Re: [arr] The beauty of vellai pookal
We are planning to record the Hindi and Marathi versions which we performed in Pune Rahmania. Hindi has got lovely lyrics! Keep your fingers crossed! :-) On 2/11/07, karthik327 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sunday morning i was listening to vellai pookal after some time and man, was it awesome. We might as well replace suprabhatam with vellai pookal and the morning effect is almost equivalent. Well...almost , because nothing compares to the voice of MS singing kausalya supraja...ok i'm digressing from the topic. I was counting the number of instruments used in the song. ARR is famous for using a lot of instruments in his songs, some which are barely audible to the human ears. But in this song, there are just 4 instruments, the main one is the guitar strumming throughout the song, the usual keyboard base effect, another instrument which i think is the guitar which comes in the beginning the interludes and the heavenly flute in the second interlude. These 4 instruments, arr's voice and vairamuthu's vaira varigal combine to create a mindblowing effectyou can envision the flowers blooming and the child waking in the morning...I put together the translation for this song and it's like a bharathiyar poem stanza 1 The white flowers blooming all over the world the morning dawns for peace the golden rays of the sun touching the ground the flowers waking from their sleep let the baby open it's eyes in the hands of the mother (i understand what 'thaayin kathakathappil' means but i'm not able to place an english word for it ) let the world dawn in the laughter of a child stanza 2 the gentle sound of the wind and the songs sung by the rain; can they bring the hapiness brought by silence ? the crores of keerthanas and the words strung together by poets; can convey the same meaning as one drop of tear ? (vellai pookal...) Stanza 3 where the little child stretches it's hand, there will be eternal hapiness where man stops all wars, there the white dove will sing (vellai pookal...) -- Trusting in God never makes the mountain smaller, it just makes the climbing easier. I never ask Him for the lighter load, but only for the stronger back. - A. R. Rahman.
Re: [arr] FRIENDS!!!!! GIVE A SPECIAL WELCOME TO KEYBOARD SATHYA
Hi Durba anna Thanks for the wishes. I told my appa my views and he typed the letter for me. Soon i will play my favorate songs of ARR uncle on my boar for you all. Brgds Sathya - Original Message - From: durba bhattacharjee To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 8:15 PM Subject: Re: [arr] FRIENDS! GIVE A SPECIAL WELCOME TO KEYBOARD SATHYA Hi Sathya dearie, welcome to the group. i guess you are the youngest member of this group. Did you write that wonderful letter all by yourself? Or Mama Papa helped? You are an amazing kid with special qualities. May you achieve everything you aspire in your life. Durba --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, suresh jayakumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Sathya, Welcome to the wonderful world of ARR fans !.. -Suresh --- N.Shankar Narayanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All!!! I think we all ought to give a special welcome to KeyBoard Sathya on his joining the group. I guess many of you are not aware that he is a Child prodigy - truly a God gifted Kid. Check out his website and you will know more. http://www.keyboardsathya.com/sathya.php Welcome Sathya and share with us your feelings on Rahman's creations. NShankar --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, T Krishnababu keyboardsathya@ wrote: Dear Valued Members, I just joined this proud grp. I am just 12 years old and perform stage shows. I was so happy that i was present in the function in which ARR sir released an album titled Carnatic Chills of Violin duo Sri Ganesh Kumaresh. It was a Full house at Narada Gana Sabha and i am sure is because ARR Sir was coming. As soon as he entered the hall was cheering him and he spoke few words but very impressive. One can not speak more than what he spoke praisng the violin duo. He gave so much of credits to theri talents. He also spoke in tamil and it was very nice of him, inspite of the fact that he is always touring. I have also passed 8th grade of Trinity College, London at my age of 10years and today my dream of taking a picture with ARR sir came true, tks to Pyarilal uncle owner of carnaticsangeetham.com Infact i sang along with 50 other children with ARR sir few years ago but this was my closest with him. If any one wants to see picture pls visit my website keyboardsathya.com and get to the link keyboardsathya's personal views Thank you one and all and it is a great day in my life having been with ARR sir and spent time speaking to him, taking photos and also autograph. Rgds K Sathyanarayanan __ ___ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com
Re: [arr] FRIENDS!!!!! GIVE A SPECIAL WELCOME TO KEYBOARD SATHYA
Dear Ashish anna, Thank you for your wishes. Hope i will live up to all my well wishers ewxpectation. Rgds Sathya - Original Message - From: Ashish Thakkar To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 11:37 PM Subject: Re: [arr] FRIENDS! GIVE A SPECIAL WELCOME TO KEYBOARD SATHYA Hi Sathya, Welcome to the groupyou are a great kidkeep it up. God bless you ! Best Regards ~ Ashish Thakkar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell : +91-9998944928 From: durba bhattacharjee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [arr] FRIENDS! GIVE A SPECIAL WELCOME TO KEYBOARD SATHYA Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:45:56 - Hi Sathya dearie, welcome to the group. i guess you are the youngest member of this group. Did you write that wonderful letter all by yourself? Or Mama Papa helped? You are an amazing kid with special qualities. May you achieve everything you aspire in your life. Durba --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, suresh jayakumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Sathya, Welcome to the wonderful world of ARR fans !.. -Suresh --- N.Shankar Narayanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All!!! I think we all ought to give a special welcome to KeyBoard Sathya on his joining the group. I guess many of you are not aware that he is a Child prodigy - truly a God gifted Kid. Check out his website and you will know more. http://www.keyboardsathya.com/sathya.php Welcome Sathya and share with us your feelings on Rahman's creations. NShankar --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, T Krishnababu keyboardsathya@ wrote: Dear Valued Members, I just joined this proud grp. I am just 12 years old and perform stage shows. I was so happy that i was present in the function in which ARR sir released an album titled Carnatic Chills of Violin duo Sri Ganesh Kumaresh. It was a Full house at Narada Gana Sabha and i am sure is because ARR Sir was coming. As soon as he entered the hall was cheering him and he spoke few words but very impressive. One can not speak more than what he spoke praisng the violin duo. He gave so much of credits to theri talents. He also spoke in tamil and it was very nice of him, inspite of the fact that he is always touring. I have also passed 8th grade of Trinity College, London at my age of 10years and today my dream of taking a picture with ARR sir came true, tks to Pyarilal uncle owner of carnaticsangeetham.com Infact i sang along with 50 other children with ARR sir few years ago but this was my closest with him. If any one wants to see picture pls visit my website keyboardsathya.com and get to the link keyboardsathya's personal views Thank you one and all and it is a great day in my life having been with ARR sir and spent time speaking to him, taking photos and also autograph. Rgds K Sathyanarayanan __ ___ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com -- Crave for a healthier lifestyle? Ask an expert
[arr] Re: Are Rahman's songs too hard to sing for the common man?
14a. Are Rahman's songs too hard to sing for the common man? Hi Ajit, I've felt similarly too. There is a degree of complexity in his songs that renders it hard to repeat using simple devices such as hummability or quickly reproducing it on a single instrument. People can manage snatches of it in their bathroom singing, but the overall song is not that easy to render in quick iterations. I think it's also to do with the fact that, as Gulzarsaab keeps re-iterating, people like Rahman or Vishal Bhardwaj do not adhere to the traditional structure of the film song; instead, they often lace the song with complex patterns, which makes them novel and interesting. (This doesn't imply the songs are inferior in any respect or that people cannot appreciate the songs. Or even that this is true of all their output. But many of their songs are so multi-threaded and multi-layered that analysis requires understanding several factors. The genius, of course, lies in making even these complex songs accessible, sometimes by use of a hook in the lyrics, melody, song styles, or even in the voices.) I don't really follow televised music competitions all that much, but it always seems to me that Rahman songs are sung less in these competitions, which to my mind is a simple indicator of this hard to sing quality. The songs are tough to master, and often they're not always about the singing (that is, the voice is not always the centrepiece) Some may choose to criticise this aspect, or some may see it as making film music more rounded and different. But IMO, there's no denying this. Cheers, Ramanand -- Webpage: http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~ramanand Weblogs: Personal: http://quatrainman.blogspot.com Interrobang (the quiz blog): http://notesandstones.blogspot.com
Re: [arr] The beauty of vellai pookal
U made my day buddy. Thanx a ton for the translation. Love ARR Raghu - Original Message - From: karthik327 To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 9:27 PM Subject: [arr] The beauty of vellai pookal sunday morning i was listening to vellai pookal after some time and man, was it awesome. We might as well replace suprabhatam with vellai pookal and the morning effect is almost equivalent. Well...almost , because nothing compares to the voice of MS singing kausalya supraja...ok i'm digressing from the topic. I was counting the number of instruments used in the song. ARR is famous for using a lot of instruments in his songs, some which are barely audible to the human ears. But in this song, there are just 4 instruments, the main one is the guitar strumming throughout the song, the usual keyboard base effect, another instrument which i think is the guitar which comes in the beginning the interludes and the heavenly flute in the second interlude. These 4 instruments, arr's voice and vairamuthu's vaira varigal combine to create a mindblowing effectyou can envision the flowers blooming and the child waking in the morning...I put together the translation for this song and it's like a bharathiyar poem stanza 1 The white flowers blooming all over the world the morning dawns for peace the golden rays of the sun touching the ground the flowers waking from their sleep let the baby open it's eyes in the hands of the mother (i understand what 'thaayin kathakathappil' means but i'm not able to place an english word for it ) let the world dawn in the laughter of a child stanza 2 the gentle sound of the wind and the songs sung by the rain; can they bring the hapiness brought by silence ? the crores of keerthanas and the words strung together by poets; can convey the same meaning as one drop of tear ? (vellai pookal...) Stanza 3 where the little child stretches it's hand, there will be eternal hapiness where man stops all wars, there the white dove will sing (vellai pookal...)
[arr] vellai pookal remix version - good remix!!!
hi, i found vellai pookal remix version...and this one really nice cz the original beauty of the song was not 'killed'hre the link http://rapidshare.com/files/16241864/22_Vellai_Pookal_-_Kanathil_Muthamittal.mp3.html Ruben -- http://geniusarr.blogspot.com - Need a quick answer? Get one in minutes from people who know. Ask your question on Yahoo! Answers.
[arr] Re: Are Rahman's songs too hard to sing for the common man?
