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--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Triply R." <cornholiosbungho...@...> wrote: > > And picking up the various threads.... > Â > Rawat, I really don't care to go back to SdM to tell you why I did not like > the album. I know that would disappoint you that I am just writing it off. > But I did invest a lot of time listening to the album and it somehow never > stuck with me. I felt it was disappointing because it seemed like Rahman on > an off day. I'm stepping on another landmine here, but it seemed more like > the work of Rahman who made Tenali rather than the one who made Delhi 6. It > happens to fans, especially to me. I worship Rahman, but I do not like all > his work. SdM is, for me, along with Tenali, his weakest album. It is, bad! > Â > Vimaljk and especially Indmov Buff, yes, I think it was a little high handed > to make such a blanket statement. But consider this... all Mani's > masterpieces are in Tamil. Watch Aayutha Ezhuthu and Yuva back to back and > see which has the Mani Ratnam touch.... it's AE. Yuva is a disappointment > compared with AE. And think about it, AE is itself considered to be Mani's > weaker efforts (though it is one of my favorites). Then you have Guru, which, > as I already said, felt weak for me. Before this, you had Dil Se.., which > underwhelmed me the first time I saw it, but as I thought more and more about > it, it really stuck with me. But still, Dil Se.., after Iruvar? I just have a > theory that Mani does not have that ingrained knowledge and instinct of Hindi > that he has of Tamil. That ingrained knowledge and instinct is the "Mani > Ratnam" touch for me. Remember Pyramid Natarajan in Alai Paayuthey? Remember > Bharathiraja in AE? There aren't such characters in his Hindi > movies. > So, when Mani ends up making another Hindi movie, for me, I have low > expectations, since I feel the Mani Ratnam touch is missing. To overcome > that, he needs a powerful script with an entertaining story. That is what I > want in Raavan. Will it be better in Tamil? I don't know, but I do think it > would be better. (On a side note, Is it still called "Asokavanam", or is it > now "Raavan" even in Tamil? Last I remember was that there was some problem > with calling it "Asokavanam".) > > As for the Mani-ARR combo, I am not saying that other directors are better > with ARR. All I'm saying is that we got Jodha Akbar and Delhi 6 with other > directors but the last taste of the Mani-ARR combo was Guru, which was, I > feel, not as good as the other 2 albums I mentioned. > There was a lot of expectation, hype and hoopla that ARR was working with > Gautham Menon, and that album turned out to be amazing. I want that magic > back with ARR and Mani. I want a great movie with a great background score > and a classic soundtrack. > > And finally, I love Aayutha Ezhuthu. I love the soundtrack and the movie. I > revisit the movie at least once in 6 months. For me, that was a hat-rick of > great Mani movies, following AP and KM. With three movies that I loved so > much, it's no wonder that Guru pissed me off so much that I am wary of the > next Mani Ratnam movie!! > > Another minor grouse I have is, after Mani worked with Suriya in AE (and I > think he also dubbed for Abhishiek for the Tamil version), how can he cast > anyone else?? For me, even an actor like Vikram, who is of such high caliber, > is just miles behind the phenomenon that is Suriya! > > Feel free to disagree! > > Currently listening to: "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" Soundtrack. > > --- On Thu, 4/22/10, kishore parayath <kishore.paray...@...> wrote: > > > From: kishore parayath <kishore.paray...@...> > 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, 9:25 PM > > > Â > > > > THIRUDA THIRUDA and IRUVAR are the STRONGEST ones.. With ROJA and DILSE being > special ones! YUVA was not at all BAD..... >
