Hi gop had u heard that when gentle man released someone said that it is the copy of malayalam md Devarajan mash's "kuyiline thedi". This song released in 70's( i cant remember). I don't think it is a copy. May be some inspiration. Regards
Gopal Srinivasan wrote: > 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 http://www.itwofs. com > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469
