I don't mind someone criticizing ARR in a respectful way. That's not why I expressed anger here. I expressed anger mostly because he accused ARR of outright cheating......lifting...copying, when there is no basis for this. That's not criticism, that's slander and that's disrespectful. Just because he is older and a classical musician dosen't give him the right to slander those who are not classical musicians but achieved great success. ARR is just a convenient target for him.
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Aakarsh <aakarsh...@...> wrote: > > I cannot understand why people harbour lot of rancour on someone who criticizes ARR. What do we expect??, that there should not be any criticism at all? Thats utopian. > > There are always different points of view and we neednt disrespect someone just because he has a difference of opinion. > > And those who think that a certain musician is jealous, please remember that this jealous musician received many international awards Long back.. and is also a Grammy Nominee, a decade ago. > > Everyone is entitled to their thoughts and opinions and freedom of speech. There is no need to go overboard in commenting about them. > > > Regards > Kamal Aakarsh Vishnubhotla. > > http://kamal-aakarsh.blogspot.com > > > --- On Tue, 2/3/09, Roshan <roshan.r...@...> wrote: > > From: Roshan <roshan.r...@...> > Subject: Re: [arr] More sour grapes > To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com > Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 2:36 PM > > > > > > > I think the media is to blame. don't think he will call the Hindu and > talk about all his views to the paper. the journalists knew that these > jealous souls will say exactly what they wanted to hear. hence they > asked the question first to jagjit and then to this guy. > > it is easy to be famous by bashing others. rahman's didn't gain fame > by ill talking about others. it is his talent and a great heart that > earned him billion fans. these ustads and media can say whatever they > want. they are the one going to be losers at the end of the day. > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, V S Rawat <vsrawat@ > wrote: > > > > On 2/2/2009 11:05 PM India Time, _Prakash Balaramkrishna_ wrote: > > > > > > > > From Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. > > > > > > http://blogs. thehindu. com/delhi/ ?p=12757 > > > > > > > Further, quoted: > > > > > Ali Akbar Khan remembers, "Sir Richard Attenborough was wrong in > > > using the London Philharmonic Orchestra to conduct music for his > > > ambitious `Gandhi' by removing Ravi Shankar's compositions. Ravi > > > Shankar would have done more justice to `Gandhi' than the London > > > Philharmonic Orchestra. I am not demeaning western classical music. I > > > am myself an ardent listener and admirer of philharmonic orchestras. > > > But, each director should appoint a person of the soil, where he is > > > shooting his film." > > > > Those who might not know. Sitarist Ravi Shankar has actually done some > > bollywood films, some with songs, dances, melodrama and stuff, some > > seriously made. > > > > http://www.imdb. com/name/ nm0788170/ > > > > # Gandhi (1982) > > > > # Meera (1979) (as Pandit Ravishankar) > > > > # Godaan (1963) > > > > # Anuradha (1960) ("Sanware Sanware Kahe Mose") > > > > # Kabuliwala (1956) > > > > # Vachan (1955) (lyrics: "Chandamama door ke, pue pakaye bur ke, aap > > khaye thali main munne ko de pyali mein") > > > > Though the songs were ok, they weren't divine by any standards and > > hundreds of songs of bollywood composers have given thousands of songs > > better than his songs in these movies. > > > > Ustad ji and myself are no one to assess who is the greatest composer. > > We all have our individual preferences for music. We are discussing > here > > not the greatness but the award. And the fact is: when Ravishankar ji > > has done movies and his movies didn't fetch him oscar, what is the > point > > in saying that he should have got it? It is ARR who is getting awarded > > and getting nominated, though I concede that this is no criteria of > > judging the greatest composer. > > > > -- > > Rawat > > >
