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National Award Winner Ouseppachan Shares His experience with ARR A R Rahman likes to work Overnight which was always stopped by the Milkman’s call. I was driven to his home in Saali Gramam by ARR himself in his private Autorickshaw. I have known him for years. He played the keyboard for my song “Devadoothar Paadi” from Kaathodu Kaathoram, my first film as an independent Music Director. A 15 year old boy who simply plays random tones on his Keyboard while he is in the recording studio. Music was sweeter when edited and mixed by himself on his keyboard. I guess this made him popular among other Music Directors as many of them wanted Rahman for the Orchestration of their songs. ARR has played Keyboard for over 25 of my films. Ulladakkom, Thoovalsparsham, Witness etc are a few in that list. Later when he started composing I was invited to play violin for him. We co-composed an Album too and it was titled Welcome 1990. All songs were composed using R K Sekhar’s Harmonium, which he has now kept as a priceless treasure out of anybody else’ reach. Very few know the fact that Ouseppachan was a part of the Troupe that orchestrated the OSCAR winning songs of SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, the composing of which started a long time ago. Translated by Jijo Thanks to Vipin Snap of the Autorickshaw : www.i25.tinypic.com/9laphz.jpg It was shared by a fellow Rahmaniac. Humbly requesting Rahmanji's close sources to confirm whether this is the private rickshaw own/ed by AR. Please.. :) Rahman fever His Music ~ My Mother Tongue ________________________________ From: mohammed sajin <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, 10 September, 2009 3:39:55 PM Subject: [arr] Very interesting story about ARR on manorama(Ouseppachan is in ARR's autorikshaw :) Hi friends, This is one interesing story I read in Malayala manorama about Our Man & Mr.Ouseppachan. Kishore can u translate this??? or any one else. I am not too lazy to translate this, but my language is the barrier. It would be great, if some one translate this. ùÙíÎÞæa ²ÞçGÞÏßW ´çØM‚ÈÞÃí! - Story Dated: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 15:45 hrs IST ¯.¦V. ùÙíÎÞX ³¿ßAáK ³çGÞ. ¥ÄßÈáUßW ÕÏÜßÈáÎÞÏß ²ÜïâV ØbçÆÖß Ø¢·àÄØ¢ÕßÇÞϵX ´çØM‚X. ²ÞGJßæa ØÎÏ¢: ÉáÜVæ‚ ¥FáÎÃß. çÉÞµáKÄí : æºèK ØÞÜßd·ÞÎJᑚ øÞç¼dw çµÞ{ÈßÏßçÜAí ! ®BæÈÏáIí ØàX.? æ¾GI. ®.