date:20090207

'They are dancing in the aisles': America loves Slumdog

Ever since 'Slumdog Millionaire' won three Golden Globes, curiosity about
the film got the better of America and the film has been running to packed
houses. This interest has been fueled by the film winning many more awards
especially as the Oscars are nearing.

Danny Boyle has packaged the film for western audiences depicting a very
alive India - chaotic and otherwise. An extraordinary screenplay by Simon
Beaufoy keeps the interest level very high at all times. Another jewel in
the crown of the film is A. R. Rahman's stupendous and thumping music. One
can say the musical score in itself is a lifeline to the film and western
ears are relishing every single note as they have never heard this kind of
music before.

According to reports, most American theaters are witnessing people dancing
in the aisles as the credits roll and Indian Style filmi dancing is underway
on the screen. The sequence has Dev Patel and Frieda Pinto dancing for the
song 'Jai Ho' along with many other dancers in a Mumbai railway station.
Interestingly enough, many Indians in the movie halls make preparations to
leave while their American counterparts just don't want to leave. They end
up dancing in the aisles. A slice of India welcomed in the United States in
all earnest.

According to many Indians who are living in the United States, the film has
brought about much pride amongst them especially because tremendous Indian
talent is on display.

This weekend would be huge for 'Slumdog Millionaire' as the BAFTA Awards get
underway. The film has been nominated in 11 categories. Let's hope A. R.
Rahman and the rest of the team win many more awards.

One gets the feeling 'Slumdog Millionaire' has a date with the Oscars. We'll
know if that is true on the 22nd of this month.
http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/44876.html

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Vithur

Re: [arr] ARR reacts to SDM critics.. is this true?

I think and believe he has reacted in a very humble fashion. Did you find
anything wrong in the manner he has reacted. ?

A perfect reply from ARR.  I am happy he reacted.

On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Sath Murthy sath.mur...@yahoo.com wrote:


 http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/feb-09-01/a-r-rahman-07-02-09.html

 As per the above report, ARR has reacted to the critics of SDM. That is not
 really a nature of our ARR.

 Is the above article true? i have my own doubts. Share your thoughts
 please.

 Sath Murthy.

  




-- 
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Vithur

[arr] Shankar Ehsan Loy team says, Rahman has always given top quality music and he always will.

AR Rahman's Delhi 6 music sales not hit by recession   Story By: MANISHA
PRADHAN SINGH updated on: 07/02/09

MUMBAI: Music composer A R Rahman began the year literally on a high note!
Post the Golden Globe Awards, followed by the Oscar nominations for Slumdog
Millionaire, the expectations from him are soaring.

Known for giving soundtracks, which have good production value, his next
album that is climbing the charts is Delhi 6. The soundtrack of Delhi 6
comprises 10 songs sans remixes.

Moreover, according to T-Series, which has the music rights of Delhi 6, the
album has been well received by consumers.

Delhi 6 has been directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, after the cult classic
film Rang De Basanti. The lyrics have been written by Prasoon Joshi. Rahman
teams up with Mehra and Joshi once again for Delhi 6 after RDB.

Even though the world is singing praises of Rahman post Golden Globes, he
has always been recognized for his musical magic back home! Similarly, each
and every song in Dehli 6 too upholds the high standards Rahman has set.

T-Series chairman and managing director Bhushan Kumar says, Rahman has
always given good music and the response to his music has always been good
as far as sales are concerned. Moreover with the three talents - Rahman,
Rakeysh Mehra and Prasoon Joshi coming together, the Delhi 6 album too is
sure to be a big hit.

Though his personal favourites are Masakali and Rehna Tu, Kumar feels the
album as a whole is great. He says, Despite the recession, where people
have become very selective about what they buy, we are getting a superb
response as far as music sales of Delhi 6 are concerned. We are not feeling
the hit of recession with this album.

T-Series has the rights of some of Rahman's films like Taare Zameen Par,
Jaane Tu, Yuvvraj, Ghajini, Slumdog Millionaire and Delhi 6.

According to Mehra, Rahman is involved with the film right from the time the
story is conceived to the final draft. He says, Rahman, Prasoon and I have
been working on the music since the last three years. In all my films the
songs are played in the background theyare more like an interpretation of
the story rather than lip sync, therefore there is nothing like the song has
to be ready before the shoot. We discuss the story ideas together and in the
process, Rahman starts forming pictures in his head and he works on the
concept and the tune. He has a very unique way of working.

*PEERS TALK*

Speaking to Businessofcinema.com, musician Shankar Mahadevan from the
Shankar Ehsan Loy team says, Rahman has always given top quality music and
he always will. The soundtrack of Delhi 6 too is sure to do well. Post the
Golden Globe and the Oscar nominations the rest of the world has become more
aware of Indian music and it's sure to have a bigger market abroad.

Music director Sajid, from the Sajid Wajid duo, feels, Expectations from
Rahman post the awards might have gone up but Rahman's work has always been
beyond expectations. When we talk about Rahman we talk about guarantee.
Though there are some music composers like Aadesh Srivastav who are doing
work for the international market, the singing of Jai Ho! at the Oscars and
the numerous awards that Rahman has won will definitely make the
international market more aware about the quality and talent in India.

Director Mehra adds, Rahman has always delivered good music and brought a
change. In fact he's the change. The demand for the music of Delhi 6 too is
hot.

*DELHI 6's MUSIC MANTRA*

With Delhi 6, Rahman offers a wide array of musical genres in a single album
ranging from devotional, Sufi, classical, rock, romance, folk. Rahman has
also used more of new-age voices like Mohit Chauhan, Javed Ali and Benny
Dayal for this album.

On one hand, the Delhi 6 album has a completely Indian classical like Bhor
Bhayi sung by Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan and Shreya Ghoshal and on the other
it has Hey Kaala Bandar, which is somewhat a fun song on the lines of Masti
Ki Paathshala from Rang de Basanti.



Then there's Genda Phool, which has a folk touch wherein Rehman has matched
new age with folk music. Speaking to Bussinessofcinema.com, Mehra says, The
song Genda Phool is a folk song and it was given to us by Raghuveer Yadav
and Rajat Dholakia gave the additional music for the song.

On the other hand, Dil Gira Dafatan is more western, where Rahman introduces
a new playback voice - Ash King. According to Mehra, Rahman had heard him
in London sometime back, so he got him to India to do this song. Being a
third generation Indian living in London, he could not speak Hindi so we had
to train him before singing every line. It took us almost 18 days to record
the song. The outcome was excellent, Rahman has always been clear about the
voice.

Masakali is a song about a pigeon in the film and is also soaring on the
popularity charts. Sung by Mohit Chauhan, of Jab We Met fame, the song is
catchy and Chauhan's style of singing stands out. Speaking about this song,
Mehra says,

Re: [arr] Re: Rahman is best known for incorporating a wide range of musical influences

2009-02-07 Thread Vishwesh Sant

Not only Jaane Akbar is a mistake, but he says Kabhi Kabhi Aditi Zindagi
from Jaane Akbar!!! Ignorance at its best!!!

On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 7:52 PM, nivensamy niven...@gmail.com wrote:

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Re: [arr] BAFTA live on sony pix

2009-02-07 Thread A.M.Aravind

I'll record and upload it!

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 Someone please record it...

 --- On Sat, 2/7/09, jagan nath guy_from_asia2...@... wrote:
 From: jagan nath guy_from_asia2...@...
 Subject: [arr] BAFTA live on sony pix
 To: rahman fans arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 1:59 AM

 Sony Pix has bagged the India telecast rights of the
BAFTA Awards 2009, to be held on 9 February at the Royal Opera House
in London at 5.30 am. The live telecast will be followed by the repeat
telecast at 10 pm on the same day. 

 Slumdog Millionaire has been nominated for the highest number of
nominations in the history of Bafta Awards with 11 nominations,
including one for A R Rahman's score.

 Pix business head Sunder Aaron said, As a channel that airs English
movies it is an honor to have the exclusive rights to telecast the
BAFTA Awards, an evening that sees the work of several great films,
get felicitated. It's also going to be a special moment for our
audience as Danny Boyle's film based in India 'Slumdog Millionaire'
receives global recognition. . 

 Apart from Slumdog Millionaire, other films that stand to contend for
  Best Films are Milk, Forst/Nixon, The Reader and The Curious Case
of Benjamin Button

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[arr] Interview of ARR's mom - latest KUMUDAM Magazine - Translation

2009-02-07 Thread Aravind AM

Parents will be so elated even if their kids win a prize in just a small 
competition in school. How happy will Rahman's mom feel as he has got 90 awards 
till now, including Golden Globes and other international awards? To know all 
this, we visited Rahman's house, and spoke with his mom Kareema Begum. She too 
is reticent, just like Rahman!

Rahman must've been 5 years old at that time. Me and my husband visited a 
friend of his, a leading composer. The composer told us playfully You 
mentioned that your son plays harmonium.. let's see if he can play what I play 
now... He payed, and ARR listened to it immediately played it, much to the 
surprise of everyone. The composer was so impressed. That incident made it 
clear to us that, music was the field in which Rahman would shine. 
He always used to have a small harmonium with him. He'd compose new tunes and 
show it to us. Since he was playing well, we put him in proper music training. 
Being supportive of him from the beginning is my only contribution to his 
success. 

Kareema mentions that her favourite song is Snegithane (Alaipayuthey). How many 
ever times you listen to it, you can't get bored of it, she says!

It is difficult to break into film music. Rahman's plus point was that he 
retained and succeeded in the first film chance that he got because of God's 
grace. At first, he composed the background score for Roja for 15 days 
continuously without proper sleep. I cried seeing my son suffer so much! I 
wondered if I'd pushed him into the very tough field of Film music. But all my 
sufferings and worries vanished as he won the national award for his first film 
itself!

