It's not Magic

They say learning is continuous, relentless. But What makes a person to outshine his own said words? What motiavtes him to hone his skills with every moment? And what if the person himself is the idol of millions?

In 1996 a Tamil movie released - Kadhal Desam with music by A R Rahman. The speciality of the movie was that three songs of the movie were sung by ARR. One of them was Mustafa Mustafa that became a monstrous hit at that time.

I remember reading an interview of ARR published in the Filmfare magazine just after the release of the movie. There the interviewer asked him a question, which goes like this (I don't remember the exact words) - "You have sung three out of six songs in Kadhal Desam. Are you switching to full time singing?"

In reply, ARR said (Again I don't remember the exact words) - "My voice matched the characters of the film. I know my voice quality. I will never sing a soft romantic number".

After eight years a song comes that instantly touches billions of Indians spread all across the world. A song that made many NRI's to cling their pillows and cry for their homeland. No wonder, it was 'Yeh Jo Des Hai Tera' of the movie Swades, which was not very successful in terms of box office collection but was successful to touch people's hearts. This is a song that literally stops the heart beating for some moments and you never know when your cheeks become wet.

Now try to match the words said by the singer and composer of this beautiul song - A R Rahman about his own singing ability some eight years back!!!!!