Rajeev was the brilliant person who said Dostana had better music than Yuvvraj 
:) 

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "yeshrao81" <yeshra...@...> wrote:
>
> I doubt if someone else could have given a much more versatile and inspired 
> score for Raavan....Beera...Behne De....Khili Re....Keda 
> Kari...Ranjha....they are all oustanding and in their own league....My must 
> have instead said the great music was not used very well in the film....BTW 
> how many movie reviewers understand the nuances of the music while they watch 
> the film! I have my doubts if Rajeev has a fine ear for music!!!
> 
> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "ravi" <ravisdev@> wrote:
> >
> > There was a reviewer Khalid Mohamed who wrote reviews and belted directors. 
> > But the 2 movies he did was utter disaster despite have good music. 
> > Its easy to comment than deliver. 
> > Dont give importance to reviews you may like or dislike but why miss 
> > something just because of believing what others had to say. Every human is 
> > gifted with a brain and thought to think.  
> > 
> > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, haris zeenath <hariszeenath@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Surprisingly, AR Rahman delivers his most uninspired score in years, 
> > > which probably explains why Ratnam wasn't inspired enough to shoot his 
> > > songs as innovatively as he usually 
> > > does..............????????????????????????
> > > 
> > > --- On Sat, 19/6/10, Gopal Srinivasan <catchgops@> wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > From: Gopal Srinivasan <catchgops@>
> > > Subject: [arr] Rajeev Masand: 'Raavan' is a bore of a film
> > > To: "arrahmanfans" <arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Date: Saturday, 19 June, 2010, 8:42 AM
> > > 
> > > 
> > >   
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Masand: 'Raavan' is a bore of a film
> > > 
> > > Rajeev Masand , CNN-IBN
> > > Posted on Jun 18, 2010 at 21:29 | Updated Jun 19, 2010 at 00:23
> > > 
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> > > Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai
> > > 
> > > Director: Mani Ratnam
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Sitting in your seat watching Mani Ratnam's "Raavan" unfold before you, 
> > > is like craning your neck out of your car to catch a glimpse of the 
> > > wreckage in a road accident on the other side. Filled with a perverse 
> > > sense of curiosity, you can't take your eyes off the damage.
> > > 
> > > Alas, "Raavan" - despite a relatively modest running time of 2 hours and 
> > > 10 minutes - is a crushing bore of a film, a disappointment on virtually 
> > > every count.
> > > 
> > > In this rather literal adaptation of a slice of Hindu mythology, Ratnam 
> > > casts Abhishek Bachchan as feared outlaw Beera who kidnaps the local 
> > > police chief's feisty wife Ragini (played by Aishwarya Rai) in 
> > > retaliation for a crime against a loved one. The tough cop Dev (played by 
> > > Tamil star Vikram) sets out to get his wife back, making a journey into 
> > > the dense forest, even as Beera finds his heart melting for Ragini.
> > > 
> > > Never one to paint his characters black or white, Ratnam gives both Dev 
> > > and Beera ambiguous character traits that make it hard to pigeonhole them 
> > > as entirely good or bad. So Raavan-figure Beera has a conscience that 
> > > stops him from having his way with Ragini although he desires her, and 
> > > Ram-inspired Dev is so hell-bent on achieving his goal that he will 
> > > resort to deceit and betrayal in order to get there.
> > > 
> > > But what might have truly turned this film into a brave, daring effort is 
> > > a less 'darpok' handling of Ragini's change-of-heart towards Beera. While 
> > > she does soften considerably when she understands his provocation for 
> > > revenge, Ratnam never quite turns it into a Stockholm-syndrome situation 
> > > that might have made for a far stronger central conflict. As it currently 
> > > stands, "Raavan" is a predictable revenge drama that stays too safe to 
> > > ever surprise you.
> > > 
> > > Despite some eye-watering camerawork and a stunning action piece in the 
> > > film's climax, the film -- especially its first half -- is a carelessly 
> > > edited mess of long scenes that make little sense when strung together. 
> > > Abhishek plays Beera as an eccentric, unpredictable fellow prone to 
> > > sudden outbursts; he channels Heath Ledger's Joker from "The Dark 
> > > Knight", but comes nowhere close to replicating a similar sinister charm. 
> > > Aishwarya, despite being the film's leading lady and the very cause of 
> > > the film's conflict, has nothing much to do. She's left to scream and 
> > > shriek and hiss and spit out her dialogue while looking lovely in every 
> > > frame.
> > > 
> > > Surprisingly, AR Rahman delivers his most uninspired score in years, 
> > > which probably explains why Ratnam wasn't inspired enough to shoot his 
> > > songs as innovatively as he usually does.
> > > 
> > > The director sticks so faithfully to the "Ramayana" that we get 
> > > embarrassing scenes like the one in which the suspicious husband asks his 
> > > wife to take a polygraph test to prove her purity. Other portions, 
> > > adapted literally, include the humiliation of the Surpanakha character, 
> > > which is only marginally better handled.
> > > 
> > > Of the cast, it's Ravi Kissen and Govinda, who play Beera and Dev's 
> > > right-hand men respectively, who stand out with the film's most engaging 
> > > performances. Both men, particularly Ravi Kissen, make flesh-and-blood 
> > > characters out of their parts, investing them with sincerity and 
> > > dodging stereotypes at every turn. Vikram, meanwhile, oozes screen 
> > > presence but is shortchanged with cardboard characterization, and pretty 
> > > much spends the entire film chasing after Beera in slo-mo, sporting 
> > > trendy Ray Bans.
> > > 
> > > Burdened with pedestrian dialogue and too conventional a screenplay, 
> > > "Raavan" is painfully dull and fails to engage at any level. I'm going 
> > > with one-and-a-half out of five for Mani Ratnam's "Raavan". It's too 
> > > simplistic a film from a director whose biggest strength used to be 
> > > his multilayered relationships.
> > >
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