Even before he'd got film music opportunites, he always used to be busy 
composing some tune or the other! Right from his childhood, Rahman had no 
interests other than music. He never had fun like chatting with friends or 
going for movies. He always used to stay inside the locked room and compse 
music! I used to ask him, why he was straining so much. He used to reply We 
should keep working hard! That is the effort from our side. Some day, we will 
get rewards (oppourtunites) for all our efforts!

Rahman's mom has just one worry - he is so busy with work that he doesnt eat 
properly! The motherly love!!

My son doesnt even have time to eat properly. Even if it gets delayed till 3 
am, I wait for him, serve the food and then only go to bed. Otherwise, I can't 
sleep properly! How many ever awards a son may get - a mom feels happy only 
when the son eats properly!

Abt Oscars:
When Rahman was 9 years old, he played with 3 keyboards at the same time in 
the show called 'wonder balloon' in Doordarshan (in DD tamil network). After 
that program, everyone in our locality started talking about him. Likewise, the 
whole world is talking about the Oscar buzz for Slumdog Millionaire! But, 
Rahman is busy working on his next film project, without thinking about the 
awards or participating in big celebrations. This maturity is what I learnt 
from Rahman. I'll be happy, if Rahman gets the Oscar, by God's grace!



Aravind


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[arr] [RM] I like the song Pachai Nirame for many reasons - Singer Karthik

*Singer Karthik in Rahmania ( Pre Recorded Interview )*



 With Rahman, he is very very creative, spontaneous and very open. He will
see, if the singer is able to justify the tune which he has in mind. If a
singer gives something more , and if He ( AR) liked it, he will surely have
it in the song. The judgement about that thing would be very nice with him.
He is very open to anything new. *He has a good balance between what he
wants and what can be incorporated.* This is a very very nice quality in
him. Many a times, he would not fix himself that he wants a particular
thing, while at some other instance he may fix up on what exactly he wants.
He knows what to say. Its an amazing quality he has.



His music has wonderstruck me, till the time I met him and sang for him. As
I start knowing him more and more, his simplicity wonderstrucks me now. We
all know well, that he is a genius when it comes to music. He is very
blessed and very very talented. The most amazing aspect in him is that
amidst such success and glory, he remains so simple. *He handles success in
a very beautiful fashion*. I don't know as to how many people can react to
success, the way he does it actually. He is very spiritual, and I think that
helps him a lot. His simplicity strikes me always, and I think as to how a
person can be like that.



I had a lot of songs which had a lot of influence on me. First, when Roja
released , I couldn't understand anything . I was listening to it again,
again and again. And similarly, the song  Ennavale,  Uyirum Neeye, and a
lot many songs in those times. I started getting close to music listening to
majority of his songs. That song was so dear to me that I used to listen to
it more than five or six times, even before I went to bed, or had food. Like
these, we can keep telling a lot many songs also.



Roja was a trendsetter as you all know, and I have heard a lot many times.
Slumdog and Jai Ho was great as it was typical Bollywood style of Rahman.
The music is very Indian and Indian based. I think the world has accepted it
now, and many would open their eyes and start listening to more Indian songs
now. One more very important quality in him is that he is very keen to
explore new options. That's an innate quality in him, and he always wants to
do something new. *He always keeps searching for something new, and that's
why he has grown up this much. The keenness to keep getting better. *



More than Tamil Music, for the Indian music in whole, he has redefined
technology to a great extent. He serves as an idol to all musicians existing
now, and we look up at him for guidance. Rahman is way ahead in terms of
technicality when compared to the current existing Hollywood studios. He has
taken music to such heights and it's a phenomenal achievement.



I think and believe that his strength is that each and every album of his
has a particular colour in it. If you see Jodha Akbar and Jaane tu Ya Jaane
Na, there is no similarity between the two. Both are entirely different
work. One is a period movie and another is a different one. That is a
fantastic quality. He adapts himself so well to the theme of the movie and
to what the Director wants and asks him to do. *Without separating the re
Recording and the songs separately, he gives an exclusive shade to the
movie, and to suit the movie well. That is his strength. *





I like the song  Pachai Nirame very much from Alaipayudhey. I am very
happy that he made a song like that. I have felt very happy hearing to it
many a time. The melody, the lyrics were so beautiful. Hariharan would have
sung it very well. The orchestration of the song was so beautiful. The
visualization would be superb, and the movie is also a great movie. I was
stunned seeing the picturisation and completely fell in love with the song.
I like the song for many reasons.



I am so proud to see the Oscar Nominations . Really Really hopes he wins
one. Certainly he would. There is no doubt in that. As a fan I am so excited
about the whole thing. Wish him all the very best.



I am thankful for this Interview and my thanks to Aahaa Fm.



Keep smiling. Take Care.






-- 
regards,
Vithur

[arr] Re: Interview of ARR's mom - latest KUMUDAM Magazine - Translation

2009-02-07 Thread Dinesh

Yes, Sneghidhane is truly a masterpiece !!! For me, this is my most
fav number from A.R.Rahman. Everything was PERFECT,
singer,lyrics,music,arrangments,picturisation, etc etc. :)

and excellent interview... 1st time ARR's mom giving interview
right?? nice :D


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Aravind AM aravind...@... wrote:

 Parents will be so elated even if their kids win a prize in just a
small competition in school. How happy will Rahman's mom feel as he
has got 90 awards till now, including Golden Globes and other
international awards? To know all this, we visited Rahman's house, and
spoke with his mom Kareema Begum. She too is reticent, just like Rahman!
 
 Rahman must've been 5 years old at that time. Me and my husband
visited a friend of his, a leading composer. The composer told us
playfully You mentioned that your son plays harmonium.. let's see if
he can play what I play now... He payed, and ARR listened to it
immediately played it, much to the surprise of everyone. The composer
was so impressed. That incident made it clear to us that, music was
the field in which Rahman would shine. 
 He always used to have a small harmonium with him. He'd compose new
tunes and show it to us. Since he was playing well, we put him in
proper music training. Being supportive of him from the beginning is
my only contribution to his success. 
 
 Kareema mentions that her favourite song is Snegithane
(Alaipayuthey). How many ever times you listen to it, you can't get
bored of it, she says!
 
 It is difficult to break into film music. Rahman's plus point was
that he retained and succeeded in the first film chance that he got
because of God's grace. At first, he composed the background score for
Roja for 15 days continuously without proper sleep. I cried seeing my
son suffer so much! I wondered if I'd pushed him into the very tough
field of Film music. But all my sufferings and worries vanished as he
won the national award for his first film itself!
 
 Even before he'd got film music opportunites, he always used to be
busy composing some tune or the other! Right from his childhood,
Rahman had no interests other than music. He never had fun like
chatting with friends or going for movies. He always used to stay
inside the locked room and compse music! I used to ask him, why he was
straining so much. He used to reply We should keep working hard! That
is the effort from our side. Some day, we will get rewards
(oppourtunites) for all our efforts!
 
 Rahman's mom has just one worry - he is so busy with work that he
doesnt eat properly! The motherly love!!
 
 My son doesnt even have time to eat properly. Even if it gets
delayed till 3 am, I wait for him, serve the food and then only go to
bed. Otherwise, I can't sleep properly! How many ever awards a son may
get - a mom feels happy only when the son eats properly!
 
 Abt Oscars:
 When Rahman was 9 years old, he played with 3 keyboards at the same
time in the show called 'wonder balloon' in Doordarshan (in DD tamil
network). After that program, everyone in our locality started talking
about him. Likewise, the whole world is talking about the Oscar buzz
for Slumdog Millionaire! But, Rahman is busy working on his next film
project, without thinking about the awards or participating in big
celebrations. This maturity is what I learnt from Rahman. I'll be
happy, if Rahman gets the Oscar, by God's grace!
 
 
 
 Aravind
 
 
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Re: [arr] Interview of ARR's mom - latest KUMUDAM Magazine - Translation

Wow..this was so wonderfull...Enjoyed reading each and every line of it..Superb 
one..Thanks a lot aravind for this awesome share..

--- On Sat, 2/7/09, Aravind AM aravind...@yahoo.com wrote:

From: Aravind AM aravind...@yahoo.com
Subject: [arr] Interview of ARR's mom - latest KUMUDAM Magazine - Translation
To: ARRFANS arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 7:15 AM

Parents will be so elated even if their kids win a prize in just a small 
competition in school. How happy will Rahman's mom feel as he has got 90 awards 
till now, including Golden Globes and other international awards? To know all 
this, we visited Rahman's house, and spoke with his mom Kareema Begum. She too 
is reticent, just like Rahman!

Rahman must've been 5 years old at that time. Me and my husband visited a 
friend of his, a leading composer. The composer told us playfully You 
mentioned that your son plays harmonium.. let's see if he can play what I play 
now... He payed, and ARR listened to it immediately played it, much to the 
surprise of everyone. The composer was so impressed. That incident made it 
clear to us that, music was the field in which Rahman would shine. 
He always used to have a small harmonium with him. He'd compose new tunes and 
show it to us. Since he was playing well, we put him in proper music training. 
Being supportive of him from the beginning is my only contribution to his 
success. 

Kareema mentions that her favourite song is Snegithane (Alaipayuthey) . How 
many ever times you listen to it, you can't get bored of it, she says!

It is difficult to break into film music. Rahman's plus point was that he 
retained and succeeded in the first film chance that he got because of God's 
grace. At first, he composed the background score for Roja for 15 days 
continuously without proper sleep. I cried seeing my son suffer so much! I 
wondered if I'd pushed him into the very tough field of Film music. But all my 
sufferings and worries vanished as he won the national award for his first film 
itself!

Even before he'd got film music opportunites, he always used to be busy 
composing some tune or the other! Right from his childhood, Rahman had no 
interests other than music. He never had fun like chatting with friends or 
going for movies. He always used to stay inside the locked room and compse 
music! I used to ask him, why he was straining so much. He used to reply We 
should keep working hard! That is the effort from our side. Some day, we will 
get rewards (oppourtunites) for all our efforts!