I think Rahman is first MD in India, who truly given justice to the word called O.S.T (Original Sound track). In foreign films OST consist of BGMs and songs (songs from various artists) They use old or fresh songs from various artists in background,say title credits, or in situations like party, malls, in the car stereo etc. etc. Exactly what Rahman is doing is, songs which you can relate to the movie only. Most of the time he never think about the public, that they should hum or recreate the song. He give importance to evoke the situation and mood of films plot. Secondly Rahman is perfectionist and thoroughly professional. His music is confident and moving without any flaws. This is what makes common man his music indigestible. Most of people just love his beats and sound, but never analyze the song thoroughly. -Avinash --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Ajit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For now, I'm speaking about his Hindi output. When I listen to songs like Ay Hairathe, Tere Bina, Lukka Chuppi, Tu Bin Bataye, Yeh Rishta, Yeh Jo Desh, Saawariya, Pal Pal Bhari, Desh Ki Mitti, Naina Neer, Piya Ho, etc. etc. etc., there is no doubt in my mind that no other musical director in recent times has created as powerful and moving melodies as our Boss. Nevermind the arrangements, rhythm, sound, for which our Boss is already king and known for it. There is an evergreen stamp to many of his recent melodies. However, I don't hear the media or the general public raving about his sense of melody too often. And I think it's ignorant to say that Rahman should be known for his technical skills rather than his tune skills. Without a doubt, the man is a master tunesmith. I just don't see how people don't realize that when listening to the examples above. One reason why his melodies may not be as appreciated as they should is based on a comment that my parents made recently after listening to some of Rahman's songs. They like Rahman a lot and know how brilliant he is, etc. However, they keep mentioning how the songs of today in general compared to the evergreen years lack powerful yet simple melodies and moving lyrics. When I point to Rahman's songs, they agree that his songs are melodious, but the THEY ARE HARD TO SING. For them, that is the sticking point, that Rahman's songs are often too difficult to sing (unless one is a trained and talented singer) and one cannot hum them as easily. Seems like an overly simplistic point, but perhaps to the commaon man, it's true. While Rahman's songs are beautiful, full of melody, the melodic contours are often full of twists and turns and tinged with a classical bent, making them difficult for the average person to just listen with ease and to hum along. I think this makes a difference with popularity. Many of Rahman's most commercially successful numbers were ones that were not only catchy, but easy to hum along and sing with. Maybe this is the reason why Nadeem Shravan were called the melody kings (don't make me laugh too hard). Although their melodies were often stale and cheesy, their songs were easy to sing along with, light and easy music for the common man to digest. Not that Rahman has to ever stoop as low as NS, but perhaps there is a point here. One of the reasons why the song Tere Bina is so popular is perhaps that along with being beautiful and brilliant, the melody itself is fairly simple enough to understand and remember easily, esp. the dham dhara dham part. Same goes for Ru Ba Ru from RDB. Anyway, agree or disagree, I think this will be interesting to discuss.
Re: [arr] ARR Kairali Live 1B !C
Dear Noohu anna, Great of you to have uploaded a old interview and i was simply thrilled to see the same. I think he is one of the most humble person and as a fan i take a wow today to try and be atleast a percentage or two of his humblenes. rgds Sathya - Original Message - From: Noohu To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 8:15 PM Subject: [arr] ARR Kairali Live 1B !C ARR Kairali Part 1B 1C Speech of KSJ ARR i will upload tmr. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHqpJHR4Ngc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnc7XQXmUwQ regards Noohu
Re: [arr] ARR Kairali Live 1 a
Dear Noohu anna, I am looking forward to your video link as i could not see the programme. I had been to Sri Kalahasthi temple for a performance. I am happy to say i performed with Sri Prekumar on drums, Brother of Percussion Maestro Sivamani uncle. The programme was a great success as Prem uncle and myself were awarded the title of Aasthana Vidwan of Sri Kalahasthi Temple. I am unable to believe my self on this. Looking forward to your posting of the video. Tks n brgds Sathya - Original Message - From: Noohu To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 6:41 PM Subject: [arr] ARR Kairali Live 1 a ARR on Kairali Live, sample video upload on you tube, i will try to upload the whole programme at my earliest http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTIk63ee36U htttp://www.youtube.com/noohu regards Noohu
[arr] Re: What is kaissiom?
Hi, Most of ARR BGM's in this group are contributed by Kaissiom (I don't know his real name...)On Birthday of ARR on 6th of January, he created a medley of most of ARR's Interlude pieces called Mix 60. It's very very good (1 hour play) You can get the download links from this thread message.. http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/message/75021 ok!... Enjoy! -Avinash --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, koolchick_786 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi friends, I'm new to this group and I was looking at a few older posts. I came across something kaissiom and medley. Who or What is kaissiom and how can I get this medley. Please help.
[arr] about kannathil muttamittal title songs
hello guys according to me there is no a place like that in sri lanka. and also if mani was in sri lanka for the shooting of that film that will be focused on media. but it wasn't. but, i heard that location was in nepal. because there also budism is the majority religion.
[arr] Re: FRIENDS!!!!! GIVE A SPECIAL WELCOME TO KEYBOARD SATHYA
Honey, I'm not your 'anna'...you can call me Durba akka or Durba Didi...OK?...:-) --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Keyboardsathya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Durba anna Thanks for the wishes. I told my appa my views and he typed the letter for me. Soon i will play my favorate songs of ARR uncle on my boar for you all. Brgds Sathya - Original Message - From: durba bhattacharjee To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 8:15 PM Subject: Re: [arr] FRIENDS! GIVE A SPECIAL WELCOME TO KEYBOARD SATHYA Hi Sathya dearie, welcome to the group. i guess you are the youngest member of this group. Did you write that wonderful letter all by yourself? Or Mama Papa helped? You are an amazing kid with special qualities. May you achieve everything you aspire in your life. Durba --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, suresh jayakumar suresh6877@ wrote: Hi Sathya, Welcome to the wonderful world of ARR fans !.. -Suresh --- N.Shankar Narayanan nshankarr@ wrote: Hi All!!! I think we all ought to give a special welcome to KeyBoard Sathya on his joining the group. I guess many of you are not aware that he is a Child prodigy - truly a God gifted Kid. Check out his website and you will know more. http://www.keyboardsathya.com/sathya.php Welcome Sathya and share with us your feelings on Rahman's creations. NShankar --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, T Krishnababu keyboardsathya@ wrote: Dear Valued Members, I just joined this proud grp. I am just 12 years old and perform stage shows. I was so happy that i was present in the function in which ARR sir released an album titled Carnatic Chills of Violin duo Sri Ganesh Kumaresh. It was a Full house at Narada Gana Sabha and i am sure is because ARR Sir was coming. As soon as he entered the hall was cheering him and he spoke few words but very impressive. One can not speak more than what he spoke praisng the violin duo. He gave so much of credits to theri talents. He also spoke in tamil and it was very nice of him, inspite of the fact that he is always touring. I have also passed 8th grade of Trinity College, London at my age of 10years and today my dream of taking a picture with ARR sir came true, tks to Pyarilal uncle owner of carnaticsangeetham.com Infact i sang along with 50 other children with ARR sir few years ago but this was my closest with him. If any one wants to see picture pls visit my website keyboardsathya.com and get to the link keyboardsathya's personal views Thank you one and all and it is a great day in my life having been with ARR sir and spent time speaking to him, taking photos and also autograph. Rgds K Sathyanarayanan __ ___ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com
[arr] TWS and the Rahmania!
Well, it must have been a special high for The Wandering Souls on the Saturday night to kick start the most anticipated Rahmania concert. The crowd packed the hall in no time and then began the show. The `Muthu' instrumental introduction could have been more dramatic with high tempo, but it suddenly put brakes. Then the songs started a bit cold as the audience needed some acquaintance with the performers. All the excitement began with the rapping of `O humdum' and the unusual rock of `O yuva'. Soon, `Once more' was the order of the night. There was this moment of revelation when the Sufi medley was churned out and the listeners had a great time lauding the flow that effortlessly bonded the variety of Sufi compositions of Rahman. The script of the show was interesting too, as many would have come to know many of the unknown facts about Rahman and his musical journey. The lead singer Ashutosh was having a ball of time flaunting his vocal range to suit Rahman's spectra of compositions. His rap of `O humdum' or the Alaap of `Tere bina' or the line `Jaise barso mein koi ganga nahaye' from `Yun hi chal', sans his animated expressions, were simply knock out. `Shakalaka baby' was a delight. Thanks to the singer for crooning the song with such aplomb. That was mind blowing. Another mesmerizing piece came from the flautist, who did the `Bombay theme' with full gusto. I would also like to mention that the people on drums, tabla and the sound engineering department, did some great job to the extent that they even nullified any kind of shortcomings. Talking about the misses, one expected some tamil numbers from Rahmans body of work. Anyways, for their genuine efforts, `The Wandering Souls' takes a bow. Next time, I hope they break more rules (of course retaining the soul of music) to go a step further from flat reproduction. It would be a delight to see some personal `TWS' stamp on the brilliant compositions of the maestro. (The Sufi and Patriotic medley were close to it and were enjoyed best by the crowd!) Keep rocking! Caran~
[arr] Kissed On A R Rahman's Cheek!!!
