Re: [arr] When I heard ARR for the first time !!!

2008-03-02 Thread MusicFuzon

hey durba!!!

   am so so so glad that u mentioned surabhi interview here!!!
dat SURABHI interview was my first encounter wid arr..
I remember, Renuka shahane and Siddharth were mentioning that there is a young 
boy who has composed a music for some southindian movie which is making 
everyone go mad!!!
i was around 7 years old that time!!!
Though the interview was in English..so, that time i cudnt understand it 
fully!!!
but the song chinna chinna asai kept on ringing my ears for almost an year!!
and almost a year later..i heard the same song in hindi ..on DD metro!!!
wow  i jumped..i shouted saying...hey a very young boy has composed this 
music...
everyone in my home was laughing at me..the way i was jumping and narrating the 
story to everyone sitting there..
NOONE KNEW THAT TIME THAT...THIS YOUNG BOY WILL CHANGE MY LIFE FOREVER..
well, to tell the truth..i am from extreme north ..Jammu and Kashmir is my 
state..
but its just the power of arr's music..that now i can even read and write tamil 
!!
I have almost byhearted all the tamil songs!!!In my college ppl used to call me 
the Encyclopedia of AR Rahman..u need any info bout him...i was 
there...hehehehehehe
arr's music is running in my blood...
he has turned me into half south indian!!!lol!!
and the best part is that i found my soul mate..who is also a Rahmaniac!!!
and who belongs to Southindia!!!
so we can say that ARR's magic has brought NORTH and SOUTH together!!!

but guys...i yesterday i thought of downloading that Surabhi interview from 
youtube..but they have deleted that!!!
if anyone is having that..can u plz upload that or send to me???ill b million 
times thankful to that person..as that interview is very close to my heart..and 
i always want to preserve it wid me!!!

thanx..

-- love music love life

- Original Message -
From: durba bhattacharjee [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:15:02 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Re: [arr] When I heard ARR for the first time !!!

It's a wonderful thread started by Bergin (???)I read it when he posted it 
first but couldnt reply. It's good that the topic has come up again.
   
  Just like Bergin (???), I heard arr for the first time in the curtain raiser 
program for national award that year. It was the starting piece of Yeh Haseen 
Vadiyaan. Madhu looking amazed at the snow covered peaks and valleys. At that 
time except for the music piece, nothing registered in my mind as Roja was a 
Tamil movie and then Tamil was similar a language as Hebrew now. 
   
  After some time I saw the interview of ARR in Surabhi and again nothing 
registered in my mind. I was in school then and I hardly could understand 
English conversation.
   
  Some months later when me and my family happened to watch the dubbed version 
of Roja quite accidentally, and when the Yeh haseena Vadiyan started, I was on 
the verge of my chair, as the tune was very familiar, something very lovable.
   
  Only it was then when I started to hunt my brain hard and started to 
recollect all the 'unregistered' events and came to knwo the man - a r rahman.
   
  durba

Pradeepan R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It was not ROJA for me ! 
actuall my case of getting into Rahman is slightly different from most others.
because the first time I started to listen to film music was when Kadhalan 
was released
and Take it Easy was playing everywhere !!!
  I didnt even know at that time about Roja or Thiruda Thiruda or Bombay !
wonder I was like that.. but its basically because my parents used to play lot 
of non-film music.. so I never was into listening filmi music.
  but it was my Quarterly holidays. and Vividh Bharathi was playing Kadhalan Ad.
Gentleman Films pugal K.T.Kunjumohan vazhangum Kadhalan
A.R.Rahman innisayil Kadhalan..
  I got hooked onto Take it Easy  Kadhalan as a whole. I saw an interview of 
him  fell in love with the man himself ;) .
I then started going backwards in time. I learnt this same guy had composed 
Roja, Bombay, Thiruda Thiruda, Duet  many others.. and I was able to pick the 
small changes in ARR (evolution) from Roja to Thiruda Thiruda.. 
  Kadhalan changed me forever ... from being a guy who never listened to music 
much To someone keeping his ears almost into the speaker finding out the small 
sounds  effects ARR uses in each song.
  Long live ARR  His Music.


  On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Aravind AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Oh.. this is a good thread! :)

should be interesting to read everyone's experiences!


my first exp  - I had narrated when i went on the Fan show on Aaha FM's 
Rahmania.. here we go again...

I was in my 4th standard when Roja released.. I didnt know much about movies/ 
film music at that time, though I used to listen to a lot of musicThe only 
MD i knew then, was Illayaraja... one of my seniors from school came and gave 
me a cassette and asked me to practice one of the songs on my keyboard, so that 
I could accompany

Re: [arr] When I heard ARR for the first time !!!

2008-02-29 Thread durba bhattacharjee
It's a wonderful thread started by Bergin (???)I read it when he posted it 
first but couldnt reply. It's good that the topic has come up again.
   
