Re: [arr] An Old ARR Interview

2008-04-06 Thread Pradeepan R
Very interesting.. haven't read this before. Thanks a lot man.

On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 9:18 AM, durba bhattacharjee 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   http://www.flickr.com/photos/arrahmanfans/2384462549/

 This is an interview of ARR that came long back. It was published in
 The Telegraph (Kolkata) just after the music release of Swades. I
 don't know if it is already shared in the group. It is with me for a
 long time and just felt like sharing with the group. As I kept the
 paper cutting of the interview only, I don't know on what date it was
 published :)

 Durba

  




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[arr] ARR in ETV Bangla as a JUdge

2008-04-06 Thread Vithur
Dear Rahmaniacs.

ETV bangla...a regional channel hosts a band haunting show. It seems like
ARR is going to be present in the show as a judge. Rupam Islam, a singer is
also present , is the doubt ..

( posted in orkut - ARR Fans community
http://www.orkut.com/CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=16502tid=2592819196952301892)

The Show is to be aired on Saturdays and Sundays at 9 PM or 9 30 PM..


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Whatever God wants to give, no one can deny; Whatever God wants to deny, no
one can give. Be happy always


[arr] Sivaji Ayngaran DVD released!

2008-04-06 Thread noorulwahid
Sivaji Ayngaran DVD released!

The DVD has been dispatched from UK.
And some have already got them in their hands
After almost a year, the long wait is finally over.

Just hope to get it soon in the stores
You may also order at www.eshop.ayngaran.com for the 3 DISC 
(DTS/DOLBY/SPECIAL FEATURES) EDITION 

Cant wait to hear Rahman's music in cinema quality!



[arr] Moser Baer to release Jodhaa akbar

2008-04-06 Thread Vithur
http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/08/apr/05-moser-baer-to-release-jodhaa-akbar-040807.asp

MOSER BAER to release JODHAA AKBAR

--
  April 5, 2008 6:35:36 PM IST
Joginder Tuteja, Bollywood Trade News Network
[image: Send to
Friend]http://www.glamsham.com/sendlink.asp?page=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/08/apr/05-moser-baer-to-release-jodhaa-akbar-040807.asptitle=MOSER
BAER to release JODHAA AKBAR

[image: view JODHAA AKBAR
videos]http://www.glamsham.com/broadband/default.asp?id_subcategory=79id_category=0

*view JODHAA AKBAR
videoshttp://www.glamsham.com/broadband/default.asp?id_subcategory=79id_category=0
*
Ab hogi har ghar mein Hrithik aur Ash ki dhoom!

Moser Baer is truly revolutionizing home video entertainment. It would soon
be launching the DVDs and VCDs of JODHAA AKBAR and flood the stands with the
original home video of the biggest money-spinner of 2008 so far. While the
film has already completed 50 days at the box office, the home video of
JODHAA AKBAR is bound to create a splash, courtesy the throwaway prices at
which MOSER BAER offers DVDs and VCDs of its films.

Traditionally, MOSER BAER prices its DVDs at less than Rs. 50 even for the
latest releases. JAB WE MET, HALLA BOL, SHOWBIZ, SUPERSTAR and STRANGERS are
just a few examples to quote. Though except for JAB WE MET, most of the
remaining films under performed at the box office, they have done quite well
on their home video version.

Now with JODHAA AKBAR being a HIT at the box office and yet getting a DVD
release at an expectedly throwaway price, it is going to be quite some
'dhoom' for Hrithik and Ash fans!


-- 
regards,
Vithur

Whatever God wants to give, no one can deny; Whatever God wants to deny, no
one can give. Be happy always


Re: [arr] Hyderabad Fans meet- what say

2008-04-06 Thread vedrag2000
Guys,

I have done a small web page for this event to consolidate who all are
attending.Please go thru the link and key in your details so that it
will be easy to coordinate for all of us.

We can plan to have the meet at eatstreet necklace road as suggested
or we can also look at KBR park ,near Jubilee hills checkpost.

