Re: [arr] Re: CNN IBN:Face the nation-Is A R Rahman the finest Indian music director ever?

[$ Pavan Kumar $]

At the end of the show..They announced the result, In which 91% of voters said 
that Rahman is finest Indian music director ever...
 

--- On Mon, 2/9/09, divyaishu  wrote:

From: divyaishu 
Subject: [arr] Re: CNN IBN:Face the nation-Is A R Rahman the finest Indian 
music director ever?
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, February 9, 2009, 9:27 AM






Well, who had the highest percentage of votes around that time? Did 
they have a choice?

--- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, "pravin_karnam" 
 wrote:
>
> Today 10.00PM. Current vote status: Yes-63%
> These people will debate even if rahman wins record oscars by any 
music 
> director.
>

















  

[arr] Comment on SDM music (from west)

[Thulasi Ram]

Daniel Cline 
(LefsaFan)
 wrote:

This is just incredible music. An amazing score. It is such a pleasure - and
a privilege - to hear such creativity. Thank you NPR. I lean toward the
classics, but this CD is coming to my house to be played again and again.


http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100089276#commentBlock

[arr] 'Slumdog' vs. 'Wall-E' for best song

[Gopal Srinivasan]

'Slumdog' vs. 'Wall-E' for best song
No clear frontrunner among Oscar nominees
By JON BURLINGAME

For the third time in the past 20 years, music-branch voters chose only three 
tunes as best
song nominees. Two are from the same movie, and two of the singers are 
world-class world-music
recording artists.

There is no clear-cut favorite this year, unlike, say, eight years ago when Bob 
Dylan's win for
"Things Have Changed" was a foregone conclusion, or the year of "Titanic" and 
its ubiquitous
Celine Dion song. What happens Feb. 22 depends several factors.

First, the "Slumdog" phenomenon: Both of the key songs in "Slumdog Millionaire" 
are nominated,
both co-written by leading Indian composer A.R. Rahman (who is also nominated 
for his original
score). The soundtrack album is rising fast on the charts, so a "Slumdog" win 
would not
surprise.

But which song? Will voters remember that it was "Jai Ho" that was performed as 
an elaborately
choreographed, Bollywood-style dance number in the Mumbai train station at the 
end of the
movie?

"Jai Ho," with Indian lyrics by poet Gulzar, may be the most talked-about 
musical moment from
year-end films. And Oscar voters, excited about the prospect of seeing the 
number re-created on
the telecast, may be thinking about that when filling out their ballots. If it 
wins, it will be
only the second foreign-language song to do so (after 2004's "Al otro lado del 
rio" from "The
Motorcycle Diaries").

But Rahman's collaboration with London-born, Sri Lankan-raised Maya 
Arulpragasam -- better
known to the pop world as M.I.A. -- on "O... Saya" may resonate with younger 
voters for its
pounding rhythms, electronica sound and rap-style vocals. That song's used 
earlier in the film,
as police chase poor youngsters from an airport tarmac through the streets.

"Slumdog's" competition is the song from the end of the Disney-Pixar movie 
"Wall-E," co-written
by Thomas Newman (also nominated for his score) and Peter Gabriel. The nom is 
Gabriel's first
despite having composed scores for such films as "The Last Temptation of 
Christ" and
"Rabbit-Proof Fence."

Eight of the past 20 song statuettes have gone to tunes from animated movies 
(all Disney pics
but one). And nine of the past 20 have gone to popular artists (including 
Gabriel's ex-Genesis
bandmate Phil Collins, for "Tarzan," another Disney toon). Also, Gabriel's 
human-rights and
environmental activism would seem to coincide with the politics of many Acad 
voters.

And, in recent years, voters have spread the Oscar wealth among multiple pics. 
A "Slumdog"
score win could translate into a "Wall-E" song win.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117999867.html?categoryId=3275&cs=1

[arr] Asquith Award for Achievement in Music’

[Vithur]

Awards and more awards:

One of the biggest awards nights of the season took place last night on
either side of the planet. Leading the way was the British Academy Film
Awards, which saw a host of British and Hollywood stars gather at the Royal
Opera House in Covent Garden for a night which saw Danny Boyle's *Slumdog
Millionaire* steal seven BAFTA masks, including the awards for direction and
film of the year. The film's composer/songwriter A.R. Rahman took home the
'Anthony Asquith Award for Achievement in Music', his second major prize for
the film's music – following a Golden Globe win in January. Rahman thanked
those who had introduced him to Western audiences – including Andrew Lloyd
Webber, who brought him to the West End for *Bombay Dreams* - and his fans
all over the world. The Indian composer beat Alexandre Desplat, Hans Zimmer
& James Newton Howard, Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus and Thomas Newman to
the top spot.

http://www.musicfromthemovies.com/article.asp?ID=1244
-- 
regards,
Vithur

RE: [arr] Rewind - Lovely song and lyrics!

[Neetika Raina]

Any idea Kannukku Mai Azhagu is based on which Raaga??

The composition is very interesting yet soothing!!!

Awesome Track!

 

~Love Music Love Life

   Neetika

 


To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
From: vith...@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:08:12 +0530
Subject: Re: [arr] Rewind - Lovely song and lyrics!






Very true... Vairamuthu at his Best in lyrics and of course our ARR... Always 
the best 
 
Kannukku Mai Azhagu lyrics were written first and then the tune was set to it. 
The lyrics were part of VM's Kavidaigal... 


On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Madhavan Rajan  wrote:






I was listening to Puthiyamugam songs after a while...Wow! Just blown away as 
usual...It's fresh even today...Lyrics in each song is so meaningful and the 
music gells so well...Can some one post the translation of below lines from 
"Netru Illadha Maatram" which are so powerful?  


"I said there is no God until I found my Mother
 I said there is no Dream until I had a Desire
 I said Love is a Lie until I saw You


 The Essence of the Poem ends once you understand the meaning
 The Essence of Ganges ends once it reaches the sea
 The Essence of Love is the one which stays like a breeze


 Earth can evolve without Sky
 Language can evolve without a Word
 Will Life Evolve, If there is no Love?"








(Image Credits: http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4804/293/1600/1.6.jpg)

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







-- 
regards,
Vithur












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[arr] Change in World Music on its way !

[Bergin Roy]

Like the way he changed the Indian film music, its now the turn for the
western film music to be given a new trend by our ARR.

What we can be proud is AR has taken the Indian music to the west and he has
won in that. So, he is kind of promoting the Indian music to the world.
Even with Bombay Dreams, he was well received for the way he presented the
Bollywood sound to the west

I'll write more on this soon...
Share your thoughts...

-- 
www.berginroy.com

[arr] "I am giving it a try to satisfy them," ARR

[Vithur]

  It is getting better and better: Rahman

  London, Feb 9 (PTI) Having pocketed both the Golden Globe and the BAFTA
awards, Indian composer A R Rahman, who has floored the international
audience with his music in 'Slumdog Millionaire', is now hoping for the
biggest one - the Oscars.
Rahman scooped the BAFTA award in the Best Music Score category for
'Slumdog', the rags-to-riches story of a Mumbai slum-dweller that bagged six
other prizes, including the Best Film and the Best Director at the
star-studded function here.

"It is a great feeling... It is getting better and better and let's hope for
the biggest one - the Oscars," Rahman told reporters after bagging the
award.

"It is a bit different. I think it is important for people to know who the
composer is. People started liking the music. It is a great feeling. So, I
am giving it a try to satisfy them," the musician added.

Rahman has been nominated for three awards under two categories -- for Best
Original Music Score and for Best Song for "Jai Ho" and "O Saya" for
'Slumdog' at the Oscars scheduled later this month.

However, the Chennai-born musician was not the only Indian to receive the
BAFTA honour as sound technician Resul Pookutty also won for the Best Sound
Editing at the British Award ceremony. Resul has also been nominated at the
Oscars under the same category. PTI

http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/3B9528C0E162C9CD65257558001E129C?OpenDocument

-- 
regards,
Vithur

Re: [arr] Re: Zakir Hussain wants an Oscar for Rahman

[Vithur]

AR had accompanied Zakir Hussain, Kadri Gopalnath in their overseas tours,
when he was with his Band troupe Nemesis.



