very interesting read. thanks for sharing.
- Jahanzeb --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Din, D, Nesh" <dinesh.theb...@...> wrote: > > RGV blogs on what happened...... apparently, this is why Ismail has been > really harsh to ARR.... > > > DUSTBIN FORTUNES > Both "Drohi" and the song bombed but because of that association my > relationship with that lyric writer continued and whenever I was in Mumbai, > me, the violin player and the lyric writer used to meet up once in a while > and at that time I was just beginning to work on the idea of "Rangeela". When > I mentioned the story to both of them, they got very excited and the violin > player composed a tune for which the lyric writer wrote a song. I was very > impressed with both and committed to both of them that they will be doing the > music for "Rangeela". They were thrilled to bits. > > A few days later Maniratnam made me hear the songs of "Roja" at his home on > Chennai and I was simply blown away with the orchestral brilliance of > A.R.Rahman. I got too greedy and at any cost wanted to get that sound in my > film and went back on my commitment to the violin player and signed Rahman > instead, which understandingly left the violin player in a very angry and a > heartbroken state. The lyric writer pleaded with me not to do that to his > friend and I said it is just a professional decision in the best interest of > the film. > > I spoke to Rahman about the lyric writer and told him that his first song > didn't work but I do believe that he is very good. Rahman said, "If he is > good enough for you he is good enough for me". > > Thus that lyric writer named Mehboob came into "Rangeela" minus the violin > player and the first song he wrote was "Tanha Tanha". I played that song to > Maniratnam and he was mighty impressed with the fact that he hasn't heard a > song since a long time which didn't have the words dil, deewana and sanam and > signed on Mehboob for "Bombay". > > With the super success of both "Bombay" and "Rangeela" Mehboob got a very big > name and credibility and using that he recommended his closest friend the > violin player to Sanjay Leela Bhansali who was looking for a new music > director for "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam" and thus was born Ismail Darbar. > > After the tremendous musical success of "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam" which also > timed with a couple of Rahman albums not doing well including my own "Daud" > Ismail Darbar was the new musical genius on the block. I called Ismail Darbar > up to congratulate him and he didn't pick up my calls. > > Later on Ismail gave an interview where he said that now that he is a > success, everybody is calling him including Ramgopal Varma. That was > obviously his revenge on the heartache I gave him by dumping him from > "Rangeela". > > http://rgvzoomin.com/2009/10/07/dustbin-fortunes/ >