Here is the link to key in your details. 
 http://www.urbankichidi.com/arr.php

Note: If you are concerned about privacy plz do not enter the phone
number in the details page as I have not taken enough care (jus spent
10-15 mins to do the page )about people misusing the contact details.

  

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wrote:

 ok with me..but plzz everyone decide a place  let me know





Re: [arr] Moser Baer to release Jodhaa akbar

2008-04-06 Thread Gomzy
Hope the audio and video quality is taken care of! Moser baer sucks in both
these departments !

On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 11:38 PM, Vithur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/08/apr/05-moser-baer-to-release-jodhaa-akbar-040807.asp

 MOSER BAER to release JODHAA AKBAR

 --
   April 5, 2008 6:35:36 PM IST
 Joginder Tuteja, Bollywood Trade News Network
 [image: Send to 
 Friend]http://www.glamsham.com/sendlink.asp?page=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/08/apr/05-moser-baer-to-release-jodhaa-akbar-040807.asptitle=MOSER+BAER+to+release+JODHAA+AKBAR

 [image: view JODHAA AKBAR 
 videos]http://www.glamsham.com/broadband/default.asp?id_subcategory=79id_category=0

 *view JODHAA AKBAR 
 videoshttp://www.glamsham.com/broadband/default.asp?id_subcategory=79id_category=0
 *
 Ab hogi har ghar mein Hrithik aur Ash ki dhoom!

 Moser Baer is truly revolutionizing home video entertainment. It would
 soon be launching the DVDs and VCDs of JODHAA AKBAR and flood the stands
 with the original home video of the biggest money-spinner of 2008 so far.
 While the film has already completed 50 days at the box office, the home
 video of JODHAA AKBAR is bound to create a splash, courtesy the throwaway
 prices at which MOSER BAER offers DVDs and VCDs of its films.

 Traditionally, MOSER BAER prices its DVDs at less than Rs. 50 even for the
 latest releases. JAB WE MET, HALLA BOL, SHOWBIZ, SUPERSTAR and STRANGERS are
 just a few examples to quote. Though except for JAB WE MET, most of the
 remaining films under performed at the box office, they have done quite well
 on their home video version.

 Now with JODHAA AKBAR being a HIT at the box office and yet getting a DVD
 release at an expectedly throwaway price, it is going to be quite some
 'dhoom' for Hrithik and Ash fans!


 --
 regards,
 Vithur

 Whatever God wants to give, no one can deny; Whatever God wants to deny,
 no one can give. Be happy always
 



Re: [arr] About the ARR-SPB national anthem retune...

2008-04-06 Thread Gomzy
Old news. The high court dismissed the case which some nuthead had issued.

On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 1:54 PM, up84mouli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   Hi All...

 Just read an article in Kumudam - A Tamil weekly.

 Sorry if this is an old post or was already discussed before...

 The writer - among other things - expresses dissatisfaction about the
 way national honor or pride is compromised in various situations.

 Topping the list was the way the National Anthem remake is displayed
 across the Sathyam theater screens after a movie.

 These are the two mistakes:

 1. The song is too long: Actually National Anthem should be in a
 specific tune and tempo and should exactly end within a particular
 time but this song overrides all these things and it seems is legally
 wrong.

 2. There is no certification that accompanies the song, which again
 is a major blunder.

 The person concluded saying that he would never heed the request to
 stand up for the song as it is not legal and hence there is no need to
 add to the disrespect already created...

 Any comments??

 Thanks,
 Chandra.

  



Re: [arr] Checkout ARRs complete Tracklist(1989-1993)

2008-04-06 Thread Abhimanyu Rana
Where can I find or order Set me free?

