The subject line is mis-leading, I thought Aamir and AR arn't friends NOW.
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vithur <vith...@...> wrote: > > Director Murugadoss in Rahmania > > > > Q :- Directing a movie for a star like Aamir Khan would have been a dream > come true for you. How was the experience ? > > > > ARM :- The General opinion in North India is that the films from South are > always of commercial interests, and they were all having doubts as to how a > small boy would direct a Hindi movie ( which he hasn't done before ) . They > were believeing that Aamir khan had done a big mistake. Slowly, when they > started seeing the stills with the bald Aamir Khan, they started building up > faith. After that the audio released, and the songs became a hit. Both of > these started giving a positive vibration to the movie. The Initial Trailer > wasn't liked much, but after seeing the subsequent trailors, a lot of > expectations came for the audience. > > > > Q :- You would have worked with about all Music Directors. How was it > working with Rahman ? > > > > ARM :- When I was in Assistant Director itself, I have got the chance to go > near Rahman Sir's studio, but not enter inside. Assistant Directors were > allowed inside his house, till the lawn, but not inside. ( Raihanna > interrupts and says, she has seen so many Assistant directors inside his > studio, and says Murugadoss is a very shy type person ) . Its not that we > are not allowed to go inside, but the Director himself was new to Rahman > Sir, and he himself had apprehensions at that time. That was for the movie > Ratchagan. I was the last Assistant to him, and as he needed someone to be > with him for the recording the whole night, he just told me to stay there in > the lawns. So, I had to see him from a distance, and would feel like seeing > a Hero. > > > > ( Raihanna says that Murugadoss is the first person to talk like that, as > most of the Directors who had worked and come there, have had the experience > of talking with him, and interacting with him in ease.) > > > > Actually, in the lawns at that time, we can see Subhash Ghai in one > direction, Ram Gopal Verma sitting in another corner. Mani Sir would come > and go, Shankar sir will come and go etc . It would be like a traffic jam > for Big Directors, and it would be safe for people like us to stand in a > corner safely. As Pravinkanth Himself was new at that moment, he had the > fear to take us along with him. > > > > So, we could realize the real Rahman, only when we start working with him. > > > > Q :- Did you feel the difference between the music of Tamil Ghajini and > Hindi Ghajini ( The Hindi one was more commercialized ) ? > > > > ARM :- Music keeps changing, and it was after a period of 3 years, that the > movie was done in Hindi. It was Rahman Sir, who introduced the concept of > getting a human voice in the Re- recording. He asked us, if he can use the > pattern of getting human voice in the BGM, and then fill it with music ( as > it was a little old pattern ) . I suggested that as the Hero is a physicic, > some part of human voice would be good, and also Hindi Audience would like > it that way.( Raihanna says Actually, it has been quite some days, when > Rahman has been using human voices in the BGM, and its good that you told us > this ) > > > > I like all the songs in Ghajini. Guzarish , Kaise Mujhe and Bekha. All the > audiences liked these songs very much. > > > > Kaise Mujhe Song > > > > Actually, in the Tamil Version there was a Rangola Song, which we removed it > in Hindi. Though the song was good, it didn't fit the situation properply. > Keeping a duet song at a time, when the heroine is supposed to be in a state > of danger or suspense wasn't a good choice. It was my mistake, as the > placement of the song was wrong, though the song was good. So, we wanted to > remove that song in Hindi. So, there were only 4 songs remaining. > > > > Aamir Khan was also telling that " Qayamat se qayamat Tak" a pure love > story itself had only 4 songs, and so we thought of continuing with the same > trend of having just 4 songs only. At that moment, for that Suttum Vizhi > Sudare situation, we needed a melody tune, and he gave us two tunes. I liked > both the tunes very much. I was in a dilemma to select which one and reject > the another. When I was continuously listening to both the tunes, suddenly, > I got a feel, as to why not put one tune at a place where Asin hands over > the Rs 1 lac to Aamir. ( That Oh Ho Ho bit of Benny Dayal ) > > > > That was a small separation bit, and I suddenly started to think of all > other shots. The tune was very impressive. Aamir Khan usually doesn't Okay > anything so easily, and its so tough. I gave him the tune, and ask him to > hear it twice. After he hearing it, I started telling him the visuals. He > liked it with the visuals, and the tune and okayed it. So the tune was an > inspiration to do such a visual for the song. > > > > Rahman Sir and Aamir Khan were thick friends from before, and when we were > finalizing the technicians for the movie, Aamir's comfort factor was of high > priority to me, and we wanted Rahman Sir. > > > -- > regards, > Vithur >
