Quote "But, Gayatri, if you compare among females, you wouldn't find younger
lot of them lacking in any manner from the veterans. ARR has introduced so many female singers,you can name any female singer and find that her first ARR song is great and doesn't give any slightest indications that it could be her first song." To begin with, the number of female singers introduced by ARR is relatively smaller as compared to the male singers. Nevertheless to answer you question, yes, I do feel that singers like Harini, Chinmayee, Reena Bharadwaj etc would take years before they can be compared with the likes of Lata Mangeshkar, Asha, S.Janaki, Chitra, Kavitha Krishnamurthy or Swarnalatha. I'm not saying they're bad, but they still have not captured the versatility nor do they possess the talent that is evident in the latter group of singers. I'm not going to bring Shreya Ghosal or Sadhana Sargam into this argument as they were clearly introduced by other MDs and it took them some time (esp in the case of Sadhana) before they got the oppurtunity to sing under ARR..nevertheless among the list of new singers we have today, I don't think many of them could be called trend-setters or amazing as was the case with the veterans. On further note, how many of the younger lot of singers have sustained in the industry til date? Singers like Anupama and Vasundhra Das did woo the whole world through their debut numbers but frankly speaking, where are they now? Caroline was a one-time wonder, and she was gone before we could determine is she's really Chinese as claimed. Nithyashree is clearly very comfortable with her carnatic numbers while Grammy award winner Thanvi Shah and Sunitha Sarathy have hardly made any impact outside ARR's camp. Need I say more? Again, I reiterate, the new set of singers are definitely promising, nevertheless, it's futile to compare them with the veteran singers. Clearly, talents are there in everyone but it definitely would take years of hard work and determination to reach the standards set by the latter. --- On Wed, 5/26/10, V S Rawat <[email protected]> wrote: From: V S Rawat <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [arr] I feel Behne de singing didn't keep up with its music To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 8:55 PM On 5/27/2010 7:40 AM India Time, _Gayathri Chandrakasan_ wrote: > I beg to differ here. I really felt Karthik has done a wonderful job in > Behne De. The song clearly speaks of the protagonist's passion and > longing...and Karthik managed to voice out these feelings with such > great intensity through his powerful singing. And the way his voice > travels from the low notes to the higher notes with ease...well, I don't > know about you guys, but I can't help feeling mesmerised by his > versatility here. > > On the other hand, I agree that many of the young singers today are no > match to SPB, Hariharan, Udit or Sonu, but then again, how is it fair to > compare the new breed of singers with those of 20-40 years experience in > the field? But, Gayatri, if you compare among females, you wouldn't find younger lot of them lacking in any manner from the veterans. ARR has introduced so many female singers,you can name any female singer and find that her first ARR song is great and doesn't give any slightest indications that it could be her first song. Then, why are male singers not comparable to veteran male singers. > With all due respect, Dr. SPB started of his career through a > rather adequate singing himself. It's only because of his determination, > passion, hardwork and years of training that finally saw him coming up > with such spectacular vocals. And Hariharan was already a trained ghazal > singer and has cut many ghazal albums before he entered the film world. > On the other hand, singers like Benny, Naresh and Javed had nothing > behind their name when they were introduced. Thus, it's still too early > to judge their ability as singers when they are still in the learning > stage. I'm very sure, as time goes by, these singers would be able to > express their true talents to the world. -- Rawat
