Vithur, Thanks for taking the pains to write this. Awaiting your next writeup.
On 12/28/07, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear Rahmaniacs, > > Hi. As hot as a cake, The Rahmania Show ended just ten minutes back. It > was Singer Harini who was present today with Raihana , and some excerpts of > her PART i Speech is as follows :- > > *INTRODUCTION * > As You all may be knowing, Singer Harini sang her first song for ARR in > the tender age of 13 in the film " Indira". The song being " Nila > Kaigirathu". She eventually got a State Award at such a tender age . > > *FIRST MEETING WITH ARR :-** * She along with some other Carnatic friends > of hers had come as a group, to His studios. ARR told Raihana and Mr. Noel > to do the Voice Test. he told ' Go and Pick a Good Voice". So, it was > Raihana who had picked up Harini. Harini thanked Raihana for that, for which > the latter told that it was all God's Will. Harini used to be a very crazy > fan of ARR, right from Roja time. She was very happy to sing in His > Direction. > > *EXPERIENCE OF SINGING " NILA KAIGIRATHU " ( INDRA SONG ) :- *There was a > lot of Voice Modulation that was needed for that song. It took me two days. > When she had gone to the Studio, she was presented the cassette in which > Singer Sujatha had already sung the song for her to hear and learn. All the > expressions, were later taught to her by ARR & Suhasini. Harini started > feeling very nervous singing in front of ARR. But ARR was very caring, and > had encourged her so much. He was down- to- earth. > > *ABOUT HER LEARNING MUSIC :-* She Started learning Music right from the > age of 3 years. Her Guru continues to be one Ms. Girija. She was the one who > taught her Carnatic Music. Then she started singing Annamacharya Kirtanas. > Once , she sang in front of Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi, for which MS told her > that her daughter Ms. Radha would teach her music. She learnt how to sing in > correct Shruti, and underwent training in singing Keertanas, Devotional > Bhajans In fact, she had presented one of her demo Carnatic Song to ARR > during her Voice Test. > > Raihana used to love all songs of Harini, as they had a superb Voice > Quality, Innocence, Divinity, Clarity . Her favourite song being " Nila > Kaigirathu". > > *"TELEPHONE MANI POL SONG" EXPERIENCES :* After a gap of 1 1/2 years, > She was called for singing her first song as a Heroine. ARR told her at the > very beginning that she would be singing a Track, and that it would come in > the Film. Finally, she got a call from ARR's Studio that it has been > selected. Her joy knew no bounds. That too, singing with a singer like > Hariharan was like being in 7th Heaven for her. ARR told her to sing > Natural, Free - Throat. > > *STAGE CONCERT EXPERIENCES :-* She had never done Light Music in Stages > till then. The diffculties of performing in Stages were that one has to > stand and sing, The Mike Quality was different. But she developed confidence > in a slow manner, and Raihana praised her that She was the Queen on the > Stage Now. > > *HELLO MR. EDIRKATCHI SONG EXPERIENCE :- *ARR told her " be Natural". he > keeps telling that quite often. He tells " YOu need not imagine or imitate > somebody else's voice. Just be your original". It seems ARR used to lovingly > chide his singers as " Sharada", when they do not sing properly. even Harini > was the benefcient of Sharada once or twice. The logic behind calling > Sharada was that in the film Sankara Bharanam, Somyajulu used to say ' > Sharada , Sharada " to the singer, who didn;t sing as per the shruti, . ARR > was influenced by that and he used to follow that stye. ( THIS WAS QUOTED BY > RAIHANA ). > > At the time of Hello Mr. Edirkatchi, Vairamuthu & Maniratnam were also > present in the studio, and both encouraged her a lot . > ** > *TIPPU 'S STRENGTH AND ENCOURAGEMENT :- *As all may be aware, Singer > Tippu is her husband, and they both met in a concert, and fell in love and > married. At home, they hear the cassettes that they sing, practice before > recording and before stage shows. But do not make a habit to discuss only > music always. About 10hrs - they either listen to reviews of their music > from fans, and what others say abt their singing. But Tippu has been very > encouraging. As he knows the entire process of recording, the time > mismatching that happens, both of them have been comfortable with each > other's profession. She also says that the support that she gets from her in > - laws has made her flourish in her music career. > > This will continue next Friday. > > ** > > > -- > regards, > Vithur > > A.R.RAHMAN - THE ABODE OF DIVINE MUSIC > > >