  Just like Bergin (???), I heard arr for the first time in the curtain raiser 
program for national award that year. It was the starting piece of Yeh Haseen 
Vadiyaan. Madhu looking amazed at the snow covered peaks and valleys. At that 
time except for the music piece, nothing registered in my mind as Roja was a 
Tamil movie and then Tamil was similar a language as Hebrew now. 
   
  After some time I saw the interview of ARR in Surabhi and again nothing 
registered in my mind. I was in school then and I hardly could understand 
English conversation.
   
  Some months later when me and my family happened to watch the dubbed version 
of Roja quite accidentally, and when the Yeh haseena Vadiyan started, I was on 
the verge of my chair, as the tune was very familiar, something very lovable.
   
  Only it was then when I started to hunt my brain hard and started to 
recollect all the 'unregistered' events and came to knwo the man - a r rahman.
   
  durba

Pradeepan R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It was not ROJA for me ! 
actuall my case of getting into Rahman is slightly different from most others.
because the first time I started to listen to film music was when Kadhalan 
was released
and Take it Easy was playing everywhere !!!
  I didnt even know at that time about Roja or Thiruda Thiruda or Bombay !
wonder I was like that.. but its basically because my parents used to play lot 
of non-film music.. so I never was into listening filmi music.
  but it was my Quarterly holidays. and Vividh Bharathi was playing Kadhalan Ad.
Gentleman Films pugal K.T.Kunjumohan vazhangum Kadhalan
A.R.Rahman innisayil Kadhalan..
  I got hooked onto Take it Easy  Kadhalan as a whole. I saw an interview of 
him  fell in love with the man himself ;) .
I then started going backwards in time. I learnt this same guy had composed 
Roja, Bombay, Thiruda Thiruda, Duet  many others.. and I was able to pick the 
small changes in ARR (evolution) from Roja to Thiruda Thiruda.. 
  Kadhalan changed me forever ... from being a guy who never listened to music 
much To someone keeping his ears almost into the speaker finding out the small 
sounds  effects ARR uses in each song.
  Long live ARR  His Music.


  On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Aravind AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Oh.. this is a good thread! :)

should be interesting to read everyone's experiences!


my first exp  - I had narrated when i went on the Fan show on Aaha FM's 
Rahmania.. here we go again...

I was in my 4th standard when Roja released.. I didnt know much about movies/ 
film music at that time, though I used to listen to a lot of musicThe only 
MD i knew then, was Illayaraja... one of my seniors from school came and gave 
me a cassette and asked me to practice one of the songs on my keyboard, so that 
I could accompany the singers. Need I even mention that the cassette was Roja 
cassette? the song was Thamizha Thamizha... I listened to it and was totally 
floored!!!  It was nothing like anything I had heard b4. I listened to all the 
songs, and I was spell bound, and listened to them so many times that day!! And 
later, when we performed Thamizha thamizha on stage, we got a very good 
response as well! :)


Aravind   

Indmov Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:   
  This is such a lovely thread! Thanks for starting it, Bergin!
  Although it's a bit old I can't help sharing my unforgettable experience with 
you guys. 
   
  My parents and I were on holiday in India for the very first time ( I was 9 
years old). We were in most parts of India and finished off in Chennai as part 
of a pilgrimage. So our last 3 nights in India were in Chennai and I remember 
my mother enjoying all the shopping whilst my dad and I were too engrossed, 
absorbing the radiance in the atmosphere of the city.  So different to where I 
come from but still felt very much like home and I remember not wanting to 
leave. On the last night we decided to go watch a movie (my first Indian movie 
on big screen) and Roja had just released. I can't remember why we picked it. 
Actually everything from this point is a blur except for until Chinna Chinna 
Aasai started playing on screen. I remember vividly the feeling that came over 
me when Chinna Chinna Aasai started.   I think 'happy' would be too simpler 
word to use but I felt an extremely pleasant feeling taking over me. Something 
beyond words and same for the other songs and of course
 the movie itself! My mum loved the songs too.  I walked out of Roja , with 
admiration for two people*. Two people that I now have the greatest admiration 
in Indian Cinema: Rahman and Maniratnam. 
   
  I remember being really adamant in wanting to buy the Roja cassette before we 
left to the airport. I was literally crying at the hotel reception so my poor 
parents were forced to take this 

Re: [arr] When I heard ARR for the first time !!!

2008-02-27 Thread Pradeepan R
It was not ROJA for me !
actuall my case of getting into Rahman is slightly different from most
others.
because the first time I started to listen to film music was when Kadhalan
was released
and Take it Easy was playing everywhere !!!

I didnt even know at that time about Roja or Thiruda Thiruda or Bombay !
wonder I was like that.. but its basically because my parents used to play
lot of non-film music.. so I never was into listening filmi music.

but it was my Quarterly holidays. and Vividh Bharathi was playing Kadhalan
Ad.
Gentleman Films pugal K.T.Kunjumohan vazhangum Kadhalan
A.R.Rahman innisayil Kadhalan..

