Dear Friends, With due regards to other friends, who wanted to post abt this Ujjayinee Interview in Rahmania Show in 91.9 FM yesterday. I thought I can do it, a I got a chance to hear the same yesterday, and this also kindles my memory power, and assess my retaining capacity.
1. Ujjayinee started off by saying that she was born in Tripura, and had started learning music from the age of 3. She basically started off asa RJ in Kolkata, and had also worked there. She got inspired to ARR's music, the moment she heard Roja songs in 1992. Her favourites include Choti Se Asha, Tu Hi Re, Dil Se Re, Vande Mataram and much more. She had earlier sung in the Tamil Film Attagasam ( Music composed by Bharadwaj ), and also for the title score in the same movie. In fact it was Bharadwaj who had taken pains in teaching her the tamil script. 2. She was very excited when ARR had called her up for the song recording in ATM. "Nee MAryln Monroe" and Valayapatti song. She was saying as to how ARR wanted the turnings, cheeky stuff in the song, and how he was motivating her to sing in such a higher octave. In fact, the starting bit of the song in Nee Maryln Monroe itself has been a sensation for her. She even hummed the initial bits, sang some lines in the song. 3. She had done some albums in Tamil under the expert guidance of Kadri Gopalnath and his son, when she had first come to Chennai. She had her own band, and had even participated in the Ooh La La concert, under the group " Om". -- regards, Vithur A.R.RAHMAN - THE GOD OF MUSIC
