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TFM Stories, Tit-Bits and Anecdotes

Topic started by Sathiya Keerthi (@ panorama.nus.edu.sg) on Mon Apr 6 02:26:53 EDT 1998.
All times in EST +10:30 for IST.

The aim of this thread is to collect, at one place, interesting
stories, anecdotes, tit-bits etc, related to TFM. A newcomer to
the forum will find this collection very interesting to read. For
example, Ramki mentioned the following story in another thread:

Do you remember the 'vizhiyil vizhundhu' (alaigal oyvadhillai) song?
Andha situation BRkku suddenaaga thondra, VMkku outdoor shootingil irundhu
phone seidhu kettuLLaar. VM phoneliye lyrics solla adhai tape seidhu
udanae IRkku anuppa, IR Janaki, Shailaja, PS ellariayum koppitturkkar
but no one was available. BSS mathram dhan mattirkkanga so avangalukku
adichadhu adhirshtam. The whole song was done in just 2 hrs time.
Annikke song shoot panni mudichittaangalaam.

Folks, please share any such stories, anecdotes and tit-bits that
you know, in this thread. If TFM Group thinks it is sufficiently
interesting, they could even place it in Permanent Topics.

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Responses:

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• From: Geetha (@ gatekeeper.oracle.co.uk) on: Tue Jun 29 09:31:20 EDT 1999
  
  Thanks Eden. You are absolutely right!
  
  
• From: Geetha (@ gatekeeper.oracle.co.uk) on: Tue Jun 29 10:09:51 EDT 1999
  
  Another Tidbit I remembered, we met a person from advertising in India, he was saying that ARR has worked with RD Burman on some BGM. Does anyone know anything about this?
  
  
• From: sabesan (@ ws-209-233-228-102.isrworld.com) on: Tue Jun 29 13:15:25 EDT 1999
  
  well geetha, iam not sure if what iam going to say is true or not.... i remember reading it in kumutham or AV.... ARR had commented that he has'nt listened to IR's music at all (for which IR had commented "chinna chinna aasaaai???? is there a song like that????").... well with just then an entry into the field, if ARR can comment like that, then IR can 100% say what u had said.... nothing wrong in it.... well then like eden says why should we bother about these personal things.... its bound to be there in every human beings..... just take the good stuffs from them and ignore the -ve things....
  
  
• From: vijay (@ 129.252.26.192) on: Tue Jun 29 17:47:14 EDT 1999
  
  even i rememeber reading something to that effect. ARR had denied listening to IR's songs and said that his music was not influenced by any one esle's music. srirangam laskhminarayan who has written a series of articles on IR has actually criticised this and has challenged ARR to compose music without the influence of his forefathers. i think it is in either article no. 14 or 15. the artciles are there in shibu's site.
  
  
• From: Kamesh (@ hlr-13-132.tm.net.my) on: Tue Jun 29 22:57:51 EDT 1999
  
  Here is something interesting to cool you guys. Read this
  
  http://www.rediff.co.in/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/;execmacro/music_content.d2w/report?fname=2906mich.htm
  
  its about ARR - Michael Jackson show.
  
  
  
• From: S (@ 129.188.33.221) on: Wed Jun 30 01:41:30 EDT 1999
  
  sabesan,
  
  It was KR who said that about chinna chinna Asai.
  
  
• From: Kamesh (@ hlr-13-132.tm.net.my) on: Wed Jun 30 02:45:17 EDT 1999
  
  Mr S,
  
  I beg to disagree. I remember reading that interview or article which said what sabesan said abt chinna chinna aasai. I also remember reading something like IR composing Chinna Chinna Thooral Enna from senthamizh paattu as an answer to the song. Of course history says which song went the farther.
  
  
• From: Swami (@ cacher-ext.wise.edt.ericsson.se) on: Wed Jun 30 11:33:17 EDT 1999
  
  FYI Kamesh,
  chinna chinna thooral enna......came far ahead of Roja.(it came in Jan'1992). So there is least of chances that IR would have got into kozhai adi sandai like this. Avar sivanennu irukkar, yethukku intha narathar velai ungallukku.
  
  
• From: Kamesh (@ hlr-42-173.tm.net.my) on: Wed Jun 30 20:38:43 EDT 1999
  
  Swami,
  
  I am 100% sure that Roja released before Senthamizh paatu. Please check it up.
  