I got hooked onto Take it Easy  Kadhalan as a whole. I saw an interview of
him  fell in love with the man himself ;) .
I then started going backwards in time. I learnt this same guy had composed
Roja, Bombay, Thiruda Thiruda, Duet  many others.. and I was able to pick
the small changes in ARR (evolution) from Roja to Thiruda Thiruda..

Kadhalan changed me forever ... from being a guy who never listened to music
much To someone keeping his ears almost into the speaker finding out the
small sounds  effects ARR uses in each song.

Long live ARR  His Music.

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Aravind AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   Oh.. this is a good thread! :)

 should be interesting to read everyone's experiences!


 my first exp  - I had narrated when i went on the Fan show on Aaha FM's
 Rahmania.. here we go again...

 I was in my 4th standard when Roja released.. I didnt know much about
 movies/ film music at that time, though I used to listen to a lot of
 musicThe only MD i knew then, was Illayaraja... one of my seniors from
 school came and gave me a cassette and asked me to practice one of the songs
 on my keyboard, so that I could accompany the singers. Need I even mention
 that the cassette was Roja cassette? the song was Thamizha Thamizha... I
 listened to it and was totally floored!!!  It was nothing like anything I
 had heard b4. I listened to all the songs, and I was spell bound, and
 listened to them so many times that day!! And later, when we performed
 Thamizha thamizha on stage, we got a very good response as well! :)


 Aravind

 *Indmov Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED]* wrote:

   This is such a lovely thread! Thanks for starting it, Bergin!
 Although it's a bit old I can't help sharing my unforgettable experience
 with you guys.

 My parents and I were on holiday in India for the very first time ( I was
 9 years old). We were in most parts of India and finished off in Chennai as
 part of a pilgrimage. So our last 3 nights in India were in Chennai and I
 remember my mother enjoying all the shopping whilst my dad and I were too
 engrossed, absorbing the radiance in the atmosphere of the city.  So
 different to where I come from but still felt very much like home and I
 remember not wanting to leave. On the last night we decided to go watch a
 movie (my first Indian movie on big screen) and Roja had just released. I
 can't remember why we picked it. Actually everything from this point is a
 blur except for until Chinna Chinna Aasai started playing on screen. I
 remember vividly the feeling that came over me when Chinna Chinna Aasai
 started.   I think 'happy' would be too simpler word to use but I felt an
 extremely pleasant feeling taking over me. Something beyond words and same
 for the other songs and of course the movie itself! My mum loved the songs
 too.  I walked out of Roja , with admiration for two people*. Two people
 that I now have the greatest admiration in Indian Cinema: Rahman and
 Maniratnam.

 I remember being really adamant in wanting to buy the Roja cassette before
 we left to the airport. I was literally crying at the hotel reception so my
 poor parents were forced to take this crying kid to this Bazaar (not sure
 what the name is) to buy the cassette, on our way out of T.Nagar towards
 the airport. Mission accomplished, for me- we found it! Unfortunately not
 everyone was happy at the end of that day! My parents that is -because we
 missed the flight back home! Well, my parents think that we may have made it
 if I hadn't thrown a tantrum to buy the cassette and if we didn't have to go
 out of the way to get the cassette but I am sure you guys would agree that
 it was the Chennai traffic. Not my fault or anything!:)

 P.S: I still cherish that first cassette. Although a bit in tatters , it's
 still part of my proud rahman collection.

 *Actually 3, if I have to be honest (arvindasamy too! ) ;)

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Re: [arr] When I heard ARR for the first time !!!

2008-02-26 Thread Indmov Buff
This is such a lovely thread! Thanks for starting it, Bergin!
Although it's a bit old I can't help sharing my unforgettable experience with 
you guys. 
 
My parents and I were on holiday in India for the very first time ( I was 9 
years old). We were in most parts of India and finished off in Chennai as part 
of a pilgrimage. So our last 3 nights in India were in Chennai and I remember 
my mother enjoying all the shopping whilst my dad and I were too engrossed, 
absorbing the radiance in the atmosphere of the city.  So different to where I 
come from but still felt very much like home and I remember not wanting to 
leave. On the last night we decided to go watch a movie (my first Indian movie 
on big screen) and Roja had just released. I can't remember why we picked it. 
Actually everything from this point is a blur except for until Chinna Chinna 
Aasai started playing on screen. I remember vividly the feeling that came over 
me when Chinna Chinna Aasai started.   I think 'happy' would be too simpler 
word to use but I felt an extremely pleasant feeling taking over me. Something 
beyond words and same for the other
 songs and of course the movie itself! My mum loved the songs too.  I walked 
out of Roja , with admiration for two people*. Two people that I now have the 
greatest admiration in Indian Cinema: Rahman and Maniratnam. 
 
