Hi,
Sorry, I forgot to mention this....
Initially, Srinivas mentioned in the interview that he was called to sing just
the"track" for Minsara Poove... his version was recorded first. It was to be
replaced with someone else's voice and they tried many other voices, but
finally, Srinivas's rendering was retained...
BTW, it's my pleasure, sharing these interesting info with u all :) :) I will
keep updating every week :)
Cheers,
Aravind
Amith Chandhran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I
believe Minsara Poove was initially done with Hariharan's voice, and Srinivas
came in later... Hariharan's Hindustani aalaps were retained and also he got
credits for the same.
When God has given you wings, why do you want to crawl? ;-)
Thanks Aravind!
On 10/5/07, Aravind AM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi all,
I'm back with some snippets from Rahmania. The celeb this week was singer
Srinivas... (I guess he was the guest last friday too, but i couldnt listen to
last week's show coz i was out of town)
(as usual, please excuse if there are inaccuracies..... typing this mail from
memory)
Srinivas:
"Minsara Poove from Padayappa was the song that brought about a change in my
life.... It brought in lot of recognition and people started knowing me...
Though I had sung a few songs previously, the songs had become famous but I
hadnt got enough recognition... This song gave me that!!
I was called in to sing the track for the song.... The entire song tune was
ready... but initally, the pallavi (antara) of the song was different.... It
was a very soft starting for the song unlike the energetic opening that we have
now... the inital antara was not Minsara Poove... The words were something like
"sowkkiyama kanne... sowkiyama" (Sings that tune)(***that tune is very
different from the minsara poove that we know, and is also different from
Sowkkiyama kanne from sangamam in case you are wondering if it is the sangamam
song that u r talking about!***)
Then Nithyashree came over for the recording, and Rahman asked me to teach her
the tune as I had already practiced the tune.... It was an honour.... and even
when Nithyashree asked ARR about some doubts in the tune, he just asked her to
consult me... I was moved by the confidence he had in me..."!!!
"Mangalyam song (Alai payuthey) is one of the most auspicious songs and I
always start my concerts with that song! That song was composed n recorded in
about 5-10 mins!!! It was close to midnight and Rahman was playing some chords
and he suddenly hit upon this tune!! and immediately we recorded... It was
already decided that we will have Mangalyam Thanthuna as lyrics for the song as
it suited the situation.... The "endrendum punnagai" lyrics was written by
Rahman himself... HE has contributed the opening lyrics of many more songs!!"
"After I was recognised as a singer, and I started singing for lots of other
composers, i felt that it's been a long time since i had sung for Rahman - even
harmony or tracks... So, I wrote a mail to Rahman saying i wanted to sing for
him - even if it was harmony or tracks.. And I got a very sweet reply from him
- 'When God has given you wings, why do you want to crawl? I'm really happy
that you have established yourself as a leading singer...'
"Keep listening to all Rahman classics... I would say 99% of all songs that
Rahman has composed are Classics!!"
Cheers,
Aravind
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