Rahman's mom has just one worry - he is so busy with work that he doesnt eat 
properly! The motherly love!!

My son doesnt even have time to eat properly. Even if it gets delayed till 3 
am, I wait for him, serve the food and then only go to bed. Otherwise, I can't 
sleep properly! How many ever awards a son may get - a mom feels happy only 
when the son eats properly!

Abt Oscars:
When Rahman was 9 years old, he played with 3 keyboards at the same time in 
the show called 'wonder balloon' in Doordarshan (in DD tamil network). After 
that program, everyone in our locality started talking about him. Likewise, the 
whole world is talking about the Oscar buzz for Slumdog Millionaire! But, 
Rahman is busy working on his next film project, without thinking about the 
awards or participating in big celebrations. This maturity is what I learnt 
from Rahman. I'll be happy, if Rahman gets the Oscar, by God's grace!

Aravind

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[arr] Re: Does ARR feature in these upcoming tamil movies???

2009-02-07 Thread Dinesh

Aandavan will have music by Harris Jeyaraj.

http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14853044

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Sath Murthy sath.mur...@... wrote:

 KS Ravikumar is directing Surya in the movie named Adhavan, produced
by Udayanidhi Stalin. 
 
 Kamal is commencing Thalaivan Erukindran (remake of Hindi movie A
Wednesday) soon. 
 
 As per earlier reports ARR was supposed to be music composer for the
above movies. Is he still a part of those projects?
 
 Please confirm.
 
 Sath Murthy.

Re: [arr] Interview of ARR's mom - latest KUMUDAM Magazine - Translation

Great One... Thanks Aravind.

Very Rarely we would get to hear what AR'smother and family relatives have
to say about him. Like AR, his mother is also very very simple. People who
would have seen her would have realised this.




On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 8:45 PM, Aravind AM aravind...@yahoo.com wrote:

 Parents will be so elated even if their kids win a prize in just a
 small competition in school. How happy will Rahman's mom feel as he has got
 90 awards till now, including Golden Globes and other international awards?
 To know all this, we visited Rahman's house, and spoke with his mom Kareema
 Begum. She too is reticent, just like Rahman!

 Rahman must've been 5 years old at that time. Me and my husband visited a
 friend of his, a leading composer. The composer told us playfully You
 mentioned that your son plays harmonium.. let's see if he can play what I
 play now... He payed, and ARR listened to it immediately played it, much to
 the surprise of everyone. The composer was so impressed. That incident made
 it clear to us that, music was the field in which Rahman would shine.
 He always used to have a small harmonium with him. He'd compose new tunes
 and show it to us. Since he was playing well, we put him in proper music
 training. Being supportive of him from the beginning is my only contribution
 to his success.

 Kareema mentions that her favourite song is Snegithane (Alaipayuthey). How
 many ever times you listen to it, you can't get bored of it, she says!

 It is difficult to break into film music. Rahman's plus point was that he
 retained and succeeded in the first film chance that he got because of God's
 grace. At first, he composed the background score for Roja for 15 days
 continuously without proper sleep. I cried seeing my son suffer so much! I
 wondered if I'd pushed him into the very tough field of Film music. But all
 my sufferings and worries vanished as he won the national award for his
 first film itself!

 Even before he'd got film music opportunites, he always used to be busy
 composing some tune or the other! Right from his childhood, Rahman had no
 interests other than music. He never had fun like chatting with friends or
 going for movies. He always used to stay inside the locked room and compse
 music! I used to ask him, why he was straining so much. He used to reply We
 should keep working hard! That is the effort from our side. Some day, we
 will get rewards (oppourtunites) for all our efforts!

 Rahman's mom has just one worry - he is so busy with work that he doesnt
 eat properly! The motherly love!!

 My son doesnt even have time to eat properly. Even if it gets delayed till
 3 am, I wait for him, serve the food and then only go to bed. Otherwise, I
 can't sleep properly! How many ever awards a son may get - a mom feels happy
 only when the son eats properly!

 Abt Oscars:
 When Rahman was 9 years old, he played with 3 keyboards at the same time
 in the show called 'wonder balloon' in Doordarshan (in DD tamil network).
 After that program, everyone in our locality started talking about him.
 Likewise, the whole world is talking about the Oscar buzz for Slumdog
 Millionaire! But, Rahman is busy working on his next film project, without
 thinking about the awards or participating in big celebrations. This
 maturity is what I learnt from Rahman. I'll be happy, if Rahman gets the
 Oscar, by God's grace!



 Aravind


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[arr] I'd love to make another film in India: Danny Boyle

2009-02-07 Thread Prakash Balaramkrishna

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/id-love-to-make-another-film-in-india-danny-boyle/84728-8-single.html

For Slumdog Millionaire the India release is a homecoming, the film weaves in
all the elements of a Hindi film to all the elements of the life in Mumbai. The
result is a cross-cultural cocktail, which has taken the world by storm. For
director Danny Boyle a self-confessed city junkie, Slumdog is an ode to both
the resilience and the unlimited possibilities of the city. In an interview
with CNN-IBN the director spoke about the experience of shooting in Mumbai, the
film’s success and the 10 Oscar nominations that its received.
Anuradha SenGupta: The movie starts with a question, where the protagonist is
on the verge of winning Who Wants to be a Millionaire? The question is has he
cheated, is he plain lucky, is he a genius, or is it written. Why has Slumdog
Millionaire seen this kind of incredible international affection and acclaim
which one of the options would you pick?
Danny Boyle: It’s incredible, the mystery of the way it’s taken off the way it
has. It’s a tribute to everybody who’s made it and his or her love, devotion,
hard work and graft that has gone into it. I’ve done films before and have had
that kind of dedication, hard work and graft but there’s something extra, some
extra spice added somewhere that went into it and it just makes it flower in
its right.
Anuradha SenGupta: So the option you’re picking is written?
Danny Boyle: I’ve grown to understand destiny a little bit more and value it
really. I don’t fully understand it. I don’t think anyone from the West really
can, where we view it as a charming thing or a cute thing. But I’d say there’s
something much more profound.
Anuradha SenGupta: Even in the West, as a filmmaker I would believe that you
would be a little more conscience. Because Slumdog Millionaire almost didn’t
see a theatrical release?
Danny Boyle: That is one of places where the process was accused of destiny. It
looked like the film was only going to come out on DVD only because the
distributor in America closed down. What is extraordinary is that they passed
it with great grace to the other distributor. They are also the people who are
brilliant, who have grown this small film slowly. You benefit from a disaster,
as not being released is a disaster for the film. We were lucky to get Anil
Kapoor for the film and it’s only now I realise how lucky we were to get Anil
and how much we have benefited from his presence in the film. It may suggest it
to KBC but he also lifts it away from it as well.
Anuradha SenGupta: I’m interested in the way you’re reacting to the fact that
the film was a slow starter in the US and UK and then it picked up momentum,
but in India it’s being treated like a really big film?
Danny Boyle: It started very small in the US, but because of the work they’d
done which culminated the Golden Globes, which meant that any subsequent
release like the one in UK and the one in India could be much bigger. Because
there is a built in media attention one is guaranteed, so that helped it. I’m
absolutely delighted that it’s being released quite wide here; I’d love as many
people get to see it. Although I think people might find the beginning of the
film very tough, it’s the heart of the film, which has enormous affection.
Anuradha SenGupta: It’s very important for you to make this point isn’t it,
because there are and will be some people who will be touchy about the picture
of India that is portrayed in the film?
Danny Boyle: I had the privilege of making the film in India and we made the
best we could. I tried to include as much of the city as possible. It’s also a
privilege to accept what people say about the film in the end. One must not
fight it, because as a filmmaker I’ve had the privilege of making the film. And
then it’s the people’s chance to say what they like about the film. I think
when people see the film, the spirit they get from the end of the film will
transcend any difficulties they’ve had with it. When you’ve worked in the
slums, what you learn from it is, you wanted it to come out.
They are not places of abject suffering, they may look poor to a Western
audience but actually they are breathtakingly resilient places. And if we all
live as resourcefully as they live given how little they’ve got, the world will
actually be a little place in the sense of community and sense of self-support
that they give which was one of the big surprises to me. There are people in
the West stressing over the poverty and it’s true there isn’t enough
infrastructure but as a filmmaker I found the experience exhilarating. The
energy of the places and the sense of pride and optimism in limited
circumstances were exhilarating.
Anuradha SenGupta: Having lived in Mumbai all my life, when I saw the film I
didn’t feel it’s been made with an external gaze. You’ve captured the beauty
and ugliness of the city which everyone is familiar

[arr] Shakira to hippy-shake with Sanju : AR Rahman will in all probability be the music composer

Shakira to hippy-shake with Sanju

Shakira is set to charm Indians again. No, this Colombian singer,
songwriter, dancer and legitimate eye-popper isn't visiting our country for
a stage show, but has been roped in by an Indian producer to sing and be
part of a music
videohttp://superadda.com/web/shakira-to-hippy-shake-with-sanju/#for
his forthcoming Bollywood film tentatively titled The Final Call.

Shakira is teaming up with
Punjabihttp://superadda.com/web/shakira-to-hippy-shake-with-sanju/#singing
sensation Daler Mehndi to sing an English Punjabi song which will be
recorded in USA. The song will also have a music video which will be shot in
Los Angeles and feature the gorgeous singer, Daler and the protagonist of
the film. In fact, Sanjay Dutt has been approached to play the protagonist
of the film and Golden Globe winner AR Rahman will in all probability be the
music composer of this
big-budgethttp://superadda.com/web/shakira-to-hippy-shake-with-sanju/#venture.

