I totally understand what GVM is trying to say about working with Surya but wanting to work with Kamal... but off-late I prefer Surya's experimentation to Kamal's (dare I say it) ego trips. Not wishing to stir up a hornet's nest or anything, but Surya is right now more interesting than Kamal. In fact, Surya is doing exactly what Kamal used to do.. experiment and come out trumps. Just hope that some director who has the power to say "no" to Kamal directs him soon. Now, if I prefer Surya to Kamal, does it mean I prefer HJ to ARR?? That was a rethorical question. What, with JA and JTYJN being so enjoyable and Ghajini and Yuvraaj waiting in the wings, it's raining vintage Rahman right now!! It's official. 2008: The year of the Rahman!!
--- On Fri, 6/6/08, Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [arr] GVM on COM and ARR To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, June 6, 2008, 12:23 AM Speaking of Rahman, there’s been a lot of talk about the switch from your regular, Harris Jayaraj. It’s not a switch, because I am doing a film with Harris in December, which stars Ajit (for Sivaji productions) . We work really well together. I think we’re the only team that works really well together, because I know how he works with the other guys, and I know how I work with him. But I always wanted to work with Rahman, right from the word go, right from when Minnale happened – and Harris knows that. Yes, he said, “People will think we have a problem. Why do you want to do this now?” But I told him I need to do this because… You can always do a film with Surya but you still want to work with Kamal Hassan. It’s like that. When I pitched it to Rahman, the first thing he asked was, “You have a great record with Harris. They’ll think I’ve done something to that. I don’t want to get into the bad books of people. Are you sure it’s okay?” Secondly, he said, “There’s bound to be tremendous expectation. We need to live up to that. Do you think we will do that?” I told him. “Come on, let’s not worry about all that. What the film demands, we’ll do.” He’s pretty cool – very humble, very nice. I think we share a great rapport. http://www.desipund it.com/baradwajr angan/2008/ 06/05/interview- gautam-vasudev- menon/