Thulasi Ram [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:   Deen Isai 
Malai - 1989/1991(Tamil)   
Ellapugazhum Iraivanukke | Shahul Hameed
 
Yengal Abdul Qadir Jeelani | Shahul Hameed
 
Nagoore Shahul Hameed Arasare | Shahul Hameed
  
Nagoor Naharalum Tooya Dava Rajare | Shahul Hameed
 
Arulin Vadivaha Tihalbavaram | Sujata 

  Set me free - 1991/1996(English)   
 
Boogie Night | Shubhaa
 
Dark Moon | Shubhaa
  
Heart Break | Shubhaa
 
Over The Hill | Shubhaa
 
Set Me Free | Shubhaa and chorus
 
She Says | Shubhaa
  
Take Nine | Shubhaa
 
Zombie | Shubhaa,Suresh peters 

   Yodha | 1992(malayalam)  
  
Kunu-Kune | KJ Yesudas,Sujata
 
Padkaali | KJ Yesuda,MG Sreekumar
 
Maampoove | KJ Yesudas,Sujata
 
 Theme-Instrumental - Sivamani,Anupama


 Asokan (1993 |Tamil Dubbed)
  
  
Kulu Kulu | SPB,Chitra
 
Om Kari | SPB,Chitra
 
??dont know about mampoove tamil but 'Sevvanam' from 'Pavithra' have 
exactly same tune 
 

 Dharamyodha(1993 | Hindi dubbed)
  

  
Dil Ka Kamal Khila | SPB,Chitra
 
Main Dilli Ka Shahazaada | SPB

  Roja - 1992(tamil)  
  
Rukkumani (6:02)  | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra
 
Chinna Chinna Aasai (4:57) | Minmini
 
Kaadhal Rojave (5:04) | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
  
Pudhu Vellai Mazhai (5:18) | Unni Menon, Sujatha
 
Tamizha Tamizha (3:05) | Hariharan
 
Chinna Chinna Aasai | (sad)(1:07) – Minmini
 

  
 Roja (1994 | Hindi dubbed)
  
 
 Rukmani Rukmani - BABA SEHGAL  SHWETA
 
Choti Si Aasha | Minmini
 
Roja Janeman | SPB
 
Roja Janeman | Hariharan
  
Yeh haseen vaadhiyaan | Chitra,SPB
 
Bharat humko | Hariharan
 
Choti si asha - (sad) | Minmini


  
  Roja Instrumental |1992
 originally done by ar rahman
 
Rukkumani (6:02) 
 
Chinna Chinna Aasai (4:57) 
  
Kaadhal Rojave (5:04) 
 
Pudhu Vellai Mazhai (5:18)
 
Tamizha Tamizha (3:05)  

Gentleman-1993(Tamil)  
 
En Veetu Thotathil (4:05) – S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sujatha
  
Usalampatti Penkutti (4:40) – Shahul Hameed, Swarnalatha
 
Chikkubukku (5:24) – Suresh Peters, G.V. Prakash
 
Ottagathai Kattiko (5:15) – S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Janaki
  
Parkathey (4:29) – Minmini


  
 Gentleman | 1993
 Instrumental originally done by ar rahman
 
1. En Veetu Thotathil (4:05) – ar rahman
 2. Usalampatti Penkutti (4:40) – ar rahman
3. Chikkubukku (5:24) – ar rahman
4. Ottagathai Kattiko (5:15) – ar rahman
5. Parkathey (4:29) –ar rahman 
  
   Uzhavan -1993(Tamil)  
 
Ennatha Ponnatha - K.J.Yesudass, Chitra
 
 Kangalil Ennaeeramo - S.P.B, Chitra
 
Kozhirendum Muzhi - K.J.Yesudass, Swarnalatha
 
Maarlmazha Peyyado - Shahul hameed, G.V.Prakash
 
 Kaathukathu Thinam - G.V.Prakash, Chitra
 
Pennalla Pennalla - S.P.B 

   Thiruda Thiruda -1993(Tamil)  
  
Kannum Kannum – Mano
 
Konjam Nilavu – Anupama
 
Veerapandi Kotayile – Mano, Unnimenon, K. S. Chithra
  
Thee Thee – Carolene
 
Rasathi – Shahul Hameed
 
Putham Pudhu Boomi  – K. S. Chithra, Mano
 
 
 
 chor chor (1996 | hindi dubbed)
 
Hum bhi tum bi | Udit Narayan, Mano
 
Chanderlekha | anupama
  
Pyar Kabhi Na Todenge | Udit Narayan, Mano, Chitra 
 
Dil Hai Sanam Dil | Sujata
 
?Dont know about rasathi dubbed version??
  
