Problem Prounciation

OKay, i've been hearing a lot about how one of the contestents prounciation is really bad and that's why he should not go to bollywood or atleast something like that.🤔 Well gets get this straight. In tollywood, we have Shreya Ghosal, udit Narayan, Shankar, kunal, Sonu, Kumar Sanu who have THE WORST prounciations! Sometimes, we can't even understand what they are saying, yet we have accepted them. Why? Because in Tollywood we don't care about prounciations, we care about the melody, harmony, the soothing touch of the song. We want to listen to the song not if their prounciation is good or not. Some of those singer's songs have become super hits because we have let them come to the industry based on their talent and not on their prounciation. So Bollywood just open up a bit and accept the true talent or else only people like Qazi will enter the industry.😊😉

thats exactly what I have been telling in my previous mails. Some of the music directors in South actually get a language coach for these singers and work with them to get good pronouciation.Now it beats me, why they would go through all that trouble, but they do.
I can honestly say that Bollywood is very comfy with its group of singers and do not want to experiment with anything new.
In an interview withShankar Mahadevan that is what he had to say.
Check thislink http://www.chennaionline.com/music/filmsaudio/08shankar.asp


Q: What do you think is the basic difference between music compositions in the South and in Hindi films?
Shankar: The one most apparent distinction is that the South Indian film industry, particularly Tamil offers a lot of scope for variety, creativity, with a thrust on melody. Songs by and large are still based on some Raga or the other. People here are also willing to encourage experimental music, even different voices. For example, I am very happy and excited to find that a singer from rural areas like Paravai Muniyamma produced some hits. We can't imagine something like that in Hindi films. Or take Manicka Vinayagam, he has such a rustic and rare voice. He has also been a big success. I am happy that two voices like that are being encouraged by music directors and the people here. I can't imagine something like that happening in the north and the west. However, I must also add that Hindi films are made for an all-India, even an all-world audience now. So, Hindi films must have a style which is okay all over the world.

Originally posted by: gv_rao

OKay, i've been hearing a lot about how one of the contestents prounciation is really bad and that's why he should not go to bollywood or atleast something like that.🤔 Well gets get this straight. In tollywood, we have Shreya Ghosal, udit Narayan, Shankar, kunal, Sonu, Kumar Sanu who have THE WORST prounciations! Sometimes, we can't even understand what they are saying, yet we have accepted them. Why? Because in Tollywood we don't care about prounciations, we care about the melody, harmony, the soothing touch of the song. We want to listen to the song not if their prounciation is good or not. Some of those singer's songs have become super hits because we have let them come to the industry based on their talent and not on their prounciation. So Bollywood just open up a bit and accept the true talent or else only people like Qazi will enter the industry.😊😉

hey u forgot lucky ali.....i love his voice but i must say i thought "charumathi i luv u" from anand anand was a tamil song cuz i cudn't comprehend what he was singing😆😆 i still like the song though. udit narayan can't get a perfect pronounciationi in hindi itself so i don't expect any miracles from him in telugu 😛.

Originally posted by: autmother

thats exactly what I have been telling in my previous mails. Some of the music directors in South actually get a language coach for these singers and work with them to get good pronouciation.Now it beats me, why they would go through all that trouble, but they do.
I can honestly say that Bollywood is very comfy with its group of singers and do not want to experiment with anything new.
In an interview withShankar Mahadevan that is what he had to say.
Check thislink http://www.chennaionline.com/music/filmsaudio/08shankar.asp


Q: What do you think is the basic difference between music compositions in the South and in Hindi films?
Shankar: The one most apparent distinction is that the South Indian film industry, particularly Tamil offers a lot of scope for variety, creativity, with a thrust on melody. Songs by and large are still based on some Raga or the other. People here are also willing to encourage experimental music, even different voices. For example, I am very happy and excited to find that a singer from rural areas like Paravai Muniyamma produced some hits. We can't imagine something like that in Hindi films. Or take Manicka Vinayagam, he has such a rustic and rare voice. He has also been a big success. I am happy that two voices like that are being encouraged by music directors and the people here. I can't imagine something like that happening in the north and the west. However, I must also add that Hindi films are made for an all-India, even an all-world audience now. So, Hindi films must have a style which is okay all over the world.

i agree! shankar is soo right. thanks for sharing that.

Originally posted by: amritha19

hey u forgot lucky ali.....i love his voice but i must say i thought "charumathi i luv u" from anand anand was a tamil song cuz i cudn't comprehend what he was singing😆😆 i still like the song though. udit narayan can't get a perfect pronounciationi in hindi itself so i don't expect any miracles from him in telugu 😛.

Oh yeah! I still don't get what he's trying to say. The first time i heard it, i thought that the lyrics were in some other language.😆

Originally posted by: MrspetloverUS

Very good points from both of you. GV-Rao and Autmother.

Thank you!😉

Originally posted by: autmother

thats exactly what I have been telling in my previous mails. Some of the music directors in South actually get a language coach for these singers and work with them to get good pronouciation.Now it beats me, why they would go through all that trouble, but they do.
I can honestly say that Bollywood is very comfy with its group of singers and do not want to experiment with anything new.
In an interview withShankar Mahadevan that is what he had to say.
Check thislink http://www.chennaionline.com/music/filmsaudio/08shankar.asp


Q: What do you think is the basic difference between music compositions in the South and in Hindi films?
Shankar: The one most apparent distinction is that the South Indian film industry, particularly Tamil offers a lot of scope for variety, creativity, with a thrust on melody. Songs by and large are still based on some Raga or the other. People here are also willing to encourage experimental music, even different voices. For example, I am very happy and excited to find that a singer from rural areas like Paravai Muniyamma produced some hits. We can't imagine something like that in Hindi films. Or take Manicka Vinayagam, he has such a rustic and rare voice. He has also been a big success. I am happy that two voices like that are being encouraged by music directors and the people here. I can't imagine something like that happening in the north and the west. However, I must also add that Hindi films are made for an all-India, even an all-world audience now. So, Hindi films must have a style which is okay all over the world.

Thanks a lot for the interview. I must say what he said was true and he said it in a very polite manner. Go shankar!😛 And thank you to all you understood me!😊

Shankar's point is right. I agree what he says about style though.

But then again, who knows if tat 'rustic' voices will backfire in Bollywood! Some experimentation is needed. Take Kailash Kher's Allah Ke bande, I can't imagine Sonu Nigam singing it!! It was the rustiness in his voice that made that song fantastic.

Pronunciation or Uccharan is very important at times for certain songs. But if you say 'ta' for 'tha' or 'tukodon' instead of 'tukhadon', its fine! I dont see why the fuss is made about such silly things.

amritha19 great SIDDHARTH PICTURE HA...I really like this guy in Rang De Basanti.