date:20081206

Pavan suspects the terror attacks might force them not to have the poll this
time.
But i dont see any reason why it wouldnt happen.

On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 1:00 AM, Chord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>   My choices: (keeping popularity in mind)
>
> Khwaja Mere Khwaja
> Kabhi Aditi
> Muskura
>
> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com ,
> Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Behka or Tu Muskura... would be my choice
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 4:33 PM, pratap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > Why not?
> > >
> > > --- On *Sat, 12/6/08, $ Pavan Kumar $ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote:
> > >
> > > From: $ Pavan Kumar $ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Subject: Re: [arr] Re: CNN IBN song of the year for 2008?
> > > To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com 
> > > Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 12:40 AM
> > >
> > >
> > > btw..I doubt if they would have the poll this year...
> > >
> > >
> > > --- On *Fri, 12/5/08, $ Pavan Kumar $ * wrote:
> > >
> > > From: $ Pavan Kumar $ 
> > > Subject: Re: [arr] Re: CNN IBN song of the year for 2008?
> > > To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
> > > Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 10:27 PM
> > >
> > > Yo !!! I too go for PappuPappu haar nahi saktha..
> > >
> > >
> > > --- On *Fri, 12/5/08, Vinod Raju <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com>* wrote:
> > >
> > > From: Vinod Raju <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com>
> > > Subject: [arr] Re: CNN IBN song of the year for 2008?
> > > To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
> > > Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 8:21 PM
> > >
> > > "Pappu Cant Dance".
> > >
> > > Anybody for a bet? ;-)
> > >
> > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
> ,
> > > "Chord"  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > What will it be for this year? Hopefully one by ARR!
> > > >
> > > > Here is 2006's winner:
> > > > http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=DzJnmVCtHG0&
> NR=1
> > > >
> > > > And 2007's winner:
> > > > http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=djaZaagHJt4&
> NR=1
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > regards,
> > Vithur
> >
>
>  
>

[arr] RARE TRACKS -PLEASE UPLOAD HERE

2008-12-06 Thread aneeshksasi


Hai all,

            If u have any rare tracks of rahman please
upload in this group.When i searched the rare tracks in this group, i
didn't get .Please cooperate with this.

Regards

ANEESH K S

[arr] [Semi-ARR] ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

The Indian Express, December 7, 2008


A new book reveals the life and worth of the anonymous musicians who made 
Bollywood’s golden melodies ¦ amrita dutta MUCH BEFORE R.D. BURMAN, COMPOSERS 
WERE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR GLOBAL SOUNDS— AND THE MUSICIANS WHO COULD HELP FIND 
THEM
I n 1977? a man in a ridiculous top hat burst out of an Easter egg as Kishore 
Kumar trilled, “Myname-is-An-thony-Gon-saal-ves”. The movie was a hit and 
Amitabh Bachchan’s rap act entered the gallery of Bollywood golden moments. But 
who was Anthony Gonsalves? The answer lies in Majorda, a village in Goa, where 
Gonsalves lives with the memories of the years (1943-1965) he spent in Mumbai’s 
film industry, making and teaching music. A violinist who taught Pyarelal 
Sharma, one half of the famous Laxmikant-Pyarelal duo of composers, Gonsalves 
worked as an arranger for many film scores. He is also the starting point of 
Gregory D. Booth’s new book Behind the Curtain:Making Music in Mumbai’s Film 
Studios.

Gonsalves is at the heart of this book, says Booth, because he represents both 
the anonymity of the musicians who played the signature music of Bollywood 
films and their presence in our lives. Gonsalves’s name has instant recall (its 
place in the song was Pyarelal’s ironic tribute) but his contribution remains 
unacknowledged. The melodies performers like him made spilled over into our 
lives and became markers of our memories while they remained—as so many told 
the author—behind the curtain. This book, in some ways, is their curtain call.

Booth introduces you to Chic Chocolate (a.k.a Antonio Vaz), one of Bombay’s 
leading jazz musicians in the 1940s who composer C. Ramchandra spotted at a 
restaurant and hustled into the industry. The result of this musical encounter 
was the first Latin percussion sounds in Bollywood . Listen to Cawas Lord 
drumming up some fun on his bongo in Shola jo bhadke from the film Albela 
(1951) to know what Chic and his band brought to the music. And if you can hear 
the strains of the oboe in any score from the late 1950s to the mid1980s, you 
are listening to Lallu Ram Indorkar, the only oboist of the industry in that 
period.

This is not the first time that Booth has turned his focus to India’s “hidden 
or perhaps voiceless musicians.” His last book was Brass Baja: Stories From 
theWorld of IndianWedding Bands,an exhaustive work on“another music tradition 
that most Indians haven’t really thought about”. Booth teaches at the 
University of Auckland and has been playing the tabla for 30 years now—he was a 
student of Zakir Hussain. He embarked on this book because he wanted to know 
“more about the process of music making in Mumbai. “It seemed best to ask the 
musicians,” he says.

Behind the Curtain is an oral history of the industry from the 1930s till the 
late 1990s and includes interviews with numerous musicians, composers, 
arrangers and engineers. Booth marks out three distinct phases. From the 1930s 
to 1950, musicians were salaried employees of film studios. From 1950 till the 
1990s was the time of the Old Bollywood, when independent producers financed 
films and musicians worked as freelancers. They were paid by the hour—by the 
producer and not the composers who enrolled them.

This was the time of the large film orchestras, when as many as 100 musicians 
playing instruments as varied as the sitar and the maracas, the drums and the 
accordion, recorded a song with the playback singers “at a single take”. As 
music composers grew in clout, their orchestras grew larger and so did the 
costs.

Booth takes us to an industry humming with different sounds—and identities. As 
the film industry consolidated itself in Bombay, the city by the sea became the 
destination for many musicians—and the host to an experiment in 
multiculturalism. The trickle from Calcutta included not just composers like 
Salil Chaudhuri and Hemant Kumar but saxophone player ManohariSingh and cellist 
Sanjoy Chakravarty. One of the largest groups of musicians were Goan 
Christians—men like Gonsalves and violinist Jerry Fernandes who entered the 
industry in the late 1940s as it offered better financial returns than a career 
in jazz and military bands. Taught since childhood to read and notate music, 
they became indispensable to music directors like Naushad, Ramchandra and 
Shankar-Jaikishen who were looking to recreate the sound of orchestras that 
Hollywood films resounded with. The musicians were a bridge between two musical 
traditions—the Indian melodic one and the
 Western sound that revolved around harmonies and orchestration.

Somewhere in the middle of Booth’s fascinating book, the notion that one R.D. 
Burman opened the doors of Bollywood music rooms to Western music gets badly 
bruised. If Burman found Louis Banks at the Blue Fox restaurant in Kolkata in 
the 1970s, Ramchandra had done that years ago with his overture to Chic 
Chocolate. Arrangers like Anthony Gonsalves, Kersi

[arr] Brings back memories, doesn't it????

2008-12-06 Thread Chord

Music launch of Rangeela

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWJ31QV6hk0&feature=related

Rangeela = a perfect example of commercial/ear friendly Rahman and
innovative/cutting edge Rahman married/blended so beautifully.  As I
was discussing with a friend today, seems like it's a bit harder to
blend these two aspects of his music these days compared to the past,
as much as I enjoy his music today too.

