the reason why Ashutosh-ARR combo works well is because CONSCIOUSLY & INTENTIONALLY Ashutosh makes the movie with plenty of scope for BGM.
for example. consider a scene from Lagaan. Indian batsman gets hit on the head. Ashu intentionally shows reactions from atleast 4 or 5 characters for well over a second, with closeup of their faces. This definitely needs a good BGM. another example from Swades. SRK stares at the open sky for a few seconds upto a minute. There HAS to be a BGM there.. with Mani, things are more casual - less cinematic (may be termed as mature). But still ARR has lot of chances for good BGM, but not so much as the SOngs itself. Mani gives ARR a great chance for scoring songs - that can be heard with the movie as well as without any idea of the Movie.. with Ashu, its more blended with the movie.. I'm not comparing Ashu & Mani , but it will be appropriate to conclude that - Ashu will make a great director for a real 'musical'. (ARR should use him if he plans to make a musical in India). - Mani will make a great director for fact based, closer to life style movies. But its too early to judge which combo is better :)) On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Arijit Debnath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To me Mani-ARR is the best combo, nothing else matters.... > > Arijit > > > On 21/02/2008, Pravinder Sheoran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi Guys, > > After a lot lot of thinking process, i have come to the conclusion > > that its time now to accept that ARR - Ashutosh combination has > > surpassed ARR - Mani Ratnam combination (which has been no.1 for a > > long long time now). > > It may be that many times Rahman Saab composes out of the world songs > > for Mani Ratnam and Mani Sir also comes out with many ground breaking > > videos for A R Rahman many times. > > > > But when it comes to be a combined effect, i think ARR and Ashutosh > > give more delightful output which is best in terms of situation handling > > > > (I mean the songs are according to the situation of the movie) without > > compromising the quality and taking care of popularity as well. > > > > Its really a tough decision though, i might be influenced by the > > factor that JA has just been released and has a huge temporary effect > > on my mind (Which may prove to be a permanent effect as well). > > > > AGREE or DISAGREE? > > > > Pravinder. > > > > > > > > > > -- Cheers, Pradeepan. "All you need to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to you !"