On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 11:43 PM, Jahanzeb Farooq wrote:

>   by the way why ARR never worked with Zakir Hussain? any idea anyone?
>
> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com ,
> Bivin Chandra 
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > After winning a Grammy in the contemporary World Music Album
> category for his collaborative album Global Drum Project, Zakir
> Hussain says that he sincerely desires that A R Rahman wins an Oscar.
> >
> > On being asked to respond to Rahman's global recognition for Slumdog
> Millionaire, Zakir Hussain said that, "He is a genius. I think his
> talent has been duly recognised now and I am very happy with that. The
> best thing about him is that he has consistently proved himself. He is
> not a one time wonder. He has delivered consistently. He has really
> made us feel very proud. I hope he does equally fantastic at the
> Oscars. "
> >
> > Talking about his own achievements he says that he is very excited
> on his achievement because it was a competition with the great
> musicians of the contemporary world music.
> >
> > "I look at this win as the reaffirmation of my hard work. This
> second time Grammy recognition is the witness of the fact that in
> today s modern world I have not fallen behind times. I am up-to-date
> in creative contemporary world of music. I am extremely happy and
> satisfied with this achievement," said Zakir.
> >
> > Zakir Hussain worked with Mickey Hart of the rock band Grateful
> Dead, Nigerian percussionist Sikiru Adepoju and Puerto Rican jazz
> percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo for the album.
> >
> > Global Drum Project is the second collaboration between Hart and
> Hussain. Their compilation Planet Drum which was released in 1991 went
> on to win the first-ever Grammy Award in the World Music category.
> >
> > Asked if he would have felt more satisfactory, had it been a win for
> a purely Indian project, he said, "It's true that Global Drum Project
> is a collaborative work with western musicians. I will be happier if a
> pure Indian project wins a Grammy sometime in future. Till now the
> only purely India project which claimed Grammy glory was Pandit Vishwa
> Mohan Bhatt's work."
> >
> > http://music.ndtv.com/Music_Story.aspx?
> id=ENTEN20090083000&type=musicindia
> >
>
> 
>



-- 
regards,
Vithur

Re: [arr] Rewind - Lovely song and lyrics!

[Vithur]

Very true... Vairamuthu at his Best in lyrics and of course our ARR...
Always the best

Kannukku Mai Azhagu lyrics were written first and then the tune was set to
it. The lyrics were part of VM's Kavidaigal...

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Madhavan Rajan wrote:

>   I was listening to Puthiyamugam songs after a while...Wow! Just blown
> away as usual...It's fresh even today...Lyrics in each song is so meaningful
> and the music gells so well...Can some one post the translation of below
> lines from "Netru Illadha Maatram" which are so powerful?
> "I said there is no God until I found my Mother
>  I said there is no Dream until I had a Desire
>  I said Love is a Lie until I saw You
>
>  The Essence of the Poem ends once you understand the meaning
>  The Essence of Ganges ends once it reaches the sea
>  The Essence of Love is the one which stays like a breeze
>
>  Earth can evolve without Sky
>  Language can evolve without a Word
>  Will Life Evolve, If there is no Love?"
>
>
>  [image: 1.6.jpg]
>
> (Image Credits: http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4804/293/1600/1.6.jpg)
> --
> Cheers,
> Madhavan.R
> Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate!
>
> 
>



-- 
regards,
Vithur

[arr] Victory in BAFTAs

[Subas Adhikari]

Congrats Rahman 

[arr] Rewind - Lovely song and lyrics!

[Madhavan Rajan]

I was listening to Puthiyamugam songs after a while...Wow! Just blown away
as usual...It's fresh even today...Lyrics in each song is so meaningful and
the music gells so well...Can some one post the translation of below lines
from "Netru Illadha Maatram" which are so powerful?
"I said there is no God until I found my Mother
 I said there is no Dream until I had a Desire
 I said Love is a Lie until I saw You

 The Essence of the Poem ends once you understand the meaning
 The Essence of Ganges ends once it reaches the sea
 The Essence of Love is the one which stays like a breeze

 Earth can evolve without Sky
 Language can evolve without a Word
 Will Life Evolve, If there is no Love?"


[image: 1.6.jpg]

(Image Credits: http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4804/293/1600/1.6.jpg)
-- 
Cheers,
Madhavan.R
Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate!

[arr] Re: Zakir Hussain wants an Oscar for Rahman

[rivjot]

Colours (1992) with Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan and Zakir Hussain. 

Label - Pan / BMG Crescendo.

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Jahanzeb Farooq"
 wrote:
>
> by the way why ARR never worked with Zakir Hussain? any idea anyone?
> 
> 
> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Bivin Chandra  
> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > After winning a Grammy in the contemporary World Music Album 
> category for his collaborative album Global Drum Project, Zakir 
> Hussain says that he sincerely desires that A R Rahman wins an Oscar.
> > 
> > On being asked to respond to Rahman's global recognition for Slumdog 
> Millionaire, Zakir Hussain said that, "He is a genius. I think his 
> talent has been duly recognised now and I am very happy with that. The 
> best thing about him is that he has consistently proved himself. He is 
> not a one time wonder. He has delivered consistently. He has really 
> made us feel very proud. I hope he does equally fantastic at the 
> Oscars. "
> > 
> > Talking about his own achievements he says that he is very excited 
> on his achievement because it was a competition with the great 
> musicians of the contemporary world music. 
> > 
> > "I look at this win as the reaffirmation of my hard work. This 
> second time Grammy recognition is the witness of the fact that in 
> today s modern world I have not fallen behind times. I am up-to-date 
> in creative contemporary world of music. I am extremely happy and 
> satisfied with this achievement," said Zakir.
> > 
> > Zakir Hussain worked with Mickey Hart of the rock band Grateful 
> Dead, Nigerian percussionist Sikiru Adepoju and Puerto Rican jazz 
> percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo for the album. 
> > 
> > Global Drum Project is the second collaboration between Hart and 
> Hussain. Their compilation Planet Drum which was released in 1991 went 
> on to win the first-ever Grammy Award in the World Music category. 
> > 
> > Asked if he would have felt more satisfactory, had it been a win for 
> a purely Indian project, he said, "It's true that Global Drum Project 
> is a collaborative work with western musicians. I will be happier if a 
> pure Indian project wins a Grammy sometime in future. Till now the 
> only purely India project which claimed Grammy glory was Pandit Vishwa 
> Mohan Bhatt's work." 
> > 
> > http://music.ndtv.com/Music_Story.aspx?
> id=ENTEN20090083000&type=musicindia
> >
>

[arr] Re: Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya -- Gautham, Simbhu, Trisha.... ARR??

[sath.murthy]

http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/feb-09-02/silambarsan-09-0\
2-09.html
One more article regarding the Vinnaithandi Varuvaya
movie   "But one thing is for sure. The director is one of the
hottest in the trade; music is by the best of the best and the heroine,
one of the leading ladies of Kollywood."
That particular line refers to none other than our ARR.

http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/movies/heroes/2009/02/09-simbus-next-film-\
title-is-vinnaithandi-varuvaya.html


Another one regd. the same.

Sath.

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Dinesh" 
wrote:
>
> This is absalotely interesting. Ofcource the music is by A.R.Rahman.
> Gautham mentioned from now on he will work with A.R.Rahman only.
> besides, the theme of the movie,poster and title was derived from
> A.R.Rahman's song!! :D
>
>
> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Sath Murthy sath.murthy@ wrote:
> >
> > http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14853556
> >
> > Finally Gautham Menon came up with an ad and named his film as
> Vinnaithandi Varuvaya None of the names appear in that ad.
> >
> > Does ARR - the music composer for this?
> >
> > Let's wait and watch. If anyone knows, please confirm
> >
> > Sath Murthy.
> >
>

Re: [arr] AR Rahman speaks about his mobile phone-Video

[Aravind AM]

Hi Bhagavathi,

Thanks a lottt!! :D
This was the same interview i was talking about!! :D :D 
except that, the interviewer spoke in English in the one I saw!  Rahman's 
portions were the same! I watched it in NDTV 24x7... this show must've been on 
NDTV hindi channel but it is the same! 

Thanks a ton, again! :D

Aravind


http://arrahmaniac.blogspot.com

 Download Rahmania show interviews at http://rahmania.4shared.com

--- On Mon, 9/2/09, Bhagavathi mohan  wrote:
From: Bhagavathi mohan 
Subject: [arr] AR Rahman speaks about his mobile phone-Video
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, 9 February, 2009, 9:02 PM












 
Aravind, are you talking about the same?
 
 
http://www.ndtv. com/convergence/ ndtv/video/ video.aspx? id=52083

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Re: [arr] Lyrics for Remix Version of jai Ho by Pussycat Dolls Music By A.R.Rahman....

[Madhavan Rajan]

Universal Music owns the right. Should get released soon hopefully.

On 2/9/09, Jahanzeb Farooq  wrote:
> has the song already been released? any idea?
>
>
> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "ml_vjy"  wrote:
>>
>> http://www.metrolyrics.com/jai-ho-lyrics-pussycat-dolls.html
>>
>
>
>
>


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

[arr] Re: Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya -- Gautham, Simbhu, Trisha.... ARR??

