Lyricist Raqueeb Alam talks a decent tamil. Here, he shares his experience about the songs Ringa Ringa and Jiya se Jiya.. He sings well too.
http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/gallery/events/17704.html When AR Rahman thanked three persons on the Oscar stage, which included Raqueeb Alam, people were not aware of the immensely talented person who’s been associated with Rahman since the days of ‘Mr. Romeo’. In ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, the mesmerizing score ‘Ringu Ringa’ was penned by lyricist Raqueeb, a man of mellifluous words at his disposal. He has the rare talent of singing the lyrics to the tunes set by the composer at the very first instance. With fluent in Hindi and Tamil, Raqueeb sang in the chorus of Shivaji’s theme earlier and has written two songs for Rajinikanth’s forthcoming animated flick ‘Sultan – The Warrior’. Not all get the honor of being spelled out on the International academy award stage, but Raqueeb Alam had it.