Jhoom Jhoom Nacho | SP. Balasubramaniam, Chitra 
 
Chor Chor | GV Prakash(additional track)
 
Jor Lagaa | unknown (additional track)
 
  Pudhiya Mugam - 1993  
 
July Madham-SP. Balasubramaniam , Anupama
  
kannukku Mai - Unni Menon
 
Kannukku Mai -Susheela
 
Netru Illatha(Sad version) -Sujatha
 
Nertu Illatha -Unni Menon , Sujatha
  
Sambo Sambo - Minmini , Suba

  
 
Vishwa Vidhatha (1997 | Hindi)
  
  
Jaan Tum Ho Meri | S.P.Balasubramaniam
 
??dont know kannukku male version?
 
Nazron Ke Milne Se | Kavita Krishnamurthy
  
Kal Nahi Tha Woh (Sad) | Hariharan 
 
Kal Nahi Tha Woh | Sujata Trivedi
 
Shambho Shambho | Kavita Krishnamurthy
 
 Kaliyon Si Palken | Hariharan (???dont know any info on this song)
 
Hum Dum Pyaara Pyaara | udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy (???dont know 
any if there s a tamil version of this song???)
 
http://www.rahmanism.com/2008/03/did-you-miss-any-ar-rahman-songs.html 
 
   


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[arr] About the ARR-SPB national anthem retune...

2008-04-06 Thread up84mouli
Hi All...

Just read an article in Kumudam - A Tamil weekly.

Sorry if this is an old post or was already discussed before...

The writer - among other things - expresses dissatisfaction about the
way national honor or pride is compromised in various situations.

Topping the list was the way the National Anthem remake is displayed
across the Sathyam theater screens after a movie.

These are the two mistakes:

1.  The song is too long: Actually National Anthem should be in a
specific tune and tempo and should exactly end within a particular
time but this song overrides all these things and it seems is legally
wrong.

2.  There is no certification that accompanies the song, which again
is a major blunder.

The person concluded saying that he would never heed the request to
stand up for the song as it is not legal and hence there is no need to
 add to the disrespect already created...

Any comments??

Thanks,
Chandra.



[arr] Bappi Lahiri - doctrine

2008-04-06 Thread Vithur
http://acorn.nationalinterest.in/2008/04/06/sunday-levity-the-bappi-lahiri-doctrine/

 6th April 2008

   - Aside http://acorn.nationalinterest.in/category/aside/

Sunday Levity: The Bappi Lahiri
doctrinehttp://acorn.nationalinterest.in/2008/04/06/sunday-levity-the-bappi-lahiri-doctrine/

*Understand India's foreign policy through its music*

A grand popular narrative of Indian foreign policy has not yet been written.
Here, offered entirely without such niceties as empirical evidence, is an
attempt to reconcile two glorious traditions: Indian foreign policy and
Hindi film music.

While scholars have tried to explain Indian foreign policy through an
examination of the personalities of prime ministers, priorities of ruling
political parties and the exigencies of coalition politics, a cursory glance
at the history of post-independence India—say through a thorough study of
the dust jacket of Ramachandra Guha's tome under the stimulating influence
of IMFL—will reveal that it is through the music of the times that we can
best understand it.

The state-owned broadcaster's decision, in the 1950s, not to play O P
Nayyar's trendy melodies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._P._Nayyar already
gave an indication that the foreign policy course adopted by the Nehru
government was not quite consistent with popular opinion. Throughout the 50s
and the 60s, foreign policy—like film music—was beautiful and elegant,
hopeful in general but well below potential. Like S D Burman's
musichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SD_Burman,
non-alignment was almost designed to inspire nostalgia in future
generations.

