Re: [arr] ARR 's Theme Music

[Cyril Thomas]

The Ratchagan movie theme and the intro part of Oruvan Oruvan Muthalali(Muthu)

Regards
Cyril Thomas Varghese
www.ceegraphics.com
www.cyrilthomasvarghese.blogspot.com


--- On Tue, 26/8/08, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

From: Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [arr] ARR 's Theme Music
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, 26 August, 2008, 9:54 AM








Dear All, 
 
As suggested by Siraj, in an attempt to start some interesting topic, I would 
like to share and would want to know from all, the following. ( Thanks for 
responding to my earlier mail on the Last song that you would like to hear ) 
 
Q :- List three of ARR 's best theme Music, which u are feel are very dear to 
your heart ? 
 
Mine would be 
 
1. Kisna Theme 
2. Bombay Theme 
3. Thiruda Thiruda Theme 
 
 
( Only three Pls . Lets try to break our heads and hearts on narrowing the 
choices ) . I think this will also facilitate a collection of all his theme 
music bits. ( the names) 
 
Thanks 

-- 
regards,
Vithur

ARR -- The Sweet Cube always
 














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Re: [arr] Re: Slumdog millionaire & MIA

[Thulasi Ram]

nice.

ARR rules.. i love ARRs affliation with new talents like this

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 3:10 PM, shahul hameed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>   I just couldnt believe this.. Rahman collaborating with MIA.. I came
> across her videos just last week thro one of my friend who was her orkut
> friend.. And I was thinking if she was used by Rahman in tamil it will be
> great, as she is really interesting and I believe who has got immense
> talents.. I was thinking posting about her to the group so that somebody
> might let Rahman know of her.. Its a pleasant surprise to hear Rahman
> already colloborating with her..
>
> Here are few vids of M.I.A..
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgVh9Dyiv_U
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmtA_aQbSl8
>
>
>  
>

Re: [arr] Re: Santoor Player Seenu Talks about ARR

[Madhavan Rajan]

Awesome information...We need more and more info like these that bring the
nuances and the magics of ARR in each of his song. I'm sure there will be
many instrumentalists in our group who had played for ARR.  Wish they share
some good info like these...

Thanks Vithur for  posting this...

Cheers,
Madhavan.R
Love, Music, Peace,...and A.R.Rahman for Life.

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 11:16 PM, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>   Thanks Vijay Ananth... I dont know the names, and I couldnt figure it
> out, even though I tried hearing it so many times..
>
> Thanks
>
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:24 AM, S.VijaiAnanth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
>>   Good write up, Vithur...Just some corrections on the name of the
>> instruments: It should be
>>
>> Rubab
>> Saz
>> Oud
>> Bouzouki
>>
>> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com ,
>> Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >
>> > Santoor Seenu talks on Rahmania
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Happy Chennai Day to all
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Q :- You have been playing 25 Instruments. How did u develop the
>> > earnestness and how did u start playing ?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > SS :- Its God's Gift. The second Plus point is Mr. A.R. Rahman.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Q :- Did u meet Rahman after he became a Music Director or you knew him
>> > before that even ?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > SS :- Before, he became a Music Director, and when he was working
>> with other
>> > Tamil Films, we were associated with him. He has taught us a lot of new
>> > things. Santoor is usually played in tune with Raagas. He specially
>> taught
>> > us about Chord Progression and scale changes. I learnt Western, while he
>> > used to play the keyboard, and used to do the backing. During recording
>> > times, even some of our notes, he used to play it in his keyboard.
>> Some bits
>> > used to be tough, even for us and for him too. The difference is he
>> has ten
>> > fingers and can easily play them , while we have two sticks to play the
>> > santoor, and find it tough. With these sticks, we can play it in 2.5
>> octave
>> > and 3.5 octave. But higher octaves would be little difficult. The
>> duration
>> > time is also very minimal for us. A recording has to be finished
>> within 6
>> > hrs. He teaches us a lot during recording sessions. I started developing
>> > interest, when he did the chord backing and progression etc, to make
>> us feel
>> > comfortable while working. He became a good friend, because of these
>> > associations.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > He called me for Roja. For the song, " Chinna Chinna aasai". We have
>> to play
>> > santoor for the song. But it shouldn't sound like santoor. Instead of
>> > playing with the stick, he suggested we play with the ten fingers in the
>> > song. In the second BGM of that song, in the left hand, the chord
>> > progressions would be going on, and in the right hand, the melody
>> would be
>> > continuing. That is the first time in my life, that I played the santoor
>> > with my ten fingers leaving alone the stick. The speciality is the
>> usage of
>> > Harp in the beginning of the song. Mandolin is used in the song
>> beginning
>> > itself. I had played all the three instruments in the song ( viz. Harp,
>> > Mandolin, Santoor ) . The song became a super duper hit.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Q :- Where have u used the Mandolin Instrument ?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > SS :- Super Star Rajni Sir 's song " Oh ho Kick Yerudheee (
>> PADAIYAPPA )".
>> > The song was prepared primarily for Mandolin, and he asked me to
>> prepare the
>> > same and get it. During Recording, he usually would ask to get about
>> 10 to
>> > 15 instruments. But he told me to get one mandolin for this. I
>> understood
>> > that there is something special about this song, as he wanted just one
>> > mandolin to be brought for the song. I understood that there is
>> going to be
>> > something difficult in the song, else he wont tell particularly
>> about the
>> > Mandolin Instrument. Even many Mandolin players had told me, that it's a
>> > difficult bit to be played. Many people have tried playing it in
>> concerts
>> > and had suffered playing it. Many had rang me up and asked me " How
>> did you
>> > manage playing it ?" I like the song very much, as we strained a lot in
>> > playing the same.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > For the film " Sangamam:, our Master MSV Sir was involved. We are
>> all from
>> > his school of music. He has lot of love in me, and he was on the
>> recording
>> > session for that film. Hariharan sir sang the initial bit and went off.
>> > Rahman sir brought 40 rhythms and mixed it. He told me to get all the
>> > instruments that I possessed for this song. When I started from my home,
>> > with all the Instruments, the neighbours asked me If I was leaving
>> my home
>> > for another house ??.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I brought all the instruments in five auto rickshaws..I replied to them
>> > saying, " No No. Rahman sir had called for a recording. He had
>> instructed me
>> > t get all the insruments, for trying something new".
>>

Re: [arr] Re: Duniya Dilwalon Ki - one best ARR Cover arts

[r arvind]

very true

Picture on the album Art Fascinated me,the quality & Colours are Mind blowing 
specially for an album released in 1997,when Digital & Screen Printing was NOT 
big.


--- On Tue, 8/26/08, arr_raghu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: arr_raghu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [arr] Re: Duniya Dilwalon Ki - one best ARR Cover arts
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 7:14 AM











Alas..right after ARR sung Musthafa Musthafa 

cometh Onnchi hai building read by AnuMalik.

-R



--- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, r arvind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>

> i know we have good covers in:

> 

> Meenaxi

> Rang De Basanti

> Jodha Akbar

> Swades

> Roja (First CD by Maganasound)

> 

> Duniya Dilwalon Ki Back Single Disc Rare edition from Venus is Amzing !!

> 

> Uploaded a cover scan from my CD: http://maxupload. com/img/4F9B4320 .jpg

> 

> Loved the cover scan SO much i bought 3 extra CDS

>




  




 

















  

Re: [arr] JTYJN songs DVD

[r arvind]

DVD is expected to be Released by T-Series like TZP,in November



--- On Tue, 8/26/08, Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [arr] JTYJN songs DVD
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 10:01 AM











It's not. 



--- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Prasad Varma <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ..> 
wrote:

>

> Anyone knows if it is in 5.1?

> 

> 

> 

> - Original Message 

> From: Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ..>

> To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com

> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 9:11:16 AM

> Subject: [arr] JTYJN songs DVD

> 

> 

> http://www.musicyog i.com/asp/ musicDetails. asp?albId= ALB7759

>




  




 

















  

Re: [arr] Re: Jodhaa Akbar 3-disc DVD

[r arvind]

had decent expericence buying from them... one order had problems... CDS came 
Cracked . lost some money


--- On Tue, 8/26/08, Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [arr] Re: Jodhaa Akbar 3-disc DVD
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 10:01 AM











I do and it's safe to buy from them.



--- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, "indmovbuff"  wrote:

>

> Does anyone here have any past experience in buying from this site? 

> 

> --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Gopal Srinivasan  

> wrote:

> >

> > http://www.induna. com/103710- productdetails/

> >

>




  




 

















  

Re: [arr] NO healthy, constructive & meaningful posts on ARR's music anymore here... [SAD]

[Thulasi Ram]

i wud appreciate all those pin pointing these stuff to come with up
interesting stuff; rather than keeping on stressing the point that group is
not as it was previously/initially. no one restricts anyone to share
anything related to ARR... no offense meant.. peace

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 9:07 PM, JOHN JEEVINTH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

>   Siraj u do have a point buddy.. it is true dat the quality of
> discussion happening here has come down..the uniqueness of this group
> is not there anymore...When I joined this group abt 3-4years back I
> got to know lot of things abt ARR which i never knew...and the kind of
> reviews and discussion which took place here really kept me glued to
> my mail box...but dat does not happen any more...this was how de Orkut
> community with Siraj is referring to lost its charm
> The things which made me visit this group 10-15times a day is now lost
> I know i will be reading a Google news on ARR here with full
> description...
>
> Vithur this is nothing against u ... I really appreciate this man he
> spends most of the time researching on ARR
>
> I would like to have the group to be back the way it was ...
> Lets not make it as place were we get news abt ARR from various
> sources but a place were every single fan comes out and discusses
> about The Music,The Magic and The Man...
>
> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com , Arun
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Friends,
> > Yes its true we are not disscuss much more of ARR, Please stop
> posting news
> > like NON-ARR or SEMI ARR, lot of things are there friends in music,
> in each and
> > every song of ARR, Friends we want to sure this Groups want to
> disscuss purely ARR.
> > ur's
> > Arun.S
> >
> >
> >
> > - Original Message 
> > From: Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com 
> > Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 9:29:55
> > Subject: Re: [arr] NO healthy, constructive & meaningful posts on
> ARR's music anymore here... [SAD]
> >
> >
> > Thanks Siraj. Lets make our posts interesting. .cheers
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 3:12 AM, Siraj K <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote:
> >
> > My dear friends,
> > Â
> > Thanks all for considering my email positively (because I didn't get
> any bashing from anybody so far).
> > Â
> > But I noticed onething. Everybody is pointing to Vithur only. Why? I
> never meant his posts; I meant in general.  Sorry, Vithur (don't
> misunderstand me). And few said they're with Vithur; I'm also with
> Vithur (since I posted this, does it mean that I'm against Vithur?).
> > Â
> > As somebody stated, though we've google alerts & RSS Feeds facility,
> it is easy to get all info here in one place (being posted by Vithur
> and others). But I think this is not the place for that purpose.
> > Â
> > If somebody wants to know about other stuffs (like Marmayogi, Robot,
> Maniratnam, what Aishwarya & Abhishek are doing, etc...), let them go
> and find it from other places. Its not a place to read about the
> progress of those movies. We already knew ARR is assoicated with these
> movies because of which we don't have to know the progress of the
> movie too; we don't want to know who is the producer, what is
> his budget, where and when the shooting is getting started? I'm sure
> even ARR is not interested about all these Qs. Then why should we
> bother? If ARR is doing some research on music for those movies, those
> articles can be posted here. If ARR is doing some research on 6th
> century music to compose for Marmayogi, we can discuss here "what
> could it be? how it could sound? etc..."
> > Â
> > Be frank my friends... We know that there are definitely VERY LESS
> about ARR in the recent posts than NON-ARR stuffs (may be 1 or 2 lines
> about ARR).
> > Â
> > Sorry for the comparison here...
> > Â
> > Just visit "Ilayaraja - Orkut community" once; you'll understand
> what the community is meant for. They're discussing lot about IR's
> music and specialities, nook and corner of his music. And visit "Kamal
> Hasan's Orkt Community", they discuss a lot about Kamal (leave some
> exceptional posts apart) and his movies (for instance, they're
> discussing about Dasavatharam right from the movie release and
> revealing lot of info everyday). They look really logical and
> interesting to know about Kamal & his talent.
> > Â
> > In the same way, we've to discuss about ARR, his music and his
> talent and small small stuffs he hides in his music. So that
> other fans who have less knowledge on music (like me) will come to
> know the talent of ARR.
> > Â
> > Just posting "whether the movie shooting is started or not" neither
> helps in understanding ARR's music nor his talent.
> > Â
> > Hey Bergin, you do remember those days (I miss those
> days yaar)...!!! I don't want to create an argument among our friends
> (Rahmaniacs) . What I want is 'reasonable analysis' and 'worthy contents'.
> > Â
> > Thanks for not bashing me.
> > Â
> > Cheers,
> > Siraj
> >
> > Â
> > O

