Lyricist Thamarai - ALL SMILES

SURPRISE,

SURPRISE! 

We have all heard about A R Rahman springing a surprise on

singers (by including the track version that they had sung in the album) and directors (by giving them an extra song and the like), Well, lyricist Thamarai got to be a part of one such surprise recently. And it happened with the song Mannipaya...from Vinnaithaanidi Varuvaayaa, which was recorded without director Gautham Menon even knowing it. Thamarai reveals,
           "Rahman asked me to come over to his studio one day and said that he had created a tune which would fit in at a crucial point in the story. He asked me to come up with lyrics where the female lead asks for forgiveness for toying with the hero's feelings. I was initially hesitant as the scene where the song was to be inserted was one where the female lead chooses the hero over her father. But Rahman assured me that he wanted this to be a surprise for Gautham."
         Thamarai added that later, when Gautham heard the song, he too was a little apprehensive."But he went ahead and shot the song suitably and now, it is a rage!," exclaims the hot and happening lyricist.