My Dreamm Come True Hi Frnds,yesterday in Trivandrum thr was an award function in which A R Rahamn Sir attendedsince i hav no pass also i got into the show ,i saw him,i cheered for him,atlast i was able to go near to him,talked with him,shake his hands ,got an autograph,and kissed him on his cheek,and the police came and pulled me up.it was one of my memorable moment in my life,eventhough the police behave badly
Re: [arr] FRIENDS!!!!! GIVE A SPECIAL WELCOME TO KEYBOARD SATHYA
Dear Suresh anna, Thank you very much. I just love ARR uncle's music so much and i also perform in my light music show under Rhythm Raga. As i am also going to school, when time permits i will play some songs on my keyboard and send the file. Rgds Sathya - Original Message - From: suresh jayakumar To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 9:03 AM Subject: Re: [arr] FRIENDS! GIVE A SPECIAL WELCOME TO KEYBOARD SATHYA Hi Sathya, Welcome to the wonderful world of ARR fans !.. -Suresh --- N.Shankar Narayanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All!!! I think we all ought to give a special welcome to KeyBoard Sathya on his joining the group. I guess many of you are not aware that he is a Child prodigy - truly a God gifted Kid. Check out his website and you will know more. http://www.keyboardsathya.com/sathya.php Welcome Sathya and share with us your feelings on Rahman's creations. NShankar --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, T Krishnababu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Valued Members, I just joined this proud grp. I am just 12 years old and perform stage shows. I was so happy that i was present in the function in which ARR sir released an album titled Carnatic Chills of Violin duo Sri Ganesh Kumaresh. It was a Full house at Narada Gana Sabha and i am sure is because ARR Sir was coming. As soon as he entered the hall was cheering him and he spoke few words but very impressive. One can not speak more than what he spoke praisng the violin duo. He gave so much of credits to theri talents. He also spoke in tamil and it was very nice of him, inspite of the fact that he is always touring. I have also passed 8th grade of Trinity College, London at my age of 10years and today my dream of taking a picture with ARR sir came true, tks to Pyarilal uncle owner of carnaticsangeetham.com Infact i sang along with 50 other children with ARR sir few years ago but this was my closest with him. If any one wants to see picture pls visit my website keyboardsathya.com and get to the link keyboardsathya's personal views Thank you one and all and it is a great day in my life having been with ARR sir and spent time speaking to him, taking photos and also autograph. Rgds K Sathyanarayanan __ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com
[arr] Re: Rahmania Pune [Exclusive]
Hello Everybody, Congratulations and kudos to the entire team behind the Rahmania event. You guys put up a great show. I was there for the last of the three performaces and enjoyed it thoroughly. The Wandering Souls are a bunch of really talented guys and belted out great performances in whatever constraints and resources they had. Just wished that the show could go on for a longer time and more numbers could have been performed. Regards, Vinay Patil --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Amith Chandhran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Friends, All 3 shows of Rahmania are over. I was part of this for last one month. When I woke up this morning, I felt empty and purposeless. I can't believe that this one month ran away like one second. I just met Anmol Bhave but couldn't speak a single word. Its so strange to feel like this. Anyway friends, as Dinesh Uncle has mentioned before, we really rocked. For the show, we had personalised messages from some people who are associated with AR.. Please listen to them herehttp://rapidshare.com/files/16145334/Singers_Talk__Packgd_.rar .. http://rapidshare.com/files/16145334/Singers_Talk__Packgd_.rar Thanks to Gopal, Swapnil, Vijay, Arun, Vinod, and Prashant for helping and guiding me. Thanks to Shankar Mahadevan ji, Sadhana Sargam ji, Madhushree ji, Sowmya Rao ji, George Peter sir, Naresh Iyer and Blaaze. They gave us the inspiring audio messages only on a single request. It really helped to boost the confidence of the performers! Also thanks to the others whom we had contacted. Though we couldn't get their messages, they showed an interest in the concept and spoke so beautifully. Thanks again to Gopal and Prashant. And special thanks to A. R. Rahman sir! AR sir, we took care of your inspiring words, we retained the 'soul' of the music! :-) TWS people out there, lets plan about the next things!! God bless! :-) On 2/12/07, Dinesh Vaidya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When THE WANDERING SOULS invited our GURUji, A R Rahman, to attend the programmes in Pune, this is what he replied to us in his usual short and meaningful way... Good luck to the guys Hope they retain the SOUL of the music God Bless !. When the Group met on 8th evening to analyse the 7'th Feb programme as post-briefing meet, to chalk out the action plan for the 10'th Feb sold out programme in Pune, Rahman's words were weighing heavily on everybodys mind. We have to respect GURU's words and have to pull out all stops to make this event a memorable one. And we delivered WE DID IT ! WE DID IT !! WE DID IT !!! We gave a CRACKER of a performance on 10th in Pune We upheld RAHMAN's trust in us The Balgandharva Auditorium was packed to the capacity at 950PM, 10 minutes before schedule starting time. On dot 10PM, the curtains parted to the booming beat of the Ooruvan Ooruvan from Muthu as opening melody. After brief introduction of the RAHMANIA concept and paying homage to the late Naushad sahib and OP Naiyyar, the show started. We gave a small sample of RAHMAN's first composition which he had made at the young age of 7 years and the audience simply got bowled over as NOBODY knew this information. In the first half, we presented, Ghanana Ghanana Lagaan / Roja Janeman Roja Kahin Aag Lage Taal / O Humdum Suniyo re - Saathiya Chup ke se Saathiya / Dil se Dil se Aye Hairathe Guru / O Yuva Yuva Ae Ajnabi Dil se / Bombay theme Bombay Sufi Medley ( Mubaraka / Piya Haji ali / Kehna Hi kya / Satrangi re and many more ) That completed the first half. The sound system had held firm and group was already fired up enough. The audience had already demanded ONCE MORE for 5 songs so we were running short of time. In the second session, we presented following songs, Yun Hi Chala Chal Swades / Roo Ba Roo RDB Tu Hi Re Bombay / Rangeela Re Rangeela Hasti rahe tu Saathiya / Paathshala RDB Tere Bina Guru / Shakalaka Baby Bombay dreams And finally the audience favourite Patriotic Medley consisting of ( Bharat Hum ko Jaan se / Des Mere Meri Jaan hai tu / Aazadi / Yeh jo des hai tera / Maa Tujhe salaam ). It was a tough job to juggle the available time in this session also due to constant ONCE MORE requests. Finally we had to leave aside few of the best compositions including Vellai Pookkal. The audience gave the Wandering Souls a STANDING OVATION !!! Unbelieveable but true, we had visitors from outside Pune. Shirish (Shirish Musician) from Yahoo fan group had come all the way from Hyderabad, in addition to that there were 25 registered Yahoo fan group members who came from Mumbai just to attend the show. Plus some special guests and people, who had worked with Rahman. We had received encouragement via audio messages from Shankar Mahadevan, Saumya Rao, Sadhana Sargam,
[arr] ARR Illayaraja Combination
Music for one of the songs in the movie Ninaithale will be composed by the two veteran music directors in the movie industry, Ilayaraja and AR Rahman. More details see http://tamil.galatta.com/entertainment/livewire/livewire/id/7277/news/ni naithale.html
[arr] AR Rahman honoured
http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/29156.html http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/29156.html AR Rahman honoured IndiaGlitz [Tuesday, February 13, 2007] Few days back, we had informed you about the Kerala based Swaralayaâs decision to honour AR Rahman with Swaralaya-Kairali-Yesudas Award for 2007. The award was given to the young prodigy yesterday, by eminent singer Yesudas, at a function held at Thiruvananthapuram. Awards are not new to Rahman. He has always made us proud with his versatile genius and we at indiaglitz wish him all the best to continue doing us proud.
Re: [arr] Are Rahman's songs too hard to sing for the common man?
Ajith, i completely agree with you. I think ARR's songs are challneges to any mediocre or an OK singer. The best example may be the music talent shows. I watched almost all the episodes of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa that aired last year and saw every singer fail miserably on ARR's tracks. They performed well on the same songs later when they were trained properly. In Bengali, we often discuss one thing that some poet write for mass people and some write for other poets only. ARR is a music director whose music is truly and completely understood by another knowlegable person only (by stating this I am not inflating myself because I think I love his music and have to go ways to understand it perfectly). He gives 'food' of that standard which common man cannot digest, but yes they can definitely savour it. Have anybody travelled by train in North India belt? There are a number of beggers on this trek who sing amazingly. Their range and skill of singing is unbelievable. Everytime on my trip to home, i ask them to sit and sing in my compartment. All the songs they sing are either by Nadeem Shravan or Anu Malik. I know they are also very good composers but their music is like water - can be digested by any and everybody but leaves no mark later. Durba --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Pradeepan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, this certainly is an interesting topic. first abt the difficulty of Singing ARR Tunes: In a way it may be true. But Ajit, were you referring to the Tune itself being complicated or the Lyrics ? as far as Lyrics are concerned, Great Lyrics with good phonetics can only give 10% to the song at best. MUSIC will always be the #1 Factor. that is one reason why Language is also not a barrier for Good Music. Regarding the tune itself being complicated, I dont know - maybe true. Ai Hairathe song maybe complicated in terms of Tune - but still the Mind can keep playing them over n over. So whether I am singing it aloud while walking/bathing doesnt really matter :) About Visuals: I agree that great visuals can enhance a song's popularity. But I want to tell again that MUSIC will remain the #1 factor for a song. Even if Prabhu Deva hadnt danced for Muqqabla song , what do you think wud have happened ? I have no doubt that it would have been a massive hit. Of course the exceptions wud be songs that were watched just for the Visuals. Of all the ARTS, MUSIC will always be #1. It is greater than the movie itself. It is greater than the Lyrics itself. Plus as Shwetha says, the best way to enjoy music is to close the eyes, and absorb the Music into the mind. God Bless ARR. Bye. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Shwetha Signs shwethasigns@ wrote: To Dear Ajit_ji Mundra-Ji :-) Sorry to kid u. I thought of addrsng u with twice ji's as one for targeting video two days back now audio is fired to mean what i say here now. What happnd ? Mind breaking ! .. First u targeted the directors to mention you want to see mr.ARR work only with bollywood directors especially mr.gowariker for others are not visualising his songs properly. Now its audio turn, TO TARGET MR. RAHMAN HIMSELF. If you subtract your arguments.., the resultant will be M/s.Nadeem Shravan other such simple music making bollywood MDs must work with bollywood directors. Good going. As per your argument already mr.ARR is not composing all of bollywood movies as there r other BW-MDs doing their bit. Then why worry. Only few BW-Dirs pick mr.ARR. Added to that If that is your such fans' wish then Fans in other regions ll be happier ever than now to enjoy ARR's works in more regional films than this too much expecting fans of bollywood for they could be not be satisfied by any means. Sorry to ask something in general to all such dissatisfied fans, whether are they correct in all, 100% ? If you analyse like this you cannot enjoy any outcome of present entertainment. Its better to realize enjoy the works as it is... presented. Otherwise you will not find satisfaction forever. Take life as it comes. No fuss needed. I like to refer what gr8 visuals we see in Water movie songs, a serious theme. It is ordinary. But songs are extraordinary. We do not need visuals at all, when we able to appreciate any kind of good music. Even in garments designing, MISMATCH is also a fashion than usual matching. So if visuals do not match just forget enjoy music. For that it is not fair to pin-point certain things directly or indirectly. Or intentions ? To me my friends, when it is music, we wont switch on video songs for... that will distract from enjoying music completely. And if we wish to see video, wont try to match the audio and just enjoy the visuals. Visuals in songs are not depicting reality. Just an exaggeration, imagination even absurd to say be it any movie, if you analyse deep in your way
[arr] Re: The beauty of vellai pookal
Can anyone tell me which movie this song is from? Tx Anand --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Pravinder Sheoran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi karthik nice effort in the translation of the lyrics man its one of the graetest songs ever made Pravinder --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, karthik327 karthik327@ wrote: sunday morning i was listening to vellai pookal after some time and man, was it awesome. We might as well replace suprabhatam with vellai pookal and the morning effect is almost equivalent. Well...almost , because nothing compares to the voice of MS singing kausalya supraja...ok i'm digressing from the topic. I was counting the number of instruments used in the song. ARR is famous for using a lot of instruments in his songs, some which are barely audible to the human ears. But in this song, there are just 4 instruments, the main one is the guitar strumming throughout the song, the usual keyboard base effect, another instrument which i think is the guitar which comes in the beginning the interludes and the heavenly flute in the second interlude. These 4 instruments, arr's voice and vairamuthu's vaira varigal combine to create a mindblowing effectyou can envision the flowers blooming and the child waking in the morning...I put together the translation for this song and it's like a bharathiyar poem stanza 1 The white flowers blooming all over the world the morning dawns for peace the golden rays of the sun touching the ground the flowers waking from their sleep let the baby open it's eyes in the hands of the mother (i understand what 'thaayin kathakathappil' means but i'm not able to place an english word for it ) let the world dawn in the laughter of a child stanza 2 the gentle sound of the wind and the songs sung by the rain; can they bring the hapiness brought by silence ? the crores of keerthanas and the words strung together by poets; can convey the same meaning as one drop of tear ? (vellai pookal...) Stanza 3 where the little child stretches it's hand, there will be eternal hapiness where man stops all wars, there the white dove will sing (vellai pookal...)
