This is good. For a change , we can get to read that someone other than AR is the best. :P
Shankar Mahadevan is alo a good singer and is a good human being himself. On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Bivin Chandra <[email protected]>wrote: > > New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Despite the hype about music maestro A.R. Rahman's > Golden Globe win and Oscar nominations, singer Sonu Nigam says Shankar > Mahaden of the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy trio is the best Indian composer today. > "Today the best composer, who sings equally well, is Shankar Mahadevan - > his compositions are as beautiful as his singing is," Sonu said on Zee News' > celebrity chat show "Kahiye Janab", being aired Saturday. > > Sonu admits that most people would say Rahman is the best composer and he > too appreciates the maestro's music. > > "Normally, everyone will say A.R. Rahman is the best. The most remarkable > thing about him is that he never overdoes things. His voice is sufiana and > he never tries to go beyond that. That is the best part about his style. I > would say that the composers who sing well should sing themselves, like some > of them do," opined Sonu. > > According to the singer, who has lent vocals to hit songs like "Yeh dil > deewana" and "Sandese aate hain", music composers use extremely high scales > in songs nowadays. > > "These days the composers use such high scales; they won't compose low > pitched music. Recently I recorded a song 'Do baat pakki' that was so high > pitched that it made me go to my highest scale," he said. > > Sonu, whose short acting career in Bollywood was marked by flops like > "Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani", "Kaash Aap Hamare Hote" and "Love In > Nepal", says an actor can hardly be a singer. > > "A singer is a person who sings on stage. In a recording studio, technology > can turn a read verse into sung lines. For example, Farhan Akhtar has sung > many songs, but I bet even he does not consider himself a singer. Singers > are Salamat Ali Khan, Ameer Khan, Ghulam Ali or Mehdi Hassan. In my view > even I am not a singer, maybe in the view of others I am," Sonu said. > > > http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/shankar-mahadevan-is-the-best-indian-composer-today-sonu-nigam_100158047.html > > > -- regards, Vithur
