Good 'un. So what do you suggest for a fan then? Is it worthy enough to buy?
2009/6/25 Gopal Srinivasan <catchg...@gmail.com> > > > AR Rahman - The Musical Storm - Book > http://haljosgeo.blogspot.com/2009/06/ar-rahman-musical-storm-book.html > > Having picked this book from Crossword on Monday I hoped to be able to > read it on the train in the weekend but the subject was too good for > me to postpone it till then. This is an unauthorized biography by > Kamini Mathai, I've read many of her articles in 'The New Indian > Express'. The book does give some insight into the reclusive > composer's style and life but there's nothing compelling in this book > for a die-hard fan. > One look at the cover and I sincerely hoped it wasn't going to be like > 'Superstar' which was Rajini's biography penned by Gayathri. In that > book 'petti kadai' was referred to as 'box shop', that's how > transliterated it all can. The tag line given is plan lazy "The > Musical Storm" is nothing but the English translation of "Isai Puyal", > that's how AR Rahman is referred to in movie credits and album covers. > If my memory serves me right it was KS Ravikumar who coined this title > and used it first in the movie "Tenali". Of course this book has it's > share of nice little things like Harris Jayaraj for example. Until I > read this book I didn't know that 'Majnu' was offered to AR Rahman who > couldn't take it up and referred Harris Jayaraj instead. > Given the fact that there's hardly any information about Rahman that's > official anything that gives us a peek into the composer's life, > style, preferences would certainly tickle the curiosity in a music > love, from that perspective this book is surely worth one read. An AR > Rahman fan knows most of the things in the book already or can even > give some more insight into areas which the book doesn't get into. > > -- Temet Nosce
