Amish, requesting you to try out Mangal Pandey again. Its one of the greatest to come out of arr.
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Vinayakam Murugan <mvinaya...@gmail.com>wrote: > DSKR is mind blowing just for Bol Sajni > > > On 3/16/09, Anish Gupte <musimax2...@gmail.com <musimax2000%40gmail.com>> > wrote: > > well each 1s opinion ....i stil stand by what i said... > > > > On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Jahanzeb Farooq > > <jahanzebti...@yahoo.com <jahanzebtippu%40yahoo.com>>wrote: > > > >> 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 > >> <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com><arrahmanfans% > 40yahoogroups.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 <arijit741@ > >> ...<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). > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > > Warm Regards > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Vinayak > > theregoesanotherday.blogspot.com > >