  
• From: Kamesh (@ hlr-42-173.tm.net.my) on: Wed Jun 30 21:47:17 EDT 1999
  
  News from Hindutan Times (1/7/99)
  Germans sway to the music of Jackson, Rehman
  London, June 30 (Vijay Dutt)
  
  The famous Michael Jackson number We are the world sung by the pop king himself and the mellifluous strains of Satyameva Jayate by noted Indian musical wizard A. R. Rehman swayed a capacity 55,000-strong crowd at an open air concert in Munich, Germany’s most important commercial city.
  
  Sponsored by the Hinduja Foundation to raise funds for the world’s needy children, the nine-hour concert at the Olympic Stadium attracted a large number of music-lovers from Frankfurt and other major cities.
  
  Jackson had appeared for the concert under the aegis of Red Cross and Unesco with the theme, “What more can I give in aid of children”.
  
  The Indian group led by Rehman, however, was a major discovery for many Germans. Rehman proved to be a worthy ambassador of the rich Indian heritage in music and culture.
  
  It was a fascinating experience and very good for creating interest in Indian music and Indian tourism, said Reimer Vocker, a post-graduate in Jazz music from Berlin University. The event attracted wide media attention.
  
  There were in all 20 groups comprising 400 musicians of different schools of music for presenting their repertoire.
  
  The introduction of the Indian component and the fusion of the pop with the Indian classical was the idea of Vinoo Hinduja, daughter of Srichand Hinduja.
  
  Pleased at the response, particularly to Indian music, she said that hopefully her effort to put the country’s music on the world stage would help the music lovers to savour its richness.
  
  Rehman with a group of 20 artistes was given the honour of presenting his events in the last. He literally brought the curtain down with an enthralling package of performances. He synthesised contemporary sound notes with traditional Indian instruments, sarangi, ghatam and manjira.
  
  But, what brought the 55,000 listeners to their feet were Jackson’s rendition of a Sanskrit verse in English and Rehman’s Ekam Satyam. He wore a white dress designed by Manish Malhotra.
  
  Shobhana and Deva, fellow artistes with Rehman, dazzled the audience with dance numbers which were a blend of the classical and the modern.
  
  The choreography by Raju Sundaram and vocal rendering by Rehman created a fascinating ambience. The inclusion of 30 German dancers in the performance was much appreciated.
  
  Others, who participated included the famous Boyzone, Vanessa Mae, Ringo Starr, and the blind Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• From: Anonymous (@ mail.startec.net) on: Thu Jul 1 14:42:56 EDT 1999
  
  What about A R Rahman?
  
  A R Rahman's two films had good songs, Bombay and Roja. But after that, which of his songs has been different? Nobody shouts Vande mataram like he did. And he got Rs 20 million for that! I had sung Vande Mataram which had music by Pannalal Ghosh. It was so soft and nice. After listening to Rahman's version, my wife said it proved that we are going back to the jungle days.
  
  - Manna Dey on A.R.Rahman
  
  
• From: v. balaji (@ webproxy03qfe0.sbi.com) on: Thu Jul 1 15:37:56 EDT 1999
  
  Hi,
  
  Please don't be swayed by what Manna Dey says. these old time Hindi artists. Manna Dey, Lata and the rest of the crowd -- though were great in their days have always constantly critized the changing times. Sure HFM is dead after the Burman Days. But I am sure these people would lament that Indian music is down.
  
  Hardly they see the rise and excellence of music in Tamil films (atleast the pre-Deva days).
  
  I am no fan of ARR, but still once should discard these old timers, who cry loud to any music other than their own times.
  
  V. Balaji
  
  
• From: KD_fan (@ athena.sabre.net) on: Thu Jul 1 17:48:30 EDT 1999
  
  Exactly Balaji... I second your statements.
  These people "famous old timers" will go hammer and tongs about the present state of music and hows this and hows that..etc. etc.
  What they lack is the clarity to think, feel and emote beyond what they have achieved and the sense of apprecitation in "new" trends or fad if you want to call it so.
  A constant cliched statement is "see even today, so and so's song is being listened and appreciated".. tell me who does? everything's a passing cloud, a fad... unless you tie it to devotion it will not become a tradition...(am i speaking like T.Rajendar? ;-) ).. what irked me more what Mannadey's statements like... "if I had got into classical music, even i would have performed as good as Bhimsen Joshi etc." ..Yeah, right! after the event even the fool is wise..gasbag!!
  
