Hi all, Yesterday, the celeb guest on Rahmania was Ujjayinee!!!
For many of us who are wondering about her background info, here's a summary of what she said on the show: She is basically a Bengali, born and brought up in Tripura. Right from when she was 3, she started learning both Hindustani music and bharatnatyam. She dropped dance after a few years and continued with music. She had her own band and has made an album. She shifted to Bangalore about 6 years back for her job. She is a good friend of Mr. Noell James, thru whom she got introduced to Rahman. She had earlier sung 2 songs for tamil movie "Attagasam" composed by Bharadhwaj, who taught her tamil... She has contributed to for Taj Anthem - the hindi and bengali versions.... She said she has also sung harmonies along with Raihanah, but she didnt mention which songs... About Nee Marylin Monroe: "I knew it was a fun number something naughty!!! The opening itself was different, with the "uh oh uh oh" and Rahman taught me how exactly he wanted me to sing it! And then the "krrrrrr" sound which comes... He said he wanted that sound, and i tried it, but he said he wanted it a bit more softer!! I was having lots of fun doing the song, especially the "krrrr" part and was "giggling away to glory"! Rahman had recorded all of those too!! Then he said, "give me 5 minutes". He did some mixing and within 5 minutes, he played it for me and it was sounding exactly how we hear it now (jus the opening)! And then coming on to the line "nee rock and roll il killaadi", he said he wanted me to sing it in a total rock music style! And then the next line - "saturday night party ku pogalaam", he said he wanted something cheesy - something like a cheesy cheerleader kind of voice!!! Then there was also this soft humming (0:27 - 0:46) which was again totally different.. He brought out so many varieties of my voice in just one song!" (I got goosebumps listening to the above said part in the interview... note his attention to details, how he strives for perfection - concentrating on even the minute details like how soft the "Krrrr" should sound!!!! Also, whn we listen to the "staurday night" part, we know it is cheesy, but for him to have imagined how it should sound and the way he has communicated how he wants it (like a cheesy cheerleader) - OMG.. I am speechless!!!!! He is GOD!!!) Cheers, Aravind http://arrahmaniac.blogspot.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