[Dinesh]

This is absalotely interesting. Ofcource the music is by A.R.Rahman.
Gautham mentioned from now on he will work with A.R.Rahman only.
besides, the theme of the movie,poster and title was derived from
A.R.Rahman's song!! :D


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Sath Murthy  wrote:
>
> http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14853556
> 
> Finally Gautham Menon came up with an ad and named his film as
Vinnaithandi Varuvaya None of the names appear in that ad. 
> 
> Does ARR - the music composer for this? 
> 
> Let's wait and watch. If anyone knows, please confirm
> 
> Sath Murthy.
>

Re: [arr] RE: Technically speaking who is the first indian to win BAFTA

[Thulasi Ram]

s..
also, the award for ARR is for himself but pookutty had to share it with
five other people...

so, this obviously makes ARR to be the first Indian or Indian musician to
win BAFTA

On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 12:18 PM, || V i s h w e s h ||
wrote:

>   Best Music was the very first category of the evening... so AR recieved
> it before anybody else! & that too from Kylie who is gonna sing for him in
> his upcoming project Blue! Amazing!
>
>  *" *The *search* is more important than the destination "
> - a r rahman -
>
>
> --- On *Mon, 9/2/09, S, Karthik * wrote:
>
> From: S, Karthik 
> Subject: [arr] RE: Technically speaking who is the first indian to win
> BAFTA
> To: "arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com" 
> Date: Monday, 9 February, 2009, 8:07 PMIs it Resul Pookutty or ARR? I
> mean, I did not see the award ceremony live, but gooing by accepted
> tradition, award for technical category like Audio editing will be given
> first before coming on to the best score. In that case Resul would be first
> Indian to bag BAFTA, overcoming ARR by minutes..
> I mean, I want to reduce too much of Dhrishty(Bad omen coming out of too
> much of praise) on ARR. Let him not be the first always, even in OSCARS.
> Just that let him win all , as of now. He still has miles to conquere. For
> ARR there is no limit.
> Karthik
> --
>
> .
>
>
> --
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>  
>

Re: [arr] Are the Oscar Jury known?

[devMannemela]

Rawat,

There is no jury as such. The entire academy (all the members) select the
winners
in all categories. The nominees are selected by branches of the academy
(i,e actors will vote for the acting nominees, the music branch will
selected
the music related nominees etc..) But for the final winners, everybody
votes.

The Academy is quite an exclusive club and AFAIK its membership list is not
public.
A lot of P.R. schmoozing goes on to influence this group. Explicit lobbying
(bribing)
is obviously prohibited :-)

Simon Beaufoy, (the screenwrited for Slumdog and who is also nominated for
an academy) who is doing the PR rounds, was here at my workplace for a Q&A
session.
Lots of interesting discussions about the movie, Bollywood, India..
Simon was praising Rahman as a superstar and Pookutty as a genius who
did miracles with sound on the Mumbai streets.

Somebody asked him about the opening slum sequence and if the song ("O
Saaya") was composed before or after the shoot.
Simon mentioned Rahman (he kept calling him AR) came in late into the
project. They were working with a temp score
and "O Saaya" was composed after the edit.

We had another screening of the film (the third one, I think) here and once
again, in email discussions that followed,  the music was mentioned by
a lot of people as brilliant. Rahman's NPR interview and KCRW (Morning
becomes eclectic) interview were forwarded around.
Oscar or not, ARR has definitely gained a huge number of new fans, who are
keen to explore his other scores.
BTW, I recommended "Dil Se" to a lot of people as ideal (and accessible)
intro to ARR

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:32 AM, V S Rawat  wrote:

>   Who are oscar jury?
>
> Are their identities disclosed to public?
>
> Any method or forum where they can be interacted with? Any place on net
> where they might be visiting where some information may be posted that
> might catch their eyes?
>
> --
> Hey, I am not going to rig, nor to bribe them, nor to threaten them. :-)
>
> Just a thought occurred to me that Jay Ho has Hindi lyrics they wouldn't
> understand and it would adversely affect their appraisal of song. May be
> , it would help if they could get English translation of the lyrics
> and the explanations of underlying Indian concepts in that song.
>
> --
> Rawat
>  
>

Re: [arr] Two stills of ARR at BAFTA

[Thulasi Ram]

ya, i noticed that too... that was sweet.

On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 3:23 AM, sandeep venkatachari  wrote:

>   The best part of the show was "RAHMAN clapping for himself"... well if
> thats available it will great... dat charm in rahmans' eyes
> cant be forgotten in the near future!11
>
> jai ho
>
> "The biggest problem in the world could have been solved when it was small"
>
>
> sandeep.v
>
>
>
>
> --- On *Mon, 2/9/09, V S Rawat * wrote:
>
> From: V S Rawat 
> Subject: [arr] Two stills of ARR at BAFTA
> To: "arrf" 
> Date: Monday, February 9, 2009, 12:50 PM
>
>  Please find enclosed the two stills I have ripped from the youtube video
> at http://www.youtube. com/watch? 
> v=bDeHIh979SMposted by Pavan 
> Kumar.
>
> 1. ARR raising BAFTA award
>
> 2. ARR delivering award acceptance message, with caption
>
> Enjoy.
> --
> Rawat
>
>
>  
>

Re: [arr] RE: Technically speaking who is the first indian to win BAFTA

[|| V i s h w e s h ||]

Best Music was the very first category of the evening... so AR recieved it 
before anybody else! & that too from Kylie who is gonna sing for him in 
his upcoming project Blue! Amazing!



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

--- On Mon, 9/2/09, S, Karthik  wrote:

From: S, Karthik 
Subject: [arr] RE: Technically speaking who is the first indian to win BAFTA
To: "arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com" 
Date: Monday, 9 February, 2009, 8:07 PM






Is it Resul Pookutty or ARR? I mean, I did not see the award ceremony live, but 
gooing by accepted tradition, award for technical category like Audio editing 
will be given first before coming on to the best score. In that case Resul 
would be first Indian to bag BAFTA, overcoming ARR by minutes.. 
I mean, I want to reduce too much of Dhrishty(Bad omen coming out of too much 
of praise) on ARR. Let him not be the first always, even in OSCARS. Just that 
let him win all , as of now. He still has miles to conquere. For ARR there is 
no limit.
Karthik


 
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[arr] Exclusive Dialogue Promo of Abhi-Sonam's 'Delhi 6'

[Thulasi Ram]

http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/broadband/video/Movie-Promos/MMXcVI44/3/Dialogue-Promo-1-Delhi-6.html

Re: [arr] CavinKare Ability Awards Announced - Indiaglitz.com

[Thulasi Ram]

watch ARRs speech here:
http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/gallery/events/17455.html

starts around 4mins


On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 1:46 AM, pratap  wrote:

>   CavinKare Ability Awards Announced [Monday, February 09, 2009]
>
> Ability Foundation, a national cross disability NGO working towards the
> empowerment of challenged people and CavinKare, a FMCG corporate have been
> felicitating the persons performing beyond expected norms with the CavinKare
> Ability awards over the last six years.
>
> This year, the award ceremony will be held in the first week of March as
> announced by the Chairperson, Dr. Mohini Giri in a press meet held on 7th
> February at ITC Park Sheraton.
>
> Members in the Guild of Service include N. Murali, Managing director, The
> Hindu, Ms. Revathy, actor, Radhamohan, director and AR Rahman. CK
> Ranganathan, managing director of CavinKare Pvt Ltd and Ms Jayashree
> Raveendran, founder of Ability Foundation made the official announcement.
>
>
> http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/gallery/events/17455.html
>
>  
>

[arr] ARR Interview with TIME Magazine....

[jayram.M.N]

Hats to A.R.R for getting the BAFTA awards.

We are all genuinely pleased with the awards and touched by the 
recognition. 

I happen to see another interview given by ARR to TIME
magazine.

http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1876545,00.html

Enjoy !!!


P.S:
I did not like the video in which Kamal hassan appreciates A.R.R.
Kamal is also incredibly talented but he needs to learn how to 
genuinely collaborate with others and work in unison to achieve great 
things...Most of him movies he is the only person putting all 
efforts...

[arr] What would be the results of this experiment?

[Chord]

I'm always been interested in the relationship between knowledge of a 
composer for a piece of music and the resulting judgement of that 
piece of music.  Here's an experiment I propose:

Two groups of people:  

One group is composed of indentified Rahman fans (those who listen to 
Rahman often, follow his activities, await his releases, listen to 
his music quite often.people in this group)  The operational 
definition of being a Rahman fan would be empirically validated.

Second group is composed of casual music fans who are not identified 
Rahman fans.  They might like some of his scores, but do not consider 
themselves to be actual fans of Rahman.  

Both groups are selected randomly from the population in India, each 
meeting group definition criteria based on valid and reliable 
questionnaires. There are equal numbers in each group (same n). The 
overall N would be large enough to offset random error sampling and 
would approximate the Gausian distribution in terms of population 
representation (good external and internal validity). 

Now, suppose we split both groups exactly in half so we get 4 
groups.  Random assignment is used for within group splitting.

Suppose all 4 groups listen to a song or an album that's not been 
heard before by anyone (for sake of argument, even though this may 
not be possible).  Each group is asked to rate the song or album in 
terms of how much they like it (using a valid and reliable scale 
theoretically).  They are all allowed to listen to the song or album 
only 3 times in succession (we could create more groups while varying 
this independent variable (number of times listening to a song) but I 
won't make it complicated right now).  The dependent variable 
(likeability) would be on a ratio scale (zero scale).  Here's how I 
would like to define each group: 

Group A - Identified Rahman fans who are told that the song or album 
is by Rahman, but not yet released publically.

