Oscar-winning music composer A R Rahman, who used the artificial intelligence for recreating the voices of late playback singers Bamba Bakya and Shahul Hameed for the song titled ‘Thimiri Yezhuda’ from the Rajinikanth-starrer ‘Lal Salaam’ has issued a clarification with regards to the usage of the AI tool and the compensation to the singer’s families.
The ‘Rang De Basanti’ composer took to his X, erstwhile Twitter and penned a note for his followers who questioned the dependence on AI for recreation of the voices of the departed singers.
He shared Sony Music South’s post highlighting how an AI tool was used to recreate the late singers’ voices. He wrote, “We took permission from their families and sent deserving remuneration for using their voice algorithms…technology is not a threat and a nuisance if we use it right.”
He also added the hashtags respect and nostalgia in the post.
The ‘Rang De Basanti’ composer took to his X, erstwhile Twitter and penned a note for his followers who questioned the dependence on AI for recreation of the voices of the departed singers.
He shared Sony Music South’s post highlighting how an AI tool was used to recreate the late singers’ voices. He wrote, “We took permission from their families and sent deserving remuneration for using their voice algorithms…technology is not a threat and a nuisance if we use it right.”
He also added the hashtags respect and nostalgia in the post.
- 1/30/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
ObituaryBamba Bakya was known for songs like ‘Pullinangal' from ‘2.0’ and 'Simtangaran’ from ‘Sarkar'. IANSBamba Bakya/IANSSending shockwaves across the Tamil film industry, popular singer Bamba Bakya, known for having sung several chartbusters, passed away on the night of Thursday, September 1. He was 49. The singer had rendered several hit songs including the opening lines of the recently released ‘Ponni Nadhi’ from Mani Ratnam's upcoming magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan. Before singing film songs, Bamba Bakya was known for rendering devotional numbers. While his official name was Bhakkiyaraj, the singer was known in the Tamil music industry as Bamba Bakya. Bamba Bakya reportedly said in interviews that when he sang for the film 2.0, music composer Ar Rahman asked him to sing like South African singer Bamba, and that the prefix stuck. According to reports, Bamba Bakya was hospitalised after he complained of chest pain, and later passed away on Thursday night.
- 9/2/2022
- by Jahnavi
- The News Minute
Sending shockwaves across the Tamil film industry, popular singer Bamba Bakya, known for having sung several chartbusters, passed away on Thursday night. He was 49.
Reports doing the rounds on social media suggest that the singer, who has rendered several hit songs including the opening lines of the recently released ‘Ponni Nadhi’ from Mani Ratnam’s upcoming magnum opus ‘Ponniyin Selvan’, passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest.
While Bakya is his original name, the singer was referred to as Bamba Bakya as he was able to render a song just like a sufi singer Bamba.
Before rendering film songs, Bamba Bakya was known for rendering devotional numbers.
Some of the songs that the singer is known for include ‘Pullinangal’ from Rajinikanth-starrer ‘2.0’ and ‘Simtangaran’ from Vijay-starrer ‘Sarkar’.
Several stars from the Tamil film world have condoled the death of Bamba Bakya.
Actor Karthi tweeted: “Really saddened by the sudden demise of Bamba Bakiya.
Reports doing the rounds on social media suggest that the singer, who has rendered several hit songs including the opening lines of the recently released ‘Ponni Nadhi’ from Mani Ratnam’s upcoming magnum opus ‘Ponniyin Selvan’, passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest.
While Bakya is his original name, the singer was referred to as Bamba Bakya as he was able to render a song just like a sufi singer Bamba.
Before rendering film songs, Bamba Bakya was known for rendering devotional numbers.
Some of the songs that the singer is known for include ‘Pullinangal’ from Rajinikanth-starrer ‘2.0’ and ‘Simtangaran’ from Vijay-starrer ‘Sarkar’.
Several stars from the Tamil film world have condoled the death of Bamba Bakya.
Actor Karthi tweeted: “Really saddened by the sudden demise of Bamba Bakiya.
- 9/2/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
KollywoodBoth the music director and the star are associating for the second time in a row which has upped the expectations for this album.Digital NativeDigital NativeThe Oscar winning music director, A R Rahman has confirmed that he had begun composing tunes for the untitled Vijay starrer. To be directed by A R Murugadoss, the film is in the pre-production stage with the director assembling his cast and crew. In the meantime, A R Rahman has begun composing the tunes and has reportedly roped in singer Bamba Bakya to croon for a song. It may be mentioned here that the singer had sung a song in the Rajinikanth starrer 2.0 album and it is expected to be released soon. Vijay’s last release was Mersal and interestingly, A R Rahman had composed the music for this flick as well. Both the music director and the star are associating for the second time in a row which has upped the expectations for this album. While there were a lot of expectations that Vijay would render a song for the Mersal album, he did not. Being an accomplished singer himself, it needs to be seen if Vijay’s vocals would be used for one of the songs in the upcoming album. The producers of the film, Sun Pictures had tweeted earlier, “Sun Pictures is happy to announce that A.R.Rahman will be the Music Director for the upcoming Thalapathy Vijay’s Movie. Heroine will be Keerthy Suresh, Cameraman – Girish Gangatharan and Editor – Sreekar Prasad.#Vijay62WithSunPictures.” Vijay, who is on a vacation with family in China, is expected to return back to the city on January 13th. According to sources, the star will join the sets of the untitled film soon after the Pongal holidays. Mersal, Vijay’s last outing which released for Diwali, was one of the biggest commercial hits. Made on a budget of Rs. 120 crores, the film collected Rs. 250 crores at the box office worldwide.
- 1/13/2018
- by Editor
- The News Minute
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