[arr] SdM Compilation 26

http://www.combustiblecelluloid.com/2008/slumdog.shtml
http://melbfilmblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/slumdog-millionaire.html
http://benamormoviehouse.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/slumdog-millionaire-danny-boyle-succeeds-with-visuals-and-story/
http://filmcans.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/slumdog-millionaire-8510/
http://marramark.blogspot.com/2008/12/5-second-film-review-slumdog.html
http://vknowledge.blogspot.com/2008/12/film-review-slumdog-millionaire.html
http://blog.allmovie.com/2008/12/05/slumdog-millionaire-the-amg-review/

[arr] SAJA hosts live call-in internet radio interview with ARR

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/saja/2008/12/08/AR-Rahman

Re: [arr] Re: How many International Compositions ?

Why do they put two titles for the same film/ album. It becomes
confusing like this.

I think one was the Chinese translated name (wohe) and the other for the
global market (bhe)

On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 9:22 PM, V S Rawat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On 12/6/2008 3:07 PM India Time, _Gomzy™_ wrote:
>
> > Between Heaven and Earth and Warriors of Heaven and Earth are the same.
> >
>
> Why do they put two titles for the same film/ album. It becomes
> confusing like this.
>
> --
> Rawat
>
> 
>
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> 
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[arr] Re: CNN IBN song of the year for 2008?

2008-12-06 Thread Chord

My choices: (keeping popularity in mind)

Khwaja Mere Khwaja
Kabhi Aditi
Muskura





--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Behka or Tu Muskura... would be my choice
> 
> On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 4:33 PM, pratap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > Why not?
> >
> > --- On *Sat, 12/6/08, $ Pavan Kumar $ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote:
> >
> > From: $ Pavan Kumar $ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: [arr] Re: CNN IBN song of the year for 2008?
> > To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 12:40 AM
> >
> >
> > btw..I doubt if they would have the poll this year...
> >
> >
> > --- On *Fri, 12/5/08, $ Pavan Kumar $ * wrote:
> >
> > From: $ Pavan Kumar $ 
> > Subject: Re: [arr] Re: CNN IBN song of the year for 2008?
> > To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
> > Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 10:27 PM
> >
> > Yo !!! I too go for PappuPappu haar nahi saktha..
> >
> >
> > --- On *Fri, 12/5/08, Vinod Raju <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com>* wrote:
> >
> > From: Vinod Raju <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com>
> > Subject: [arr] Re: CNN IBN song of the year for 2008?
> > To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
> > Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 8:21 PM
> >
> >  "Pappu Cant Dance".
> >
> > Anybody for a bet? ;-)
> >
> > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
,
> > "Chord"  wrote:
> > >
> > > What will it be for this year? Hopefully one by ARR!
> > >
> > > Here is 2006's winner:
> > > http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=DzJnmVCtHG0&
NR=1
> > >
> > > And 2007's winner:
> > > http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=djaZaagHJt4&
NR=1
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> regards,
> Vithur
>

[arr] Re: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE surpasses JODHAA AKBAR in Overseas

2008-12-06 Thread tanyaagha

thats great to hear from glamsham thats its doing good but the info is 
a bit invalid as it cannot be the highest grossing indian film since its a 
british film.






--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE surpasses JODHAA AKBAR in 
Overseas
> http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/08/dec/06-
slumdog-millionaire-surpasses-jodhaa-akbar-in-overseas-120804.asp
> Danny Boyle's acclaimed hit SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE has 
reached $3.8 million at
> the North American box office surpassing the $3.4 million of the 
Hrithik
> RoshanAishwarya Rai epic JODHAA AKBAR to become the 
highest grossing Indian
> movie of 2008.
> 
> The Fox Searchlight release has done this after only three weeks in 
theaters
> while playing in only 49 locations. Released in February, JODHAA 
AKBAR
> played much wider in 125 theaters and earned its total gross over 
nine
> weeks. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE will continue to open in more 
theaters nationwide
> throughout the month of December and will see its box office gross 
continue
> to climb. Though financed in the U.K., the film's setting, story, and
> characters are all Indian.
> 
> This past week has seen SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE add to its 
impressive list of
> industry accolades. It won three British Independent Film Awards 
for Best
> Film, Best Director, and the Most Promising Newcomer prize for 18
yearold
> actor Dev Patel. The song 'Paper Planes' by MIA which is featured 
on the
> SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE soundtrack earned a prestigious 
Grammy Award nomination
> for Record of the Year. And lastly the film was named Best Picture 
of the
> Year by the National Board of Review which also honored it in two 
other
> categories  Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actor for Patel 
and Best
> Adapted Screenplay (tie) for Simon Beaufoy.
> 
> 
> -- 
> regards,
> Vithur
>

[arr] New Ghajini Trailer (WITH BGM)

2008-12-06 Thread pratap

New Ghajini Trailer (With BGM):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pHBbHA8xdY&feature=related

[ARR] Malayalam translation of ARR songs

2008-12-06 Thread Mohamed Hashir

Hi fans from kerala,

I got these translations from Idea star singer forum. Its done by a user
named Dasappan Kochattan. I liked it very much cause its not just word to
word translation..Thought of sharing it with you

regards,


Hashir

http://www.ideastarsinger.asianetglobal.com/forum/topic.php?id=19086&page=1


Lyrics trans.rar
Description: Binary data

Re: [arr] Paper Planes - Grammy nomination

No.

On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 7:48 PM, : Avinash : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>   Paper Planes by MIA has been nominated for "Record of the year" @
> Grammy awards. Does Rahman have any credit over this song??
>
>  
>

Re: [arr] Re: How many International Compositions ?

2008-12-06 Thread || V i s h w e s h ||

Nope!! They both are the same. Check here :
http://www.sonybmgmasterworks.com/artists/arrahman/betweenheavenandearth_p8179.html

" The search is more important than the destination "  - a r rahman -

--- On Sat, 6/12/08, nivensamy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: nivensamy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [arr] Re: How many International Compositions ?
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, 6 December, 2008, 11:20 AM













Not same Heaven and earth is by Kitaro, a famous japanese music

composer in the talents of Rahman and whom I appreciate a lot... and I

recommend to fans of rahman.



http://www.filmtrac ks.com/titles/ heaven_earth. html



Niven (Mauritius)



--- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:

>

> WOHE - Warriors of Heaven and Earth... is the only one. All Heaven

and Earth

> is this WOHE

> 

> Journey Home is Harem,

> 

> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 7:41 PM, viswa bharathy wrote:

> 

> >   Frenz,

> >

> > plz clarify my doubt,

> >

> > Warriors of Heaven and Earth

> > Between Heaven and Earth

> >

> > Both are same or different ?

> >

> > some say same..so oly confused..

> >

> > and again Harem, is The Journey Home or something else ?

> >

> > --- On Wed, 12/3/08, rayrai2k <[EMAIL PROTECTED] . >

> > wrote:

> >

> > > From: rayrai2k <[EMAIL PROTECTED] . >

> > > Subject: [arr] Re: How many International Compositions ?

> > > To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com 

> > > Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 2:56 PM

> >

> > > Raaga Dance with Vanessa Mae

> > >

> > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com

,

> > Antony Raveenson

> > >  wrote:

> > > >

> > > > wat abt Harem

> > > >

> > > > --- On Tue, 12/2/08, rama krishna

> > >  wrote:

> > > > From: rama krishna 

> > > > Subject: Re: [arr] Re: How many International

> > > Compositions ?

