How do you know this, Vithur? Is your statement authentic? No offense meant,
just curious.

-Siraj


On 8/20/08, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>    You are right Kamal..sivamani has been working with IR , before the
> advent of ARR as a stand alone MD.
>
> Sivamani's father had worked with MSV
>
>
>  On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Kamal Aakarsh Vishnubhotla <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>      Hi!
>>
>> I am not trying to stir a controversy here abut i am just bring out my
>> natural reaction, as an observation.
>>
>> Was it really Rahman who brought Sivamani into films? i doubt so. I think
>> it was SPB.  or KVM. or even Ilaiyaraaja. Although he mentioned the former
>> two names, i am surprised Sivamani forgot to mention ilaiyaraaja there.
>> afterall, Sivamani was with IR. it is not sure who brough Sivamani into
>> films, i think it could be SPB. Sivamani infact acted as a negro drummer in
>> a Telugu film, way back in early 80s, for which SPB composed music. So it
>> could be SPB.
>>
>> It would been appropriate if he had credited Rahman for market-visibility,
>> rather than just entry into films.
>>
>>
>>  Regards
>> *Kamal Aakarsh Vishnubhotla.*
>> **
>> *http://kamal-aakarsh.blogspot.com *
>>
>>
>>
>> --- On *Wed, 8/20/08, aneeshksasi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote:
>>
>> From: aneeshksasi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Subject: [arr] The rhythm of Shivamani's life
>> To: [email protected]
>> Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 12:17 PM
>>
>>
>> Hai all,
>>
>> "Rahman brought me to films : I remember it was a rainy evening, with
>> Dilip (A R Rahman) and I sipping coffee. We were at his studio and I
>> started playing on the spiral drums. All of a sudden, he said: `why
>> don't you work with me?' Everything happened so fast that my
>> first recording for Roja was completed without my being aware of it.
>> Dilip just switched on the recording machine while I played.I feel proud
>> of myself : I have worked with Zakir Hussain, Louis Banks, Karl Peters,
>> Shankar Mahadevan, Andrew Lloyd Webber, James Asher and Steven Segal. I
>> have even formed a band called Silk. But if I am really close to anyone,
>> it is S P Balasubramaniam, who is my godfather; Louis Banks; and A R
>> Rahman, a childhood friend and my composer in Roja, Rangeela, Taal and
>> Lagaan."
>>
>> http://timesofindia .indiatimes. com/articleshow/ 
>> 73245.cms<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/73245.cms>
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>
>
> --
> regards,
> Vithur
>
> ARR -- The Sweet Cube always
>
>
> 
>

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