I listened to Appudo Ippudo from Bomarillu a few times and I hear no resemblance. I think the "resemblance" is totally overblown.
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Madhavan Rajan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was also shocked to see this review in today's Hindu Supplement...I didn't > expect this from a reputed news paper. We can write back to Hindu regarding > this. Infact, I'm going to do this... > > Madhavan.R > Love, Music, Peace...and AR Rahman for Life. > > > On 6/5/08, $ Pavan Kumar $ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Stupid Review...This person is in need of some serious help...Rahman > > should do some more innovation? He has gone nuts.. > > > > > > *Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > > > Hawa sun' sung by Sonu Nigam and Alka Yagnik is similar to Udhaya of > > "Udhaya" and, though soft, carries a heard-before feel. 'Gumsum' (again the > > same duo) is more like a rework of "Sivaji's" Vaaji. 'Gulfisha' (Nigam and > > Sunidhi Chauhan) is a typical Sunidhi song, butyou don't need a Rahman for > > this. 'Maherbaan', sung by the big man himself, is good, but the tune being > > that of "Pray for me brother" does irk you. 'Tu mera' (Chitra and Sukhwinder > > Singh) seems to have been inspired by Varugirai of "Anbe Aruyire". 'Hai > > dardh' (Udit Narayanan) is not a great effort but takes you along thanks to > > the singer. > > > > The pick of the album is 'Ishq ada' (female version by Parul Mishra and the > > male by Rashid Ali). Rahman proves his talent in blending Sufi and western > > music. 'Muje milo' (Alka Yagnik and Jayachandran) is inspired by Kannathil > > Muthamittal, which took off from a R.D.Burman number. Rahman always hides > > his inspirations by rendering the notes in high pitch, this time it hasn't > > worked. Thanks to uncertainty over the album's release, these songs have > > been under covers for four years and so Rahman had every right to use these > > numbers elsewhere. But ARR fans don't want repetition. > > > > Rahman's interest over Devi Sri Prasad's music shows in 'Kabhi Kabhi > > '(Rashid Ali), a reworking of Apudo Ipudo of "Bommarilu". 'Pappu can't > > dance' (Blaze, Aslam, Tanvi, Anupama, Benny, Tanvi, Darshana, Satish) sure > > makes your feet move but the tune and instruments aren't fresh. More like a > > Shankar-Eshan-Loy remix. 'Nazarein milana' (Swetha, Naresh and Satish) has > > great use of vocals blended with guitar. But the resemblance to Yuhi chala > > of "Swades" hampers your interest. 'Tu Bole' (Rahman himself) has a feel of > > the 1970s jazz but since the same feel and instrument arrangement were used > > in in "Silunu Oru Kadhal" and "Iruvar", there isn't much new here. 'Kahin > > To' (Rashid Ali, Vasundhara Das) is definitely the pick of the album. The > > sadder version of 'Jaane Tu' (Sukhwinder Singh) doesn't bore you mainly due > > to Sukhwinder. The violin bit is again the heard-before variety, this time > > from Uyire in "Bombay". It could have been a great album had Rahman shown > > more innovation. > > > > http://www.go-nxg.com/?p=956 > > > > -- > > regards, > > Vithur > > > > HELP EVER; HURT NEVER; > > LOVE ALL; SERVE ALL > > > > > > > > > > > > <http://www.mymailsignature.com/> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <http://www.mymailsignature.com/?partner=ZGzeb001> > > > > > > >
