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The first few minutes of this video has Raja talking about Devarajan master and what he thinks are the quality of a good song. For those who think he doesnt praise other people, do check this out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ15i...eature=related
Suresh,
In my opinion,Devarajan cannot be casually considered in the league of "just other people", as he was Raja's mentor during his earlier days. Raja was the guitarist of D master once and hence had great amount of respect for him.
Devarajan was a strict task master and raja had definitely imbibed some of his qualities in terms of discipline,punctuality,precission in notations,restrictive freedom for vocalists to innovate, etc etc....
The fact that raja respected most of his seniors is indeed great despite the indifferences he had with some of them later.I had read somewhere that Devarajan had once shown him the door as raja was late to arrive in the recording studio by few minutes...
Anyway the question that remains here his "how many of the artists had he praised post his arrival on the scene" ? Probably its because there was no one worth for a praise :) :)...
Suresh,
Kindly check your PM.
Thx
Raj
MANI TO WORK WITH ILAYARAJA
Sun Pictures to fund Mani's Ponniyin Selvan?
The Kollywood grapevine is abuzz that Sun Pictures are going to produce Mani Ratnam's next project in Tamil Kalki's magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan, a period drama!
It is said to be a big budget extravaganza which industry sources say would cost a whopping Rs 200 Crore plus. Jayamohan is said to be penning the dialogues, which would be a full fledged adaptation of the novel. There are strong rumours that Ilayaraja may team up again with Mani.
Ponniyin Selvan, is a fictionalised account of Chola King RajaRaja 1 and one of the greatest works of Tamil literature, penned by arguably the most celebrated writer, Kalki. The star cast and other details are being worked out on the film which is in pre-production.
The whole thing sounds like a rumour. And with this additional rumour, I am not inclined to believe. If they made a 200 cr extravaganza, wouldn't they go to Rahman for marketability? Is a 200 cr film viable with IR now - even with Rajinikanth in it, let alone Manirathnam? Let's be realistic.
Plum,
Sometime back (during the release of Ravan), I got an info from Mani's circles that Mani may go for IR for the next flick. Informed Maddy then. Now, this news in the media.. Kootti kazhichchu paarunga..
Raja's songs can expose your inefficiencies as a singer and as an instrument player....Quote:
Originally Posted by skr
In airtel super singer, there was this happy-pathos round...the orchetra accompanyment was lousy i say...Vijay tv should change their orchestra for the show...the chords/bass etc were suicidal...the finer nuances that raaja brings about in the orchstration of a pathos song was totally lost by the clueless wretched orchestra...ignorant judges (sailaja, sowmya etc) kept asking whether it was a happy version or the sad version
...the participants were giving the same feel for both versions, and it was more highlighted due to the utter poor support from the orchestra, who just didnt know ABC of the RAAJA GRAMMAR ..... :shock:
it was unbearable...adi aathaadi pathos, vellai pura ondru pathos etc were murdered...the chords, bass, the finer differences between the happy/sad version, the subtle differences in singing all went for a toss...none of the idiots making the Vijay TV show seemed to understand this...Subashree thanikachalam, who is now with Jaya tv is very sensible in these aspects. Her orchestra also is comparatively better....atleast the consistency is way better...
Generally, Tamil TV shows orchestration is patheteic. Malayalam Channels are way ahead. I wonder why all that talent is locked up in Thiruvananthnapuram, Cochin, Thrissur or wherever they shoot these Idea Star singers and even the Mallu Sangeetha Maha Yuddham. Chennai is supposed to be the hotbed - mAththittAngaLA?
hi Plum
Mallu channels are way ahead in these singing shows....and mostly they (keralites) only win as "thamizhagathin" chella kural :)