On 7/19/2008 9:37 AM India Time, _avyayan_ wrote: > I appreciate your forthright views. However I look at Jodhaa-Akbar > was Ashu's contemporary interpretation of a supposedly-true > historical story. And Rahman's music was in perfect sync with that > concept. A Mughal-E-Azam-like treatment of the music would have been > a regressive step, though Rahman is more than up to the task. Ergo > comparisons to that MEA are unwarranted. >
Why unwarranted? Because it hurts ARR fans to see that ARR couldn't measure up to the wisdom of Naushad (not talking about musical talent) nor AG could measure up with the vision and determination of K Asif? "A Mughal-E-Azam-like treatment of the music would have been a regressive step, " but the different treatment that was meted out proved to be a blunder. And I am not talking of sales figures. all in all, I think ARR should have kept less of soft songs in JA. mughal-e-azam had only one or two personal songs (out of how many 10-12?) and many many public songs, group songs, etc. All JA songs were heavy serious. There was no naughtiness (banno rani style), no lightness, no asserting (pyar kiya to darna kya), no hidden subtle messages (in the qawwalis of MEA). The worst decision of AG was to cut of that Qawwali from JA. That was very much required to set the mood and would have fitted the direction the film was taking. He should have cut either jashnebahara or lamhon ke daman, which didn't add anything to the story. I like them so much, but they were a hindrance in the film. -- V