> > > > To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com 

> > > > Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 3:32 AM

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > 1.bombaydreams( 2002)

> > > > 2.warriors of heaven and earth(2003)3. al-risallah(

> > > 2007)

> > > > 4.lord of the rings(2006)5. elizebeth(

> > > 2007)6.proveked( 2007)7.slumdog( 2008)--- On Tue, 2/12/08,

> > > nivensamy

> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote:

> > > > From: nivensamy <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com>

> > > > Subject: [arr] Re: How many International Compositions

> > > ?

> > > > To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com

> > > > Date: Tuesday, 2 December, 2008, 2:16 AM

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Pray for me brother

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Niven

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com,

> > > "rivjot"  wrote:

> > > >

> > > > >

> > > >

> > > > > Warriors of Heaven & Earth (2004)

> > > >

> > > > > Bombil & Beatrice (2007)

> > > >

> > > > > Nairsan (2009?)

> > > >

> > > > >

> > > >

> > > > >

> > > >

> > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, viswa

> > > bharathy

> > > 

> > > >

> > > > > wrote:

> > > >

> > > > > >

> > > >

> > > > > > frens,

> > > >

> > > > > >

> > > >

> > > > > > Earth

> > > >

> > > > > > Fire

> > > >

> > > > > > Water

> > > >

> > > > > > Provoked

> > > >

> > > > > > Elizabeth

> > > >

> > > > > > Slumdog

> > > >

> > > > > >

> > > >

> > > > > > apart from this wat are other ARR's

> > > international work ?

> > > >

> > > > > >

> > > >

> > > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy!

> > > Invite them

> > > now.

> > > >

> >

> > 

> >

> 

> 

> 

> -- 

> regards,

> Vithur

>




  




 

















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[arr] Re: Yuvvraaj Zindagi revisited

2008-12-06 Thread Jahanzeb Farooq

you are right. may be it is because it has a ghazal like melody or 
that of old era songs that it sounds like an old song. at least now 
after visiting all ARR songs for comparison i know that it is not a 
stale ARR song.


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Chord" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> This song has an old world type melody to it, almost like a ghazal. 
> And since you've heard ghazals before, maybe that's why you think 
it's
> "old".  It has nothing to do with it being a stale ARR song, and on
> the contrary, in Zindagi, ARR has composed such beautiful, smooth
> contoured melody like from the evergreen era in the 1950s and 1960s. 
> I know a well known classical singer and he was very much touched 
and
> impressed with Zindagi when he heard it, reminding him of pure 
melody
> numbers from the evergreen era.
> 
> 
> 
> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Jahanzeb Farooq"
>  wrote:
> >
> > well in fact when i tried i could not come up with many songs 
which i 
> > could say similar to zindagi. still i don't know why it just 
sounds 
> > old or similar to one of many ARR songs with SPB or Hariharan. may 
be 
> > it is pyaar ye (Rangeela), may be roja (Roja), nahin saamne (Taal) 
or 
> > sun ri sakhi (Humse Hai Muqabala). don't know exactly. it is hard 
to 
> > pin-point. but honestly there is some "old" feeling to this song. 
this 
> > is also possible that it is similar to some non-ARR song that's 
why i 
> > have this feeling. not sure though.
> > 
> > 
> > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Gomzy"  
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > could you please mention the ones that are same types as zindagi 
? 
> > and also
> > > how similar they are?
> > > 
> > > On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Jahanzeb Farooq 
> > wrote:
> > > 
> > > >   Yeh jo zindagi hai from Earth 1947 is my heart-favorite too, 
> > best ever
> > > > from Srinivas. though I did not like Zindagi that much, for me 
it 
> > is
> > > > an okay song, nothing special. my biggest complain from it is 
that 
> > it
> > > > offers nothing new, ARR has given a number of these types of 
songs
> > > > before.
> > > >
> > > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com 
> > , V S
> > > > Rawat  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > If there is a downside of too many releases in a short 
duration,
> > > > that is
> > > > > - we jump between albums and songs and don't devote time to 
> > enjoy
> > > > the
> > > > > full beauty of each creation.
> > > > >
> > > > > I confess that I suffered from the above, and couldn't 
really 
> > enjoy
> > > > ADA
> > > > > till now, and other songs of other albums also.
> > > > >
> > > > > Now, that there is a lull till the next release by our man, 
I am
> > > > getting
> > > > > time to revisit them.
> > > > >
> > > > > I chanced to hear Yuvvraaj again, sad that the film is a 
flop,
> > > > though
> > > > > everyone is indeed commenting now that ARR's music is 
marvelous 
> > in
> > > > this
> > > > > and a sure shot plus side of the movie. I enjoyed the movie 
> > myself,
> > > > and
> > > > > the songs picturization.
> > > > >
> > > > > So, I took a break from Ghazini and SDM to listen to 
Yuvvraaj, 
> > and
> > > > > further beauties got revealed.
> > > > >
> > > > > I am not very comfortable with using headphones. it sort of 
> > binds me
> > > > to
> > > > > my pc desk and degree of movement gets restricted so I avoid 
> > that. I
> > > > had
> > > > > not heard any of the recent releases through headphone, and 
> > heard
> > > > them
> > > > > only on average quality speakers.
> > > > >
> > > > > And, this time, while hearing to zindagi, I noticed that 
there 
> > is a
> > > > > vocal echo of shrinivas' voice at places. I had totally 
missed 
> > out
> > > > on
> > > > > that till now. And then, after the louder volume of pc 
speaker
> > > > didn't
> > > > > clarify that much and loudness became irritating, I had to 
wear 
> > the
> > > > > headphone.
> > > > >
> > > > > And wow. What a song. What a beauty.
> > > > >
> > > > > For last 10 years or so, Srinivas' 1947 Earth number "Ye jo 
> > Zindagi
> > > > hai"
> > > > > has been my all time ARR best. That was the last time, I had 
> > felt
> > > > that
> > > > > "walking two feet above the ground" effect, the song that 
had
> > > > consumed
> > > > > me, that had captivated me, I had felt like a teenager in 
first
> > > > love.
> > > > >
> > > > > And here was another zindagi in the same voice by the same 
ARR. 
> > And
> > > > what
> > > > > a beauty it is. And I am again feeling those same above 
feelings
> > > > even
> > > > > though I have aged a decade in the meantime since previous 
> > zindagi.
> > > > >
> > > > > People had said that Water was subtle. I think this zindagi 
is 
> > the
> > > > most
> > > > > subtle song ever given by our man.
> > > > >
> > > > > What a contemplative voice. Sadness san melodrama. A 
guiltless,
> > > > > confusionless quest and exploration. Putting deep feelings 
to 
> > words.
> > > > >
> > > > > The song nearest to yuvvraaj's zindagi ge

[arr] Tech: Any plugin for winamp to play flv audio?

Non-ARR.

is there any plugin available for winamp that can directly play the 
audio of flv files?

or any other free mp3 player that plays only the audio of flv files 
without showing the videos?

TIA
--
Rawat

[arr] SDM

2008-12-06 Thread arr_raghu

Heard few tracks from SDM on youtube.
ARR seems to be at his best.
I am sure he has really enjoyed doing this film.
Waiting for the CD.
Raghu

Re: [arr] Re: Yuvvraaj Zindagi revisited

On 12/6/2008 2:35 PM India Time, _: Avinash :_ wrote:

> Zindagi also reminds me one of the recent mellow song "Kaisi hai yeh 
> ruth" (Dil Chahta Hai )by SEL, which is also surprisingly sung by 
> Srinivas. You have to hear it again to find the similarities...

Good that you mentioned that song. It is indeed a rare lovely song of 
current days that establishes that melody is still very much alive. I 
like it a lot.

