Dear Rahmaniacs, It gives me great pleasure in sharing the excerpts of today's Rahmania Show . Singer Tanvi ( Jillenu oru Kadhal Song fame) was present on the show today, and the various points which was shared today is as below :-
1. She started singing from 13th May 2003. Her first song was Fanaa - from the film " Yuvaa ' ( Yaakai Thiri in Tamil from Ayidha ezhithu ) . After that there was no question of looking back. She is not only a singer, but also a costume designer. She is a proepr Chennai girl, went to the US for graduation . There she was singing, recording in her garage, and that CD accidentally or miraculously reached ARR. ARR called up Tanvi, and wanted her to sing for him. He used to say " Come, Sing this song for me ". At the first instance, she was pinching herself to believe if it was reall true. After singing for ARR, she started learning Western Classical . Her mother was a sitarist. She was basically a Gujarati Tamil. 2. Their family were in Chennai, and their ancestors had been in Chennai for the past 200 years. She learnt hindustani. She knew Spanish, but only for singing purpose. ARR wanted her to come with some Spanish jibbery for " Oru Koodai Sunlight " song from Shivaji . She wrote the lyrics in Spanish. After two days, she came to know that it was a completel different song altogether. The song was incidentall sung by her in that movie. 3. Her mother was not a performing sitarist, bust used to play the sitar at home. Father used to play the Dol during his school days. She had her own Band called ' Zahera" ( meaning Upcoming or Budding ) . She didn;t know dance, but just used to take care of the rhthym. In her stay in the US, she was staying with Egyptian Roommate, Dutch people, who were famous for Belly Dancing. She just picked it up from them. She knows many languages, including Arabic. She says that she is an open person, and has to go a long way before she can be claimed a celebrity. 4. After singing Style Song, she was part of the Chorus of " One Love ( Taj ) Album of ARR ". She also wrote the lyrics of ' Ek Lo Ek Muft " song with Gulzar for Guru. In that song, ARR wanted her to sing imagining herself to be drunk. The bit she sang was ( Joyya Joyya... ) , which was recorded in the 3rd Take. She didn't learn lryics writing. She started writing lyrics based on the situation. If she was pushed to write in English, she told she would do that too. 5. She has been doing Creative Designing; Jewellery Designing, Interiors, Styling. i.e. Dressing up people for a show. She runs 3 stores in Hyderabad. Her family is famous for charity. She donates 25% of her income to the Cancer Institute, which was started by her great grandfather Shri. Nanalal Bhatt. Her band troupe 's first show was for aiding the Cancer Isntitute. She performs live along with her co- band player, whose name is Shiva. 6. Jillenu Oru Kadhal :- Before the song came out, She was just singing the track. They were two people. There was another girl called Sonia, who was supposed to sing with her, but Sonia went off to Canada. Tani was very sick, when ARR called her up, but he told that he would wait for her to become OK, and insisted her to sing the song for him. He told that he wanted 5 voices in that song, and also the feel lile L.R. easwari, Asha Bhonsle in that song. Tanvi brought different format styles of singing in that song :- Low Octaves; High Octaves; Cartoon days; Sound of a Kitten . She was very excited to see her song in the film. She claims that all her songs with ARR has been a different feel. ARR uses her voice very nicely, and he proves her potential . She even thanked him for utilising her potential, which even she didn;t know well. ARR SONGS WHICH SHE LIKED THE MOST 1. Chandralekha Song from Thiruda Thiruda - Anupama has sung that song very well. She says that she hasn't heard that much of force anywhere 2. Tere Bina - Guru . ARR has sung very well. Chinmayee has also sung very beautifully. 3. Lukka Chuppi - Rang De Basanti - That song makes her cry everytime, she hears it. The lyrics have been written so well resembling what a mother feels and talks to her son. She has also sung the Introductory Song for " NEW ", along with Sunitha Sarathy. ARR wanted different noises in that song, and it was Tanvi who made the noise " Meou" ( cat's sound ) , out of which came the sound " new " in that song. -- regards, Vithur A.R.RAHMAN - THE GOD OF MUSIC