Group B - Identified Rahman fans who are told that the song or album 
is by a new composer not yet established in the industry.

Group C - Casual music fans who are told that the song or album is by 
Rahman, but not yet released publically.

Group D - Casual music fans who are told that the song or album is by 
a new composer not yet established in the industry. 

In terms of results, I would of course predict that group A would 
rate the album or song highest.  However, I would be most interested 
to know the difference between Group A and Group B.  I hypthosize 
that Group A would be higher.  Also would be interested to know the 
difference between Group A and C.  I predict no significant group 
differences between Group B and Group D.  

This experiment is strictly hypothetical.  I realize how difficult it 
would be to pull this off in reality.  

[arr] Re: Zakir Hussain wants an Oscar for Rahman

[Jahanzeb Farooq]

by the way why ARR never worked with Zakir Hussain? any idea anyone?


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Bivin Chandra  
wrote:
>
> 
> After winning a Grammy in the contemporary World Music Album 
category for his collaborative album Global Drum Project, Zakir 
Hussain says that he sincerely desires that A R Rahman wins an Oscar.
> 
> On being asked to respond to Rahman's global recognition for Slumdog 
Millionaire, Zakir Hussain said that, "He is a genius. I think his 
talent has been duly recognised now and I am very happy with that. The 
best thing about him is that he has consistently proved himself. He is 
not a one time wonder. He has delivered consistently. He has really 
made us feel very proud. I hope he does equally fantastic at the 
Oscars. "
> 
> Talking about his own achievements he says that he is very excited 
on his achievement because it was a competition with the great 
musicians of the contemporary world music. 
> 
> "I look at this win as the reaffirmation of my hard work. This 
second time Grammy recognition is the witness of the fact that in 
today s modern world I have not fallen behind times. I am up-to-date 
in creative contemporary world of music. I am extremely happy and 
satisfied with this achievement," said Zakir.
> 
> Zakir Hussain worked with Mickey Hart of the rock band Grateful 
Dead, Nigerian percussionist Sikiru Adepoju and Puerto Rican jazz 
percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo for the album. 
> 
> Global Drum Project is the second collaboration between Hart and 
Hussain. Their compilation Planet Drum which was released in 1991 went 
on to win the first-ever Grammy Award in the World Music category. 
> 
> Asked if he would have felt more satisfactory, had it been a win for 
a purely Indian project, he said, "It's true that Global Drum Project 
is a collaborative work with western musicians. I will be happier if a 
pure Indian project wins a Grammy sometime in future. Till now the 
only purely India project which claimed Grammy glory was Pandit Vishwa 
Mohan Bhatt's work." 
> 
> http://music.ndtv.com/Music_Story.aspx?
id=ENTEN20090083000&type=musicindia
>

[arr] Re: Lyrics for Remix Version of jai Ho by Pussycat Dolls Music By A.R.Rahman....

[Jahanzeb Farooq]

has the song already been released? any idea?


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "ml_vjy"  wrote:
>
> http://www.metrolyrics.com/jai-ho-lyrics-pussycat-dolls.html
>

[arr] Re: SDM/ARR not nominated for Grammy??

[Jahanzeb Farooq]

thanks for the answer. i was also wondering for the same.

i hope ARR wins Grammy too, though i am afraid that all the hype of 
SDM would have vanished by the time.


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Vinod Raju"  wrote:
>
> 
> Because this awards was for the period Oct 1, 2007 to Sep 30, 2008.
> SdM should be in contention for the next edition of Grammy.
> 
> 
> -Vinod
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, live for arr Live 
>  wrote:
> >
> > Friends,
> > 
> > Why was SDM or ARR not nominated for Grammy awards?? please tell 
> me the reason
> >
>

[arr] Re: ARR-KAMLA show

[arr_raghu]

Very good interview.
He clarifies that JaiHo is made specially for SdM only.


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "sandeep venkatachari"
 wrote:
>
> http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/Ndtv-Show-Special.aspx?ID=5
> 
> chk this out guys!!
>

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

[Jahanzeb Farooq]

good this is partially what i was trying to say in one of my earlier 
posts that someone (if not KM Music) should come up with a best of ARR 
album aimed for international audience. with iTunes 25 hits and this 
one it seems now west would be able to learn what the genius of ARR 
really is. though it would be even great if music companies release 
proper album/CD instead of downloadable mp3s.


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vithur  wrote:
>
> NEW YORK, NY – Saavn, the world's largest digital distributor of 
Bollywood
> music and movies, has released "Masters of Bollywood: A R Rahman," a 
music
> album showcasing Rahman's 20 best songs, including a track from his 
latest
> work in Delhi 6, which hits theaters in February.
> 
> The new album, Saavn officials said, is aimed at a growing consumer 
demand
> for music from the award-winning composer of  "Slumdog Millionaire." 
It's
> available for download on leading online music download services.
> 
> "We are committed to providing a gateway to Bollywood music for 
people
> around the world, and we are particularly proud and excited for the
> recognition of A.R. Rahman's work on Slumdog Millionaire," said Vin 
Bhat,
> Chief Executive Officer of the New York-based Saavn. "We made this 
album
> because we wanted to introduce his new fans to more of his award-
winning
> work."
> 
> The album's highlights include, "Masakali" from Delhi 6, his latest 
work, as
> well as "Guzarish" from Ghajini, "Kabhi Kabhi Aditi Zindagi" from 
Jaane
> Akbar – all among the top 5 Bollywood albums of 2008. The album also
> includes classic tracks from celebrated albums like Saathiya and 
1947 Earth.
> 
> The album is available for download on iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, 
eMusic,
> Zune, Puretracks, Napster, and Last.fm.
> 
> Rahman is among the best-selling musicians of all time, with 
estimated sales
> topping 100 million records. He shot to fame in 1992 with Roja, 
earning
> Rahman his first three National Film Awards, considered the 
equivalent of
> the Oscars in India. Rahman is best known for incorporating a wide 
range of
> musical influences – from pop to electronica – into Bollywood film 
scores,
> redefining contemporary Indian music.
> 
> --http://www.indiajournal.com/pages/event.php?id=5904
> regards,
> Vithur
>

[arr] Re: CNN IBN:Face the nation-Is A R Rahman the finest Indian music director ever?

[divyaishu]

Well, who had the highest percentage of votes around that time? Did 
they have a choice?

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "pravin_karnam" 
 wrote:
>
> Today 10.00PM. Current vote status: Yes-63%
> These people will debate even if rahman wins record oscars by any 
music 
> director.
>

[arr] Nicole has done a great job!!!

[Madhavan Rajan]

Great Remix of Jai-Ho by Pussycat Dolls!!! Just waiting for the original CD
release...
-- 
Cheers,
Madhavan.R
Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate!

Re: [arr] Boyle/Colson never thanks Rahman during acceptance speeches??!!

[V S Rawat]

On 2/9/2009 9:06 PM India Time, _Arijit Debnath_ wrote:

> I will suggest Danny for OSCARS:
>  
> If he gets OSCAR for best direction...he should play the end credit at 
> the screen.
>  
> No one will be missed...

Oscar nominees are all invitees in the award ceremony. They are not 
hosts so they can't decide what gets shown on screen while the awards 
are given. That would be decided by Oscar organizers.

>  
> Arijit

--
Rawat

Re: [arr] RE: Technically speaking who is the first indian to win BAFTA

[Vithur]

There is already too much of Dhrishty on him, but fortunately, its all Good
Dhristhy and not Kann Dhrishty

He is God's Chosen Shristhi and no Dhrishti can bother him. Dont worry.




