Correction.. Anupama - July Madham vandhaal and not Konjam Nilavu..
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:13 PM, Nith <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Here are some of the tamil Singers who have got breakthroughs from ARR, > with more details. And in those list the ARR introduced > T K Karthik > Devan Ekambaram > Vasundara Das > > youtube.com/nithbhas <http://www.youtube.com/nithbhas> > T K Karthik > > With some of the hottest numbers in town, including two biggies from Baba, > MCA kid-cum-playback singer, T K Karthik, is the latest hit with Tamil > filmdom's music directors. Karthik comes from a family of bathroom singers. > > When in college, he arranged to meet singer Srinivas, who happens to be his > best friend's cousin. "To me, he was big. I am a fan of A R Rahman and > Srinivas was his singer. He asked me to sing and liked what he heard". > Srinivas eventually turned out to be Karthik's link to Rahman, he says. > > He remembers the dates well. "It was December 17, 1999. Until then, I had > never stepped out of home after 8 pm. But that night, my friends and I had > planned a midnight birthday party for a friend. It turned out that Rahman > wanted me to sing a number that night, and Srinivas kept calling home. It > was about 11-45 pm. My parents couldn't reach me. Srinivas finally told them > that if I was lucky, I would call him in 10 minutes. Otherwise... Somehow, I > got in touch with home and called him immediately. It was past midnight on > December 18''. He was just in time in Rahman's studio for the recording. > > Rahman was like my demi-God, and there he was... in front of me. I was > nervous but Rahman helped me, cracking jokes and all. He is a lot of fun > when you know him personally. He had been called for a chorus track for > Pukar, which somehow was not released. It's a good sentiment, isn't it. > > From then till about two years, I was doing only choruses for Rahman. It > got me very popular in college. On January 31, 2001, Rahman asked me and > others in the group to sing an Aalap. Next day, he called me to record for > Nendikitten from Star. It was his first solo. Karthik has since then done > tracks for Ilayaraja, Harris Jayaraj, Karthik Raja, Yuvan Shankar Raja, > Bharadwaj, Vidhyasagar, Deva and others. Most often though, he's not told > which movie or actor he is singing for. "But when I was singing for Baba, I > knew I was singing for Rajnikanth and was very conscious. I had to get it > right". > > Source- The Hindu, Aug 2002 > > If you ask T K Karthik what the best part about being a playback singer is, > he will talk about the countries he got to see...not the 40-odd film songs > he has sung covering Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada movies or the bunch of > numbers under his favourite music director A R Rahman. Tuning into Karthik > is not very difficult. He is the boy next door, 22, once a part of a college > band, who gradually shifted from college audi to Rahman's studio as a chorus > member. > > " I just had one recording a month in the whole of 2000," he recalls. But > lots of stories to tell his friends after the experience. For this DG > Vaishnav College student, things started changing after he met singer > Srinivas. "I used to keep in touch with him and he used to give me a lot of > pointers." says Karthik. He took the tips seriously and it wasn't long > before Srinivas put him onto Rahman. > > But when Karthik sang Nendikitten in Star, he didn't know what was > happening. I was singing the track and had no clue if Rahman would use my > voice," he says. Rahman finally clued him in and Karthik's solo singing > career took off. Karthik insists life has always been like that for him - > unplanned. He learned Carnatic music for a year and then discontinued. Then > he joined ghazal classes. Now, it is Hindustani classical music for him, his > teacher being noted singer Sriram Parasuram. "I was always passionate about > Hindustani music," he says. So after 13 years Karthik is learning what he > always wanted to. "I was raw when when I started," he recalls. "My Carnatic > training taught me the fundamentals, singing ghazals helped with voice > culture and Hindustani has widened my pitch and outlook. I think it is never > too late to learn." And all through his parents (absolute music lovers) gave > him all the support they could. "They have no clue how a recording happens. > They just see me go out to record and come back with money," he says. > > In between the studios and stage shows, Karthik says, he managed to > complete his B Com and is now hoping to finish a Master's at the University > of Madras. Like he said, it's never too late to learn. > > Some of his recent numbers are Aval Ulaga Azhagiyae from Laysa Laysa, Vaada > Machan from Run, Maya Maya and Shakthi Kodu from Baba and a number