I remember being really adamant in wanting to buy the Roja cassette before we 
left to the airport. I was literally crying at the hotel reception so my poor 
parents were forced to take this crying kid to this Bazaar (not sure what the 
name is) to buy the cassette, on our way out of T.Nagar towards the airport. 
Mission accomplished, for me- we found it! Unfortunately not everyone was happy 
at the end of that day! My parents that is -because we missed the flight back 
home! Well, my parents think that we may have made it if I hadn't thrown a 
tantrum to buy the cassette and if we didn't have to go out of the way to get 
the cassette but I am sure you guys would agree that it was the Chennai 
traffic. Not my fault or anything!:)
 
P.S: I still cherish that first cassette. Although a bit in tatters , it's 
still part of my proud rahman collection. 

*Actually 3, if I have to be honest (arvindasamy too! ) ;)


  

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Re: [arr] When I heard ARR for the first time !!!

2008-02-26 Thread Aravind AM
Oh.. this is a good thread! :)

should be interesting to read everyone's experiences!


my first exp  - I had narrated when i went on the Fan show on Aaha FM's 
Rahmania.. here we go again...

I was in my 4th standard when Roja released.. I didnt know much about movies/ 
film music at that time, though I used to listen to a lot of musicThe only 
MD i knew then, was Illayaraja... one of my seniors from school came and gave 
me a cassette and asked me to practice one of the songs on my keyboard, so that 
I could accompany the singers. Need I even mention that the cassette was Roja 
cassette? the song was Thamizha Thamizha... I listened to it and was totally 
floored!!!  It was nothing like anything I had heard b4. I listened to all the 
songs, and I was spell bound, and listened to them so many times that day!! And 
later, when we performed Thamizha thamizha on stage, we got a very good 
response as well! :)


Aravind

Indmov Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:   
 This is such a lovely thread! Thanks for starting it, Bergin!
 Although it's a bit old I can't help sharing my unforgettable experience with 
you guys. 
  
 My parents and I were on holiday in India for the very first time ( I was 9 
years old). We were in most parts of India and finished off in Chennai as part 
of a pilgrimage. So our last 3 nights in India were in Chennai and I remember 
my mother enjoying all the shopping whilst my dad and I were too engrossed, 
absorbing the radiance in the atmosphere of the city.  So different to where I 
come from but still felt very much like home and I remember not wanting to 
leave. On the last night we decided to go watch a movie (my  first Indian movie 
on big screen) and Roja had just released. I can't remember why we picked it. 
Actually everything from this point is a blur except for until Chinna Chinna 
Aasai started playing on screen. I remember vividly the feeling that came over 
me when Chinna Chinna Aasai started.   I think 'happy' would be too simpler 
word to use but I felt an extremely pleasant feeling taking over me. Something 
beyond words and same for the other songs and of course
 the movie itself! My mum loved the songs too.  I walked out of Roja , with 
admiration for two people*. Two people that I now have the greatest admiration 
in Indian Cinema: Rahman and Maniratnam. 
  
 I remember being really adamant in wanting to buy the Roja cassette before we 
left to the airport. I was literally crying at the hotel reception so my poor 
parents were forced to take this crying kid to this Bazaar (not sure what the 
name is) to buy the cassette, on our way out of T.Nagar towards the airport. 
Mission accomplished, for me- we found it! Unfortunately not everyone was happy 
at the end of that day! My parents that is -because we missed the flight back 
home! Well, my parents think that we may have made it if I hadn't thrown a 
tantrum to buy the cassette and if we didn't have to go out of the way to get 
the cassette but I am sure you guys would agree that it was the Chennai 
traffic. Not my fault or anything!:)
  
 P.S: I still cherish that first cassette. Although a bit in tatters , it's 
still part of my proud rahman collection. 
  
 *Actually 3, if I have to be honest (arvindasamy too! ) ;)



   
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Re: [arr] When I heard ARR for the first time !!!

2008-02-04 Thread Bergin Roy
Nice Arijith !

Its the same with me too. I used to enjoy the Spirit of Unity concert 
program in DD on Sundays. And then the Asianet song.

It has an unique touch, that you can't expect from anybody else.

Looking forward to hear more first experiences.

Cheers,
Bergin

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Arijit Debnath [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
wrote:

 Hi,
 
 This is a nice topic, for me it was a very tough situation... let me
 explain..
 
 Our family was very traditional regarding music no bollywood 
music or
 hindi songs never allowed to my premises (except a few Naushad/SD 
Burman or
 Salil Chowdhury compositions).
 
 In our family mostly Rabindra Sangeet (Tagore songs) were being 
played
 and Hindustani classical, and my mother is a singer also (renders 
Tagore
 songs only at that time and now-a-days every now and then sings 
Rahman's
 song).
 
 So at that time (I was at 8th standard) hindi music was strictly
 prohibited but one fine Wednesday night I was surfing channels, 
and in
 Chitrahar one song was playing called Dil Hay chotasa I 
just glued
 to the song and so my Mom (who never ever allowed me to see that
 program). After that immediately we bought the cassette 
then Bombay,
 rangeela, Hum Se hay Mukabila, Hindustani  the list goes on 
upto JA.
 