I am listening to that and finding one noticeable thing that though the 
song is having positive, happy lyrics, still the mood of the song is not 
reflecting that happiness. The song is quite contained and is rendered 
quite maturedly, somewhat "with indifference to the happiness" so much 
that if you don't pay attention to the exact words in lyrics, and go 
with just the feeling conveyed, you might end up thinking it to be a sad 
"separation type" song.

I wonder why and how that effect was brought in that song.

--
Rawat

> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Chord" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> This song has an old world type melody to it, almost like a 
> ghazal. 
>> And since you've heard ghazals before, maybe that's why you think 
> it's
>> "old".  It has nothing to do with it being a stale ARR song, and on
>> the contrary, in Zindagi, ARR has composed such beautiful, smooth
>> contoured melody like from the evergreen era in the 1950s and 
> 1960s. 
>> I know a well known classical singer and he was very much touched 
> and
>> impressed with Zindagi when he heard it, reminding him of pure 
> melody
>> numbers from the evergreen era.
>>
>>
>>
>> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Jahanzeb Farooq"
>>  wrote:
>>> well in fact when i tried i could not come up with many songs 
> which i 
>>> could say similar to zindagi. still i don't know why it just 
> sounds 
>>> old or similar to one of many ARR songs with SPB or Hariharan. 
> may be 
>>> it is pyaar ye (Rangeela), may be roja (Roja), nahin saamne 
> (Taal) or 
>>> sun ri sakhi (Humse Hai Muqabala). don't know exactly. it is 
> hard to 
>>> pin-point. but honestly there is some "old" feeling to this 
> song. this 
>>> is also possible that it is similar to some non-ARR song that's 
> why i 
>>> have this feeling. not sure though.
>>>
>>>
>>> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Gomzy™"  
>>> wrote:
 could you please mention the ones that are same types as 
> zindagi ? 
>>> and also
 how similar they are?

 On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Jahanzeb Farooq 
>>> wrote:
>   Yeh jo zindagi hai from Earth 1947 is my heart-favorite 
> too, 
>>> best ever
> from Srinivas. though I did not like Zindagi that much, for 
> me it 
>>> is
> an okay song, nothing special. my biggest complain from it 
> is that 
>>> it
> offers nothing new, ARR has given a number of these types of 
> songs
> before.
>
> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com 
>>> , V S
> Rawat  wrote:
>> If there is a downside of too many releases in a short 
> duration,
> that is
>> - we jump between albums and songs and don't devote time 
> to 
>>> enjoy
> the
>> full beauty of each creation.
>>
>> I confess that I suffered from the above, and couldn't 
> really 
>>> enjoy
> ADA
>> till now, and other songs of other albums also.
>>
>> Now, that there is a lull till the next release by our 
> man, I am
> getting
>> time to revisit them.
>>
>> I chanced to hear Yuvvraaj again, sad that the film is a 
> flop,
> though
>> everyone is indeed commenting now that ARR's music is 
> marvelous 
>>> in
> this
>> and a sure shot plus side of the movie. I enjoyed the 
> movie 
>>> myself,
> and
>> the songs picturization.
>>
>> So, I took a break from Ghazini and SDM to listen to 
> Yuvvraaj, 
>>> and
>> further beauties got revealed.
>>
>> I am not very comfortable with using headphones. it sort 
> of 
>>> binds me
> to
>> my pc desk and degree of movement gets restricted so I 
> avoid 
>>> that. I
> had
>> not heard any of the recent releases through headphone, 
> and 
>>> heard
> them
>> only on average quality speakers.
>>
>> And, this time, while hearing to zindagi, I noticed that 
> there 
>>> is a
>> vocal echo of shrinivas' voice at places. I had totally 
> missed 
>>> out
> on
>> that till now. And then, after the louder volume of pc 
> speaker
> didn't
>> clarify that much and loudness became irritating, I had to 
> wear 
>>> the
>> headphone.
>>
>> And wow. What a song. What a beauty.
>>
>> For last 10 years or so, Srinivas' 1947 Earth number "Ye 
> jo 
>>> Zindagi
> hai"
>> has been my all time ARR best. That was the last time, I 
> had 
>>> felt
> that
>> "walking two feet above the ground" effect, the song that 
> had
> consumed
>> me, that had captivated me, I had felt like a teenager in 
> first
> love.
>> And here was another z

Re: [arr] Re: CNN IBN song of the year for 2008?

Behka or Tu Muskura... would be my choice

On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 4:33 PM, pratap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Why not?
>
> --- On *Sat, 12/6/08, $ Pavan Kumar $ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote:
>
> From: $ Pavan Kumar $ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [arr] Re: CNN IBN song of the year for 2008?
> To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 12:40 AM
>
>
> btw..I doubt if they would have the poll this year...
>
>
> --- On *Fri, 12/5/08, $ Pavan Kumar $ * wrote:
>
> From: $ Pavan Kumar $ 
> Subject: Re: [arr] Re: CNN IBN song of the year for 2008?
> To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
> Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 10:27 PM
>
> Yo !!! I too go for PappuPappu haar nahi saktha..
>
>
> --- On *Fri, 12/5/08, Vinod Raju <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com>* wrote:
>
> From: Vinod Raju <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com>
> Subject: [arr] Re: CNN IBN song of the year for 2008?
> To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
> Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 8:21 PM
>
>  "Pappu Cant Dance".
>
> Anybody for a bet? ;-)
>
> --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com ,
> "Chord" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] .> wrote:
> >
> > What will it be for this year? Hopefully one by ARR!
> >
> > Here is 2006's winner:
> > http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=DzJnmVCtHG0& 
> > NR=1
> >
> > And 2007's winner:
> > http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=djaZaagHJt4& 
> > NR=1
> >
>
>
>
>
> 
>



-- 
regards,
Vithur

Re: [arr] Re: How many International Compositions ?

2008-12-06 Thread pratap

Not Heaven and Earth. It's Between Heaven an Earth is by ARR and it is the same 
as Warriors of Heaven and Earth...

--- On Fri, 12/5/08, nivensamy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: nivensamy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [arr] Re: How many International Compositions ?
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 9:50 PM













Not same Heaven and earth is by Kitaro, a famous japanese music

composer in the talents of Rahman and whom I appreciate a lot... and I

recommend to fans of rahman.



http://www.filmtrac ks.com/titles/ heaven_earth. html



Niven (Mauritius)



--- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:

>

> WOHE - Warriors of Heaven and Earth... is the only one. All Heaven

and Earth

> is this WOHE

> 

> Journey Home is Harem,

> 

> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 7:41 PM, viswa bharathy wrote:

> 

> >   Frenz,

> >

> > plz clarify my doubt,

> >

> > Warriors of Heaven and Earth

> > Between Heaven and Earth

> >

> > Both are same or different ?

> >

> > some say same..so oly confused..

> >

> > and again Harem, is The Journey Home or something else ?

> >

> > --- On Wed, 12/3/08, rayrai2k <[EMAIL PROTECTED] . >

> > wrote:

> >

> > > From: rayrai2k <[EMAIL PROTECTED] . >

> > > Subject: [arr] Re: How many International Compositions ?

> > > To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com 

> > > Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 2:56 PM

> >

> > > Raaga Dance with Vanessa Mae

> > >

> > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com

,

> > Antony Raveenson

> > >  wrote:

> > > >

> > > > wat abt Harem

> > > >

> > > > --- On Tue, 12/2/08, rama krishna

> > >  wrote:

> > > > From: rama krishna 

> > > > Subject: Re: [arr] Re: How many International

> > > Compositions ?