Reveals Surya Pratap, the producer who has earlier worked in the South
Indian* *
**
http://superadda.com/web/shakira-to-hippy-shake-with-sanju/#film
fraternity, The story is essentially about an emotional father-son
relationship http://superadda.com/web/shakira-to-hippy-shake-with-sanju/#and
these two characters will be played by only one actor. We have
approached Sanjay Dutt for these roles and he has liked our script. Shakira
and Daler Mehndi have given their confirmation. They will sing a groovy,
English-Punjabi track and also feature in a special music video. The video
will also have the protagonist and if Sanjay gives us the nod, it will be a
lovely combination seeing three of them in the video.

Surya, who has also written the story of the film, adds, Wilson Tong, the
actor from the cult film The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, will be in charge of
cinematography and action.
*DNAIndia*

http://www.bookmark.it/bookmark.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsuperadda.com%2Fweb%2Fshakira-to-hippy-shake-with-sanju%2F

*http://superadda.com/web/shakira-to-hippy-shake-with-sanju/*

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Re: [arr] BAFTA live on sony pix

2009-02-07 Thread pratap

Thnx bro!

--- On Sat, 2/7/09, A.M.Aravind aravind...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: A.M.Aravind aravind...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [arr] BAFTA live on sony pix
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 7:38 AM

I'll record and upload it!

--- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, pratap pratap_elensar@ ... wrote:

 Someone please record it...

 --- On Sat, 2/7/09, jagan nath guy_from_asia2000@ ... wrote:

 From: jagan nath guy_from_asia2000@ ...

 Subject: [arr] BAFTA live on sony pix

 To: rahman fans arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com

 Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 1:59 AM

 Sony Pix has bagged the India telecast rights of the

BAFTA Awards 2009, to be held on 9 February at the Royal Opera House

in London at 5.30 am. The live telecast will be followed by the repeat

telecast at 10 pm on the same day. 

 Slumdog Millionaire has been nominated for the highest number of

nominations in the history of Bafta Awards with 11 nominations,

including one for A R Rahman's score.

 Pix business head Sunder Aaron said, As a channel that airs English

movies it is an honor to have the exclusive rights to telecast the

BAFTA Awards, an evening that sees the work of several great films,

get felicitated. It's also going to be a special moment for our

audience as Danny Boyle's film based in India 'Slumdog Millionaire'

receives global recognition. . 

 Apart from Slumdog Millionaire, other films that stand to contend for

  Best Films are Milk, Forst/Nixon, The Reader and The Curious Case

of Benjamin Button

Bollywood news, movie reviews, film trailers and more!  Click

here.

[arr] Westerner's translation to Jai Ho

2009-02-07 Thread Madhavan Rajan

I don't know what to call this!
You better check this video to see how a westerner who doesn't know Hindi
interprets the song in English...Funny, if we take it in a lighter note.

But one thing is for sure, they are all crazy about Jai Ho...Just check
youtube daily to find new additions every day!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qpooyL2ynMfeature=related

-- 
Cheers,
Madhavan.R
Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate!

[arr] Re: Does ARR feature in these upcoming tamil movies???

2009-02-07 Thread sath.murthy


Thanks Dinesh.

I just read the news.


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Dinesh dinesh.theb...@...
wrote:

 Aandavan will have music by Harris Jeyaraj.

 http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14853044

 --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Sath Murthy sath.murthy@ wrote:
 
  KS Ravikumar is directing Surya in the movie named Adhavan, produced
 by Udayanidhi Stalin.
 
  Kamal is commencing Thalaivan Erukindran (remake of Hindi movie A
 Wednesday) soon.
 
  As per earlier reports ARR was supposed to be music composer for the
 above movies. Is he still a part of those projects?
 
  Please confirm.
 
  Sath Murthy.

[arr] Can we watch BAFTA online

2009-02-07 Thread pratap

Can we watch BAFTA online Anysite?

[arr] Man Chandre, Himalaya....need help from Music groups.

2009-02-07 Thread Gopal Anandan

Dear Friends,

While I fell in love with Man Chandre the first time I heard it... something 
else is disturbing me:

a) If you remove the ghattam, the unconvential rhythm, the high pitching by 
Sukhwinder - and just keep the song to simple vocals (and the tinkles) - then 
this song has ghazal as its foundation style (and not a folk style) - Correct?

b) I'm dead sure that I've heard a similar Jagjit Singh ghazal - but unable to 
pin it down did someone else feel this as well? If so, can you point that 
out?


Himalaya - again why do I feel that the note pattern (not same notes, but same 
pattern - something like mirror image if you may like) follow's Beethoven's Fur 
Elise? Again - did someone else notice or felt this?

BTW - I'm not questioning anything here - just wondering if Rahman is 
playing/experimenting with established numbers and giving his own twist/version 
to it... types... I hope I get to ask Rahman this someday? :)

In the meantime, the music gurus in this group can perhaps take a dig at these 
observation.


ciao / Gopal



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[arr] Re: Separate BGM Delhi6 release !!

2009-02-07 Thread rivjot

Oh my god oh my god oh my god Is that some sort of dream???
Background Score CD ahh I'm gonna go crazy LOL

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, jagan nath
guy_from_asia2...@... wrote:

 Barely two weeks away from release and Delhi-6 still doesn't have
its full background music. A. R. Rahman, whose schedules went haywire
due to the unscheduled commitments in Los Angeles for the Golden
Globe, has been working frantically to meet the deadline.
 While the film's songs quickly move up the charts, the background
music still needs to be fully completed. Holed away from public eye in
his studio in Chennai, Rahman has been burning the midnight oil trying
to get the music in place. On Thursday night, Rakeysh flew to Chennai
once more for portions of the background music.
 But will the film now be able to release as schedule on Feb 20?
There seemed to be no sign of panic in Rakeysh's attitude. As far as
I'm concerned we're on. The background score is nearly done. I'm
flying down with one reel that needs looking into. And the mixing is
now on. When it's Rahman, you know the pace and by now you're used to
it. And look at the songs. The connect that they've found with
listeners is amazing. T-Series is not able to keep with the supply
order. I personally feel the background score is shaping up even
better. In fact we plan to release a separate album of the background.
 But with a huge release planned for Feb 20, Rahman's genius is
really cutting it close. And not every filmmaker would be as patient
and enamored of Rahman's genius as Rakeysh Mehra.
 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2009/02/07/12516/index.html
 Â 
 Separate BGM audio release for Delhi6 is a real treat !! 
 Â 
 Regards
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Re: [arr] ARR reacts to SDM critics.. is this true?

2009-02-07 Thread V S Rawat

I agree with Vithur that ARR has reacted (can he ever react? :-) ) 
very humbly, a characteristic of him.

I hope people realize that there are places where silence becomes a sin, 
  an injustice. Poet Ramdhari Singh Dinkar has wrote:

Samar Shesh Hai, Nahin Paap Ka Bhaagi Kewal Vyaadh
Jo Tatasth Hain Samay Likhega Unka Bhi Apradh.
(When a war is being waged between justice and injustice, the hunters 
and killers are not the only sinners, but those who remain neutral at 
such crucial point would also be held guilty in the due course of time.)

SDM and Danny are being beaten disproportionately, way beyond their 
deeds. Danny showed an ugly truth which become uncomfortable to some, 
and the coverage his film got brought jealousy to several, and they all 
started hitting him and the film.

The point here was whether ARR could maintain silence and let Danny and 
SDB be targetted like this.

See the contrast. Even the author of the novel, deserted Danny at the 
first hint of a trouble. When the title of the film was questioned and a 
law suit was filed, the author was in Jaipur to attend an international 
seminar. and, I was surprised, that he said that it was unfortunate 
that the film carried the title slumdog. He said that he has nothing to 
do with this title because he had titled his novel as QA.

Can you see how thankless, nashuqra, selfish this author is. Nobody knew 
him or his two bit novel. Danny making movie on it made the novel and 
the author an international celebrity, plus the royalty all this must 
have brought to the author, and he had the dirty guts to distance 
himself from the film and from Danny. It is a Ditch, a let down.

ARR could have remained silent as his nature is, or he could have said 
that he just composed the music for the film sitting in Chennai and he 
has nothing to do with the title or story or dialogs or actors or 
locations or acting, or anything other than music.

But, ARR didn't do that. ARR rather came out vocally and stood by Danny 
and the entire film. He is sort of saying that the film is a team work 
and everybody should share the praises and the brickbats for it.

By speaking out, ARR made a rare exception for Danny who is now his friend.

My respect for ARR has grown by his these comments, even though, as you 
rightly said, this is so uncharacteristic of our man to speak out. Our 
man is friend's friend, is thankful by nature, can be relied when needed.

--
Rawat

On 2/7/2009 7:59 PM India Time, _Vithur_ wrote:

 I think and believe he has reacted in a very humble fashion. Did you 
 find anything wrong in the manner he has reacted. ?
  
 A perfect reply from ARR.  I am happy he reacted.
 
 On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Sath Murthy sath.mur...@yahoo.com 
 mailto:sath.mur...@yahoo.com wrote:
 
 
 http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/feb-09-01/a-r-rahman-07-02-09.html
  
 As per the above report, ARR has reacted to the critics of SDM. That
 is not really a nature of our ARR.
  
 Is the above article true? i have my own doubts. Share your thoughts
 please.
  
 Sath Murthy.
 
 
 
 
 -- 
 regards,
 Vithur

Re: [arr] BAFTA live on sony pix

2009-02-07 Thread Bergin Roy

Anybody has information on telecast in the US?

thanks,
Bergin

On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 12:24 PM, pratap pratap_elen...@yahoo.com wrote:

 Thnx bro!

 --- On *Sat, 2/7/09, A.M.Aravind aravind...@yahoo.com* wrote:

 From: A.M.Aravind aravind...@yahoo.com
 Subject: Re: [arr] BAFTA live on sony pix
 To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 7:38 AM


  I'll record and upload it!

 --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com,
 pratap pratap_elensar@ ... wrote:
 
  Someone please record it...
 
