guess you didn't read the interview carefully.. Ricky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What cynicism exists in this group! How can one be so judgemental? Essentially what Jatin Lalit are saying is that their album KKHH sold more copies than Dil Se. First of all, those were the facts. And secondly, they are not belittling the music of Dil Se at all! In fact, it shows that the current phase of music listening is wired to listen more to 'entertainment' music than 'classic' music. I have grown tired of people putting down other music-director's music, implying that only Rahman can create good music. Of course, I believe with all of Rahman fans, that he is the best. But, even Rahman appreciates good music by other people. The focus should be on good music, not on rebelling against non-Rahman music. Jatin Lalit have been praised by even Rahman at times, as having their own original style of music. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai till date remains one of the most popular love songs of this generation. Pehla nasha, all songs from DDLJ, Khamoshi, Ghulam, Sarfaroosh, Chalte Chalte, Yes Boss, and all the way to Fannah -- they have some impressive line up of gems. And something JL really brought to Bollywood was the youth feel combined with RDBurman touches, to provide very up-beat and feel good music. And as far as the genre of marriage numbers is concerned, Jatin Lalit do take the cake with bringing in a new dimension to that. It is indeed unfortunate for Bollywood to have lost this talented duo to personal conflicts. However, lets not forget their contribution to good music. -Ricky --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "rk_rathinam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Look at happened to these people (Jatin-Lalit) who spoke ill of AR > Rahman...their music speaks for itself, it seems...today they both > are not in speaking terms...LOL...just kidding... > > > > THE HIT MEN > Jatin-Lalit stake their claim to fame > > Sangeeta Mahadevan > > The mood's militant. And why not? After all Jatin-Lalit have > composed the music for five hits this year - Pyaar Kiya To Darna > Kya, Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai, Ghulam, Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha and > Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. > "Just because we don't wear our hair long and keep producers waiting > outside our door we haven't been acknowledged as No 1 yet," the > brothers complain rightaway, and then assert, "But our music speaks > for itself. We're the best." At this very moment, Jatin-Lalit are in > the midst of finalising tunes for Aditya Chopra's next, which is > scheduled to start some time in February-March'99. And they've also > been signed on for Shah Rukh Khan-Juhi Chawla's joint production, > for which they've just recorded a song. Patting themselves on their > back, the duo says, "Every TV channel has our title song for Kuch > Kuch Hota Hai. Some months ago, Aati kya Khandala from Ghulam almost > became the national anthem. Apparently tourism in Khandala has gone > up by 30 per cent after the song." They assent to the fact that the > songs of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai picked up only after the film's > release. "That's because the songs are situational. People had to > see the film for the music to grow on them," says Jatin. "However we > knew we had a major hit on our hands, because at the premiere > itself, we got a standing ovation from the industry. Check with the > music distributors. Kuch Kuch albums have sold more than AR Rahman's > Dil Se." > > Jatin-Lalit both see red when I point out that Karan Johar and his > buddies made a major contribution to the music of KKHH. News is that > the popular title track is actually a tune conceived by actor Jugal > Hunsraj. "No one can take away the entire credit due to us," the duo > retort. "We admit that Jugal did contribute a little to the title > song but the entire tune is not his." > > Evading the topic, they emphasise that they've delivered with the > other flicks of the year. "We also came up with excellent music for > Khamoshi and Yes Boss," they stress. "If we were flukes then we > couldn't have fooled the industry for so long. Really it's so very > frustrating to justify one's worth to the media. Just because we > don't scream from the rooftops about how good we are, you guys don't > take us seriously." The duo have also just completed work on Kundan > Shah's Loveria, Sanjay Chhel's Khubsoorat, John Mathew's Sarfarosh > and Sunny Deol's Dillagi. Wonder whose idea it was to rope in Aamir > Khan to sing for Ghulam and Jatin-Lalit say, "It was Vikram Bhatt's > idea. On our way to Film City one day Aamir sang a number which he > wooed his wife Reena with. We asked him to give playback for Aati > kya Khandala because there was so much emotion and warmth in his > voice. But even we couldn't have imagined that the song would become > so popular." > > The composers have been composing music mainly for the movies of > Shah Rukh, Aamir and Salman. "But that doesn't mean that we don't > give our best for Ajay Devgan, Sanjay Dutt or Sunny Deol," they > insist. "Music doesn't know any barriers. A good tune just happens. > Even if we tried, we couldn't do a Khamoshi again. Every song in the > film was memorable.' They're staunch RD Burman fans. "It's sad that > the industry didn't give him his due in the last few years of his > life," Lalit laments. "I wish Panchamda had been around when 1942-A > Love Story was released. Its music still haunts us." "We don't > believe in imposing our favourites on producers like some other > composers do," Lalit thunders. "Jatin sings extremely well. He's > even bringing out a private album as a singer. But we don't force > film-makers to use Jatin's voice. Our sister Vijayeta sings > beautifully, too. > > She even does her riyaaz regularly. Yet we don't force producers to > give her songs." And what about badi didi Sulakshana? Talk is that > she's out of work...and is upset by the fact that even her own > brothers haven't stood by her? "Sulakshana has lost her touch," says > Lalit. "As brothers, we'd like to help her out. But we cannot harm > our career by insisting on her. "We're cool with everyone," they > say, mentioning the names of Udit Narayan, Abhijeet, Alka Yagnik and > Kavita Krishnamurthy in quick succession. "And we do as we're told > by the film-makers." Right on. > > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gopal Srinivasan > <catchgops@> wrote: > > > > Group, just check out the dig(highlighted - bold, underlined and > italicised) > > that Jatin-Lalit have made at ARR in the following > > interview to Filmfare. Not only is it totally uncalled for, they > simply don't > > have the moral right to make any such digs at ARR. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- - > ----- > > eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/arrahmanfans > > Free Web-based e-mail groups by eGroups.com > > >
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