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Malayalam songs are my inspiration, says A R Rahman

Topic started by Jay (@ 203.124.234.164) on Mon Apr 28 01:39:40 EDT 2003.
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[Source: Times of India, April 2003]
KOCHI: Describing Kerala as the 'melodic paradise' of India, internationally acclaimed music director A R Rahman said on saturday that he was waiting for the right kind of music for Malayalam films.

“I have some plans for Malayalam films. I am waiting for the right kind of music for Kerala,” Rahman told a meet the press programme, organised by the Ernakulam Press Club. But he refused to give details.

Most of his creations had been influenced by Malayalam film songs and 'Mapilla Pattu' (Muslim songs), he said.

Sharing his experience of Bombay Dreams in which he worked with Andrew Lyod Webber, Rahman said it was a 'nice opportunity' as he gained good experience. The musical might go to New York, he said.

On any other project with Webber, Rahman said Webber was doing his own musical now. There were no idea at present. There may be some in the future. Rahman is also composing an orchestral piece for Bermingham Symphonic Orchestra.

The work will be based on 'conference of birds' a 12th century Persian poem. The album was expected to be released by next summer, he said.

Replying to a question, Rahman said world wide the music industry was facing a crisis due to piracy and internet down loading. There were no stringent laws in India to curb it, he said adding the Hindi music was going through a 'troubled' phase with the market down, piracy and bad music taking its toll.

Asked about his favourite singer, Rahman diplomatically evaded the question saying for each song a particular singer might be suitable.

Stating that classical music would always have a fan following, he said he liked both melody and fast music.

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• From: :) (@ 24.150.35.51) on: Tue May 6 14:21:15 EDT 2003
  
  calling malayalees mallus is chella peyar, now you go somewhere else and throw your poison darts.
  
  
• From: :) (@ 24.150.35.51) on: Tue May 6 14:35:58 EDT 2003
  
  "in Karunanidhi' time mallus were called malayalathaan's "
  
  manipathara:
  malayalthaan is not derogatory, malayalathan just means man of the hills. In Tamilnadu there still exists a caste/community called malayalathan who live in the hills.
  
  
  
• From: Aalavanthan (@ 65.176.169.30) on: Wed May 7 00:35:40 EDT 2003
  
  first it was ARR vs IR, now it is ARR' lineage versus the entire Tamizh Malayalee people. what is that i say. can't we let south India in one piece?
  
  
• From: mahatma (@ 65.161.65.104) on: Wed May 7 03:48:28 EDT 2003
  
  adichikitu savvunge da peh punndengla....bloody indians will neva chain. let them kill each other and die.
  
  
• From: Paran (@ 203.123.16.200) on: Wed May 7 04:06:56 EDT 2003
  
  mahatma?....
  
  
  u?...
  
  with that language?.....
  
  mmm?....
  
  
• From: Friend Saar ;--) (@ 65.176.169.246) on: Wed May 7 09:31:08 EDT 2003
  
  mahatma, you sound like vadivelu, the famous comedian. if you are, indeed welcome to the forum. you can reveal your name and please proceed with your famous dialogues. i enjoyed Friends very much, especially the scene where the hammer falls on your head... did you suffer concusun or split head etc... hope you are better now, your posting shows you are recooperating, because it is only one line. once in this forum, you will even attain nirvana. i am a good example ;--)
  
  bytheby, i believe you are big IR fan it seems, please i am rollin out the red carpet for you...
  
  dey ramu somu kamu, paathu podunguda, pullu maykaatheengada, punddengala
  
  
• From: :) (@ 24.150.35.51) on: Wed May 7 09:53:48 EDT 2003
  
  "now it is ARR' lineage versus the entire Tamizh Malayalee people"
  
  Aalavanthan, what are you talking about. Who was complaining about ARR or his preferences?
  
  
• From: Lincy Xavier (@ 202.88.224.170) on: Wed May 7 10:47:04 EDT 2003
  
  Hi,
  
  For ur clarification (shri mani pathara had written "in cochin there is a place called pandikoodi, quite derogatory") Pandikudi means Place where Tamil labourers reside. It is not a derogative remark on Tamilians. The name 'Pandikudi' given by they themselves not Malayalees. I am giving this clarification because I am residing in that place. In Kerala there are also like Thopram Kudi.
  
  I don't understand why Tamilians and Malayalees are fighting a unnecessary battle for ARR. I think ARR's father was a great musician in Malayalam film and I think he was a Malayalee. Just like his father was a Hindu and now ARR is a Muslim, I am not sure whether he is changed his language or not.
  