> > > > To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com 

> > > > Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 3:32 AM

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > 1.bombaydreams( 2002)

> > > > 2.warriors of heaven and earth(2003)3. al-risallah(

> > > 2007)

> > > > 4.lord of the rings(2006)5. elizebeth(

> > > 2007)6.proveked( 2007)7.slumdog( 2008)--- On Tue, 2/12/08,

> > > nivensamy

> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote:

> > > > From: nivensamy <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com>

> > > > Subject: [arr] Re: How many International Compositions

> > > ?

> > > > To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com

> > > > Date: Tuesday, 2 December, 2008, 2:16 AM

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Pray for me brother

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Niven

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com,

> > > "rivjot"  wrote:

> > > >

> > > > >

> > > >

> > > > > Warriors of Heaven & Earth (2004)

> > > >

> > > > > Bombil & Beatrice (2007)

> > > >

> > > > > Nairsan (2009?)

> > > >

> > > > >

> > > >

> > > > >

> > > >

> > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, viswa

> > > bharathy

> > > 

> > > >

> > > > > wrote:

> > > >

> > > > > >

> > > >

> > > > > > frens,

> > > >

> > > > > >

> > > >

> > > > > > Earth

> > > >

> > > > > > Fire

> > > >

> > > > > > Water

> > > >

> > > > > > Provoked

> > > >

> > > > > > Elizabeth

> > > >

> > > > > > Slumdog

> > > >

> > > > > >

> > > >

> > > > > > apart from this wat are other ARR's

> > > international work ?

> > > >

> > > > > >

> > > >

> > > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy!

> > > Invite them

> > > now.

> > > >

> >

> > 

> >

> 

> 

> 

> -- 

> regards,

> Vithur

>

[arr] there is one great track — Jai Ho

Slumdog Millionaire boasts of one standout track from A R Rahman, Jai Ho
while most of the other tracks are simply background scores that would have
to be enjoyed with the film.

This film by Danny Boyle is already making waves internationally and is all
set to be a frontrunner at the Oscars this year. Another reason for some of
the hype it is garnering is on account of A R Rahman's music who
incidentally has had a prolific year with four releases already this year.
Not all of the 13 (yes there are that many!) tracks are great but in the
framework of the film, they promise to pack a punch.

Slumdog Millionaire's standout song is undoubtedly Jai Ho, a rousing melody,
in Sukhwinder Singh's striking voice. The opening background music (BGM)
with its middle-eastern strings instantly leads you to believe that you're
in for something special. The track's high-pitched tone (and Singh scales
these 'highs with silken smooth ease) against a profusion of beats makes
this an instant chartbuster. Every time the opening line, 'Jai Ho' is sung,
it leaves a stirring impact and one can only imagine what an important
moment this could be for the film.

The next striking song here is Ringa Ringa, where Rahman does his own
version of the raunchy Choli Ke Peeche to a heady effect. One senses the
music composer's attempt to weave in a certain 'Mumbaiya' feel to the album
to go with the theme of the film. Alka Yagnik and Ila Arun get together
again to serve a suitably generic and massy number.

These are really the only two major songs, if you leave out an English
number called Dreams On Fire - soothing but very standard stuff.

Keeping with the international nature of the film, the album brims with
several interesting situational music pieces. While Latika's Theme is a
soft, humming piece from Suzanne D. Mello, Millionaire is a faced-paced
track with an on-the-run feel. O Saya has A R Rahman's voice interspersed
with the rapacious sounds of a running train. He goes into vigorous, fusion
music with Liquid Dance and Mausam And Escape. The latter one — with its
santoor and sitar strings — has a distinct classical flavour and one expects
this to be very effective along with the film. There's also Don's
scintillating Aaj Ki Raat included without any changes.

International track Paper Planes doesn't click. But the opening of its remix
version is stunner. The rest is just about passable. In any case, as we
said, not all these tracks are exceptional enough to be stand alone ones.
Riots and Gangsta Blues you wouldn't be revisiting much, unless they make an
impression in the film.

To sum up, there is one great track — Jai Ho. As for the rest — enjoy it
with the film.
http://www.sakaaltimes.com/2008/12/06142310/Rousing-rhythm.html

-- 
regards,
Vithur

Re: [arr] Jai ho and Zubeida link

On 12/6/2008 3:47 PM India Time, _S, Karthik_ wrote:

>  >>>As per the film's script, Main albeli was set in 1947, that's why it is
> having an altogether different type of music and arrangement
>  
> You are right about the arrangement, which was apt for those period. Few 
> film songs during those period had this arab feel to it...
>  
> I am pointing to the june itself .
>  
> The tune in the middle part for "Mai albeli" song leads to the "Jao ho" 
> song and vice versa.
>  
> Zubeida is probably one of the top 10 ARR albums and thans to ARR for 
> reminding us about that here.

Right.

Main albeli is another song that is a proof that video/ storyline go 
together with the songs. When I heard that song before seeing the movie, 
I found it so odd, not-arr-standard and all the BS.

And then I saw the movie and the song got its perspective. It fell in 
the place where a 1940s song should be there, though 1940 music was 
still quite different and banal in terms of recording techniques and 
arrangements that were available those days (Remember Rattan, Shahjahan, 
Andaz, Anmol Ghadi, Mahal music?). Still, by ARR's standard, this song 
is much, much, much more 1947-ish than Kisna song or 1947Earth songs or 
even Mangal Pandey songs.

And, the story line that the son finds an old movie clip in which his 
mother had acted and sang in her youth had added a superb emotional 
touch to the song and I had started liking it.

--
Rawat

> *From:* arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> Behalf Of V S Rawat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Friday, December 05, 2008 5:52 PM
> *To:* arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* Re: [arr] Jai ho and Zubeida link
> 
> On 12/5/2008 5:27 PM India Time, _S, Karthik_ wrote:
> 
>  > Listening to Jai ho from youtube I naturally transcended over to the
>  > middle part of the the Zubeida song "Mai albeli" song.
> 
> Very interesting.
> 
> As per the film's script, Main albeli was set in 1947, that's why it is
> having an altogether different type of music and arrangement. And SDM is
> oven fresh for 2008.
> 
>  >
>  > Did anyone feel that way?
>  >
>  > regards,
>  > Karthik

[arr] Re: CNN IBN song of the year for 2008?

2008-12-06 Thread Chord

Yeah, why not?


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, pratap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Why not?
> 
> --- On Sat, 12/6/08, $ Pavan Kumar $ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: $ Pavan Kumar $ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [arr] Re: CNN IBN song of the year for 2008?
> To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 12:40 AM
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> btw..I doubt if they would have the poll this year...
> 
> 
> --- On Fri, 12/5/08, $ Pavan Kumar $  wrote:
> 
> From: $ Pavan Kumar $ 
> Subject: Re: [arr] Re: CNN IBN song of the year for 2008?
> To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
> Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 10:27 PM
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Yo !!! I too go for PappuPappu haar nahi saktha..
>  
> 
> --- On Fri, 12/5/08, Vinod Raju <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote:
> 
> From: Vinod Raju <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com>
> Subject: [arr] Re: CNN IBN song of the year for 2008?
> To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
> Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 8:21 PM
> 
> 
> 
> 
> "Pappu Cant Dance". 
> 
> Anybody for a bet? ;-)
> 
> --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, "Chord"  wrote:
> >
> > What will it be for this year? Hopefully one by ARR!
> > 
> > Here is 2006's winner:
> > http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=DzJnmVCtHG0& NR=1
> > 
> > And 2007's winner:
> > http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=djaZaagHJt4& NR=1
> >
>

Re: [arr] LIQUID DANCE

Its not similar... But its the same :-)

On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Vishnu Ram Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

>HELLO FELLOW RAHMANIACS,
>
>
>   I FELT THAT THE LIQUID DANCE FROM SDM IS SIMILAR
> 2 AZHAGIYA TAMIL MAGAN BGM. IF IT'S ALREADY DISCUSSED HERE, PLEASE IGNORE.
>
> --
> Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Invite them 
> now.
>
> 
>



-- 
regards,
Vithur

Re: [arr] Re: How many International Compositions ?

