September.09.2007
@ I'm fully aware of how much buzz a post of Rahman's inspirations may
generate, not adding the hate mail that I may eventually end up getting. But,
here goes! Malgadi Shuba's 1991 Telugu pop song, 'Eddem Ante Teddam Antav',
from the album 'Chik pak chik bam', with music by Raj Koti, seems to be the
source of inspiration for Rahman's superhit Gentleman song, 'Ottakatha
Kattikko'. The first 2 lines' flow, that is, nothing more. And, considerably
spruced up in Rahman style, of course! I recall reading Rahman's apprenticeship
as an arranger for other composers like Ilayaraja, Ousepachan and Raj Koti, so
a connection cannot be ruled out as a coincidence. Plus, I'm not getting into a
guessing game which points to Rahman composing this tune originally for Raj
Koti since that's merely a conjecture! Thanks to Amith Chandran and Bhagavathi
Mohan for the info! The full Telugu song is available in CoolToad, here.
Listen to Ottagatha Kattikko | Eddem ante
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