Maria Manohar has entered the hearts of every one who listened to the music of Nayaghan. His popularity is growing day by day in Kollywood, so it is natural he seems to be getting a new offer every day. The brilliant music director has already signed Naalum Therinja Rendu Per in Tamil and Ankusham in Telugu.
Manohar had always been musically inclined; even as a child, he had a clear idea that he would be a music composer when he grew up. With this clear ambition, he joined music school and made sure he mastered both Western and Eastern styles of music. Later he became a sound engineer and worked with stalwarts of music industry like Devi Sri Prasad, Mani Sharma, Srikanth Deva, and T. Rajendar and learnt all about the technology available in the music industry. Finally, he got an offer when the producers of Nayaghan happened to listen to two of his compositions: a Hindi album and a composition he did for Indian Theatre Krishnakanth. In his first film, Manohar made sure he grabbed everyone’s attention; he produced catchy tunes that appealed to masses. Now he is in demand in Southern film industry.
Manohar’s next attempt is to consolidate his place in Kollywood and its audiences' hearts, which has led him to attempt a full-length hip-hop song in Naalum Therinja Rendu Per, his upcoming film. Though Tamil film industry had dabbled in hip-hop style earlier too, it has not yet produced a genuine full-length hip-hop song; even Yogi B’s attempt in Kuruvi’s ‘Happy New Year’ and Polladhavan’s remix song ‘Engeyum Eppothum’ were interesting cocktails of rap and Indian film music. But Manohar’s new attempt will be Kollywood’s first complete hip-hop song.
By the way, what defines a hip-hop song best? Well, hip-hop isa rhythmic style of “speaking or chanting” over matching or backing background beats, which could even be a song but it should not interrupt the rhythmic speech, or rap as it is called; the focus remains on the rap. In our industry, the old style of intercepting a song with jazzy rap is still being followed.
The most famous hip-hop songs that hooked our attention are: Fifty cents’ 'Inda Club' and Truth Hurts’ 'Addictive' which featured Lata Mangeshkar’s 'Kaliyon ka chaman' in the background. Later, Meghna Naidu swerved sexily to its Indian version and ensconced herself in everyone’s heart.
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