Re: [arr] ARR 's Theme Music

[Thulasi Ram]

tough question Vithur.. bombay theme is undoubtedly the best.. all the three
tunes are examples of creativity at its best

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 9:24 PM, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>   Dear All,
>
> As suggested by Siraj, in an attempt to start some interesting topic, I
> would like to share and would want to know from all, the following. ( Thanks
> for responding to my earlier mail on the Last song that you would like to
> hear )
>
> Q :- List three of ARR 's best theme Music, which u are feel are very dear
> to your heart ?
>
> Mine would be
>
> 1. Kisna Theme
> 2. Bombay Theme
> 3. Thiruda Thiruda Theme
>
>
> ( Only three Pls . Lets try to break our heads and hearts on narrowing the
> choices ) . I think this will also facilitate a collection of all his theme
> music bits. ( the names)
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> regards,
> Vithur
>
> ARR -- The Sweet Cube always
>  
>

Re: [arr] Re: Jodhaa Akbar 3-disc DVD

[Anil Nair]

People out here in the US can buy this from

http://store.nehaflix.com/index.html
-A
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

>   I do and it's safe to buy from them.
>
> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com ,
> "indmovbuff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone here have any past experience in buying from this site?
> >
> > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com ,
> Gopal Srinivasan 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > http://www.induna.com/103710-productdetails/
> > >
> >
>
> 
>



-- 
-A
http://viewsnmuse.blogspot.com

[arr] Re: Jodhaa Akbar 3-disc DVD

[Gopal Srinivasan]

I do and it's safe to buy from them.

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "indmovbuff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Does anyone here have any past experience in buying from this site? 
> 
> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gopal Srinivasan  
> wrote:
> >
> > http://www.induna.com/103710-productdetails/
> >
>

Re: [arr] JTYJN songs DVD

[Gopal Srinivasan]

It's not. 

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Prasad Varma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Anyone knows if it is in 5.1?
> 
> 
> 
> - Original Message 
> From: Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 9:11:16 AM
> Subject: [arr] JTYJN songs DVD
> 
> 
> http://www.musicyog i.com/asp/ musicDetails. asp?albId= ALB7759
>

[arr] ARR 's Theme Music

[Vithur]

Dear All,

As suggested by Siraj, in an attempt to start some interesting topic, I
would like to share and would want to know from all, the following. ( Thanks
for responding to my earlier mail on the Last song that you would like to
hear )

Q :- List three of ARR 's best theme Music, which u are feel are very dear
to your heart ?

Mine would be

1. Kisna Theme
2. Bombay Theme
3. Thiruda Thiruda Theme


( Only three Pls . Lets try to break our heads and hearts on narrowing the
choices ) . I think this will also facilitate a collection of all his theme
music bits. ( the names)

Thanks

-- 
regards,
Vithur

ARR -- The Sweet Cube always

Re: [arr] Re: Santoor Player Seenu Talks about ARR

[Vithur]

Thanks Vijay Ananth... I dont know the names, and I couldnt figure it out,
even though I tried hearing it so many times..

Thanks

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:24 AM, S.VijaiAnanth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

>   Good write up, Vithur...Just some corrections on the name of the
> instruments: It should be
>
> Rubab
> Saz
> Oud
> Bouzouki
>
> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com ,
> Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Santoor Seenu talks on Rahmania
> >
> >
> >
> > Happy Chennai Day to all
> >
> >
> >
> > Q :- You have been playing 25 Instruments. How did u develop the
> > earnestness and how did u start playing ?
> >
> >
> >
> > SS :- Its God's Gift. The second Plus point is Mr. A.R. Rahman.
> >
> >
> >
> > Q :- Did u meet Rahman after he became a Music Director or you knew him
> > before that even ?
> >
> >
> >
> > SS :- Before, he became a Music Director, and when he was working
> with other
> > Tamil Films, we were associated with him. He has taught us a lot of new
> > things. Santoor is usually played in tune with Raagas. He specially
> taught
> > us about Chord Progression and scale changes. I learnt Western, while he
> > used to play the keyboard, and used to do the backing. During recording
> > times, even some of our notes, he used to play it in his keyboard.
> Some bits
> > used to be tough, even for us and for him too. The difference is he
> has ten
> > fingers and can easily play them , while we have two sticks to play the
> > santoor, and find it tough. With these sticks, we can play it in 2.5
> octave
> > and 3.5 octave. But higher octaves would be little difficult. The
> duration
> > time is also very minimal for us. A recording has to be finished
> within 6
> > hrs. He teaches us a lot during recording sessions. I started developing
> > interest, when he did the chord backing and progression etc, to make
> us feel
> > comfortable while working. He became a good friend, because of these
> > associations.
> >
> >
> >
> > He called me for Roja. For the song, " Chinna Chinna aasai". We have
> to play
> > santoor for the song. But it shouldn't sound like santoor. Instead of
> > playing with the stick, he suggested we play with the ten fingers in the
> > song. In the second BGM of that song, in the left hand, the chord
> > progressions would be going on, and in the right hand, the melody
> would be
> > continuing. That is the first time in my life, that I played the santoor
> > with my ten fingers leaving alone the stick. The speciality is the
> usage of
> > Harp in the beginning of the song. Mandolin is used in the song
> beginning
> > itself. I had played all the three instruments in the song ( viz. Harp,
> > Mandolin, Santoor ) . The song became a super duper hit.
> >
> >
> >
> > Q :- Where have u used the Mandolin Instrument ?
> >
> >
> >
> > SS :- Super Star Rajni Sir 's song " Oh ho Kick Yerudheee (
> PADAIYAPPA )".
> > The song was prepared primarily for Mandolin, and he asked me to
> prepare the
> > same and get it. During Recording, he usually would ask to get about
> 10 to
> > 15 instruments. But he told me to get one mandolin for this. I
> understood
> > that there is something special about this song, as he wanted just one
> > mandolin to be brought for the song. I understood that there is
> going to be
> > something difficult in the song, else he wont tell particularly
> about the
> > Mandolin Instrument. Even many Mandolin players had told me, that it's a
> > difficult bit to be played. Many people have tried playing it in
> concerts
> > and had suffered playing it. Many had rang me up and asked me " How
> did you
> > manage playing it ?" I like the song very much, as we strained a lot in
> > playing the same.
> >
> >
> >
> > For the film " Sangamam:, our Master MSV Sir was involved. We are
> all from
> > his school of music. He has lot of love in me, and he was on the
> recording
> > session for that film. Hariharan sir sang the initial bit and went off.
> > Rahman sir brought 40 rhythms and mixed it. He told me to get all the
> > instruments that I possessed for this song. When I started from my home,
> > with all the Instruments, the neighbours asked me If I was leaving
> my home
> > for another house ??.
> >
> >
> >
> > I brought all the instruments in five auto rickshaws..I replied to them
> > saying, " No No. Rahman sir had called for a recording. He had
> instructed me
> > t get all the insruments, for trying something new".
> >
> >
> >
> > 1. Rubob
> > 2. Sauce
> > 3. Mandolin
> > 4. Utilin
> > 5. Basukin
> >
> >
> >
> > We had mixed all the six instruments into the rhythms to make it
> perfect,
> > and the outcome was brilliant.
> >
> >
> >
> > I loved playing the Guitar Style in Nenje Nenje from ratchagan. This
> I loved
> > the most. Actually, in guitar style comes in the sarodh style. There
> is a
> > separate style for Guitar and a separate style for Guitar. One who
> can play
> > both the instruments can do it. He told me to get both the
> instruments. In
> > the second

[arr] Re: Santoor Player Seenu Talks about ARR

[S.VijaiAnanth]

Good write up, Vithur...Just some corrections on the name of the
instruments: It should be