  --- On Sat, 2/7/09, jagan nath guy_from_asia2000@ ... wrote:
  From: jagan nath guy_from_asia2000@ ...
  Subject: [arr] BAFTA live on sony pix
  To: rahman fans arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. 
  comarrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com
 
  Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 1:59 AM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Sony Pix has bagged the India telecast rights of the
 BAFTA Awards 2009, to be held on 9 February at the Royal Opera House
 in London at 5.30 am. The live telecast will be followed by the repeat
 telecast at 10 pm on the same day.
 
  Slumdog Millionaire has been nominated for the highest number of
 nominations in the history of Bafta Awards with 11 nominations,
 including one for A R Rahman's score.
 
  Pix business head Sunder Aaron said, As a channel that airs English
 movies it is an honor to have the exclusive rights to telecast the
 BAFTA Awards, an evening that sees the work of several great films,
 get felicitated. It's also going to be a special moment for our
 audience as Danny Boyle's film based in India 'Slumdog Millionaire'
 receives global recognition. .
 
  Apart from Slumdog Millionaire, other films that stand to contend for
  Best Films are Milk, Forst/Nixon, The Reader and The Curious Case
 of Benjamin Button
 
  Bollywood news, movie reviews, film trailers and more! Click
 here.
 


 




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Re: [arr] Interview of ARR's mom - latest KUMUDAM Magazine - Translation

2009-02-07 Thread Thulasi Ram

thanx aravind for the share...

On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 7:15 AM, Aravind AM aravind...@yahoo.com wrote:

   Parents will be so elated even if their kids win a prize in just a small
 competition in school. How happy will Rahman's mom feel as he has got 90
 awards till now, including Golden Globes and other international awards? To
 know all this, we visited Rahman's house, and spoke with his mom Kareema
 Begum. She too is reticent, just like Rahman!

 Rahman must've been 5 years old at that time. Me and my husband visited a
 friend of his, a leading composer. The composer told us playfully You
 mentioned that your son plays harmonium.. let's see if he can play what I
 play now... He payed, and ARR listened to it immediately played it, much to
 the surprise of everyone. The composer was so impressed. That incident made
 it clear to us that, music was the field in which Rahman would shine.
 He always used to have a small harmonium with him. He'd compose new tunes
 and show it to us. Since he was playing well, we put him in proper music
 training. Being supportive of him from the beginning is my only contribution
 to his success.

 Kareema mentions that her favourite song is Snegithane (Alaipayuthey). How
 many ever times you listen to it, you can't get bored of it, she says!

 It is difficult to break into film music. Rahman's plus point was that he
 retained and succeeded in the first film chance that he got because of God's
 grace. At first, he composed the background score for Roja for 15 days
 continuously without proper sleep. I cried seeing my son suffer so much! I
 wondered if I'd pushed him into the very tough field of Film music. But all
 my sufferings and worries vanished as he won the national award for his
 first film itself!

 Even before he'd got film music opportunites, he always used to be busy
 composing some tune or the other! Right from his childhood, Rahman had no
 interests other than music. He never had fun like chatting with friends or
 going for movies. He always used to stay inside the locked room and compse
 music! I used to ask him, why he was straining so much. He used to reply We
 should keep working hard! That is the effort from our side. Some day, we
 will get rewards (oppourtunites) for all our efforts!

 Rahman's mom has just one worry - he is so busy with work that he doesnt
 eat properly! The motherly love!!

 My son doesnt even have time to eat properly. Even if it gets delayed till
 3 am, I wait for him, serve the food and then only go to bed. Otherwise, I
 can't sleep properly! How many ever awards a son may get - a mom feels happy
 only when the son eats properly!

 Abt Oscars:
 When Rahman was 9 years old, he played with 3 keyboards at the same time
 in the show called 'wonder balloon' in Doordarshan (in DD tamil network).
 After that program, everyone in our locality started talking about him.
 Likewise, the whole world is talking about the Oscar buzz for Slumdog
 Millionaire! But, Rahman is busy working on his next film project, without
 thinking about the awards or participating in big celebrations. This
 maturity is what I learnt from Rahman. I'll be happy, if Rahman gets the
 Oscar, by God's grace!



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[arr] Re: Will Jaane Tu sweep the Indian music awards?

it is JTYJN, it was announced very clearly if you see the award show.
also it is on Screen awards website and ARR's website.


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Thulasi Ram karoke...@... 
wrote:

 isnt it rock on at star screens?
 
 On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 9:00 PM, rivjot riv...@... wrote:
 
Jaane Tu already won best music director award at Star Screens.
 
  Last year Filmfare was in first week of March, so around that time 
I
  guess. H that means nominations should be out within a week...
 
  IIFA is somewhere in May/June (read that somewhere)
 
 
  --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com 
arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com,
  Chord purevibz@ wrote:
  
   Seems like Jaane Tu is the strongest contender for best music,
   probably battling with ARR's own JA.
  
   BTW, when are the award ceremonies for Zee and Filmfare?

[arr] Story Behind Masakali - Interview with Mohit Chauhan

2009-02-07 Thread rivjot

Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTDvNpIeWN4

Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwHQ318-kNI

Re: [arr] (Semi-ARR) Dev patel in Night Shyamalan film

i wonder Shayamalan being an Indian should sometime get ARR to score 
for his film. now that he has got even more acclaim and credibility 
(after SDM) at least Shayamalan being an Indian shall give him a  
chance.


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Matthew Islam matthewis...@... 
wrote:

 AR bhai has not been contacted for The Last Airbender. The music is 
being
 composed by James Newton Howard.
 
 Hope this helps.
 
 Matthew Islam
 
 2009/2/6 nivensamy niven...@...
 
Article in frech , translation below...
 
  SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE rafle tous les trophÃ(c)es et ses acteurs 
commencent
  Ã  se faire courtiser par de grands noms du cinÃ(c)ma. M. Night 
Shyamalan
  a demandÃ(c) Ã  Dev Patel de rejoindre le casting de THE LAST 
AIRBENDER (...)
 
  Le millionnaire de SLUMDOG, Dev Patel, rejoint le casting de THE 
LAST
  AIRBENDER de M. Night Shyamalan Ã  quelques jours du tournage. Il
  remplace Jesse McCartney, trop occupÃ(c) par la suite de TWILIGHT, 
NEW
  MOON, et incarnera le prince Zuko de la nation de feu. AdaptÃ(c) 
de la
  sÃ(c)rie animÃ(c)e AVATAR, le long-mÃ(c)trage sera une grande 
Ã(c)popÃ(c)e autour de
  quatre nations, maitrisant chacune un Ã(c)lÃ(c)ment (eau, feu, 
air, terre).
  Lâhistoire en trois volumes laisse prÃ(c)sager une possible 
trilogie
  rÃ(c)alisÃ(c)e par Shyamalan, un peu Ã  la maniÃ¨re du SEIGNEUR 
DES ANNEAUX de
  Peter Jackson. Le tournage aura lieu au Groenland dâici peu, 
pour une
  sortie fixÃ(c)e au 2 juillet 2010.
 
  Slumdog Millionaire is getting so may awards and the actors are 
being
  approached by cinema's big fames. M. Night Shyamalan asked Dev 
Patel
  to join the casting of THE LAST AIRBENDER.
 
  The millionaire from SLUMDOG, Dev Patel, joins the casting of THE 
LAST
  AIRBENDER of M. Night Shyamalan just days before start of 
shooting. He
  replaces Jesse McCartney, too busy with the next episode of 
TWILIGHT,
  NEW MOON, and will get the role of prince Zuko of the fire nation.
  Adapted from an animated serial AVATAR, the movie will be an epic 
of
  four nations, each master of an element (water, fire, air, earth). 
It
  could be a trilogy by Shyamalan, similar to the LORD OF THE RINGS 
by
  Peter Jackson. Shooting begins soon in Groenland and will be in
  theater on 2nd July 2010.
 
 
  http://www.canalplus.fr/c-cinema-en-salles/c-dernieres-news-
cine/cid209967-l-acteur-de-slumdog-chez-shyamalan.html
 
  I, personally hope he collaborates with Rahman for the trilogy as
  Rahman said he's been contacted by Hollywood big names.
 
  Gopal, Vijay, any news on this project?
 
   
 
 
 
 
 -- 
 God Willing, For the valiant heart, nothing is impossible.

[arr] Re: Will Jaane Tu sweep the Indian music awards?

yes and I must say JTYJN very much deserves it. i hope it bags all 
best music awards. though JA was better but JTYJN was more popular 
with the masses, something very trendy and it really caught attention 
of masses. 

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Chord purev...@... wrote:

 Seems like Jaane Tu is the strongest contender for best music,
 probably battling with ARR's own JA.  
 
 BTW, when are the award ceremonies for Zee and Filmfare?

[arr] Re: Kural who is the female singer??

oh really, if Blaaze sings in english what female singer sings then it 
is great. otherwise yes please someone translate it. it is such a 
haunting song and i want to know what she really sings.


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, nivensamy niven...@... wrote:

 
 I guess the aim of Blazee was to translate Kural verses. I think its
 the english part sung by himself. If not, guys pls provide complete
 translation.
 
 Niven
 
 
 --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, jibandevta jibandevta@ 
wrote:
 
  Please provide translation of this 'Thirupavi'..plz
  
  -jiban
  
  
  
  --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Fazil Anand fazil_anand@ 
wrote:
  
   I think its Gomathisree who had sung in Sivaji (Sahara with 
Vijay
  Yesudas dat Thiruppavai bit). She is the daughter of the legendary
  musician Sri. Dakshinamoorthy.
   
   Anand
   
   --- On Thu, 5/2/09, shakti_leo_18 shakti_leo_18@ wrote:
   From: shakti_leo_18 shakti_leo_18@
   Subject: [arr] Kural who is the female singer??
   To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
   Date: Thursday, 5 February, 2009, 12:18 AM
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   hey guys...
   
   with blaaze's rapwho has sung this awesome song...???
   
   she sounds like lataji..but m not sure as her diction is perfect 
in 
   
   tamil..
   