 But I was so surprised that before I heard Roja I used to listen 
Rahman's
 tune... every Sunday it was a ritual to see the Program Spirit of 
Unity
 concert (may be the name is something different am not remembering 
now), and
 I was very much interested in the opening and closing theme 
after Roja I
 came to know that piece was comoposed by Rahman himself... so I was
 follwoing the right direction since beginning
 
 Arijit
 
 
 
 
 On 31/01/2008, Bergin Roy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
Dear Rahmaniacs,
 
  I'm not sure, if this has been discussed earlier. I'd love to 
start a
  thread of messages, to share the experience when we listened to 
ARR's
  music for the first time ever. And how we were impressed / 
flattened.
  Got this idea, when i was reading review of Roja music in a 
website.
  Especially from Gopal / Vijay, would love to know your first
  experience listening to ARR.
 
  Let me start...
  I happened to know about ARR very very late. I was in Class 9 i
  guess. We were in Ooty then. So movies dont get release than soon 
as
  in other cities. I came to know about him during the National 
Award
  for Roja.
 
  It was an evening, i had returned from School. There was a 
program in
  DD, curtain raiser for the National Award. Thats when i first 
heard
  the magical sound that i havent heard ever till then. My God... i
  said, what a sound it was, it went thru my nerves and mixed on to 
my
  blood. It was the song, Pudhu Vellai mazhai..., the initial
  interlude, made me shiver in the Kashmiri snow, i really felt a 
cold
  when the chill sound splashes along with the beat... Wow man... 
and
  so my next question was, who is the composer. Next comes the
  surprise, a 25 year old young chap... And i ran out to the music 
shop
  to grab a cassette.
 
  I was flattened and still breathing his music.
 
  And i soaked in his music since then... I was called as Rahman 
in
  my college hostel. Siraj would know that...
  Where ever I go since then, ppl talking to me for 2 days will know
  that i'm a fan of ARR. That much i talk on ARR. :)
 
  Its been 17 yrs now. I cherish the times i run to music shops to 
grab
  the first cassette on almost all releases. Now, at the age of 30,
  i've somehow lost the habit of grabbing the first CD/Cassette, 
may be
  not getting time or out of reach, but the passion towards his 
music,
  will be there till my last breathe.
 
  Listening now to his voice yelelo...  from Chinna Chinna 
Aasai...
 
  - Bergin
  Breathing HIS music.
 
  
 





Re: [arr] When I heard ARR for the first time !!!

2008-02-04 Thread Arijit Debnath
Hi,

This is a nice topic, for me it was a very tough situation... let me
explain..

Our family was very traditional regarding music no bollywood music or
hindi songs never allowed to my premises (except a few Naushad/SD Burman or
Salil Chowdhury compositions).

In our family mostly Rabindra Sangeet (Tagore songs) were being played
and Hindustani classical, and my mother is a singer also (renders Tagore
songs only at that time and now-a-days every now and then sings Rahman's
song).

So at that time (I was at 8th standard) hindi music was strictly
prohibited but one fine Wednesday night I was surfing channels, and in
Chitrahar one song was playing called Dil Hay chotasa I just glued
to the song and so my Mom (who never ever allowed me to see that
program). After that immediately we bought the cassette then Bombay,
rangeela, Hum Se hay Mukabila, Hindustani  the list goes on upto JA.

But I was so surprised that before I heard Roja I used to listen Rahman's
tune... every Sunday it was a ritual to see the Program Spirit of Unity
concert (may be the name is something different am not remembering now), and
I was very much interested in the opening and closing theme after Roja I
came to know that piece was comoposed by Rahman himself... so I was
follwoing the right direction since beginning

Arijit




On 31/01/2008, Bergin Roy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   Dear Rahmaniacs,

 I'm not sure, if this has been discussed earlier. I'd love to start a
 thread of messages, to share the experience when we listened to ARR's
 music for the first time ever. And how we were impressed / flattened.
 Got this idea, when i was reading review of Roja music in a website.
 Especially from Gopal / Vijay, would love to know your first
 experience listening to ARR.

 Let me start...
 I happened to know about ARR very very late. I was in Class 9 i
 guess. We were in Ooty then. So movies dont get release than soon as
 in other cities. I came to know about him during the National Award
 for Roja.

 It was an evening, i had returned from School. There was a program in
 DD, curtain raiser for the National Award. Thats when i first heard
 the magical sound that i havent heard ever till then. My God... i
 said, what a sound it was, it went thru my nerves and mixed on to my
 blood. It was the song, Pudhu Vellai mazhai..., the initial
 interlude, made me shiver in the Kashmiri snow, i really felt a cold
 when the chill sound splashes along with the beat... Wow man... and
 so my next question was, who is the composer. Next comes the
 surprise, a 25 year old young chap... And i ran out to the music shop
 to grab a cassette.

 I was flattened and still breathing his music.

