karthik

Singing for rajini is akin to hitting the peak of Tamil film music.Take the film Baba for example.While you have the usual popular singers like SPBand shankar mahadevan filling in for rajini in the recording studio.some fans were taken aback when they saw the name karthik at the back cover of the baba audio cassettes and CD's.It was even more shoking to note that this guy is only 22 at that time.Who is karthik,who sang the now popular songs like "maya-maya,elam maya" and shakti kodu.
Karthik is a degree holder for B.com.and is currently doing MCA.A very active young man,his father's name is kumar and his mother's is geetha.Both of them are working in manali sriram fibers.He has only one sibling ,a brother named seenivasan. Interest in music stemmed from karthik parents themselves though their performances are limited ,according to karthik ,as bath room singers.The influence is so profound that he became a music lover himself! He especially loves hindustani music.He is picking it through Sriram Parasuram(Anuradha sriram's husband).Along the way he has also learned Carnatic music and ghazal.It is the mixture af all these music gave an edge to karthik's voice.But the interest peaked when the film Roja was realeased in 1992 when karthik was still a school boy.He heard Rahman's music then and has ever since been the lover of the music -not forgetting that he collects all of Rahman's works.He later entered singing competiton in college and won several prizes.Through the praises and encouragement his interest in music deepened.Playback singer Sreenivas,who heard him singing,recommended Karthik to a.r rahman.It took him aback.He agreed to meet the composer and later joined Rahman's chorus team.His first song is "asai tosai" in star.Another offer came from another maestro,iilayaraja,who composed the song "oliyile",in the film"Azhagi" and he was beginning to be notices. But fame did not come to him before he got the lucky strike in Baba.He never dreamed of singing for the superstar.In fact,he sang Maya-maya and shakti kodu mainly for a track,which is usually reserved for other singers,either mixed or replaced alltogether.Rahman listened to them with rajini and both agreed to retain karthik as the singer.For concerts,he has done tours in countries like Malaysia,singapore,Sri lanka,England and Australia. His music preference may not be tour usual Tamil film staples.The performers include Bheemsen Joshi,Mehthi Hassan Hindustani music and also Michael Learns To Rock....(copyright CINE FASHION)
this article is for all karthik fans!! have fun reading it!
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