On 12/6/2008 3:07 PM India Time, _Gomzy™_ wrote:

> Between Heaven and Earth and Warriors of Heaven and Earth are the same.
> 

Why do they put two titles for the same film/ album. It becomes 
confusing like this.

--
Rawat

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[arr] SDM OSCARS UNLIKELY

2008-12-06 Thread Vishnu Ram Prasad

HELLO FELOW RAHMANIACS,

 I KNOW WE ALL WANT SDM 2 WIN AN OSCAR, BUT IT IS MOST 
UNLIKELY THAT SDM WOULD WIN AN OSCAR. SDM IS A BRITISH FILM AND OSCARS R 
AWARDED ONLY 2 AMERICAN FILMS. NO HARRY POTTER OR JAMES BOND WOULD EVER GET 
EVEN NOMINATED FOR OSCAR. 

   ON THE BRIGHT SIDE SDM HAS A BRIGHT CAHNCE OF WINNING A 
BAFTA WHICH IS AN EQUIVALENT OF OSCARS FOR BRITISH FILMS. NO DARK KNIGHT OR 
WALL E WOULD CONTEST IN BAFTA AS THEY R AMERICAN. LET'S WISH ARR GETS AWARDED A 
BAFTA..

   PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG.



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[arr] SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE surpasses JODHAA AKBAR in Overseas

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE surpasses JODHAA AKBAR in Overseas
http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/08/dec/06-slumdog-millionaire-surpasses-jodhaa-akbar-in-overseas-120804.asp
Danny Boyle's acclaimed hit SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE has reached $3.8 million at
the North American box office surpassing the $3.4 million of the Hrithik
Roshan–Aishwarya Rai epic JODHAA AKBAR to become the highest grossing Indian
movie of 2008.

The Fox Searchlight release has done this after only three weeks in theaters
while playing in only 49 locations. Released in February, JODHAA AKBAR
played much wider in 125 theaters and earned its total gross over nine
weeks. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE will continue to open in more theaters nationwide
throughout the month of December and will see its box office gross continue
to climb. Though financed in the U.K., the film's setting, story, and
characters are all Indian.

This past week has seen SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE add to its impressive list of
industry accolades. It won three British Independent Film Awards for Best
Film, Best Director, and the Most Promising Newcomer prize for 18–year–old
actor Dev Patel. The song 'Paper Planes' by MIA which is featured on the
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE soundtrack earned a prestigious Grammy Award nomination
for Record of the Year. And lastly the film was named Best Picture of the
Year by the National Board of Review which also honored it in two other
categories – Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actor for Patel and Best
Adapted Screenplay (tie) for Simon Beaufoy.

--
regards,
Vithur

[arr] Yuvvraaj - Film Review

2008-12-06 Thread AR Rahman The Boss


A film worth watching in 1980s, but not in 2008's. The story has been written 
in a way suited for early 80s. That is the initial verdict after watching the 
entire film.

Deven (played by Salman Khan) is a chorus singer in Prague. He is seen paired 
with Anushka (played by Katrina Kaif) who is appearing as playing a cello. 
Anushka is deeply in love with Deven, who is pursuing a bright career as a 
musician (but all his zest is not shown). Deven is surviving the career just 
because of Anushka.

Anushka's dad Banton (Boman Irani) is a doctor who is introduced by burning 
Deven's picture. He hates her daugter's relationship with Deven (because he is 
not rich). Anushka is pressing her father for her marriage with deven as she 
needs her father's consent for that and Deven is stressing her for a marriage. 

In one of the deviations Deven gets the news of his rich father's demise (from 
a policeman who asks his fathers name to fill up a chargesheet, and delivers 
his fathers death news) and Deven starts for getting his share in property. 
Deven starts for his home after challenging to Banton that he will be 
billionaire in just 40 days, if not he can choose not to accept him as 
son-in-law.

Deven has two brothers Danny (played by Zayed Khan) and Gyanesh (played by Anil 
Kapoor). Danny is a spoilt brother and Gyanesh is a mentally challenged 
brother. His father in his will as announced by Sikandar Mirza (played by 
Mithun Chakraborthy) says that his property share's majority goes to Gyanesh. 
Danny and Deven are seen then paired for lions share of the property. 

Deven brings Gyanesh to Prague. Anushka makes Gyanesh sing for her and instills 
confidence in him (Though Gyanesh is mentally challenged he can write musical 
notes of his own and sing well, what the heck!). Danny accompanies Deven to 
Prague not believing Deven to the full.

Danny is seen then thrown out of his club for not paying his dues, and he is 
being rescued by his two brothers. From now on Danny is seen a changed 
good-brother. The three brothers are then united. 

Banton is a friend of Sikandar Mirza who narrates the incidents to him 
regularly (as Banton says). In the climax, Gyanesh is made to be mistaken that 
his brothers are just roaming around him for money. A plot to kill Gyanesh by 
his relatives (for war of money) and to make the brothers culprit goes void. 
And in the end the three brothers unite, and Banton accepts Deven as his 
son-in-law.

Seems that Subhash Ghai has completely lost the way of storytelling. He with 
his age old scriptwriters Sachin Bhowmik and Kamlesh Pandey have completely 
failed in delivering a good story and script.

The only theme which glues you with the theatre's chairs is its music. Yes. The 
unsung hero of this movie is none other than A.R.Rahman. His music seems to 
have generated so power that it mesmirizes most of the times. It is another 
'Taal' in making but left without a proper script. If this were a right script 
it would have been a correct mix of silent rhythmic and at the same time 
vibrant cinema. The music is so fresh and authenticated that it is the only 
point of watching the entire movie. Also Gulzar saab's lyrics go hand-in-hand 
with the music.

A.R.Rahman also appears in a guestrole in the end of the movie where all the 
crew of the movie are shown. 
 
>From 
>http://independentreviewer.blogspot.com/2008/12/yuvvraaj-film-review.htmlRegards,
> 
ARR Dreamer 
"Only You - ARRahman" 
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[arr] Paper Planes - Grammy nomination

2008-12-06 Thread : Avinash :

Paper Planes by MIA has been nominated for "Record of the year" @ 
Grammy awards. Does Rahman have any credit over this song??

Re: [ARR] First song composed by ARR

2008-12-06 Thread danny

Hi Friends i've seen that episode in which Late 'Baranikkavu
Shivakumar' said this, but we can't say Rahman composed it, His father
Late R K Shekar was inspired by the tune Little Rahman lazily played
on the keyboard (remmember Rahman was just six year old). 

The composer is Rahmans Father R K Shekar itself.

Its a fact that in Kerala R K Shekar and his compositions got more
recognition only after Rahman became popular. 

