'Rang de Basanti's Rubaru'

Fantastic, Mind-blowing. Good well done keep it up. 😆

This song some times give me goose bumps 😳 ...

Naresh Iyer is a beacon of inspiration for all those talented yet, early voteouts of singing competitions and that winning a contest is not everything.

Here are two more articles about the Rubaru Naresh Iyer.

https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/sa-re-ga-ma-pa-singing-superstar/720952/winning-is-not-every-thing-naresh-iyer

Originally posted by: trishanku3

Naresh Iyer is a beacon of inspiration for all those talented yet, early voteouts of singing competitions and that winning a contest is not everything.

Here are two more articles about the Rubaru Naresh Iyer.

https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/sa-re-ga-ma-pa-singing-superstar/720952/winning-is-not-every-thing-naresh-iyer

Thanks Kumar, I will add those also in this thread

Thanks dada for a great article!

'Winning talent hunts is not everything' By MIO Team Aug 28, 2007, 08:54

Naresh Iyer made his career from scratch! Two years ago he as eliminated from the Channel V Super Singer contest and this 22-year-old boy was heartbroken. But things lighted up when within a month he has roped in by AR Rahman to record for 'Roobaru' for Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra's 'Rang De Basanti'. The song became the anthem of the nation. Further Iyer won the National Award for the Best Playback Singer Male in 2006. He also rendered 'Patshala' and 'Tu Le Chal Mujhe'. He finds it hard to believe that his debut song has been honoured at the national level. He reminisces, "I'm awestruck. I never thought the song would make its way to the top. When Rahman sir came in to give his judgement for the contest. He said that there is good news and bad news. He told me, I'm out of the competition. After some time he came up to me and offered me to sing for Rang De Basanti. At that moment, I didn't know whether to feel happy or otherwise. Mr Rahman and I were quite passionate about this number but had never thought it would become an anthem." He owes his success to A R Rahman and Prasoon Joshi. Ever since there has been no looking back for the singer and he has flooded with offers from Bollywood and the South movies. He is now a regular in Rahman's group and has also delivered few hits in the south. Achievement is not far away from him. He will receive the Rajat Kamal and a cash prize of Rs 10,000 from the President of India in New Delhi soon. He asserts, "Winning talent hunts is not everything. If you have it in you, you are bound to succeed. I still have a long way to go but the National Award has certainly boosted my confidence." Naresh Iyer will soon render for Hansal Mehta's Woodstock Villa and is also working with Rahman on his next Hindi film. seeing his confidence we can see more Roobaru's coming!

Source:http://www.musicindiaonline.com/n/i/top_stories/2345/

A Roobaru with Naresh Iyer
8 Nov 2007, 0000 hrs IST,PRERNA SHAH ,TNN




Some reality based talent hunts give wings to dreams.


Ask the voice behind the lilting 'Roobaroo' and the funky 'Masti ki Paathshala', Naresh Iyer and he will tell you that never in his wildest daydreams did he envision that A R Rahman would give him a 'break of a lifetime'.

"When I got eliminated in the talent hunt, Rahman said that apart from this piece of news, he had good tidings for me. He said, he will soon call me for an assignment. I thought he was saying it all to comfort me," recalls Naresh.

"That is how Rang De Basanti (RDB), my first Hindi film came my way. I recorded three songs for the film and I had great apprehensions whether the audience would accept a new voice. Their success is unexpected. In fact, one of the best compliments I have ever received is that many people believe that the phrase 'Ae Salaa' in 'Roobaroo' is sung by Aamir Khan," says Naresh.

There has been no looking back for Naresh ever since. "I went on to sing many tracks in South Indian films for Rahman. Every bit that I have worked with him has been a learning experience; I am amazed by his sheer genius and creative output," gushes Naresh.

Naresh has done quite a bit of singing in many regional languages; and we hear, Gujarati is one of them! "This was many years ago when I was studying and doing assignments for a production unit that produced a music based show. I sang the title song for that. I have sung in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Bhojpuri among others, though I don't understand half of these languages!"

