Don't get baited by the deliberately manipulated headline. That's so common of most Indian media outlets these days. They'll misquote or twist a statement into making people curious and having them to click and read the article.
ARR was talking about the versatility that is required of Indian composers these days-- they need to do pop (like the music of Michael Jackson), orchestral (like John Williams or Hans Zimmer) and folk music. The article deliberately misses the 'a' before Michael Jackson to give it a different meaning. And please, can you type in clear English. What's all this SMS speak like "in d sense", "2 say", "might b", "concert dat happnd"...? RR ----- Original Message ---- From: Sarathy S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 3:34:55 PM Subject: Re: [arr] We need to be like Michael Jackson: AR Rahman i really regret @ rehman to point mj as xample...... ... 4 music sake i take in d sense to pull masses..... otherwise... ..... sorry 2 say he is dirty fella....... .... nd i watched 1 dvd - mj & friends in munich thnkng rehman might b there....... hope u know 1999 concert dat happnd 2 ve participation of rehman & few popular indian artists too wit other popular western artists..... . bharatbala too involved.... to my disappointment dat dvd had only mj portion..... .... none of d artists were shown...... selfish..... .. it was a mega charity concert specially 4 children... & this guy mj dont ve d sense to release a dvd featuring all artists..... . d concert had to occupy as a whole in dvd which is fair...... dat dvd is not mj & frnds concert but enemies concert..... ... bcuz of him v still cudnt njoy satyam album....... ... Thulasi Ram <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote: http://www.dnaindia .com/report. asp?NewsID= 1118142 AR Rahman tells Myleene Klass of CNN about evolution of music in Indian films Do you think the use of music in Bollywood films has become slightly more sophisticated? Yeah, there is a film called 'Rang De Basanti' which also was the official entry from India for Oscars, and this film, when I was doing it, I never knew that the music would reach so many people across the globe. report continued below Latest News on DNAINDIA.com •'BJP is the outsider in UPA-Left marriage' more » •UPA-Left mechanism on deal likely this week more » •Probe ordered into Mayawati's profile on Orkut more » more » The songs were lip synced, just used like a background, but it seemed to blended well with the screenplay and the story. So I think it clearly proved that the people are changing and they are looking forward to more sophistic and non cliché stuff. Was there a growing division, do you think, between films, between Indian films that are favoured by rural audiences and urban audiences? I think the line is becoming thinner and thinner, really, because, unlike a couple of decades ago where people didn't know anything about the happening outside. Now people know what it is that Hollywood and Chinese films are made of. This influences people and so filmmakers are compelled to do stuff which is world class. I can see that the past six years a massive change has happened and there are extraordinary filmmakers who are evolving. What do you think are the qualities of a truly great composer? One needs to transcend somebody by even if it is just one instrument theme. And now the challenges of the composers are much more as its not just about composing a great theme. One needs to know recording, production and how to intertwine music with the movie. And with Indian films it is an even greater challenge, because we need to be like a Michael Jackson or John Williams, Hans Summer and an Indian folk composer and put all of them together. So they expect finesse and they expect versatility. Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! 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