On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 8:07 PM, S, Karthik  wrote:

>
>
> Is it Resul Pookutty or ARR? I mean, I did not see the award ceremony live,
> but gooing by accepted tradition, award for technical category like Audio
> editing will be given first before coming on to the best score. In that case
> Resul would be first Indian to bag BAFTA, overcoming ARR by minutes..
>
>
>
> I mean, I want to reduce too much of Dhrishty(Bad omen coming out of too
> much of praise) on ARR. Let him not be the first always, even in OSCARS.
> Just that let him win all , as of now. He still has miles to conquere. For
> ARR there is no limit.
>
>
>
> Karthik
>
>  --
>
> *From:* arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com [arrahmanf...@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Thulasi Ram [karoke...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, February 09, 2009 8:41 AM
> *To:* arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* [arr] AR Rahman is the first Indian musician to win the BAFTA
> Award: CNN-IBN
>
>*London:* Adding yet another feather in his cap, music maestro Allah
> Rakha Rahman on Sunday bagged the BAFTA Award in the best music score
> category for *Slumdog Millionaire* at a gala event in London.
>
> After becoming the first Indian to win the Golden Globe and getting a
> triple Oscar nomination in two categories for the same movie, Rahman, 43, is
> the first Indian musician to win the BAFTA Award.
>
> Apart from Rahman, Resul Pookutty was the other Indian to win a BAFTA Award
> for Best Sound editing for *Slumdog Millionaire*.
>
> Rahman's composition *Jai Ho* for British director Danny Boyle's *Slumdog
> Millionaire*, earned him the Critics Choice Award for Best Composer in
> 2008 and the Golden Globe in the category of Best Original Score.
>
> Rahman, born in Chennai on January 6, 1966, has been nominated in the Best
> Original Score and Best Original Song categories for two of his compositions
> -- *Jai Ho* and *O Saya* at the Oscar.
>
>
>
> http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ar-rahman-resul-pookutty-win-bafta-award/84835-8.html
>
>  
>



-- 
regards,
Vithur

Re: [arr] RE: Technically speaking who is the first indian to win BAFTA

[V S Rawat]

On 2/9/2009 8:07 PM India Time, _S, Karthik_ wrote:

>  
> 
> Is it Resul Pookutty or ARR? I mean, I did not see the award ceremony 
> live, but gooing by accepted tradition, award for technical category 
> like Audio editing will be given first before coming on to the best 
> score. In that case Resul would be first Indian to bag BAFTA, overcoming 
> ARR by minutes..
> 
>  
> 
> I mean, I want to reduce too much of Dhrishty(Bad omen coming out of too 
> much of praise) on ARR. Let him not be the first always, even in OSCARS. 

Then, your worries already stand allayed for Oscar. ARR wudn't be the 
first Indian to get it. Bhanu Athaiya is the first Indian to have got it 
3 decades ago.

In any case, a particular year's award are considered as a single 
"first". I don't think anyone can keep track of the sequence in which 
people receive the awards, so anyone getting it in a particular year are 
all "firsts".

> Just that let him win all , as of now. He still has miles to conquere. 
> For ARR there is no limit.

God's blessing is with our man, so bad omen would never reach him. And 
God is blessing him because he is a pure man in heart and deeds.

> 
> Karthik

--
Rawat

Re: [arr] RE: Technically speaking who is the first indian to win BAFTA

[Moin Ul Haque]

A R Rahman was awarded first as the Music Category and then after followed
Sound Editing Category in which Resul and his team was awarded.
So ARR Stands out to be the first Indian to have grabbed the honour and
pride.

Regards
Moin.H

On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 9:37 AM, S, Karthik  wrote:

>
>
> Is it Resul Pookutty or ARR? I mean, I did not see the award ceremony live,
> but gooing by accepted tradition, award for technical category like Audio
> editing will be given first before coming on to the best score. In that case
> Resul would be first Indian to bag BAFTA, overcoming ARR by minutes..
>
>
>
> I mean, I want to reduce too much of Dhrishty(Bad omen coming out of too
> much of praise) on ARR. Let him not be the first always, even in OSCARS.
> Just that let him win all , as of now. He still has miles to conquere. For
> ARR there is no limit.
>
>
>
> Karthik
>
>  --
>
> *From:* arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com [arrahmanf...@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Thulasi Ram [karoke...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, February 09, 2009 8:41 AM
> *To:* arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* [arr] AR Rahman is the first Indian musician to win the BAFTA
> Award: CNN-IBN
>
>  *London:* Adding yet another feather in his cap, music maestro Allah
> Rakha Rahman on Sunday bagged the BAFTA Award in the best music score
> category for *Slumdog Millionaire* at a gala event in London.
>
> After becoming the first Indian to win the Golden Globe and getting a
> triple Oscar nomination in two categories for the same movie, Rahman, 43, is
> the first Indian musician to win the BAFTA Award.
>
> Apart from Rahman, Resul Pookutty was the other Indian to win a BAFTA Award
> for Best Sound editing for *Slumdog Millionaire*.
>
> Rahman's composition *Jai Ho* for British director Danny Boyle's *Slumdog
> Millionaire*, earned him the Critics Choice Award for Best Composer in
> 2008 and the Golden Globe in the category of Best Original Score.
>
> Rahman, born in Chennai on January 6, 1966, has been nominated in the Best
> Original Score and Best Original Song categories for two of his compositions
> -- *Jai Ho* and *O Saya* at the Oscar.
>
>
>
> http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ar-rahman-resul-pookutty-win-bafta-award/84835-8.html
>
>
>



-- 
(¨`•.•´¨) Always
`•.¸(¨`•.•´¨) Keep
`•.¸¸.•´ Smiling!

GOD BLESS YOU
With Love and Care Always
Moin.H

-- 
Life  is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who  treat
you right. Forget about the one's who don't. Believe  everything happens for
a reason. If you get a second chance,  grab it with both hands.  If it
changes your life, let  it.  Nobody said life would be easy, they just
promised  it would be worth it.

[arr] Re: Technically speaking who is the first indian to win BAFTA

[brijesh.anantharam]

ARR recieved BAFTA before Resul!


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "S, Karthik"  wrote:
>
> 
> 
> Is it Resul Pookutty or ARR? I mean, I did not see the award
ceremony live, but gooing by accepted tradition, award for technical
category like Audio editing will be given first before coming on to
the best score. In that case Resul would be first Indian to bag BAFTA,
overcoming ARR by minutes..
> 
> 
> 
> I mean, I want to reduce too much of Dhrishty(Bad omen coming out of
too much of praise) on ARR. Let him not be the first always, even in
OSCARS. Just that let him win all , as of now. He still has miles to
conquere. For ARR there is no limit.
> 
> 
> 
> Karthik
> 
> 
> 
> From: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com [arrahmanf...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Thulasi Ram [karoke...@...]
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 8:41 AM
> To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [arr] AR Rahman is the first Indian musician to win the
BAFTA Award: CNN-IBN
> 
> 
> London: Adding yet another feather in his cap, music maestro Allah
Rakha Rahman on Sunday bagged the BAFTA Award in the best music score
category for Slumdog Millionaire at a gala event in London.
> 
> After becoming the first Indian to win the Golden Globe and getting
a triple Oscar nomination in two categories for the same movie,
Rahman, 43, is the first Indian musician to win the BAFTA Award.
> 
> Apart from Rahman, Resul Pookutty was the other Indian to win a
BAFTA Award for Best Sound editing for Slumdog Millionaire.
> 
> Rahman's composition Jai Ho for British director Danny Boyle's
Slumdog Millionaire, earned him the Critics Choice Award for Best
Composer in 2008 and the Golden Globe in the category of Best Original
Score.
> 
> Rahman, born in Chennai on January 6, 1966, has been nominated in
the Best Original Score and Best Original Song categories for two of
his compositions -- Jai Ho and O Saya at the Oscar.
> 
> 
>
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ar-rahman-resul-pookutty-win-bafta-award/84835-8.html
>

[arr] AR Rahman speaks about his mobile phone-Video

[Bhagavathi mohan]

 
Aravind, are you talking about the same?
 
 
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/video/video.aspx?id=52083


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[arr] ARR-KAMLA show

[sandeep venkatachari]

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/Ndtv-Show-Special.aspx?ID=5

chk this out guys!!

[arr] Kamal Haasan congratulates AR - Video!

[Prakash Balaramkrishna]

http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/84874/watch-kamal-hassan-congratulates-slumdog-team.html


  

[arr] The Kamla show - ARR's interview in NDTV

[Sriram S]

 
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/Ndtv-Show-Special.aspx?ID=5


  Download prohibited? No problem. CHAT from any browser, without download. 
Go to http://in.webmessenger.yahoo.com/

Re: [arr] Boyle/Colson never thanks Rahman during acceptance speeches??!!

[Arijit Debnath]

I will suggest Danny for OSCARS:

If he gets OSCAR for best direction...he should play the end credit at the
screen.

No one will be missed...

Arijit

2009/2/8 jayaram81 

>   Is it true that neither Danny Boyle nor Christian Colson thanked
> Rahman during any of their award acceptance speeches for SdM?
>
> 
>

[arr] Dose any one have all concerts of Rahman sir

[surya_suri18]

please respond i am trying for these from past 2 years

1. AR RAHMAN live in concert USA
2. AR RAHMAN live in concert Delhi
3. AR RAHMAN live in concert Chennai
4. AR RAHMAN live in concert Hyderabad
5. AR RAHMAN live in concert Dubai
6. AR RAHMAN 3 dimensional tour
7. AR RAHMAN Sharjah concert
8. AR RAHMAN live in concert Oakland
9. AR RAHMAN live in concert peace UK
10. AR RAHMAN live in new year eve
11. AR RAHMAN live in concert Los angles

and any other missing please add them
please let me know where these are available in Hyderabad

[arr] RE: Technically speaking who is the first indian to win BAFTA

[S, Karthik]

Is it Resul Pookutty or ARR? I mean, I did not see the award ceremony live, but 
gooing by accepted tradition, award for technical category like Audio editing 
will be given first before coming on to the best score. In that case Resul 
would be first Indian to bag BAFTA, overcoming ARR by minutes..



