thanx Vithur. keep them coming. Aravind, any recorded mp3s u can share? it wud b great!
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 8:29 AM, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lyricist Na. Muthukumar was in Rahmania, and these are some excerpts of > his speech ( matters relating to ARR alone here ) > > Q :- You have worked with a lot of Music Directos. Have you anytime felt > that any MD has been making you work so much for writing any lyrics or > anything like that? > > Ans :- Some tunes are tough to write, as they may be highly musical. In > Sivaji, the Ballelaka song is such an instance. The portion where it comes > as " Sadu gudu Sadugudu" is a very fast portion. The Director's expectations > are very high. He wanted a lot of things to be told in that portion. If we > put dummy words in that portion, it may sit off comfortably, but we are > expected to put some good poem there, with some good meaning suiting the > situation too. At the same time, the tune also shouldnt be hampered. > Initially, we tried a lot of words for the same. > > Actually, we wrote some set of different words, which was liked by Rahman > Sir also. But, he was telling that as the tune and the beat is very fast, he > suggested that those set of lyrics wont be understandable . The tune, when > given to us was still faster. It took me 30 minutes to stop the pace of the > tune. Rahman sir suggested that we can reduce the tempo of the song a little > bit so as to make the lyrics understandable. It is Rahman Sir who is the > main reason behind the song becoming a hit. It was he who suggested that the > lyrics should be given attention, and if needed the pace of the song can be > reduced to a large extent , so as to give the effect needed. It was he who > did the Magic for the song. > > Q :- How do you feel Rahman as a Music Director ? > > Ans :- There was a time , when people were listening to a lot of Hindi > Music. At that time, a big wave was created by Raja Sir, who diverted the > attention of Hindi Music listeners to Tamil Music. After 90s, during the > period of Globalisation, a lot of people started listening to western & > International Music. It was Rahman Sir, who diverted the attention of people > listening to Michael Jackson and other Pop artistes to Tamil Music. > > Rahman sir has been a very big trendsetter in making people across the > Globe listen to Tamil Music. I am very very comfortable working with Rahman > Sir. There would be no traces of any ego or pomp in him anytime. He gives a > lot of freedom, and appears simple all the time. > > There are some Music Directors who would be adamant in saying that they > cant change any bit of their compositions or tunes for the lyricists. They > dont want to change the raaga of their composition. But Rahman Sir on the > other hand would never worry abt anything of that sorts. He would give a > tune, and tell us to write whatever we feel like to suit it, and also would > say us not to worry, if it extends the tune or the beat. Sometimes, when it > goes out of the bar, he would change the tune itself, so as to suit the > lyrics. > > For eg :- In Paarthale Paravasam there is a song " Raathiririn sondaakara" > . He gave me the tune initially, and hearing it I started becoming nervous. > I asked him to give me some base of writing something, and he gave me some > dope on the same like " Aagayathil Kadhali Vandhaal". I wrote " Tamil Naatil > Taaneer Panjam". He asked me how can it be done in the song, and I suggested > something, and he liked it and kept it for the song. > > Now his pattern is like that. He will give a 15 minute set of tunes... > scratch work. and tell us that we will sit together and select whichever > suits the lyrics well. He reads a lot of poems, scripts, literary works. > Even about World Poetry. he knows abt Urdu Poems, Sufism. He watches a lot > of Universal Films like Iranian Films, KOrean movies, and you can go and > talk to him regarding any Universal artist. These are all the matters which > are taking him towards Universal Cinema. Sometimes, when we write something, > he would suggest that we write something simple, and at places, he would > suggest the otherway telling that the stage requires something complex or > more meaningful. Sometimes, he woudl say that the thought itself requires > some loneliness. > > Rahman Sir always breaks the barrier between us, and makes us feel so > comfortable all the time. > > ( To be continued next week ) > > > > -- > regards, > Vithur > > > > >