 And i soaked in his music since then... I was called as Rahman in
 my college hostel. Siraj would know that...
 Where ever I go since then, ppl talking to me for 2 days will know
 that i'm a fan of ARR. That much i talk on ARR. :)

 Its been 17 yrs now. I cherish the times i run to music shops to grab
 the first cassette on almost all releases. Now, at the age of 30,
 i've somehow lost the habit of grabbing the first CD/Cassette, may be
 not getting time or out of reach, but the passion towards his music,
 will be there till my last breathe.

 Listening now to his voice yelelo...  from Chinna Chinna Aasai...

 - Bergin
 Breathing HIS music.

 



Re: [arr] When I heard ARR for the first time !!!

2008-02-02 Thread mehroof sm
Hi All,
   
  I think we all got affected by a worm called RAHMANIA.
   
  Cheers
  Mehroof Mohamed

 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Dear Rahmaniacs,

I'm not sure, if this has been discussed earlier. I'd love to start a 
thread of messages, to share the experience when we listened to ARR's 
music for the first time ever. And how we were impressed / flattened. 
Got this idea, when i was reading review of Roja music in a website. 
Especially from Gopal / Vijay, would love to know your first 
experience listening to ARR.

Let me start... 
I happened to know about ARR very very late. I was in Class 9 i 
guess. We were in Ooty then. So movies dont get release than soon as 
in other cities. I came to know about him during the National Award 
for Roja.

It was an evening, i had returned from School. There was a program in 
DD, curtain raiser for the National Award. Thats when i first heard 
the magical sound that i havent heard ever till then. My God... i 
said, what a sound it was, it went thru my nerves and mixed on to my 
blood. It was the song, Pudhu Vellai mazhai..., the initial 
interlude, made me shiver in the Kashmiri snow, i really felt a cold 
when the chill sound splashes along with the beat... Wow man... and 
so my next question was, who is the composer. Next comes the 
surprise, a 25 year old young chap... And i ran out to the music shop 
to grab a cassette. 

I was flattened and still breathing his music.

And i soaked in his music since then... I was called as Rahman in 
my college hostel. Siraj would know that...
Where ever I go since then, ppl talking to me for 2 days will know 
that i'm a fan of ARR. That much i talk on ARR. :)

Its been 17 yrs now. I cherish the times i run to music shops to grab 
the first cassette on almost all releases. Now, at the age of 30, 
i've somehow lost the habit of grabbing the first CD/Cassette, may be 
not getting time or out of reach, but the passion towards his music, 
will be there till my last breathe.

Listening now to his voice yelelo...  from Chinna Chinna Aasai...

- Bergin
Breathing HIS music.



 

   
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Re: [arr] When I heard ARR for the first time !!!

2008-02-02 Thread ankita_541
hi all,
when i heard his music for the first time i was hardly 4 or 5 years 
old...i didn't know what music was...all i remember is after roja was 
released it was the only cassette that was played in my house for 
more than 6 months...then the next movie whose songs were heard with 
that kind of craziness was bombay... Ever since i started 
understanding good music i have been listening to only and only ARR 
sir's songs.

Ppl at my hostel know that if u r gng to ankita's room for music all 
that u r gonna get is ARR's songs... if there is a conversation about 
music then all that I speak is praises of ARR and his music...

I am a die hard RAHMANIACthoroughly infected by RAHMANIA

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, mehroof sm [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
wrote:

 Hi All,

   I think we all got affected by a worm called RAHMANIA.

   Cheers
   Mehroof Mohamed
 
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   Dear Rahmaniacs,
 
 I'm not sure, if this has been discussed earlier. I'd love to start 
a 
 thread of messages, to share the experience when we listened to 
ARR's 
 music for the first time ever. And how we were impressed / 
flattened. 
 Got this idea, when i was reading review of Roja music in a 
website. 
 Especially from Gopal / Vijay, would love to know your first 
 experience listening to ARR.
 
 Let me start... 
 I happened to know about ARR very very late. I was in Class 9 i 
 guess. We were in Ooty then. So movies dont get release than soon 
as 
 in other cities. I came to know about him during the National Award 
 for Roja.
 
 It was an evening, i had returned from School. There was a program 
in 
 DD, curtain raiser for the National Award. Thats when i first heard 
 the magical sound that i havent heard ever till then. My God... i 
 said, what a sound it was, it went thru my nerves and mixed on to 
my 
 blood. It was the song, Pudhu Vellai mazhai..., the initial 
 interlude, made me shiver in the Kashmiri snow, i really felt a 
cold 
 when the chill sound splashes along with the beat... Wow man... and 
 so my next question was, who is the composer. Next comes the 
 surprise, a 25 year old young chap... And i ran out to the music 
shop 
 to grab a cassette. 
 
 I was flattened and still breathing his music.
 
 And i soaked in his music since then... I was called as Rahman in 
 my college hostel. Siraj would know that...
 Where ever I go since then, ppl talking to me for 2 days will know 
 that i'm a fan of ARR. That much i talk on ARR. :)
 
 Its been 17 yrs now. I cherish the times i run to music shops to 
grab 
 the first cassette on almost all releases. Now, at the age of 30, 
 i've somehow lost the habit of grabbing the first CD/Cassette, may 
be 
 not getting time or out of reach, but the passion towards his 
music, 
 will be there till my last breathe.
 
