I thought songs nominated for the Oscars needs to be performed.. I wonder y would the academy ask ARR to perform a song which is not composed by him? Is this interview really an authentic one?
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 3:00 PM, ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni . < sriramiye...@yahoo.co.in> wrote: > Even though 'JAI HO' is not AR's best, It is still a very good song. I > really hope people get to hear the rest of AR's songs! > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > Bivin Chandra <bivinchan...@...> > wrote: > > > > > > K. Sreedevi | Friday, 27 February , 2009, 18:55 > > > > Chennai: Did you know that Slumdog Millionaire - the film that > bagged eight Oscars this year - had no takers when it was released? > And that Rahman feels more passionate about his songs in the Aamir > Khan-starrer Lagaan than about Jai Ho? > > > > > > “ I had only five per cent expectation about the Oscar for Slumdog > Millionaire. In fact, I was more bothered about my live performance > and that was extraordinary and its impact was much more,†confessed a > jet-lagged Rahman at the first press meet after his Oscar award on > Thursday, February 26, in Chennai. > > > > “Originally, they wanted me to do a live performance of the Hindi > remix song, aaj ki raat. But I wanted to present my own composition > before the world audience and hence I changed it to Jai Ho,†said the > Mozart of Madras, who made up for the two-hour delay in the press meet > by patiently obliging the battery of press photographers and > television crew with exclusive shots with both Oscars in hand. > > > > > > “Music has no language and it is this aspect that the film has > brought out,†said Rahman who humbly dedicated his double Oscars to > all his countrymen. > > > > Confessing that Slumdog Millionaire was definitely not his > masterpiece, Rahman said Jai Ho was more about “a burst of joy and > signified the release of external energy.†He attributed the awards > to Gulzar’s skills of making the songs “phonetically catchy†> which clicked with the Western audience. > > > > “Though the Americans are clueless about the meaning of the song, > words like Jai Ho, O Saya, Ringa, ringa seem to have caught their > fancy and am happy that they are now listening to Indian music,†said > the Oscar winner, who already has a couple of Hollywood offers at > hand. > > > > > > When pointed out that the film had bagged the Oscars only under a > British tag, Rahman replied, “Hollywood is the world’s stage and > films are pieces of art and they are valued for their worth. Only > India had not got there till now but this was India’s time. Danny > Boyle’s film was a beautiful one and my music was just an ornament > that added to the beauty. This award would popularise Indian music in > the world scenario. A lot of collaboration is possible now.†> > > > Admitting that he felt more joyous and comfortable with devotional > songs than beat songs, Rahman felt that the Oscars had doubled his > responsibility and that now “his priority was doing good films, be > it in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu or English.†> > > > “My dream is to connect people with music and probably this > incident has unified all of us. I think this is a starting point of > extraordinary things,†he proclaimed. > > > > When queried about the partying and gifts that followed the Oscars, > Rahman admitted that he had to leave all the champagne bottles back in > the US owing to Customs trouble and brought back only the 2 Oscar > statuettes “which carried a cash award of $500 each†. > > > > “After all that news, it was my kids who were more relieved to see > me back. They bunked school that day and kept on e-mailing me â€" > Daddy, get back to us,†said the responsible father. > > > > http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/fullstory.php?id=14863355 > > > > >
