That was too good. Great work vithur
Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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.
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regards,
Vithur
A.R.RAHMAN - THE GOD OF MUSIC
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