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ARR's interview in Kumudham 18/11/99

Topic started by Kamesh (@ pm-102-199.tm.net.my) on Mon Nov 15 01:42:27 EST 1999.
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• From: NOV (@ ptl-cache6.jaring.my) on: Mon Nov 22 03:00:55 EST 1999
  
  Thanks a million for your painstaking translation, Kamesh.
  
  I believe that this is one of ARR's better interviews.
  
  
• From: Kamesh (@ hlr-13-84.tm.net.my) on: Mon Nov 22 03:10:34 EST 1999
  
  Nov
  
  onga vaailerndhu BESTngara vaarthayae varaadha:-)
  
  
• From: Kamesh (@ hlr-13-84.tm.net.my) on: Mon Nov 22 03:30:00 EST 1999
  
  OOPS.. Please see old responses for the second part of the interview.
  
  
• From: Rex (@ 1cust167.tnt1.smyrna.ga.da.uu.net) on: Mon Nov 22 08:35:08 EST 1999
  
  Kamesh:
  
  A very neat job! Thanks for the translation of ARR's interview. It was really nice. Thanks a lot!
  
  
• From: srikanth (@ vdslppp102.sttl.uswest.net) on: Mon Nov 22 10:43:14 EST 1999
  
  Thanks a lot, makes us feel we spoke with rahman
  for some time.
  
  
• From: thathuvavaathi (@ inehou-pxy02.compaq.com) on: Mon Nov 22 12:45:07 EST 1999
  
  Thanks a lot Kamesh... Good job !!
  
  
• From: SUJITHA (@ 195.44.230.16) on: Mon Nov 22 13:59:41 EST 1999
  
  kamesh, thanks so much for your beautiful presentation of the ARR interview.
  so long as we have people like you who are dedicated, we can have a great time using the tfm page!!:-)
  
  
• From: aruvi (@ bacall12.slip.yorku.ca) on: Mon Nov 22 16:18:58 EST 1999
  
  My thanks as well, Kamesh.
  
  
• From: NOV (@ ptl-cache6.jaring.my) on: Mon Nov 22 22:35:57 EST 1999
  
  onga vaailerndhu BESTngara vaarthayae varaadha:-)
  
  Kamesh - Ithilirunthu enna ungalukku therigirathu?
  Aren't my standards very high? :-))
  
  
• From: Kamala Kamesh (@ cache1.frankfurt.contrib.net) on: Tue Nov 23 19:54:33 EST 1999
  
  NOV avargale, ithil irunthu engalukku ellam enna therigirathu enraal, ongalukku eppavume nenapu adhigam enru therigirathu. what else can one say about your three letter attitude?
  
  
• From: NOV (@ ptl-cache6.jaring.my) on: Tue Nov 23 20:26:31 EST 1999
  
  Kamala Kamesh - ROTFL :-)))))))))))))))
  
  
• From: vijay (@ 129.252.22.139) on: Tue Nov 23 21:38:51 EST 1999
  
  Kamesh,
  Kudos to kumudam and u for for the interview! As srikanth said, it seemed like ARR was in this forum for a while.
  
  
• From: aruvi (@ scotty15.slip.yorku.ca) on: Tue Nov 23 23:08:42 EST 1999
  
  Did anyone see the MTV interview of ARR that went on last week. I just heard about it.
  
  
• From: Diwakar (@ ) on: Mon Dec 6 16:50:34 EST 1999
  
  "Tune alone is not enough for a song to be a hit."
  
  I do not know if ARR is ignorant of hits of yesteryears or if he seriously believes this.
  
  What about songs from "Thendrale Ennai Thodu"? What was special about the scenes in that movie that the songs were hits?
  
  Sorry, Mr. Rahman, I think you have missed the point. The majority of film-goers remember the songs and NOT the scenes for the songs. Perhaps this explains why ARR's songs and the sequences have very little correlation.
  
  
• From: nvdavid (@ bkj-cache81.jaring.my) on: Mon Dec 6 20:38:33 EST 1999
  
  Very good and cool interview.
  