[arr] 'Nuvvu Nenu Prema' slated for release on Feb 23
'Nuvvu Nenu Prema' slated for release on Feb 23 IndiaGlitz [Tuesday, February 13, 2007] Versatile artiste Surya, who had won the hearts of the Telugu audiences with his performance in 'Gajini', is playing the hero, while Jyothika and Bhoomika are in the female lead for 'Nuvvu Nenu Prema' directed by Krishna, presented by Surya and produced by KE Gnanavel on the banner of Studio Green is all set for release on February 23. AR Rahman provided music for this film and the audio was proved a big hit. The Tamil version of the film was already released and proved a huge success. The producers are planning to release the film on February 23 by completing all the necessary formalities. Surya-Jyothika, who got married in real life, played together in this film, and it remained the last film for Jyothika before her marriage with Surya. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/29171.html
Re:[arr]Are Rahman's songs too hard to sing - not new to anyone
This view of his songs being complexed is a very very old opinion well expressed immediately after the release of few of his films in entry level like roja, iruvar, gentleman, jeans, kadhalan, kadhal virus, en swasa katrae days which created waves among youngsters. By that time itself popular local light music orchestra-bands openly agreed in interviews as arr's songs are difficult to perform in their light music shows picking the better ones to play that does not need much technical support or complicated instrumental arrangements. If common man can spend 2 hours in theatres screening hollywood movies often... without much understanding actors' accented language but just to see their way of picturisation, they can also enjoy rahman's music absolutely. mr.Arr sees to that he satisfy all category pple by giving variety in a movie album, classical, folk, melody, rock, rap etc. what more one need. Experimental is his nature. Uncommon is his approach. So his sounds sound bit complicated. Otherwise he will be just one more MD in the list of music directors, so that it wont make pple to compare him with other MDs. If some pple could not digest his music criticise one or other way thro reviews to bring him down, for finding way to other MDs, then that spells his GRAND SUCCESS ! he dares to dream in different perspective of music. luck favours brave ! rgds shwetha avinash [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think Rahman is first MD in India, who truly given justice to the word called O.S.T (Original Sound track). In foreign films OST consist of BGMs and songs (songs from various artists) They use old or fresh songs from various artists in background,say title credits, or in situations like party, malls, in the car stereo etc. etc. Exactly what Rahman is doing is, songs which you can relate to the movie only. Most of the time he never think about the public, that they should hum or recreate the song. He give importance to evoke the situation and mood of films plot. Secondly Rahman is perfectionist and thoroughly professional. His music is confident and moving without any flaws. This is what makes common man his music indigestible. Most of people just love his beats and sound, but never analyze the song thoroughly. -Avinash --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Ajit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For now, I'm speaking about his Hindi output. When I listen to songs like Ay Hairathe, Tere Bina, Lukka Chuppi, Tu Bin Bataye, Yeh Rishta, Yeh Jo Desh, Saawariya, Pal Pal Bhari, Desh Ki Mitti, Naina Neer, Piya Ho, etc. etc. etc., there is no doubt in my mind that no other musical director in recent times has created as powerful and moving melodies as our Boss. Nevermind the arrangements, rhythm, sound, for which our Boss is already king and known for it. There is an evergreen stamp to many of his recent melodies. However, I don't hear the media or the general public raving about his sense of melody too often. And I think it's ignorant to say that Rahman should be known for his technical skills rather than his tune skills. Without a doubt, the man is a master tunesmith. I just don't see how people don't realize that when listening to the examples above. One reason why his melodies may not be as appreciated as they should is based on a comment that my parents made recently after listening to some of Rahman's songs. They like Rahman a lot and know how brilliant he is, etc. However, they keep mentioning how the songs of today in general compared to the evergreen years lack powerful yet simple melodies and moving lyrics. When I point to Rahman's songs, they agree that his songs are melodious, but the THEY ARE HARD TO SING. For them, that is the sticking point, that Rahman's songs are often too difficult to sing (unless one is a trained and talented singer) and one cannot hum them as easily. Seems like an overly simplistic point, but perhaps to the commaon man, it's true. While Rahman's songs are beautiful, full of melody, the melodic contours are often full of twists and turns and tinged with a classical bent, making them difficult for the average person to just listen with ease and to hum along. I think this makes a difference with popularity. Many of Rahman's most commercially successful numbers were ones that were not only catchy, but easy to hum along and sing with. Maybe this is the reason why Nadeem Shravan were called the melody kings (don't make me laugh too hard). Although their melodies were often stale and cheesy, their songs were easy to sing along with, light and easy music for the common man to digest. Not that Rahman has to ever stoop as low as NS, but perhaps there is a point here. One of the reasons why the song Tere Bina is so popular is perhaps that along with being beautiful and brilliant, the melody itself is fairly simple enough to understand and remember easily, esp. the dham dhara dham part.
Re: Re:[arr]Are Rahman's songs too hard to sing - not new to anyone
I totally agree with Shwetha akka. Sathya - Original Message - From: Shwetha Signs To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 9:24 PM Subject: Re:[arr]Are Rahman's songs too hard to sing - not new to anyone This view of his songs being complexed is a very very old opinion well expressed immediately after the release of few of his films in entry level like roja, iruvar, gentleman, jeans, kadhalan, kadhal virus, en swasa katrae days which created waves among youngsters. By that time itself popular local light music orchestra-bands openly agreed in interviews as arr's songs are difficult to perform in their light music shows picking the better ones to play that does not need much technical support or complicated instrumental arrangements. If common man can spend 2 hours in theatres screening hollywood movies often... without much understanding actors' accented language but just to see their way of picturisation, they can also enjoy rahman's music absolutely. mr.Arr sees to that he satisfy all category pple by giving variety in a movie album, classical, folk, melody, rock, rap etc. what more one need. Experimental is his nature. Uncommon is his approach. So his sounds sound bit complicated. Otherwise he will be just one more MD in the list of music directors, so that it wont make pple to compare him with other MDs. If some pple could not digest his music criticise one or other way thro reviews to bring him down, for finding way to other MDs, then that spells his GRAND SUCCESS ! he dares to dream in different perspective of music. luck favours brave ! rgds shwetha avinash [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think Rahman is first MD in India, who truly given justice to the word called O.S.T (Original Sound track). In foreign films OST consist of BGMs and songs (songs from various artists) They use old or fresh songs from various artists in background,say title credits, or in situations like party, malls, in the car stereo etc. etc. Exactly what Rahman is doing is, songs which you can relate to the movie only. Most of the time he never think about the public, that they should hum or recreate the song. He give importance to evoke the situation and mood of films plot. Secondly Rahman is perfectionist and thoroughly professional. His music is confident and moving without any flaws. This is what makes common man his music indigestible. Most of people just love his beats and sound, but never analyze the song thoroughly. -Avinash --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Ajit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For now, I'm speaking about his Hindi output. When I listen to songs like Ay Hairathe, Tere Bina, Lukka Chuppi, Tu Bin Bataye, Yeh Rishta, Yeh Jo Desh, Saawariya, Pal Pal Bhari, Desh Ki Mitti, Naina Neer, Piya Ho, etc. etc. etc., there is no doubt in my mind that no other musical director in recent times has created as powerful and moving melodies as our Boss. Nevermind the arrangements, rhythm, sound, for which our Boss is already king and known for it. There is an evergreen stamp to many of his recent melodies. However, I don't hear the media or the general public raving about his sense of melody too often. And I think it's ignorant to say that Rahman should be known for his technical skills rather than his tune skills. Without a doubt, the man is a master tunesmith. I just don't see how people don't realize that when listening to the examples above. One reason why his melodies may not be as appreciated as they should is based on a comment that my parents made recently after listening to some of Rahman's songs. They like Rahman a lot and know how brilliant he is, etc. However, they keep mentioning how the songs of today in general compared to the evergreen years lack powerful yet simple melodies and moving lyrics. When I point to Rahman's songs, they agree that his songs are melodious, but the THEY ARE HARD TO SING. For them, that is the sticking point, that Rahman's songs are often too difficult to sing (unless one is a trained and talented singer) and one cannot hum them as easily. Seems like an overly simplistic point, but perhaps to the commaon man, it's true. While Rahman's songs are beautiful, full of melody, the melodic contours are often full of twists and turns and tinged with a classical bent, making them difficult for the average person to just listen with ease and to hum along. I think this makes a difference with popularity. Many of Rahman's most commercially successful numbers were ones that were not only catchy, but easy to hum along and sing with. Maybe this is the reason why Nadeem Shravan were called the melody kings (don't make me laugh too hard). Although their melodies were often stale and cheesy, their songs were easy
Re: [arr] Are Rahman's songs too hard to sing for the common man?
