he also insulted a million others by questioning their musical sensibilities that include myself and all of us fans. and by implication he also insulted the Academy Awards. anyway, leave it all.. he's just a self-obsessed guy. and we can't really do anything to stop him :P
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "jibandevta" <jibande...@...> wrote: > > If he is saying so, indirectly he is insulting people like ustad > Zakir hussain,Pt Bhimsen Joshi,Pt. Balamuralikrishnan or Elvis, > Beatles kind of western musicians who'he contributed to various > domains of music. > Ghazals are only genre of music and not 'only genre' of music. > He should know that.. > > -jiban > "jai ho" > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Ashish G <sgunga@> wrote: > > > > Ghazals... are great but does music limit itself to it??? > > i think JS thinks music is all about ghazals, only ghazal is music and only > > ghazal shud be appreciated and awarded , the rest is bakwass.... > > > > so beatles were bad and all the others also..... , thats wat he wana say.... > > > > On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 3:35 AM, vedavid manick <vedavid_manick@>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > 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 <musimax2000@>* wrote: > > > > > > From: Anish Gupte <musimax2000@> > > > 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<pawancumarr@> > > > > 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<musimax2000%40gmail.com>> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >> > From: Anish Gupte <musimax2000@ gmail.com <musimax2000%40gmail.com>> > > >> > Subject: Re: [arr] 'Jai Ho' did not deserve an Oscar: Jagjit Singh > > >> > To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.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 <bivinchandra%40yahoo.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<http://www.ptinews.com/pti/ptisite.nsf/0/2B0F45FB835F7D7065257591002EB0FB?OpenDocument> > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Ashish . . . > > >
