Srini, Vithur and Aravind, Thanks to all of you for responding so promptly.
Gopal. --- Srini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear friends, > > Well, I dont think i can cope with translating a Tamil song, but I have tried > to do a > translation of this interview. Hope I have done justise. I would surely > appreciate if our > tamil friends can correct the below where need be. Man, I salute all those > guys here who do > translations.. its much tougher than I thought :) My admiration for ARR as a > person has > increased even more reading this interview (specially the last q). Proud to > be a ARR fan. > > Here's the interview: > > When you meet ARR, the first thing you notice is his simplicity. Starts > speaking to you like > a classmate in college. Its been the same way this time as well.... > > He pointed to the wall and said "the keyboard and mixer were the ones used > for Roja, Kept it > as a memorablia". ARR hasnt forgotten his past. > > Q: SJ Surya mentioned in one KTV interview that 'Simplicity means AR Rahman'. > How are you > able to be without Ego. > ARR: We cannot plan these things. Once you become Spritualist, all egoes > vanish. Why do > hindus keep ashes in their forehead? its to remind that we are all going to > be ashes someday. > Money and fame last only till you live. Its enough if a man remembers the > end, all evil > thoughts like 'Jelousy and wanting to live at the cost of others' vanish and > you > automatically get Fear and humbleness' > > Q: You sound very Philosophical? > ARR: Life has taught me a lot (Laughs). Once when I had been to Gulbarga, I > bought a book > titled 'Isi Ahmadiya Dheen' [forgive me if I got this wrong]. It is a > compilation of what the > world teaches us from the beginning. It was in simple short poems. > Interesting as well. After > I read it I felt 'Is that all life is about'. Any one who reads this book > would mature [I > need help on the correct word here please] > > Q: You are busy with Kollywood, Bollywood and Hollywood. Do you have time for > your family? > ARR: It is difficult. Manytimes, I may have to miss my family and kids for 2 > - 3 months. In a > situation where you have to compromise on one thing, i have to resort to > Video conferencing > to keep in touch with my family. My kids are not interested in costly things > (for 10k, 15k). > All they ask for is for their father to be with them always and to shower > love and praise on > them. Recently my second daughter asked me to come for her school function, > but I had to be > travelling abroad at that time. She told me. "You wont come to my school > function, but I have > to listen to your music is it? I wont listen from now on". I felt like a hard > hit on my > temple. I postponed the function by 2 days and attended the school function. > She was very > happy. > > Q: There is talk that Sakaraikatti is delayed because you have not composed > the songs. > ARR: (laughs) They have made such a story is it? [said that in a nice tamil > slang]. All > recordings except for 1 song is complete. When the director Kala Prabhu came > and told me that > I will have to compose the music for this movie, I told them that I can do it > immediately, > there might be a delay. He said, I will wait even if it will take 10 years. > No one would > delay for 10 years isnt it? (Laughs). I accepted because it was very > interesting. > > Q: During the Felicitation ceremony for your guru Gopalakrishnan, it seems > you left as soon > as you came in. > ARR: Firstly, he never knew that I was going to attend (the function). I went > there to give > him a surprise. TVG was elated/emotional when he saw me there. I had a violin > session for a > hindi song recording and hence had to leave and TVG knows that. > > Q: What is the issue between you and Shah rukh Khan? It seems that you > refused to do (music > for) OSO. > ARR: We dont have any issues at a personal level. I was not able to do the > music for the > movie because of an issue in the contract. They said, "If the music composed > for the movie is > used for any Hollywood movie, we would give you the title credit but will not > pay you". In > this case it will be a problem in the future, not just for me but for any > music director. So > I refused. > As techonology grows, you dont know what (music) gets picked up from where. > Suppose we give > away all the rights, anything can happen in the future. You shouldnt feel > left blindfolded > then. There are so many MDs who have given their heard and sole to compose > music and still > live in rented houses. Their music is still telecast in radios and tvs, but > the unfortunate > thing is that they do not get anything back (monetarily). In overseas > markets, a MD settles > down in a big way once you give 1 hit song. > > Q: Ilayaraja has given so many hits. but his earnings are less when you > compare with MDs of > current generation. > ARR: Yes. Assuming he has composed for 500 movies with 6 songs each, he would > have composed > 3000 songs. But we dont know if he has been paid that much money. If it was > so, he could have > purchased the whole of Tamil Nadu. We are all frustrated. Its ok so far (past > is past), My > opinion is that we have to be careful from now on. It is a little difficult > task. Outside > india, they legally deposit you share of money in your account, even when > music is sold > through internet. But here, even if the songs are a big hit, they claim that > it sold only for > Rs. 5000. > > Q: What is your opinion on Remix songs? > ARR: There is nothing wrong in Remix songs. Its only a trend. Its only till > people like it, > after that this trend will vanish. There are good and bad remixes. There is a > difference > between maintaing the sole of the old song and spoiling that song (Laughs). > > Q: Recently SP Balasubramaniam said on stage in a very strong / harsh tone > that 'Todays MDs > are just doing whatever MS Vishwanathan left behind' [Verbatim translation: > Today's music > directors eat whatever MSV ate and left behind]. Whats your take on that? > ARR: Why cant we take that as a praise? He would have said that only in the > right sense. MS > Viswanathan was a trendsetter. He would have even meant others to follow his > path, which is > true. He could have used a little derrogatory words in the spur of the moment > (like remains > of what he ate). My opinion is that he would never have spoken bad / wrong. > > End.. > > Cheers, > Srini > > PS: I thought I was a big ARR fan, till I joined this group :) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gopal Srinivasan > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 8:51 PM > Subject: [arr] Fwd: ARR Kumudam interview 2008 > > > > May I request someone to translate the below interview for everyone's > benefit? > > Thanks, Sree. > > Gopal. > > --- in2mind in2mind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Gopal > > > > Came across this interview of arr on net - seems to be from kumudam > > magazine (The > author > > says it is from Jan 2008 issue). > > A insightful interview I should say. > > > > http://mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?t=1923&start=979 > > > > Sree > > > > #ygrp-mkp { BORDER-RIGHT: #d8d8d8 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 14px; > BORDER-TOP: #d8d8d8 1px > solid; PADDING-LEFT: 14px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 14px 0px; > BORDER-LEFT: #d8d8d8 1px > solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d8d8d8 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: > Arial}#ygrp-mkp HR { > BORDER-RIGHT: #d8d8d8 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #d8d8d8 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: > #d8d8d8 1px > solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d8d8d8 1px solid}#ygrp-mkp #hd { FONT-WEIGHT: > bold; FONT-SIZE: 85%; > MARGIN: 10px 0px; COLOR: #628c2a; LINE-HEIGHT: 122%}#ygrp-mkp #ads { > MARGIN-BOTTOM: > 10px}#ygrp-mkp .ad { PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: > 0px; PADDING-TOP: > 0px}#ygrp-mkp .ad A { COLOR: #0000ff; TEXT-DECORATION: none} > > --------------------------------- > Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. 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