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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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• From: Geetha (@ gatekeeper.oracle.co.uk) on: Thu Jul 9 11:48:42 EDT 1998
  
  MPR: Please tell me what font that article is in, I only have Murasu Anjal and mylai....Thanks...
  
  Alternatively, please can someone do an English cut down version of the interview, it'll be really appreciated....
  
  
• From: MPR (@ hindsight.nodak.edu) on: Thu Jul 9 19:47:51 EDT 1998
  
  Geetha:
  
  In order to read this article, Tamilnet
  font should be installed in your system.
  Here is the URL explaining how to install and
  read:
  
  http://www.irdu.nus.sg/tamilweb/howtoview.html
  
  
• From: Srikanth (@ inet20.us.oracle.com) on: Thu Jul 9 20:52:12 EDT 1998
  
  Hi,
  Can someone briefly write in English about what Sivamani said about IR and ARR. It would be very helpful for guys like me (don't know Tamil, but interested in music).
  thanks,
  srikanth
  
  
• From: MPR (@ dyn07.iacc-t23.ndsu.nodak.edu) on: Fri Jul 10 19:43:55 EDT 1998
  
  bones:
  
  I read the interview you've written
  in another thread. Seems like the interview
  was just to know about whether IR family
  listens to ARR's music or not. But YSR
  naluvified at last. Does Raaja listen to ARR's
  music is still a mystery.
  
  IR watches only three cable channels and
  MTV isn't one among them. There he makes the
  mistake.
  
  
• From: badri raghavan (@ 206.103.12.125) on: Wed Jul 15 01:47:24 EDT 1998
  
  hi sathya,
  
  This is in reference to the article in kungumam on nithyashree vs rahman. i had written to nithyasree and her sis-in-law who is maintaining nithyashree's website gives the following info:
  ______________________________________
  Dear Mr.Badri,
  
  All that's there in the magazine is a piece of crap which they managed to publish
  without nithyasree's knowledge.It was true that Nithyasree got an offer to sing in the movie Engineer but since she was not in station and the song had to be completed soon as rehman was leaving out of station it was recorded with sujatha.These rumours are spread by some lower cadre men in the industry.Nithyasree's husband just happened to return the call to give them an alternate appoinment for recording and got
  unfortunately trapped in the news...
  ______________________________________
  I hope it puts an end to the speculation
  
  
• From: jai (@ 202.54.63.130) on: Wed Jul 15 01:54:02 EDT 1998
  
  The news about Nithyasree's husband cancelling a recording was false.No appointment was fixed.she had commited for an concert in Then Kasi .Since the recording was asked for on that day she could not sing for rehman.Moreover,Nithyasree's Husband is genuinely interested in her doing well.Why should they cancel a recording with rehman.
  
  
• From: Geetha (@ gatekeeper.oracle.co.uk) on: Wed Jul 15 12:22:55 EDT 1998
  
  Badri: Please Please tell me the URL of Nithyashree's Web page....Looking forward to your reply....Thanks in advance.
  
  
• From: Rajaraman (@ 210.24.206.2) on: Wed Jul 15 21:40:30 EDT 1998
  
  Geetha
  
  http://members.tripod.com/~NITHYASREE/
  
  
• From: Sathiya Keerthi (@ panorama.nus.edu.sg) on: Wed Jul 15 23:15:01 EDT 1998
  
  Badri:
  
  Thanks for posting that reply from Ms Nityashree's
  side. I wonder why Kungumum published such a wrong
  news prominently! My guess is that they got the
  news that Nithyashree was cancelled for that song
  and replaced by Sujatha, and then thirichchufied
  the news to make a sensational reading for the
  readers. This kind of "low-level" thing is
  common in Thamizh magazines.
  
  
• From: nithu_singer (@ bones.deneb.com) on: Thu Jul 16 02:17:12 EDT 1998
  
  Thie week Kungumam has another article about ARR - Nithyashree incidenet.
  In that Nithya has told her experience with ARR, Shankar & VM during the recording...
  How simple these guys are!!! and how VM helped her
  in pronouncing and the expression
  when she calls "thalaivaaaaaa.....".
  How surprised she was to hear the whole song, during the
  cassatte release ceremony!!!
  
  
  She also mentioned that when ARR called for the
  next song recording, she was out of town.
  Her hubby has been TRYING to reach ARR to explain that
  but so far NOT successful.
  (ARRku enna ALA illai to get singers!!!
  I don't think ARR will use her again for any song)
  
  In another magazine ThiraiChuvai there is a Q&A
  section with Nithya..there were close to 20 Qs..
  whatever I remembered...
  
  DOB : AUG 25
  Year : why do you wnat to know ?
  munu munukkum song(s):
  veNNilavE veNNilavE viNNai thAndi varuvAyA
  kaNNOdu kAnbathellAm
  thirumba thirumba kEtkum pAdal:
  kaNNE kalaimAnE
  Favorite MD : GR, MSV, IR, ARR (!!!!)
  Favorite Male Singer: PBS, KJJ, SPB
  Favorite Female Singer: PS, SJ
  Favorite Movie: Nayagan
  Favorite Raga: I forget the list
  
  About Womens Lib: One should NOT asked for it....
  
  innum pala Qs....
  (If anybody is interested, I can give the details later..)
  