Rubab
Saz
Oud
Bouzouki


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Santoor Seenu talks on Rahmania
> 
> 
> 
> Happy Chennai  Day to all
> 
> 
> 
> Q :-  You have been playing 25 Instruments. How did u develop the
> earnestness and how did u start playing ?
> 
> 
> 
> SS :- Its God's Gift. The second Plus point is Mr. A.R. Rahman.
> 
> 
> 
> Q :- Did u meet Rahman after he became a Music Director or you knew him
> before that even ?
> 
> 
> 
> SS :- Before, he became a Music Director, and when he was working
with other
> Tamil Films, we were associated with him. He has taught us a lot of new
> things. Santoor is usually played in tune with Raagas. He specially
taught
> us about Chord Progression and scale changes. I learnt Western, while he
> used to play the keyboard, and used to do the backing. During recording
> times, even some of our notes, he used to play it in his keyboard.
Some bits
> used to be tough, even for us and for him too. The difference is he
has ten
> fingers and can easily play them , while we have two sticks to play the
> santoor, and find it tough. With these sticks, we can play it in 2.5
octave
> and 3.5 octave. But higher octaves would be little difficult. The
duration
> time is also very minimal for us. A recording has to be finished
within 6
> hrs. He teaches us a lot during recording sessions. I started developing
> interest, when he did the chord backing and progression etc, to make
us feel
> comfortable while working. He became a good friend, because of these
> associations.
> 
> 
> 
> He called me for Roja. For the song, " Chinna Chinna aasai". We have
to play
> santoor for the  song. But it shouldn't sound like santoor. Instead of
> playing with the stick, he suggested we play with the ten fingers in the
> song. In the second BGM of that song, in the left hand, the chord
> progressions would be going on, and in the right hand, the melody
would be
> continuing. That is the first time in my life, that I played the santoor
> with my ten fingers leaving alone the stick. The speciality is the
usage of
> Harp in the beginning of the song. Mandolin is used in the song
beginning
> itself. I had played all the three instruments in the song ( viz. Harp,
> Mandolin, Santoor ) . The song became a super duper hit.
> 
> 
> 
> Q :- Where have u used the Mandolin Instrument ?
> 
> 
> 
> SS :- Super Star Rajni Sir 's song " Oh ho Kick Yerudheee (
PADAIYAPPA )".
> The song was prepared primarily for Mandolin, and he asked me to
prepare the
> same and get it. During Recording, he usually would ask to get about
10 to
> 15 instruments. But he told me to get one mandolin for this. I
understood
> that there is something special about this song, as he wanted just one
> mandolin to be brought for the song. I understood that there is
going to be
> something difficult in the song, else he wont tell particularly
about the
> Mandolin Instrument. Even many Mandolin players had told me, that it's a
> difficult bit to be played. Many people have tried playing it in
concerts
> and had suffered playing it. Many had rang me up and asked me " How
did you
> manage playing it ?" I like the song very much, as we strained a lot in
> playing the same.
> 
> 
> 
> For the film " Sangamam:, our Master MSV Sir was involved. We are
all from
> his school of music. He has lot of love in me, and he was on the
recording
> session for that film. Hariharan sir sang the initial bit and went off.
> Rahman sir brought 40 rhythms and mixed it. He told me to get all the
> instruments that I possessed for this song. When I started from my home,
> with all the  Instruments, the neighbours asked me If I was leaving
my home
> for another house ??.
> 
> 
> 
> I brought all the instruments in five auto rickshaws..I replied to them
> saying, " No No. Rahman sir had called for a recording. He had
instructed me
> t get all the insruments, for trying something new".
> 
> 
> 
>1. Rubob
>2. Sauce
>3. Mandolin
>4. Utilin
>5. Basukin
> 
> 
> 
> We had mixed all the six instruments into the rhythms to make it
perfect,
> and the outcome was brilliant.
> 
> 
> 
> I loved playing the Guitar Style in Nenje Nenje from ratchagan. This
I loved
> the most. Actually, in guitar style comes in the sarodh style. There
is a
> separate style for Guitar and a separate style for Guitar. One who
can play
> both the instruments can do it. He told me to get both the
instruments. In
> the second BGM of that song, in that classical guitar portion, he
wanted a
> melody and on top of it, use the sarod style. That sarod bit was a very
> difficult bit. He didn't leave me till the last. Somehow he wanted me to
> finish it. I told him, that the range of the song was going very
high, and
> it would be very tough. The fingering would be very tough. We can
play the
> instrument maximum in two fingers only.
> 
> 
> 
> He told me " If yo

Re: [arr] NO healthy, constructive & meaningful posts on ARR's music anymore here... [SAD]

[JOHN JEEVINTH]

Siraj  u do have a point buddy.. it is true dat the quality of
discussion happening here has come down..the uniqueness of this group
is not there anymore...When I joined this group abt 3-4years back I
got to know lot of things abt ARR which i never knew...and the kind of
reviews and discussion which took place here really kept me glued to
my mail box...but dat does not happen any more...this was how de Orkut
community with Siraj is referring to lost its charm
The things which made me visit this group 10-15times a day is now lost
I know i will be reading a Google news on ARR here with full
description...

Vithur this is nothing against u ... I really appreciate this man he
spends most of the time researching on ARR

I would like to have the group to be back the way it was ... 
Lets not make it as place were we get news abt ARR from various
sources but a place were every single  fan comes out and discusses
about The Music,The Magic and The Man...


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Arun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Dear Friends,
> Yes its true we are not disscuss much more of ARR, Please stop
posting news
> like NON-ARR or SEMI ARR, lot of things are there friends in music,
in each and
> every song of ARR, Friends we want to sure this Groups want to
disscuss purely ARR.
> ur's
> Arun.S
> 
> 
> 
> - Original Message 
> From: Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 9:29:55
> Subject: Re: [arr] NO healthy, constructive & meaningful posts on
ARR's music anymore here... [SAD]
> 
> 
> Thanks Siraj. Lets make our posts interesting. .cheers
> 
> 
> On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 3:12 AM, Siraj K <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote:
> 
> My dear friends,
>  
> Thanks all for considering my email positively (because I didn't get
any bashing from anybody so far).
>  
> But I noticed onething. Everybody is pointing to Vithur only. Why? I
never meant his posts; I meant in general.  Sorry, Vithur (don't
misunderstand me). And few said they're with Vithur; I'm also with
Vithur (since I posted this, does it mean that I'm against Vithur?).
>  
> As somebody stated, though we've google alerts & RSS Feeds facility,
it is easy to get all info here in one place (being posted by Vithur
and others). But I think this is not the place for that purpose.
>  
> If somebody wants to know about other stuffs (like Marmayogi, Robot,
Maniratnam, what Aishwarya & Abhishek are doing, etc...), let them go
and find it from other places. Its not a place to read about the
progress of those movies. We already knew ARR is assoicated with these
movies because of which we don't have to know the progress of the
movie too; we don't want to know who is the producer, what is
his budget, where and when the shooting is getting started? I'm sure
even ARR is not interested about all these Qs. Then why should we
bother? If ARR is doing some research on music for those movies, those
articles can be posted here. If ARR is doing some research on 6th
century music to compose for Marmayogi, we can discuss here "what
could it be? how it could sound? etc..."
>  
> Be frank my friends... We know that there are definitely VERY LESS
about ARR in the recent posts than NON-ARR stuffs (may be 1 or 2 lines
about ARR).
>  
> Sorry for the comparison here...
>  
> Just visit "Ilayaraja - Orkut community" once; you'll understand
what the community is meant for. They're discussing lot about IR's
music and specialities, nook and corner of his music. And visit "Kamal
Hasan's Orkt Community", they discuss a lot about Kamal (leave some
exceptional posts apart) and his movies (for instance, they're
discussing about Dasavatharam right from the movie release and
revealing lot of info everyday). They look really logical and
interesting to know about Kamal & his talent.
>  
> In the same way, we've to discuss about ARR, his music and his
talent and small small stuffs he hides in his music. So that
other fans who have less knowledge on music (like me) will come to
know the talent of ARR.
>  
> Just posting "whether the movie shooting is started or not" neither
helps in understanding ARR's music nor his talent.
>  
> Hey Bergin, you do remember those days (I miss those
days yaar)...!!! I don't want to create an argument among our friends
(Rahmaniacs) . What I want is 'reasonable analysis' and 'worthy contents'.
>  
> Thanks for not bashing me.
>  
> Cheers,
> Siraj
> 
>  
> On 8/22/08, Bergin Panimayam <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote: 
> Friends,
>  
> First, why should we argue like this for nothing? See the thread it
has gained for no use. All of us here are ARR fans, lets be united.
Siraj, I remember our hostel days in Jamal, then we argue with non-ARR
fans that argue with us. You, me and other Siraj on a side supporting
ARR. 
>  
> But all of us here are ARR fans, why to indulge unnecessary
arguement. In fact i didnt want to read all the messages on this topics. 
>  
> I very much understand and

[arr] Re: Duniya Dilwalon Ki - one best ARR Cover arts

[arr_raghu]

Alas..right after ARR sung Musthafa Musthafa 
cometh Onnchi hai building read by AnuMalik.
-R


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, r arvind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> i know we have good covers in:
> 
> Meenaxi
> Rang De Basanti
> Jodha Akbar
> Swades
> Roja (First CD by Maganasound)
> 
> Duniya Dilwalon Ki Back Single Disc Rare edition from Venus is Amzing !!
> 
> Uploaded a cover scan from my CD: http://maxupload.com/img/4F9B4320.jpg
> 
> Loved the cover scan SO much i bought 3 extra CDS
>

Re: [arr] [Semi-ARR] - HARRIS JAYARAJ for YODHA-2 (MALAYALAM)

[shiraz shira]

Please don't benchmark AR with other MDs..It insults me as a true AR fan..



- Original Message 
From: Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 2:33:19 AM
Subject: Re: [arr] [Semi-ARR] - HARRIS JAYARAJ for YODHA-2 (MALAYALAM)


I think as a TRUE ARR Fan, u should just smile at this and leave it off, rather 
than getting pained so much... A true ARR Fan admires the Boss work, and 
shouldnt see other MDs with an inferior eye 
 
( No Offense meant... My humble thought pls)


On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 11:16 AM, kishore parayath  wrote:

How many of you remember ARR's GREAT BGMs in YODHA? How many of u remember 
those DIFFERENT songs which sounds fresh even today??

The latest news is that, the sequel to YODHA, YODHA-2 is having Harris Jayaraj 
as the composer. This prestigious project will mark his debut in Malayalam.
 
The composer himself disclosed about the project, to "Cochin Metro (The Hindu)" 
when he was in Kochi last week: http://www.hindu. com/mp/2008/ 08/25/stories/ 
2008082550310100 .htm
 
As a TRUE ARR fan, Iam strongly AGAINST IT!!! Such a BIG PRESTIGIOUS PROJECT, 
requires GLOBAL MUSIC like that ARR gave 14 years back... It is NOT a project  
for a MONOTONOUS HARRIS It requires a VERSATILE composer...
SHANKAR-EHSAAN- LOY would be a better choice And they would JUMP immediatly 
and take the offer, as they BADLY want to start their Malayalam career with a 
MAMMOOTTY or MOHANLAL movie... Recently the TRIO was replaced by HIT CHURNER 
RahulRaj, in the MAMMOOTTY starrer "MAYA BAZAAR".  Rahulraj, addressed as 
"GOLDEN COMPOSER"  has been churning HITS after HITS with his with his 
proficiency over a variety of GENRES in world music.
 
To know more about Rahulraj: http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Rahulraj
 
 
Guys... Post your opinions on how the MUSIC of  YODHA-2 would be , if HARRIS 
scores it
Dont IGNORE this.. Its a PRESTIGE issue for us, ARR FANS... Someone like HARRIS 
being the SUCCESSOR of RAHMANJI in the MEGAPROJECT Yodha-2!! RIDICULOUS!! !! 


-- 
regards,
Vithur

ARR -- The Sweet Cube always



  

Re: [arr] I was dying to work with A R Rehman - Javed Ali

[Siraj K]

Wow... Chord... You're still here.. :-) Happy to hear from you after a
looong time.

Why no posts or analysis from your side?