I mean, I want to reduce too much of Dhrishty(Bad omen coming out of too much 
of praise) on ARR. Let him not be the first always, even in OSCARS. Just that 
let him win all , as of now. He still has miles to conquere. For ARR there is 
no limit.



Karthik



From: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com [arrahmanf...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Thulasi Ram [karoke...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 8:41 AM
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [arr] AR Rahman is the first Indian musician to win the BAFTA Award: 
CNN-IBN


London: Adding yet another feather in his cap, music maestro Allah Rakha Rahman 
on Sunday bagged the BAFTA Award in the best music score category for Slumdog 
Millionaire at a gala event in London.

After becoming the first Indian to win the Golden Globe and getting a triple 
Oscar nomination in two categories for the same movie, Rahman, 43, is the first 
Indian musician to win the BAFTA Award.

Apart from Rahman, Resul Pookutty was the other Indian to win a BAFTA Award for 
Best Sound editing for Slumdog Millionaire.

Rahman's composition Jai Ho for British director Danny Boyle's Slumdog 
Millionaire, earned him the Critics Choice Award for Best Composer in 2008 and 
the Golden Globe in the category of Best Original Score.

Rahman, born in Chennai on January 6, 1966, has been nominated in the Best 
Original Score and Best Original Song categories for two of his compositions -- 
Jai Ho and O Saya at the Oscar.


http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ar-rahman-resul-pookutty-win-bafta-award/84835-8.html

[arr] Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya -- Gautham, Simbhu, Trisha.... ARR??

[Sath Murthy]

http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14853556

Finally Gautham Menon came up with an ad and named his film as Vinnaithandi 
Varuvaya None of the names appear in that ad. 

Does ARR - the music composer for this? 

Let's wait and watch. If anyone knows, please confirm

Sath Murthy.


  

Re: [arr] Re: Foreign language words used by ARR?

[Moin Ul Haque]

Osaka Moraiya - One Two Ka FourLatka - Hindustani ( the opening phrase of
the song)

Regards
Moin.H

On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 7:34 AM, Dinesh  wrote:

>   Jumbalakka - En Swase Katrea had some Malay language words. "Jom
> Balik" means "Lets go back".
>
> i think :D
>
>
> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com , V S
> Rawat  wrote:
> >
> > On 2/5/2009 11:01 PM India Time, _V S Rawat_ wrote:
> >
> > > In which all songs has ARR used non-Indian (non-English) languages
> words
> > > as part of the lyrics?
> > >
> > > Like French, Spanish, etc.
> > >
> >
> > Is Jumbalika (Takshaka) a word in some language or was it a made up
> word?
> >
> > --
> > Rawat
> >
>
>  
>



-- 
(¨`•.•´¨) Always
`•.¸(¨`•.•´¨) Keep
`•.¸¸.•´ Smiling!

GOD BLESS YOU
With Love and Care Always
Moin.H

-- 
Life  is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who  treat
you right. Forget about the one's who don't. Believe  everything happens for
a reason. If you get a second chance,  grab it with both hands.  If it
changes your life, let  it.  Nobody said life would be easy, they just
promised  it would be worth it.

Re: [arr] 3 Song Missing From SlumDog's Indian Audio CD ??? Confirm Anyone

[viswa bharathy]

as those tracks are not by ARR and inspireed from SEL ..so oly they didnt 
include..they already said this..



--- On Tue, 2/3/09, sachinmathews  wrote:
From: sachinmathews 
Subject: Re: [arr] 3 Song Missing From SlumDog's Indian Audio CD ??? Confirm 
Anyone
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 1:06 PM











Yeah i was also dejected!...

even there's no booklet.



It is just a CD created to capitalize on the SDM hype.

 



--- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Sai Theodore  

wrote:

>

> Yeah, thats true, 3 tracks are indeed missing...

> 

> On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 4:50 PM, A.R.Rajib  wrote:

> 

> >   I Found This today... Though I Dint Yet See Those Western & 

Indian

> > release Of Audio CDs Of "Slumdog Millionaire"

> >

> > Check The Western Release Of Slumdog's Audio CD's Back Cover Scan 

...

> > Therz 13Tracks There.

> >

> > http://i40.tinypic. com/24e9sgh. jpg

> >

> > And Also In IMDB ...

> > http://www.imdb. com/title/ tt1010048/ soundtrack

> >

> > As Far As We Know Therz 13tracks In SDM :o

> >

> > But Check Here ... In The Indian Version Of SDM's Audio CD Back 

Scan

> > ... Therz Only 10 Tracks 

> >

> > Therz No "Paper Planes"

> >

> > And No "Aaj Ki Raat"

> >

> > http://i42.tinypic. com/293kpyt. jpg

> >

> > Anyone Confirm ...Please ... No paper Planes In Indian Release Of 

That

> > Audio CD ??? :O

> >

> > Thanks ..

> >

> > -Regards A.R.Rjib

> >

> >  

> >

>




  




 

















  

[arr] A tribute to ARR on Indiafm

[Chord]

http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2009/02/09/4829/index.html

By Verve, February 9, 2009 - 17:46 IST

Hollywood's bigwigs let out a collective twitter of nervous laughter
when A. R. Rahman took the stage for his Golden Globe win. It was
probably because they couldn't wrap their tongue around his name,
mispronouncing it no less than three times but the humble maestro,
gracious as always, acknowledged his surprise and gratitude at
receiving the award by thanking the Slumdog Millionaire team and
India's billion strong.

Rahman has had a predictably busy year working on Ghajini and
Yuvvraaj's soundtracks among others and completed the masterly record
in very little time. The movie, accused of packaging romanticized
poverty to First World audiences that are equally guilty of lapping it
up, is rich in its eclectic score. The glocal vibes have him
collaborating with M.I.A., Gulzar, Ila Arun, Alka Yagnik, Suzzanne
D'Mello, known for her Western approach to singing and rap artist
Blaaze. So, compelling is the story and the soundtrack that
screenwriter Simon Beaufoy wants to make a musical of it.

The movie about a boy from the slums who wins a fortune on India's
version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Launched many faces but it
brought Rahman the international recognition he so deserved. The
musician's first success came with Mani Ratnam's Roja which even made
Time magazine's list of 100 best movie compilations in the world. His
tunes stand out for their longevity. In an industry that's sometimes
stifled by the demands of playback music, Rahman's syncopations have
managed to go off the beaten track and garnered both critical and
popular acclaim.

It isn't hard to believe that two of the artiste's most appreciated
soundtracks in recent times come from underdog movies Guru and Slumdog
Millionaire. Young Rahman had a musically rich upbringing, but after
his composer father R K Shekhar's premature death, the family had to
rent out instruments to make ends meet and the maverick ventured into
music making himself. "It's a very strange thingactually going
back to my childhood story. I experienced most of the disappointments
in my life at that time. So whatever happens now, I suspect that hope,
I always suspect that happiness. And even that moment of happiness
doesn't exist because am waiting for how it's going to fool me and
give me a kick again."

The impossibly mild mannered and soft-spoken composer had a hard time
escaping the shadows of his keyboard at first. "I have to deliver my
music to the public. Slowly, changed myself and started singing and
began to extend myself as much as could... to the limits that could
go. But I'm still not comfortable." And it's a good thing he did too.
His visceral rendition of Vande Mataram earned him the wrath of a few
old schoolers but brought out a previously dormant patriotic zeal in
the younger generation.

The Mozart of Madras' repertoire includes recent epic Jodhaa Akbar,
coming-of-age flicks like Jaane Tu...Ya Jaane Na and work on
international productions like Elizabeth: The Golden Age and The Lord
of the Rings musical. His win doesn't mean he's kicking back though.
He's already in Chennai working late into the night on a Rajnikanth
production. "I'm very restless during the day because there are so
many things happening. It's very distracting. I work from three p.m.
to early morning. When I have mixing to do, I start as late as seven
in the evening. Then sleep till noon. But this is only when I'm in
Chennai; not when abroad; there, work times are more regular."

That Rahman has stood the litmus test is evidenced by the fact that
his tunes linger on long after the movies they were associated with
fade to the recesses of the mind. Strongly inclined towards
philanthropy, the genius established the A. R. Rahman Foundation and
continues to work with it to rid the world of poverty. At the time
this article was written, he had earned a BAFTA nomination and three
Oscar nominations and a win seems only imminent. The accolades are
paving a new path for him. It doesn't much matter then that a former
alien-chasing FBI agent called him Reh-moon at the GG's, his melodies
win over The X-Files any day of the week.

Courtesy: www.verveonline.com

[arr] Lyrics for Remix Version of jai Ho by Pussycat Dolls Music By A.R.Rahman....

[ml_vjy]

http://www.metrolyrics.com/jai-ho-lyrics-pussycat-dolls.html

[arr] Re: Foreign language words used by ARR?