It was in the early 70s—under the R D
Burmanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Dev_Burmandoctrine—that
Indian foreign policy came into its own. It was a burst of
energy: the power of which had global appeal, yet was a product of
indigenous improvisation blending well with foreign technology. It was the
music to win wars by.

By the late 1970s and 1980s the Alokesh Bappi
Lahirihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bappi_Lahirirevolution had India
in its grasp. Here was a doctrine that was amoral in
the true sense of the word: it did not matter where something came from.
What mattered was where it went. What mattered was how something could be
used to hold the audience in thrall. The confidence and innovation of
India's foreign policy in the 1980s was wrongly attributed to the Rajiv
Gandhi age. In reality, Mr Gandhi and his team were heavily inspired by the
Bappi Lahiri doctrine—they were untouched by the not invented here. In a
sense the Rajiv Gandhi team, like Mr Lahiri himself, was comprised of people
with a solid pedigree in the classical, yet with a pulse on the modern. Like
Mr Lahiri, they were often ahead of their times. [The
Ilaiyarajahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilaiyaraajadoctrine,
meanwhile, quietly and unthreateningly expanded Indian influence
in the Indian Ocean region.]

Isolated Anand-Milind's and Raam-Laxman's couldn't rescue Indian foreign
policy from the backlash against the Bappi Lahiri doctrine in the final
years of the 80s. The murky Nadeem-Shravan business exposed the inroads
organised crime-terrorism nexus had made into the country. Until A R
Rahmanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._R._Rahmanarrived on the scene
with a doctrine for the post-cold war world, there was
generally a sense of drift. It was Mr Rahman who inspired a new confidence,
tempered by an India shedding many of its shibboleths—the economic and the
political. The Rahman doctrine pointed towards new possibilities arising
from globalisation; that not only could hold its own, it could even
shape—albeit in a limited sense—global developments. The zenith of the
Rahman doctrine was India's emergence as a nuclear power.

While the Rahman doctrine still animates much of Indian foreign policy, it
also empowered several innovative doctrines: from
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy'shttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shankar-Ehsaan-Loysophisticated
coalitional cosmopolitanism, to the popularisation of Indian
folk music through the specialist device of item
numbershttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Item_number,
and to the dogmatic, relentless nasality of Himesh
Reshammiyahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himesh_Reshammiya.
The definitive post-Rahman doctrine is still a work in progress: but it is
abundantly clear that all these schools both advocate and reflect an India
spreading its influence far from its own shores. If Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy is
about embracing globalisation and expanding India's soft power, it is Himesh
Reshammiya that stands for a more than minimum credible deterrence. Between
the two they allow a thousand home-grown item numbers to flourish.

The attitude towards item numbers, perhaps, best demonstrates the attitudes
towards realism. At one time item numbers were almost solely picturised on
Helen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_%28actress%29, an actress who was
always The Vamp. Today item numbers are picturised on the hottest stars, and
doing an item number well is often a ticket to 

Re: [arr] Sivaji Ayngaran DVD released!

2008-04-06 Thread just me!
haha ya but its only available online dunno when we can get it in the stores.. 
still waiting to buy it in singapore... sigh..

noorulwahid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sivaji 
Ayngaran DVD released!
 
 The DVD has been dispatched from UK.
 And some have already got them in their hands
 After almost a year, the long wait is finally over.
 
 Just hope to get it soon in the stores
 You may also order at www.eshop.ayngaran.com for the 3 DISC 
 (DTS/DOLBY/SPECIAL FEATURES) EDITION 
 
 Cant wait to hear Rahman's music in cinema quality!
 
 
 
   

   
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Re: [arr] Rahma's birthday gift to Meyhar

2008-04-06 Thread Ruks
i also had the same knot in my throat...rahman sir a hug a?  
   
