On 8/15/05 7:26 PM India Time, _up84mouli_ wrote: > Hi Rawat, Hope you are fine. >
Hi Chadramauli, >>It is director choice/ skill that is being criticised in the >>above. MD gives a song asked by the director. How the >>director then uses the song, and where, that has nothing to >>do with MD. >> >>ARR could not have helped it in any way if holi song >>"retarted the film unnecessarily". > > > YOU HIT THE BULL'S EYE > > >>Holi song is more a failure of Javed Akhtar than of anyone >>else. Every word and figures of speech used in this song are >>ages old. > > > LYRICS WERE MEANT TO BE "AGES OLD". AROUND 150 YEARS OLD, TO BE > APPROXIMATE AT THE LEAST. > > I haven't seen the film, but I think you meant that the Song lyrics > should have been in sync with the language that the characters speak. > If that had not been the case with this song, then you may be 150% > right..! > > Or, as in your "historic" string of arguements around a month back, > the lyrics were too much "periody" compared to the "non-period" music > and so, they didnt mangal...oh sorry- mingle well giving the critics > something to "mangle" with... I feel that Javed had given his best lyrics till date in Mangal Pandey. But I was disappointed with the figures of speeches, etc. he selected for holi, because those have been heard a million times, and have lost any feeling as such. That is why I said that Javed could not get this song right. I was not saying about period-ness of the holi lyrics. >>There could be psychological reasons also. Normally people >>expect to see a serious, all-business type of personality >>for a larger than life hero like Mangal Pandey. Hence they >>could not digest him enjoying small pleasures like playing >>with colours in the comapny of gorgeous girls, all painted >>whimsically. > > > YES! I DID EXPECT SUCH A THING BEFORE THE D-DAY (12TH). BUT NOW AFTER > READING THE REVIEWS, I AM A BIT CONCERNED. > > I HOPE THE ENGLISH VERSION IS PROPERLY SCISSORED. Whatever is the > case, I will make it someday to the theatres to witness the fictional > history. > > Thanks for reading. > Chandra. Regards. -- Rawat ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12h08vpq4/M=362335.6886442.7839733.3022183/D=grplch/S=1705331874:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1124245070/A=2894366/R=0/SIG=138c78jl6/*http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/arts_culture/?source=YAHOO&cmpgn=GRP&RTP=http://groups.yahoo.com/";>What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> This August, Discover the Birth of Your Independence and The Magic of A.R.Rahman's Music in Mangal Pandey - The Rising http://www.risingthefilm.com http://www.mangalpandeythefilm.com Music released: Jul 14, 2005 Movie releases: Aug 12, 2005 Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. Only at arrahmanfans - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com Admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
