I feel it would have been better if arr didn't include the rap part into this song, i feel the mood of the song is getting disturbed by the rap part even in sruthi's portion. wht u guys say?
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 2:54 AM, satish_srini <satish_sr...@yahoo.com>wrote: > > > "The Tamil was of a very high standard and I initially wondered how I was > going to do it, but thankfully it has come out well." This was how A.R. > Rahman described his experience of working with the anthem for the World > Classical Tamil Conference which was released on Saturday. > > Apparently, the tune for the anthem came to him immediately, but production > was quite another matter. "It took two to two-and-a-half months, but we were > working with a large crew – almost 70 singers," Rahman, dapper in a rich > reddish-brown kurtha with an embroidered panel running down the front, told > reporters on the eve of the function to release the anthem. > > "All of us together worked on the anthem – There was TMS [T.M. > Soundararajan], Yuvan [Shankar Raja], Shruti Hassan, P.Sushila…(to name a > few). Basically, I have been busy in Hollywood and also touring. Therefore I > was working on a tight schedule and was available only for two or three > days, so people who could come then joined us," he said to a question on how > the singers were chosen. A new verse on Kamban and Avvaiyar was added almost > when the composing was over, and had to be incorporated into the final cut. > > TMS begins with "Pirapokkum Ella Uyirkkum," the first lines of the anthem > composed by Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi. Some of the other top playback > artistes featuring in the anthem include Harini, Hariharan, Benny Dayal, > Srinivas, Vijay Jesudas, Naresh Iyer. Rahman's nephew G.V.Prakash and sister > Rehana have also joined the ensemble. > > The thing about this anthem, Rahman says, is that it also features singers > who have distinguished themselves in other genres of music such as Carnatic > (Aruna Sayeeram, Bombay Jaishree, Nithyashree and Soumya), folk, Sufi > (M.Y.Abdul Ghani, Khajamoideen, S.Sabumoideen), and even rap (Blaaze). > Another key aspect is that three generations of singers have participated. > > Responding to a complaint that the words in his songs were often drowned > out by the instruments, he says, "I think you will hear the words in this > song. In fact we have kept the instruments to a minimum so that the words > are clear." The traditional Tamil nagaswaram and tavil blend melodiously > with the guitar and drums, even as the carnatic notes wind seamlessly with > the rap. > > And what are his favourite lines from the anthem? For some one who added a > line in Tamil in his Oscars acceptance speech, the answer was predictable: > "Semmozhiyaana Tamizh mozhiyaam," the line that runs right through as the > chorus. > > http://beta.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article431202.ece > > >
