I loved the way "Armstrong" was rendered. Warm Regards ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vinayak
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 5:35 PM, danny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The song is 'chandiranai thottathu' ... At the first hearing itself i > felt the same, the word 'amstrong' was not all apt for a sweet melody > song like 'chandiranai'... Rahman was dead right > > > --- In [email protected] <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, V S > Rawat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Which was the song? > > > > Bombay Madras > > Bombay Madras Delhi > > Lucky Lucky > > Mercury Pookkal > > Nenje Nenje > > Pogum Vazhiyellam > > > > -- > > V > > > > On 11/12/2008 5:53 AM India Time, _Amrish Deep Ravidas_ wrote: > > > > > All, > > > I think that this is the first time I have come across a topic > where a > > > celebrity has something not so nice to tell about our Mozart. It is > > > quite surprising as this is the first ever since I had started > browsing > > > have I come across a negative comment on Rahman. > > > > > > Its purported that Vairamuthu had mentioned on Hariharan saving > his song > > > from Rahman in the movie Ratchagan... (Hope its not true). Was > there any > > > backlash between Rahman and Vairamuthu sometime in the past? Do you > > > think that Vairamuthu's comments make any sense? > > > > > > The following is the excerpt from Behindwoods > > > > > > The press meet of Saran's directorial venture Modhi Vilayaadu was > held > > > on Saturday evening at the Green Park hotel in Chennai. The movie has > > > Vinay and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead. Nearly 60% of shooting has been > > > completed. The movie will mark the return of Saran after quite a gap. > > > His last film was Vattaram which could > > > > > > not do much at the box office. Following that he went through a bad > > > phase where he says, many people took advantage and cheated him. > > > Speaking at the function, he said that the tough times had taught him > > > the true colors of a few people and that the lessons he had learnt > had > > > transformed him. He claimed that we would all see a new Saran in > Modhi > > > Vilayadu and that his career will be remembered in two phases, > pre-Modhi > > > Vilayaadu and post-Modhi Vilayadu. > > > > > > Vairamuthu was also present at the function and spoke in an > > > uncharacteristic manner, ruffling a few feathers. First he hailed the > > > debut of singer Hariharan and Leslie Lewis (the colonial cousins) as > > > composers. He then went on to describe in a metaphoric way how it > was to > > > work with different people. He said that some people literally > squeezed > > > his work out of him like sugarcane juice extractors while there were > > > others who came like honeybees and took what they needed without > causing > > > much hurt. He recalled that for the film Ratchagan (Nagarjuna, > Sushmitha > > > Sen), he had written the `Armstrong' song and that Rahman was not > at all > > > happy with the `Armstrong' word as he thought it to be too hard > which he > > > felt would spoil the melody of his tune. Even after trying a lot, > he was > > > not convinced and wanted the word changed. It was then that Hariharan > > > (who went on to sing the song) intervened and said that the word was > > > indeed quite good. Vairamuthu pointed out that this upset Rahman > quite a > > > bit. He thinks that it was Hariharan's timely intervention that saved > > > his work from being fiddled with. He finished off by saying that in > > > Hariharan and Leslie he was able to see elements of the great > > > Vishwanathan-Ramamurthy combination and wished them all the best. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
