we have seen ARR becoming more open these days in the media, from the reclusive person he was in the 90s... and, just the opposite is happening with Gopal, it seems! LOL! from wonderfully well-researched articles to oneliners.... Gops, pls...we want to read more of you!! :D
Aravind!! http://arrahmaniac.blogspot.com Download Rahmania show interviews at http://rahmania.4shared.com --- On Tue, 7/15/08, Pradeepan R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Pradeepan R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [arr] Anyone here remember this message when the gorup was only a day old? To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2008, 10:49 PM lol :) " I almost began to think Gopal wrote only one liners LOL !!!' Just like ARR :)) maybe. On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Mahima Sengupta <mahiya_is_mind_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote: Wow Chord, Thanks for putting it up here for people who are new like me get an opportunity to read such a well written article with facts. I almost began to think Gopal wrote only one liners LOL !!! Gopal that's a beauty! cheers Mahiya --- On Tue, 7/15/08, Chord <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote: From: Chord <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> Subject: [arr] Anyone here remember this message when the gorup was only a day old? To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2008, 3:07 PM Hey Gopal, how the heck did you get the following information? ?? Amazing man! Also, congrats for getting the group going so quick with so many members joining, whether they intended to or not! LOL! Wish we could hear more from you like you posted below back in Jan 1999! Look where Jatin Lalit are now vs. ARR. And Dil Se vs. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai? I think we know the winner over time as far as shelf life and evergreen status. More people out there today would definitely vote for Dil Se as the better album. Dil Se also whipped Kuch Kuch's butt at the awards too. ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _ Circa.....20th century....early January 1999... a time when all of us had more hair..... I just wanted to share something with you. In the Filmfare issue of January 1999, there is an interview with Jatin-Lalit who had the most hits in 1998. In the interview, they remark 'Just because we don't wear our hair long and keep producers waiting outside our door we haven't been acknowledged as No.1 yet. Our music speaks for itself and we are the best". This is clearly a cheap dig at ARR. Let us consider the facts. Five big hits of 1998 had their music credited to Jatin-Lalit, I stress on the word 'credited'. First was the Salman Khan starrer 'Pyar Kiya to Darna Kya'. Four songs from the movie were hits. The first and the biggest of them all was 'Oh Oh Jaane Jaana'. This song had music by kamaal Khan, the British-Indian singer-composer. The second 'Odh li Chunariya' had music by Himesh Reshimayya. The third 'Teri Jawani Badi mast mast' had music by Saajid-Waajid all three of who went uncredited. The fourth song 'Baby Baby' was an outright lift of the British group Stereo Nation's "Oh Baby don't break my heart'. The second hit was 'Pyar to Hona Hi tha'. One song 'Pyar to hona hi tha' was probably composed by them. The other hit 'Ajnabi mujhe itna bata' was a note by note rehash of their own song 'Tujhe Dekha to yeh jaana sanam' from DDLj. The next film was 'Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai', three songs were blatant lifts of western numbers including the title track. The next one was 'Ghulam'. Only one song was a hit, but a phenomenal hit at that. 'Aati Kya Khandala'. But it was composed by the lyricist Nitin Raikwar. And last but not the least, the biggest hit of the year Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. The film had some of the most cliched music and even more cliched instrumentation. If you heard it out of context u will probably mistake it to be from DDLJ or Dil to Pagal Hai. And the most popular song from the film, the title song 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai' was composed by actor Jugal Hansraj and the other hit 'Ladka Bada deewana Hai' was composed by director Karan Johar. And it is a well known fact in the industry, and well reproduced facts in magazines who the real composers of these songs were. Case in point, Salman Khan and his brothers who produced Pyar Kiya to Darna Kya signed up Himesh Reshimayya, Kamaal Khan and Saajid Wajid to compose for their next film 'Hello Brother'. In spite of this Jatin-Lalit have the gall to take digs at ARR. Actually considering the taste of Indian people in music and the general trend of giving awards to successful scores instead of quality scores, I wouldn't be surprised if Kuch Kuch Hota Hai won the best music awards next year instead of Dil Se.. This, inspite of the fact that the 'music' of Dil Se.. was a bigger hit, though the movie bombed. Not one music critic has had anything good to say about the music of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. In fact Filmfare listed the music as a weakness of the movie. This is why the modesty of ARR seems to be such a virtue. Please don't think of this as the insane outpourings of a die-hard ARR fan, his judgement clouded by the love for his idol. Every single fact is true and well documented. I am not a blind fan. If the charge is valid I will accept it. In this case it is not. What do you think? Bye, Gopal -- Cheers, Pradeepan. "All you need to do is, decide what to do with the time that is given to you !"
