date:20080209

however the movie or the other songs are, the song composed and sung by ARR
is so divine..

On Feb 9, 2008 4:45 AM, lemon_caramel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   Guys,
 Don't you think that Al-Risalah was not upto the mark. Even the movie
 is totally unheard about?

 Bye,
 Mahesh Muzumdar.

Re: [arr] CHAT with ARR ....in an hour... at Rediff

2008-02-09 Thread Kalimuthu

Vithur says, 'If you work hard without any expectation, your question will
be answered by ARR one day'' :)

Hey Vithur, just for fun, take it easy dude.

On Feb 9, 2008 11:11 AM, harshal chavan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Hi freinds I gone through the code of that rediff page and found this
link... boss has answered some questions but not mine :(

Harshal

http://inwww.rediff.com/movies/rahmanconv.html

You are here: *Rediff Home* http://www.rediff.com/index.html »
*India*http://www.rediff.com/india.html
» *Movies* http://www.rediff.com/movies/index.html » Chat

Name: S.Somu
Question: Sir...dont neglect my request... plzz.give me
some work to do..anythingi will travel my life with u sir.i
donno more about music.but can do any kind of work... Dont neglect
this Al-Risaiah..
*A. R. Rahman says* : I never intentionally neglect people, but due to
overehleming que in my work, it might seem so. I have all of you in my
prayers and love you all.

Name: Amit Iyer
Question: Good Evening Rahmanji. I m your Die Hard Fan from Mumbai. I Love
each and every track U have composed right from Roja to Jodha Akbar and have
collected Cd's and cassettes of each of ur compositions. I heard U r going
to compose some devotional album soon with Ur Guru Shri Dakshinamoorthy.
When is it about to be released? And I just want to meet you atleast once. U
have come to Mumbai several times but I always missed the opportunity of
meeting You. Hope we will meet soon. All The Best For Ur Future Projects.
Warm Regards To You and Your Family.
*A. R. Rahman says* : You are right. Mr Dakshinamurthy has composed a
beautiful album from the Tamil Sufi text of Gunangudi Mastan based on
Carnatic ragas. Though we have done around six songs, we are still finding
it difficult to find the time to complete the other songs. But it's a very
passionate project.Do wait for it.

Name: Arshitha V
Question: Hi Rahman Sir. How are you? As we all know that Technology is
having a great impact in the world of music, how are you able to keep
yourself abreast with the current technology? Also, do you feel that you
need more contributions from the world of science to music? I value your
opinion a lot on this. Thank you Arshitha.V
*A. R. Rahman says* : I've not seen any great innovation in instruments
recently except for a few which is the continium fingerboard and a very
unique instrument in north India where a person has combined a violin and a
Sarangi.Indian music could have a great scientific instrument emulating
all the gamakas and ragas with a polyphonic touch. I might have missed
something which is already there.

- Original Message
From: rajeevan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, February 9, 2008 11:28:01 PM
Subject: Re: [arr] CHAT with ARR in an hour... at Rediff

it got delayed right to 11.30pm IST?

- Original Message
From: sendpn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 12:31:39 AM
Subject: [arr] CHAT with ARR in an hour... at Rediff

Looks like it starts at 12.30 Eastern time in the US...

http://www.rediff. com/movies/ rahman08.
htmlhttp://www.rediff.com/movies/rahman08.html

Prashant

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[arr] [semiarr] Ash wants JA postponed!

http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2487313.cms

Re: [arr] LOTR CD is NOW available at Amazon?

2008-02-09 Thread Prasad Varma

Gopal,

Your original posts to the group have become as rare as ARR releases :-))

Some first impressions please

PV


- Original Message 
From: Gopal Srinivasan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2008 9:39:53 AM
Subject: Re: [arr] LOTR CD is NOW available at Amazon?

  
I received my copy today.

- Original Message 
From: Prasad Varma [EMAIL PROTECTED] com
To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2008 7:32:02 PM
Subject: [arr] LOTR CD is NOW available at Amazon?

Says in stock. Any one ordered it yet?

http://www.amazon. co.uk/Lord- Rings-Original- London-Productio 
n/dp/B0010Y3C4Q/ ref=sr_1_ 1?ie=UTF8s=musicqid=1202219967sr=1-1


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Re: [arr] ARR nominated for Best Playback Singer award

He has been nominated before for Swades.

On Feb 6, 2008 9:34 AM, muzic fuzon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 Finally Finally Finally!!!

 my dream is about to come true!!!
 thanx a million gopal!!!
 u made my day!!
 i just pray that he gets the award..he strongly deserves it!!!

 Just imagine:
   Best Composer : AR Rahman(Guru)
   Best BGM  :   AR Rahman(Guru)
   Best Singer:  AR Rahman(Guru)

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 To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 19:41:14 -0800
 Subject: [arr] ARR nominated for Best Playback Singer award

   53rd annual Filmfare Awards

 Best Composer

 A.R.Rahman - Guru
 Monty Sharma - Saawariya
 Pritam - Jab We Met
 Pritam - Life in a Metro
 Vishal-Shekhar - Om Shanti Om

 Best Male Playback Singer

 A.R.Rahman - Tere Bina (Guru)
 KK - Aankhon Mein Teri (Om Shanti Om)
 Shaan - Jab Se Tere Naina (Saawariya)
 Sonu Nigam - Main Agar Kahoon (Om Shanti Om)
 Sukhvinder Singh - Chak De (Chak De India)

 Other ARR-related nominations

 Best Lyrics: Gulzar - Tere Bina (Guru)

 Best Female Playback Singer: Shreya Ghoshal - Barso Re Megha (Guru)



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[arr] Must Read...

