Although personally, Jai ho is not my favorite song in Slumdog Millionire. I say it DESERVES the oscar. Why? Because the reality is that it is the only song that captured the imagination and the the attention of a totally different culture which may not have paid much attention to a song in Hindi ever before. This "foreign" song captured the hearts of so many people. Thats where its strength lies. There are so may good songs that Rahmanhas made, and how many went unnoticed? Quite a few. The strength of music also lies in how it reaches out to people, and Jai ho did that more than any other song on the Slumdog millionaire CD. THats why it deserves it.
--- On Tue, 4/7/09, Anish Gupte <musimax2...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Anish Gupte <musimax2...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [arr] 'Jai Ho' did not deserve an Oscar: Jagjit Singh To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 3:20 PM well im not a great fan of jagjit singh or anything...but thats nt the point... in fact the 2 songs u mentioned (yeh jo des ..and maa tujhe salaam) are in fact way better than jai ho ..lol rahman deserved an oscar fr sure..but not for jai ho...why... i prefer 'dreams on fire' and 'mausam and escape' to jai ho too... anyway..lets just say that 'for me' jai ho did not deserve the oscar..but rahman won it so what more can rahman fan ask for?? One must not forget that music is an art..and what one person appreciates may not be appreciated by someone else... sometimes opinions match, and sometimes they dont....its as simple as that!! Anish. On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 12:29 PM, $ Pavan Kumar $ <pawancumarr@ yahoo.com> wrote: Dude, you need to correct your senses like Jagjit singh.. If you go in that thinking..everyone will accept that jai ho didnt deserve an oscar..for someone it would be yeh jo des hai tera, for some other it wud be maa tuje salam, it wuould go on on and on.. The question to ask here is..How many Rahman songs till date has been nominated for oscars? Some of you are talking as if every year a Rahman song or other gets nominated and fail to win award..This was the first time Rahman got the nomination.. and out of the nominated songs for this year..Jai Ho was a deserved winner...no doubts in that... Jagjit singh just wants to promote his albums..he is restoring to cheap tactics..if you see..he has made these comments at the time of release of his album...Its only when you say these kind of things, the event will get a good publicity..Even last time when he attacked rahman, it was some sort of event..which i am not able to recollect it...These are nothing but cheap publicity stunts. --- On Tue, 4/7/09, Anish Gupte <musimax2000@ gmail.com> wrote: > From: Anish Gupte <musimax2000@ gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [arr] 'Jai Ho' did not deserve an Oscar: Jagjit Singh > To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com > Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 8:56 AM > I'm afraid i agree with jagjit singh. > > jai ho is hardly rahmans best. > .... i guess 'mitwa' from lagaan aroused more > emotions for me than jai ho. > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 5:17 AM, Bivin Chandra > <bivinchandra@ yahoo.com>wrote: > > > New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) The world might be ga ga over > A R Rahman's Oscar > > winning composition 'Jai Ho' but legendary > Ghazal singer, Jagjit Singh finds > > the song overrated. > > > > The 68-year-old legend who is famous for his candid > nature believes that > > getting the Academy award was a golden moment in > Indian history but the song > > per se did not deserve the honour. > > > > "Getting an Oscar is no doubt a great achievement > but the song, for which > > we got the award, is not so special. Frankly I did not > understand on what > > basis it was awarded," Singh told PTI at a > function where he released his > > new album 'Inteha.' The Ghazal maestro, said > that he did not understand the > > lyrics of the composition and why it has become so > popular that everybody > > from Indian political parties to International pop > bands is eager to use it. > > > > When referred that lyrics for the song has been penned > by Gulzar with whom > > he has given many hits, Singh said, "When I work > with Gulzar Sahab I > > categorically tell him to write such poetry which my > fans and I can > > understand." Singh, who has composed some hit > music for films like 'Arth' > > and 'Saath Saath' in the 80's does not > seem to have a good opinion about > > today's Bollywood music as he stated, "it > lacks profound poetry and soulful > > tunes". PTI > > > > > > > > > http://www.ptinews. com/pti/ptisite. nsf/0/2B0F45FB83 5F7D706525759100 > 2EB0FB?OpenDocum ent > > > > > >
