DesiPundit

Rajeev Nair asked A R Rahman, “Who must be credited for a successful song – the composer or the singer?” and the maestro replied, “All of us are instruments. We just do what we have to do. God is the one in control.” Rajeev then attended the Rahman Sharjah Concert and found the real answer.

I think that also answered a part of the question, which I had posed to Rahman a week before during an interview. I had asked Rahman who was more important to a song - the singer or composer. He ascribed some of the song’s success to fate. But I (and Varmaji agreed with me on that) feel there is an added dimension that singers like Yesudas and SPB give to songs. Call it energy, if you may

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