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KARTHICK - all about bright new singer in tfm

Topic started by hunter (@ 61.11.74.10) on Fri Nov 16 08:42:09 EST 2001.
All times in EST +10:30 for IST.

karthick says about himself and his experiences here.

http://thirai.ambalam.com/int-music/2001/November/int-music16_10.html

will he withstand in tfm? what the forum thinks?

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• From: Choochan (@ 61.11.76.123) on: Sat Dec 21 01:16:02 EST 2002
  
  Hi Karthik is able to sing like SPB and also like Hariharan (July Malargale like Hariharan) and Shankar Mahadevan (Saathiya - Chori song). Here we are comparing him with greats like SPB, Hariharan that doesn't mean he is singing better than them. He is in the begining of the career. So all the best for Karthik.
  
  Think of young singer matches his voice to Ajit,Vijay and also to Rajini
  
  All the best Karthik
  
  
• From: Choochan (@ 61.11.76.123) on: Sat Dec 21 01:16:25 EST 2002
  
  Hi Karthik is able to sing like SPB and also like Hariharan (July Malargale like Hariharan) and Shankar Mahadevan (Saathiya - Chori song). Here we are comparing him with greats like SPB, Hariharan that doesn't mean he is singing better than them. He is in the begining of the career. So all the best for Karthik.
  
  Think of young singer matches his voice to Ajit,Vijay and also to Rajini
  
  All the best Karthik
  
  
• From: rina (@ 161.142.100.86) on: Sat Dec 21 10:16:53 EST 2002
  
  Yah... i agreed with Choochan
  (what a name)..SORRY...
  OK..THAT'S RIGHT! His voice can comparing with great singers SPB&HARIHARAN.. Realy Karthik voice matches with Ajit, Vijay, Madhavan, Sham also of course Srikanth..
  So, Karthik keep it up..
  I luv your (voice)...
  All the best!
  
  
• From: preethi (@ 212.198.0.96) on: Mon Dec 23 15:55:50 EST 2002
  
  hi!
  i love music and appreciate all kinds of music. i think the 'vaanila' song from kaadhal virus is excellent. i also think that Karthik is quite a good singer. he has a very melodious voice. i think that he will go far in tamil cinema.
  
  
• From: Maverick (@ 192.128.133.68) on: Mon Dec 23 16:29:54 EST 2002
  
  Do you guys know of any slow pure romantic number by karthik ? I am just curious because he has sung all those fast paced duets, philosophical ones. But, has he got any slower paced melodious numbers like HR's 'Melliname Melliname..' , SPB's 'Enthan Vaanin..'
  
  
• From: Info (@ 202.88.172.202) on: Sat Dec 28 07:10:50 EST 2002
  
  Here is a lot of information about T K Karthik:
  
  With some of the hottest numbers in Tamil in the recent past, from Baba, Laysa Laysa, Run, Five Star and many others, T K Karthik sang his first Hindi song, again for A R Rahman, the song, Shora So Pahchaniye in The Legend of Bhagat Singh. His recent song, a Hindi duet with Asha Bhonsle, a song called Chori Pe Chori (September Madham, which, Shankar Mahadevan sang in Tamil) in Saathiya, (The Hindi remake of Mani Rathnam's Alai Payuthey) is proving to be a big hit. The MCA kid-cum-playback singer, Karthik, is the latest hit with Tamil filmdom's music directors. Karthik comes from a family of bathroom singers.
  
  When in college, he arranged to meet singer Srinivas, who happens to be his best friend's cousin. "To me, he was big. I am a fan of A R Rahman and Srinivas was his singer. He asked me to sing and liked what he heard". Srinivas eventually turned out to be Karthik's link to Rahman, he says.
  
  He remembers the dates well. "It was December 17, 1999. Until then, I had never stepped out of home after 8 pm. But that night, my friends and I had planned a midnight birthday party for a friend. It turned out that Rahman wanted me to sing a number that night, and Srinivas kept calling home. It was about 11-45 pm. My parents couldn't reach me. Srinivas finally told them that if I was lucky, I would call him in 10 minutes. Otherwise... Somehow, I got in touch with home and called him immediately. It was past midnight on December 18''. He was just in time in Rahman's studio for the recording.
  
  "Rahman was like my demi-God, and there he was... in front of me. I was nervous but Rahman helped me, cracking jokes and all. He is a lot of fun when you know him personally". He had been called for a chorus track for Pukar, which somehow was not released. It's a good sentiment, isn't it.
  
  "From then till about two years, I was doing only choruses for Rahman. It got me very popular in college. On January 31, 2001, Rahman asked me and others in the group to sing an Aalap. Next day, he called me to record for Nendikitten from Star". It was his first solo. Apart from A R Rahman, T K Karthik has done tracks for Ilayaraja, Harris Jayaraj, Karthik Raja, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Bharadwaj, Vidhyasagar, Deva, Mani Sharma, Keeravani and others. Most often though, he's not told which movie or actor he is singing for. "But when I was singing for Baba, I knew I was singing for Rajinikanth and was very conscious. I had to get it right".
  
  Source- The Hindu, Aug 2002
  
  If you ask T K Karthik what the best part about being a playback singer is, he will talk about the countries he got to see...not the 40-odd film songs he has sung covering Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada movies or the bunch of numbers under his favourite music director A R Rahman. Tuning into Karthik is not very difficult. He is the boy next door, 22, once a part of a college band, who gradually shifted from college auditorium to Rahman's studio as a chorus member.
  