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> From: Mohamed Hashir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Shivakumar was the guest. He is the one who written the songs for the
film "Penpada"(1975). He started to sing "vellithen kinnam pol" and
declared its ARR's tune.
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R.K.Shekhar( ARR's father). Totally 4 song to compose. He composed 3
song and take a break. That time six year old ARR came and play some
music bits in Harmonium. All are surprised and ask him to do the full
song. Everyone like it and decided to use it as the movie's
soundtrack. Its titled "Vellithen Kinnam Pol" and sung by
Jayachandran. Whole orchestra is done by his father RK Shekar but the
basic tune is Rahman's.
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[arr] request fora song

2008-12-06 Thread rahmanwizard72

if some body has got the mp3 of 'ithu annai bhumi' mp3 hindi version 
please send to my mail to complete my collection of a.r rahman,s 
hindi film albums

[arr] A.R. Rahman Slums It With M.I.A.

Unless you're obsessed with Bollywood (or you're a regular reader of this
very 
blog),
chances are that your iPod isn't loaded up with A.R. Rahman tunes. But even
without your help, he's managed to sell more than 200 million albums in his
sixteen-year career — approximately as many as Madonna has in twice as long.
But here in the States, he takes second billing on this ominously driving
song from his soundtrack to *Slumdog Millionaire*, after his moderately
popular collaborator, some musician named M.I.A. No matter how well you know
their names, though, the pair are a great choice for the film; Rahman's
protean ability to compose any style of music meshes well with M.I.A.'s own
eclectic tastes, creating a track that feels as at-home on the subway as it
does on the subcontinent.
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/12/ar_rahman_slums_it_with_mia.html

-- 
regards,
Vithur

[arr] A. R. Rehman have never gone wrong

Facts about the music of Ghajini :


   - A. R. Rehman and Prasoon Joshi team together after a very successful
   collaboration in musical hits like Rang De Basanti and Taare Zameen Par!
   - The combination of Aamir Khan and A. R. Rehman have never gone wrong
   except in Mangal Pandey!
   - For the first time Rehman uses Sonu Nigam's voice as backing vocals in
   the opening song - Guzarish!


One of the most eagerly awaited score of the year is that of Ghajini! I had
my apprehensions with the score, primarily because it is a remake of a
Southern flick by the same name and secondly, due to the heavy action flick
it promises to be, which leaves practically no scope for good music! But
overall after hearing all the songs, I am pretty satisfied with the score.
Now let's straightway come to analyse the songs individually!

1. Guzarish (Javed Ali, Guest Vocals - Sonu Nigam)
The first song of the album has a nice romantic feel to it with good lyrics
and some very clean singing! The best part of the song is that Rehman has
not let his arrangements take over the composition, and that helps the song
in a big way. After a very long time, the singing and the lyrics create the
mood rather than the composition itself. Sonu Nigam's alaap between the two
antaras helps the listener get into the mood of the song.
A very impressive output from Rehman with equally good lyrics by Prasoon
Joshi and superb singing by Javed Ali!

2. Aye Bachchu (Suzanne)
A song that wants to say that life is fun! Intentions are cool, and the
lyrics are pretty neat, but why Rehman just goes overboard with the
arrangements when it comes to fast numbers? The arrangements are so over the
top that it borders on showing disrespect to the lyrics written for the
song! You have to listen to the song carefully to just get the lyrics! And
this complain with Rehman is not only for this number, but for most of the
fast numbers he has composed in the past! This song was literally crying for
Alisha Chinoy, she would have taken this number to altogether different
level!
Anyway, the song is okay, and could have been better with some spaced out
arrangement and of course, Alisha Chinoy!

3. Kaise Mujhe (Benny Dayal, Shreya Ghoshal)
Ah, what a song! The lyrics are absolutely great! Prasoon Joshi has mixed
the simplicity of Anand Bakshi with the poetry of Gulzar to create one of
the best romantic number of the season! You can feel your heart skipping a
beat when you hear Benny Dayal and Shreya Ghoshal playing with the words of
Prasoon Joshi in the ambience created by Rehman! Everthing's just so right
with the song, that you dont feel betrayed as a listener. So just put on the
song and let yourself fall in love with love all over again!
Excellent - that's what this song is! Go for it!

4. Behka (Karthik)
The song has loungy feel to it and that relaxed atmosphere is ably created
by the arrangement of Rehman! I particularly loved the use of saxophone in
this song. The singing is okay, the lyrics not as good as Kaise Mujhe, but
still decent enough to pass muster! Overall the song has an interesting feel
to it, and the credit for that fully goes to Mr. A. R. Rehman!
An interesting song, will keep the listener engaged!

5. Lattoo (Shreya Ghoshal)
This song has a Latin feel to it, and the lyrics once again are very
unconventional! Never heard an actress singing on screen - Lattoo Lattoo
Main Uspe Lattoo! Shreya Ghoshal singing Lattoo was so cute, that I just
fell for the song! Hats of to Prasoon Joshi for bringing a new word to the
limited dictionary of lyrics of Hindi Cinema Song! Rehman has done justice
to the lyrics, and I am pleasantly surprised, because this shows that he has
adapted himself to the requirements of a Hindi film song.
A very cute song, you will enjoy it!

3. Kaise Mujhe (Instrumental)
The instrumental version of my favorite song in this album is the nicest way
that could have been possible to end the album. I am pleased that there are
no remixes in this album, and that is a welcome change!
Nice way to close the album!

I am happy with this album, and the biggest cause for celebration for me was
the lyrics! Prasoon Joshi with this album has shown that things for him are
definitely bright in the future! Another remarkable thing was the chemistry
between A. R. Rehman and Prasoon Joshi! The understanding between them is
evident in all the songs of Ghajini! I sincerely hope and pray that this
collaboration entertains us in many more scores in the future! The music of
Ghajini has more plusses than minusses. Grab it, and feel warm in the cold
month of December.

Rating : Very Good!

Bye for now!
आपकी अपनी आवाज़
Vishal

http://musicalchords.blogspot.com/2008/12/music-review-ghajini.html
-- 
regards,
Vithur

[arr] A Request to Film producers

Dear Film producers of ARR Films,

I make a sincere request to all of you to give DVD / VCD Rights for the
films that you are producing with ARR as the Music Director. I know I cant
ask for the BGMs. Thats Ok. with God Grace, I can rip them myself, but I
very badly neeed VCDs or DVDs of movies done by ARR.

I am deeply frustrated searching for Uzhavan VCD or DVD, Kabhi Na Kabhi VCD,
Gangmaster, Nippuravva everywhere. Hopefully, one day I will get all these.

These movies were totally unheard of , and its a pity that ARR's wonderful
BGMs have gone unnoticed, or unheard of even by fan members.

In this regard, I must say, that Dir. Shankar and Dir Maniratnam movies get
DVD rights and all their movies so far have been released in DVDs also.
Producer K.T. Kunjomohan who produced movies like Kadhalan, Gentleman,
Kadhal desam, Ratchagan must also be thanked, as even though the movies
bombed ( Ratchagan), we have the DVDs of these movies.

Subhash Ghai movies have also got DVD rights. Thanks to him for that.

If any of the members know any producers, Pls take this request to them.
Thanks ..



-- 
regards,
Vithur

[arr] Rousing rhythm... Jai Ho !

2008-12-06 Thread rahmanfever


Rousing rhythm !


Slumdog Millionaire boasts of one standout track from A R Rahman, Jai Ho
while most of the other tracks are simply background scores that would
have to be enjoyed with the film.