-Siraj


On 8/25/08, Chord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>   Unfortunately, yes. Unfortunate, because it confirms my belief that
> possibly one of Rahman's greatest compositions was created, but
> dropped. Hopefully it will be heard someday.
>
> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com , $
> Pavan Kumar $
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >  Javed ali too says...a Qawali in JA was dropped...Chord did u you
> read that??
> >
> >
> > --- On Mon, 8/25/08, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > From: Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: [arr] I was dying to work with A R Rehman - Javed Ali
> > To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com 
> > Date: Monday, August 25, 2008, 7:26 AM
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Javed Ali: The voice that brings Jashne Bahar
> > August 25th, 2008
> >
> > (No Ratings Yet)
> >
> > In recent times, two of the biggest hits have been belted out by
> this person. The lad from Delhi has a unique voice that oozes
> innocence and romanticism. And, of course, melody. Meet Javed Ali,
> the singer behind the magical success of Nagara Nagara from Jab We
> Met and Jashne Bahar from Jodha Akbar.
> > "Music is in my blood. My father is a well known Ghazal singer in
> Delhi and I have trained under him before moving to Mumbai about
> eight years back," says Javed when yours truly caught him in a chatty
> mood. "Right from my childhood I wanted to be a ghazal singer like my
> father. I used to come to Mumbai during vacations earlier, but my
> voice was completely different then since I used to sing only
> ghazals." In one of those trips Javed met Kalyanji-Anandji and after
> hearing him sing they advised him to relocate to Mumbai.
> > "I took their advice and landed in the city of dreams with my bags.
> My taste and singing style changed completely after I came to Mumbai.
> I started training under Kalyanji for light music. That was during my
> adolescence and my voice cracked while training. I had no choice but
> to go back to Delhi because I just could not sing," remembers Javed
> who had almost given up hopes of becoming a singer after going back
> to Delhi.
> > Not one to give up, Javed returned to Mumbai after a couple of
> years and got his first break. "Viju Shah gave me my first break in
> the film Beti Number 1. I struggled a lot during those days – used to
> visit every music director and sing in front of them," recalls Javed.
> In one such meeting, Jatin Lalit was impressed with his crooning
> skills and gave him a qawalli-cum- clasical number to sing. "It was
> for the film Haasil and won a lot of acclaim from all quarters," says
> Javed.
> >
> > But the real big break for Javed came when Shankar-Ehsaan- Loy gave
> him a break in the film Kyun Ho Gaya Na. "The song Baat samjha karo
> became a hit. Within a few days of the song being released, Shankar
> called me again for a dummy recording. When the song was being
> recorded none us thought it would be such a big hit. Shankar told me
> that it was a dummy recording, but Aditya Chopra (producer of the
> film) heard the recording and liked my voice and decided to retain
> that," recollects Javed. The song in question was Kajra Re Kajra Re
> from the film Bunty Aur Bubli. "Alisha Chinoi sung the song so well,
> and the visual appeal of the song was so much that my singing went
> unnoticed," says Javed with a smile.
> > After that Javed's calendar started getting busier and busier. "I
> sang for a number of films like Golmaal, Malamal Weekly, Neil and
> Nikki and Zindagi Rocks. My first solo hit, however, is from the film
> Naqaab – Ek Din Tere Rahon Mein…and that is when people really
> started noticing me and realized that I could sing romantic numbers
> as well."
> > "I feel very happy about the fact that most directors recommend my
> name to the music directors. For example, even Imtiaz Ali (director
> of Jab We Met) suggested my name to Pritam. There are a number of
> other such instances," says a proud Javed.
> > However, Javed feels his most memorable number till date is Kahne
> Ko Jashne Bahar from Jodha Akbar. "I was dying to work with A R
> Rehman and my name was recommended by a senior voice over artiste –
> Brij Bhushan. I got a call from Mr Rehman's office a few days after
> that and that is how the Jodha Akbar song happened. It was truly a
> memorable moment for me when I sung this song," explains an emotional
> Javed. "When I went for the recording, I was so nervous that my voice
> was trembling. When I reached his recording studio, it was such a
> nice ambience and Mr Rehman is cool like a cucumber. I don't think I
> will ever forget the experience. He first made me do a few scratch
> recordings and then recorded a qawali in my voice." Unfortunately
> that song was dropped from the movie, but Ashutosh Gowariker heard
> that number and asked Mr Rehman to make me sing Kehne ko Jashne
> Bahar," Jave

[arr] Re: Slumdog millionaire & MIA

[shahul hameed]

I just couldnt believe this.. Rahman collaborating with MIA.. I came across
her videos just last week thro one of my friend who was her orkut friend..
And I was thinking if she was used by Rahman in tamil it will be great, as
she is really interesting and I believe who has got immense talents.. I was
thinking posting about her to the group so that somebody might let Rahman
know of her.. Its a pleasant surprise to hear Rahman already colloborating
with her..

Here are few vids of M.I.A..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgVh9Dyiv_U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmtA_aQbSl8

[arr] Duniya Dilwalon Ki - one best ARR Cover arts

[r arvind]

i know we have good covers in:

Meenaxi
Rang De Basanti
Jodha Akbar
Swades
Roja (First CD by Maganasound)

Duniya Dilwalon Ki Back Single Disc Rare edition from Venus is Amzing !!

Uploaded a cover scan from my CD: http://maxupload.com/img/4F9B4320.jpg

Loved the cover scan SO much i bought 3 extra CDS 




  

Re: [arr] AR....Please consider these singers--

[shiraz shira]

AR must give a chance to Bomay Jaisree again ...




- Original Message 
From: kishore kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 4:17:26 AM
Subject: Re: [arr] ARPlease consider these singers--


Could you please give the songs Job and Roopa sung? 

--- On Mon, 8/25/08, aneeshksasi  wrote:

From: aneeshksasi 
Subject: [arr] ARPlease consider these singers--
To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Monday, August 25, 2008, 8:26 PM



Hai all,

These are the upcoming and very talented
singers from kerala

1  Jaassy Gift 

2  Manjari 

3   Job kurian

4   Roopa 

5Sweta Mohan

6Shehbas Aman ( Gazal )

They all are already sung songs for malayalam movies. Please consider
them.

Regards

ANEESH

 



  

[arr] GHAJINI: Two songs still to be picturised!

[Vithur]

GHAJINI: Two songs still to be picturised!

One film, about which we can predict today itself that it is going to take a
flying start, whenever it releases, is Aamir Khan's much awaited action
flick, GHAJINI.

However contrary to the reports about GHAJINI having been completed, the
truth is that there are two songs that still need to be picturised. And that
is in addition to the one day shooting involving Aamir Khan, about which we
had told you earlier this month.
The obvious question that comes to mind is whether Aamir will be able to
finish the whole work in one day? Well, the answer is a partial no. The
reason being that Aamir will not be a part of the two above mentioned songs
that is, he will not feature in them at all!

While on GHAJINI, the film is all set to release a day after Christmas,
which is 26th December, as of now.

http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/08/aug/25-ghajini-two-songs-still-to-be-picturised-080805.asp

-- 
regards,
Vithur

ARR -- The Sweet Cube always

[arr] ARR for 'Abhiyum Naanum' ???

[John Edward]

Guys, 
Check the link below. This seems to be a false info. Please confirm!

http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/aug-08-03/trisha-22-08-08.html


  Did you know? You can CHAT without downloading messenger. Go to 
http://in.webmessenger.yahoo.com/

Re: [arr] I was dying to work with A R Rehman - Javed Ali

[Chord]

Unfortunately, yes.  Unfortunate, because it confirms my belief that 
possibly one of Rahman's greatest compositions was created, but 
dropped.  Hopefully it will be heard someday.



--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, $ Pavan Kumar $ 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 
>  Javed ali too says...a Qawali in JA was dropped...Chord did u you 
read that?? 
> 
>  
> --- On Mon, 8/25/08, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> From: Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [arr] I was dying to work with A R Rehman - Javed Ali
> To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, August 25, 2008, 7:26 AM
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Javed Ali: The voice that brings Jashne Bahar
> August 25th, 2008 
> 
>  (No Ratings Yet)
> 
> In recent times, two of the biggest hits have been belted out by 
this person. The lad from Delhi has a unique voice that oozes 
innocence and romanticism. And, of course, melody. Meet Javed Ali, 
the singer behind the magical success of Nagara Nagara from Jab We 
Met and Jashne Bahar from Jodha Akbar.
> "Music is in my blood. My father is a well known Ghazal singer in 
Delhi and I have trained under him before moving to Mumbai about 
eight years back," says Javed when yours truly caught him in a chatty 
mood. "Right from my childhood I wanted to be a ghazal singer like my 
father. I used to come to Mumbai during vacations earlier, but my 
voice was completely different then since I used to sing only 
ghazals." In one of those trips Javed met Kalyanji-Anandji and after 
hearing him sing they advised him to relocate to Mumbai.
> "I took their advice and landed in the city of dreams with my bags. 
My taste and singing style changed completely after I came to Mumbai. 
I started training under Kalyanji for light music. That was during my 
adolescence and my voice cracked while training. I had no choice but 
to go back to Delhi because I just could not sing," remembers Javed 
who had almost given up hopes of becoming a singer after going back 
to Delhi.
> Not one to give up, Javed returned to Mumbai after a couple of 
years and got his first break. "Viju Shah gave me my first break in 
the film Beti Number 1. I struggled a lot during those days – used to 
visit every music director and sing in front of them," recalls Javed. 
In one such meeting, Jatin Lalit was impressed with his crooning 
skills and gave him a qawalli-cum- clasical number to sing. "It was 
for the film Haasil and won a lot of acclaim from all quarters," says 
Javed.
> 
> But the real big break for Javed came when Shankar-Ehsaan- Loy gave 
him a break in the film Kyun Ho Gaya Na. "The song Baat samjha karo 
became a hit. Within a few days of the song being released, Shankar 
called me again for a dummy recording. When the song was being 
recorded none us thought it would be such a big hit. Shankar told me 
that it was a dummy recording, but Aditya Chopra (producer of the 
film) heard the recording and liked my voice and decided to retain 
that," recollects Javed. The song in question was Kajra Re Kajra Re 
from the film Bunty Aur Bubli. "Alisha Chinoi sung the song so well, 
and the visual appeal of the song was so much that my singing went 
unnoticed," says Javed with a smile.
> After that Javed's calendar started getting busier and busier. "I 
sang for a number of films like Golmaal, Malamal Weekly, Neil and 
Nikki and Zindagi Rocks. My first solo hit, however, is from the film 
Naqaab – Ek Din Tere Rahon Mein…and that is when people really 
started noticing me and realized that I could sing romantic numbers 
as well."
> "I feel very happy about the fact that most directors recommend my 
name to the music directors. For example, even Imtiaz Ali (director 
of Jab We Met) suggested my name to Pritam. There are a number of 
other such instances," says a proud Javed.
> However, Javed feels his most memorable number till date is Kahne 
Ko Jashne Bahar from Jodha Akbar. "I was dying to work with A R 
Rehman and my name was recommended by a senior voice over artiste – 
Brij Bhushan. I got a call from Mr Rehman's office a few days after 
that and that is how the Jodha Akbar song happened. It was truly a 
memorable moment for me when I sung this song," explains an emotional 
Javed. "When I went for the recording, I was so nervous that my voice 
was trembling. When I reached his recording studio, it was such a 
nice ambience and Mr Rehman is cool like a cucumber. I don't think I 
will ever forget the experience. He first made me do a few scratch 
recordings and then recorded a qawali in my voice." Unfortunately 
that song was dropped from the movie, but Ashutosh Gowariker heard 
that number and asked Mr Rehman to make me sing Kehne ko Jashne 
Bahar," Javed recollects fondly. "I received congratulatory messages 
from a number of people
>  in the industry for my rendition including Sonu Nigam and Shaan."
> Javed concludes the chat with a very interesting view on 
competition in the industry. "I feel our industry is so big that it 
can accommodate ever

Re: [arr] I was dying to work with A R Rehman - Javed Ali

[$ Pavan Kumar $]

 Javed ali too says...a Qawali in JA was dropped...Chord did u you read that?? 