  "I just had one recording a month in the whole of 2000", he recalls. But lots of stories to tell his friends after the experience. For this DG Vaishnav College student, things started changing after he met singer Srinivas. "I used to keep in touch with him and he used to give me a lot of pointers", says Karthik. He took the tips seriously and it wasn't long before Srinivas put him onto Rahman.
  
  But when Karthik sang Nendikitten in Star, he didn't know what was happening. "I was singing the track and had no clue if Rahman would use my voice", he says. Rahman finally clued him in and Karthik's solo singing career took off. Karthik insists life has always been like that for him - unplanned. He learned Carnatic music for a year and then discontinued. Then he joined ghazal classes. Now, it is Hindustani classical music for him, his teacher being noted singer Sriram Parasuram. "I was always passionate about Hindustani music", he says. So after 13 years Karthik is learning what he always wanted to. "I was raw when when I started", he recalls. "My Carnatic training taught me the fundamentals, singing ghazals helped with voice culture and Hindustani has widened my pitch and outlook. I think it is never too late to learn". And all through his parents (absolute music lovers) gave him all the support they could. "They have no clue how a recording happens. They just see me go out to record and come back with money", he says.
  
  In between the studios and stage shows, Karthik says, he managed to complete his B Com and is now hoping to finish a Master's at the University of Madras. Like he said, it's never too late to learn.
  
  Source: YES- The New Indian Express dated, September 27, 2002
  
  T K Karthik's hit song list in Tamil:
  
  Song name:
  Film name:
  
  Thilaakkaeni Gaanaa
  Punnagai Poovae
  
  Chori pe Chori (with Asha Bhonsle)
  Saathiya (Hindi)
  
  Adichaa netri adi
  Villain
  
  Thathalikkuthae
  Album
  
  Manase Manase
  April Madhathil
  
  July malargalae
  Bhagavathy
  
  Vaanila
  Kadhal Virus
  
  Aval ulaga azhagiyae
  Laysa Laysa
  
  Vannathu poochi
  Bala
  
  Theradi Veedhiyil
  Run
  
  Maya Maya
  Baba
  
  Shakthi kodu
  Baba
  
  Singaari Singaari
  Raaja
  
  Yella malaiyilum
  Ezhumalai
  
  Tamizha Tamizha
  Tamizhan
  
  Shora so pahachaniyae
  The Legend of Bhagat Singh (Hindi)
  
  Moondrezhuthu kettavarthai
  Paarthale Paravasam
  
  Manjakaattu maina
  Manadhai Thirudivittai
  
  Anna saalayil
  Roja Kootam
  
  Osaka Muraiyya
  Alli Arjuna
  
  Oliyilae thrivadhu
  Azhagi
  
  Nendikitten
  Star
  
  Krishna Krishna
  Dumm Dumm Dumm
  
  
• From: kindu (@ 202.190.94.2) on: Mon Dec 30 04:16:54 EST 2002
  
  Neejee Tulipoo - University
  
  
• From: Kavin Malar (@ 61.11.85.63) on: Mon Dec 30 05:23:38 EST 2002
  
  Oliyile therivathu from Azhagi...
  Yedho Onnu Ninaichirundhen from "Solla Marantha Kadhai"
  
  are good numbers
  
  
• From: saregamaremix (@ 206.165.164.100) on: Mon Dec 30 16:10:38 EST 2002
  
  Karthik sings for Karthik Raaja...
  
  Karthik is the primary male voice in
  the audio of the movie album '3 Roses'
  
  'Oh Dil Se Pyaar' - yes hindi lyrics
  for a tamizh movie !! is a standout
  song of this album.
  
  along the lines of
  'yahan ladki hai, wahan chaandni' etc.
  (let the language chauvinists tar and cow-dung
  all the cassettes and CDs for this disturbing
  trend !! ha! ha!)
  
  saregamaremix
  @
  http://browser.to/karthikraja
  
  
  
• From: Charu (@ 202.54.64.9) on: Fri Jan 3 01:23:47 EST 2003
  
  Hey guys..I am a great fan of Karthick..what a voice. Was absolutely mesmerized how such a cutie pies voice was matching all the hero's. Truely matured voice.
  Wishing him good luck for his future.
  Hats Off to you KARTHICK !!!
  Wish such a great singer was my Friend :)
  
  
• From: Ka (@ 203.124.234.162) on: Sat Jan 4 00:55:23 EST 2003
  
  Read abt Karthik here:
  
  http://www.geocities.com/tamillyricsonline
  
  
• From: Manisha (@ ) on: Sat Jan 18 11:07:26 EST 2003
  
  Karthik's e-mail id : t_k_karthik2003@yahoo.com
  
  
• From: MANISHA (@ 195.93.34.7) on: Sat Jan 18 11:08:45 EST 2003
  
  KARTHIK'S E-MAIL ID : t_k_karthik2003@yahoo.com
  
  
• From: archana (@ 61.11.80.90) on: Sun Jan 19 06:48:41 EST 2003
  
  u r the best,u sing very well! like ur smile
  
  
• From: dj_ron (@ 66.185.85.76) on: Sun Jan 19 08:35:57 EST 2003
  
  karthik rules
  
  
• From: dj_ron (@ 66.185.85.76) on: Sun Jan 19 08:37:56 EST 2003
  
  dude thats not karthik's email id./.. i have it but i can't give it sorry guys... he will get too much junk mails
  
  
• From: Rajesh (@ 219.65.117.4) on: Sun Jan 19 10:04:09 EST 2003
  
  karthik is simply the best. he handles every situation well and the songs are mathced his voice. what more to sing for rajini and with kamal.
  
  

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