Hi All, Continuing with the info about what spb spoke about ARR, here's more!! :)
I had the opportunity to be at the set during the shooting of one of the episodes of "Ennodu Paatu Paadungal" (Jaya TV)... This episdoe is yet to be aired. In that episode, SPB again spoke about ARR. This time it was about Ballelakka (Sivaji) song, after one person sand Ballelakka in that show..... He said he found it difficult to sing the song during recording as it was a tough song and many portions were breathless... however, ARR sang it for him, very very casually, just running his fingers thru his hair!! :) He said, ARR makes anything look so easy! In the same episode, a veteran tamil assistant music director (Pls pardon me, i forget his name) also spoke highly of ARR. HE said, "there was a time when no indian song, especially melodies, would be without tabla or dholak... there would be one odd song with drums, but that was also rare... but ARR changed all that... he showed that there can be melodies created without tablas and dholaks... he thought differently and thus created a total change in the way indian film music was made!" Aravind Aravind