 
--- On Mon, 8/25/08, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

From: Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [arr] I was dying to work with A R Rehman - Javed Ali
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, August 25, 2008, 7:26 AM








Javed Ali: The voice that brings Jashne Bahar
August 25th, 2008 

 (No Ratings Yet)

In recent times, two of the biggest hits have been belted out by this person. 
The lad from Delhi has a unique voice that oozes innocence and romanticism. 
And, of course, melody. Meet Javed Ali, the singer behind the magical success 
of Nagara Nagara from Jab We Met and Jashne Bahar from Jodha Akbar.
"Music is in my blood. My father is a well known Ghazal singer in Delhi and I 
have trained under him before moving to Mumbai about eight years back," says 
Javed when yours truly caught him in a chatty mood. "Right from my childhood I 
wanted to be a ghazal singer like my father. I used to come to Mumbai during 
vacations earlier, but my voice was completely different then since I used to 
sing only ghazals." In one of those trips Javed met Kalyanji-Anandji and after 
hearing him sing they advised him to relocate to Mumbai.
"I took their advice and landed in the city of dreams with my bags. My taste 
and singing style changed completely after I came to Mumbai. I started training 
under Kalyanji for light music. That was during my adolescence and my voice 
cracked while training. I had no choice but to go back to Delhi because I just 
could not sing," remembers Javed who had almost given up hopes of becoming a 
singer after going back to Delhi.
Not one to give up, Javed returned to Mumbai after a couple of years and got 
his first break. "Viju Shah gave me my first break in the film Beti Number 1. I 
struggled a lot during those days – used to visit every music director and sing 
in front of them," recalls Javed. In one such meeting, Jatin Lalit was 
impressed with his crooning skills and gave him a qawalli-cum- clasical number 
to sing. "It was for the film Haasil and won a lot of acclaim from all 
quarters," says Javed.

But the real big break for Javed came when Shankar-Ehsaan- Loy gave him a break 
in the film Kyun Ho Gaya Na. "The song Baat samjha karo became a hit. Within a 
few days of the song being released, Shankar called me again for a dummy 
recording. When the song was being recorded none us thought it would be such a 
big hit. Shankar told me that it was a dummy recording, but Aditya Chopra 
(producer of the film) heard the recording and liked my voice and decided to 
retain that," recollects Javed. The song in question was Kajra Re Kajra Re from 
the film Bunty Aur Bubli. "Alisha Chinoi sung the song so well, and the visual 
appeal of the song was so much that my singing went unnoticed," says Javed with 
a smile.
After that Javed's calendar started getting busier and busier. "I sang for a 
number of films like Golmaal, Malamal Weekly, Neil and Nikki and Zindagi Rocks. 
My first solo hit, however, is from the film Naqaab – Ek Din Tere Rahon 
Mein…and that is when people really started noticing me and realized that I 
could sing romantic numbers as well."
"I feel very happy about the fact that most directors recommend my name to the 
music directors. For example, even Imtiaz Ali (director of Jab We Met) 
suggested my name to Pritam. There are a number of other such instances," says 
a proud Javed.
However, Javed feels his most memorable number till date is Kahne Ko Jashne 
Bahar from Jodha Akbar. "I was dying to work with A R Rehman and my name was 
recommended by a senior voice over artiste – Brij Bhushan. I got a call from Mr 
Rehman's office a few days after that and that is how the Jodha Akbar song 
happened. It was truly a memorable moment for me when I sung this song," 
explains an emotional Javed. "When I went for the recording, I was so nervous 
that my voice was trembling. When I reached his recording studio, it was such a 
nice ambience and Mr Rehman is cool like a cucumber. I don't think I will ever 
forget the experience. He first made me do a few scratch recordings and then 
recorded a qawali in my voice." Unfortunately that song was dropped from the 
movie, but Ashutosh Gowariker heard that number and asked Mr Rehman to make me 
sing Kehne ko Jashne Bahar," Javed recollects fondly. "I received 
congratulatory messages from a number of people
 in the industry for my rendition including Sonu Nigam and Shaan."
Javed concludes the chat with a very interesting view on competition in the 
industry. "I feel our industry is so big that it can accommodate everybody. So 
competition does not worry me. I am only worried about quality."
Srabanti Chakrabarti (SAMPURN)
 
http://www.realboll ywood.com/ news/2008/ 08/javed- ali-voice. html
Categories: Bollywood Music 
Javed Ali 

-- 
regards,
Vithur

ARR -- The Sweet Cube always
 














  

Re: [arr] AR....Please consider these singers--

[kishore kumar]

Could you please give the songs Job and Roopa sung? 

--- On Mon, 8/25/08, aneeshksasi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: aneeshksasi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [arr] ARPlease consider these singers--
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, August 25, 2008, 8:26 PM













Hai all,



            These are the upcoming and very talented

singers from kerala



1  Jaassy Gift 



2  Manjari 



3   Job kurian



4   Roopa 



5    Sweta Mohan



6        Shehbas Aman ( Gazal )



They all are already sung songs for malayalam movies. Please consider

them.



Regards



ANEESH




  




 

















  

RE: [arr] slum dog millionaire

[vijay . mohan . iyer]

Check arrahman.Com

-- original message --
Subject:[arr] slum dog millionaire
From:   "Karthik. Venkataraman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date:   25/08/2008 9:16 pm

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Sukhwinder-Singh-to-sing-for-
Spielberg-again/352758/

Read the last line. True?

Regards
Karthik

[arr] slum dog millionaire

[Karthik. Venkataraman]

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Sukhwinder-Singh-to-sing-for-
Spielberg-again/352758/

Read the last line. True?

Regards
Karthik

Re: [arr] AR....Please consider these singers--

[Sreekrishnan R]

Sweta Mohan mentioned here is none other than Sujatha Mohan's Daughter. She
has done Childrens Chorus for the films like Bombay, Indira and Indian etc.




--- On Mon, 25/8/08, aneeshksasi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: aneeshksasi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [arr] ARPlease consider these singers--













Hai all,



            These are the upcoming and very talented

singers from kerala



1  Jaassy Gift 



2  Manjari 



3   Job kurian



4   Roopa 



5    Sweta Mohan



6        Shehbas Aman ( Gazal )



They all are already sung songs for malayalam movies. Please consider

them.



Regards



ANEESH
  

  
  

-- 

regards.. 

 

Krish..

His Music ~ My Mother Tongue 

 

 

 

 

 "I
sit, just blank my mind and pray. and I come up with something. Mostly
its good and gets approved. It could be so simple and even a child
could have composed it, but to give it soul that's what's important.
Music is a spiritual thing not a formula" -- ARR

  

  www.orkut.com/AlbumList.aspx?uid=7295035299513517297


  Download prohibited? No problem. CHAT from any browser, without download. 
Go to http://in.webmessenger.yahoo.com/

Re: [arr] AR....Please consider these singers--

[jemsheed]

Super list..
That girl Rupa is a Gift from God. It will be a great miss for music lovers 
like us if rahman miss her...

--- On Mon, 8/25/08, aneeshksasi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: aneeshksasi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [arr] ARPlease consider these singers--
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, August 25, 2008, 8:26 PM













Hai all,



            These are the upcoming and very talented

singers from kerala



1  Jaassy Gift 



2  Manjari 



3   Job kurian



4   Roopa 



5    Sweta Mohan



6        Shehbas Aman ( Gazal )



They all are already sung songs for malayalam movies. Please consider

them.



Regards



ANEESH




  




 

















  

Re: [arr] [Semi-ARR] - HARRIS JAYARAJ for YODHA-2 (MALAYALAM)

[Aneesh K S]

Dear friend,                 It is not the fault of Haris.If ar wants to do he 
wiil do ,might be he has no time to give music for this.
ANEESH
--- On Mon, 8/25/08, kishore parayath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: kishore parayath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [arr] [Semi-ARR] - HARRIS JAYARAJ for YODHA-2 (MALAYALAM)
To: "arrahmanfans" 
Date: Monday, August 25, 2008, 11:16 AM










 


How many of you remember ARR's GREAT BGMs in YODHA? How many of u remember 
those DIFFERENT songs which sounds fresh even today??

The latest news is that, the sequel to YODHA, YODHA-2 is having Harris Jayaraj 
as the composer. This prestigious project will mark his debut in Malayalam.
 
The composer himself disclosed about the project, to "Cochin Metro (The Hindu)" 
when he was in Kochi last week: 
http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/08/25/stories/2008082550310100.htm

 
As a TRUE ARR fan, Iam strongly AGAINST IT!!! Such a BIG PRESTIGIOUS PROJECT, 
requires GLOBAL MUSIC like that ARR gave 14 years back... It is NOT a project  
for a MONOTONOUS HARRIS It requires a VERSATILE composer...

SHANKAR-EHSAAN-LOY would be a better choice And they would JUMP immediatly 
and take the offer, as they BADLY want to start their Malayalam career with a 
MAMMOOTTY or MOHANLAL movie... Recently the TRIO was replaced by HIT CHURNER 
RahulRaj, in the MAMMOOTTY starrer "MAYA BAZAAR".  Rahulraj, addressed as 
"GOLDEN COMPOSER"  has been churning HITS after HITS with his with his 
proficiency over a variety of GENRES in world music.

 
To know more about Rahulraj: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahulraj
 
 
Guys... Post your opinions on how the MUSIC of  YODHA-2 would be , if HARRIS 
scores it
Dont IGNORE this.. Its a PRESTIGE issue for us, ARR FANS... Someone like HARRIS 
being the SUCCESSOR of RAHMANJI in the MEGAPROJECT Yodha-2!! RIDICULOUS


 



  

[arr] AR....Please consider these singers--

[aneeshksasi]

Hai all,

            These are the upcoming and very talented
singers from kerala

1  Jaassy Gift 

2  Manjari 

3   Job kurian

4   Roopa 

5    Sweta Mohan

6        Shehbas Aman ( Gazal )

They all are already sung songs for malayalam movies. Please consider
them.



Regards

ANEESH

[arr] A.R Rehman is composing the music for this international production

[Vithur]

Mohanlal and Jackie Chan will come together in
Nair-San

Mohanlal will be starring as Indian freedom fighter Nair San in an
Indo-Japanese production financed in the Middle East with a budget rumoured
to be as high as $50 million.

Jackie Chan will also make a cameo appearance in the movie, reputedly being
paid six times more than Mohanlal for his services! Japanese actress
Shunsuke Matsuoka will also appear. The movie will be shot in several
languages for worldwide distribution including Hindi, Japanese and English.

A.R Rehman is composing the music for this international production

Noted Malayali director Albert will direct the film.

Mohanlal is learning Japanese and Chinese for his upcoming Japanese movie
about an Indian freedom fighter. 'I have to dub the film and speak in
Japanese and Chinese. I have to learn the languages,' Mohanlal told. 'It is
a Japanese film.'

Mohanlal said he personally knew Nair San, who had later opened a restaurant
chain by the same name in Japan.