¦V. ùÙíÎÞX ®KÞW ³ØíµV ç¼ÄÞÕí ®.¦V. ùÙíÎÞXÄæK. ´çØM‚æÈKÞW Ø¢·àÄØ¢ÕßÇÞϵX ´çØM‚Èá¢. ¥çMÞZ ØÞÜßd·ÞÎJᑚ ¦ ÉáÜVµÞÜ ³çGÞ µÞÝíºçÏÞ? ÕV×BZAáÎáXÉí ®.¦V. ùÙíÎÞæa ØbÞÎßÏÞV ÎÀJᑚ ÎáùßÏßÜßøáKí øÞÕí æÕ{áAáçÕÞ{¢ Ø¢·àÄ¢ ºßGæM¿áJßÏÄßæa ³VεZ ÉCáÕÏíAáµÏÞÃí ´çØM‚X. ùÙíÎÞæa ¥ºí»X ¦V.æµ. çÖ~ùßæa ÙÞVçÎÞÃßÏJßÜÞÃí ´çØM‚X ÉÞGí ¿câY 溇áµ. ùÙíÎÞÈí øÞdÄß ç¼ÞÜß æº‡áKÄÞÃí dÉßÏ¢. ÉÞWAÞøX ÕKá æÌÜï¿ßAáçOÞÝÞÃí §øáÕøá¢ Ø¢·àÄçÜÞµJáÈßKí ©Ãøáµ. ¥Kí ®.¦V. ùÙíÎÞæa ÕàGßW ²øá èdÉÕxí ³çGÞùßfÏáIí. §çÄÞ¿ß‚í ùÙíÎÞX ´çØM‚æÈ ØÞÜßd·ÞÎJᑚ ÕàGßçÜAá æµÞIáçÉÞµáÎÞÏßøáKá. ÉÞGßæa ³çGÞ ³ØíµV çÕÆßÏßçÜAí ³¿ß‚áµÏxßÏ ùÙíÎÞæa çÈGJßW ´çØM‚X ¥ÆíÍáÄæM¿ÞJÄßæa µÞøÃÕᢠ§ÄáÄæK. ²ÜïâV çÎç‚øß ÜâÏߨ߿a εX ´çØM‚X ÆßÜàÉí µáÎÞæùK ®.¦V. ùÙíÎÞæÈ æºùáM¢ ÎáÄW µÞÃáKÄÞÃí. æºèKÏᑚ ØíxáÁßçÏÞµ{ßW ùßçAÞVÁßBßæÈJßÏÞW µàçÌÞVÁßW èÎAí ¸¿ßMß‚í æÕùáæÄ ¿câÃáµZ ÕÞÏß‚áæµÞIßøßAáK ɇX. ´çØM‚X ØbÄdL Ø¢·àÄ Ø¢ÕßÇÞÈ¢ æºÏíÄ ¦Æc ØßÈßÎÏÞÏ µÞçÄÞ¿á µÞçÄÞøJᑚ 'çÆÕÆâÄV ÉÞ¿ß... ®K ÉÞGßÈí ³VAØíd¿ ÕÞÏß‚Äí ®.¦V. ùÙíÎÞÈÞÃí. ¥Ká ÉÄßÈFá ÕÏØßçÜæùÏßÜï ùÙíÎÞÈí. ¯æÄÞøá ÖÌíÆÕᢠùÙíÎÞX µàçÌÞVÁßWÈßKá ÎßµíØí æºÏíÄᢠ®Áßxí æºÏíÄᢠ®¿áAáçOÞZ µâ¿áÄW ÎÇáøÎáUÄÞµá¢. ¥ÄáæµÞIí Ø¢·àÄØ¢ÕßÇÞϵV ³VAØíçd¿×Èí ùÙíÎÞæÈ §×í¿æMGáÄá¿BßæÏKí ´çØM‚X ÉùÏáKá. ùÙíÎÞæÈ ®KÞÃí ¦Æc¢ µIæÄKá çºÞÆß‚ÞW '®KÞÃí ÄÞ¿ß Õ{VKá Äá¿BßÏæÄKá çºÞÆßAáKÄáçÉÞÜÞæÃKí ´çØM‚X ÉùÏáKá. ÖßÕÎÃß dÁ¢Øá¢ ç¼ÞY ¦aÃß ·ßxÞùᢠÕÞÏ߂߸áK ®.¦V. ùÙíÎÞæa Ø¢¸JßW ¥Kí ²øá Èàçd·ÞÏáÎáIÞÏßøáKá. ¨ Ø¢¸¢ æÉæGKá dÖiçÈ¿ß. ©U¿AJᑚ 'ÎÞÏÞJ ÎÞøßÕßÜïßÄÞ.. ®K ÉÞGßÜᢠÕßxíÈØí ØßÈßÎÏᑚ 'ÉâÕßÈᢠÉâCáøáKÞÏí.., 'ÄáOæÎÜïÞ¢ ÉOµ¿Ká.., ÄâÕWØíÉVÖ¢ ØßÈßÎÏᑚ 'Øá·tÎâùß¿áK ÈàÜÏÞÎßÈß... Äá¿Bß §øáÉJçFÞ{¢ ØßÈßε{ßW ´çØM‚ÈáçÕIß ùÙíÎÞX ³VAØíd¿ ÕÞÏß‚ßGáIí. ºßGæM¿áJßÏ ÉÜ Ùßxí ·ÞÈBZAᢠÕÏÜßX ÕÞÏßAÞX ´çØM‚æÈ ®.¦V. ùÙíÎÞX ÉßKà¿í Õß{ßAáÎÞÏßøáKá. æÕWA¢ 1990 ®K ÎcâØßµí ¦WÌ¢ ´çØM‚ÈᢠùÙíÎÞÈᢠçºVKá ºßGæM¿áJßÏÄÞÃí. ¦V.æµ. çÖ~ùßæa ÙVçÎÞÃßÏJßÜÞÏßøáKá ÕÞÏÈ. §çMÞZ ¦ ÙVçÎÞÃßÏ¢ ¦VAᢠæÄÞ¿ÞXçÉÞÜᢠµßGßÜï. ùÙíÎÞÈí ³ØíµV ØNÞÈß‚ 'ØíÜ¢çÁÞ·í ÎßÜcÈÏùᑚ ÉÞGáµZAí d·âMí ÕÏÜßÈßW ´çØM‚ÈᢠÕÞÏß‚ßGáæIKí ¥ùßÏÞÕáKÕV ºáøáA¢. ÕV×B ZAá ÎáXçÉ §Äßæa µ¢çÉÞØß¹í È¿KßøáKá. http://www.manorama online.com/ cgi-bin/MMonline .dll/portal/ ep/malayalamCont entView.do? contentType= EDITORIAL&programId=107375286 4&articleType= music&contentId=5950028&BV_ID%20=@@@ ________________________________ See the Web's breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check out Yahoo! Buzz. http://in.buzz.yahoo.com/