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[arr] Succesful Food Distribution - Fifth Week

2008-04-06 Thread Vithur
Rahmaniacs,

God Willing, we completed our Food Distribution programme succesfully for
the fifth consecutive week today. We had a new member , a XIIth class
passout, by name Malavarayan joining us. we were very happy to welcome him,
to our group, as till date, we never had school student Fans joining us for
the service.

Wish more and more members join us, as the more number of people come, the
more number of people can be served, and the more the joy it it.

Long Live ARR ! ARR always

-- 
regards,
Vithur

Whatever God wants to give, no one can deny; Whatever God wants to deny, no
one can give. Be happy always


[arr] Sivaji BGMs @last...

2008-04-06 Thread PRATAP
Please someone rip the BGMs... V can @last get the voiceless Sivaji BGMs!!!

noorulwahid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  Sivaji Ayngaran DVD released!

The DVD has been dispatched from UK.
And some have already got them in their hands
After almost a year, the long wait is finally over.

Just hope to get it soon in the stores
You may also order at www.eshop.ayngaran.com for the 3 DISC 
(DTS/DOLBY/SPECIAL FEATURES) EDITION 

Cant wait to hear Rahman's music in cinema quality!



   

   
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Re: [arr] Sivaji BGMs @last...

2008-04-06 Thread Madhavan Rajan
Can anyone please tell whether the disc is region coded? if it is, I will
wait until it's released in India...

Thanks,
Madhavan.R

On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 8:33 AM, PRATAP [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   Please someone rip the BGMs... V can @last get the voiceless Sivaji
 BGMs!!!

 *noorulwahid [EMAIL PROTECTED]* wrote:

  Sivaji Ayngaran DVD released!

 The DVD has been dispatched from UK.
 And some have already got them in their hands
 After almost a year, the long wait is finally over.

 Just hope to get it soon in the stores
 You may also order at www.eshop.ayngaran.com for the 3 DISC
 (DTS/DOLBY/SPECIAL FEATURES) EDITION

 Cant wait to hear Rahman's music in cinema quality!


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Re: [arr] Sivaji Ayngaran DVD released!

2008-04-06 Thread noorulwahid
I contacted Original M3,and they said it might take a week or two. 
Hope it arrives before that.
I'm planning to set up my home theatre properly for the first time 
(and I've been thinking of it for a very long time, thanks to the 
Loong Delay)
and darkey07,(zulm nickname) if you are here (or if this is you) do 
respond, and I shall inform you of the latest updates

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 haha ya but its only available online dunno when we can get it in 
the stores.. still waiting to buy it in singapore... sigh..
 
 noorulwahid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
Sivaji Ayngaran DVD released!
  
  The DVD has been dispatched from UK.
  And some have already got them in their hands
  After almost a year, the long wait is finally over.
  
  Just hope to get it soon in the stores
  You may also order at www.eshop.ayngaran.com for the 3 DISC 
  (DTS/DOLBY/SPECIAL FEATURES) EDITION 
  
  Cant wait to hear Rahman's music in cinema quality!
  
  
  

 

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Re: [arr] cinthol

2008-04-06 Thread Ruks
o! cinthol ad was directed by Rajiv Menon is itnice to know. 

 
   
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[arr] A.R. Rahman to bring Western classical and Indian ragas closer

2008-04-06 Thread Vithur
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/ar-rahman-to-bring-western-classical-and-indian-ragas-closer_10035169.html


A.R. Rahman to bring Western classical and Indian ragas closer
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[image: A file-photo of Jodhaa Akbar]
By Subhash K. Jha
Mumbai, April 7 (IANS) It took music maestro A.R. Rahman three years to
finish the album for the stage adaptation of The Lord Of The
Ringshttp://amazon.com/gp/product/B0001ZZR48?ie=UTF8tag=thainindiaint-20link_code=em1camp=212341creative=384049creativeASIN=B0001ZZR48adid=b7b48055-69a3-4b6f-a8f0-9287877e5155,
working with 200 musicians and technicians for every song. The album, which
has pushed up his international status, was released in February. Since it
required more finances than I could afford, a private airline (Jet Airways)
is sponsoring it, Rahman, who has recently opened a western classical music
conservatory in Chennai, told IANS.