  
• From: N.Sundar (@ 202.54.64.130) on: Tue Dec 7 07:17:21 EST 1999
  
  Really , Pleasing ! ! !
  
  -Sundar..
  
  
• From: rjay (@ brkfw0005.navistar.com) on: Thu Dec 9 11:33:31 EST 1999
  
  Kamesh
  
  Great translation. Next time ARR gives
  an interview, I am sure we will look for your
  translations..
  
  The interview shows the total dedication
  to music and its quality ARR has!
  
  Srikanth
  I too noticed that Kannum Kannum from Thiruda
  Thiruda was in Siva ranjani. That song reminded
  me of MSV's Enna Kobam sollu Bama. The pallavi makes innovative use of a soga ragam (Sivaranjani?),
  In that song the Jazz piano and vocal harmonies are outstanding!
  
  rjay
  
  
  
• From: vimal (@ enpc2559.eas.asu.edu) on: Sat Dec 11 04:26:33 EST 1999
  
  A very nice interview. Thanks a lot Kamesh. I think in one of his very earlier (really early) interviews, he had appreciated IR's "Inji Iduppazhagi..". Even though I am a DHF fan of IR, at times I feel quite happy for ARR....he has talent and that is not going wasted. Moreover, I should accept that he is much more humble when compared to IR.
  
  But, IR is "engoyo.." in music, whatever his personality is like. Call him Arrogant, Stupid, Imature or Childish.....none of the present day songs (including ARR's or even IR's) can match the 80's.
  
  
• From: Chithra (@ 98cf9a28.ipt.aol.com) on: Tue Dec 14 13:00:25 EST 1999
  
  It was great reading ARR's interview.I wish him all strength and success in the future too to come up with best music possible.Kadavulai nambinor kai vida padaar
  
  
• From: kiru (@ surf0004.sybase.com) on: Tue Dec 14 19:13:34 EST 1999
  
  ARR is very talented and a very good melody maker. But now and then I hear songs from other sources which sound very similar to ARRs which raises doubt in my mind about his ethics and integrity.
  For eg. recently I bought the NSsi NSsi, Khaled CD. One of the songs has a instrument arrangement very similar to 'thangath thAmarai magalE'.
  
  It is really amazing why talented people like him would taint their reputation with doing things like this.
  
  
• From: SARATH KUMAR (@ bkj-cache81.jaring.my) on: Fri Dec 17 03:43:27 EST 1999
  
  A.R.RAHMAN
  HI SIR...YOU ARE SUCH A GOOD MUSICIAN...I LIKE EVERY SONGS THAT YOU RELEASE...AND I HAVE ALL COLLECTIONS OF CD'S OF YOUR SONGS...I LIKE IT VERY MUCH...AND ALSO YOUR ALBUM...AS FOR YOUR INFORMATION I'M FROM MALAYSIA AND STAYING IN KL..
  AND UNIVERSITY STUDENT....
  AND WHAT IS YOUR NEXT RELEASE AFTER MUDHALVAN..
  THE MUDHALVAN SONG IS VERY WONDERFUL SONGS WITH A GREAT MUSIC...
  LASTLY YOU ARE VERY GOOD AND GOOD AND GOOD MUSIC DIRECTOR....
  
  
• From: A.R.RAHMAN (@ 208.24.179.211) on: Fri Dec 17 11:25:54 EST 1999
  
  Hi Sarath Kumar,
  
  Thank you very much for your compliments. It is only fans like you that keep me motivated to make more and more fine music. I am very glad that you liked Mudhalvan songs. Of course, I am dependent on the prayer and wishes of true fans like you for my success. Please do me a favor. Could you please go to a temple in KL and do an archchanai with 1008 cocoanuts, paalabishEgam with 1008 litres of milk, and angapradhakshaNam around the temple 18 times. This will ensure that my success is everlasting.
  