This film by Danny Boyle is already making waves internationally and is
all set to be a frontrunner at the Oscars this year. Another reason for
some of the hype it is garnering is on account of A R Rahman's music
who incidentally has had a prolific year with four releases already this
year. Not all of the 13 (yes there are that many!) tracks are great but
in the framework of the film, they promise to pack a punch.

Slumdog Millionaire's standout song is undoubtedly Jai Ho, a rousing
melody, in Sukhwinder Singh's striking voice. The opening background
music (BGM) with its middle-eastern strings instantly leads you to
believe that you're in for something special. The track's
high-pitched tone (and Singh scales these `highs with silken smooth
ease) against a profusion of beats makes this an instant chartbuster.
Every time the opening line, `Jai Ho' is sung, it leaves a
stirring impact and one can only imagine what an important moment this
could be for the film.

The next striking song here is Ringa Ringa, where Rahman does his own
version of the raunchy Choli Ke Peeche to a heady effect. One senses the
music composer's attempt to weave in a certain `Mumbaiya'
feel to the album to go with the theme of the film. Alka Yagnik and Ila
Arun get together again to serve a suitably generic and massy number.

These are really the only two major songs, if you leave out an English
number called Dreams On Fire - soothing but very standard stuff.

Keeping with the international nature of the film, the album brims with
several interesting situational music pieces. While Latika's Theme
is a soft, humming piece from Suzanne D. Mello, Millionaire is a
faced-paced track with an on-the-run feel. O Saya has A R Rahman's
voice interspersed with the rapacious sounds of a running train. He goes
into vigorous, fusion music with Liquid Dance and Mausam And Escape. The
latter one  with its santoor and sitar strings  has a distinct
classical flavour and one expects this to be very effective along with
the film. There's also Don's scintillating Aaj Ki Raat included
without any changes.

International track Paper Planes doesn't click. But the opening of
its remix version is stunner. The rest is just about passable. In any
case, as we said, not all these tracks are exceptional enough to be
stand alone ones. Riots and Gangsta Blues you wouldn't be revisiting
much, unless they make an impression in the film.

To sum up, there is one great track  Jai Ho. As for the rest 
enjoy it with the film.




http://www.sakaaltimes.com/2008/12/06142310/Rousing-rhythm.html





Krish.

Re: [arr] Re: CNN IBN song of the year for 2008?

2008-12-06 Thread pratap

Why not?

--- On Sat, 12/6/08, $ Pavan Kumar $ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: $ Pavan Kumar $ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [arr] Re: CNN IBN song of the year for 2008?
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 12:40 AM

btw..I doubt if they would have the poll this year...

--- On Fri, 12/5/08, $ Pavan Kumar $  wrote:

From: $ Pavan Kumar $ 
Subject: Re: [arr] Re: CNN IBN song of the year for 2008?
To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 10:27 PM

Yo !!! I too go for PappuPappu haar nahi saktha..

--- On Fri, 12/5/08, Vinod Raju <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote:

From: Vinod Raju <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com>
Subject: [arr] Re: CNN IBN song of the year for 2008?
To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 8:21 PM

"Pappu Cant Dance". 

Anybody for a bet? ;-)

--- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, "Chord" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] .> wrote:
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> What will it be for this year? Hopefully one by ARR!
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> http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=DzJnmVCtHG0& NR=1
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> And 2007's winner:
> http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=djaZaagHJt4& NR=1
>

[arr] SdM Compilation 25

http://www.ericdsnider.com/movies/slumdog-millionaire/
http://www.sover.net/~ozus/slumdogmillionaire.htm
http://missgeeky.com/2008/12/04/movie-review-slumdog-millionaire/
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20081205/ENTERTAINMENT/812050304/-1/WEATHER?Title=_Slumdog__a_tail_wagger
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/reviews/slumdog_millionaire.html
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/65876-boyle-ing-over/
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/article/65962-slumdog-director-danny-boyle-prefers-the-underdogs/
http://www.knightatthemovies.com/Knight_at_the_Movies_QuantumSlumdog.html

RE: [arr] Jai ho and Zubeida link

2008-12-06 Thread S, Karthik

>>>As per the film's script, Main albeli was set in 1947, that's why it is
having an altogether different type of music and arrangement

You are right about the arrangement, which was apt for those period. Few film 
songs during those period had this arab feel to it...

I am pointing to the june itself .

The tune in the middle part for "Mai albeli" song leads to the "Jao ho" song 
and vice versa.

Zubeida is probably one of the top 10 ARR albums and thans to ARR for reminding 
us about that here.

From: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of V S Rawat 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 5:52 PM
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [arr] Jai ho and Zubeida link

On 12/5/2008 5:27 PM India Time, _S, Karthik_ wrote:

> Listening to Jai ho from youtube I naturally transcended over to the
> middle part of the the Zubeida song "Mai albeli" song.

Very interesting.

As per the film's script, Main albeli was set in 1947, that's why it is
having an altogether different type of music and arrangement. And SDM is
oven fresh for 2008.

>
> Did anyone feel that way?
>
> regards,
> Karthik

--
Rawat

Re: [arr] FLUTE- relic of love

2008-12-06 Thread nk iit

hi,
is it really true please try postin the blog address or somethin jus wanted to 
check the authenticty
regards
nk

--- On Sat, 12/6/08, kumarajith80 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: kumarajith80 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [arr] FLUTE- relic of love
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 7:22 AM











i dont know how far its really true..or its a kind a pseudo** ...am 
a

native of london..not in the least,ther's been a message from me

either..anyone of u please tell me whether rahman endorse peopl with

such tokens... i've been through a blog..wher i've been through this

story!! someone of you please tell me !! the blogger also mentioned

that its being forwarded to a guy in hyderabad..that is in india.. its

been gifted to a woman who is a devotee of ARji

Re: [arr] S D M really matches to international standard.???

2008-12-06 Thread ab prakash

Guys forget about the standards and opinions. Just listen to maussam and 
escape. Its all about creative energy. Its like cannon firing, ak 47 spitting 
bullets. Fiery rahman. Riot, o saya, liquid dance oops to hot to handle

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From: aneesh ani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [arr] S D M really matches to international standard.
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 10:58 PM

S D M may or may not get oscars, but it will b getting peoples 
oscar ward.really its something fantastic,i cnt exprss it.here is my review 1-o 
saya-athumbing track fast paced with heavy instrumentation rahmans sound is 
great,best work by our boss hatsoff rahmanji when female sounds joins with 
rahman its awesome.it says that i want to b a star ya a super star in holly 
wood.rahmanji u wil b asuper star in holly wood sure.iam nt writing up on 
instrumentals but am summing up all the instrumentals r out of the world 
fantastic.3- ringa ringa.its an inspirational sng frm kalnayak just 
inspiration. it dsnt resembles choli ke peeche sng.here rahman ji defines the 
word inspiration, outstanding composition, alkas sound really matches to the 
song.4- jai ho- a fine song having an inspirating mood.ya this album is a real 
gem.all instrumentals adds the beauty.pls guys here it in gud sound system.use 
gud ipods u can feel rahmans magic.he is a musical
 magician.pls guys pray

 for rahmanji so that he can concentrate on his works.loosing an intimate 
friend is some thing very painful.bcoz i had lost my intimate frnd rajeev on 
last sep10 frm bnglr in an accdnt i knw the pain, pls nothing can heal that 
wound.so guys pls pray for our boss, so that he creates another magics.bye take 
care

Re: [arr] Re: How many International Compositions ?