Did I say that I only wanted Rahman to work with Bollywood directors? Quite an assumption you made. I find your comments quite hilarious for their impulsiveness and complete misinterpretation. Thanks for the humor. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Shwetha Signs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To Dear Ajit_ji Mundra-Ji :-) Sorry to kid u. I thought of addrsng u with twice ji's as one for targeting video two days back now audio is fired to mean what i say here now. What happnd ? Mind breaking ! .. First u targeted the directors to mention you want to see mr.ARR work only with bollywood directors especially mr.gowariker for others are not visualising his songs properly. Now its audio turn, TO TARGET MR. RAHMAN HIMSELF. If you subtract your arguments.., the resultant will be M/s.Nadeem Shravan other such simple music making bollywood MDs must work with bollywood directors. Good going. As per your argument already mr.ARR is not composing all of bollywood movies as there r other BW-MDs doing their bit. Then why worry. Only few BW-Dirs pick mr.ARR. Added to that If that is your such fans' wish then Fans in other regions ll be happier ever than now to enjoy ARR's works in more regional films than this too much expecting fans of bollywood for they could be not be satisfied by any means. Sorry to ask something in general to all such dissatisfied fans, whether are they correct in all, 100% ? If you analyse like this you cannot enjoy any outcome of present entertainment. Its better to realize enjoy the works as it is... presented. Otherwise you will not find satisfaction forever. Take life as it comes. No fuss needed. I like to refer what gr8 visuals we see in Water movie songs, a serious theme. It is ordinary. But songs are extraordinary. We do not need visuals at all, when we able to appreciate any kind of good music. Even in garments designing, MISMATCH is also a fashion than usual matching. So if visuals do not match just forget enjoy music. For that it is not fair to pin-point certain things directly or indirectly. Or intentions ? To me my friends, when it is music, we wont switch on video songs for... that will distract from enjoying music completely. And if we wish to see video, wont try to match the audio and just enjoy the visuals. Visuals in songs are not depicting reality. Just an exaggeration, imagination even absurd to say be it any movie, if you analyse deep in your way to say people do not dance daily or do not sing nearly 5 mts. while shopping or while doing any action for that sake be it a simple song. Kindly consider my post in right spirit. Rgds Ajit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For now, I'm speaking about his Hindi output. When I listen to songs like Ay Hairathe, Tere Bina, Lukka Chuppi, Tu Bin Bataye, Yeh Rishta, Yeh Jo Desh, Saawariya, Pal Pal Bhari, Desh Ki Mitti, Naina Neer, Piya Ho, etc. etc. etc., there is no doubt in my mind that no other musical director in recent times has created as powerful and moving melodies as our Boss. Nevermind the arrangements, rhythm, sound, for which our Boss is already king and known for it. There is an evergreen stamp to many of his recent melodies. However, I don't hear the media or the general public raving about his sense of melody too often. And I think it's ignorant to say that Rahman should be known for his technical skills rather than his tune skills. Without a doubt, the man is a master tunesmith. I just don't see how people don't realize that when listening to the examples above. One reason why his melodies may not be as appreciated as they should is based on a comment that my parents made recently after listening to some of Rahman's songs. They like Rahman a lot and know how brilliant he is, etc. However, they keep mentioning how the songs of today in general compared to the evergreen years lack powerful yet simple melodies and moving lyrics. When I point to Rahman's songs, they agree that his songs are melodious, but the THEY ARE HARD TO SING. For them, that is the sticking point, that Rahman's songs are often too difficult to sing (unless one is a trained and talented singer) and one cannot hum them as easily. Seems like an overly simplistic point, but perhaps to the commaon man, it's true. While Rahman's songs are beautiful, full of melody, the melodic contours are often full of twists and turns and tinged with a classical bent, making them difficult for the average person to just listen with ease and to hum along. I think this makes a difference with popularity. Many of Rahman's most commercially successful numbers were ones that were not only catchy, but easy to hum along and sing with. Maybe this is the reason why Nadeem Shravan were called the melody kings (don't make me laugh too hard). Although their melodies were often stale and cheesy, their songs were easy to sing along with, light and easy music for
[arr] ARR presented a Chenda
http://www.keralakaumudi.com/news/021307M/13morn.jpg A.R.Rahman being presented a Chenda (traditional Kerala Drum) by Mattannur Shankarankutty, legendary exponent of the instrument, in Thiruvananthapuram.
[arr] When time came to a halt
http://www.mysorean.com/2007/02/12/when-time-came-to-a-halt/
Re:[arr]Rahmania Pune [Exclusive]
Congrats to TWS and all involved in the rahmania show to re-create arr live-in-concerts successfully, this time arr's presence being felt thro his songs performed by TWS. Good treat for puneites. My intution, ARR will rock in Marati Films too. Like global rhythms played alongwith arr in few shows, TWS will also join mr.ARR for such shows in future. Best Wishes for the same to be prepared ever as this may happen any moment. rgds shwetha Vinay Patil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Everybody, Congratulations and kudos to the entire team behind the Rahmania event. You guys put up a great show. I was there for the last of the three performaces and enjoyed it thoroughly. The Wandering Souls are a bunch of really talented guys and belted out great performances in whatever constraints and resources they had. Just wished that the show could go on for a longer time and more numbers could have been performed. Regards, Vinay Patil --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Amith Chandhran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Friends, All 3 shows of Rahmania are over. I was part of this for last one month. When I woke up this morning, I felt empty and purposeless. I can't believe that this one month ran away like one second. I just met Anmol Bhave but couldn't speak a single word. Its so strange to feel like this. Anyway friends, as Dinesh Uncle has mentioned before, we really rocked. For the show, we had personalised messages from some people who are associated with AR.. Please listen to them herehttp://rapidshare.com/files/16145334/Singers_Talk__Packgd_.rar .. http://rapidshare.com/files/16145334/Singers_Talk__Packgd_.rar Thanks to Gopal, Swapnil, Vijay, Arun, Vinod, and Prashant for helping and guiding me. Thanks to Shankar Mahadevan ji, Sadhana Sargam ji, Madhushree ji, Sowmya Rao ji, George Peter sir, Naresh Iyer and Blaaze. They gave us the inspiring audio messages only on a single request. It really helped to boost the confidence of the performers! Also thanks to the others whom we had contacted. Though we couldn't get their messages, they showed an interest in the concept and spoke so beautifully. Thanks again to Gopal and Prashant. And special thanks to A. R. Rahman sir! AR sir, we took care of your inspiring words, we retained the 'soul' of the music! :-) TWS people out there, lets plan about the next things!! God bless! :-) On 2/12/07, Dinesh Vaidya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When THE WANDERING SOULS invited our GURUji, A R Rahman, to attend the programmes in Pune, this is what he replied to us in his usual short and meaningful way... Good luck to the guys Hope they retain the SOUL of the music God Bless !. When the Group met on 8th evening to analyse the 7'th Feb programme as post-briefing meet, to chalk out the action plan for the 10'th Feb sold out programme in Pune, Rahman's words were weighing heavily on everybodys mind. We have to respect GURU's words and have to pull out all stops to make this event a memorable one. And we delivered WE DID IT ! WE DID IT !! WE DID IT !!! We gave a CRACKER of a performance on 10th in Pune We upheld RAHMAN's trust in us The Balgandharva Auditorium was packed to the capacity at 950PM, 10 minutes before schedule starting time. On dot 10PM, the curtains parted to the booming beat of the Ooruvan Ooruvan from Muthu as opening melody. After brief introduction of the RAHMANIA concept and paying homage to the late Naushad sahib and OP Naiyyar, the show started. We gave a small sample of RAHMAN's first composition which he had made at the young age of 7 years and the audience simply got bowled over as NOBODY knew this information. In the first half, we presented, Ghanana Ghanana Lagaan / Roja Janeman Roja Kahin Aag Lage Taal / O Humdum Suniyo re - Saathiya Chup ke se Saathiya / Dil se Dil se Aye Hairathe Guru / O Yuva Yuva Ae Ajnabi Dil se / Bombay theme Bombay Sufi Medley ( Mubaraka / Piya Haji ali / Kehna Hi kya / Satrangi re and many more ) That completed the first half. The sound system had held firm and group was already fired up enough. The audience had already demanded ONCE MORE for 5 songs so we were running short of time. In the second session, we presented following songs, Yun Hi Chala Chal Swades / Roo Ba Roo RDB Tu Hi Re Bombay / Rangeela Re Rangeela Hasti rahe tu Saathiya / Paathshala RDB Tere Bina Guru / Shakalaka Baby Bombay dreams And finally the audience favourite Patriotic Medley consisting of ( Bharat Hum ko Jaan se / Des Mere Meri Jaan hai tu / Aazadi / Yeh jo des hai tera / Maa Tujhe salaam ). It was a tough job to juggle the available time in this session also due to constant ONCE MORE requests. Finally we had to leave aside few of the best compositions including Vellai Pookkal. The
Re: [arr] Kissed On A R Rahman's Cheek!!!