[Dinesh]

Jumbalakka - En Swase Katrea had some Malay language words. "Jom
Balik" means "Lets go back".

i think :D


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, V S Rawat  wrote:
>
> On 2/5/2009 11:01 PM India Time, _V S Rawat_ wrote:
> 
> > In which all songs has ARR used non-Indian (non-English) languages
words 
> > as part of the lyrics?
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> > 
> 
> Is Jumbalika (Takshaka) a word in some language or was it a made up
word?
> 
> --
> Rawat
>

Re: [arr] I am scared

[Rakesh Rajan]

Thats a positive way to be scared navas.. 
:D

Rakesh(ARR)





From: Shah Navas 
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, 9 February, 2009 5:00:06 AM
Subject: [arr] I am scared



I am scared that I might have to wait for months and even an year for a single 
a album of Rahman. 

I am scared that I have to wait even longer for original compositions in Tamil, 
or even Hindi. Will have to get used to Original tracks in English, French, 
Spanish, Persian, Chinese and so on. 

I am scared that I have to wait even longer for the India release of
the album, movie and DVD and might have to just rely on Gopal's Amazon
links.

I am scared that Madhushree will now be singing in English. 

I am scared that all of a sudden an ARR album will cost Rs.500. 

I am scared that Vithur and other rippers will be sued for ripping the BGM a 
month before the original release. 

I am scared that the new, young, bold and innovative directors of India might 
be scared to approach Rahman seeing the Spielbergs, Maniratnams, Mehras, 
Shyamalans, Tarantinos, Wachowskis, Scoreseses and so on, at the A.M Studio. 

I am scared that Rahman will now have critics "for the sake of criticism" from 
all over the world.

I am scared that next time I attend Rahman's concert I might be only able to 
afford a seat at least 543 rows back. 

I am scared that Yahoo might send a notice to Gopal and Vijay for clogging 
Yahoo's bandwidth. 



Yes. I am seriously scared that Oscars will win Rahman!

For the first time in life, I am happy to be scared!! 



-Nawaz

   


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Re: [arr] Foreign language words used by ARR?

[Madhavan Rajan]

May be it's Vivianne Chaix who writes and performs in French.

On 2/9/09, Mahima Sengupta  wrote:
> you left out the french lyrics in Delhi6  "Ye delhi hai mere yaar" song
>
> --- On Mon, 2/9/09, Shah Navas  wrote:
> From: Shah Navas 
> Subject: Re: [arr] Foreign language words used by ARR?
> To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, February 9, 2009, 12:20 AM
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> The starting piece in Akkadannu (Chinese?) - Indian
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> Baila(Spanish) in Baila More - Kadhal Virus
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> Injirango(Sinhalese ?) in Injirango - Thenali
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> Signore Signore (Sinhalese?) in Kannathil Muththamittal
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-- 
Cheers,
Madhavan.R
Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate!

[arr] Re: SDM/ARR not nominated for Grammy??

[Vinod Raju]

Because this awards was for the period Oct 1, 2007 to Sep 30, 2008.
SdM should be in contention for the next edition of Grammy.


-Vinod





--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, live for arr Live 
 wrote:
>
> Friends,
> 
> Why was SDM or ARR not nominated for Grammy awards?? please tell 
me the reason
>

[arr] Can "Udhaya Udhaya.." be considered ARR's only Ghazal???

[Arvind Ar]

Pals..
 
 I really wonder why ARR has not exploited much of Ghazal songs in his career. 
Is this because of the subjects that he chose so far are not appropriate for 
Ghazals?? I ve heard people linking "Udhaya Udhaya Ularugiren..." from the 
movie Udhaya to Ghazal..!!! Is this ARR's sole Ghazal? or "Na Shiqwa Hota..." 
from Tehzeeb can also be considered in this genre? Please list me his Ghazal 
numbers if any...!!!


  

[arr] Can’t Stop This Train - 9 Oscars predicted for SDM

[Sriram S]

 
http://www.awardsdaily.com/?p=6964#more-6964
 
At the Oscars, it will take in a cake walk: Picture, Director, Screenplay, 
Score.
It should also take: Score, Editing (although we haven’t heard from the ACE).
It may take, if it’s a sweep: Sound, Sound Editing and Song.
That would give it nine Oscar wins.  At this point, it wouldn’t surprise me
 
 

Can’t Stop This TrainAuthor: Sasha Stone 
8 Feb 


AP Photo
The excitement in the air was palpable as every time anyone mentioned anything 
to do with Slumdog Millionaire, cheers and applause erupted from the hall.  
This was a time for celebration and everyone seemed happy at the BAFTAs, even 
the losers, locked into the loser-cam for their painful ten seconds of fake 
smiling.  The star of the night was Mickey Rourke, who has a kind of magnetic 
giantness about him, like he’s physically too big for the room.  He seemed 
almost like a live action figure stepping into the land of the animated.  And 
he was funny.  Accidentally but unmistakenly funny.  He brought the house down, 
very nearly upstaging the special guest of the night, Mick Jagger.


AP Photo
The big question now will be how close with the Oscars match the BAFTAs.  In 
the past few years the actors have matched up well.  But who’s to say in the 
time between then and next week that feelings might have changed.  Will the 
sound, cinematography and score all go Slumdog’s way?
Original Screenplay is a best guess at best at this point; there is no telling 
which way that one will go.  The BAFTAs say In Bruges, the WGA says Milk.  But 
there is Wall-E and Frozen River and even Happy-Go-Lucky waiting.  It is more 
wide open than any other category, and especially so since it’s usually easy to 
predict it.

AP Photo
Penelope Cruz seems to have taken the lead in the supporting actress race but 
that one is also anyone’s game, since Kate Winslet cast such a strong shadow in 
the thick of the race, taking things over from the frontrunner Cruz.  Now, Cruz 
has bobbed back up to the surface, aided by a newly invigorated Harvey 
Weinstein, who stood very plainly on camera as Penelope won.  Kate Winslet gave 
her a hug on the way up.  Weinstein was having a good night.
The big question of this race isn’t whether Slumdog will win but how much will 
it win.  With the loveable and absurdly talented Danny Boyle there, sincere and 
humble, with his son standing up and cheering in the middle of his speech, “I 
love you, dad!”  You want to just wrap yourself up in a pile of mewling kittens 
it’s so goddamned cute, all of it.  So yeah, no stories of poverty porn or 
unpaid child actors are going to derail this one.  This train is on the fast 
track and most people aren’t going to complain.  Slumdog took a total of 7 
BAFTA awards.
At the Oscars, it will take in a cake walk: Picture, Director, Screenplay, 
Score.
It should also take: Score, Editing (although we haven’t heard from the ACE).
It may take, if it’s a sweep: Sound, Sound Editing and Song.
That would give it nine Oscar wins.  At this point, it wouldn’t surprise me.  
The BAFTAs didn’t particularly want to spread the wealth that much, the actors 
went ass over elbow, it’s all over but the shouting.  Slumdog should take at 
least seven Oscars.  At least.
But it’s hard to not think about Rourke, who made everyone laugh with almost 
every line of his speech.  It was perfect for the occasion, it might have 
perked up some bored awards watchers, and it gives Oscar voters something to 
look forward to.  On the other hand, there is Sean Penn in one of his best 
performances.  It’s a tough call that one..  If speeches matter, if the BAFTA 
matters, Rourke has it in the bag.
If Rourke wins, and Slumdog and Kate Winslet -  it will be a season of happy 
endings.  Rourke back from the brink, Kate Winslet finally winning and Slumdog 
Millionaire and its scrappy, deserving crew - collecting award after award in 
an unprecedented march to the finish


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[arr] SDM/ARR not nominated for Grammy??

[live for arr Live]

Friends,

Why was SDM or ARR not nominated for Grammy awards?? please tell me the 
reason


  

[arr] CNN IBN:Face the nation-Is A R Rahman the finest Indian music director ever?

[pravin_karnam]

Today 10.00PM. Current vote status: Yes-63%
These people will debate even if rahman wins record oscars by any music 
director.

Re: [arr] Two stills of ARR at BAFTA

[sandeep venkatachari]

The best part of the show was "RAHMAN clapping for himself"... well if
thats available it will great... dat charm in rahmans'
eyes cant be forgotten in the near future!11



jai ho

"The biggest problem in the world could have been solved when it was 
small"  
 sandeep.v 

--- On Mon, 2/9/09, V S Rawat  wrote:
From: V S Rawat 
Subject: [arr] Two stills of ARR at BAFTA
To: "arrf" 
Date: Monday, February 9, 2009, 12:50 PM












Please find enclosed the two stills I have ripped from the youtube 
video 

at http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=bDeHIh979SM posted by Pavan Kumar.



1. ARR raising BAFTA award



2. ARR delivering award acceptance message, with caption



Enjoy.

--

Rawat


 

  



   
  


 

















  

Re: [arr] Boyle/Colson never thanks Rahman during acceptance speeches??!!

[pratap]

I think the smile on Danny Boyle's face when A.R. Rahman's name was announced 
says it all...