in Five > Star. > > Source: YES- The New Indian Express dated, September 27, 2002 > > Some of his Hit songs are: > > Song: Film: > Nendikitten Star > Krishna Krishna Dumm dumm dumm > Moondrezhuthu Kettavaarthai Paarthale Paravasam > Manjakaatu Maina Manathai Thirudivittai > Tamizha Tamizha Tamizhan > Yella Malaiyilum Ezhumalai > Oliyilae Therivadhu Azhagi > Anna Saalaiyil Roja Kootam > Sakthi Kodu Baba > Maya Maya Baba > Theradi veedhiyil Run > Ulaga Azhagiyae Laysa Laysa > Vaanila Kadhal Virus > Shora So Pahchaniye The Legend of Bhagat Singh > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Harish Raghavendra > > > His break into the Film world was first in the Telugu movie Panjaram . > After a gap of 3 years he came back with a bang in the Tamil movie, > Nirpadhuve Nadappadhuve from Bharathy, which was a turning point in his > career. He entered the film industry when he was 18 years old. His first > Tamil song was given to him in the film Arasiyal by Vidhyasagar. He draws > his inspiration from the great maestros in the film industry. > A commerce graduate from the Vivekananda College in Chennai, Harish is > doing his Mass Communication from the Azhagappa University. He is eager to > work with A R Rahman. > > Source: YES- The New Indian Express dated, October 5, 2001 > > Related Links > http://thirai.ambalam.com/biodata/2001/march/biodata23_03.html > Join his Fan Club @ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harishraghavendrafanclub > > His mini comment on this site. > > Some of his Hit songs are: > > Song: Film: > Nirpadhuve Nadappadhuve Bharathy > Dhesingu Raja Dumm dumm dumm > Azhagiya Theeyae Minnale > Mudhal Kanavae Majnu > Mellinamae Shahjahan > Ava Kanna Paartha Charlie Chaplin > En Nenjil Dheena > Kaadhalenum Jorula Tamizh > Yaamini Yaamini Aye Nee Romba Azhaga Irukkey > Vasantha sena Sri > Sakkarai Nilavae Youth > Minsaram en meedhu Run > Pondy Bazaar Arpudam > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Devan Ekambaram > > > When Devan Ekambaram got a call from Swaminathan, one of A R Rahman's > assistants, saying that the celebrated Music Director wanted him to drop in > at his studio, Devan took it lightly thinking it was a joke. But after > Swaminathan called thrice, he could not ignore any longer. The next thing > Devan did was to call Kanchana, Rahman's elder sister. when she confirmed > that Swaminathan was indeed Rahman's assistant, Devan lost no time. He > rushed to Rahman's studio and within a span of few hours, he was singing the > song, O Maria O Maria for the Tamil movie Kadhalar Dinam. > > Devan's foray into the Tamil music scene was incidental. Though O Maria O > Maria might have been his launch-pad into the film world, Ore Nyabagam from > Minnale brought him fame. Later he was approached by the Music Maestro > Ilayaraja for the movie Time. Devan was thrilled to work with him. Then came > Smayiyai from Kandukondain Kandukondain which was a hit. Then came Macarena > from Kushi. His recent hits are, Ichatha Ichatha from Run, May Madha megham > from Shahjahan, Yuktha Mookhey from Poovellam Un Vaasam. Till today Devan > has sung for 80 films in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada with 90 songs > under his belt. He also has handled Rahman's concerts abroad. > > Source: YES- The New Indian Express dated, April 5, 2002 > > Some of his popular numbers are: > > Song: Film: > O Maria O Maria Kadhalar Dinam > Ore Nyabagam Minnale > Smayiyai Kandukondain Kandukondain > Macarena Kushi > May Madha Shahjahan > Yuktha Mookhey Poovellam Un Vaasam > Ichatha Ichatha Run > Sakhiyae poagadhey King > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Srinivas > > > It was more than just a calling for him to leave his well-settled career in > Bombay as a chemical engineer and pursue his dream to become a singer. > Gifted with a versatile voice that can fluctuate between melodious and > trendy tunes, he is quite a favourite with most of the music directors. > Srinivas, the man with the voice who gave the voltage to the song Minsara > Poove in Padayappa and who made you go Ooh la la la in Minsara Kanavu. > > His first song was given to him by composer Mahesh for the Tamil film > Nammavar starring Kamal Hassan. Luckily for him, the song Sorkkam enbadhu > namakku was a hit, and Srinivas career took off. To date, Srinivas has sung > for all the leading composers of the South, including Ilayaraja and Deva to > name a few and Jatin-Lalit in Hindi. His recent hits were from the film > Pammal K Sambantham, Roja Kootam, Aye Nee Romba Azhaga Irukkey (in which he > composed and sang the song Ini Naanum naan illai) to name a few. Right from > the start, Srinivas says he was keen to sing for Rahman, after he heard his > haunting score in Roja. He says, "I went and met Rahman, and expressed my > strong desire to sing for him. Rahman was very