thanks a ton. On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:11 AM, mobile freak <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > Hi bro's.. > > There's a weekly article on the tamil magazine, "Anandha Vikatan" on AR > titled as *"Oru Kanavin Isai"(A Dream's Music)* from last week..I've > translated the same..Forgive me for my mistakes,if there are any.. :-) > > Week 1 - An Evergreen Dream's Music > Article: > .. > Cover: http://i43.tinypic.com/20pbr42.jpg > ... > Page 1: http://i41.tinypic.com/157yb21.jpg > ... > Page 2:http://i40.tinypic.com/2gtrjn8.jpg > ... > Page 3: http://i41.tinypic.com/2hhf61t.jpg > ... > Images from the article: > .. > http://i41.tinypic.com/s2sm4g.jpg > ... > http://i39.tinypic.com/2ypc3zb.jpg > > *Week 1 - An Evergreen Dream's Music:Translation* > > ... > > 1978: A 11 year old kido ,with some hesitation,moves into a recording > studio in kodambakkam..Many masters are waiting for him.. > > "Come on dileep..we're waiting for you..There's some problem in the > synthesizers you brought..Could you please look on to it?" asks arjunan > master to dileep > > Dileep starts to work upon the problem in the synthesizer by dismantling > the parts in a classy way..After some moments,it's working fine..Arjunan > master hugs dileep and says "Yu're a brilliant boy" > > Tears roll down from dileep's eyes,so does arjunan master on seeing him and > asks dileep "Dileep,thinking of dad?what to do..it's fate,this isn't the age > for him to pass away from all of us..It feels that your father is still with > us"..Arjunan master gives some money to dileep,it's for letting the music > instruments like univox,claviolin.. > > With that money dileep buys chocolates and biscuits for his sisters and > comes home.. Gives the remaining money to his mother..On seeing him,his > mother moves and wonders "In this small age he carries the family on his > shoulders..on a studying age,i send him to recording studios",worries > dileep's mother.But on seeing the visionary eyes of dileep,she understood > that her son goes in the right path. > > Dileep isn't jovial at home.His world is all about the musical > instruments.His favorite game is to dismantle the parts of musical > instruments and join them again in his room.He has no other timepass such as > cinema,playing cricket,etc other than music. > > Dileep enters his room and starts playing a tune in the harmonium.,That's > "bethlahamil raavil",composed by his father.On hearing her son playing that > tune,she thinks as if her husband is back.Added to that,little dileep does > some modification to that tune and plays it,hearing it takes her to another > world.At once,she comes and hugs her beloved son,shedding happy tears.. > .. > "It's lovely hearing you play,but i'm a bit afraid too" says dileep's mom > .. > "Why are you afraid,my ma?" asks little dileep. > ... > "Your dad was such a talented person.He should have gone places.But this > world din't understand him till the end.In this small age,you have lot of > skills,i can understand it.But am afraid that the world will understand your > talent or not" says dileep's lovely mom. > > The world understood that child,it's ready to welcome this musical genius > with two open arms,glittering future for this kido was already > constructed.At a small age of 4,dileep was sent to piano classes by his > parents,will soon leave his studies.Having studied music from dhanaraj > master,dileep is going to join london trinidad musical school and get > graduation in western classical music.Dileep is going to work with english > bands in chennai like Roots,nemesis avenue,magik.. > .. > In some years,he'll get an opportunity to be a keyboard player to > MSV,Illayaraja,sometimes as a music-assistant..His talent will make him > reach to the greats like vig vinayak ram,kunnakudi vaithiyanathan,zakir > hussain.He'll travel with them worldwide for musical tours..After that,he'll > compose jingles for over 300 advertisements..By the name,"Panchatam" he'll > start his own recording studio. > .. > There he'll meet mani ratnam and get the chance to compose for 'roja'.This > musical will change indian style of music...He'll get national award in his > very first film..After some buzzing moments in his life,he'll change his > name from Dileep Kumar,a teenager to Allah Rakha Rahman,the musical maestro. > ... > The journey which starts from 'roja' will even exceed oscars.... > > > All these happened just like adream for him.For kareema begum,rahman's > mother ,the heart moves whenever she thinks of these moments. > .. > "My son is humble right from his young age.He'll always look into his > father's recording studio.His dad will proudly say to his neighbors that his > son plays harmonium.His father took him to sudharsanam master once." says > dileep's mom. > ... > Dileep's age was 4 then.."Hey kido..you play harmonium so well,is it?Come > on play now" asks sudharsanam master to dileep. > ... > Without any hesitation,he played at once.Sudharsanam master was taken aback > at the kido's talent.He hided the harmonium chords with a cloth and asked > dileep to play .Still,dileep played it with ease.Everybody was