'I know that person. I have met him and I have been to his restaurants in
Japan also, long back - I am talking about 23 years back.

Shooting for the new project, the first Japanese film by an Indian director,
starts Sep 3 and locations will be spread across Japan, China and Mongolia.

'It is 160 days of shooting for me. The film will cover the life of Nair San
from his age of 35 till his death,' Mohanlal said
http://keralaonline.com/entertainment/mohanlal-and-jackie-chan-will-come-together-to-star-in-nair-san_2443.html

-- 
regards,
Vithur

ARR -- The Sweet Cube always

Re: [arr] [Semi-ARR] - HARRIS JAYARAJ for YODHA-2 (MALAYALAM)

[Vithur]

I think as a TRUE ARR Fan, u should just smile at this and leave it off,
rather than getting pained so much... A true ARR Fan admires the Boss work,
and shouldnt see other MDs with an inferior eye

( No Offense meant... My humble thought pls)

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 11:16 AM, kishore parayath <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>How many of you remember *ARR's GREAT BGMs *in YODHA? How many of u
> remember those DIFFERENT songs which sounds fresh even today??
> The latest news is that, the sequel to YODHA, YODHA-2 is having Harris
> Jayaraj as the composer. This prestigious project will mark his debut in
> Malayalam.
>
> The composer himself disclosed about the project, to "Cochin Metro (The
> Hindu)" when he was in Kochi last week:
> http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/08/25/stories/2008082550310100.htm
>
> As a TRUE ARR fan, Iam strongly *AGAINST IT!!! *Such a BIG PRESTIGIOUS
> PROJECT, requires GLOBAL MUSIC like that ARR gave 14 years back... It is *NOT
> *a project  for a MONOTONOUS HARRIS It requires a *VERSATILE*composer...
> *SHANKAR-EHSAAN-LOY *would be a better choice And they would JUMP
> immediatly and take the offer, as they BADLY want to start their Malayalam
> career with a *MAMMOOTTY or MOHANLAL* movie... Recently the TRIO was
> replaced by HIT CHURNER *RahulRaj, *in the MAMMOOTTY starrer *"MAYA
> BAZAAR".  Rahulraj, *addressed as *"GOLDEN COMPOSER"*  has been churning
> HITS after HITS with his with his proficiency over a variety of GENRES
> in world music.
>
> To know more about Rahulraj: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahulraj
>
>
> *Guys... Post your opinions on how the MUSIC of  YODHA-2 would be , if
> HARRIS scores it*
> *Dont IGNORE this.. Its a PRESTIGE issue for us, ARR FANS... Someone like
> HARRIS being the SUCCESSOR of RAHMANJI in the MEGAPROJECT Yodha-2!!
> RIDICULOUS*
>
> 
>



-- 
regards,
Vithur

ARR -- The Sweet Cube always

Re: [arr] JTYJN songs DVD

[Prasad Varma]

Anyone knows if it is in 5.1?



- Original Message 
From: Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 9:11:16 AM
Subject: [arr] JTYJN songs DVD


http://www.musicyog i.com/asp/ musicDetails. asp?albId= ALB7759




  

[arr] Multi-Instrumentalist Levon Ichkhanian Olympic Tour

[Vithur]

Multi-instrumentalist/producer Levon Ichkhanian joins Shiela E, Dee Dee
Bridgewater, Oliver Jones, Taylor Dane and others on the Marriage of
Excellence Tour in China. The musical and cultural tours will deliver the
highest quality
entertainmentperformances
with specially taped messages from Celine Dion, Chaka Khan and
Itzhak Perlman. Held during the 10 days between the Olympics and Paralympic
games, the tour will demonstrate the power of the Arts in fostering
cross-cultural understanding and excellence that can be achieved when we
live the notion of "One World, One Dream" ... the slogan for the 2008
Olympics.

Levon has toured extensively throughout North America and Europe, performing
at festivals and concert halls such as Peter Gabriel's WOMAD, MIDEM
(Cannes), Chet Atkins Musician Days (Nashville), All Star Guitar Night (Los
Angeles), Montreal Jazz
Festivaland Pizza
Express Jazz Club (London, UK) to name a few, in addition to
touring with notables as Peter Murphy (of Bauhaus fame), Marisa Lindsay
(singing sensation from Barbados) and A.R. Rahman's (one of the world's top
10 all-time top selling recording artists, and composer of stage productions
Bombay Dreams and The Lord of the Rings) 3D World Tour which took Levon to
India, Singapore, Dubai and the United Kingdom.

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=22203
regards,
Vithur

ARR -- The Sweet Cube always

[arr] I was dying to work with A R Rehman - Javed Ali

[Vithur]

Javed Ali: The voice that brings Jashne Bahar

August 25th, 2008
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[image: Javed Ali]In recent times, two of the biggest hits have been belted
out by this person. The lad from Delhi has a unique voice that oozes
innocence and romanticism. And, of course, melody. Meet Javed Ali, the
singer behind the magical success of *Nagara Nagara* from *Jab We Met*
and *Jashne
Bahar* from* Jodha Akbar*.

"Music is in my blood. My father is a well known Ghazal singer in Delhi and
I have trained under him before moving to Mumbai about eight years back,"
says Javed when yours truly caught him in a chatty mood. "Right from my
childhood I wanted to be a ghazal singer like my father. I used to come to
Mumbai during vacations earlier, but my voice was completely different then
since I used to sing only ghazals." In one of those trips Javed met
Kalyanji-Anandji and after hearing him sing they advised him to relocate to
Mumbai.

"I took their advice and landed in the city of dreams with my bags. My taste
and singing style changed completely after I came to Mumbai. I started
training under Kalyanji for light music. That was during my adolescence and
my voice cracked while training. I had no choice but to go back to Delhi
because I just could not sing," remembers Javed who had almost given up
hopes of becoming a singer after going back to Delhi.

Not one to give up, Javed returned to Mumbai after a couple of years and got
his first break. "Viju Shah gave me my first break in the film *Beti Number
1*. I struggled a lot during those days – used to visit every music director
and sing in front of them," recalls Javed. In one such meeting, Jatin Lalit
was impressed with his crooning skills and gave him a qawalli-cum-clasical
number to sing. "It was for the film Haasil and won a lot of acclaim from
all quarters," says Javed.

But the real big break for Javed came when Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy gave him a
break in the film *Kyun Ho Gaya Na*. "The song *Baat samjha karo* became a
hit. Within a few days of the song being released, Shankar called me again
for a dummy recording. When the song was being recorded none us thought it
would be such a big hit. Shankar told me that it was a dummy recording, but
Aditya Chopra (producer of the film) heard the recording and liked my voice
and decided to retain that," recollects Javed. The song in question was *Kajra
Re* *Kajra Re* from the film *Bunty Aur Bubli*. "Alisha Chinoi sung the song
so well, and the visual appeal of the song was so much that my singing went
unnoticed," says Javed with a smile.

After that Javed's calendar started getting busier and busier. "I sang for a
number of films like *Golmaal*, *Malamal Weekly*, *Neil and Nikki* and *Zindagi
Rocks*. My first solo hit, however, is from the film *Naqaab – Ek Din Tere
Rahon Mein*…and that is when people really started noticing me and realized
that I could sing romantic numbers as well."

"I feel very happy about the fact that most directors recommend my name to
the music directors. For example, even Imtiaz Ali (director of *Jab We Met*)
suggested my name to Pritam. There are a number of other such instances,"
says a proud Javed.

However, Javed feels his most memorable number till date is *Kahne Ko Jashne
Bahar* from *Jodha Akbar*. "I was dying to work with A R Rehman and my name
was recommended by a senior voice over artiste – Brij Bhushan. I got a call
from Mr Rehman's office a few days after that and that is how the Jodha
Akbar song happened. It was truly a memorable moment for me when I sung this
song," explains an emotional Javed. "When I went for the recording, I was so
nervous that my voice was trembling. When I reached his recording studio, it
was such a nice ambience and Mr Rehman is cool like a cucumber. I don't
think I will ever forget the experience. He first made me do a few scratch
recordings and then recorded a qawali in my voice." Unfortunately that song
was dropped from the movie, but Ashutosh Gowariker heard that number and
asked Mr Rehman to make me sing *Kehne ko Jashne Bahar*," Javed recollects
fondly. "I received congratulatory messages from a number of people in the
industry for my rendition including Sonu Nigam and Shaan."

Javed concludes the chat with a very interesting view on competition in the
industry. "I feel our industry is so big that it can accommodate everybody.
So competition does not worry me. I am only worried about quality."

*Srabanti Chakrabarti (SAMPURN)*

**

http://www.realbollywood.com/news/2008/08/javed-ali-voice.html

*Categories:* Bollywood
Music
Javed Ali 


-- 
regards,
Vithur

ARR -- The Sweet Cube always

Re: [arr] Trisha to sing for A.R. Rahman

[Vithur]

Rajni Sir was already lucky in BABA Kichu Kichu Thaa ARR says he is
lucky to have worked with Rajni sir, and Rajni is lucky to have spoken for
ARR... Bothways Lucky Lucky...




On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 3:11 PM, kishore parayath <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>*U r extremely LUCKY if u get an opportunity to have atleast a
> small BIT of in a RAHMAN SONG.*
> *After listening to SIVAJi songs, I felt, how lucky Rajni sir was... To
> have his laugh in STYLE SONG and have the "HEY" in VAAJI VAAJI*
>
>  On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 9:11 AM, shnkr_r <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> August 22, 2008
>> Petite beauty Trisha is ruling the roost in Tollywood and Kollywood
>> simultaneously with a number of projects lined up to keep her busy.
>> Yet another facet of Trisha, other than acting, is to be brought to
>> the fore with the actress ready to test her vocal skills.Trisha, in a
>> recent interview, has disclosed that she would lend her voice soon for
>> a song set to tune by
>> Trisha
>> ace music director A.R. Rahman. The film is Abhiyum Naanum, wherein
>> she plays the lead role too. The actress states that she is a natural
>> singer but has always been shy to exhibit her talent. Trisha is
>> naturally thrilled to debut as singer under the direction of
>> award-winning music director A.R. Rahman
>>
>>
> 
>



-- 
regards,
Vithur

ARR -- The Sweet Cube always

Re: [arr] Re:Your Last song in this Life

[Mahima Sengupta]

lol lol ...i was thinking its some song that was omitted from the movie :P :P
--- On Sun, 8/24/08, Farzad khaleel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Farzad khaleel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [arr] Re:Your Last song in this Life
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, August 24, 2008, 8:38 PM











Faaja ? Unreleased track ? :P :P


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Faaja - Jodhaa Akbar 
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[arr] JTYJN songs DVD

[Gopal Srinivasan]

http://www.musicyogi.com/asp/musicDetails.asp?albId=ALB7759

[arr] Santoor Player Seenu Talks about ARR

[Vithur]

Santoor Seenu talks on Rahmania



Happy Chennai  Day to all



Q :-  You have been playing 25 Instruments. How did u develop the
earnestness and how did u start playing ?



SS :- Its God's Gift. The second Plus point is Mr. A.R. Rahman.



Q :- Did u meet Rahman after he became a Music Director or you knew him
before that even ?



