What is very more important is that their voices should be used to record songs that are meant for their style alone, or else it will be spoil it. Also, singers like Swarnalatha and my daughter Bavathaarini have unique voices. Voices like Janaki’s or Susheela amma’s can be reprised by thousands of singers. No one ever has even tried to imitate her vocals. Q: In Tamil film industry, which vocalist’s voice do you think is very unique?Ī: I see yesteryear actress Banumathi’s voice as one-of-a-kind. Speaking to News Today during an event held at Ethiraj College for Women this week, the maestro shared a lot about music and more. They are not making me feel anything new or teach me anything that I don’t know,” comments legendary composer Ilayaraja on present-day music directors. In Tamil Nadu, he ruled the ears of those who followed Hindi film music at that time.Īdieu Disco Raja! Your music is safe with us.“Music of this age does not impress me much. But the song did not become popular.īappi today defines retro in Hindi films. This was the Tamil film world honoring Bappi Lahiri. Bappi Lahiri sang the song D I S C O Disco Disco Naughty Naughty Raja in Tamil Though he didn’t create music, his voice rang in Tamil. He said he was too busy at that time to come to Chennai. One could say this was a loss to Tamil film music.īappi Lahiri has said in an interview to Tamil magazine Ananda Vikatan that Ilayaraja was blessed by the almighty himself and saluted the music he made, calling it revolutionary. Bappi Lahiri even made music for a Malayalam film, Good Boys, but he was largely an outsider in Chennai. Tamil producers did not make an attempt to bring Bappi here, and the Disco Raja had enough work in Bollywood in any case. While the Bappi fever reached Andhra Pradesh’s border with Tamil Nadu, Ilayaraja’s genius did not allow it to penetrate the nook and cranny of Tamil Nadu. Composers like T Rajendar did not quite take to disco either. Other composers fell in line with that fusion instead of the Bappi style. By merging contemporary western music with Tamil folk music, Ilayaraja created a unique blend in perky music.
While guitar, saxophone and keyboard were part of the Hindu film music scene, in the hands of Ilayaraja their use was different. Michael Jackson met with him during his visit to India because of I Am A Disco Dancer. His Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Aaja was a cross country hit. Until then a composer of melodies and perky numbers, Disco Dancer made Bappi jump genres. The prolific Disco King entered the Guinness Records with 180 songs in 33 films in 1986.ĭisco Dancer made Bengali art film actor Mithun Chakraborty into an A list Hindi film star in the same league as Amitabh Bachchan and Jeetendra. Namak Halal (Velaikkaran in Tamil), Disco Dancer (Padum Vanampadi), Himmatwala, Sharabi and Bewafa were smash hits. Chalte Chalte in 1976 brought him attention. But he was going to tread a path of his own, departing from all that he grew up with.īappistarted scoring music from the age of 19 for films. His playing of the tabla when he was three years old marked out a musical future for him. One of his uncles was playback singer Kishore Kumar. His parents were classical music singers. Ilayaraja stood like a rock against that wave.īappi Lahiri came from a musical family. It adapted disco but did not allow it to overwhelm the living elements of Tamil folk, classical and light music. Even if all of India was swept away by the disco wave, Tamil Nadu was a bit of a holdout.
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