dumbstruck. > ... > "His father always gets surprised by the kido's talents and tells me that > he'll become a big icon one day.It still rings in my ears.Having realized > this,we joined him in piano class.It all started from there and now it > stands at the oscar" remembers the proud mom of rahman,kareema. > > Indian film industry has so many musical genius'.All are unique and no one > short of any talent.But rahman is called as "First among equals" due to many > reasons.Oscar award is just a rail that came to his station.Crossing > that,he'll travel many miles in the world of music.With his first film > 'roja' ,he introduced the genre 'Reggae' into tamil albums.Following that he > introduced western > classical,hindustani,arabi,sufi,qawwali,jazz,carnatic,ghazal,hip > hop,rock,opera,blues,african beats,etc firmly.Like him,there's no other > indian music director who has collobarated with westerners more.Michael > jackson,Andrew llyod webber,PCD,Nusret fateh ali khan,adnan sami,dominick > miller,akon,kylie minogue,etc are some of the westerners with whom rahman > has collobarated. > ... > Famous hollywood director spike lee used AR's 'chaiyya chaiyya' in his film > 'inside man'.Added to that,AR has composed music for films like LOTR,WOHE. > ... > In the fifteen years of musical journey he has won 4 national awards,25 > filmfare awards,golden globe,BAFTA and on top of all 2 oscars.Hardwork,new > technologies,interest in new instruments,introducing new singers are some > reasons for his continous success.All these qualities were present in his > father in the yesteryear itself is a co-incidence. > > "I am a small part of my dad's vast musical knowledge,given by god to > me.Whenever i think of him,tears roll down my eyes" recites rahman. > ... > "Without making any fuzz,RK Sekhar churned out many hits in the malayalam > film industry.His history remains as a light inside a pond" says famous > malayalam writer, musical critic and rahman's friend ,Shajji. > ... > Heartening story...Next week > ... > > > *(Dream continues...) > > *Day when roja begun! > 1992..Rahman constructed a beautiful recording studio in his house named > 'panchatam',One of asia's best recording studio.Leo > coffee,boost,Aalvin,premium pressure cooker,MRF tyres,The Hindu,Asian Paints > are some of rahman's hit jingles that season.Saradha trilok,AD producer of > leo coffee got an award for AR's jingle.Then,maniratnam was searching for a > new music director for his next film,Saradha trilok introduced Rahman to > mani.Rahman asked maniratnam to visit panchatam studio,if he finds > time.Maniratnam totally forgot that meeting.After some six months,he visited > panchatam studios..He din't expect such a hi-tech studio,he was surprised by > the working of the studio.Having heard rahman's jingles,he fell in love with > it at once.He at once made a decision that rahman's the next music director > for his upcoming film and the rest is.....History! > ... > Rahman got a salary of 25,000 rupees for his first film 'roja'.He earned > that in just three hours."Money is not a big thing.i always wanted to work > with mani sir.He behaved like a brother and a friend to me.He selected the > best out of me,differing from the usual stuff.It made me realize who i am.I > learned film music in mairatnam university" said rahman. > .. > *Hit Combination:* > .. > Rahman-mani combo is always a super-hit Combo.Fo example,it was 1998 > economic crisis,bollywood music sales was in an all time low.Then came 'Dil > Se'.Within a week,2 million records were sold out.In the next six months,6 > million records were sold out.It made its way to the UK top 10.The world > journey of rahman started then.Till now,he has sold 100 million CD's,200 > million cassette's.He's right on the all time top 25 list,having sold so > many audio records. > > Week 2 - An Evergreen Dream's Music > Article: > .. > Page 1: http://i41.tinypic.com/2iw1puq.jpg > ... > Page 2: http://i41.tinypic.com/2wrkht4.jpg > ... > Page 3: http://i42.tinypic.com/2enne3d.jpg > ... > Images from the article: > .. > http://i42.tinypic.com/fdfxhs.jpg > ... > http://i39.tinypic.com/10gfbbn.jpg > ... > http://i43.tinypic.com/2i8kh6s.jpg > > AR Rahman's father,RK Sekhar has given some fabolous musical numbers to the > malayalam film industry.While writing this on the computer,his composition > 'Shobana sangeeta rathiri' still rings the ears.When people listen to > sekhar's songs they will get to know that AR Rahman has continued the music > journey from where his father left. > ... > In soviet russia,there existed a young violinist.At the age of 8 ,he did > stage shows.His father was a soccer player,mother was a history teacher..On > researching how music came to this child,his grandfather was a violinist ,so > the roots were from there.In the case of rahman,we don't have to search for > the roots as his father is there as a musical maven. > .... > Before seeing about RK Sekhar,a small flashback... > > It was 1964..... > One old man's photo was hanging on the wall of the house,with the mild > letters reading 'Keelanoor rajagopal baghavadhar'.Below that,RK sekhar was > composing and playing a tune in his harmonium.RK Sekhar abbreviates to > Rajagopala KulaSekhar..The man on the photo was his father.That's rahman's > grandfather.During the yesteryears,his grandfather was was telling > 'Harikadhai bagavadham' in mylapore temples.