cool! send the photos please On 2/13/07, jubin_oo7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My Dreamm Come True Hi Frnds,yesterday in Trivandrum thr was an award function in which A R Rahamn Sir attendedsince i hav no pass also i got into the show ,i saw him,i cheered for him,atlast i was able to go near to him,talked with him,shake his hands ,got an autograph,and kissed him on his cheek,and the police came and pulled me up.it was one of my memorable moment in my life,eventhough the police behave badly
Re:[arr]Are Rahman's songs too hard to sing - not new to anyone
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Shwetha Signs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This view of his songs being complexed is a very very old opinion well expressed immediately after the release of few of his films in entry level like roja, iruvar, gentleman, jeans, kadhalan, kadhal virus, en swasa katrae days which created waves among youngsters. By that time itself popular local light music orchestra-bands openly agreed in interviews as arr's songs are difficult to perform in their light music shows picking the better ones to play that does not need much technical support or complicated instrumental arrangements. If common man can spend 2 hours in theatres screening hollywood movies often... without much understanding actors' accented language but just to see their way of picturisation, they can also enjoy rahman's music absolutely. mr.Arr sees to that he satisfy all category pple by giving variety in a movie album, classical, folk, melody, rock, rap etc. what more one need. Experimental is his nature. Uncommon is his approach. So his sounds sound bit complicated. Otherwise he will be just one more MD in the list of music directors, so that it wont make pple to compare him with other MDs. If some pple could not digest his music criticise one or other way thro reviews to bring him down, for finding way to other MDs, then that spells his GRAND SUCCESS ! he dares to dream in different perspective of music. luck favours brave ! rgds shwetha avinash [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think Rahman is first MD in India, who truly given justice to the word called O.S.T (Original Sound track). In foreign films OST consist of BGMs and songs (songs from various artists) They use old or fresh songs from various artists in background,say title credits, or in situations like party, malls, in the car stereo etc. etc. Exactly what Rahman is doing is, songs which you can relate to the movie only. Most of the time he never think about the public, that they should hum or recreate the song. He give importance to evoke the situation and mood of films plot. Secondly Rahman is perfectionist and thoroughly professional. His music is confident and moving without any flaws. This is what makes common man his music indigestible. Most of people just love his beats and sound, but never analyze the song thoroughly. -Avinash --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Ajit ajit_mundra@ wrote: For now, I'm speaking about his Hindi output. When I listen to songs like Ay Hairathe, Tere Bina, Lukka Chuppi, Tu Bin Bataye, Yeh Rishta, Yeh Jo Desh, Saawariya, Pal Pal Bhari, Desh Ki Mitti, Naina Neer, Piya Ho, etc. etc. etc., there is no doubt in my mind that no other musical director in recent times has created as powerful and moving melodies as our Boss. Nevermind the arrangements, rhythm, sound, for which our Boss is already king and known for it. There is an evergreen stamp to many of his recent melodies. However, I don't hear the media or the general public raving about his sense of melody too often. And I think it's ignorant to say that Rahman should be known for his technical skills rather than his tune skills. Without a doubt, the man is a master tunesmith. I just don't see how people don't realize that when listening to the examples above. One reason why his melodies may not be as appreciated as they should is based on a comment that my parents made recently after listening to some of Rahman's songs. They like Rahman a lot and know how brilliant he is, etc. However, they keep mentioning how the songs of today in general compared to the evergreen years lack powerful yet simple melodies and moving lyrics. When I point to Rahman's songs, they agree that his songs are melodious, but the THEY ARE HARD TO SING. For them, that is the sticking point, that Rahman's songs are often too difficult to sing (unless one is a trained and talented singer) and one cannot hum them as easily. Seems like an overly simplistic point, but perhaps to the commaon man, it's true. While Rahman's songs are beautiful, full of melody, the melodic contours are often full of twists and turns and tinged with a classical bent, making them difficult for the average person to just listen with ease and to hum along. I think this makes a difference with popularity. Many of Rahman's most commercially successful numbers were ones that were not only catchy, but easy to hum along and sing with. Maybe this is the reason why Nadeem Shravan were called the melody kings (don't make me laugh too hard). Although their melodies were often stale and cheesy, their songs were easy to sing along with, light and easy music for the common man to digest. Not that Rahman has to ever stoop as low as NS, but perhaps there is a point here. One of the reasons why the song Tere Bina is so popular is perhaps that along with being beautiful and brilliant, the
Re:[arr]ARR Kairali Live 3A
thanks to mr.noohu who has done timely capture for fans who miss such experience. The clip 3A... liked it more for the music played by the orchestra presented on stage. extremely good music. but camera failed to focus on them. hope more to come. rgds shwetha - Original Message - From: Noohu To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 8:15 PM Subject: [arr] ARR Kairali Live 1B !C ARR Kairali Part 1B 1C Speech of KSJ ARR i will upload tmr. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHqpJHR4Ngc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnc7XQXmUwQ regards Noohu - Be a PS3 game guru. Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games.
[arr] Re: Carnatic Chills - 103 photos updated
Dear friends Thanks a lot today we got lot of hits ( more than 350 times from worldwide ) in our photo gallery... yet some people missed to view our photo gallery pleasae visit http://www.pyarilal.com/images/carnatic_chills/ http://www.pyarilal.com/images/carnatic_chills/ thank you with regards pyarilal Note : we are expecting comments from youadvanced thanks for your comments!!! --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, carnaticsangeetham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear friends... 103 photos updated- visit http://www.pyarilal.com/images/carnatic_chills/ http://www.pyarilal.com/images/carnatic_chills/ 10th Feb 2007, 6pm at Narada Gana Sabha Hall, Chennai, Tamailnadu,India Carnatic Chills - Ganesh Kumaresh's new age violin album The album released by A R Rahman and Vikku Vinayakram Carnatic Chills Music is not just an expression of a musician's thoughts or ideas, but is also a reflection of his or her own contemporary social life. These thoughts and ideas are presented through Ragam and Talam which are the greatest contributions of Indian music to the world of music. It is based on these aspects that the core idea of every concert is built. Thus is born Carnatic Chills another thematic production. Musicians, patrons, rasikas, the educators all live in a society where the whole world is become one beyond boundaries, one without languages but...English has become the language of the educated. It is but natural that music also changes lanes and gets into a mode of expression which can communicate to a newer breed of audiences of the world. Therefore the personal expressions of musicians if accepted by the music loving audiences also tend to change the style of performances. The link between tradition and modernity comes when the sampradaya of music reflects itself through the modern vision of each musician. In our society we generally see conflicting elements getting together almost like a confluence. lt is like wearing a jibba with jeans or having idli-vada-sambar and pizza-noodles on the same day or may be talking Tanglish or having the wedding reception even before the marriage is solemnized. It is also like using the electronic tampura with the traditional tampura on the same stage. Carnatic Chills concert by: GaneshKumaresh -Violins and Vocal Keith Peters -Bass Guitar Ravichandra -Flute Dhanashekar -Keyboard Arun Kumar -Drums and Percussion Mannargudi Easwaran -Mrudangam -thank you regards pyarilal
Re:[arr]The Wandering Souls enthralls Pune with RAHMANIA ! - Videos
all absorbed in the show. good effort. mr.sameer, thnx for the videos. what abt full version captured by any professional videographers arranged for the show wud be much helpful for fans here to enjoy the same who missed such moments. rgds shwetha Sameer Ketkar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQQqvbFRXp0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSTsFMDTdi0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0lH18P1-xA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5sxnlICjFk vdos of RAHMANA from my cell... njoy - Never Miss an Email Stay connected with Yahoo! Mail on your mobile. Get started!
Re:[arr]FRIENDS!!! GIVE A SPECIAL WELCOME TO KEYBOARD SATHYA
dear master sathya after seeing ur website i remember saw u in posters for a performance near five lights junction, few months back for this children's day or was it for new year ? all the best to achieve more in ur life like mr.arr. take only the positives from this group. rgds shwetha Keyboardsathya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Ashish anna, Thank you for your wishes. Hope i will live up to all my well wishers ewxpectation. Rgds Sathya - Original Message - From: Ashish Thakkar To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 11:37 PM Subject: Re: [arr] FRIENDS! GIVE A SPECIAL WELCOME TO KEYBOARD SATHYA Hi Sathya, Welcome to the groupyou are a great kidkeep it up. God bless you ! Best Regards ~ Ashish Thakkar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell : +91-9998944928 - From: durba bhattacharjee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [arr] FRIENDS! GIVE A SPECIAL WELCOME TO KEYBOARD SATHYA Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:45:56 - Hi Sathya dearie, welcome to the group. i guess you are the youngest member of this group. Did you write that wonderful letter all by yourself? Or Mama Papa helped? You are an amazing kid with special qualities. May you achieve everything you aspire in your life. Durba --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, suresh jayakumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Sathya, Welcome to the wonderful world of ARR fans !.. -Suresh --- N.Shankar Narayanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All!!! I think we all ought to give a special welcome to KeyBoard Sathya on his joining the group. I guess many of you are not aware that he is a Child prodigy - truly a God gifted Kid. Check out his website and you will know more. http://www.keyboardsathya.com/sathya.php Welcome Sathya and share with us your feelings on Rahman's creations. NShankar --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, T Krishnababu keyboardsathya@ wrote: Dear Valued Members, I just joined this proud grp. I am just 12 years old and perform stage shows. I was so happy that i was present in the function in which ARR sir released an album titled Carnatic Chills of Violin duo Sri Ganesh Kumaresh. It was a Full house at Narada Gana Sabha and i am sure is because ARR Sir was coming. As soon as he entered the hall was cheering him and he spoke few words but very impressive. One can not speak more than what he spoke praisng the violin duo. He gave so much of credits to theri talents. He also spoke in tamil and it was very nice of him, inspite of the fact that he is always touring. I have also passed 8th grade of Trinity College, London at my age of 10years and today my dream of taking a picture with ARR sir came true, tks to Pyarilal uncle owner of carnaticsangeetham.com Infact i sang along with 50 other children with ARR sir few years ago but this was my closest with him. If any one wants to see picture pls visit my website keyboardsathya.com and get to the link keyboardsathya's personal views Thank you one and all and it is a great day in my life having been with ARR sir and spent time speaking to him, taking photos and also autograph. Rgds K Sathyanarayanan __ ___ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com - Crave for a healthier lifestyle? Ask an expert - Need a quick answer? Get one in minutes from people who know. Ask your question on Yahoo! Answers.
[arr] AR Rahman - Kairali Award - Video
Part-2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyaK809zPH0 Part-3A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6GiDfQY7sE Part-3B( ARR Indroduction ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx0bdrWNILY Part- Yesudas Speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxnEXAlLnfc Final Part- AR Rahman Speech soon i will upload ( upload again due to some error ) http://www.youtube.com/noohu regards Noohu
[arr] Did u Notice?
Hey guys i was jus wondering whether u guys noticed the jazz bit which was on Guru's website in the movie.I haven't seen any of u talking abt it.. - Heres a new way to find what you're looking for - Yahoo! Answers
[arr] Re: The beauty of vellai pookal
hi aanand Vellai pookal is a song from mani ratnam's tamil movie kannathil muthamittal its sung by rahman himself according to me its the best song rahmanhas ever made! Pravinder --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Anand Ganesan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone tell me which movie this song is from? Tx Anand --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Pravinder Sheoran pravindersheoran@ wrote: hi karthik nice effort in the translation of the lyrics man its one of the graetest songs ever made Pravinder --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, karthik327 karthik327@ wrote: sunday morning i was listening to vellai pookal after some time and man, was it awesome. We might as well replace suprabhatam with vellai pookal and the morning effect is almost equivalent. Well...almost , because nothing compares to the voice of MS singing kausalya supraja...ok i'm digressing from the topic. I was counting the number of instruments used in the song. ARR is famous for using a lot of instruments in his songs, some which are barely audible to the human ears. But in this song, there are just 4 instruments, the main one is the guitar strumming throughout the song, the usual keyboard base effect, another instrument which i think is the guitar which comes in the beginning the interludes and the heavenly flute in the second interlude. These 4 instruments, arr's voice and vairamuthu's vaira varigal combine to create a mindblowing effectyou can envision the flowers blooming and the child waking in the morning...I put together the translation for this song and it's like a bharathiyar poem stanza 1 The white flowers blooming all over the world the morning dawns for peace the golden rays of the sun touching the ground the flowers waking from their sleep let the baby open it's eyes in the hands of the mother (i understand what 'thaayin kathakathappil' means but i'm not able to place an english word for it ) let the world dawn in the laughter of a child stanza 2 the gentle sound of the wind and the songs sung by the rain; can they bring the hapiness brought by silence ? the crores of keerthanas and the words strung together by poets; can convey the same meaning as one drop of tear ? (vellai pookal...) Stanza 3 where the little child stretches it's hand, there will be eternal hapiness where man stops all wars, there the white dove will sing (vellai pookal...)