   
   
   regards,
   
   AdiTya(shakti)
   
   
   
   

   
 
   
   
   
  
 
   
 
  
 
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
   
   
 
 
   
   
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[arr] To Mr. Aakash Shah

2009-02-07 Thread Chord

Just want to let you know that I'm thoroughly enjoying your keyboard
creations of ARR's songs.  I play them often on my home stereo with my
family listening and they too love what you have done.  I just love
how you just didn't copy the song note by noteyou added some of
your own ideas and variations which is just awesome.  Please keep it
up.  I too play keyboards and piano, but just don't have the time to
do what you're doing.  At least I can enjoy what I want to do myself
through your creations.  Thanks for these.  I look forward to hearing
more!

[arr] Does anyone have these CDs?

2009-02-07 Thread Chord

Found these CDs on the Amazon site, ARR page and didn't know that they
existed before...  I didn't see Vol 1, 2 4..


If you do have them, I would like to know how you liked them.  Is the
instrumentation good?

http://www.amazon.com/A.R.-Rahman/e/B000APXLCE/ref=ntt_dp_mus_hqp?pf_rd_p=464159811pf_rd_s=hero-quick-promopf_rd_t=201pf_rd_i=B001LX0JK6pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DERpf_rd_r=099KAY4NC3JPD05KJEAX

ARR Harmony Soft Instrumental Vol 5

Track Listings
1. Radha kaise na jale
2. Kahin aag lage
3. Tu hi re
4. Choti si asha
5. Rangeela re
6. Yeh jaan bhi lele
7. Latka dikha diya hamne
8. Satrangi re
9. Mujhe rang de
10. Kay sera sera
11. Maa tujhe salaam 

ARR Harmony Soft Instrumentals Vol 3
Track Listings
1. Mitwa
2. Saathiya
3. Taal se taal
4. Ek ho gaye
5. Kehna hi kya
6. Columbus columbus
7. O bhavre
8. Telephone dhun mein
9. E-ajnabi
10. Sunta hai mera khuda
11. Mere yaar dil dara

Re: [arr] Re: Separate BGM Delhi6 release !!

2009-02-07 Thread Ramesh R

I'm not going to trust this news until the cd is out. There have been too many 
instances where they said that the score cds (Mangal Pandey, Provoked, Sivaji) 
would be released but it never saw the light of the day.







From: rivjot riv...@yahoo.com
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, February 7, 2009 1:33:59 PM
Subject: [arr] Re: Separate BGM Delhi6 release !!

Oh my god oh my god oh my god Is that some sort of dream???
Background Score CD ahh I'm gonna go crazy LOL

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, jagan nath
guy_from_asia2...@... wrote:

  I personally feel the background score is shaping up even
better. In fact we plan to release a separate album of the background.
 But with a huge release planned for Feb 20, Rahman's genius is
really cutting it close. And not every filmmaker would be as patient
and enamored of Rahman's genius as Rakeysh Mehra.
 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2009/02/07/12516/index.html
 Â 
 Separate BGM audio release for Delhi6 is a real treat !! 
 Â 
 Regards
 Jagan

[arr] Re: Shankar Ehsan Loy team says, Rahman has always given top quality music and

2009-02-07 Thread arr_raghu

How do SEL feel reading this line..
..T-Series has the rights of some of Rahman's films like 
Taare Zameen Par,.



--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vithur vith...@... wrote:

 AR Rahman's Delhi 6 music sales not hit by recession   Story By: 
MANISHA
 PRADHAN SINGH updated on: 07/02/09
 
 MUMBAI: Music composer A R Rahman began the year literally on a high 
note!
 Post the Golden Globe Awards, followed by the Oscar nominations for 
Slumdog
 Millionaire, the expectations from him are soaring.
 
 Known for giving soundtracks, which have good production value, his 
next
 album that is climbing the charts is Delhi 6. The soundtrack of 
Delhi 6
 comprises 10 songs sans remixes.
 
 Moreover, according to T-Series, which has the music rights of Delhi 
6, the
 album has been well received by consumers.
 
 Delhi 6 has been directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, after the cult 
classic
 film Rang De Basanti. The lyrics have been written by Prasoon Joshi. 
Rahman
 teams up with Mehra and Joshi once again for Delhi 6 after RDB.
 
 Even though the world is singing praises of Rahman post Golden 
Globes, he
 has always been recognized for his musical magic back home! 
Similarly, each
 and every song in Dehli 6 too upholds the high standards Rahman has 
set.
 
 T-Series chairman and managing director Bhushan Kumar says, Rahman 
has
 always given good music and the response to his music has always 
been good
 as far as sales are concerned. Moreover with the three talents - 
Rahman,
 Rakeysh Mehra and Prasoon Joshi coming together, the Delhi 6 album 
too is
 sure to be a big hit.
 
 Though his personal favourites are Masakali and Rehna Tu, Kumar 
feels the
 album as a whole is great. He says, Despite the recession, where 
people
 have become very selective about what they buy, we are getting a 
superb
 response as far as music sales of Delhi 6 are concerned. We are not 
feeling
 the hit of recession with this album.
 
 T-Series has the rights of some of Rahman's films like Taare Zameen 
Par,
 Jaane Tu, Yuvvraj, Ghajini, Slumdog Millionaire and Delhi 6.
 
 According to Mehra, Rahman is involved with the film right from the 
time the
 story is conceived to the final draft. He says, Rahman, Prasoon and 
I have
 been working on the music since the last three years. In all my 
films the
 songs are played in the background theyare more like an 
interpretation of
 the story rather than lip sync, therefore there is nothing like the 
song has
 to be ready before the shoot. We discuss the story ideas together 
and in the
 process, Rahman starts forming pictures in his head and he works on 
the
 concept and the tune. He has a very unique way of working.
 
 *PEERS TALK*
 
 Speaking to Businessofcinema.com, musician Shankar Mahadevan from 
the
 Shankar Ehsan Loy team says, Rahman has always given top quality 
music and
 he always will. The soundtrack of Delhi 6 too is sure to do well. 
Post the
 Golden Globe and the Oscar nominations the rest of the world has 
become more
 aware of Indian music and it's sure to have a bigger market abroad.
 
 Music director Sajid, from the Sajid Wajid duo, feels, Expectations 
from
 Rahman post the awards might have gone up but Rahman's work has 
always been
 beyond expectations. When we talk about Rahman we talk about 
guarantee.
 Though there are some music composers like Aadesh Srivastav who are 
doing
 work for the international market, the singing of Jai Ho! at the 
Oscars and
 the numerous awards that Rahman has won will definitely make the
 international market more aware about the quality and talent in 
India.
 
 Director Mehra adds, Rahman has always delivered good music and 
brought a
 change. In fact he's the change. The demand for the music of Delhi 6 
too is
 hot.
 
 *DELHI 6's MUSIC MANTRA*
 
 With Delhi 6, Rahman offers a wide array of musical genres in a 
single album
 ranging from devotional, Sufi, classical, rock, romance, folk. 
Rahman has
 also used more of new-age voices like Mohit Chauhan, Javed Ali and 
Benny
 Dayal for this album.
 
 On one hand, the Delhi 6 album has a completely Indian classical 
like Bhor
 Bhayi sung by Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan and Shreya Ghoshal and on 
the other
 it has Hey Kaala Bandar, which is somewhat a fun song on the lines 
of Masti
 Ki Paathshala from Rang de Basanti.
 
 
 
 Then there's Genda Phool, which has a folk touch wherein Rehman has 
matched
 new age with folk music. Speaking to Bussinessofcinema.com, Mehra 
says, The
 song Genda Phool is a folk song and it was given to us by Raghuveer 
Yadav
 and Rajat Dholakia gave the additional music for the song.
 
 On the other hand, Dil Gira Dafatan is more western, where Rahman 
introduces
 a new playback voice - Ash King. According to Mehra, Rahman had 
heard him
 in London sometime back, so he got him to India to do this song. 
Being a
 third generation Indian living in London, he could not speak Hindi 
so we had
 to train him before singing every line. It took us almost 18 days to

Re: [arr] Shankar Ehsan Loy team says, Rahman has always given top quality music and he always will.

2009-02-07 Thread ali ahad

RAHMAN's TARE ZAMEEN PER ...lol ! :P

--- On Sat, 2/7/09, Vithur vith...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Vithur vith...@gmail.com
Subject: [arr] Shankar Ehsan Loy team says, Rahman has always given top 
quality  music and he always will.
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 7:59 PM

AR Rahman's Delhi 6 music sales not hit by recession
 Story By:MANISHA PRADHAN SINGHupdated on: 07/02/09

MUMBAI: Music composer A R Rahman began the year literally on a high note! Post 
the Golden Globe Awards, followed by the Oscar nominations for Slumdog 
Millionaire, the expectations from him are soaring.

Known for giving soundtracks, which have good production value, his next album 
that is climbing the charts is Delhi 6. The soundtrack of Delhi 6 comprises 10 
songs sans remixes.

Moreover, according to T-Series, which has the music rights of Delhi 6, the 
album has been well received by consumers.

Delhi 6 has been directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, after the cult classic 
film Rang De Basanti. The lyrics have been written by Prasoon Joshi. Rahman 
teams up with Mehra and Joshi once again for Delhi 6 after RDB.

Even though the world is singing praises of Rahman post Golden Globes, he has 
always been recognized for his musical magic back home! Similarly, each and 
every song in Dehli 6 too upholds the high standards Rahman has set.

T-Series chairman and managing director Bhushan Kumar says, Rahman has always 
given good music and the response to his music has always been good as far as 
sales are concerned. Moreover with the three talents - Rahman, Rakeysh Mehra 
and Prasoon Joshi coming together, the Delhi 6 album too is sure to be a big 
hit.

Though his personal favourites are Masakali and Rehna Tu, Kumar feels the album 
as a whole is great. He says, Despite the recession, where people have become 
very selective about what they buy, we are getting a superb response as far as 
music sales of Delhi 6 are concerned. We are not feeling the hit of recession 
with this album.

