Thanks for the translation, man!
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vithur <vith...@...> wrote: > > FM RAINBOW Interview on ARR > > > > ARR conveys his warm wishes to all the listeners from his heart. > > > > The Singer is young Madhumitha who interviews him . > > > > Mridangam Maestro Mr. T.V. Gopalakrishnan on ARR > > > > " Salutations. Music Genius A.R.Rahman is a man who can not be competed by > anyone in the world of Music today. He started playing Keyboard at the age > of 7 or 8, with the influence of his father. As far as my knowledge goes, he > was a talented kid right from that age. His father Shekhar was a good friend > of me. He, Illayaraja, L.Vaidyanathan were all associated with me, and I > used to address them as " Young Turks". They were all thinking in advance in > film music, and that was a time, when he was working for G.K. Venkatesh. > > > > Rahman is an introvert, and his brain would always be working on something > or the other. He would appear to be a soft person, and now too he appears > the same. But he has a passion for doing things. He came to me at the age of > 16 or 17 and wanted to learn music. At that time, there was a Carnatic Jazz > band. > > > > He would never say to anyone to sing in one fashion or manner. He would take > whatever he felt like and would give freedom to the singer. He would take > time to do his work, but each and every song of his would become a major > hit. Even though he had done a lot of Hindi Music, Theatrical Music ( Bombay > Dreams ), still he doesn't have any sense of ego in him, and remains the > same. > > > > He is a Complete person with Completeness all through. He talks less, but > has very high and deep thinking. He behaves with me with love and respect as > that of Guru still. He has to reach a lot more heights and places. He is > still young. > > > > He used to tell me that Film Music would have a cluster of ragas, as it > comes with the Visuals and has to be differentiated with pure Raga based > music. > > > > I consider it a great blessing to have such a person as my disciple. My best > wishes for him to achieve much much more in this world. > > > > *Mandolin Srinivas* > > > > " I have met you a lot many times. Everytime I meet you, I would like to ask > you a lot many questions. Amongst the songs composed by you, I like " Enna > Solla Pogirai " a lot. You are a Creative Musician, and there is nothing you > don't know. I love all your Carnatic compositions, as it sounds very sweet. > I am very proud to see your achievements. Not only for India, but for the > whole world, you have brought fame and name. I pray God that your success > continues for ever, and God bestows you with the best always. > > > > Q :- When you compose music, is it that the style of music of yours comes to > you automatically, or do you force yourselves into such a style of music ? > > > > AR :- Any creative person will have his own likes and dislikes. There are > some things which he may not like at all, and there are certain things which > he may like most. This forms his character. This forms his character, > artistic character. When I started composing music in the beginning, there > were certain things which I didn't like at all. I thought that I should > never do such things. So I was thinking to do something different, and > achieved something, with the full assistance of Maniratnam. So, I have to > thank him, and thank Balachander, and the whole team. After establishing it > that way, I couldn't go back. Everyone will start making fun, so > automatically, it started to flow in that fashion. It set a milestone for me > to come up with something else. > > > > Actually, you gave a Concert with Chakravarthy Sir 's son called Rock. I was > with Padma Seshadri at that time, in their troupe. I still remember where he > played, after which our band played. I think it was 1983 or 84. So, you were > of a great inspiration to me. Thank you. > > Audio Files of the Interview can be downloaded from here > > > http://www.4shared.com/file/80905216/61327820/RainbowAR1.html > > > -- > regards, > Vithur >