SS :- Before, he became a Music Director, and when he was working with other
Tamil Films, we were associated with him. He has taught us a lot of new
things. Santoor is usually played in tune with Raagas. He specially taught
us about Chord Progression and scale changes. I learnt Western, while he
used to play the keyboard, and used to do the backing. During recording
times, even some of our notes, he used to play it in his keyboard. Some bits
used to be tough, even for us and for him too. The difference is he has ten
fingers and can easily play them , while we have two sticks to play the
santoor, and find it tough. With these sticks, we can play it in 2.5 octave
and 3.5 octave. But higher octaves would be little difficult. The duration
time is also very minimal for us. A recording has to be finished within 6
hrs. He teaches us a lot during recording sessions. I started developing
interest, when he did the chord backing and progression etc, to make us feel
comfortable while working. He became a good friend, because of these
associations.



He called me for Roja. For the song, " Chinna Chinna aasai". We have to play
santoor for the  song. But it shouldn't sound like santoor. Instead of
playing with the stick, he suggested we play with the ten fingers in the
song. In the second BGM of that song, in the left hand, the chord
progressions would be going on, and in the right hand, the melody would be
continuing. That is the first time in my life, that I played the santoor
with my ten fingers leaving alone the stick. The speciality is the usage of
Harp in the beginning of the song. Mandolin is used in the song beginning
itself. I had played all the three instruments in the song ( viz. Harp,
Mandolin, Santoor ) . The song became a super duper hit.



Q :- Where have u used the Mandolin Instrument ?



SS :- Super Star Rajni Sir 's song " Oh ho Kick Yerudheee ( PADAIYAPPA )".
The song was prepared primarily for Mandolin, and he asked me to prepare the
same and get it. During Recording, he usually would ask to get about 10 to
15 instruments. But he told me to get one mandolin for this. I understood
that there is something special about this song, as he wanted just one
mandolin to be brought for the song. I understood that there is going to be
something difficult in the song, else he wont tell particularly about the
Mandolin Instrument. Even many Mandolin players had told me, that it's a
difficult bit to be played. Many people have tried playing it in concerts
and had suffered playing it. Many had rang me up and asked me " How did you
manage playing it ?" I like the song very much, as we strained a lot in
playing the same.



For the film " Sangamam:, our Master MSV Sir was involved. We are all from
his school of music. He has lot of love in me, and he was on the recording
session for that film. Hariharan sir sang the initial bit and went off.
Rahman sir brought 40 rhythms and mixed it. He told me to get all the
instruments that I possessed for this song. When I started from my home,
with all the  Instruments, the neighbours asked me If I was leaving my home
for another house ??.



I brought all the instruments in five auto rickshaws..I replied to them
saying, " No No. Rahman sir had called for a recording. He had instructed me
t get all the insruments, for trying something new".



   1. Rubob
   2. Sauce
   3. Mandolin
   4. Utilin
   5. Basukin



We had mixed all the six instruments into the rhythms to make it perfect,
and the outcome was brilliant.



I loved playing the Guitar Style in Nenje Nenje from ratchagan. This I loved
the most. Actually, in guitar style comes in the sarodh style. There is a
separate style for Guitar and a separate style for Guitar. One who can play
both the instruments can do it. He told me to get both the instruments. In
the second BGM of that song, in that classical guitar portion, he wanted a
melody and on top of it, use the sarod style. That sarod bit was a very
difficult bit. He didn't leave me till the last. Somehow he wanted me to
finish it. I told him, that the range of the song was going very high, and
it would be very tough. The fingering would be very tough. We can play the
instrument maximum in two fingers only.



He told me " If you cant do, then who else is there. Try it. You will get
it". With his encouragement , we could do it in the First take itself. I
asked him, if we can go for another take, for which he said, " No. You cant
play this bit for another take. Even if I give you a year's timing, it wont
come".



Even after some years, when I tried playing it, whenever the same raga is
played with the sarod, I never used to get it. I could 

Re: [arr] MAGIC OF RAHMAN :) Absolutely Siraj

[!--Sri Balaji--!]

Hi Siraj,

I am writing my experience. Indian Classical Arts called Rahman fans of Yahoo 
Groups to work as volunteer for the ARR's concert held at Bangalore on October 
8th 2005. Gopal arranged for that. That you all know. I am one among the 45 
volunteers.

In that concert, at rehearsal times, ARR wearing a sea blue full hand T-shirt 
and danced with kids in the stage. It was a rainy day. The school kids are 
eagerly awaiting under the shelter to get onto the stage for performance.

I asked a Kid, can u speak some words about Rahman in Tamil who's(kid's) mother 
tongue is tamil. He denied to talk in Tamil and started speaking in English 
about Rahman. He said that he is going to dance for Vande Mataram song holding 
small flag in his hand.

That kid adds up his favorite performing song is Vande Mataram. That moment I 
realized how ARR inspired even a kid.

Thanks,
sribalaji.

--- On Sat, 23/8/08, Siraj K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Siraj K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [arr] MAGIC OF RAHMAN :)
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, 23 August, 2008, 2:30 AM











wow man... This is amazing.. ARR on top this kid's 'like' list... 
Yeah, there are so many kids..
 
My niece used to cry, if I stop playing 'Dilse' songs when she was about 2 
years. So I used to play 'non-stop' atleast to keep her smiling
 
Cheers,
Siraj
 
 


 
On 8/21/08, srinath  wrote:









HI 

pls tak a  look at the attached file.

This was written by my neighbour's kid who is five yrs old. He always keeps 
humming Rahman songs, and his fav song at present is kabhi kabhi. This shows 
the magic and reach of our BOSS. 


vaazhgaa A.R.Rahman :)



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Re: [arr] NO healthy, constructive & meaningful posts on ARR's music anymore here... [SAD]

[Anees]

Siraj,
You wrote my mind 


( All Glitters are not gold )
Regards
Anees

[arr] Re: If AR and ILairraja joins together for compose the poems of Rabindranatha Tagore

[jibandevta]

It would be awesome..but I think ARR can do it better alone as he has 
explored little bit Rabindrasangeet also in some of his film music..

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "aneeshksasi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
>
> 
> Hai all,
> 
>               Rabindranatha Tagore is a great poet
> and id AR and IR joins to compose his  poems it would be great .
> 
> Regards
> 
> ANEESH
>

Re: [arr] Trisha to sing for A.R. Rahman

[kishore parayath]

*U r extremely LUCKY if u get an opportunity to have atleast a small BIT of
in a RAHMAN SONG.*
*After listening to SIVAJi songs, I felt, how lucky Rajni sir was... To have
his laugh in STYLE SONG and have the "HEY" in VAAJI VAAJI*

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 9:11 AM, shnkr_r <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
>
>
> August 22, 2008
> Petite beauty Trisha is ruling the roost in Tollywood and Kollywood
> simultaneously with a number of projects lined up to keep her busy.
> Yet another facet of Trisha, other than acting, is to be brought to
> the fore with the actress ready to test her vocal skills.Trisha, in a
> recent interview, has disclosed that she would lend her voice soon for
> a song set to tune by
> Trisha
> ace music director A.R. Rahman. The film is Abhiyum Naanum, wherein
> she plays the lead role too. The actress states that she is a natural
> singer but has always been shy to exhibit her talent. Trisha is
> naturally thrilled to debut as singer under the direction of
> award-winning music director A.R. Rahman
>
> 
>

Re: [arr] Re:Your Last song in this Life

[mohammed sajin]

mine would be SOUKHIYAMA KANNE from Sangamam

 -- 
SAJIN
.
.
To err is human, to forgive... unlikely.





- Original Message 
From: mehrun shiraz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 10:36:26 PM
Subject: Re: [arr] Re:Your Last song in this Life


Oh my go, its damn damn damn difficult..but its a very good question,
i'm getting goosebumps when i read everyone's reply..
 
 
mine will be..ek heirate from guru..


On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 12:14 PM, Mohd Nash <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com.sg> wrote:

Faaja - Jodhaa Akbar 

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[arr] [Semi-ARR] - HARRIS JAYARAJ for YODHA-2 (MALAYALAM)

[kishore parayath]

How many of you remember *ARR's GREAT BGMs *in YODHA? How many of u
remember those DIFFERENT songs which sounds fresh even today??
The latest news is that, the sequel to YODHA, YODHA-2 is having Harris
Jayaraj as the composer. This prestigious project will mark his debut in
Malayalam.

The composer himself disclosed about the project, to "Cochin Metro (The
Hindu)" when he was in Kochi last week:
http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/08/25/stories/2008082550310100.htm

As a TRUE ARR fan, Iam strongly *AGAINST IT!!! *Such a BIG PRESTIGIOUS
PROJECT, requires GLOBAL MUSIC like that ARR gave 14 years back... It is *NOT
*a project  for a MONOTONOUS HARRIS It requires a *VERSATILE*composer...
*SHANKAR-EHSAAN-LOY *would be a better choice And they would JUMP
immediatly and take the offer, as they BADLY want to start their Malayalam
career with a *MAMMOOTTY or MOHANLAL* movie... Recently the TRIO was
replaced by HIT CHURNER *RahulRaj, *in the MAMMOOTTY starrer *"MAYA
BAZAAR".  Rahulraj, *addressed as *"GOLDEN COMPOSER"*  has been churning
HITS after HITS with his with his proficiency over a variety of GENRES
in world music.

To know more about Rahulraj: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahulraj


*Guys... Post your opinions on how the MUSIC of  YODHA-2 would be , if
HARRIS scores it*
*Dont IGNORE this.. Its a PRESTIGE issue for us, ARR FANS... Someone like
HARRIS being the SUCCESSOR of RAHMANJI in the MEGAPROJECT Yodha-2!!
RIDICULOUS*

Re: [arr] A R Rahman sent me a message once saying you are an ambassador for Islam.

[NILIMA HARIN BUCH]

  
THE BIGGER PICTURE IS MUCH MORE CLEANER THAN ANY NARROW MINDED WOULD 
IMAGINE...
i'M SURPRISED WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO TALK ABOUT RELIGION OF A PERSON WHEN 
ACTUALLY, HE/SHE HIMSELF DOESN'T WANT TO DISCRIMINATE EVER.

I'VE DECIDED, WHENEVER, ANYONE ASKS ME MY RELIGION OR REGIONI'LL SAY "MUSIC 
IS MY RELIGION AND I BELONG TO INDIA"
I'M ALSO THINKING OF WRITING IT THAT WAY IN MY NEXT YEAR'S FORM FOR KMMC.

NILIMA

On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 Vithur wrote :
>The 'Indian Mujahideen' recently warned four leading Muslim actors – Shah
>Rukh, Aamir, Salman and Saif Ali, all, coincidentally, answering to the name
>of Khan – that if they didn't keep off working in Indian movies, they'd run
>the risk of 'paying a price'.
>
>
>While the Big Khans are extremely reticent after Saif and Shabana's
>statements, previous occasions when they have been more vocal in responding
>to such issues indicate that they don't see things differently. Shah Rukh,
>who earlier this year said in an interview to Tehelka that "AR Rahman sent
>me a message once saying you are an ambassador for
>Islam.
>I think I truly am," argued in 2004 while talking to the BBC, that "Indians
>by nature right now are very secular, have been very secular, and the
>biggest case in point is that a Muslim guy is one of the top stars for the
>last 13 years, they have accepted me, nobody has ever questioned my
>religion."
>
>
>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_Buzz/My_name_is_Khan/articleshow/3393571.cms
>--
>regards,
>Vithur
>
>ARR -- The Sweet Cube always


Nilima

ONCE A SINGER, ALWAYS A SINGER..

