I'd have to agree that Guru is the weakest ARR-Mani combo. I mean, let's see,
we have Roja, Thiruda Thiruda, Bombay, Iruvar, Dil Se, Alai Paayuthey,
Kannathil Mutammittal, Aayutha Ezhuthu and then you have Guru. No doubt, Guru
is the worst of that lot.
Even as a movie, I felt Guru failed to have the same impact as other Mani
movies. It's like one person on this group said - I tolerate Mani because of
Rahman!
I think with Raavan, Mani has a lot to prove. I am really not keen on watching
Abhishiek and Ash in another movie together (even though they both turned in
brilliant performances in Guru). Mani has to prove he can tell a good story
with good presentation. He has to prove that the Mani-ARR combination is the
best there is. He has to prove entertaining again.
Rahman has nothing to prove. He may make bad albums like Slumdog Millionare and
mediocre albums like Guru, but for the masterpiece that is the Delhi 6
soundtrack, Rahman has a free pass to do anything for the next 10 years! And
when he makes albums like VtV, it's just the icing on an already excellent cake!
But, again, this is my opinion. When I say Slumdog is bad and Guru is medicore
and Delhi 6 is a masterpiece, it is my view. Feel free to disagree!
--- On Thu, 4/22/10, Gayathri Chandrakasan <gayathri_c...@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Gayathri Chandrakasan <gayathri_c...@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [arr] Re: Hope no songs like "baazi lagaa" and "Ek lo Ek muft"
will be in Raavan
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, April 22, 2010, 8:39 AM
Guru is the weakest album of Mani-ARR combo? Oh dear! It's really sad to hear
such remarks from ARR's fan. Yes, one is entitled to have his/her own
preferences but to say that this is the weakest album from their combo
is...well, it's kinda hard to digest such comments. Barso Re, Tere Bina, Ay
Hairathe, Mayya Mayya, Jaage hain were all beautiful in their own way. And I
loved Ek lo Ek Moft for its naughty and unconventional presentation.
--- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Sathya Sundaram <satsun...@. ..> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hope that there wont be songs like "baazi lagaa" and "Ek lo Ek muft" in
> Raavan. These were 2 terribly worst songs of ARR for a Maniratnam film. All
> the other songs were of great class. Guru is the weakest album of Mani-ARR
> combo. Hope Raavan will be a masterpiece and will be heard for ages.
>