2008-02-09 Thread NOMEE KHAN


Hi Fans,
please give me 7 band equalizer  ...i used winamp but no sound  quality i want 
to extra sound me waitting
 
Thanx
 
NOMEE



To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 20:49:47 
-0800Subject: Re: [arr] ARR SHOW IN CHENNAI






With the diminishing value of recorded music, ARR is developing new revenue 
streams for his intellectual property.I have no specific idea about this 
concert.
- Original Message From: Shah Navas [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL 
PROTECTED]: Tuesday, February 5, 2008 8:34:08 PMSubject: Re: [arr] ARR SHOW IN 
CHENNAIGopal,Could you please elaborate..Is this private concert going to be 
recorded and distributed?
On Feb 5, 2008 11:15 AM, Gopal Srinivasan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:







That is precisely the reason... 

- Original Message From: Ranjith K [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL 
PROTECTED]: Tuesday, February 5, 2008 2:25:42 AMSubject: Re: [arr] ARR SHOW IN 
CHENNAI

when the whole world is embracing open-ness and free software and ditching DRM, 
why is arr going private ...i would love it if he forms a music company to 
produce all his soundtracks n concerts and go public ...
On Jan 28, 2008 8:36 AM, Gopal Srinivasan [EMAIL PROTECTED] com wrote:







It's a private concert. 

- Original Message From: saraswathi suvarna chandra182000@ 
yahoo.comTo: a r rahman arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. comSent: Monday, January 
28, 2008 8:35:29 AMSubject: [arr] ARR SHOW IN CHENNAI

I heard there is going to be a show in Chennai on 9thFebruary 
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[arr] TOP 5 ALBUMS OF THE WEEK

2008-02-09 Thread oashajs


CHECK OUT THE TOP 5 ALBUMS OF THE WEEK LISTED IN BOLLYVISTA.COM

http://www.bollyvista.com/realaudio/top10.php

TOP 5 ALBUMS OF THE WEEK

1. JODHAA AKBAR
2. TAARE ZAMEEN PAR
3. WELCOME
4. SUNDAY
5. SUPERSTAR

Updated on 04/Feburary/08

Re: [arr] Re: Jodha Akbar is another Mangal Pandey

Shahnavas,
The conclusion that you have come to, is doubly applicable to you than to
anyone out here. Good luck.


On 2/7/08, Dinesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   Well said,bro :) i second this.

 --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com, 
 shanavas.chemmamkuzhi
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 
  I had a feeling that nobody liked Mangal Pandey and Parasuram
  albums.But from this discussion i understand that many people liked
  the songs very much. I also understand from this discussion that there
  is no point in comparing two music pieces, it wont reach anywhere.so
  if you like a song add to your playlist ,otherwise forget about it.

[arr] Please VOTE to AR Rahman Songs

2008-02-09 Thread shaik kader

http://www.ssmusic.tv/top10.php

ARR Ist song--MADURAIKKU - AZHAGIYA TAMILMAGAN(2) - Still 1st Place(31.62 %)
ARR IInd Song --PONMAGAL VANDAAL - AZHAGIYA TAMILMAGAN(4) - Still 3rd 
Place(18.10 %)

Think, Vote,

AR Rahman Is Best
 
   
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Re: [arr] Please help me to choose a song...

2008-02-09 Thread vijay krishnan

you can try 
jumbalaka jumbalaka and rang de from thakshak
ramta jogi from taal

- Original Message 
From: PRATAP [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: ARR FAN CLUB arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, 8 February, 2008 7:49:14 AM
Subject: [arr] Please help me to choose a song...

I need a fast beat hindi song which is suitable 4 dancing! Its a function in my 
National Service camp. We have already used Chaiya Chaiya 4 a different 
function. Please suggest me a suitable song of ARR which can replace Chaiya 
Chaiya... Thanks in advance...

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Re: [arr] Sukhwinder to compose for Speilberg!!!

2008-02-09 Thread Nagaraj


Dear Gomzy,

Dont kill yourself at any cost as we need you in this group :)

Regards,
S.V.Nagaraj

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gomzy [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
wrote:

 I will kill myself if he composes! Its been my dream to see SS and 
arr work
 together. I hope it happens soon!
 
 On 2/7/08, sai shastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
i read it as 'he is singing' not composing
 
  On 2/6/08, naztitude [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  
 Sorry to post this in this forum or my apologies, if this is 
an
   already discussed topic-came across this peice of news...
   Sukhwinder Singh was spotted after Hollywood heard Chaiyya 
chaiyya in
   Spike lee's Inside man-the song became popular in the west 
and our
   good old sukhwinder has been roped in for composing a fresh 
track for
   SS.
   I hope he gives ARR credit for being what he is, and the song 
that he
   has sung that has given him this status!
  
   http://www.musicindiaonline.com/n/i/top_stories/2494/

Re: [arr] Kathir Returns !!!

Isai Puyal means  MUSIC HURRICANE  ( Isai - Music; PUYAL - Hurricane )

On 2/8/08, harshal chavan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   `Isai Puyal'
 A.R.
 Rahman

 What is the meaning of Isai Puyal? Please anyone can tell me?

 
 J a i R A H M A N
 
 Harshal Chavan

 - Original Message 
 From: fazil_anand [EMAIL PROTECTED] fazil_anand%40yahoo.com
 To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com
 Sent: Friday, February 8, 2008 8:44:43 AM
 Subject: [arr] Kathir Returns !!!