Every song has a minimum of 200 musicians and technicians involved in it.
Huge choirs and orchestras were brought into play. We recorded the album in
London and mixed it right here in Chennai in my studios. The whole crew came
down from all over the world, he added.

All songs are in English and in Elvish… the language of the Lord Of The
Ringshttp://amazon.com/gp/product/B00066FYX6?ie=UTF8tag=thainindiaint-20link_code=em1camp=212341creative=384049creativeASIN=B00066FYX6adid=2b3dd69f-8854-4d6b-b4e3-c27496648764
.

I had lots of help from fellow-musicians like Christopher Nightingale. It
took me three years to do the album. Without help from like-minded musicians
it'd have taken five years.

With Rahman increasing his Western assignments, it looks like to be
Bollywood http://www.thaindian.com/bollywood/'s loss. Rahman is
deliberately turning down big Bollywood assignments because of copyright and
royalty issues regarding music sales.

Rahman is reluctant to talk about the issue. It's too complicated. But yes,
the issue of publishing rights does stop me from accepting more Bollywood
offers, said Rahman.

Those who want to work with me in Mumbai are agreeable to my terms and
conditions. Those who do but won't agree to my conditions are going to other
composers.

At the moment, I've also cut down my film assignments because I want to
focus on my western-classic music conservatory. With this conservatory I
hope to bridge the gap between Western classical and Indian
ragashttp://amazon.com/gp/product/B0JT5P?ie=UTF8tag=thainindiaint-20link_code=em1camp=212341creative=384049creativeASIN=B0JT5Padid=0bb73f8e-3e34-4216-ad75-85dace4728be.
Imagine a thumri being played by an orchestra! Or a Carnatic raga being a
part of a big Hollywood epic! he added.

Commenting on his Bollywood assignments, Rahman said: I can't be doing just
films all my life. I need to take my music to another level now. But
whenever I work in Mumbai, I give it my fullest concentration, as I
did for Ashutosh
Gowarikerhttp://amazon.com/gp/product/B000777HWK?ie=UTF8tag=thainindiaint-20link_code=em1camp=212341creative=384049creativeASIN=B000777HWKadid=2b20d6f2-8ed8-4b96-9547-956b04f606f7's
'Jodhaa Akbar', which I'm very proud of. The music takes both Ashutosh and
me to another level.

Looking back, the talented composer is not the least content with his
achievements.

No matter how much you do, it's never enough. Music is my only therapy.
There're so many awful things happening in the world. I wish I could heal
the world. All I can do is use my music, which I do. My peace anthems
like 'Vande
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and 'Pray for me, brother' are a small candlelight in the storm. But you
never know which candle will light a thousand other candles.


-- 
regards,
Vithur

Whatever God wants to give, no one can deny; Whatever God wants to deny, no
one can give. Be happy always


Re: [arr] Succesful Food Distribution - Fifth Week

2008-04-06 Thread Moin Ali
Congratulations!
   
  Keep up the Good Work!

Vithur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Rahmaniacs, 
   
  God Willing, we completed our Food Distribution programme succesfully for the 
fifth consecutive week today. We had a new member , a XIIth class passout, by 
name Malavarayan joining us. we were very happy to welcome him, to our group, 
as till date, we never had school student Fans joining us for the service. 
   
  Wish more and more members join us, as the more number of people come, the 
more number of people can be served, and the more the joy it it. 
   
  Long Live ARR ! ARR always 

-- 
regards,
Vithur

Whatever God wants to give, no one can deny; Whatever God wants to deny, no one 
can give. Be happy always 
  

   

   
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Re: [arr] Similarity

2008-04-06 Thread Aditya Nataraja
Absolutely. That's an awesome observation!

On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Shah Navas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   Nice observation

 On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 8:06 PM, Ruks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

yeah quite similar...i have edited that portion of the song and
  uploaded it ...check it out
 
 
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