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1. 

   Arun 7 April 2007
   08:03:08 pm

   

   “Rahman smoothly layers in a variety of drums – just what idyll can one expect in the cinema halls as the Super Star strides across the screen in slow motion?”

   Haha, Good One Baradwaj

   Great review, Love the album.

   Sahana, Sahara and Athiradee are very good but my pick would be the pulsating ‘Balleilakka’ thanks to the breathless SPB and Raihanah’s (Rahman’s sis ?) naughty vocals
2. 

   Jesse 7 April 2007
   08:16:41 pm

   

   Great review Baradwaj. Athiradee is my personal favorite as of the moment, but I do expect Balleilakka and Sahara to grow on me.
3. 

   akshay shah 7 April 2007
   08:20:52 pm

   

   Awesome review bhai!!!! THE BOSS is coming;)!
4. 

   Arun 7 April 2007
   08:23:12 pm

   

   btw Baradwaj, Have you heard Yuvan’s ‘Aadavari Matalu Ardhale Verule’? Its the Selvaraghavan film starring Venkatesh & Trisha.

   Yuvan has come up with some very good melodies. Its one of his best efforts IMO.
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   satyam 7 April 2007
   08:48:25 pm

   

   Simply extraordinary review Baradwaj. And I just love your opening paragraph on the ‘perils’ of Udit singing in Tamil! Rahman however has always seemed to privilege such ‘linguistic dislocation’ in his work. There is a move to render certain works within an album more ‘foreign’ by this sort of maneuver. Why Rahman chooses particular numbers to be sung by singers not at home in the language of the song is something I have always found interesting to reflect upon. I used to think that he simply went with the feel of a voice but I now believe this explanation in itself is a little simplistic. Clearly Rahman aims for something more than this. Interestingly he never does the reverse on his Hindi albums. At the most he employs Tamilian singers who have been used before (S P Bala for example).
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   satyam 7 April 2007
   09:00:13 pm

   

   Arun: Is this the first time Yuvan has composed for a Telugu film? I think it is. I will get it on your recommendation. Have you heard his new Tamil soundtrack Chennai 600028 by any chance? I’ve also heard good things about the Mozhi (Vidyasagar) soundtrack. The film is of course a big hit. To be honest I usually check out these at the raaga Tamil site but haven’t been able to find the time recently.
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   satyam 7 April 2007
   09:01:41 pm

   

   Hey what do you know! Udit’s singing Telugu for Yuvan! Of course since Rahman a lot of other Tamil composers have used him as well.
8. 

   rks 7 April 2007
   09:36:37 pm

   

   Udit in Tamil song!! He is hardly singing in Hindi movies. I believe he is into producing Bhojpuri movies along with his wife.

   He is one of the very few with original voice. It seems there is a clone of Udit in second Indian idol.
9. 

   Jesse 7 April 2007
   09:38:11 pm

   

   “Interestingly he never does the reverse on his Hindi albums.”

   Aside from SP Bala, wouldn’t Rahman himself count? From what I know, when he started out with Roja he didn’t know any Hindi at all and with time and practice he got to the point where he could sing for his Hindi albums. Yes, there is a difference here in that not many people have criticized ARR’s Hindi because he is so convincing, while Udit isn’t able to pull it off at all from what I’ve read.
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    satyam 7 April 2007
    10:07:15 pm

    

    yes that’s a fair point Jesse. And indeed Rahman has gotten better at Hindi over the years.
    By the way Adnan Sami Khan has also sung for Rahman in Tamil on Boys and Ayudha Exhuthu!
    Sonu Nigam has as well, can’t remember where, might not be Rahman though. Kailash Kher did as well which was the oddest thing given how rustic he sounds even in Hindi!
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    Jesse 7 April 2007
    10:15:13 pm

    

    Sukhwinder Singh would be another one in addition to Adnan Sami. I can’t remember the exact song name or movie, but it had the word “rani” in it and Sukhwinder had a huge Punjabi accent in that song.
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    sujith 7 April 2007
    11:39:37 pm

    

    One of Sukhwinder’s first songs was in Tamil/Telugu Ratchagan(Nagarjuna ,Sushmita Sen)..a catchy song “Lucky Lucky”. That particular number had Rahman using Sukwinder and SPB, and the song was picturized on Nagarjuna and SPB(who also stars), but onscreen SPB sang in the voice of Sukhwinder and Nagarjuna sang in the voice of SPB…At least i think that was how it was…
13. 

    Aarohi 8 April 2007
    01:25:23 am

    

    Jesse:

    The “rani” song is Tiruvallikeni Rani from Udhaya (unrealesed as yet). Sukhvinder also sang Tamil version of Chaiyya Chaiyya.

    On Sivaji: Haven’t had the privilage of listening to the highquality versions of the track. But based on what I have listened to so far, I like Oru Kudai Sunlite…, the most.
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    satyam 8 April 2007
    11:25:06 am

    

    Aaroshi: Udhaya was released a year or two ago (finally!) if I’m not mistaken.

    Jesse: you’re right about Sukhwinder as well. And Thiruvellikeni (Triplicane, an area of Chennai) Rani is to my mind one of the extraordinary Rahman compositions which never got the attention it deserved. But Sukhwinder here just sings the ‘rehnuma’ refrain, the actual song is not by him. Of course Rahman has also used a number of female non-Tamilian singers for his Tamil songs, most notably Asha. On the Alaipayuthey soundtrack he also had Sadhna Sargam sing the simply beautiful Sneghidane.

    Again as I said this has been an influential move. Other composers have also gotten into the habit of using North Indian singers.

    On Sivaji, on a couple of listens I don’t like it as much as Sillunu Oru Kadhal but this could change.

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