Kamal Haasan sings for Pankaj Kapoor at 30 Minutes' Notice

Kamal Haasan sings for Pankaj Kapoor at 30 Minutes' Notice
Thursday, February 14, 2013 13:16 IST
By Subhash K Jha, Santa Banta News Network
/> There seems to be no full stops or even punctuation marks in the amazing Kamal Haasan's career. Barely have the controversies surrounding his new release Vishwaroop died down when one hears of the maverick artiste jumping in where no other artiste would dare.

Kamal Haasan has gone and sung a song for the incredibly accomplished composing maestro Ilayaraja. . . and that too at just half an hours' notice after the singer assigned the job of singing the intricate composition couldn't rise to the occasion.

`Get me Kamal on the phone, ` Ilaiyaraja commanded his assistant. Within an hour Kamal Haasan reached the recording studio in Chennai and in half an hour the 'ditty' deed was done.

The song is for the Pankaj Kapoor starrer Happi which is a tribute to Charlie Chaplin. And Kamal Haasan is a diehard Chaplin fan. The Tamil genius has paid heartfelt tributes to Chaplin in films like Pushpak and Sagar.

But the real incentive for rushing in where other professional singers tremble to venture was his ardent devotion to Ilayaraja.

Says director Bhavna Talwar, `It all happened in a flash. We were in Chennai to record this amazing composition titled Zindagi Dish written by Jaideep Sahni. Raja Sir (Ilayaraja) was not getting what he wanted. The singer who was assigned to do the job wasn't getting it right. Raja Sir asked his assistant to contact Kamalji. Within no time Kamalji was in the studio. It took him half an hour to record the song. `

When contacted Kamal Haasan brushed off the feat as just another part of day's work. `My respect for certain people goes beyond the work place. Shivaji Ganesan, K. Balachander and Ilayaraja are to me, idols. And if they call I run. As simple as that. `

The astonishing multi-faceted artiste lets out an interesting self-observation. `Somehow I find it much easier to connect with male artistes. If you see the Kathak performance in Vishwaroop you'd see how closely I've observed and imbibed Pandit Birju Maharaj's style.

This wouldn't have been possible with a female dancer. Likwise in music, though I deeply admire M S Subbulakshmi, Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle it's Balamuralikrishan that I idolize. `
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