Re: [arr] ARR Kairali Live 1B !
thanx for sharing On 2/12/07, Noohu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ARR Kairali Part 1B 1C Speech of KSJ ARR i will upload tmr. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHqpJHR4Ngc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnc7XQXmUwQ regards Noohu
[arr] WOHE music adapted in thirumagan trailer!
not a new story but another addition to the list of trailers that use WOHE music. link of the trailer is given below. u can hear WOHE music in between! http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/trailer/8534.html
[arr] ARR @ TVM - A first hand Report
Dear Fellow Group-Mates, First of all, apologies for the late report.. Feb 12, 2007 I had no idea which flight AR was coming in - all I had with me was an unconfirmed news that he was coming in the IA Flight reaching TVM at 11.10AM. I went to the aiport and was relieved to see a KAIRALI TV car parked there, with cameras ready at the airport's exit. The flight was delayed by around 20 minutes and reached only at 11:30am. Within 10-15 minutes, I could spot Yesudas inside the airport waiting to pick up his luggage. I could not spot ARR.. (I had also checked with the airport folks whether AR was coming in this flight - and they had said yes). So I was kinda worried when I could not spot him... Anyways, it took some time for them to come out of the airport coz of the cargo delay. Camera flashes started going off like mad, People started crowding all of a sudden, policemen seemed to come out of nowhere - ARR was on his way out with his Amma. He came down the aisle, was walking towards the car. I was wearing the group T-Shirt, which has his foto on it. He gave a nice stare onto it, smiled at me. I told him Hi AR Sir, welcome to Trivandrum. I am from the ARR group . He acknowledged and moved on to his car I went round and again landed in front of him and said, Sir, The group in TVM would like to have a meet with you if it is not going to cause ANY incovenience to you. AR : Hmmm... Do you have any number? (Damn me, I didnt have a pen, a paper or a visiting card @ that time) He understood my situation and said come to the hotel. Well, 1 thing i noticed here was, as soon as AR heard I am from the group, his response was fabulous. He kept on talking to me, even when the organisers kept the car door open and was requesting AR to get inside the car. [ Well.. after that, if anyone saw me driving to the hotel , they would have understood that even a Maruti 800 could complete in a F1 race. :-) ] .. En route. I called up the group friends at TVM who had contacted me (Srijith, Swapna, Praveen, Sarath Lal, Hakkeem and the Seven Bells band) and asked them to come to the hotel immd. I reached the hotel around 12.15pm, but AR hadnt arrived yet. (Later, got a confirmation that he had gone to the Bheemapally mosque directly from the airport to pray). AR reached after half an hour. We were waiting at the entrance of the hotel, He smiled at us and went inside the hotel with his Amma, accompanied by the Kairali crew. We decided to wait for however long it was going to take. After around 20 mins, the Kairali person came up and said You came to meet AR right? Pls come this way... There was no sign of ARR anywhere nearby, and the other flks had not reached yet, so we decided to wait on at the lobby. After around 5 minutes, one hotel staff came up and said Are you guys not going there? AR is waiting for you I got butterflies in my stomach when I heard that!! Can anyone imagine a person like ARR waiting at the lobby to meet his fans??? We rushed over.. and apologised for the miss. His face looked very tired. We were 5 of us, gathered around him and smiled. Nobody UTTERED a SINGLE WORD! :-) I said its a dream come true for all of us. He smiled. I said more people are on their way. they should be here any minute. AR : Oh! but I am tired.. needed to get some sleep since I have to wake up at 5pm, and go for the function.. (He was very tired, still he came down to meet us and was waiting for us. We all felt so bad making him wait).. We all said Sure sir, please go ahead. This is more than enuf for us. He said Thanks and got up to leave. He started walking off which is when we rememberd about taking fotos.:-) He gladly obliged for it (without a small trace of dissent on his face), I took around 4-5 snaps while others posed. And off he walked. ( The number of fotos in the hotel we took must be 2-3, since we didnt want him to wait. Yeah, we knew this was a great opportunity, but we didnt want to make the most of it by troubling ARR). Well... The more I see him in real, the more I am awed and amazed at his humility, and down to earth attitude. He is a celebrity who is not living in a fantasy world, and one knows what real life is all about. PS : Photos are uploaded at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ergusee There is technical problem in getting the videos (airport arrival video and Swaralaya function video)out of the handycam. So please bear with me for a day. I am trying to fix it. Cheers! ~Arun KB
[arr] Re: The beauty of vellai pookal
You are right Karthik, this is an awesome song. Your post inspired me so much that today in the morning even before the sunrise i heard it...and it was as divine as offering puja...thanks to you and Arvind for translating it so well Durba --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, karthik327 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sunday morning i was listening to vellai pookal after some time and man, was it awesome. We might as well replace suprabhatam with vellai pookal and the morning effect is almost equivalent. Well...almost , because nothing compares to the voice of MS singing kausalya supraja...ok i'm digressing from the topic. I was counting the number of instruments used in the song. ARR is famous for using a lot of instruments in his songs, some which are barely audible to the human ears. But in this song, there are just 4 instruments, the main one is the guitar strumming throughout the song, the usual keyboard base effect, another instrument which i think is the guitar which comes in the beginning the interludes and the heavenly flute in the second interlude. These 4 instruments, arr's voice and vairamuthu's vaira varigal combine to create a mindblowing effectyou can envision the flowers blooming and the child waking in the morning...I put together the translation for this song and it's like a bharathiyar poem stanza 1 The white flowers blooming all over the world the morning dawns for peace the golden rays of the sun touching the ground the flowers waking from their sleep let the baby open it's eyes in the hands of the mother (i understand what 'thaayin kathakathappil' means but i'm not able to place an english word for it ) let the world dawn in the laughter of a child stanza 2 the gentle sound of the wind and the songs sung by the rain; can they bring the hapiness brought by silence ? the crores of keerthanas and the words strung together by poets; can convey the same meaning as one drop of tear ? (vellai pookal...) Stanza 3 where the little child stretches it's hand, there will be eternal hapiness where man stops all wars, there the white dove will sing (vellai pookal...)
Re: [arr] ARR @ TVM - A first hand Report
wow! awesome dude.. and thanx for sharing the videos On 2/13/07, arunkbganesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Fellow Group-Mates, First of all, apologies for the late report.. Feb 12, 2007 I had no idea which flight AR was coming in - all I had with me was an unconfirmed news that he was coming in the IA Flight reaching TVM at 11.10AM. I went to the aiport and was relieved to see a KAIRALI TV car parked there, with cameras ready at the airport's exit. The flight was delayed by around 20 minutes and reached only at 11:30am. Within 10-15 minutes, I could spot Yesudas inside the airport waiting to pick up his luggage. I could not spot ARR.. (I had also checked with the airport folks whether AR was coming in this flight - and they had said yes). So I was kinda worried when I could not spot him... Anyways, it took some time for them to come out of the airport coz of the cargo delay. Camera flashes started going off like mad, People started crowding all of a sudden, policemen seemed to come out of nowhere - ARR was on his way out with his Amma. He came down the aisle, was walking towards the car. I was wearing the group T-Shirt, which has his foto on it. He gave a nice stare onto it, smiled at me. I told him Hi AR Sir, welcome to Trivandrum. I am from the ARR group . He acknowledged and moved on to his car I went round and again landed in front of him and said, Sir, The group in TVM would like to have a meet with you if it is not going to cause ANY incovenience to you. AR : Hmmm... Do you have any number? (Damn me, I didnt have a pen, a paper or a visiting card @ that time) He understood my situation and said come to the hotel. Well, 1 thing i noticed here was, as soon as AR heard I am from the group, his response was fabulous. He kept on talking to me, even when the organisers kept the car door open and was requesting AR to get inside the car. [ Well.. after that, if anyone saw me driving to the hotel , they would have understood that even a Maruti 800 could complete in a F1 race. :-) ] .. En route. I called up the group friends at TVM who had contacted me (Srijith, Swapna, Praveen, Sarath Lal, Hakkeem and the Seven Bells band) and asked them to come to the hotel immd. I reached the hotel around 12.15pm, but AR hadnt arrived yet. (Later, got a confirmation that he had gone to the Bheemapally mosque directly from the airport to pray). AR reached after half an hour. We were waiting at the entrance of the hotel, He smiled at us and went inside the hotel with his Amma, accompanied by the Kairali crew. We decided to wait for however long it was going to take. After around 20 mins, the Kairali person came up and said You came to meet AR right? Pls come this way... There was no sign of ARR anywhere nearby, and the other flks had not reached yet, so we decided to wait on at the lobby. After around 5 minutes, one hotel staff came up and said Are you guys not going there? AR is waiting for you I got butterflies in my stomach when I heard that!! Can anyone imagine a person like ARR waiting at the lobby to meet his fans??? We rushed over.. and apologised for the miss. His face looked very tired. We were 5 of us, gathered around him and smiled. Nobody UTTERED a SINGLE WORD! :-) I said its a dream come true for all of us. He smiled. I said more people are on their way. they should be here any minute. AR : Oh! but I am tired.. needed to get some sleep since I have to wake up at 5pm, and go for the function.. (He was very tired, still he came down to meet us and was waiting for us. We all felt so bad making him wait).. We all said Sure sir, please go ahead. This is more than enuf for us. He said Thanks and got up to leave. He started walking off which is when we rememberd about taking fotos.:-) He gladly obliged for it (without a small trace of dissent on his face), I took around 4-5 snaps while others posed. And off he walked. ( The number of fotos in the hotel we took must be 2-3, since we didnt want him to wait. Yeah, we knew this was a great opportunity, but we didnt want to make the most of it by troubling ARR). Well... The more I see him in real, the more I am awed and amazed at his humility, and down to earth attitude. He is a celebrity who is not living in a fantasy world, and one knows what real life is all about. PS : Photos are uploaded at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ergusee There is technical problem in getting the videos (airport arrival video and Swaralaya function video)out of the handycam. So please bear with me for a day. I am trying to fix it. Cheers! ~Arun KB
[arr] Re: ARR @ TVM - A first hand Report
