I have the same Question.What is Athara Sruthi & Panchamam ? On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 6:45 PM, just an another girl < justananotherg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> IR : “There are only a few who possess immense talent and still go on to > make it big. Rahman is a phenomenal musician. If MSV is Athara Sruthi, I am > Panchamam and Rahman is Panchamam” > > > Even though this is in english can someone help me understand the what > pacnhamam means ? > > is it scale ? > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Vithur <vith...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> *Rahman honored by colleagues* *By Moviebuzz* | Monday, 02 March , >> 2009, 10:28 >> >> >> The Cine Musicians Union (CMU), one of the oldest unions in the film >> industry and the parent organization of all musicians on Sunday (March 1) >> honored the first ever Oscar winner in their fraternity A.R Rahman. >> >> He said that it was not only God's blessings which saw him win the coveted >> Gold-plated statuettes but also saw him selected to collect them on behalf >> of his fellow Indian musicians. >> >> “It’s the aspiration of all (the musicians) and God selected me to collect >> the award on their behalf. This award belongs to every person in the music >> industry,’ was Rahman’s theory on winning the Oscars. He repeated ‘Ella >> Pugazhum Iraivanuke’ (All Glory to the Almighty)," which he spoke at the >> Oscar awards ceremony last week. >> >> Rahman added: “I used to wonder why Naushad, Ilayaraja, M.S Viswanathan, >> Madan Mohan and others did not get the awards. But they have people’s love, >> which is greater honor than the Oscars.” >> >> The surprise of the evening was the presence of veteran Carnatic musician >> Balamurali Krishna, who was the chief guest and Ilayaraja, which set to rest >> speculation in the music world about their differences with Rahman. >> >> Balamurali Krishna said: “The Oscars awards is a recognition of Rahman’s >> musical creativity and hard work”. Heaping laurels on Rahman, the maestro >> Ilayaraja said: “There are only a few who possess immense talent and still >> go on to make it big. Rahman is a phenomenal musician. If MSV is Athara >> Sruthi, I am Panchamam and Rahman is Panchamam” >> >> On his part, veteran director K Balachander, who first introduced Rahman >> in his home production* Roja*, directed by Maniratnam, said: “Rahman is a >> rare genius. When other music composers make castles with their music, >> Rahman builds monuments’. MSV blessed Rahman with many more such awards and >> said it was a new beginning for the Indian music industry. >> >> Rahman in his speech pleaded with his fans not to create hatred between >> the music directors by comparing them. Said Rahman: “ I have been seeing the >> hate mails flooding the net. I request my fans from degrading someone else’s >> music, the music lovers should stop making such comments and using abusive >> languages” Ilayaraja presented Rahman with a golden chain while Harris >> Jayaraj presented a golden ring to the Mozart of Madras. >> >> The function was hosted by S A Rajkumar and Abu Gabriel of CMU. Among >> those who took part included Shankar Ganesh, Deva, Srikanth Deva >> Yuvanshankar Raja, Karthik Raja, Vijay Anthony, D Imman, T M Soundararajan, >> L R Eswari, Karthi, Chinmayi, Thippu, Chitra, Swarnalatha,Mano, drummer >> Shivamani among others.... >> >> *The views expressed in the article are the author's and not of Sify.com. >> * >> http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14863982 >> -- >> regards, >> Vithur >> >> >> >> > > -- Cheers, Pradeepan. "All you need to do is, decide what to do with the time that is given to you !"