 Hi
 Guysss

 February
 7,
 2008,
 3:27:11
 PM

 Director
 Kathir,
 who
 has
 successful
 films
 like
 Idhayam,
 Kadhal
 Desam
 and
 Kadhalar
 Dhinam,
 is
 back
 in
 Kollywood
 after
 a
 brief
 hiatus.
 The
 director's
 previous
 release,
 Kadhal
 Virus,
 was
 a
 disaster
 at
 the
 box-office
 despite
 A.R.
 Rahman's
 melodious
 tunes.

 The
 buzz
 is
 that
 Bharath,
 who
 has
 had
 a
 decent
 outing
 as
 a
 mass
 hero
 in
 Pazhani,
 will
 play
 the
 male
 lead.
 However,
 sources
 say
 that
 this
 might
 be
 mere
 speculation
 as
 the
 actor
 will
 be
 teaming
 up
 with
 director
 Suresh
 Krishna
 after
 his
 current
 project
 Seval
 with
 director
 Hari.

 Kathir
 is
 well-known
 for
 his
 saccharine
 love
 stories,
 enchanting
 visuals
 and
 mellifluous
 music.
 In
 fact,
 music
 has
 been
 a
 strong
 point
 in
 all
 of
 Kathir's
 films,
 right
 from
 his
 debut
 Idhayam.
 While
 Idhayam
 had
 music
 by
 maestro
 Ilayaraja,
 all
 his
 following
 ventures--Uzhavan,
 Kadhal
 Desam,
 Kadhalar
 Dhinam
 and
 Kadhal
 Virus
 were
 composed
 by
 `Isai
 Puyal'
 A.R.
 Rahman.

 It
 is
 expected
 that
 the
 Isai
 Puyal,
 a
 good
 friend
 of
 Kathir,
 will
 be
 the
 composer
 of
 the
 new
 venture
 too.
 One
 hopes
 that
 Kathir
 will
 make
 a
 successful
 re-entry
 and
 wipe
 away
 memories
 of
 the
 Kadhal
 Virus
 disaster.

 ALL
 HAIL
 RAHMAN
 !!!

 Anand

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Re: [arr] Professional Audio Quality

huh!! Dude read his mail again.

On 2/8/08, gopal b [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   It seems you stay in India. If you want to buy
 original DVD's/CD's fly outside india , you can get
 them plenty. Fans staying in India are not allowed to
 buy orignal 5.1/good quality stuff.

 you can download pirated good quality songs from net.
 but dont't try to search them in india.(they don't
 sell here)

 --- Thineshan [EMAIL PROTECTED] anatomy54321%40yahoo.ca wrote:

  Hey guys, I am wondering, if Rahman composes his
  tracks in 5.1 (or
  whatever it is), why not release it, even if its
  priced high, HQ audio
  lovers would buy it for sure. I am sick of hearing
  it in stereo,
  occasionally a few 5.1 retail did release and they
  were atleast 10
  times better. but they stopped, sivaji the biggest
  film in recent
  times didnt have a 5.1 retail nor did atm. and for
  that matter, all
  his hindi soundtracks dont have it as well. its
  truly frustrating to
  listne to stereo even after 5.1 is commercially very
  popular. and it
  doesnt cost more to produce it either, they can be
  burned to a normal
  audio CD (wav), so y not do it???
 
 

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Re: [arr] ARR nominated for Best Playback Singer award

2008-02-09 Thread Vaizu Rahman

Really win for A.R.Rahman All awards.


On Feb 7, 2008 10:18 PM, Gomzy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   If i am not turning way too old, arr was nominated for Yeh Jo Des hai
 tera. Someone confirm please.


 On Feb 8, 2008 10:30 AM, Thulasi Ram [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

ARR should have got one for swades but was never nominated i think..
  glad to know his nomination. i dont have any idea on other nominations..
  lets hope ARR wins this year.. tere bina will be a strong contestant for
  sure
 
 
  On Feb 5, 2008 7:41 PM, Gopal Srinivasan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 53rd annual Filmfare Awards
  
   Best Composer
  
   A.R.Rahman - Guru
   Monty Sharma - Saawariya
   Pritam - Jab We Met
   Pritam - Life in a Metro
   Vishal-Shekhar - Om Shanti Om
  
   Best Male Playback Singer
  
   A.R.Rahman - Tere Bina (Guru)
   KK - Aankhon Mein Teri (Om Shanti Om)
   Shaan - Jab Se Tere Naina (Saawariya)
   Sonu Nigam - Main Agar Kahoon (Om Shanti Om)
   Sukhvinder Singh - Chak De (Chak De India)
  
   Other ARR-related nominations
  
   Best Lyrics: Gulzar - Tere Bina (Guru)
  
   Best Female Playback Singer: Shreya Ghoshal - Barso Re Megha (Guru)

Re: [arr] Sukhwinder to compose for Speilberg!!!

Thats right. And i will be working with Speilberg on Indy 5 ( Indiana Jones
and the crazy Indian)

:) kidding.

On Feb 9, 2008 2:02 AM, devMannemela [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   I don't know about Sukhwinder :-)
 but I am currently working with Spielberg on Indy 4
 (Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull).



 On Feb 6, 2008 11:51 PM, Gomzy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I will kill myself if he composes! Its been my dream to see SS and arr
  work together. I hope it happens soon!
 
