Vithuuuuuuuuuur ! thank you.. I hope you get 25 hours in one day.. to compile the entire interview & share it.
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 5:32 AM, Vithur <[email protected]> wrote: > Singer Sujatha ( FM RAINBOW ) > > > > Hi Rahman. I am Sujatha. If we think about Rahman, the first thing is his > belief in God, and his belief in the singer. A Music Director must first > believe in the singer. He believes in every singer, be it be an old singer, > or a latest singer ( however small or junior he/ she may be ). He believes > that he can bring about the best from the singer. > > > > His humility. He is always the same. *The first time I sang for Rahman was > for an advertisement " Nivea talc"*. Those were times, when Rahman wasn't > there, but Dileep was there. We had a common friend in the Advertising > Field. His friend was also my friend. One day, there was a call at 3 AM in > the morning, and said that there was a jingle to be sung. I haven't sung any > jingle till then. I just started singing for Malayalam after a small gap > then. > > > > There was a call saying that a jingle was being dne by a boy by name > Dileep. Actually, I was sick on that day. I had some voice problem, like > sore throat etc. I told him that I wasn't interested in a jingle, thinking > that it was below our level to sing in jingles. My friend went and told > Rahman that she isn't well, but he was persising that he needed such a kind > of a voice. So, I went there and when I went and saw a very small boy ( > Kutti Payyan …… ) . > > > > He used my voice in such a manner, that even I didn't know that my voice > would sound it that way. In that song, all notes were in low base. So, he > insisted that my cough doesn't and wouldn't bother in the recording. It > sounded heavenly. That day, I became a fan of him. I think he must be aged > around 20 years then. I think it must be 1989 then. > > > > The first song with Rahman himself was very memorable. " Pudhu Vellai > Mazhai" from ROJA. Of course, the turning point for me was " Thillana > Thillana" ( Muthu ) . It was a Super star, Rahman combination. Rahman also > liked the way I sang it. He didn't tell it to me directly, but said it to > some other people. " Netru Illadha Maatram " is also a song dear to me. > Rahman's magic has always been there in all the songs. > > > > I have been thinking over of a question to ask you. > > > > Q :- When you came into Music Direction, you introduced a lot of new > voices like Minimni, myself, Unni Menon. At that time, there were so many > established singers around. But you used our voices. May be, it was for the > freshness factor.. ( which you can tell ) … Apart from that, what are the > other criteria?. Is it the feel in singing, or the voice quality and how do > new singers reach you ?. > > > > *ARR :-* Sujatha! Thanks for the question. When I was doing Roja, there > wasn't any pressure for me, to use this singer, and not to use this singer, > so that the cassette would stay on the sale charts etc. There were no > conditions stipulated from the Producers side or the Director's side. As a > personal choice, I definitely wanted to use SPB Sir, Unni Menon, Chitraji > for one song. I don't like it to be one singer singing all the songs. > Every song had a different feel. Another reason is that, when I was doing > jingles, I had known most of the singers, and a feeling of friendship had > developed from that time. A Musicianship without any Intimidation. I didn't > have the worry that I need to finish it fast, as some singers had to go sort > of a situation. > > > > You all have cooperated and helped me to a large extent till I finished the > work before. So, I had a desire that you all should be singing for me in > the movie. I wanted the entire set of people who helped me when I was doing > jingles to be part of the movie that I did, and with that intention I wanted > new singers like you, Unni Menon. > > > > It was a choice of familiarity and talent, and probably I would say that. > Thanks. > > > -- > regards, > Vithur > > > > > -- Cheers, Pradeepan. "All you need to do is, decide what to do with the time that is given to you !"
