Abhijit has put down Rahman before, so this is no surprise. Big mouth, little said.
--- In [email protected], Vithur <vith...@...> wrote: > > `It's tough to work with Rahman: Abhijeet 7 Mar 2009, 0002 hrs IST, > SHALINI NAIR > > Print<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-4234440,prtpage-1.cms> > Email <javascript:openWindowmail('/mail/4234440.cms');> Discuss > Share<javascript:void(0)> > Save <javascript:showdivlayer('4234440','t','close');> > Comment<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/Its-tough-to-work-with-Rahman-Abhijeet/articleshow/4234440.cms#write> > Text: > Abhijeet Bhattacharya needs no introduction. He's worked with the best in > the industry from R D Burman to A R Rahman. Nowadays he is seen more > on [image: > Abhijeet]<javascript:openslideshownew('/slideshow/4236002.cms?imw=460','541')> > <javascript:openslideshownew('/slideshow/4236002.cms?imw=460','541')> > Abhijeet > TV as a reality show judge. Hyd Times catches up with the > singer<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/Its-tough-to-work-with-Rahman-Abhijeet/articleshow/4234440.cms#>who > is remembered for hits like Chand Taare from Yes Boss and is known as > the voice of Shah Rukh Khan. > > There are so many untrained and unconventional singers these days. Is it > tough to sustain the competition for senior singers like you? > Today everybody is a singer. He doesn't have to be in sur. Many of the > modern day singers are besuras. Ask them to sing live on stage, without a CD > player and they can't do it. And looking at them, I think my standards are > quite high and I feel proud. At one point of time there were singers like > Kishore Kumar, Mohammed Rafi, Lata Manageshkar and now there are hundreds of > singers who don't have an identity. Every singer sounds the same and sings > the same. Now it's the > music<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/Its-tough-to-work-with-Rahman-Abhijeet/articleshow/4234440.cms#>equipment > that do most of the singing! Earlier, a song meant that it was a > concerted effort by not just the music director, lyricist and singer but by > the film's producer, director and other technicians. But now, when I sing, I > don't even know for whom I am > singing<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/Its-tough-to-work-with-Rahman-Abhijeet/articleshow/4234440.cms#>as > in the recording studio most of the times I find only the music > director's assistants. I don't even know who's the co-singer and then I > don't even realise when the song's come and gone in the market. Life's > moving very fast and certainly more so in the film > industry<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/Its-tough-to-work-with-Rahman-Abhijeet/articleshow/4234440.cms#>! > > > There's more things happening to singers' career now and they have the > option for getting into reality shows ... > Yes, there are greater options now. TV is a bigger medium and reality > shows<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/Its-tough-to-work-with-Rahman-Abhijeet/articleshow/4234440.cms#>promote > the new and genuinely talented. There's always employment in the > film industry, but I draw a line on what songs I have to sing. > > Among the current music directors who's the toughest to work with? > AR Rehman. I haven't sung many songs for him. But it's really tough to work > with him. Rahman likes to work in the night. When you are in deep sleep, > suddenly his assistants come and knock the door and ask you to sing. > > Now that Pak is in news again, your take on Pakistani singers ... > I have many friends and followers in Pakistan but I don't have a high > opinion of Pakistani singers. Our film industry is already bogged down by so > many artists who come for employment and then it also has to take the burden > of Pakistani artists, which is not fair to Indians. It's only a one-way > process because Indian artists can't go and perform there. Because they > don't have a platform. Set aside the political difference, both the > countries have cultural similarities but then exchange has to be two way. > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/Its-tough-to-work-with-Rahman-Abhijeet/articleshow/4234440.cms > > -- > regards, > Vithur >