 
  On 2/7/08, sai shastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  
 i read it as 'he is singing' not composing
  
   On 2/6/08, naztitude [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   
  Sorry to post this in this forum or my apologies, if this is an
already discussed topic-came across this peice of news...
Sukhwinder Singh was spotted after Hollywood heard Chaiyya chaiyya
in
Spike lee's Inside man-the song became popular in the west and our
   
good old sukhwinder has been roped in for composing a fresh track
for
SS.
I hope he gives ARR credit for being what he is, and the song that
he
has sung that has given him this status!
   
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/n/i/top_stories/2494/

Re: [arr] CHAT with ARR ....in an hour... at Rediff

i found these:

A. R. Rahman says : I read most of your questions� thought I will just pick
and choose the ones I felt like answering due to lack of time. I thank you
for taking your time for writing all those beautiful kind words.

A. R. Rahman says :

Name: MAHESH LONDHE
Question: I personally feel � 1947 Earth� is your all time best Music. I am
not at all against synthesizer or latest techniques but have a strong
opinion that Music is nothing but �Feelings� and therefore a song should be
recorded in one go without a break as it was practice previously. What is
your opinion ?
A. R. Rahman says : Thank you very much. I definitely have a lot of freedom
when I work with Deepa Mehta, since she doesn�t nitpick into every little
thing. She just gives the general idea and disappears till we make beautiful
music for her and she responds later. Freedom is very important in the
process of creating music and songs. There are a lot of issues when we
record music together, because even if one person is not right, then the
whole recording becomes unusable. Hence, by the use of multi-tracks, we
definitely try to simulate the seamlessness in a song. But the practice is
still on. The music of Lord of the Rings, the musical, and Golden Age, which
I recorded recently were all with a live orchestra in one of the most
prestigious studios in London

Name: Aravind AM
Question: Sir, In most of your songs, there are very minute and very fine
sounds -which may hardly be noticeable to a normal listener, but if we
actually notice them, we appreciate the sheer brilliance. What motivates to
to make all those fine nuances in your songs, though the efforts that you
put in for beautifying the song may not reach the audience?
A. R. Rahman says : There is a story of Michelangelo -- if I am not wrong --
which I heard recently. It seems that he was painting beautiful pictures at
the back of the church. People told him you are a fool because you are not
painting in the front where people can appreciate your work. The answer was:
I do my work for God to watch it. I think he can watch it anywhere. I
thought it was a brilliant answer because everything doesn�t need to have
instant appreciation. Even if one of you have appreciated those fine
nuances, that is enough for me.

Name: Armstrong S.A
Question: Still i feel that quality and sounds of Roja songs are far
better than your recent ones. What is the main reason for that? are you
missing Sridar and other sound engineers?
A. R. Rahman says : At the time of Roja, the consumer music systems used
were of lower qualities and we had to cater to a mono-magnetic tape. Hence
we had to exaggerate the high frequencies and use a lot of spacializers.
Things have changed in the course of time and we are right now taken a
universal approach in the sound quality to make our recordings sound warm
and friendly to every system. That covers the recording part. The sounds
which you say were inspired from the film of Roja� definitely another film
soundtrack will come where you will feel the same or maybe better vibe
again.

Name: Vineet
Question: Hi rahamn siri am a fan of u...i am hearing runours that u are
coming to dubai for a concert...is it true??..if it is true...is it a public
or a private concert?...we are very eager to see u here in dubaithanks
A. R. Rahman says : You'll know very soon.

Name: Shani George
Question: Guruji.., wot is dat one special thing you would like to tell your
millions of fans..??
A. R. Rahman says : Love makes the heart more lighter and makes you see
things objectively and hate darkens you and makes you heavy at heart and
uneasy. Make a choice. God bless.

Name: Sathya
Question: Hi Rahman, I am a die hard fan of you and i am listening to your
music since Roja. I have read in your interviews that you do prayer 5 times
a day and also its because you love your job you can avoid burnout. But amid
such high pressures how are able to do that. Will you get pressurised
anytime by producers to finish fast, which can cause you lose your coolness
and creativity.
A. R. Rahman says : Like hjow we find time to eat food and sleep, we need to
find time for 'spiritual food' too. If we have our mind balanced and light,
all other things are easier to handle.

Name: Chekka Prakash
Question: Why are you not giving music Telugu movies?
A. R. Rahman says : I am in the process of doing a Telugu movie directed by
S J Suriya, and starring Pavan Kalyan and the music of Jodhaa Akbar will
also release in Telugu.

Name: S.Somu
Question: Sir...dont neglect my request... plzz.give me some
work to do..anythingi will travel my life with u sir.i donno
more about music.but can do any kind of work... Dont neglect
this Al-Risaiah..
A. R. Rahman says : I never intentionally neglect people, but due to
overehleming que in my work, it might seem so. I have all of you in my
prayers and love you all.

Name: Amit Iyer
Question: Good Evening Rahmanji. I m your Die Hard Fan

[arr] ARR Concert - CHENNAI - Feb 09th, 2008

Dear Rahmaniacs,

Let me take this opportunity to brief all fellow Rahmaniacs, about the
Concert in YMCA Grounds in Chennai yesterday night. It was a memorable
occassion for we Fans , as we represented ourselves as a group, and were
there to shout , whistle around and enjoy his Divine Music in his immediate
Presence.

List of Singers :-

1. Mohammed Aslam , Chinmayee, Blazeee, Ujjayineee, Benny Dayal, Naresh
Iyer, Chitra, Hariharan, Sayanora, Tanvi, Raihana  Israth, Dr. Narayanan

The concert started at about 7 : 30 Pm, with a Guitar Presentation by
Prasanna  Keith Peters, along with their group of other instrumentalists.

