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Traditional influence

Lyricist Viveka ascribes the success of his compositions to classical touch

PHOTO: R. ASHOK

INSPIRED Lively lyrics.

His compositions are known for their classical touch. Viveka has carved a niche among the language lovers for his traditional choice of words.

Inspired by his father, who wrote folk songs, Viveka started composing songs right from childhood. For this language-buff, his college's `Literary Club' activities provided a right platform to showcase his aptitude.

With an innate inclination to Tamil literature, he has tried his hands in many areas including writing scripts for advertisements, dubbing movies and also journalism.

Debut composition

After his debut composition, `Poonguyil Paatu' for the film `Nee Varuvai Ena' in 1999, the lyricist had no looking back. With eight movies to his credit, he continues to strive for perfection in every song he works on. But surprisingly, he was never for film music in his college days. More attracted to `marubu kavithai' he has written several poems with a classical approach.

But his continuous exposure to modern poetry has made him both an admirer and connoisseur of it. "Classical poetry is the foundation for any form of poetry. But modern poetry might be a better start for the amateurs as it gives room for creativity with no hard and fast rules in the length of lines or combination of words," he explains.

Having worked with directors like K. S. Ravikumar, Selva, Hari, Vikraman and Lingusaamy, he feels the directors' intrusion while composing a song is understandable. "Ultimately, they have play a major role in tuning a movie toperfection," he says.

Directors' intrution

Many of his songs have been set to exclusively composed music, instead of the other way round. "That depends on the director's concern in the lyrics of the songs. If he is a literary lover or if the song situation wholly depends on the lyric, then we will be at our creative best."

Viveka feels that the increasing usage of slang and other languages in Tamil songs could be possibly avoided.

"Some directors and producers perceive success in terms of slang used in `ghana' and peppy songs. If so, then none of the recently released compositions in classical style, would have been successful," he argues.

His big hits including `Pallanguzhiyin vattam paarthen' and `Enna edhuvo' from `Aanandham', 'Sollathaan Ninaikiren' from `Kaadhal Sugamaanadhu' and `Minsaaram en meedhu' from `Run' prove his point.

S. AISHWARYA

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