encouraging, and tried me > out. He must have liked my singing, because he has asked me to sing for him > regularly. And some of my careers best numbers have been for Rahman". The > singer is impressed with Rahman's dedication to music. "He's totally > absorbed in his music, and there's nothing else that affects him", says > Srinivas in praise of the maverick composer, "For him music is God". A > die-hard fan of Ghazal maestro Mehdi Hassan, and also addicted to R D > Burman, Kishore Kumar hits, Srinivas has earlier sung for a couple of Hindi > albums like Pagalpan and Ehsaas. > > Recounting his experiences he says, "In 1992, in Coimbatore, was when I > went to see Mani Rathnam's Roja because it was a Mani Rathnam movie. Dreams > of playback singing had taken a back seat; I was in Coimbatore and > travelling and didn't know how to approach it now. I was just taken aback by > the freshness of Roja's music. After a long time, I had bought a Tamil film > audio cassette. This new person, Rahman, had introduced so many singers; the > re-entry of Sujatha, Hariharan , Minmini and Unni Menon. Immediately, I > realized that this person has an attitude towards introducing new artists, > his music sounds fresh and he was definitely here to stay! On one of my > official trips to Chennai, I got hold of Rahman's address and went to see > him directly. At that time, he was very accessible (he had just started > working on Pudhiya Mugam). He conducted a voice test; I sang a Mehdi Hassan > Ghazal and he liked it. I mentioned that I lived in Coimbatore and he said > that if I moved to Chennai, he might be able to work with me. By the time I > came to Chennai in 1994-95, he had shot through the roof! The gates had > become bigger at Rahman's place. It was difficult to even get through to his > office. With persistence and a little bit of luck, I was finally able to see > him again. As soon as he saw me, he remembered. That's Rahman!.. He's > human... and he's got GOD inside him as well! He slowly started giving me > singing assignments. Rahman's approach is totally different which now many > people have started following. For example, Raja Sir has the whole thing in > his mind from the very beginning. You don't have a doubt about what you > should sing and you better not!. Two totally different schools of music. > With Rahman, when you go in, nothing is ready. He just feeds in some basic > chords. When you listen to them on your headphones, you are transported to > some other world. Within two minutes, he creates a masterpiece of a loop. > Those chords are just magic. You feel like singing so much! He incredibly > motivates you when singing, which is also the reason why artists (singers > and instrumentalists alike) give him the very best". > > Related Links > Official Home > Source: Gopal Srinivasan's Home Page > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Sujatha > > > She hails from a family that is deeply interested in music. She started > singing at the age of seven with the legend Jesudas and after completing > almost 2000 stage shows as `Baby Sujatha', she ventured into playback > singing for a Malayalam film at the age of 12. Having lost her father at the > age of two her mother could not accompany her to Chennai, where most of the > recordings took place . So she lost out on a lot of opportunities. After > getting married to Dr Krishna Mohan, she took a sabbatical from singing in > films. But during the break she learned Hindustani music and, it was the > noted director Priyadarshan who brought her back into playback singing with > Chitram. It was A R Rahman, who gave her the big break in Tamil with the > song Puthu Vellai Mazhai in Roja which got noticed and then there was that > haunting Nettru Illatha Matram.. from Pudiya Mugam. The seven wonders song, > Athisayam.. from Jeans and the bubbly number Poo Pookkum Osai.. from Minsara > Kanavu established her as a singer in Tamil. She admits that Rahman is the > main reason for whatever she has achieved so far. She is also thankful to > the all the music directors who gave her work like Ilayaraja, Vidhyasagar, S > A Rajkumar, Deva, Bharadwaj and others. She has sung a lot of hit numbers > under them. Sujatha, has never sounded better than she does off late, as she > has sung some of the recent chartbusters in Tamil, like Kadhal Pisase... > from Run, Vanden Vanden... from Panchanthandiram, Enne.. > Thalattum..Sangeetham..from Unnai Ninaithe and the Sakalakala Vallavane... > from Pammal K Sambantham, Aye! Nee Romba Azhaga Irukkey, Five Star and many > more. > > One of the songs that lingers on everybody's lips is the Maya..Maya.., duet > sung by Sujatha and Karthik in Baba. Rahman had sent the tunes of Maya Maya > over the Internet sitting in London and all instructions were given from > there. Herself and Karthik were sitting in Rahman's