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APPEAL
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PLEASE DON’T NEGLECT TAMIZH PRONUNCIATION |
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Are Tamizh music directors too attached to their
tunes and ignore proper deliverance of lyrics (Final
output)?
Few examples (and actual list can be exhaustive)
and listen to stated songs quietly and most importantly
without bias:
1. ARR – Sivaji – “Sahana Sahana”
– Male voice struggles so much and so many mistakes
in Tamizh ucharippu. Where it is supposed to be “Semitha
kadhal idhu...”, singer delivers as “Semithu
kadhal idhu”....there is no meaning for this at
all. Imagine Harish Raghavendra in the male portion.
Song would have been a great treat. Still it is a hit,
no doubt, however has justice been done?
2. ARR – Sivaji – “Vaaji Vaaji”
– Female voice sings “azhagai as azhugai”...complete
meaning changes. Imagine Mahathi & song would have
gone to next level.
3. ARR – “Kilimanjaro song” –
Chinmayi is the saving grace to be honest. Javed Ali
has made so many mistakes and in fact, he says “sevaloda
thangachiye...” where I believe it should have
been “Evaloda thangachiye...”. Again "Zhu",
"Zha" ucharippu taken its toll. Imagine Karthik
or so many other Tamizh singers would have taken popularity
to next level.
4. Ilaiyaraja – Thalapathi – “Yamunai
aatrile” – Listen very carefully and mistakes
in ucharippu can be spotted (ex: Instead of “Padhai
parthida....singer sings as “pathai parthida..”).
Imagine Chitra and it would have been top notch.
5. G V Prakash - Madrasapattinam – “Pookal
pookum”. Such a great composition and male singer
struggles so much to sing in Tamizh. “Zha”,
“Zhu” ucharippu has been taken for granted.
Can understand why a North Indian singer is roped in
here, considering type of composition; however is it
good to compromise on Tamizh ucharippu? Imagine Hariharan
(who has both Hindi & Tamizh reach) for this song
and it would have been a “National award”
material for this year. An opportunity lost.
There are so many examples like this and such examples
can be found for almost every Music Director. Film Director’s
& Lyricists to raise their voice politely and not
compromise on the final output. Also, they should not
get intimidated by Music Director’s popularity,
rather should strive for good team work. So much money
is being spent on big movies; why compromise?
On the contrary, listen to unflawed outputs from Sankarabaranam,
Sindhu Bhairavi, Salangai Oli etc...(just few samples
and musical hits). Such quality of tunes & also
right choice of singers. Eternal songs.
There are some director’s like Bharathiraja, Bala
et al who are absolutely clear on their task and get
best output without compromising on nativity or Tamizh
ucharippu. Also Late director Jeeva has got good output
from music directors.
As long as there is a thing called mind emanating "thoughts",
there is going to be “ego”. As long as there
is “ego”, there are going to be mistakes.
So above mistakes are going to happen. Film director’s
to make an effort to minimize demanding best final output
from music director and have a say in choosing right
singers. No offense meant in this article to music director’s
as our Tamizh industry is doing great justice with some
stunning numbers, however voice also needs to be raised
to set right direction.
With humility,
DLN [D.Lakshminarasimhan]
United Kingdom
narasimhan_d@yahoo.com
Twitter: DLN_MK |
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