I was with the same opinion Aditya ,till this morning :-) last two days i am listening to the songs ..but was kind of disappointed . I made a playslist also thinking that i will listen to the other releases of this year with only guzarish from ghajini (Other exclusions were only pappu and shano). But i should say rahman has been carrying this burden of responsility of having to change my intial impression for somany years now...:-) for that matter, initial impression of quite a lot of people. ..and sometimes it takes long ...he made it work for me only today( third day).now i just explode lattoo and bachoo only :-). I love Ghajini and I deleted the play list :-) Thanks for sharing your frustration. which i am sure somany in the gorup will be able to relate ... Regards Jamshid
--- On Tue, 11/25/08, Aaditya(Addy) *COOL* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Aaditya(Addy) *COOL* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [arr] Ghajini's music is just average. To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 12:49 AM Hi Rahmanics, Long wait for the album just couldn’t pay off. Ghajini has been one of the average albums of A.R.Rahman so far though the album is completely different from the original one but Rahman just couldn’t manage to outdo Harris Jeyraj's Ghajini. Rahman had been very impressive in Jodhaa Akbar, the music was a class. ADA and JTYJN too were typical Rahman albums. Last month's Yuvvraaj was also good but definitely not one of his finest work. Even CD sales didn’t look encouraging for Yuvvraaj but overall it was very good stuff. But what can I say for Ghajini, I think Rahman was not in mood of composing this album. Rahman should have been very careful in handling this project because the kind of music which Harris Jeyraj had delivered in Tamil version was one of the greatest works in terms of music in Indian Cinema. You just can’t compare that with the recently released Hindi Ghajini. Very interesting to see Joginder Tuteja giving very high rating for this album instead he should have given it for Jodhaa Akbar, 4/5 for Ghajini is too much. I think he tried to play safe this time. I got the copy yesterday and listened to it atleast 8 times but still I didn’t find any songs better except Behka and Guzarish (not as good as Suthum Vizhium though). Behka is uniquely refreshing number by Rahman with great vocal rendering by Karthik. Karthik rocks in Behka. About the Rest it will take very long time to grow on you. 1. Guzarish – Good one but not the best, Javed Ali's voice is ok-ok. (3/5) 2. Aye Bachchu - No comments, X-micchi Y-micchi was better. (2/5) 3. Kaise Mujhe – Dissappointing. (2/5) 4. Behka - Only song I liked, Rahman managed to compose this song well. (4/5) 5. Latoo - Oh my god what was Rahman trying to do in this song. Rahmanji please don’t try to experiment too much. (2.75/5) 6. Kaise Mujhe (instrumental) is not as good as previous Rahman’s instrumental tracks. (2.5/5) Album Rating: 2.5/5 . Top songs: Behka, Guzarish. Keeping finger crossed for BGMs. Rahman gave 3 hit albums this year, Jodhaa Akbar, JTYJN and Sakkarakatti. Yuvvraaj was good album but couldn’t create magic as Taal in terms of audio sales. ADA ’s sales were very bad too. Ghajini, I don’t know but by the way Rahman had delivered music it too might fall down badly. It all depends on how the songs have been shot and whether the songs are fitting to the situation and most important thing of all will “Aamir Khan” factor help boost the album sales. Rahman had been consistently impressive with the following directors: Maniratnam Shankar Ashutosh Gowariker Leaving the above 3 directors Rahman had given very few good albums. Among the 6 albums of A.R.Rahman released this year (Jodhaa Akbar, ADA , JTYJN, Sakkarakatti, Yuvvraaj, Ghajini) Jodhaa Akbar is the best. Yuvvraaj and JTYJN were also good. Finally Rahman who started year with rich music concludes very badly. I would better listen to all his earlier albums all over again instead of listening Ghajini’s music. Note: This was my personal feeling I always liked ARR's album but Ghajini's music somehow didn't convince me. Regards, Aditya Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Invite them now.