:-) SD???? On Sun, :Oct 12, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Thulasi Ram <karoke...@gmail.com> wrote:
> superb quote! > btw, Alka is singing for ARRs international project? what could that be? > marmayogi? > > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Vithur <vith...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> RAJIV VIJAYAKAR in conversation with Alka Yagnik, whose rendition of >> Ba khuda, has won her many hearts. >> >> >> From Hema Malini to Katrina Kaif, she has sung for four generations of >> heroines. Alka Yagnik is now in a phase where playback singing is not >> everything in life. And she's enjoying this phase even as she is basking in >> the accolades following her latest hit from Kismet Konnection. >> >> *Sure, because you are singing much less... >> >> *I have sung so much since the late '80s despite trying to be choosy, but >> now I have realised that to be heard, less is good. It's nice to be a little >> exclusive as that creates a kind of hunger in you as an artiste. This year, >> I have sung only for Anu Malik's Love Story 2050, Ismail Darbar's Mehbooba >> and Ada, a small film with good music by A R Rahman and Sajid-Wajid's God >> Tussi Great Ho, and I sang even less last year. >> *What about you? >> >> *I am not cribbing because now I get songs that are meant for me and not >> for just any singer. Secondly, I have been brought up to vibe well with >> every generation of composers, so while institutions like Kalyanji-Anandji >> and Laxmikant-Pyarelal were like teachers, and Anu Malik, Nadeem-Shravan, >> Jatin-Lalit, Anand-Milind and Rajesh Roshan were friends, I also get along >> famously with A R Rahman, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Himesh Reshammiya. >> >> Rahman's songs in particular get a lot of mileage and one Rahman number >> gets me more attention than four songs of other composers! >> >> *And in which films will we get to hear you now? >> >> *I am singing for Rahman in Yuvraaj and another international project, >> for Nadeem-Shravan in Dharmesh Darshan's film, for Jatin Pandit and Lalit >> Pandit separately, and for Himesh Reshammiya in the film, Milenge Milenge, >> starring Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor >> http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Oct122008/enter2008101194571.asp >> >> -- >> regards, >> Vithur >> >> ARR in my Heart; >> His Music in my Blood; >> >> > > -- Ashish . . .
