“Her music was minimalist and simple. The background score enhanced my story in Paava Kadhaigal .” These words of praise from director Vetri Maaran is something that music director R Sivatmikha treasures. She shows the video clip of a recent interview, where the director complements her work. Says Sivatmikha, “Vetri Saar gave me the creative space to experiment with genres. For the rural setting in Oor Iravu , especially towards the end where actor Prakashraj is shown seated in front of a house in the village, I tried an European style of music for the background and it blended seamlessly with the narrative.”
Having made her debut as a music director with
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After ‘Gaana’, she dived into
Her music, she says, is inspired by sounds around her, be it her pet cat Aslan’s meow, the siren of an ambulance or the vrooming of a bike. “ In fact, I recorded the vroom sound of the bike and used it as an instrument for one of my independent tracks.”
She has also composed ‘Kannae Kanmaniye’, a melancholic lullaby for
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How did she react when she saw the film. “I teared up and it took me over a week to come out of it. It was so real that it jolted me.”