Agree whole-heartedly to all your points, Indmov Buff :)
--- On Thu, 4/22/10, Indmov Buff <indmovb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Indmov Buff <indmovb...@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, 7:58 AM
You say : " Mani has to prove he can tell a good story with good
presentation. "
Wow, that's a bit high handed! What, with Idayathai Thirudathe, Agni
Natchathiram, Naayagan, Mouna Raagam, Anjali, Thalapathi, Roja, Bombay,
Iruvar, Dil Se, Alai Paayuthey, Kannathil Mutammittal, Aayutha Ezhuthu and Guru
(even if you thought the last was not up to mark), you still think he's unable
to present a "good story" well, then perhaps his movies are not your cup of tea
and never will be. Mani in my opinion is the best in India. He has the rare
talent to present artistic cinema with commercial aspects in a well defined
package. All his subjects are very much South Asian at heart ie. his movies are
not Hollywood wannabes like most rubbish these days. It's like having an
authentic South Asian meal for moviegoers from different cultures, retaining
the values and vibrations of what we have in our very diverse culture. And he's
also consistently presented excellent visuals (be it in Mounda Raagam with PC
Sreeram or Dil se with Santosh Sivan) with a fairly good eye for details.
You also say "He has to prove that the Mani-ARR combination is the best there
is"
Not sure how many would approve here, but for me Mani brings out a dimension in
AR that no one else is able to bring. It's like the x-factor (as cheesy as that
sounds). Gowarikar and Mehra have done well too but they are only two films
old. Whereas Mani is 10 films old and if one were to choose 5 all time
favourite AR soundtracks, I am certain at least 2-3 of the Mani-ARR combo
soundtracks will make it to most of our
lists. Certainly mine. Check out a poll we had on t his last year- the figures
say it all. Mani therefore has nothing to prove.
Raavan has been my most anticipated soundtrack since Guru purely because it is
a ARR-Mani and therefore comes with a tradition of delivering magic that we
cannot see in another soundtrack and especially when it comes from the man who
introduced AR to films.
--- On Thu, 22/4/10, Triply R. <cornholiosbungholio @yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Triply R. <cornholiosbungholio @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, 22 April, 2010, 6:56
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_ck17@ yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Gayathri Chandrakasan <gayathri_ck17@ 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.
>
