thanks Vithur Looks like AR has composed quite a few songs after the Lyrics were given !!!!
btw, this song means spl. to me ;) a fellow ARR fan sang this song to me just b4 I was enter the job interview... :) On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 7:04 AM, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Vairamuthu Neram > > > > Motivational songs encourage and support the society which is depressed and > and subdued. It installs confidence to the minds which need them. For minds, > which think that life has ended, it induces a new lease of life. Human life > is surrounded by sorrows. It has been destined to face failures. It is these > songs, which give encoueragement and a new set of meaning to people who are > depressed, and who need these sort of support. It is the singer, the music, > the lyricist who play a vital role in encouraging people to come out of > their slumber and lead a normal, peaceful life with support, motivation and > happiness. > > > > In Life, when a hero, who is in utter despair and depression, and who aims > to rise back to status which he has lost works for the same in a very hard > manner. Such a type of a situation required an echoing song in the film. I > got very much inspired by getting the feel of the situation. In this > country, about 70% portion of the people face such situations. Why ?. say > even about 80% of the people are undergoing the same phase. 70% of the > Tamilians who have been successful belong to the previous generation, and > have been so, because of their previous generations. I was happy to write a > song, which would try to remove the sorrow in their minds, and make them > motivational. A.R. Rahman asked me, " what type of song are you going to > write?". > > > > I told him to give the tune, for which he said, " Why don't you write it?". > I wrote it in the style of Thirupughzai. He accepted it, and changed it a > little bit and gave this wonderful song, > > > > " Vetri Kodu Katttu". > > > > I have included a lyric in the song, which I tell myself, right from my > childhood days. I studied Western philosophy , at the age of 14, and it said > thus, " The stone which appears as a boulder in the path of the weak / > depressed, appears like a stepping stone in the steps of the Winner / > Motivated". These lyrics were imprinted in my mind, at the age of 14. > Whosover, requests me for an autograph, I always write, " > > > > Tadaikallai Padaikallu aaku" > > > > ( Turn the stone which appears as an hindrance into a stepping stone to > success) > > > > The lyrics which were imprinted in my mind and heart for so many days, got > transformed into reality, into a song , and that too for Rajnikanth's movie > and song , gave me immense joy and excitement. Some lyrics don't become big > because of the writer alone. It becomes big , because of the filming of the > lyrics. Not only because of filming, but because of the one who directs it. > Not only does direction add value, but it gets value, when an icon, who is > loved by the society, sings it on the screen. Rajnikanth, by lip syncing > this song, has added a lot of value to this song. > > > -- > regards, > Vithur > > ARR -- The Sweet Cube always > > -- Cheers, Pradeepan. "All you need to do is, decide what to do with the time that is given to you !"