  
  
• From: Sujeev (@ 210.24.206.2) on: Thu Jul 16 22:05:25 EDT 1998
  
  (Posted with Author's permission from SCT - Rajaraman.)
  
  Rehman went by the name of Dilip when he was my classmate in the mid to late seventies at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan (PSBB), Tirumalai Pillai (TP) road branch in Madras.
  
  He even sat next to me for a while in the 3rd standard (1975-76). I remember him well for two things:
  
  1) He was very good at music - He used to play his piano sized Yamaha keyboard during Thursday General Assembly sometimes. I vaguely recall that
  even our principal Mrs. Y.G. Parthasarathy used to come over from the Main School to listen to him. A silver haired gentleman in a lungi, who I remember
  as being his grandfather, used to bring that keyboard to school just before the General Assembly whenever Dilip had to play.
  
  2) He had very bad personal hygiene - I know because he gave me scabies, which I promptly carried home and shared with my family. As a result my mother had to wash all our clothes in Dettol for a month and a half, and we had to use this ointment(I forget the name) which came in a half white, half orange colored tube. My mother also insisted that I change my place in the
  class room, and inform the class teacher about Dilip.
  
  At that time there was no indication that he was Muslim. We did have some Muslims (Khalid, Faisal,...) in our class, but I don't remember him being particularly thick with them. Since he was sitting next to me I think I must have spoken to him at length, but I do not recall him being Muslim at all.
  
  I am not sure when he left PSBB, but it was either in the 4th or 5th standard. It was much later that I heard through other classmates that he left school because our principal, Mrs YGP was not supportive whatever that meant.
  
  After he left school I remember seeing him on Madras TV, playing his keyboard (late 70s, early 80s). I think he still went by the name of Dilip at that time.
  
  Then, when Roja came out, I saw his picture on the cassette with the name A.R. Rehman and called my other school friends. They confirmed that this Rehman was none other than Dilip.
  
  
• From: Permanent_thread_converter (@ 210.24.206.2) on: Mon Jul 20 04:32:08 EDT 1998
  
  
  
  
• From: sentimentalist (@ 202.54.37.18) on: Sat Aug 8 03:59:09 EDT 1998
  
  Gangai Amaran 13 Aug 98 Kungumam idhazhil sonnadhu:
  
  IR-ukkum BR-ukkum oru vidhyaasamaana sentiment uNdu. BR-in padaththai IR paarththuvittu, "padam
  nandraaga illai" endraal, padam Hit aagividum.
  
  'kizhakke pogum rayil' padaththai paarththuvittu,
  "oorukku ticket vaangida vENdiyadhudhaan" endraar
  IR. padam silver jubilee.
  
  adhE pOla, 'mudhal mariyaadhai' padaththin pOdhu
  BR-ukku sila prachchanaigaL. "padam sariyillai.
  unakku vERu prachchanaigaL. naan isai amaippukku
  unnidam adhanaal paNam vaangap pOvadhillai" endru
  sollivittaar IR. padam amOha vetri petradhu.
  adhudhaan IR-in raasi.
  
  I am sure that if IR sees a preview of `Taj Mahal`
  he will say, without hesitation, "Ah this is a
  great movie." :-))
  
  
• From: MPR (@ hindsight.nodak.edu) on: Tue Aug 11 00:23:30 EDT 1998
  
  Sathya keerthi:
  
  I sent you a mail sometime back, may be
  two weeks or so. Did you get my mail?
  
  
  
• From: MPR (@ dyn07.iacc-t23.ndsu.nodak.edu) on: Tue Aug 11 00:38:08 EDT 1998
  
  Sorry for my personal message, Ravi. This is the
  only thread SK reads very often and thought that
  he might respond fast.
  
  
• From: Rajaraman (@ 192.122.135.224) on: Tue Aug 11 01:54:06 EDT 1998
  
  MPR,
  
  Sathiya keerthi has gone back to India, so I don't think he visits DF (slow link) very often.
  
  BTW For your info, his email is ssk@csa.iisc.ernet.in.
  
  
• From: MPR (@ hindsight.nodak.edu) on: Tue Aug 11 15:00:41 EDT 1998
  
  Rajaraman:
  
  Thanks for your reply. I would try to
  contact him using the email id
  you've mentioned. Is there any clue when
  he is coming back to Singapore?
  
  
• From: Rajaraman (@ 192.122.135.224) on: Tue Aug 11 22:20:00 EDT 1998
  
  MPR,
  
  He came to singapore as a Visiting Prof. May be
  long before he gets another chance.
  
  
• From: MPR (@ lc04.cc.ndsu.nodak.edu) on: Thu Aug 13 13:57:10 EDT 1998
  
  Thanks, Rajaraman.
  
  

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