chennai". So, I came > > to Chennai..... > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> First of all, thanks to Aahaa Fm, and you, Its an honour. > Chennai > > > >>>>> listeners are lucky, as they are in the same place where > > Rahman is. In the > > > >>>>> coming days, there are a lot of opportunities, coming up in KM > > Music > > > >>>>> Conservatory, and utilise it . All the best. > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> Vijay.... Have I missed anything... This was an awesome > interview. > > > >>>>> Heart touching. Thanks for being in the show. Hopefully, we > > would get to > > > >>>>> hear Gopal next time with Raihanaji... > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> Gopal... Pls .. > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> -- > > > >>>>> regards, > > > >>>>> Vithur > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> ARR -- The Sweet Cube always > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> -- > > > >>> regards, > > > >>> Vithur > > > >>> > > > >>> ARR -- The Sweet Cube always > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> Farzad Khaleel > > > >> Webmaster > > > >> http://rahmaniac.co.nr > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > regards, > > > > Vithur > > > > > > > > ARR -- The Sweet Cube always > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Farzad Khaleel > > > Webmaster > > > http://rahmaniac.co.nr > > > > > >