(May be this could be the reason > for naming a track as 'Mylapore Blues' in his 'Connections' Album? ) > .. > Sekhar was playing 'Sotta mudhal sudala varai..' from his hit film 'Palasi > Raja' in his harmonium.In the next few years,the woman who's going to give > birth to rahman,kasthuri(now kareema) was hearing that tune happily.She > started crying.On seing that sekhar stopped playing and kasthuri why she was > crying. > ... > Wiping the tears from her eyes,kasthuri replies that for this only we > struggled so much.Now all we hear is your's song all over kerala. > > Sekhar stops her n tells kasthuri, " Don't get too excited.All songs are > hit but there's no offer for the next project"..At that very > moment,ramanathan entered the house and congratulates sekhar and says > ,""Palasi raja's" songs are super kit..So you're doing our next project > "Aisha" ..I came here to give you the advance and sees all those dismantled > musical instruments spreaded all over the house" > ... > "All seems to be imported musical instruments..None does experiments as you > sir..Everyone beats around the same old tune..Not only your music in "Palasi > raja" but your re-recording was so minute and perfect.None can near you sir" > says ramanathan.With a low pitch voice ramanathan asks sekhar, " Sekhar > sir,don't mistake me that i am talking politics,with the aim of doing > something new in music yu've come from tamil nadu to here..But people here > are jealous of you sir,so you should be a little careful:" > ... > Level headed sekhar replies*" People who grow will grow ramanathan > sir..None could stop that..Their ashes will have their names scribbled on > it" *and bids adieu to ramanathan. > > R.K.Sekhar,a tamilian entered malayalam music industry without any fuzz.But > there's none to appreciate or welcome him whole-heartedly..Because,They were > jealous that he does something new rather than doing the same old > stuff.People weren't interested in hearing something new. > ... > > Very few music directors like salil Choudary did some new things with their > music.Doing something new in music was sekhar's ambition..People don't > accept new things that easily,Opportunities are not an issue for sekhar.But > immersing himself in music was his sole aim.He was more of a > 'workaholic',having improper food and sleep. > ... > > From 1902,Indian film industry's first re-recording 'Gowhar john' to the > latest 'delhi 6' ,he has almost all records in his kitty and he's the famous > music critic and writer,shajji.. > ... > > He recorded most of RK Sekhar's compositions in CD's and gave it to > rahman.Even rahman doesn't have those songs.Only shajji had it..One can > understand how a son feels when hearing a song composed by his father > > In all the stage shows from then to now,RK Sekhar's 'palasi raja' film hit > number sung by yesudas 'Sotta mudhal sudala varai' will be sung without > fail.For over 40 years,it remains as an evergreen number.One of yesudas' > beginning numbers.. > ... > During that song: > .. > http://i39.tinypic.com/oqlkx1.jpg > .. > Rk sekhar has composed music for 22 malayalam films.From that more than 100 > songs are still evergreen numbers :-) > ... > Not only composing but also re-recording,sound arranging,sound mixing > required few eminent people,sekhar was a mix of all says shajji.. > .. > In that season ,illayaraja worked under RK Sekhar as keyboard player and > arranged notes.It reminds us of a proverb in english "History repeats > itself" > ... > > *Sekhar sir with his guru Dakshinamoorthy ji: > ... > http://i40.tinypic.com/ab3v5k.jpg <http://i40.tinypic..com/ab3v5k.jpg> > > *Sekhar started his life journey as a worker in Electric Board of tamil > nadu..At one stage he shifted to music.He was naturally talented in > harmonium,he learned carantic music from dakshinamurthy master.Slowly > understanding the nuances of music,he became arranger and conductor of > music.Many were not able to write musical notes,but sekhar was flamboyant in > all departments of music.He was a gift to malayalam music industry. > ... > He captured the music industry with his 'palasi raja',but after that he did > his next album only after 8 years.. He was working as a music arranger due > to economic problems in between those years.. > > ... > Without taking enough rest,sekhar's musical journey continued for days and > nights.His family doesn't know when he returns home.This restlessness led to > the improper health condition of sekhar..It made him bed-ridden.. > > ... > > *(dream continues) > > regards, > sathya.. :-) > * > > > > > > ------------------------------ > Now surf faster and smarter ! Check out the new Firefox 3 - Yahoo! Edition > * Click > here!<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_firefox_1/*http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/firefox/> > > > -- Cheers, Pradeepan. "All you need to do is, decide what to do with the time that is given to you !"
