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Hindi Is Sweet, Tamil Is Not

Topic started by Neel D (@ 24.99.73.50) on Thu Jul 31 08:28:30 EDT 2003.
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Hindi is sweet, Tamil is not - Says Karthik Raja

In an interview aired Tuesday (July 28) on Singapore's Oli Tamil Radio, to a question Karthik Raja replied that he likes composing for Hindi movies because the language is so sweet and makes his composition sound sweet. He went on to say that he thinks that that sweetness is missing in Tamil.

When the interviewers (two women) asked him about the current generation of singers he said that after SPB and Hariharan there has been no new male singer who is versatile. He added that the new male singers are all so monotonous.

The two women interviewers spoke in pure Tamil and only in Tamil. Karthik Raja's vocabulary was about 70% English and 30% Tamil. (At the end of the interview, the interviewers thanked him for his efforts to speak in Tamil.)

The interviewers asked who were the singers in his latest album, Karthik replied "Vijay Parakash, from Mumbai". The interviewers repied, "yeah, north indian singers' voices do have a vaseegaram".

I was so impressed at the maturity, diplomacy and the pride in heritage of the interviewers (the two Singaporean women).

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• From: Raj (@ 206.97.63.112) on: Fri Aug 22 17:29:49 EDT 2003
  
  cinema virumbi: Hindustani retained the grammar and syntax of the Hindi dialects. But, it used words from Persian,Arabic and Turkish. Also, the syntax of Turkish and Persian is considered to be similar to Hindustani. We use what is known as SOV(subject-object-verb) structure. Arabic has allows a different structure. That is why you see some differences. As you know the SOV order can be changed in poetry.
  
  
• From: Raj (@ 206.97.63.112) on: Fri Aug 22 17:43:45 EDT 2003
  
  Rajesh: There is a theory in linguistics that identifies the origin of Greek,Latin and Sanskrit to the same area outside India. They show some similarities in words for numbers,relationships (father,mother etc) and body parts in these three languages. As you know,language, religion and politics are emotional topics and lead to unneeded acrimony. I will leave it at that.
  
  
• From: Raj (@ 206.97.63.112) on: Fri Aug 22 17:45:56 EDT 2003
  
  Rajesh: In case you did not know, Tamil has the distinction of being in longest continuous use.
  
  
• From: Raj (@ 206.97.63.112) on: Fri Aug 22 17:58:01 EDT 2003
  
  Prem pyar/Thamizhukku...: What is sweet and what is harsh is subjective. It depends on the amount of familiarity and use. As they say in Tamil -even for a crow its offspring is golden(kakkaikkum than kunju ponkunju). In European languages French is considered to be the sweetest. I learnt German,French and Russian. I tend to agree with that assessment. Similarly I have read people call Telugu the French of South India. I have to agree with you on Tamil being neglected.
  
  
• From: Naaz (@ 24.87.30.219) on: Sun Aug 24 09:39:19 EDT 2003
  
  Bolly is bad, Kolly is not? Or?
  
  Click and see for yourself, with this topical essay:
  
  http://www.hinduonnet.com/fr/stories/2003082201380200.htm
  
  
• From: Mumbai Ramki (@ 203.193.152.206) on: Sun Aug 24 10:08:43 EDT 2003
  
  I think hINDI is improving with films like HUNGAMA ,3 Dewarein ,Koi Mil Gaye ...Of course our guys have come up with SAAMI ,KADHAL KONDAIN ,KAKA KAKA with Pithamagan a,chandiyaar to come ........SO I think overall INDIAN film industry is improving ...
  
  
• From: Naaz (@ 24.87.30.219) on: Sun Aug 24 11:12:41 EDT 2003
  
  Mumbai Ramki -
  
  I thought the article to be appropriate for purposes of Interchangeability.
  In the place of Bolly/Kolly place HFM/TFM and you will see that the same points are applicable (apeing comes naturally because we evolved from apes? I know that shouldn't be such a revelation - but is.) - and the author alludes to this when he laments lack of "originality" and the "banal otherness" of it all.
  I thought it to be a relevant tangent for the discussants here.
  
  
• From: tevaya (@ 219.65.43.179) on: Sun Aug 24 11:38:56 EDT 2003
  
  btw, Vijay Prakash in KR's album is a Kannadiga.. sings a lot of jingles and gives Kannada voice-overs for ads!!
  
  
• From: shwetabh (@ ) on: Sun Sep 26 12:52:26 EDT 2004
  
  Salut! Je suis franco-indien et moi je vous prie d'arreter de parler sur ce sujet. C'est bete! A mon avis, toutes les langues (meme zoulou!)sont tres belles. On n'peut pas juger la douceur d'une langue sans la connaitre a la perfection, et personne ne sait parler toutes les langues du monde. Pour moi, le francais est sans doute la plus belle langue vivante, parce que j'suis d'origine francaise. J'sais bien que vous ne serez pas d'accord avec moi, mais j'peux pas dire autrement. C'est ca. Merci de ne plus continuer cette conversation insensee!
  
  
• From: query (@ 63.243.159.10) on: Mon Sep 27 04:07:37 EDT 2004
  
  So Raj, what did shwetabh say?
  
  
• From: Vazhipokkan (@ 40.0.40.10) on: Mon Sep 27 13:28:08 EDT 2004
  
  query here is what Mr. shwetabh says, he wants KR to score music for a french song
  
  "Hello! I am free-Indian and me I request arreter from you of speaking on this subject. It is bete! With my opinion, all the languages (same Zulu!)sounds very beautiful. One cannot judge the softness of a language without to know has the perfection, and nobody can speak all thelanguages about world. For me, French is undoubtedly the most beautiful living language,parce that I am of French origin. I know well that you will not agree with me, but I cannot say differently. It is Ca. Thank you not to continue more this conversation insensee!"
  
  isn't Office 2003 translator great!!!
  
  
• From: T Muthu (@ 68.75.54.10) on: Mon Sep 27 23:10:02 EDT 2004
  
  how about making a musical in hindi and tamil and also english together. i am thinkin of using hindi singers for the pallavi with tamil lyrics, then tamil singes for the charanam in hindi and english musicians for the interludes and westtern notations for the background music. anymore ideas welcome ;---)
  
  
• From: sudalai (@ 203.197.141.34) on: Tue Sep 28 05:26:33 EDT 2004
  
  vazhpokkan,
  oru nimisham aadipoitten...
  so.. office03 velaiyaa..??
  
  

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