ARR 's programme started at about 8 PM. He started with  Jaage Hain,
followed by a list of wonderful songs which are as follows :-

1. Khalbali
2. Loose Control
3. Maduraikku Pogadheee
4. Nee Maryln Monroe
5. Kannalane
6. Anjali Anjali
7. Uyire
8. Kaadhal Rojave , Tamizha Tamizha
9. Vaaji Vaaji
10. Sivaji ( Vaada Song ) :- Blaz
11. Azeeem O Shahensha
12. Jashn E Bahaara
13. Sahaana Saaral
14. Dil Se re

The songs came out very fine. But there was a lack of noticebale excitement
from the crowd, (though we fans were actually shouting and going mad, )which
made ARR ask  Are you all people sleeping ???. The security arrangements
were not planned and excuted properly, and I heard that even the family
members of some of the performers were not alllowed for lack of Invitations
etc ( Mrs. Keith Peters was not allowed )

It was also very sad to know that ARR wanted to meet a group of Fans, but we
were not not allowed near ARR, and ARR himself was forced to enter his
Vehicle immediately after the end of the concert.

I would request Our dear brother Nazeeef Mohammed to add more of his
thoughts on this mail.


-- 
regards,
Vithur

A.R.RAHMAN -  MY BREATH  LIFE FORCE

Re: [arr] OMG!!! Finally my dream came true; had a chance to view ARR’s live concert.

You are always Welcome Mr. Madhan. And no need to address me as Mr.. We
are all for ARR always

enjoy... :-)




On 2/10/08, rajab great [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   Hey folks,

 I share the same thing what Mathan told right from
 Prasanna's bang start till Vande Mataram in the end it
 was truly a remarkable show. This is going to stay
 inside me forever. :)

 rajab
 nJoy life


 --- Mathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] anniyan_nan%40yahoo.co.in wrote:

  Hi friends,
 
  Yesterday I had a chance to view the live concert at
  YMCA ground in
  Chennai. That was my big dream ever in my life. At
  last I had a chance
  to view the live convert along with our group
  members.
 
  I really thankful to Mr.Vithur for the ticket.
 
  Guys… stay here to get more updates regarding the
  Chennai live concert
  (09/02/2008)
 
  Thanks and regards,
  Mathan Raj A
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[arr] Chinmayee Blog - CHENNAI concert

http://chinmayisripada.blogspot.com/2008/02/a-r-rahman-live-life-concert.html

Happened at YMCA grounds today for an invited audience. Organized by MARG, I
was fortunate to be a part of this concert. Hariharan ji, Chitra ji, Blaaze,
Sivamani ji, Aslam Naresh Iyer, Tanvi, Rayhana ji and Ishrathi ji, Dr
Narayan, Neeti Mohan, Ujjaiyini, Benny Dayal, Sayonara and I were the
singers.

During the rehearsals yesterday there was this short session where Hari ji,
Aslam and Dr Narayan were sitting around and Hari ji was like giving us a
mini class on how to execute speed. It was enough to just hear him sing. I
had grown up on a staple diet of his Ghazals.

I got to sing Kaadhal Rojave, Vaaji and Vennilave with Hari ji, Maduraikku
pogadhedee with Benny and Tere Bina. There was an unplugged session with
Chitra and Hari ji after which I sang a few lines of Sahana in a scale God
knows where I caught from!

After the concert, Mom and I happened to get talking to Neeti and when she
was saying there are thousands of people out there who are dying to be
standing on the same area as Rahman sir, not to mention sing with him. Also,
this was Rahman sir's first concert for 2008 and it happened in Chennai.
This is also my first major concert for this year, though I did have a
couple of corporate shows earlier in January.
2007 started at Bombay at the Nokia New Year's eve concert with Rahman sir,
and the year was brilliant. Somehow I attach quite a lot of sentiments as
long as Rahman sir's concerts are concerned. I wish I could have sung
better, somehow and the depression is going to last a few months at least.
These are times that I wish the earth would swallow me up or that I never
existed at all. bleargh.

There are no photographs because we forgot to take the camera. If you see
any on the web somewhere please do send them across to me :)


-- 
regards,
Vithur

A.R.RAHMAN -  MY BREATH  LIFE FORCE

Re: [arr] [semiarr] Ash wants JA postponed!

if the news is true, then ash is not doing justice to the movie..  it wud be
totally unfair if the movie gets postponed again

i've even reserved my ticket to watch this movie next weekend..

On Feb 5, 2008 8:15 AM, Gomzy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:



 http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2487313.cms

[arr] ARR - Lord of the Rings launch

http://rahmanweb.blogspot.com/2008/02/rehman-is-lord-of-rings.html

If sources are to be believed, renowned music composer A R Rehman will be
going to London for the music launch of a play called Lord of the Rings.
Lord of the Rings is a play adapted by the same Oscar award winning film.
Rehman has done the entire score of this play.

It is also believed that Rehman has approached Universal Music Company to
release his album of Lord of the Rings . We spoke to Sunil D'Sa, Managing
Director Sales, Universal Music who confirmed the news saying, Yes Rehman
is in talks with Universal to release the music of his LOTR album. But
nothing has been finalized as yet.


However our source informs us that the music launch will be in London and
Rehman will be leaving for it in the last week of February.

Rehman who composed for Shekhar Kapoor's Elizabeth: The Golden Age , is open
to other Hollywood projects as well. He had earlier composed for the
Broadway musical Bombay Dreams . His chartbuster composition Chaiyya Chaiyya
from Dil Se was used as the end credits for Denzil Washington's film Inside
Man .