 Listening now to his voice yelelo...  from Chinna Chinna Aasai...
 
 - Bergin
 Breathing HIS music.
 
 
 
  
 

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Re: [arr] When I heard ARR for the first time !!!

2008-02-02 Thread Vithur
Just to add..

THIS DISEASE CALLED RAHMANIA IS LEAST HARMFUL AND MOST BENEFICIAL


On 2/2/08, mehroof sm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Hi All,

 I think we all got affected by a worm called RAHMANIA.

 Cheers
 Mehroof Mohamed

 * [EMAIL PROTECTED]* wrote:

  Dear Rahmaniacs,

 I'm not sure, if this has been discussed earlier. I'd love to start a
 thread of messages, to share the experience when we listened to ARR's
 music for the first time ever. And how we were impressed / flattened.
 Got this idea, when i was reading review of Roja music in a website.
 Especially from Gopal / Vijay, would love to know your first
 experience listening to ARR.

 Let me start...
 I happened to know about ARR very very late. I was in Class 9 i
 guess. We were in Ooty then. So movies dont get release than soon as
 in other cities. I came to know about him during the National Award
 for Roja.

 It was an evening, i had returned from School. There was a program in
 DD, curtain raiser for the National Award. Thats when i first heard
 the magical sound that i havent heard ever till then. My God... i
 said, what a sound it was, it went thru my nerves and mixed on to my
 blood. It was the song, Pudhu Vellai mazhai..., the initial
 interlude, made me shiver in the Kashmiri snow, i really felt a cold
 when the chill sound splashes along with the beat... Wow man... and
 so my next question was, who is the composer. Next comes the
 surprise, a 25 year old young chap... And i ran out to the music shop
 to grab a cassette.

 I was flattened and still breathing his music.

 And i soaked in his music since then... I was called as Rahman in
 my college hostel. Siraj would know that...
 Where ever I go since then, ppl talking to me for 2 days will know
 that i'm a fan of ARR. That much i talk on ARR. :)

 Its been 17 yrs now. I cherish the times i run to music shops to grab
 the first cassette on almost all releases. Now, at the age of 30,
 i've somehow lost the habit of grabbing the first CD/Cassette, may be
 not getting time or out of reach, but the passion towards his music,
 will be there till my last breathe.

 Listening now to his voice yelelo...  from Chinna Chinna Aasai...

 - Bergin
 Breathing HIS music.




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Re: [arr] When I heard ARR for the first time !!!

2008-02-02 Thread Siraj K
Yes, I agree with Bergin. We're classmates for 6 years :) Everybody used to
say he is addicted to ARR's music.

We had no tape recorder / TV when Roja was released. As I was in small
village, we had no such provision of getting Casettes those days My
first experience was when I was in Bazaar (market), I happened to listen to
Chinna Chinna Aasai... song I was very young. I don't know what is
music.. I never liked any music before this. I never spent any single minute
on any music / song before this song. It made me to stand there till the
song gets over. Then comes the other song... My god... I was wondering, what
a nice song. And it was an amazing  song... So whenever I return
from my school, I  goto that shop; listen to Roja songs and come back. I've
no words to describe that personal feeling... That can't be expressed...
This is how I got exposure to ARR's songs... And now I'm one of the fans who
grabs their first copy in their local stores.

Cheers
Siraj

On Feb 2, 2008 6:03 AM, Vithur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   Just to add..

 THIS DISEASE CALLED RAHMANIA IS LEAST HARMFUL AND MOST BENEFICIAL


 On 2/2/08, mehroof sm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 Hi All,
 
  I think we all got affected by a worm called RAHMANIA.
 
  Cheers
  Mehroof Mohamed
 
  * [EMAIL PROTECTED]* wrote:
 
   Dear Rahmaniacs,
 
  I'm not sure, if this has been discussed earlier. I'd love to start a
  thread of messages, to share the experience when we listened to ARR's
  music for the first time ever. And how we were impressed / flattened.
  Got this idea, when i was reading review of Roja music in a website.
  Especially from Gopal / Vijay, would love to know your first
  experience listening to ARR.
 
  Let me start...
  I happened to know about ARR very very late. I was in Class 9 i
  guess. We were in Ooty then. So movies dont get release than soon as
  in other cities. I came to know about him during the National Award
  for Roja.
 
  It was an evening, i had returned from School. There was a program in
  DD, curtain raiser for the National Award. Thats when i first heard
  the magical sound that i havent heard ever till then. My God... i
  said, what a sound it was, it went thru my nerves and mixed on to my
  blood. It was the song, Pudhu Vellai mazhai..., the initial
  interlude, made me shiver in the Kashmiri snow, i really felt a cold
  when the chill sound splashes along with the beat... Wow man... and
  so my next question was, who is the composer. Next comes the
  surprise, a 25 year old young chap... And i ran out to the music shop
  to grab a cassette.
 
