I suppose he was called for a song in Endhiran.... On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Bivin Chandra <bivinchan...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> > Is it Masakalli?? > > --- On Wed, 2/18/09, Firoz <nfi...@gmail.com <nfiroz%40gmail.com>> wrote: > > > From: Firoz <nfi...@gmail.com <nfiroz%40gmail.com>> > > Subject: [arr] song that suited Himesh > > To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com> > > Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 2:01 AM > > > My guess is "Kaise Mujhe" from Ghajini > > > > ----- > > Firoz > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > "sharat3" > > <shar...@...> wrote: > > > > > > i wonder which was the song that suited Himesh...any > > guesses or info > > > on this? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > > "Roshan" <roshan.ravi@> wrote: > > > > > > > > February 17th, 2009 > > > > > > > > A R RahmanWe read about how Himesh Reshammiya has > > refused to sing > > > for > > > > A R Rahman. But Rahman says he has never met > > Reshammiya. > > > > > > > > Laughs the soft spoken maestro sarcastically, > > "Our communication > > has > > > > been only through the press. He told the press he > > wanted to sing > > for > > > > me. I told the press I had composed a song that > > would suit his > > > voice. > > > > To this he replied again through the press that > > he didn't want to > > > sing > > > > for me. We've not met. We haven't > > exchanged a call or an sms." > > > > > > > > Rahman finds it strange that after hounding him > > for so long > > > Reshammiya > > > > changed his mind. "For the past two years I > > had been reading about > > > how > > > > he wanted to sing for me. As a gesture returning > > his compliment I > > > > thought this song would be perfect. I didn't > > know he would sing > > for > > > me > > > > only when I compose for a film starring him. I > > don't know if I can > > > do > > > > that," say Rahman who turns 41 in January. > > > > > > > > "2008 was my most productive year in Hindi > > cinema in the last ten > > > > years. I had 7 soundtracks in the North and > > South. And I'm happy > > > with > > > > all of them. God has been kind. I haven't > > planned anything big for > > > > 2008. But my music school in Chennai is my > > biggest dream come > > true. > > > > The whole of 2008 the school gave me a > > high." > > > > > > > > Rahman has just composed his first ever song for > > an international > > > > opera-on-film that's directed by Shekhar > > Kapoor. "I thank Shekhar > > > for > > > > trusting me with something so unusual. The singer > > Kavita Baliga is > > a > > > > teacher at my music school. Though she's > > Indian she comes from LA. > > > > It's a great team that we have at music > > school. Right now I've 110 > > > > students. They come from India, Singapore and > > Malaysia. I want to > > > > cultivate musicians who don't know just about > > classical music but > > > also > > > > new-age sounds. Today's complete musician has > > to be clued into > > world > > > > music. And that's what we're trying to > > inculcate at my school." > > > > > > > > Eventually Rahman wants a music orchestra coming > > out of his > > school. > > > > "And I also want to produce new voices for > > films." > > > > > > > > Rahman regrets the fact that music and harmony > > have gone out of > > our > > > > music. "In the course of time listeners have > > lost patience with > > > > melody. All the tracks have to be super-racy. As > > a composer I'd > > > > definitely prefer melody. But if people want to > > come to movies > > just > > > to > > > > have a good time then I'll give them racy > > songs. I don't want to > > > lose > > > > out on the young audience. However filmmakers > > need to understand > > the > > > > value of melody. It's not as though people > > have not liked the > > > melodies > > > > in Yuvraaj. I've to give it to Mr Ghai for > > taking film music away > > > from > > > > the predictable. I'm very proud of Yuvraaj. > > There are two kinds of > > > > music, the one to draw audiences in like Jaane > > Tu…Ya Jaane Na or > > the > > > > one that propels the plot forward like > > Yuvraaj." > > > > > > > > Speaking of his very special rapport with Aamir > > Khan Rahman says, > > > > "Whatever goes to Aamir is a very > > high-profile and filtered > > project. > > > > So my music has to automatically match up." > > > > > > > > The year has been plush with projects for Rahman. > > "I've worked > > with > > > > three generations of directors, and in as many > > continents. I can > > > tell > > > > what they like and not like. Working with Abbas > > Tyrewala in Jaane > > > > Tu…Ya Jaane Na was a rewarding experience. Yes, > > I'll be doing > > Abbas' > > > > next.I'm as proud of Pappu can't dance > > sala as Tu muskura. Now > > after > > > > Ghajini, I've Delhi 6 and Adaa coming up one > > after another." > > > > > > > > An unfulfilled dream? "All my private album > > projects have been > > > > neglected because of my movie commitments. All my > > colleagues at my > > > > private music-label are crying about this. I want > > to complete > > these > > > > non-film projects." -Subhash K Jha / Sampurn > > Media > > > > > > > > > > -- regards, Vithur