Naresh, a Mumbaikar, now shuttles between the dream city and Chennai. "My assignments down South keep me busy but I always miss Mumbai when I am down there. Especially my favourite vada pav and pav bhaji!," says Naresh who maintains that he remains very much the simple Mumbaikar that he was before fame came to him.

Naresh elaborates, "I spend money on buying musical instruments. Big bungalows or cars have never meant much to me. I am happy staying in Matunga as long as I continue doing good work. The latest on my work front is Mission Ustad, a music based reality show that I hope will be another milestone in my career."

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_Buzz/A_Roobaru_with _Naresh_Iyer/articleshow/2524750.cms

Meet the singer of Roobaroo

Patcy N February 08, 2006

Not so long ago, Naresh Iyer was just one among the 25,000 aspirants queuing up for Channel V's talent hunt show, Super Singer.

Now, thousands are rocking to his voice, thanks to Roobaroo and Paathshala, two of the three songs from the hit movie Rang De Basanti that he has lent his voice to.

The 25-year-old from Matunga in Mumbai sang his way to the 25 final Super Singer contestants. And when he stood face to face with ace music composer A R Rahman and popular singer Adnan Sami -- the judges for the show – he had no idea that his future was about to be decided.

Rahman told Naresh that there was good and bad news for him. The bad news was that he was out of the Super Singer contest.

The good news, Naresh narrates with a glitter in his eyes, was that Rahman promised to call him for a recording in Chennai.

Soon after the show the young singer packed his bags and headed for Chennai, hoping to start his singing career -- a far cry from his earlier plans of becoming a chartered accountant.



Naresh was not exactly a newcomer to music. He had sung in almost 500 stage shows with a theatre group called Rangaat Productions. He had also trained for two years under singers Chintamani Gore and Sushila Mani.

In fact his first stint as a playback singer was in a Tamil movie, Anbe Aaruyire.

When he started recording for Rang De…Naresh had no clue he was singing for an Aamir Khan movie.

And he started on the lilting Roobaroo at 4:30 am, after nearly 12 hours in the recording studio. But by 7 am, the song was complete.

"To work with Rahman is a dream come true," Naresh says. "He is more like a friend in the studio. He is not bossy at all. I was nervous when I went to meet him for the first time but when I started working for him, I realised he was cool!"

Wasn't singing at that hour a strain? "If you're working for Rahman, it's no big deal if you sacrifice your sleep," is Naresh's reply.

"When Rahman comes to recording studio, he does not start with work immediately," Naresh continues about the man who many believe is the father of the modern Bollywood sound. "First, he chats with you to make you comfortable. The tune is given to you, and then you rehearse. Only when you start singing, Rahman steps in [with his suggestions]. Later, you realise that the [completed] song sounds very different from what you had rehearsed!"

Meeting Aamir Khan in the studio was another dream come true for Naresh.

The young singer is all praise for director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, who was instrumental in giving him a break, and Rang De's lyricist, advertising honcho Prasoon Joshi.

"The lyrics were funky and he [Joshi] would encourage me all the time," Naresh says. "Sometimes, he would go into the recording studio and start singing. Paathshala had few more stanzas, which he used to sing all the time. It was total fun working each one of the Rang De team," the singer adds.

The Bollywood newcomer says he does not prepare for a song specially. When he sang Tu bin bataye, he did learn the tune beforehand, but in true Rahman style, all changes and improvisations were done in flight – in the studio.

He says Tu bin bataye took him a long time to muster because it is a slow song and he had to actually control himself, especially since all the other songs were very lively.

Naresh says he feels there is nothing like a tough or easy song.

"Every singer has a natural flair [for a particular kind of song] but certain songs need to be worked upon. Tu bin is also my favourite song because it has a soothing effect on you. It relaxes you," he says.

Already showing the traits of a professional, he refuses to divulge details about what he was paid for Rang De.

"If you get a chance to work with A R Rahman people will also do it free of cost," he asserts.

His upcoming project is a Tamil movie called Godfather.