Here's to another Global Indian .


-- 
regards,
Vithur

A.R.RAHMAN -  MY BREATH  LIFE FORCE

Re: [arr] Unconventional Voices

2008-02-09 Thread Sunil VG

Pavan, its Yeh...yeah and this vocal loop starts from 4:59 in the Tamil
version.

Regards,
Sunil

On Feb 9, 2008 12:26 AM, arr pavan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   Dude ! with or without understanding lyrics ! such theni voices are rare
  precious and wont be available in hindi genres  one unconventional
 voice of arrs is the belch-like sound in the end of saathiya/pachai nirame
 song ! hope it is arrs voice erheh  pachai nirame is my all time favorite
  no.1 song of arr to me till date.

 Regards Pavan



 *|| V i s h w e s h || [EMAIL PROTECTED]* wrote:


  Most unconventional voice I've ever heard is Theni Kunjaramma. I laughed
 like hell when I first heard her voice in Pettai Rap!!


 *vijay krishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED]* wrote:

   Shall i tell you few more voices,

 1) Anupama---chandralekha,a trend setting song at that time.I had
 never heard this kinda voice before
  with full western touch.
 2) Chinmayi-KMI, she was 13 when she sang that song, emoting a
 mother's feeling
 3) Karthik-Baba, Maya Maya and Shakthi kodu, it is the way opposite to
 what you mentioned about
 Lataji

 - Original Message 
 From: Vithur [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
 Sent: Wednesday, 6 February, 2008 7:42:46 PM
 Subject: [arr] Unconventional Voices

  http://celluloidran t.wordpress. com/2008/ 02/06/unconventi 
 onal-voices/http://celluloidrant.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/unconventional-voices/
 Rehman has had his favourites over the years — Hariharan and Sukhwindara
 Singh come to mind instantly. But every once in a while, he has made an
 inspired choice that completely transforms a number from good to great.
 These aren't conventional voices, and wouldn't work for most songs. But you
 cannot imagine how certain songs would sound if sung by someone else. Here
 are my top five picks in this category (links attached, in case you wanna
 lusten to them):
 5. *Raasaathi* (*Thiruda Thiruda*): My favourite song in that album. Also,
 one of the songs that Shahul Hameed is best remembered for, other than 
 *Usilampatti
 pennkutti* in *Gentleman*. Other than probably a base guitar somewhere in
 the background (and I'm not even sure about that), this song is *a capella
 *, with a lot of humming in the background and Shahul's plaintive voice in
 the lead. (Listen here http://www.dishant.com/album/Thiruda-Thiruda.html
 )
 4. *Chikubukku chikubukku rayile* (*Gentleman*): Basically, this one makes
 the grade because of how it reinvents Tamil pronunciation. If someone spoke
 the language like that in my presence, I would have to physically restrain
 myself from punching his lights out, but the song… well, I can't imagine any
 other way to sing it. (Listen 
 herehttp://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/movie/T053.html
 )
 3. *Lukka Chhuppi* (*Rang De Basanti*): I love Lata Mangeshkar, okay? My
 dad's an old Hindi film music buff, so I grew up listening to her. But
 hearing her sing *Jiya Jale *in *Dil Se* was the musical equivalent of
 seeing Rajni romance Deepika Padukone. Her voice sounded tired, strained,
 and clearly much older than the woman being depicted on screen. To me, that
 song is one of Rehman's eminently forgettable choices. But *Lukka Chhuppi*…
 who else could have conveyed Waheeda Rehman's heartbreak at losing her son
 so well? The opening lines are simple enough: *We've played enough hide
 and seek/Now come out and show yourself*. The tune isn't exactly a sad one
 either. But the evident ageing of Lata's voice and the tragedy being
 depicted on screen make it what it is. I don't think there are too many
 instances where Lata's voice would qualify as unconventional, but my guess
 is that most music directors would've ended up using a much younger voice
 here. Rehman chose well, and it made all the difference. (Listen 
 herehttp://www.dishant.com/album/rang-de-basanti.html
 )
 1. *Vidai kodu engal naade* (*Kannathil Muthamittal*): The scene depicts a
 village of Sri Lankan Tamils being evacuated before the airforce bombs the
 place into oblivion. No matter what your politics, the sight a bunch of
 people leaving the place they had called home for so many years is, you will
 agree, heart-rending. The lyrics convey a sense of loss that remains with
 you long after the movie has ended. But what truly elavates the song is the
 quality of M S Viswanathan' s voice. You don't hear finely modulated sorrow,
 but something raw and visceral. (Listen 
 herehttp://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/tamil/s/movie_name.4619
 )

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Re: [arr] LOTR CD is NOW available at Amazon?

2008-02-09 Thread just me!

any1 knows if da album is available in stores in singapore?

Pradeepan R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:   
Thanks Ramesh !
 Ordered it.


 On Feb 6, 2008 12:22 AM, Ramesh R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   
 Thanks for the heads up. Those in the US might want to order from CD Wow 
($19.95 and free world-wide shipping)

http://www.cd-wow.us/detail_results.php?product_code=2541117
 


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To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
 
 Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2008 8:02:02 AM
Subject: [arr] LOTR CD is NOW available at Amazon?

