ARR and Selection of Singers..

[MADDY]

vimal, gud point raised....ARR has a theory behind this selection of singers........i read in an interview (pretty long back) that ARR likes to change things than being boringly routine.......this exactly xplains how much guts he had when tried Udit Naryan for superstar for kulu valiley(muthu), he could have been crucified by rajni fans and tamil acitivists for that song but the song was hugely popular........he has done many innovative things like avoiding Alka Yagnik in Hindi for almost 5 yrs b4 giving her a chance in kabhi na kabhi song cos HFM was getting so boring with alka ruling the roost......

the flip side of this theory is however the songs that u pointed out like jeeva song in jodi and maari mazhai song in uzhavan........but i personally feel ARR is more gutsy and innovative than MSV/IR/YSR/HJ to add a different flavor in each song.....it is like u eat a vanilla ice-cream only to find a chocolate layer beneath it which makes it delectable.....hope it answers ur quest.......