Master, I Bow to thee. . :) On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 11:59 PM, Kalimuthu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> +1 > > > On 5/14/08, Jahanzeb Farooq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<jahanzebtippu%40yahoo.com>> > wrote: > > JA is a classic now, stupid Joginder Tuteja has to eat his words. > > My most beloved and the most listened song is the marvellous "Man > > Mohana". I want to express my "deepest sympathies" for this probably > > most underrated A.R.Rahman song ever. The song is nothing short of > > maestro's other masterpieces but unfortunately nearly every other > > so-called music critic out there (Taran Adarsh/Joginder Tuteja ????) > > either panned the song, ignored it altogether or "declared" it as an > > ordinary. In my opinion "Man Mohana" is the best song of the album. I > > fell in love with it right when I listened it the first ever time. > > Nothing about "Man Mohana" is ordinary, only a true music lover (or a > > true ARR fan perhaps) can recognize and appreciate a work like this. > > From the soulful vocals of Bela Shende to the mesmerizing flute in the > > second and third interludes, to the violin (?) playing in parallel > > behind Bela's voice, everything about the song is special. The flute > > piece in the third interlude always gives me goosebumps, and actually > > I have set it as my mobile phone's ring tone. The song was equally > > favorite among my younger brothers/sisters as well (I used to play > > while driving car) and was actually our most favorite (along with > > Azeem-O-Shaan Shahenshah and Khwaja Mere Khwaja) for a long time after > > the album released (though none of us could understand more than 30% > > of the song because of its very Hindi lyrics). The only thing we could > > have wished was that it had some understandable lyrics rather than the > > pure Hindi. Well done maestro, great work, but alas once again people > > could not recognize your effort. > > > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > "Chord" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Amazing that it continues to be a top seller music wise. It has > >> jumped up from 4 to 3 in Indiafm's ranking of sales. Then again, > >> there hasn't been any real competition in terms of music from that > >> genre (light classical, soul, melodious) You think Tuteja feels > >> embarrassed about his review now? > >> > >> BTW, I still can't get over how simply brilliant the Khwaja > >> instrumental sounds. It's pure music therapy. It's so exquisite in > >> its form, feeling and execution that it would rival any Western > >> classical score. ARR is indeed a true modern day Mozart. The piece > >> really pulls on my heart-strings. ARR has poured his soul into this > >> piece. > >> > > > > > > > >
