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Definitely Gautam handled Raja better. Raja was in good mood answering the questions for most part. For one question, about "his journey", Raja went to a different mode. But, Gautam quickly brought him back to the older (calmer) mode. mm..this guy has some skills.


At the start of the program, showed gautam's interaction with IR to get the tune (sainthu) and that looked real and a rare raja video.
In the end, Raja talked about "torturing public but not releasing the album".
Raja played the Piono for sainthu, to close the program.


That definitely was one of its kind Raja Interview.

That definitely was one of its kind Raja Interview.[/QUOTE]




"That definitely was one of its kind Raja Interview"....100% true,*
-GM was at ease during entire interview, appeared very genuine in his personal feelings towards IR.
- Asked some very nice questions
-The Zillion dollar question every HCIRF has...ie.., What goes in his mind when the song is being created ....he *( IR) was too quick to answer , when GM asked if he has any reference/prep etc....., IR goes I don't prepare....it just happens *at that moment...agreed....we have heard *that few times before in BBC interview..and other interviews. However he briefly mentioned....he used to prepare in his early days thinking about different things.....but not any more ...he says, could this be the reason why his 'Extreme experimentation" in his arrangement, orchestrations what we saw in his early days ( specifically late 70's and early 80's) which produced the immortal classics, *is missing now.
If I am not wrong...IR mentioned giving a thought process *is like producing an inhibited *product creation...as opposed to the one which happens uninhibited.*
I am not here to say, his uninhibited creations are not classics....but definitely they are incomparable to a la "Eara Vizhi Kaviyangal" *kind of songs
-His expected ( although less frequent ) off track philosophical statements were handled by GM well,


Waiting for Toronto concert eagerly......
Engeyum Epposdum Raaja.......


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