  THANK YOU
  
  
  
  
• From: thaths (@ inehou-pxy06.compaq.com) on: Fri Dec 17 11:32:22 EST 1999
  
  ARR: ROTFL :-)))))
  (btw, why only angapradhakshanam only for 18 times. adhiayum 1008-aa maaththidungaLen ;-))
  
  
• From: musicfan (@ gsine03.ny.us.ibm.com) on: Fri Dec 17 13:13:53 EST 1999
  
  "There are 72 melakartha ragas and janyas. but still you use kaanada, anandha bairavi, hindolam,
  kedaram, madyamavati etc. Why do you repeat? "
  
  It seems to be a fashion among the crop of young singers and music directors alike to proclaim that they have a knowledge of carnatic music.. Hinting at carnatic ragas sans most of the valid gamakas as rendered in ARR film songs is not good enough to make statements like "I use carnatic ragas in this or that song ...ta da ta da ".
  I wish ARR were much more humble towards this great tradition that was shaped by saints like Dikshiter & tyagaraja not market forces of the 90's.
  A casual glance thru the repertoire/compositions in TFM of the past indicates a usage of amazing variety of mela kartas & Janyas and rhythms(5/4,7/4, 9/8). Too bad ARR is not too keen acknowledging of some of his precessor's legacy. Also I'd like to add that ARR harmonic & rhythmic sense may be eons ahead of his cliched Hindi counterparts, but pretty stale compared to IR. What he calls bluesy or Jazzy in his music does not even come close to elevator or smooth Jazz( as it is known in US)of the Dave Grusin kinds(music director of the Firm, Tootsie etc).
  
  
  
• From: lakshmi (@ palo8.pacific.net.sg) on: Mon Dec 20 09:38:35 EST 1999
  
  It's really wonderful to read such an enthusiastic translation. It's very obvious that kamesh enjoyed doing it and we as well. kamesh, but you can avoid unmindful spelling errors by double checking it. Thanx anyway.............hey, also is the reply for Sarath kumar really the work of ARR or you.......?
  
  
• From: ARR Interpreter (@ daecfp02.sprint.com) on: Mon Dec 20 11:54:14 EST 1999
  
  thaths,
  
  1008 dhadava angapradhakshaNam senja avar kandippaa uyirOda irukka maattaar. appO cassette/CD sales (at least by 1) kuraijidumO nnu thaan ARR avara 18 Oda niruththikka sonnaarO ennamO:-)
  
  Laksmi,
  
  It is definitely A.R.Rahman. I can identify his 'unique' style anytime/anywhere!
  
  
• From: balan (@ 203.57.83.154) on: Sat Dec 25 20:27:21 EST 1999
  
  very interesting interview and translation-well presented.
  sad to see some people cant keep their bad habits away -such as diwakar,thaths.....
  
  a very big thanks for the translation.
  
  to the heavy handed critics-how many times did you get 100% in everything you attempted or did!!!
  
  
• From: deen (@ 203.126.228.21) on: Mon Dec 27 03:57:02 EST 1999
  
  Kamesh,
  
  i can hear the voice of music genius arrahman from your interview, thank you for be with arr for us.
  
  deen
  
  
• From: daniel (@ brk-24-207.tm.net.my) on: Wed Jan 5 01:26:33 EST 2000
  
  a.r.rahman is god of music .
  
  
• From: Velaiyaththavan (@ 129.252.22.28) on: Wed Jan 5 02:52:43 EST 2000
  
  and I am an atheist :-)
  
  
• From: neruppu (@ 129.137.228.134) on: Wed Jan 5 23:53:32 EST 2000
  
  Iam an agnostic!:-)
  
  
• From: Saravanan (@ 212.57.27.90) on: Thu Jan 6 08:08:58 EST 2000
  
  Daniel baesh,baesh romba nanna irukku jokunna ýthuthan joke
  
  
• From: RAVI (@ ) on: Fri Jan 14 22:29:44 EST 2000
  
  Music by God through a.r.rahman. Daniel I love your true words.
  
  
• From: Saravanan (@ 212.57.28.212) on: Sat Jan 15 06:55:06 EST 2000
  
  Seekirama oru kovil kattunga
  
  
• From: Naveen (@ rocib102-39.splitrock.net) on: Sat Jan 15 11:46:03 EST 2000
  
  once in a while Devil sends his music thro' ARR
  eg. 'Uppu Karuvaadu', 'Petta Rap', 'No Probs'
  
  

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