Hi, I am a regular reader of his blog and I dont think he would have intended to say that way..I guess what we wanted to convey was 'Just sales doesnt mean one has universal appeal'. He does have great great respect for ARR.
Regards, S.V.Nagaraj --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Chord" <purev...@...> wrote: > > And his point is??? Himesh and NS have more universal appeal than ARR? (He > has to remember that the word "universal" means not just all of India, but > the rest of the world). If you mean "universal" to mean India AND the rest > of the world (including non Indians), you cannot be serious in telling me > that NS and Himesh are appreciated more than ARR. And as far as the sales > argument, it maybe true that Himesh and NS sold more than ARR IN INDIA > alone....who really knows? If you count sales of their music albums AROUND > THE WORLD, ARR wins hands down, esp. with the recent Slumdog success. > > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Jahanzeb Farooq" <jahanzebtippu@> wrote: > > > > From RGV's "My Reactions to Reactions" post on his blog: > > > > 18. Why is that a film cannot have a universal appeal like music can have? > > > > Ans: First of all it's wrong to presume that any one particular musicians > > work has universal appeal. > > > > In 2 periods of A.R.Rahman in the last 15 years Nadeem Shravan and Himesh > > Reshammiya's music sold much more than his. > > > > Also music in its final output pretty much has a singular emotion to carry > > whereas a film has too many variables for it to appeal to all. > > > > > > http://rgvzoomin.com/2009/07/24/my-reactions-to-reactions-18/ > > >