  
  Says in stock. Any one ordered it yet?

http://www.amazon. co.uk/Lord- Rings-Original- London-Productio 
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[arr] Mughal-era epic - Jodha Akbar

  Hopeful Gowarikar has a lot riding on Mughal-era epic

http://www.thetimes.co.za/Entertainment/Movies/Article.aspx?id=702041
 Published:Feb 10, 2008
--

In this digital age, few challenges are as daunting as making an authentic
historical romance that will work its magic at the box office.

  The last person to try it, Akbar Khan, learnt that to his detriment two
years ago with Taj Mahal. The following year JP Dutta's version of Umrao
Jaan bit the dust, and in recent times the only title to gain acceptance was
the remastered version of K Asif's Mughal-e-Azam, a 1960 original that was
re-released in 2004 and took many by surprise.

It's worth remembering that Asif needed 10 years to make that
career-defining film. So, has Ashutosh Gowarikar, who took just over a year
to complete his magnum opus, been over-ambitious or will Friday's release,
Jodhaa Akbar, buck the trend?

If early indications are anything to go by, the director of Lagaan and
Swades has positioned himself to do what no one else has done with any
measure of authority for well over three decades — since HS Rawail's 1974
release Laila Majnu — and that is to resuscitate the genre.

The lead pair, Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai, are as good as they get.
Gowarikar says he had joked with them that they would only have to pitch up
on set, as they were the reincarnation of Akbar and Jodhaa.

The fact that they clicked in Dhoom 2 played no part in his decision to cast
them. His mind was made up five years ago when scriptwriter Haider Ali
broached the subject. Convincing them was a breeze: all he said to Aish was,
You'll be my Jodhaa, and she leapt at the chance; as for Hrithik,
Gowarikar told him, 16th century, the Mughals and Akbar, and that was
that.

Besides the dashing lead pair, Gowarikar had other factors in his favour,
including AR Rahman's music score.

Four choreographers, Raju Khan, Ash Kumar, Chinni Prakash and Rekha Prakash,
were enlisted for the dance sequences. The latter pair took 15 days to
complete one song, the stunning Azeem O'Shaan Shahenshah, in which 1000
dancers in traditional costumes and wielding swords and shields took part.

Add Kiran Deohan's cinematography and Nitin Desai's sets, and the opulence
so essential to a period piece is certainly in place. Attention was paid to
the tiniest details. Top designer Neeta Lulla said the challenge of
designing the costumes was too good to refuse, and specialist jeweller
Tanish was appointed to craft specific pieces.

The movie focuses on a relationship that supposedly altered the course of
history. It delves into the political conspiracies of the period and tells
of the alliance between the Mughal emperor Jallaludin Mohammed Akbar and
Rajput princess Jodhaa. Gowarikar des- cribes it as a perfect arranged
marriage.

Akbar's proposal was based not so much on his affection for her but on a
desire to expand his empire eastward from Afghanistan to the Bay of Bengal,
and south from the Himalayas to the Godhavari River. Love developed later.

His strategy to achieve this expansion was to win over the Rajputs, and this
marriage with a motive helped him to remove the bitterness and distrust the
native Hindus felt towards the invading Mughals, and that, in turn, softened
the Mughals' attitude towards them.

This led to Akbar establishing deen-e-elahi, or the divine faith, to
reconcile the sectarian differences that divided his subjects by suggesting
that no single reli- gion had a monopoly on the truth.

Jodhaa was not merely a pretty wallflower. A fiery Rajput who was skilled in
the art of sword-fighting, she wasn't an easy conquest and she refused to be
a political pawn in Akbar's designs to capture her land.

Gowarikar enlisted scholars and historians from New Delhi, Aligarh, Lucknow,
Agra and Jaipur to scrutinise the script, and while he has acknowledged
exercising a measure of creative licence, that did not prevent his
detractors from voicing their objections.

The Rajput Sabha demanded the right to approve his script, fearing gross
distortions. The Sabha contends that Gowarikar is wrong in stating that
Jodhaa Bai was the daughter of the ruler of Amer, Bharmal, since historical
records show only one Jodhaa Bai, who was the daughter of the ruler of
Marwar, Udai Singh, and who was married to Akbar's son, Jahangir.

The director hopes he'll get away with it by suggesting that his story is
about a chapter that may have been a part of history but was not
officially recorded.

He maintains there is enough evidence to show that Akbar the Great had a
very special attachment to Jodhaa Bai and that the period referred to was
when they were between the ages of 18 and 26, and was therefore not
documented.

There have been other problems for Gowarikar. An animal anti-cruelty
organisation has questioned whether he had the necessary permits to shoot
scenes with elephants, camels and horses.

Shooting at some of India's famous monuments proved another hurdle. India's

[arr] Singer Madhushree 's Interview

Sweetness unlimited Srabanti Chakrabarti
http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Feb102008/enter2008020951340.asp Singer
Madhushree on her victory in 'Jhoom India', her music album and Bollywood
projects.

If the voice of Jhoom India winner Madhushree sounded familiar, you are not
mistaken. Because, she is the same singer who has given us hits like Kabhi
neem neem (Yuva), Hum hain is pal yaahan (Kisna), Pal pal hain (Swades) and
Tum bin bataye (Rang De Basanti). The lady with the golden voice spent some
time with *Sunday Herald* and spoke about her tutelage, music and of course,
A R Rahman.

*Sachin Tyagi (partner in Jhoom India) and you were rocking and way ahead of
competition. But what made you participate in Jhoom India?
*
There are multiple reasons behind my taking up the challenge in Jhoom India.
First is the changing scenario of playback singing in Bollywood. Today it is
no longer a behind-the-scenes profession— a lot of importance is given to
your 'face value'. So, participating in a reality show is almost a natural
thing for a singer to do.

