One 2 Ka four, Doli Sajake Rakhna and Mangal pandey are pathetic albums???
i agree that they are not as good as his other albums but "pathetic" is too strong word IMHO. i like these three pretty much. MP especially is my favorite. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Anish Gupte <musimax2...@...> wrote: > > Well, to start i would like to say that I am a great fan of rahman's music. > I feel he has a unique style which some composers like sandeep chowta and at > times Shankar ehsaan loy, have tried to emulate, but they sumhow fall short > on quality. > I first heard Rahman's music in Roja, though at that time I was too young > to appreciate how good it was at the time. After listening to Dil Se..i was > really hooked. But what really made me a huge fan of his music was the album > 'Taal'. For a long time i thought that Taal's depth, diversity and scale > would never be matched..and I was almost right > The only person who could outd Taal was Rahman himself. Its been quite a > journey for the maestro. Although some of his albums have been quite > pathetic (One 2 Ka four, Doli Sajake Rakhna, Mangal pandey..which was a > disaster)..and some which bordered greatness (Thakshak, Saathiya, > Zubeida)..his music has always offered new sounds and melodies. . I wasnt > too impressed with Rangeela..tho it was his first purely hindi album. His > greatest works include, apart from the ones i mentioend earlier Swades, > Lagaan, Meenakshi, Jodha Akbar and several others > > A little bit about myself...i was a student of indian classical music for > several years when i was younger..thus Rahmans music appealed to me even > more. Talking of recent albums, well Delhi-6 is such a great album..it ranks > alongside Taal and Dil se in my books. > I sincerely feel that Jai Ho did not deserve an oscar. Being an ardent fan > of Rahman I feel that he has made several much better songs in the past. Im > extremely happy for him, and feel that his award was long due..but It would > have been better if he'd got the award for some other song. (eg Luka Chuppi > from RDG or Rehna Tu frm Delhi-6...which are both infinetly better numbers) > > The greatest strength of Rahman is that he is always up to date with > technology involving music. Always experimenting with different instruments, > creating new sounds and composing new melodies is what makes him such a > winner....There is a great difference in the Rahman of Roja and Bombay, and > now. > > Lastly, I would also like to say that apart from Rahman I simply love > Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy's music ..they are No.2 on my list of best composers in > the country. .. > I do not understand any south indian language as im from Mumbai, so pardon > me if I have missed out on Rahmans Tamil films( I know there are many !) > > Anish. > > > > On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 1:59 AM, V S Rawat <vsra...@...> wrote: > > > On 3/7/2009 10:22 AM India Time, _Anish Gupte_ wrote: > > > > > yes i joind last week after the oscars > > > > We would like to hear your impressions of ARR and his music if you can > > please share. > > > > When did you come know about him first? Which was the first album/ song/ > > film of him that you heard/ saw? How did it feel then? > > > > -- > > Rawat > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Arijit Debnath > > > <arijit...@...<arijit741%40gmail.com> > > > <mailto:arijit...@... <arijit741%40gmail.com>>> wrote: > > > > > > seems u r new in group.... lots of discussions being done here on Bose. > > > > > > Arijit > > > > > > 2009/3/6 Anish Gupte <musimax2...@... <musimax2000%40gmail.com> > > > <mailto:musimax2...@... <musimax2000%40gmail.com>>> > > > > > > Nobody seems to talk abt Shyam Benegals' 'Bose:A Forgotten > > > Hero', which has music by A.R.Rahman. Another masterpiece by > > > the musician. (tho direcetd mainly towards a niche audience). > > > > > > >