  
• From: thaths (@ 207.247.192.254) on: Fri Jul 2 11:10:20 EDT 1999
  
  TAMIL NADU FOUNDATION, INC. ANDFEDERATION OF TAMIL SANGAMS OF NORTH AMERICA
  celebrating
  Silver Jubilee of TNF & 8th Joint Annual Tamizhar Convention
  Atlantic City Convention Center; July 2,3,4th 1999Event information :
  (As appeared in News India magazine dated June 25th 1999. New York)
  NEW YORK: South Indian super star Rajnikanth, supreme star Sharath Kumar
  and Swami Dayananda saraswati are among the prominent persons agreed to
  participate in the eighth joint annual convention of the Tamil Nadu
  Foundation (TNF) and the Federation of Tamil Sanghams of North America
  (Fetna) at Atlantic City, New Jersey, between July 2 to 5.
  The gala convention this year also coincides with the silver jubilee
  celebrations of the TNF to be held at the prestigious Convention Center.
  The galaxy of persons attending the meet include popular South Indian
  actress Revathi; noted novelists Shivasankari; poet Inkulab; popular
  speaker Ilasai Sundaram and actress Jayashri.
  There will be a grand music concert by legendary play back singer P.
  Susheela, Dr. Seerkhazhi G. Siva Chidambaram with Aingaran orchestra.
  There is also a spectacular musical and dance show by Tamil pop queen
  Anuradha Sriram who will take the mike with an array of beautiful film
  dancers from Chennai. The comedy duo - Chinni Jayanth and Jayashri- are
  staging a hilarious comedy skit. Swami Dayananda Saraswathi will deliver
  a special address while the former member of parliament and a powerful
  speaker Valampuri John will give the key-note address.
  The organizers have arranged an entrepreneurs workshop for the benefit
  of budding entrepreneurs. Sam Pitroda, chairman and CEO of Worldtel, who
  ushered in the communication revolution in India, will deliver keynote
  address which will be attended by distinguished senior Tamil Nadu IAS
  officers such as the Industries Secretary M. S. Srinivasan and TIDCO
  Chairman R. Gopalan. Other panelists include Ram P. Thukkaram, president
  of 13i Capital Corporation; Paul Pandian, president Axes Technologies;
  Ganesh Ramakrishnan, founder and president Gobi.com service channels;
  Shankar V. Ramani, chairman of PEPCO and P. Manohar, group director-
  finance of Texmaco, Indonesia. The well-organized workshop will be
  moderated by Prof. V. Bala V. Balachandran, the J.L. Kellogg
  Distinguished Professor of Management at the Northwestern University.
  When the organizers approached Rajnikanth in Chennai to visit the US and
  participate in the convention, he had expressed his desire to attend the
  convention and also to meet with Tamils in the US. However, the
  organizers are now keeping their fingers crossed for his arrival. There
  will also be continuing medical education program for physicians
  attending the convention
  ****************************************************************************
  For more information Please visit TNF website :http://www.chennai.com/tnf.
  If you need further assistance, please contact Satheesh Kumar at
  (713)266-7559 or by Email: ptsatheesh@hotmail.com. Sorry for not
  informing you in advance. This information is forwarded to you asnotified.
  ****************************************************************************
  
  
• From: NOV (@ bkj-cache80.jaring.my) on: Mon Jul 19 03:50:45 EDT 1999
  
  MS Viswanathan's comments on Singing for ARR
  
  MSV was recently featured on MTV [not MusicTV but Malaysian TV :-)] Excerpts of his comments:
  
  "..... my granchildren were excited, when they heard I was going to sing for ARR. They are all his fans. Even I am a fan. But he is a Child Specialist."
  
  "... sangeetham vida injeetham thaan ARR idam niraya irukku. Athu romba mukkiyam..."
  
  "... avar than amma meethu romba anbu vachirukkuraar. Ammavidanm anbu ullavar ellam nalla munneruvaanga..."
  
  "... he gave me a cassette with the song (Aalaana aalaa) and asked me to sing it in any way I want and to improve it..."
  
  "... I thought the song required high pitch and I would not be able to render it, but ARR encouraged me...."
  
  ".... he is more of a magcian than a musician ....."
  
  "... he is always thinking of ways to improve and further improve his music...."
  
  

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