shobha is a friend of suhasini manirathnam and when she met rahman and heard that she likes to sing,he used her voice which was different. Murali
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:43:16 +0000Subject: Re: [arr] Vairamuthu Neram ( 1. Margazhi Poove, 2. Thee Thee 3. Chinna chinna aasai ) Isnt Enge Yen Punnagaia - Thaalam is by Malgudi Shoba??????--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Sreekrishnan R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:>> I'm sorry to say that Vairamuthu Sir is wrong here.. Sobha Palaniappan> ( aka Shobha Shankar ) also sung the song - 'Enge Yen Punnagai'> (Taal se Taal) from the movie 'Thaalam' (Taal). So two soothingsongs are there in her credit , performed for Rahmanji.. :-)> > > > "Thanks a lifetime for your wonderful efforts dear Vithur Bro." :-)> > Keep Rahmanning !> > -- > regards.. > > Krish... > His Music ~ My Mother Tongue > > > > > > > "Dear friends.. Let's Pray for all the Bangalore and AhmedabadSerial Blasts Victims.. :-(> > May their Souls Rest In Peace..." > > http://www.orkut.co.in/AlbumList.aspx?uid=7295035299513517297> > > --- On Wed, 30/7/08, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> From: Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Subject: [arr] Vairamuthu Neram ( 1. Margazhi Poove, 2. Thee Thee 3.Chinna chinna aasai )> To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com> Date: Wednesday, 30 July, 2008, 1:35 PM> > > > > > > > > > > > Vairamuthu Neram â€" Discussion abt singers who havesung only very few songs but have created impact in the few renditionsitself > >  > Margazhi Poove ( Shoba Palaniappan ) >  > In Singapore> Aiport, a lady came running towards me. She introduced herself, as a> singer. She said that she was living in America. She asked for a help> from me. She wanted to meet A.R. Rahman by some means possible, and> wanted to leave her voice with him. When I returned to Chennai, I> suggested to Rahman to listen to her voice, and if found suitable, to> use it in some song. I will tell that much only. I will not recommend> anyone to make them sing for him. But whosoever comes, I will introduce> them to him. A.R. Rahman received the CD of that lady and I returned> home. That night, he was to board flight to US. At that juncture, he> had listened to that CD. He liked the voice, and desired to use it ,and> tried reaching that lady. But the lady  was flying on board, andwas not reachable.  That> news was sent to America. When that lady arrived in US, there was a> notice there saying that Rahman has requested her to meet him. That> lady, didn't go home, and took a flight from there immediately, and> arrived in India. She came, and sang a song in A.R. Rahman 's Music> studio. That was the only song sung by her. That song was enough to say> who was Shobha Palaniappan, for her entire life ….> >  > Thiruda Thiruda Songs >  > In my career> , I consider the songs of Thiruda Thiruda to be the ones which blended> with the music perfectly. After Roja, Rahman had the urge and the> passion to do something different , and Thiruda Thiruda was that movie.> In that film, there was a tune like this , > >  > " Tha Tha Thattata thaaa….. ( Thee Thee song )">  > There is> always a confusion for the lyricists, when the songs are to be written> in one letter, one language ( oreyzhithu ; oru mozhi ) There areso many letters in Tamil, which are elongnated ones . ( Nedils ) > >  > For eg. Maaa> meaning cow. Vaa ; theee; poo; yee… These are the Elongnated words,> which stand separate. When we have to put these words into the song,> there wont be much scope for writing them. > >  >  > The place> given is small, but we have been asked to think big. We have desires to> drive a ship, but we have only a small railway track which is> available. The difficulty is to drive the ship through this railway> track. After writing much also, this song didn't give a new effect.> After getting frustrated, I told Maniratnam, that I am on my way to> Yercaud ( Salem ) . I will come back and write the lyrics for you. I> started off. But, then, Maniratnam told me, that the singer had already> arrived, and requested for the lyrics of the song. I was on an urge to> leave in my car, and gave my lyrics in a hurry, and that was > >  > " Theee Theee Thitukkum theee". ( written in a hurry by VM ) . >  > The news> that I had told till now are not that important, and there is something> more coming up. I wasn't there, when this song was recorded. After> writing the lyrics, I was on my way to Yercaud in train. After coming> back, I asked , whose voice was that ?. a mesmerizing voice . a> wonderful voice just like that of a parrot. She has spelt all the words> in a superb fashion. A.R. Rahman told me that she was a Chinese girl. > >  > I was thrown> aback. He told, " Sir. She doesn't know Tamil. She knows only Chinese,> English. She has sung it". Her name was Caroline. The only song sung by> her. > >  > This song will last till the time, there is fire in this world, andit would be sweet enough to hear it anytime. >  > Minmini â€" Chinna Chinna aasai > >  > Many a> times, we don't get Singers to sing a song immediately. We have waited> for SPB for a month, for Jesudas, for Chitra. If a song has to be done> then and there, sometimes, alternatively, a small time singer is used.> This is natural. > >  > We couldn't> finalise on whom to make a song sing, due to the time constraints.> There was a singer who was sitting in front of A.R. Rahman Studio,> waiting for an opportunity. They wanted to experiment with that singer.> After the recording was done, it was thought whether there was any need> to change the singer at all. The song blended so well. The tune with> the voice, the voice with the lyrics. The feel of the singer on the> song, giving it fresh feeling. The song and the voice> gave a new mesmerism to everyone hearing it. We hear the voice for a> day, for some days, and then over weeks, and decide that the voice> shouldn't be changed at all for ever. This song either had to be sung> by Janaki, or Chitra, or Sujatha, and this was our assumption. But,> this new singer's voice got into us, and tempted us by saying, " Pls> don't change me; Pls don't change me". Such a singer, who couldn't be> eliminated was Singer Minmini. The song, which can never be changed or> forgotten is " Chinna Chinna Aasai ". > >  > Its not a> condition, that only people who know Tamil should sing Tamil songs. Any> person, with any mother tongue can sing Tamil songs. But a small> request to them. They should try to read the lyrics well, and then> start singing it. They can sing, after learning the language. People> who can spell the language properly, can learn the language and sing in> it. > >  > For eg :- Magnetic voice singer TMS  … His mother tongue wasn'tTamil. It was Saurasthra. How many people can spell Tamil so well likehim ? > >  > Susheela 's mother tongue was telugu. But she belongs to thecategory of singers who taught Tamil to the Industry Jesudas â€"Mother tongue Malayalam.. he utters Tamil words to the tune of 91%perfection. SPB â€" Mother Tongue Telugu. But, when he utters Tamilwords, one can even learn from it. >  >  >  >  > > -- > regards,> Vithur> > ARR -- The Sweet Cube always> > > Did you know? You can CHAT without downloading messenger. Goto http://in.webmessenger.yahoo.com/> _________________________________________________________________ Searching for the best deals on travel? 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