On 5th Jan, Harish (http://magixncurses.blogspot.com) and I conducted A.R.Rahman quiz on Twitter, to celebrate AR Rahman's birthday (Jan 6).
Posting first 10 questions here for everyone to attempt. The next 10 will follow.
We conducted a tougher quiz recently to celebrate Rockstar audio launch (but we're still awaiting the CDs as I write this, thanks to T-Series and their unprofessional ways of running the business). Will post that quiz too, later.
Now, post your answer in comments. Will post the answers and results on 10th Oct (Monday).
Answers posted below each question. Hover over smudged/blocked text to reveal the answers.
Pls post ur bouquets and brickbats too in the comments. Harish and I will pick them up :)
Q 1: Clip 1: Whats special about this interlude?
A 1: It's not a flute. It was actually whistled by ARR.
Q 2: Name the first ARR song to be sung by someone from the Raja family.
A 2: Semmozhi - Yuvan
Q 3: Connect Pudhiya Manidha (Endhiran) and Na Na (Couples Retreat)
A3: ARR's kids sang in these songs. Kathija in Pudhiya Manidha and Ameen in Na Na.
Q 4: Clip 2: Name the two instrumentalists.
A 4: Raju and Kadri Gopalnath
Q 5: This was for a UN campaign. What campaign?
A 5: Stop TB campaign
Q 6: SPB : Kumar Sanu :: Chitra: ?
A 6: Alka Yagnik. Kumar Sanu has sung only one song for ARR - Mil Gayi (Kabhi Na Kabhi) which is a hindi version of Anjali Anjali (Duet)
Q 7: Connect: Bombay, Fire and Lord of War
A 7: All 3 movies featured the soulful "Bombay Theme" music.
Q 8: Apart from Sreenivas and Nithyashree, who are the other singers who have sung in Minsara Poove (Padayappa)?
A 8: Hariharan and Palghat Sriram. Apparently, 8-10 mins of Harijis aalaps was recorded for this song!
Q 9: Connect: Pettai Rap (Kadhalan), Veera (Raavanan), Noor-un-Ala (Meenaxi)
A 9: Lyrics for these songs were penned by the directors of the respective movies.
(Hint: We wanted to include songs from JTYJN and Jhootha Hi Sahi, but then we'd have had to include all songs from these albums)
Q10:
PS: Shankar mahadevan is a singer by profession is a trivial fact. We're looking for much a much more interesting answer :D
A 10: All of them have sung for ARR, but only Simbhu did not appear in the video of the song which he sang (Baila More-Kadhal Virus)
Here are the scores:
Posting first 10 questions here for everyone to attempt. The next 10 will follow.
We conducted a tougher quiz recently to celebrate Rockstar audio launch (but we're still awaiting the CDs as I write this, thanks to T-Series and their unprofessional ways of running the business). Will post that quiz too, later.
Answers posted below each question. Hover over smudged/blocked text to reveal the answers.
Pls post ur bouquets and brickbats too in the comments. Harish and I will pick them up :)
Q 1: Clip 1: Whats special about this interlude?
A 1: It's not a flute. It was actually whistled by ARR.
Q 2: Name the first ARR song to be sung by someone from the Raja family.
A 2: Semmozhi - Yuvan
Q 3: Connect Pudhiya Manidha (Endhiran) and Na Na (Couples Retreat)
A3: ARR's kids sang in these songs. Kathija in Pudhiya Manidha and Ameen in Na Na.
Q 4: Clip 2: Name the two instrumentalists.
A 4: Raju and Kadri Gopalnath
Q 5: This was for a UN campaign. What campaign?
A 5: Stop TB campaign
Q 6: SPB : Kumar Sanu :: Chitra: ?
A 6: Alka Yagnik. Kumar Sanu has sung only one song for ARR - Mil Gayi (Kabhi Na Kabhi) which is a hindi version of Anjali Anjali (Duet)
Q 7: Connect: Bombay, Fire and Lord of War
A 7: All 3 movies featured the soulful "Bombay Theme" music.
Q 8: Apart from Sreenivas and Nithyashree, who are the other singers who have sung in Minsara Poove (Padayappa)?
A 8: Hariharan and Palghat Sriram. Apparently, 8-10 mins of Harijis aalaps was recorded for this song!
Q 9: Connect: Pettai Rap (Kadhalan), Veera (Raavanan), Noor-un-Ala (Meenaxi)
A 9: Lyrics for these songs were penned by the directors of the respective movies.
(Hint: We wanted to include songs from JTYJN and Jhootha Hi Sahi, but then we'd have had to include all songs from these albums)
Q10:
PS: Shankar mahadevan is a singer by profession is a trivial fact. We're looking for much a much more interesting answer :D
A 10: All of them have sung for ARR, but only Simbhu did not appear in the video of the song which he sang (Baila More-Kadhal Virus)
Here are the scores:
Arvind - 8Congrats guys! Hop on to part 2 :)
Arun KB - 7
Bhargavi Sekhar - 7
Vijayan - 6
AKB
1) Whistling by ARR
2) Semmozhiyaam En tamil mozhi
3) Pudhiya Manidha sung by AR's daughter, and Na na by AR's son
4) Western Sax in Duet : Raju
Classical sax : KAdri Gopalnath
5) Stop TB
6) Anuradha Paudwal
7) Bombay Theme
8) Hariharan
9) Choreography : Prabhu Deva
10) Similarity : All have sung for ARR
Who is different : Shankar Mahadevan
Why : Shankar Mahadevan is a singer by profession, rest are actors