> Dear all,
>
> This topic from me is coming out of a frustration that I¹ve been having for
> 5 years now. I would like to discuss about a few prominent albums,concerned
> reviews and success of he respective albums.
>
> I want to start my discussion with the year 2003 when the album ³Boys² hit the
> market on the 29th of June in that year.This album was considered one of the
> biggest releases of that year because of the rapport that ARR and Shankar
> have. I got the album the very first day and the track listing on the album
> looked like this:
> 1.Girlfriend
> 2.Dating
> 3.Ale Ale
> 4.Sa Re Ga Me
> 5.Boom Boom
> 6.Maro Maro
> I thought that was the most impressive track listing I¹ve ever seen till
> then.
> Upon my first hearing all the six songs sounded superb and I was in a fix to
> pick up one personal favorite.²AWESOME² ,that was all I could tell myself..
> The following day I started reading the reviews on various websites each of
> them rating the Album as ***,**1/2 and some of them giving it a***1/2. And the
> reviews said that except for Sa Re Ga Me and Dating the rest of the album was
> mediocre and I was shocked.Only thing I said to myself then was just wait and
> see what the album would do for the film and the rest as you all know is
> history.
>
> Then comes the year 2004,though ARR had quiet a few releases that year the
> most awaited album of that year as we all know was Ayudha Ezhuthu or Yuva..I
> was so happy with this particular track listing because ARR¹s name appeared
> thrice as a singer in this album (in Tamil,Telugu and Hindi).And the critics
> as you would agree with me bashed both the music and the background score
> rating only Kabhi Neem Neem/Sankurathi Kozhi as the only hummable number and
> the rest as loud and noisy.Some geniuses went ahead and commented that ARR has
> hit his career low with his RR in this movie. But time disagreed and Fanaa,
> Dhakka Laga Bukka(Jana Gana Mana) and Anjaana(Nee yaaro) turned out to be
> favourites among most of the public.
>
> Come 2005,Mangal Pandey right from its release never found a praise from a
> single critic. We as fans disagreed but I want to share a personal experience
> of my own on this album.My uncle who is a severe critic of ARR personally went
> to Music World upon the release of this album just to listen to the title song
> which we all enjoyed the most and told me that his criticism about ARR was
> harsh and agreed with me upon this album saying no other composer would have
> done justice to such lyrics and could have brought such huge folklore into
> that album.Then I felt that if such a harsh critic like my uncle could have
> loved that album why bother about what critics have to say.
>
> Year 2006,saw ARR-Aamir back again with RDB.This album I thought would hit the
> right note with the critics upon the release of the first trailer of this
> movie which had the initial guitar bit from the title song.Once I heard that I
> couldn¹t stop my anxiety to listen to the full album. And believe me or not
> the reviews I read after the album came out were just indigestible. Some said
> the title song had Daler all over it, Masti Ki Paathshala was loud,Khalbali
> was confusing and they rated that an average album. But again time disagreed
> and as we all know ARR walked off with Filmfare Award the following year for
> this very album.
>
> Year 2007,guys Sivaji !Can you tell me of one review that spoke positivley
> about ARR¹s music upon its release.But the music broke all records and
> surprise,surprise!! ARR walks off with yet another Filmfare.
>
> Coming to 2008,forget the rest and coming straight to Ghajini.
> Mediocre,Passable,What¹s happened to ARR,Picked up an Anu Malik song et.Fish
> everything off guys.When ARR comes up with an album like Boys and Yuva they
> say,²music too noisy². Now when he comes up with something like Ghajini,what
> do they say,there is nothing like vintage ARR in it.C¹mon give me a break!The
> man¹s composed something that he felt just suited the script perfectly which
> most people from the south would know.So again I have this gut feeling that
> time would disagree with all these so called critics and prove the genius¹s
> genius again.
>
> And the most important of all,comparisons with the original version. Hear I
> would like to have a go at all of them who say that the original tops the
> remake. When we look at HJ¹s Ghajini I can challenge that the album had only
> 2 really good songs and the rest being below par.I take my stand on this. And
> coming to the BG it is very heavily inspired from ARR¹s own Gentleman and
> Maestro Illayaraja¹s works.Well I can¹t comment about ARR¹s BG as that can be
> done only on or after the 24th of December.
> I¹m not taking anything away from HJ.He¹s done justice to the movie.
>
> My only sincere plea to everyone listening to Ghajini is ³Don¹t rate it².It is
> one of the finest works by that great man and if there is a review that bashes
> this album just don¹t discuss it,ignore it.As I said time takes care of
> everything and the results produce themselves.
> Hope you fans out there would agree with me on this.
>
> ARR defines music.
> ARR sans critics.
>
> Thank you,
> raam
