Dear Rahmaniacs, Few salient points of discussion between Reihana and Thumba Raja on yesterday's Rahmania Show in FM 91.9
1. Thumba Raja assosciated with Rahman for the past 14 years . He plays the Thumba instrument, and has been associated with Rahman right from the time, he was a keyboard player for Music Directors like Naidu. A Long Time Family Friend of ARR; He, Sivamani ( Drummist ) and Rahman used to have a lot of fun; ARR used to have a good sense of humour, and used to crack jokes in Telugu. 2. ARR's first car was an ambassador, which he still preserves ; For that matter, he never forgets the past,and keeps a store of everything that gave him joy once upon a time. His car number is 1771 ( first Car - Ambassador ) 3. ARR always likes doing Jingles, and Background scores more than doing Film Songs. He always used to carry the Walkman wherever he went. It was reall difficult to see him without a walkman, and always used to listen to music. 4. During 1990s, all film directors wanted a young Music Director, when it was Mani who first spotted ARR , after he won an award for his Leo Coffee Ad Jingle. That tiem, ARR was little reluctant of doing films, as he was not interested in film music. he told Mani that he was interested in BGMs, and onyl jingles, and was not very keen in doing full fledged songs, for which Mani told him that we would do a song daily, which would be like doing a jingle daily. -- regards, Vithur A.R.RAHMAN - THE GOD OF MUSIC