T-Series has the rights of some of Rahman's films like Taare Zameen Par, Jaane 
Tu, Yuvvraj, Ghajini, Slumdog Millionaire and Delhi 6.
According to Mehra, Rahman is involved with the film right from the time the 
story is conceived to the final draft. He says, Rahman, Prasoon and I have 
been working on the music since the last three years. In all my films the songs 
are played in the background theyare more like an interpretation of the story 
rather than lip sync, therefore there is nothing like the song has to be ready 
before the shoot. We discuss the story ideas together and in the process, 
Rahman starts forming pictures in his head and he works on the concept and the 
tune. He has a very unique way of working.

PEERS TALK

Speaking to Businessofcinema. com, musician Shankar Mahadevan from the Shankar 
Ehsan Loy team says, Rahman has always given top quality music and he always 
will. The soundtrack of Delhi 6 too is sure to do well. Post the Golden Globe 
and the Oscar nominations the rest of the world has become more aware of Indian 
music and it's sure to have a bigger market abroad.

Music director Sajid, from the Sajid Wajid duo, feels, Expectations from 
Rahman post the awards might have gone up but Rahman's work has always been 
beyond expectations. When we talk about Rahman we talk about guarantee. Though 
there are some music composers like Aadesh Srivastav who are doing work for the 
international market, the singing of Jai Ho! at the Oscars and the numerous 
awards that Rahman has won will definitely make the international market more 
aware about the quality and talent in India.

Director Mehra adds, Rahman has always delivered good music and brought a 
change. In fact he's the change. The demand for the music of Delhi 6 too is 
hot.

DELHI 6's MUSIC MANTRA

With Delhi 6, Rahman offers a wide array of musical genres in a single album 
ranging from devotional, Sufi, classical, rock, romance, folk. Rahman has also 
used more of new-age voices like Mohit Chauhan, Javed Ali and Benny Dayal for 
this album. 

On one hand, the Delhi 6 album has a completely Indian classical like Bhor 
Bhayi sung by Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan and Shreya Ghoshal and on the other it 
has Hey Kaala Bandar, which is somewhat a fun song on the lines of Masti Ki 
Paathshala from Rang de Basanti.

Then there's Genda Phool, which has a folk touch wherein Rehman has matched new 
age with folk music. Speaking to Bussinessofcinema. com, Mehra says, The song 
Genda Phool is a folk song and it was given to us by Raghuveer Yadav and Rajat 
Dholakia gave the additional music for the song.

On the other hand, Dil Gira Dafatan is more western, where Rahman introduces a 
new playback voice - Ash King. According to Mehra, Rahman had heard him in 
London sometime back, so he got him to India to do this song. Being a third 
generation Indian living in London, he could not speak Hindi so we had to

[arr] SDM wins WGA

2009-02-07 Thread Vinod Raju


http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/07/slumdog-laps-the-
field-again/

[arr] Watch CNN IBN today at 2.30 PM today (Feb 08)..

2009-02-07 Thread Sriram S

 
ARR's mother and Sister (Ishrath) receiving the Global Indian award on behalf 
of ARR. It was a touching moment to see ARR's mother receiving it. ARR's award 
comes 30 to 40 minutes after the award show begins.
 
Note: It was also shown on CNN IBN yesterday at 9.30 PM. 


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[arr] FOX pushes Jai Ho for Best Song

2009-02-07 Thread Vinod Raju

'Slumdog Millionaire' to Oscars voters: Choose this tune for best 
song, not that one 
Over the last few days Oscars voters received a campaign CD 
featuring two of Slumdog Millionaire's three music nominations: 
best song (Jai Ho) and score. Missing from the CD was Slumdog 
Millionaire's other contender for best song (O Saya).

Fox Searchlight is daring to choose between its Oscar children. The 
studio wants voters to focus their Slumdog Millionaire love on one 
song, fearing that the vote might split otherwise, causing both to 
lose. So this is good strategy, although poor politics. Inevitably, 
the studio is inviting a chorus of discontent from the folks behind 
the song not being hyped. 


In this case, the strategy is probably wise because Jai Ho is the 
obvious favorite. It's the big, magical dance finale of Slumdog 
Millionaire. Voters may not know it by name, though, and may easily 
confuse it with the other tune since the titles of both are in 
Hindi. Now they'll probably get the hint after being prodded by the 
studio.

What's unfortunate about this decision is that O Saya is written 
by one of the coolest music artists on the planet right now. M.I.A. 
is nominated for record of the year at this Sunday's Grammys (Paper 
Planes). 

There's always the possibility, of course, that this strategy might 
backfire with those bull-headed, contrary-minded academy members. 
After all, Paramount Classics made it clear in 2005 that it wanted 
an Oscar nomination for the title tune to Hustle  Flow, but ended 
up getting one for It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp  which won!

However, that's a rarity and that occurred prior to Oscar 
nominations being unveiled, not afterward. Such favoritism being 
shown at this late point in the derby trot is extraordinary. When 
Disney nabbed bids for three songs from Enchanted, it was clear 
that That's How You Know  the big dance spectacular staged in 
Central Park  was the movie's best shot to win, but it got the same 
amount of attention and campaign push as So Close and Happy 
Working Song. All three lost to Falling Slowly from Once.

DreamWorks didn't single out one of Dreamgirls three  nominees 
 Listen, Patience, Love You I Do  and lost the Oscar to 
Melissa Etheridge's I Need to Wake Up from An Inconvenient Truth.

Not all multiple nominees lose because of voting splitting, 
though. The Lion King (1994) had three nominations for song and 
triumphed for Can You Feel the Love Tonight?


http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2009/02/slumdog-
million.html

[arr] Is ARR attending the BAFTA awards in London? EOM

2009-02-07 Thread Sriram S




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Re: [arr] Re: Separate BGM Delhi6 release !!

2009-02-07 Thread Thulasi Ram

well said. m with u on this.

On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 6:32 PM, Ramesh R triscod...@yahoo.com wrote:

   I'm not going to trust this news until the cd is out. There have been
 too many instances where they said that the score cds (Mangal Pandey,
 Provoked, Sivaji) would be released but it never saw the light of the day.



 --
 *From:* rivjot riv...@yahoo.com
 *To:* arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
 *Sent:* Saturday, February 7, 2009 1:33:59 PM
 *Subject:* [arr] Re: Separate BGM Delhi6 release !!

 Oh my god oh my god oh my god Is that some sort of dream???
 Background Score CD ahh I'm gonna go crazy LOL

 --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, jagan nath
 guy_from_asia2...@... wrote:
 
   I personally feel the background score is shaping up even
 better. In fact we plan to release a separate album of the background.
  But with a huge release planned for Feb 20, Rahman's genius is
 really cutting it close. And not every filmmaker would be as patient
 and enamored of Rahman's genius as Rakeysh Mehra.
  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
 http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2009/02/07/12516/index.html
  Â
  Separate BGM audio release for Delhi6 is a real treat !!
  Â
  Regards
  Jagan

Re: [arr] Re: Shankar Ehsan Loy team says, Rahman has always given top quality music and

2009-02-07 Thread V S Rawat

On 2/7/2009 10:04 PM India Time, _arr_raghu_ wrote:

 How do SEL feel reading this line..
 ..T-Series has the rights of some of Rahman's films like 
 Taare Zameen Par,.

A pattern is emerging that whenever people find any good and different 
music in current bollywood films, their first thought is that it must be 
by ARR.

:-) I am not complaining. :-)

Actually, I liked the music of Taare Zameen Par a lot. Though it 
sounded promising in the very first hearing, the amazing part of it was 
that it was very low profile. It doesn't attract you to itself. You 
might even get to ignore it or not remember it. But, if you hear it, you 
would get hooked to it, and then, that low profile aspect of it 
becomes a great positive that you would never get satiated with it and 
would like to hear it again and again. Title songs lyrics are so 
tenderly poetic, wow.

-- 
Rawat

 
 
 
 --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vithur vith...@... wrote:
 AR Rahman's Delhi 6 music sales not hit by recession   Story By: 
 MANISHA
 PRADHAN SINGH updated on: 07/02/09

 MUMBAI: Music composer A R Rahman began the year literally on a high 
 note!
 Post the Golden Globe Awards, followed by the Oscar nominations for 
 Slumdog
 Millionaire, the expectations from him are soaring.

 Known for giving soundtracks, which have good production value, his 
 next
 album that is climbing the charts is Delhi 6. The soundtrack of 
 Delhi 6
 comprises 10 songs sans remixes.

 Moreover, according to T-Series, which has the music rights of Delhi 
 6, the
 album has been well received by consumers.

 Delhi 6 has been directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, after the cult 
 classic
 film Rang De Basanti. The lyrics have been written by Prasoon Joshi. 
 Rahman
 teams up with Mehra and Joshi once again for Delhi 6 after RDB.

 Even though the world is singing praises of Rahman post Golden 
 Globes, he
 has always been recognized for his musical magic back home! 
 Similarly, each
 and every song in Dehli 6 too upholds the high standards Rahman has 
 set.
 T-Series chairman and managing director Bhushan Kumar says, Rahman 
 has
 always given good music and the response to his music has always 
 been good
 as far as sales are concerned. Moreover with the three talents - 
 Rahman,
 Rakeysh Mehra and Prasoon Joshi coming together, the Delhi 6 album 
 too is
 sure to be a big hit.

 Though his personal favourites are Masakali and Rehna Tu, Kumar 
 feels the
 album as a whole is great. He says, Despite the recession, where 
 people
 have become very selective about what they buy, we are getting a 
 superb
 response as far as music sales of Delhi 6 are concerned. We are not 
 feeling
 the hit of recession with this album.

 T-Series has the rights of some of Rahman's films like Taare Zameen 
 Par,
 Jaane Tu, Yuvvraj, Ghajini, Slumdog Millionaire and Delhi 6.