Then, a number of my fans wanted to see the person behind the voice and
Jhoom India gave me a good forum to take care of this request. And last but
not the least, this show was completely different from the normal
run-of-the-mill reality shows. In Jhoom India, I had to train a celebrity
actor to sing. There was a charm and challenge attached to it which I could
not refuse!

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I
want to dedicate this victory to my husband, Ravi Badal without whom I could
not have made it. And I must also mention the contribution of my father
Amarendranath Bhattacharjee and my guru Dr Amiya Ranjan Banerjee.

Without them a career in music would not have been possible.

*You had a good partner in Sachin Tyagi. His deep voice and emotional
singing did make it easier for your team to move ahead.

*To be honest, I did have a hunch that we will go a long way in the show.
The first time I heard Sachin sing, I knew that if groomed properly, he can
be a fabulous singer. That's what I did. We used to practice a minimum of
three hours every day! Kudos to him for his focussed effort and hard work
that made all the difference. I think our victory in Jhoom India once again
proves that nothing can replace hardwork and dedication.

*I think yours was the only pair that did not fight on the stage or do
histrionics to get votes!

*(Smiles) That is because we used to fight off-screen! To be honest, we
never wanted to grab extra attention by having mock fights on screen.

But we did have a lot of arguments and differences in opinions during
selecting our songs. Every time Sachin would come up with a really tough
song and I would say 'no' to it and we used to land up having an argument.
To be honest, we wanted to play the game based on just our singing skills
and not any histrionics. And both Sachin and I are very happy that our hard
work paid off. In fact, you may call it my luck, but I have always won
competitions since childhood. Be it India or abroad, I have always been
lucky when it comes to competitions!

*So, what are your future plans? Any new albums you are working on?

*I am extremely busy with a semi-classical album which is due to be
published soon. You will hear me singing all traditional thumris in the
album. I am quite happy with the way it is shaping up. My husband is
arranging the music for the album.

*You seem to be singing only for A R Rahman. Everyone knows that you are one
of his favourite singers, but any particular reason for not singing with
other music directors?

*Though it is true that most of my songs are A R Rahman's, but it is wrong
to say that I have worked only with him. I have sung for Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
and Rajesh Roshan as well. *Having said that, there is no denying the fact
that Rahman knows my style very well and we share a good rapport.
*
I know that he will call me only if the song suits my voice. My fans and
well wishers always say that Rahman makes certain songs for me. I think that
is a big compliment! I think other composers will also approach me when they
have a good song for me!

*What are the new songs you have recorded in the recent past?

*In Jodhaa Akbar, I have sung In Lamhon Mein with Sonu Nigam. I have also
recorded for Shantanu Moitra in Shayam Benegal's Mahadev with KK.

--
regards,
Vithur

A.R.RAHMAN - MY BREATH LIFE FORCE

Re: [arr] Sukhwinder to compose for Speilberg!!!

2008-02-09 Thread Gopal Srinivasan

Gomtesh,

You might want to consider apologizing to Dev. We are privileged to
have him in the group. Dev has, to his credit, a distinguished career
in visual effects and works for no less that the iconic ILM
(Industrial Light and Magic). Check out his IMDB listing
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0543086/

Gopal.

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gomzy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Thats right. And i will be working with Speilberg on Indy 5 (
Indiana Jones
 and the crazy Indian)
 
 :) kidding.
 
 On Feb 9, 2008 2:02 AM, devMannemela [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
I don't know about Sukhwinder :-)
  but I am currently working with Spielberg on Indy 4
  (Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull).
 
 
 
  On Feb 6, 2008 11:51 PM, Gomzy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 I will kill myself if he composes! Its been my dream to see SS
and arr
   work together. I hope it happens soon!
  
  
   On 2/7/08, sai shastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   
  i read it as 'he is singing' not composing
   
On 2/6/08, naztitude [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   Sorry to post this in this forum or my apologies, if this
is an
 already discussed topic-came across this peice of news...
 Sukhwinder Singh was spotted after Hollywood heard Chaiyya
chaiyya
 in
 Spike lee's Inside man-the song became popular in the west
and our

 good old sukhwinder has been roped in for composing a fresh
track
 for
 SS.
 I hope he gives ARR credit for being what he is, and the
song that
 he
 has sung that has given him this status!

 http://www.musicindiaonline.com/n/i/top_stories/2494/

[arr] I Finally Saw Him Live !!!!

2008-02-09 Thread rahuldavidbeckham

Hi Guys !

Feb 9th 2008 was the happiest day of my life, coz thats the day wen 
i saw Rahman saab Live for the first time.
Even though it was termed as a Private Concert still i think there 
wer around 10 - 15 thousands
And sadly most of them, actually majority of them were really dull.
Just sitting in their seats and eatin rather than singing along.
For A RahManiac like me this dream of seeing my GURU live wudn't hav 
been possible without the help of the group.
Been hearing him since 1992, been loving him since 1998 and now 
finally was able to see him on Feb 9th 2008, i hope sumday i will b 
able to actually meet him!!!

THnks a Billion, Vithur , Pavan , John , Narayan, Krishnan, Anish , 
Kalyan for makin this 10 yr old dream of mine come true.
I am really sorry for not knowing the names of the other guys who 
were present there.

Thnks , Thnks and Thnks Again.

And from now onwards i solemnly pledge my devotion to the group and 
their activities.

Rahul.

Re: [arr] Sukhwinder to compose for Speilberg!!!