studio in Chennai going > through Vaali's lyrics. Rahman sent the tune over the Internet and the > recording was done. Immediately he made the corrections and returned. She > was amazed by the power of the net and the way Rahman composed it. A R > Rahman was very impressed, and asked her to sing the Telugu version of the > song also. Sujatha invests a certain amount of vigour to this conventional > number that sparkles with depth. The ever-smiling Sujatha with her simple > and charming ways and down-to-earth behaviour is definitely one of the > leading female playback singers down South. Her simple and charming looks > will enamour one and all. Today Sujatha Mohan is one of the top female > playback singers in South India. Sujatha has won the Kerala State award > twice for Azagia Ravanan and Pranaya Varnagal , the Tamil Nadu state award 2 > times and the Asianet award, besides bagging the film critics' award 8 > times. She has sung in all four south Indian languages and her Hindi numbers > in films like Pukaar, Taal, Sapnay were also top of the chart. Now after > completing almost 2000 songs in all languages. > > Source: Sify Interviews > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Sriram Parthasarathy > > > Sriram Parthasarathy - vocalist, veena-ist, Harmonium-ist, just about > everything musical. Sriram, not a total new-comer. For he is already well > known for his rendering of Vendum Vendum (Dhill) and Umma (Vedham) and of > course, Dhind Dhind Tara (Poovellam un Vaasam). He hails from a musically > gifted family. Now 20, Vidhyasagar gave him a break in Vedham, then Dhill & > Poovellam un Vaasam. His recent song under Rahman is is Naliravil Kaithi > from Paarthale Paravasam under A R Rahman. > He has also lent his voice for various ad' jingles. > In 1997, he was awarded the Best Vocalist of Chennai District. Among the > numerous awards that he has received, he cherishes the awards received from > Music Academy in 2000 - Best Vocalist and Best concert award - the most. > He is currently doing his BA (Music) final year from the University of > Madras and plans to pursue his MA. His advice to youngsters is Practice > makes a man perfect. Don't leave practice even if there is a scarcity of > chances. > > Source YES- The New Indian Express dated, November 23, 2001 > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > S P B Charan > > > He spent most of his childhood in Chennai and after he passed out of St. > John's School, He enrolled at Briarcliff at Westchester in New York. His > only connections with India were through films and film music. He watched a > lot of Tamil films. Musically America is amazing in its variety - Rock, > Blues, Jazz, Country and of course, Pop. He considers his father, S P > Balasubramiam as his guru. Some of his Hits are Deepangal Pesum from > Devadhai and Kaadhal Sadugudu Alai Payuthey. > > Source: The Tamil Film Music Page Portal > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Jayachandran > > > He is a singer in the mould of Jesudas, with good Tamil pronunciation and > diction. He has good base voice and sings with lot of involvement. He gets > very few chances to sing these days, but still his success ratio is really > high. Ilayaraja used to give lots of good songs to him in the beginning. > Recently, Rahman used him to give hits like En mel vizhuntha mazhaithuliye > from May Madham and Thennayile. His recent Hit is Oru deivam thandha poovae > from the movie Kannathil Muthamittal and Rajiyama from Baba. > > Source: The Tamil Film Music Page Portal > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Vasundara Das > > > How did singing for A R Rahman happen? She came to Chennai with the > intention of doing some quality singing. Her search led her to Pravin Mani, > a Canada based music producer, as he calls himself. His main interest was > that she sing in Fla, Emco Latino and Gypsy styles of Spanish music. She has > been learning Spanish for a year now, and is still not fluent at speaking it > but, she is sure she can sing it. Pravin and she cut a demo, and saw that > the music was flowing. Its he who introduced Vasundara to A R Rahman. After > she finished shooting in Hey! Ram, Rahman called her in to sing Shakalaka > Baby for the movie Mudhalvan and its Telugu Okke Okkudu. The song marks a > guest appearance by Sushmita Sen. She has also sung for Rhythm, Kushi, > Little John and others. She has been working with other music composers like > Harris Jayaraj and Deva to name a few. Her recent hit is Ye Ye Enachu, from > Kadhal Virus for A R Rahman. > > Source : http://www.tfmpage.com/forum/archives/3237.01.59.41.html > > <http://www.tfmpage.com/forum/archives/3237.01.59.41.html>----------------------->>>>>>>>>>>>> > > --- In [email protected], nazeef mohammed <nazeef.moham...@...> > wrote: > > > > tanvi shah and benny dayal.. > > > >