 According to Mehra, Rahman is involved with the film right from the 
 time the
 story is conceived to the final draft. He says, Rahman, Prasoon and 
 I have
 been working on the music since the last three years. In all my 
 films the
 songs are played in the background theyare more like an 
 interpretation of
 the story rather than lip sync, therefore there is nothing like the 
 song has
 to be ready before the shoot. We discuss the story ideas together 
 and in the
 process, Rahman starts forming pictures in his head and he works on 
 the
 concept and the tune. He has a very unique way of working.

 *PEERS TALK*

 Speaking to Businessofcinema.com, musician Shankar Mahadevan from 
 the
 Shankar Ehsan Loy team says, Rahman has always given top quality 
 music and
 he always will. The soundtrack of Delhi 6 too is sure to do well. 
 Post the
 Golden Globe and the Oscar nominations the rest of the world has 
 become more
 aware of Indian music and it's sure to have a bigger market abroad.

 Music director Sajid, from the Sajid Wajid duo, feels, Expectations 
 from
 Rahman post the awards might have gone up but Rahman's work has 
 always been
 beyond expectations. When we talk about Rahman we talk about 
 guarantee.
 Though there are some music composers like Aadesh Srivastav who are 
 doing
 work for the international market, the singing of Jai Ho! at the 
 Oscars and
 the numerous awards that Rahman has won will definitely make the
 international market more aware about the quality and talent in 
 India.
 Director Mehra adds, Rahman has always delivered good music and 
 brought a
 change. In fact he's the change. The demand for the music of Delhi 6 
 too is
 hot.

 *DELHI 6's MUSIC MANTRA*

 With Delhi 6, Rahman offers a wide array of musical genres in a 
 single album
 ranging from devotional, Sufi, classical, rock, romance, folk. 
 Rahman has
 also used more of new-age voices like Mohit Chauhan, Javed Ali and 
 Benny
 Dayal for this album.

 On one hand, the Delhi 6 album has a completely Indian classical 
 like Bhor
 Bhayi sung by Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan and Shreya Ghoshal and on 
 the other
 it has

[arr] [RM]Singers Karthik, Harini and Lyricist PazhaniBharathi - DOWNLOAD

2009-02-07 Thread Aravind AM

Hi,

I've added new Rahmania show MP3s to the collection. Access it from the usual 
location:
http://rahmania.4shared.com.

Here are the direct links to the 3 files:
http://www.4shared.com/file/84996865/5107d307/Singer_Karthik_Rahmania.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/84999208/2c189dbc/Singer_Harini_Rahmania.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/85000300/d261083e/Lyricist_PazhaniBharathi_Rahmania.html

I'll add singer Harish Raghavendra's Rahmania show MP3 shortly!

Cheers,
Aravind


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Re: [arr] Does anyone have these CDs?

We had seen these in Landmark - Bangalore..There are totally 7 Volumes I 
suppose..

Has any one purchased these? How are they? 

--- On Sat, 2/7/09, Chord purev...@yahoo.com wrote:

From: Chord purev...@yahoo.com
Subject: [arr] Does anyone have these CDs?
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 5:31 PM

Found these CDs on the Amazon site, ARR page and didn't know that they
existed before... I didn't see Vol 1, 2 4..

If you do have them, I would like to know how you liked them. Is the
instrumentation good?

http://www.amazon. com/A.R.- Rahman/e/ B000APXLCE/ ref=ntt_dp_ mus_hqp?pf_ 
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ARR Harmony Soft Instrumental Vol 5

Track Listings
1. Radha kaise na jale
2. Kahin aag lage
3. Tu hi re
4. Choti si asha
5. Rangeela re
6. Yeh jaan bhi lele
7. Latka dikha diya hamne
8. Satrangi re
9. Mujhe rang de
10. Kay sera sera
11. Maa tujhe salaam 

ARR Harmony Soft Instrumentals Vol 3
Track Listings
1. Mitwa
2. Saathiya
3. Taal se taal
4. Ek ho gaye
5. Kehna hi kya
6. Columbus columbus
7. O bhavre
8. Telephone dhun mein
9. E-ajnabi
10. Sunta hai mera khuda
11. Mere yaar dil dara

Re: [arr] FOX pushes Jai Ho for Best Song

I would personally like to see O Saya win the award more than Jai Ho..

--- On Sat, 2/7/09, Vinod Raju vi...@arr4music.com wrote:

From: Vinod Raju vi...@arr4music.com
Subject: [arr] FOX pushes Jai Ho for Best Song
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 7:28 PM

'Slumdog Millionaire' to Oscars voters: Choose this tune for best 
song, not that one 
Over the last few days Oscars voters received a campaign CD 
featuring two of Slumdog Millionaire' s three music nominations: 
best song (Jai Ho) and score. Missing from the CD was Slumdog 
Millionaire' s other contender for best song (O Saya).

Fox Searchlight is daring to choose between its Oscar children. The 
studio wants voters to focus their Slumdog Millionaire love on one 
song, fearing that the vote might split otherwise, causing both to 
lose. So this is good strategy, although poor politics. Inevitably, 
the studio is inviting a chorus of discontent from the folks behind 
the song not being hyped. 

In this case, the strategy is probably wise because Jai Ho is the 
obvious favorite. It's the big, magical dance finale of Slumdog 
Millionaire.  Voters may not know it by name, though, and may easily 
confuse it with the other tune since the titles of both are in 
Hindi. Now they'll probably get the hint after being prodded by the 
studio.

What's unfortunate about this decision is that O Saya is written 
by one of the coolest music artists on the planet right now. M.I.A. 
is nominated for record of the year at this Sunday's Grammys (Paper 
Planes). 

There's always the possibility, of course, that this strategy might 
backfire with those bull-headed, contrary-minded academy members. 
After all, Paramount Classics made it clear in 2005 that it wanted 
an Oscar nomination for the title tune to Hustle  Flow, but ended 
up getting one for It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp — which won!

However, that's a rarity and that occurred prior to Oscar 
nominations being unveiled, not afterward. Such favoritism being 
shown at this late point in the derby trot is extraordinary. When 
Disney nabbed bids for three songs from Enchanted, it was clear 
that That's How You Know — the big dance spectacular staged in 
Central Park — was the movie's best shot to win, but it got the same 
amount of attention and campaign push as So Close and Happy 
Working Song. All three lost to Falling Slowly from Once.

DreamWorks didn't single out one of Dreamgirls three nominees —
Listen, Patience, Love You I Do — and lost the Oscar to 
Melissa Etheridge's I Need to Wake Up from An Inconvenient Truth.

Not all multiple nominees lose because of voting splitting, 
though. The Lion King (1994) had three nominations for song and 
triumphed for Can You Feel the Love Tonight?

http://goldderby. latimes.com/ awards_goldderby /2009/02/ slumdog-
million.html

[arr] Rahman responsible for Tamil films going global: Vivekh

For those who don't know who is Vivek..Vivek is one of very good comedians in 
the Tamil Film Industry and his comedies always carry some sort of social 
message or other...He was deservedly given Padma Shri this year..
 
Here is a story :
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If not for music composer AR Rehman, talent from Tamil filmdom would not have 
got their due recognition, noted Tamil comedian Vivekh has said. 

I do think that regional talent is not getting its due credit in the country. 
Our industry (Tamil films) has gone global, especially after A R Rahman entered 
the scene, Vivekh, who was conferred Padma Shri recently said.

If our music is getting acknowledged globally today, it is because of Rahman. 
But Rahman is not the only one who is responsible for this, media is also one 
of the reasons, he said.

Chennai-born Rahman who made his entry through Roja in Tamil and Hindi 
simultaneously went on to attain stardom in both Tamil and Hindi films within 
years. He is also in the queue for Oscars, for his hit scores in Slumdog 
Millionaire.

Vivekh, who was the first Tamil comedian to be bestowed with the Padma Shri 
award, refused to comment on veteran comedian Nagesh, who died just a week ago, 
not getting such an honour.

Vivekh said he was a great fan of Nagesh and he enjoyed his well-acclaimed 
movies -- Server Sundaram, Kaadalikka Neramillai and Neer Kumizhi. 

Nagesh, who entered cinema from stage and was with it for nearly five decades, 
died recently and there was criticism in the industry that he was denied the 
national honours. 

Showering praises on 'Slumdog Millionaire', which has got multiple nominations 
in Oscar, Vivekh said the film has facilitated the entry of our artistes into 
Hollywood.

On Oscar Awards, he said there was nothing wrong in accepting such honours, but 
one can aim for the award only if their work is original.

The ultimate recognition for an actor is when the last  person leaving the 
cinema hall being impressed by the performance. When I reach out to the 
audience when I am giving my 100 per cent that would be the ultimate 
recognition for me, he said.

On whether he will act in Hindi films if given a chance, Vivekh said he was not 
interested in acting in Hindi films as language is a barrier. 

I don't know slangs for that humour. Humorists should know the language well 
and exercise command in order to perform, he said. 

But, the actor says he loves watching Bollywood movies and he almost had a 
crush on yesteryear actress Madhuri Dixit. 

Vivekh also feels there should be a 'Best comedian' category in national awards 
to facilitate the regional comedians to attain national fame.

The actor, who is known for taking on social issues like female infanticide, 
bribery and corruption in his comedies, also feels that public figures owe a 
responsibility towards their fans and should conduct themselves in a rightful 
manner. 

A public figure or a celebrity has to live by some codes and principles. If 
you are a public figure, you are a public property as well. Since people follow 
you, there is no other way.

Vivekh also feels that there should be more comedy-oriented films in the 
industry. Only a limited footage of is allotted to comedians in a film unlike 
Hollywood where there are a lot of humour-centric films. I aspire for such 
films in India. Not that we did not have such kind of films earlier but I wish 
the pattern returns, he said.  

http://www.timesnow.tv/NewsDtls.aspx?NewsID=28942

[arr] Battle Bafta for Slumdog