[D & J]

Suresh Peters


Bingo! Finally, I was at Peters' door. His obscurity, though, came as a surprise. The voice behind Chiku buku raile (Gentleman), Petta rap and Urvasi Urvasi (Kadalan) is still a non-entity, still the "guy who plays the drums all the time". While the other people associated with these numbers - dancer-actor-choreographer Prabhu Deva and music director A R Rahman have become national icons.

By then, he had also met music wizard Rahman, who was into the jingle business in those days. Peters teamed up with Rahman and became part of his group after Roja.

Rahman, with his fondness for unusual voices, asked Peters to sing Chiku buku raile. "At that time, I did not realise it would become such a big hit! Rahman asked me to sing, and I did. But I don't think it's possible for me to repeat that kind of performance again."

The song was an all-India rage. Kadalan followed, with Petta rap and Urvasi. But Peters was restless. He wasn't content with light film songs; he wanted to experiment further. The result - pop songs in his mother tongue, Tamil.


Ilamai(Remix)
Blaaze, Suresh Peters

Chikkubukku
Suresh Peters, G.V. Prakash - Gentleman (1993)

Pettai Rap
Suresh Peters, Kujaramma, SHAHUL HAMEED

Oorvasi Oorvasi
A.R.Rahman, Suresh Peters, SHAHUL HAMEED