  
• From: :) (@ 24.150.35.51) on: Wed May 7 11:04:17 EDT 2003
  
  a) i dont' think anyone except Eswar is fighting over ARR/Malayalam connection
  b) it does not matter whether ARR is a mallu or not, afterall there has been a fair bit of exchange back and forth between kerala and tamilnadu. MGR a mallu, Satyan, hero of kerala favourite Chemmeen a Tamilian.
  c) you are correct about kudis, Kerala has many kudis, kudi just means a place of stay.
  
  about pAndi kudi means place where labourers reside, you guys must check your history before posting rubbish. pAndi is a term used by Keralites to refer to the people of pAndya nAdu which was historically the neighbouring nAdu. A person from Calicut would consider a southern Keralite (Trivandrum) a pAndi and a person from Trivandrum will consider a person from kanyakumari a pAndi. In the first case it refers to a fellow mallu from the south and in the second case refers to a Tamilian.
  d) I have never heard anywhere that ARR is a mallu, I think he might be a mudhaliar, but it really doesnt matter to me one way or the other.
  
  
• From: :) (@ 24.150.35.51) on: Wed May 7 11:09:58 EDT 2003
  
  ARR bio http://members.tripod.com/gopalhome/arrbio.html
  
  
• From: Saagar (@ 202.9.154.162) on: Thu May 8 10:36:52 EDT 2003
  
  An,
  
  Balu Mahendra is a Mallu... His public committment to that inducstry has been that he has even been the jury Chairman for Kerala State film awards a couple of times ( Last one was in 2000 when "coincidentally" Ilaiyaraaja won the "Best Backgorund music award for "Kallukondoru Pennu" a Malayalam film). The other contribution has been two super hit films he has given Malayalam - Olangal & Yaathra ( First Starring Amol Palekar & the second Mammotty).
  
  
• From: Lincy Xavier (@ 202.88.224.170) on: Thu May 8 11:44:22 EDT 2003
  
  This unnamed guy called :) from 24.150.35.51 (I don't know why he is not mentioning his name) says "about pAndi kudi means place where labourers reside, you guys must check your history before posting rubbish".
  
  First he must check his history. pAndi derived from pAndya. There are two tamil film names I am giving as examples. pAndinAttu thangam and marudu pAndi (not pAndyanAttu thangam and marudu pAndya). These films were not produced or directed by any so called mallus.
  
  I am not against calling Malayalees as Mallus because we belong to malanAdu. I think you have some problem with the name pAndi. New Zealanders are proud of calling themselves as Kiwis and Australians as Kangaroos. And you are ashamed of being called pAndis. That is the difference we Indians have.
  
  
• From: ! (@ 65.176.168.80) on: Thu May 8 11:57:47 EDT 2003
  
  Balu Mahendra is a Sri Lankan Tamil. Rahman' father is Tamil, mother is partially mallu. Devarajan is a legend composer but originally from Tamilnadu. MSV is a mallu but legend in TN. Satyan was a mallu as far as eveyone knows.
  
  
• From: Lord LabakuDas (@ 12.162.224.6) on: Thu May 8 14:03:54 EDT 2003
  
  Athu Sathyanukku theriyuma?:-)
  
  
• From: :) (@ 24.150.35.51) on: Thu May 8 17:07:54 EDT 2003
  
  "And you are ashamed of being called pAndis"
  
  oh ho ho ho ho Lincy! and how did you figure that out. I have a problem with you saying that pAndi kudi is where Tamil labourers live. Do only Tamil "labourers" live in Kerala? are there no other Tamil people there?
  
  "Satyan was a mallu as far as eveyone knows."
  
  !,
  
  oh ho? who is this everyone? Satyan of Chemmeen was a Tamilian 100%.
  
  "Athu Sathyanukku theriyuma?:-)"
  
  good question.
  
  
• From: Barkin up the wrong tree (@ 65.176.168.4) on: Thu May 8 18:01:01 EDT 2003
  
  Lord and ;) do you have online infor about Sathyan' lineage? He looks malayalee, like Rajanikanth looks Tamilian but born in Maharashtra. Sathyan may have been born in TN, like MGR also born in Sri Lanka. Of course, Sathyan spoke Malayalam with a little Tamizh accent, but he never acted in any Tamil film, while PreM Naseer did, whom Sathyan introudced to Mal & Tamil films.
  
  
• From: :) (@ 24.150.35.51) on: Thu May 8 18:07:57 EDT 2003
  
  illappa, sathyan was border line case. Tamil nadar from Trivandrum.
  
  

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