  I was flattened and still breathing his music.
 
  And i soaked in his music since then... I was called as Rahman in
  my college hostel. Siraj would know that...
  Where ever I go since then, ppl talking to me for 2 days will know
  that i'm a fan of ARR. That much i talk on ARR. :)
 
  Its been 17 yrs now. I cherish the times i run to music shops to grab
  the first cassette on almost all releases. Now, at the age of 30,
  i've somehow lost the habit of grabbing the first CD/Cassette, may be
  not getting time or out of reach, but the passion towards his music,
  will be there till my last breathe.
 
  Listening now to his voice yelelo...  from Chinna Chinna Aasai...
 
  - Bergin
  Breathing HIS music.
 
 
 
 
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[arr] When I heard ARR for the first time !!!

2008-01-31 Thread Bergin Roy
Dear Rahmaniacs,

I'm not sure, if this has been discussed earlier. I'd love to start a 
thread of messages, to share the experience when we listened to ARR's 
music for the first time ever. And how we were impressed / flattened. 
Got this idea, when i was reading review of Roja music in a website. 
Especially from Gopal / Vijay, would love to know your first 
experience listening to ARR.

Let me start... 
I happened to know about ARR very very late. I was in Class 9 i 
guess. We were in Ooty then. So movies dont get release than soon as 
in other cities. I came to know about him during the National Award 
for Roja.

It was an evening, i had returned from School. There was a program in 
DD, curtain raiser for the National Award. Thats when i first heard 
the magical sound that i havent heard ever till then. My God... i 
said, what a sound it was, it went thru my nerves and mixed on to my 
blood. It was the song, Pudhu Vellai mazhai..., the initial 
interlude, made me shiver in the Kashmiri snow, i really felt a cold 
when the chill sound splashes along with the beat... Wow man... and 
so my next question was, who is the composer. Next comes the 
surprise, a 25 year old young chap... And i ran out to the music shop 
to grab a cassette. 

I was flattened and still breathing his music.

And i soaked in his music since then... I was called as  Rahman in 
my college hostel. Siraj would know that...
Where ever I go since then, ppl talking to me for 2 days will know 
that i'm a fan of ARR. That much i talk on ARR. :)

Its been 17 yrs now. I cherish the times i run to music shops to grab 
the first cassette on almost all releases. Now, at the age of 30, 
i've somehow lost the habit of grabbing the first CD/Cassette, may be 
not getting time or out of reach, but the passion towards his music, 
will be there till my last breathe.

Listening now to his voice yelelo...  from Chinna Chinna Aasai...

- Bergin
Breathing HIS music.



Re: [arr] When I heard ARR for the first time !!!

2008-01-31 Thread arr pavan
My parents were more worried than me when my marks dipped like stock markets. 
It helped them to know more about arr's music. From that day on, it has become 
tough for me :( 
Regards Pavan ;)



Bergin Roy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   Dear Rahmaniacs,
 
 I'm not sure, if this has been discussed earlier. I'd love to start a 
 thread of messages, to share the experience when we listened to ARR's 
 music for the first time ever. And how we were impressed / flattened. 
 Got this idea, when i was reading review of Roja music in a website. 
 Especially from Gopal / Vijay, would love to know your first 
 experience listening to ARR.
 
 Let me start... 
 I happened to know about ARR very very late. I was in Class 9 i 
 guess. We were in Ooty then. So movies dont get release than soon as 
 in other cities. I came to know about him during the National Award 
 for Roja.
 
 It was an evening, i had returned from School. There was a program in 
 DD, curtain raiser for the National Award. Thats when i first heard 
 the magical sound that i havent heard ever till then. My God... i 
 said, what a sound it was, it went thru my nerves and mixed on to my 
 blood. It was the song, Pudhu Vellai mazhai..., the initial 
 interlude, made me shiver in the Kashmiri snow, i really felt a cold 
 when the chill sound splashes along with the beat... Wow man... and 
 so my next question was, who is the composer. Next comes the 
 surprise, a 25 year old young chap... And i ran out to the music shop 
 to grab a cassette. 
 
 I was flattened and still breathing his music.
 
 And i soaked in his music since then... I was called as  Rahman in 
 my college hostel. Siraj would know that...
 Where ever I go since then, ppl talking to me for 2 days will know 
 that i'm a fan of ARR. That much i talk on ARR. :)
 
 Its been 17 yrs now. I cherish the times i run to music shops to grab 
 the first cassette on almost all releases. Now, at the age of 30, 
 i've somehow lost the habit of grabbing the first CD/Cassette, may be 
 not getting time or out of reach, but the passion towards his music, 
 will be there till my last breathe.
 
 Listening now to his voice yelelo...  from Chinna Chinna Aasai...
 
 - Bergin
 Breathing HIS music.
 
 
 
   

   
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