Re: [arr] Re:Your Last song in this Life

[mehrun shiraz]

Oh my go, its damn damn damn difficult..but its a very good
question,
i'm getting goosebumps when i read everyone's reply..


mine will be..ek heirate from guru..


On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 12:14 PM, Mohd Nash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>   Faaja - Jodhaa Akbar
>
> --
> New Email names for you!
> 
> Get the Email name you've always wanted on the new @ymail and @rocketmail.
> Hurry before someone else does!
>
> 
>

Re: [arr] Your Last song in this Life

[jose antony]

pray for me brother...hi.hi...

--- On Mon, 25/8/08, Srinivasa Krishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Srinivasa Krishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [arr] Your Last song in this Life
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, 25 August, 2008, 12:20 AM











Kaatre En Vaasal Vandhaai from RHYTHM

-- 
Regards,
V SRINIVASA KRISHNAN
 

 
On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 9:53 PM, aparna desikan <[EMAIL PROTECTED] co.in> wrote:










khwaja mere khwaja...d ultimate song..even tere bina...m in a fix


--- On Sun, 24/8/08, rahul birhade  wrote:


From: rahul birhade  

Subject: Re: [arr] Your Last song in this Life
To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Sunday, 24 August, 2008, 1:19 AM 








Guys it would be Yenna solla pogirai from Kandukondain  Kandukondain 

. gr8 song luv it
 



 
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- Original Message 
From: kishore kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com>
To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com

Sent: Saturday, 23 August, 2008 11:12:32 PM
Subject: Re: [arr] Your Last song in this Life







Mine would be 'Vellaipookkal' from kannathil muththamittal. :)

--- On Sat, 8/23/08, indmovbuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote:

From: indmovbuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com>
Subject: Re: [arr] Your Last song in this Life
To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Saturday, August 23, 2008, 9:55 PM





Uyirum Neeye Uravum Neeye from Pavithra reflecting my gratitude for 
all the things that I have had in this birth which came to me in the 
form of my mother. 

--- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Somashekar Bj  

wrote:
>
> OMG!! If that happens, i'd like to listen "Ek tu hi bharosa" from 
Pukar to pray him to spare me from death ;)
> 
> OK jokes apart, My choice would be to hear " Ey Ajnabi" from Dil Se.

> 
> Rgds.,
> Somashekar
> 
> --- On Sat, 8/23/08, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
> From: Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
> Subject: [arr] Your Last song in this Life
> To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com

> Date: Saturday, August 23, 2008, 3:15 PM
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Dear All, 
>  
> Just a thought which struck me today... May be this topic would be 

interesting or ignored.. I dont know.. But just give it a thought 
>  
> suppose God tells you, that you have another five or six minutes 
more in this life , which is left over, and your end is nearing you. 

Which song of ARR would you love to listen it as last  
>  
> I would love to listen to " Tere Bina " from Guru, and my mom told 
me she would want to listen to Khwaja Mere Khwaja ...
>  

> What would be your choicess... Pls mention only one song.. Just 
one. No two or more choices pls
> 
> -- 
> regards,
> Vithur
> 
> ARR -- The Sweet Cube always
>






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Re: [arr] Your Last song in this Life

[NILIMA HARIN BUCH]

  MY SONG WOULD BE:

MAN MOHANAA..IT GIVES ME THE SURRENDERING FEELING ,I HAD ALMOST LOST IN 
PASSAGE OF TIME.
THANX TO ARR ,I CAME NEARER ONCE AGAIN TO GOD ALMIGHTY.

FOR ME THIS DOHA FITS THE EXPERIENCE WITH 'MAN MOHANAA' SONG

"GURU GOVING DONO KHADEY, KAAKE LAAGU PAAY,
 BALIHARI GURU AAPNO, GOVIND DIYO BATAY"

ARR'S MUSIC TAUGHT ME HOW TO RISE ABOVE THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND CARRY ON.

NILIMA [ONCE A SINGER ALWAYS A SINGER]

On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 Vithur wrote :
>Dear All,
>
>Just a thought which struck me today... May be this topic would be
>interesting or ignored.. I dont know.. But just give it a thought
>
>suppose God tells you, that you have another five or six minutes more in
>this life , which is left over, and your end is nearing you. Which song of
>ARR would you love to listen it as last 
>
>I would love to listen to " Tere Bina " from Guru, and my mom told me she
>would want to listen to Khwaja Mere Khwaja ...
>
>What would be your choicess... Pls mention only one song.. Just one. No two
>or more choices pls
>
>--
>regards,
>Vithur
>
>ARR -- The Sweet Cube always

Re: [arr] Re: Your Last song in this Life

[Shamil Sharif]

chinna chinna aasai...roja
aele lo...aele aele lo...great yaar
 shemil
music1st 



- Original Message 
From: Ricky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 6:17:20 PM
Subject: [arr] Re: Your Last song in this Life


Very nice question.

Mine would be Roobaroo Roshni from RDB. 

-Ricky

--- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, "Pravinder Sheoran"
 wrote:
>
> Vellai Pookal,
> If god gives extra 2 minuts, i'll ask to replay Vellai Pookal.
> 
> --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Vithur  wrote:
> >
> > Dear All,
> > 
> > Just a thought which struck me today... May be this topic would be
> > interesting or ignored.. I dont know.. But just give it a thought
> > 
> > suppose God tells you, that you have another five or six minutes
more in
> > this life , which is left over, and your end is nearing you. Which
> song of
> > ARR would you love to listen it as last 
> > 
> > I would love to listen to " Tere Bina " from Guru, and my mom told
> me she
> > would want to listen to Khwaja Mere Khwaja ...
> > 
> > What would be your choicess... Pls mention only one song.. Just one.
> No two
> > or more choices pls
> > 
> > -- 
> > regards,
> > Vithur
> > 
> > ARR -- The Sweet Cube always
> >
>

 


  

[arr] How AR Rahman’s lead guitarist Rashid Ali belted out a chart-topping song

[Vithur]

*http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Direct-Hit/352877/*
**
*How AR Rahman's lead guitarist Rashid Ali belted out a chart-topping song*

When writer-director Abbas Tyrewala penned the lyrics of the runaway hit
Kabhi kabhi Aditi, he kept the brief simple — a positive, happy, young song.
As AR Rahman's lead guitarist Rashid Ali took to composing the opening riff,
little did the 42-year-old know that he would be doing more than just
strumming the guitar, that he would also be singing the song.

"Kabhi kabhi Aditi is a song in which Rahman has experimented with the
musicality of the track. And since the Indian audience is hungry for new
sounds, it has worked well," says Ali, in town for a Big FM event, about the
song that Imran Khan lip synched to in Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na.

The UK-based Ali is an artist with Rahman's record label KM Music. They met
seven years ago in London. "He saw one of my performances, liked my style of
music and things just took off from there," says Ali. He has sung Kahin to
hogi in Jaane Tu¿ Ya Jaane Na and Ishq ada in Ada, apart from singing a
Tamil tune in K. Balachander's Paarthale Paravasam a few years ago. While
many consider Rashid a veteran guitarist and a debutant singer, he says it
is the other way round. "I am essentially a singer. Being able to play the
guitar and sing add to my advantage as a musician since it allows me to
compose," says the musician, who worked on the musical Bombay Dreams as
well.

"I understand the Indian tonality of songs but I keep my style of singing
and composing different, something that blends in different kinds of music,"
says Ali. He is a self-taught musician whose most important influence have
been his mother and the ghazals she sang. While jazz, Latin and Arab sounds
went on to leave their mark over the years, Bollywood too was present in his
scheme of things. "I have grown up listening to Bollywood," he says. While
Ali has been visiting India regularly for the past seven years, he is now
staying put in Chennai for a while, busy working on his first solo album,
for which which he has sung as well as composed, and is due for release in
the coming months.

-- 
regards,
Vithur

ARR -- The Sweet Cube always

Re: [arr] Re:Your Last song in this Life

[.::KriShnA::.]

Naalai Ulagam Illai Endral from Love Birds

Krishna

On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 12:14 PM, Mohd Nash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>   Faaja - Jodhaa Akbar
>
> --
>  New Email names for you!
> 
> Get the Email name you've always wanted on the new @ymail and @rocketmail.
> Hurry before someone else does!
> 
>

Re: [arr] Your Last song in this Life

[S.Kanchna Rahmansfan]

meherbaan - ADA

--- On Sat, 8/23/08, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

From: Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [arr] Your Last song in this Life
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, August 23, 2008, 3:15 PM








Dear All, 
 
Just a thought which struck me today... May be this topic would be interesting 
or ignored.. I dont know.. But just give it a thought 
 
suppose God tells you, that you have another five or six minutes more in this 
life , which is left over, and your end is nearing you. Which song of ARR would 
you love to listen it as last  
 
I would love to listen to " Tere Bina " from Guru, and my mom told me she would 
want to listen to Khwaja Mere Khwaja ...
 
What would be your choicess... Pls mention only one song.. Just one. No two or 
more choices pls

-- 
regards,
Vithur

ARR -- The Sweet Cube always
 














  

[arr] Trisha to sing for A.R. Rahman

[shnkr_r]

August 22, 2008
Petite beauty Trisha is ruling the roost in Tollywood and Kollywood
simultaneously with a number of projects lined up to keep her busy.
Yet another facet of Trisha, other than acting, is to be brought to
the fore with the actress ready to test her vocal skills.Trisha, in a
recent interview, has disclosed that she would lend her voice soon for
a song set to tune by   
Trisha
ace music director A.R. Rahman. The film is Abhiyum Naanum, wherein
she plays the lead role too. The actress states that she is a natural
singer but has always been shy to exhibit her talent. Trisha is
naturally thrilled to debut as singer under the direction of
award-winning music director A.R. Rahman

Re: [arr] If AR and ILairraja joins together for compose the poems of Rabindranatha Tagore

[Devanshu Mehta]

In fact, the song Ekla Chalo from Bose (composed by Rahman) is based
on a Rabindranath Tagore song.

Devanshu

On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Arijit Debnath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Rabindranath Tagore is not only great poet at the same time he is great
> conposer also and he has composed majority of his poems and written and
> composed alomost 9000 songs.
>
> So Rahman can re-arrange his compositionsthat would be great.
>
> Arijit
>
>
> On 24/08/2008, aneeshksasi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Hai all,
>>
>>   Rabindranatha Tagore is a great poet
>> and id AR and IR joins to compose his  poems it would be great .
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> ANEESH
>>
>
> 

Re: [arr] Re:Your Last song in this Life

[Farzad khaleel]

Faaja ? Unreleased track ? :P :P

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 12:44 AM, Mohd Nash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>   Faaja - Jodhaa Akbar
>
> --
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> 
> Get the Email name you've always wanted on the new @ymail and @rocketmail.
> Hurry before someone else does!
> 
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