Congratulationsyou must have had the most precious moments of your life time...thanks for the images...ARR is really looking very tired Durba --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, arunkbganesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Fellow Group-Mates, First of all, apologies for the late report.. Feb 12, 2007 I had no idea which flight AR was coming in - all I had with me was an unconfirmed news that he was coming in the IA Flight reaching TVM at 11.10AM. I went to the aiport and was relieved to see a KAIRALI TV car parked there, with cameras ready at the airport's exit. The flight was delayed by around 20 minutes and reached only at 11:30am. Within 10-15 minutes, I could spot Yesudas inside the airport waiting to pick up his luggage. I could not spot ARR.. (I had also checked with the airport folks whether AR was coming in this flight - and they had said yes). So I was kinda worried when I could not spot him... Anyways, it took some time for them to come out of the airport coz of the cargo delay. Camera flashes started going off like mad, People started crowding all of a sudden, policemen seemed to come out of nowhere - ARR was on his way out with his Amma. He came down the aisle, was walking towards the car. I was wearing the group T-Shirt, which has his foto on it. He gave a nice stare onto it, smiled at me. I told him Hi AR Sir, welcome to Trivandrum. I am from the ARR group . He acknowledged and moved on to his car I went round and again landed in front of him and said, Sir, The group in TVM would like to have a meet with you if it is not going to cause ANY incovenience to you. AR : Hmmm... Do you have any number? (Damn me, I didnt have a pen, a paper or a visiting card @ that time) He understood my situation and said come to the hotel. Well, 1 thing i noticed here was, as soon as AR heard I am from the group, his response was fabulous. He kept on talking to me, even when the organisers kept the car door open and was requesting AR to get inside the car. [ Well.. after that, if anyone saw me driving to the hotel , they would have understood that even a Maruti 800 could complete in a F1 race. :-) ] .. En route. I called up the group friends at TVM who had contacted me (Srijith, Swapna, Praveen, Sarath Lal, Hakkeem and the Seven Bells band) and asked them to come to the hotel immd. I reached the hotel around 12.15pm, but AR hadnt arrived yet. (Later, got a confirmation that he had gone to the Bheemapally mosque directly from the airport to pray). AR reached after half an hour. We were waiting at the entrance of the hotel, He smiled at us and went inside the hotel with his Amma, accompanied by the Kairali crew. We decided to wait for however long it was going to take. After around 20 mins, the Kairali person came up and said You came to meet AR right? Pls come this way... There was no sign of ARR anywhere nearby, and the other flks had not reached yet, so we decided to wait on at the lobby. After around 5 minutes, one hotel staff came up and said Are you guys not going there? AR is waiting for you I got butterflies in my stomach when I heard that!! Can anyone imagine a person like ARR waiting at the lobby to meet his fans??? We rushed over.. and apologised for the miss. His face looked very tired. We were 5 of us, gathered around him and smiled. Nobody UTTERED a SINGLE WORD! :-) I said its a dream come true for all of us. He smiled. I said more people are on their way. they should be here any minute. AR : Oh! but I am tired.. needed to get some sleep since I have to wake up at 5pm, and go for the function.. (He was very tired, still he came down to meet us and was waiting for us. We all felt so bad making him wait).. We all said Sure sir, please go ahead. This is more than enuf for us. He said Thanks and got up to leave. He started walking off which is when we rememberd about taking fotos.:-) He gladly obliged for it (without a small trace of dissent on his face), I took around 4-5 snaps while others posed. And off he walked. ( The number of fotos in the hotel we took must be 2-3, since we didnt want him to wait. Yeah, we knew this was a great opportunity, but we didnt want to make the most of it by troubling ARR). Well... The more I see him in real, the more I am awed and amazed at his humility, and down to earth attitude. He is a celebrity who is not living in a fantasy world, and one knows what real life is all about. PS : Photos are uploaded at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ergusee There is technical problem in getting the videos (airport arrival video and Swaralaya function video)out of the handycam. So please bear with me for a day. I am trying to fix it. Cheers! ~Arun KB
[arr] Re: ARR @ TVM - A first hand Report
Dear Music Guru's Fans Congratsoh you got a Great Moments with Music Guru. [http://farm1.static.flickr.com/142/389380465_f54cb57b99_m.jpg] http://www.flickr.com/photos/ergusee/389380465/ Yesudas presenting the award to ARR [http://farm1.static.flickr.com/155/389746950_182ecd66ac_m.jpg] http://www.flickr.com/photos/ergusee/389746950/ ARR at Leela kovalam - with Emil, Praveen Swapna [http://farm1.static.flickr.com/169/389379045_95f31b4add_m.jpg] http://www.flickr.com/photos/ergusee/389379045/ ARR with Emil Praveen - at Leela Kovalam with regards billgates3k --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, arunkbganesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Fellow Group-Mates, First of all, apologies for the late report.. Feb 12, 2007 I had no idea which flight AR was coming in - all I had with me was an unconfirmed news that he was coming in the IA Flight reaching TVM at 11.10AM. I went to the aiport and was relieved to see a KAIRALI TV car parked there, with cameras ready at the airport's exit. The flight was delayed by around 20 minutes and reached only at 11:30am. Within 10-15 minutes, I could spot Yesudas inside the airport waiting to pick up his luggage. I could not spot ARR.. (I had also checked with the airport folks whether AR was coming in this flight - and they had said yes). So I was kinda worried when I could not spot him... Anyways, it took some time for them to come out of the airport coz of the cargo delay. Camera flashes started going off like mad, People started crowding all of a sudden, policemen seemed to come out of nowhere - ARR was on his way out with his Amma. He came down the aisle, was walking towards the car. I was wearing the group T-Shirt, which has his foto on it. He gave a nice stare onto it, smiled at me. I told him Hi AR Sir, welcome to Trivandrum. I am from the ARR group . He acknowledged and moved on to his car I went round and again landed in front of him and said, Sir, The group in TVM would like to have a meet with you if it is not going to cause ANY incovenience to you. AR : Hmmm... Do you have any number? (Damn me, I didnt have a pen, a paper or a visiting card @ that time) He understood my situation and said come to the hotel. Well, 1 thing i noticed here was, as soon as AR heard I am from the group, his response was fabulous. He kept on talking to me, even when the organisers kept the car door open and was requesting AR to get inside the car. [ Well.. after that, if anyone saw me driving to the hotel , they would have understood that even a Maruti 800 could complete in a F1 race. :-) ] .. En route. I called up the group friends at TVM who had contacted me (Srijith, Swapna, Praveen, Sarath Lal, Hakkeem and the Seven Bells band) and asked them to come to the hotel immd. I reached the hotel around 12.15pm, but AR hadnt arrived yet. (Later, got a confirmation that he had gone to the Bheemapally mosque directly from the airport to pray). AR reached after half an hour. We were waiting at the entrance of the hotel, He smiled at us and went inside the hotel with his Amma, accompanied by the Kairali crew. We decided to wait for however long it was going to take. After around 20 mins, the Kairali person came up and said You came to meet AR right? Pls come this way... There was no sign of ARR anywhere nearby, and the other flks had not reached yet, so we decided to wait on at the lobby. After around 5 minutes, one hotel staff came up and said Are you guys not going there? AR is waiting for you I got butterflies in my stomach when I heard that!! Can anyone imagine a person like ARR waiting at the lobby to meet his fans??? We rushed over.. and apologised for the miss. His face looked very tired. We were 5 of us, gathered around him and smiled. Nobody UTTERED a SINGLE WORD! :-) I said its a dream come true for all of us. He smiled. I said more people are on their way. they should be here any minute. AR : Oh! but I am tired.. needed to get some sleep since I have to wake up at 5pm, and go for the function.. (He was very tired, still he came down to meet us and was waiting for us. We all felt so bad making him wait).. We all said Sure sir, please go ahead. This is more than enuf for us. He said Thanks and got up to leave. He started walking off which is when we rememberd about taking fotos.:-) He gladly obliged for it (without a small trace of dissent on his face), I took around 4-5 snaps while others posed. And off he walked. ( The number of fotos in the hotel we took must be 2-3, since we didnt want him to wait. Yeah, we knew this was a great opportunity, but we didnt want to make the most of it by troubling ARR). Well... The more I see him in real, the more I am awed and amazed at his humility, and down to earth attitude. He is a celebrity who is not living in a fantasy world, and one knows what real life is all about. PS : Photos are uploaded at
[arr] Music Guru A R Rahman's Studio - photos
Dear Friends... One more interesting story with photos http://www.studio440.com/projects_rahman.htm http://www.studio440.com/projects_rahman.htm Perched above the urban chaos of India's entertainment capital, the studio of this noted film music composer is a tranquil oasis. The two main rooms in the straightforward plan dovetail together in a complex section. Each is equipped with a console that sits atop raised platforms concealing cable troughs. A stepped window in the Control Room front wall offers clear sight lines to a screen in the adjacent Mix Stage/Tracking Room. Designed with its own projection system and motorized blackout window shades, the Control Room can function independently of the stage. Mobile racks facilitate sharing of equipment. Visible from the Control Room, iso booths lining one side of the stage have windows with views looking out over the city. Just as the client's music is a transcendent fusion of past and present, skillful design blends traditional materials with modern technology. Subdued lighting accents the intricate patterns, sumptuous textures, and rich colors of fabric and wood finishes. The scalloped profile of custom ceiling panels used to diffuse sound recall the draped ceilings of nomadic tents. --- Panchathan Record Inn is music director A. R. Rahman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._R._Rahman 's studio at Chennai http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai , India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India . This is said to be one of the best in the whole of Asia and houses equipment like the Euphonix System 5 Audio Mixing system. The studio has been designed by Studio 440 and the state of the art equipments are from Daxco Digital. His team includes Sound Engineers, H.Sridhar, S.Sivakumar Aditya Modi, His manager Noell James, and Co-Ordinator Samidurai. - ARR inside studioOld photos... http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~kailasan/album/inside/i%20n%20s%20i%20d%20e%20pa\ nchathan_record_.htm http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~kailasan/album/inside/i%20n%20s%20i%20d%20e%20p\ anchathan_record_.htm with regards Billgates 3k
Re: [arr] Guru [Tamil] Audio released in Malaysia....
Thanks a lot 4 the info man. Dinesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: for malaysians...the audio is out in Malaysia...i bought mine in Alai Osai, Brickfields. its released by Sony BMG its the Indian's CD version guess there was no takers in Malaysia for Guru tamil audio... anywayz... its priced at RM 20.00 worth the cash.. :) - Any questions? Get answers on any topic at Yahoo! Answers. Try it now.
