I cannot believe we are still beating at this.
"You should listen to the the song titled "Ulagam Ippo" written, composed and
sung by IR from the new album Azhagar Malai. IR's jealousy comes out clearly in
that. The song lyrics talks about how people leave the country for money and
that those people, though they may be rich, are mean and poor in his view
point! The lyrics further goes that world may change, people may go wherever,
but I'll stay here and serve the country."
The song lyrics are by Vaali. It seems appropriate for the movie ('Azhagar
Malai is about the egoistic and irate village heads and a youngster trying to
change their attitude').
It takes a creative mind to extrapolate this into inferring that IR is taking
a dig at ARR. Anyone doing so is conveniently forgetting that IR has also gone
abroad and worked/performed (his 1st Symphony conducted by John Scott
(London?), the concert in Italy, the Thiruvasagam symphony/oratorio in
Budapest...)
I can't read Tamil so I have no idea what the Kumudam article that Aravind
attached says. Pay attention to the context and the conclusion drawn. Don't
fall for the trap laid out by junk media.
The second comment about fame and God's gift is a matter of philosophy. ARR
believes in one thing and IR in another. So what? It's just like how no two
astrologers will ever agree on the same thing.
And why should it matter if a music artist is an egoist? Shouldn't you bother
only about the music? ARR is one of a kind-- we like him for his music and also
his humility and the personal example he sets for others. It is wrong to expect
that every artist will be equally humble and kind. I'll say that it's quite
common that a lot of great artists have big egos. That's part of what pushes
them to excel.
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From: Aravind AM <[email protected]>