--- On Mon, 2/9/09, Leslie D  wrote:
From: Leslie D 
Subject: Re: [arr] Boyle/Colson never thanks Rahman during acceptance  
speeches??!!
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, February 9, 2009, 2:28 AM












Sorry for being sarcastic 


On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 6:05 AM, Gomzy™  wrote:






tansen??!!!

On 2/9/09, Leslie D  wrote:
> Some of the questions that I have 1. Did Tansen congratulate ARR for GG?
> 2. Did Shekar Kapoor congratulate ARR for Bafta. I know he did for GG but

> did he do for Bafta?
> 3. Why did ARR not congratulate Mani for Bafta? After all Mani introduced
> him to film music.
>
> God !!! I have so many questions on who congratulated whom .. Anybody has

> the time to answer all of them ???
>
> On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 3:35 AM, jayaram81  wrote:
>
>> Is it true that neither Danny Boyle nor Christian Colson thanked

>> Rahman during any of their award acceptance speeches for SdM?
>>
>>
>>
>




 

  



   
  


 

















  

[arr] Re: Zakir Hussain wants an Oscar for Rahman

[jibandevta]

Zakir ji is true musician..He knows the spirit of Music..
Geeting Grammys,GGs,Oscars is tough thing for Indians..as West has 
monopoly there.. and as an Indian I am proud
of ARR,Ustad Zakir ji and Pt.Bhatt..they all are making us proud




--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Bivin Chandra  
wrote:
>
> 
> After winning a Grammy in the contemporary World Music Album 
category for his collaborative album Global Drum Project, Zakir 
Hussain says that he sincerely desires that A R Rahman wins an Oscar.
> 
> On being asked to respond to Rahman's global recognition for 
Slumdog Millionaire, Zakir Hussain said that, "He is a genius. I 
think his talent has been duly recognised now and I am very happy 
with that. The best thing about him is that he has consistently 
proved himself. He is not a one time wonder. He has delivered 
consistently. He has really made us feel very proud. I hope he does 
equally fantastic at the Oscars. "
> 
> Talking about his own achievements he says that he is very excited 
on his achievement because it was a competition with the great 
musicians of the contemporary world music. 
> 
> "I look at this win as the reaffirmation of my hard work. This 
second time Grammy recognition is the witness of the fact that in 
today s modern world I have not fallen behind times. I am up-to-date 
in creative contemporary world of music. I am extremely happy and 
satisfied with this achievement," said Zakir.
> 
> Zakir Hussain worked with Mickey Hart of the rock band Grateful 
Dead, Nigerian percussionist Sikiru Adepoju and Puerto Rican jazz 
percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo for the album. 
> 
> Global Drum Project is the second collaboration between Hart and 
Hussain. Their compilation Planet Drum which was released in 1991 
went on to win the first-ever Grammy Award in the World Music 
category. 
> 
> Asked if he would have felt more satisfactory, had it been a win 
for a purely Indian project, he said, "It's true that Global Drum 
Project is a collaborative work with western musicians. I will be 
happier if a pure Indian project wins a Grammy sometime in future. 
Till now the only purely India project which claimed Grammy glory was 
Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt's work." 
> 
> http://music.ndtv.com/Music_Story.aspx?
id=ENTEN20090083000&type=musicindia
>

Re: [arr] Boyle/Colson never thanks Rahman during acceptance speeches??!!

[Leslie D]

Sorry for being sarcastic

On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 6:05 AM, Gomzy™  wrote:

>   tansen??!!!
>
> On 2/9/09, Leslie D > wrote:
> > Some of the questions that I have 1. Did Tansen congratulate ARR for GG?
> > 2. Did Shekar Kapoor congratulate ARR for Bafta. I know he did for GG but
> > did he do for Bafta?
> > 3. Why did ARR not congratulate Mani for Bafta? After all Mani introduced
> > him to film music.
> >
> > God !!! I have so many questions on who congratulated whom .. Anybody has
> > the time to answer all of them ???
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 3:35 AM, jayaram81 
> > >
> wrote:
> >
> >> Is it true that neither Danny Boyle nor Christian Colson thanked
> >> Rahman during any of their award acceptance speeches for SdM?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> 
>

Re: [arr] Re: A.R.Murugadoss to do Ajith's 50th film

[Vinayakam Murugan]

But then music was central to Yuvraaj. All the lead players were musicians.
Atleast the reviews said they were, I couldn't muster the courage to go and
see the movie ;)
Warm Regards
~~~
Vinayak

theregoesanotherday.blogspot.com


On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 1:36 AM, Shah Navas  wrote:

>   It's high time Rahman bought down his BO flop count, unless it's a
> movies like Bose. I would even dare to say that he shouldn't choose  a
> project where music is not central to the film.
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 5:29 PM, V S Rawat  wrote:
>
>>   On 2/4/2009 8:12 PM India Time, _Dinesh_ wrote:
>>
>> > Beg to differ, Shankar is the best in visualizing ARR's songs. I never
>> > seen any Dir so committed to songs as much as Shankar. Shankar is the
>> > only dir who is willing to spend crores for ARR's songs. :)
>>
>> Hey, others have also spent crores on ARR songs - like Subhash Ghai in
>> Yuvvraj.
>>
>> So, it is more than money that Shankar is giving to ARR's songs.
>>
>> --
>> Rawat
>>
>>
>  
>

Re: [arr] Which ARR albums or songs would Westerners appreciate the most?

[Shah Navas]

My classmates and friends are from almost all over the world. . Each like
different type of Music and ask for more of Bollywwod. I patiently explain
each time that Bollywood alone is not Indian music and what you hear is
Quintessential Rahman, not Bollywood. But all of them invariably liked
Jodhaa Akbar!

Needless to say SDM is the current rage. My German friend is all praise for
Delhi 6. He even tries to sing Genda Phool. . he he

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 2:05 AM, Pradeepan R wrote:

>   Most Westeners do not listen to All Genres of music.
> Many of them are like, I listen to only Country or Rock.. some hate Hip
> hop, while some listen only to that..
> and of course there will be some who listen to all kinds, including
> Original Soundtracks from movies..
> I'm sure all categories of those people will be pleased by ARR.
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Chord  wrote:
>
>>   Great idea!
>>
>>
>> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com ,
>> Prasad Varma  wrote:
>> >
>> > I think Sony Music can do well rereleasing Vandemataram with a bold
>> " From The Academy Award & The Golden Globe Winning Artist"
>> (hopefully) on its sleeve
>> >
>> > Vandematarm is a timeless classic with a pan global appeal despite
>> the strong patriotic flavor mainly because of the classy instrumentation
>> >
>> > I have a feeling ARR intended this to be his launch vehicle in the
>> West. He just had to wait 10 odd years to be #1 on the charts :-)
>> >
>> > PV
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 
>> > From: Chord 
>> > To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com 
>> > Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 9:27:45 AM
>> > Subject: [arr] Which ARR albums or songs would Westerners appreciate
>> the most?
>> >
>> >
>> > Even since Slumdog has been getting so much attention from the West, I
>> > have been wondering which other ARR albums or songs would be
>> > appreciated by Western ears if given the right platform. Any ideas
>> > and thoughts on this? A lot of Rahman's music would sound a bit too
>> > esoteric to Western ears, but I'm thinking more of the
>> > contemporary/ progressive styles might be accessable. In fact, I think
>> > D6 songs like Rehna Tu, Masakali, and Dil Gira Dafatan would be liked
>> > by many in the West if heard. Many of his progressive Tamil
>> > compositions like New York Nagaram and Vellai Pookal come to mind.
>> >
>> > Would really like to know your thoughts. Thanks.
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Pradeepan.
>
> "All you need to do is, decide what to do with the time that is given to
> you !"
>
>  
>

Re: [arr] Re: A.R.Murugadoss to do Ajith's 50th film

[Shah Navas]

It's high time Rahman bought down his BO flop count, unless it's a movies
like Bose. I would even dare to say that he shouldn't choose  a project
where music is not central to the film.

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 5:29 PM, V S Rawat  wrote:

>   On 2/4/2009 8:12 PM India Time, _Dinesh_ wrote:
>
> > Beg to differ, Shankar is the best in visualizing ARR's songs. I never
> > seen any Dir so committed to songs as much as Shankar. Shankar is the
> > only dir who is willing to spend crores for ARR's songs. :)
>
> Hey, others have also spent crores on ARR songs - like Subhash Ghai in
> Yuvvraj.
>
> So, it is more than money that Shankar is giving to ARR's songs.
>
> --
> Rawat
>
>  
>

Re: [arr] Foreign language words used by ARR?

[Mahima Sengupta]

you left out the french lyrics in Delhi6  "Ye delhi hai mere yaar" song

--- On Mon, 2/9/09, Shah Navas  wrote:
From: Shah Navas 
Subject: Re: [arr] Foreign language words used by ARR?
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, February 9, 2009, 12:20 AM












I can instantly remember these. . 

Mayya Mayya(Arabic) in Mayya Mayya - Guru 

Marhabaan(Arabic) in Oorvasi - Kaadalan

Baila Baila . . . and  more (Spanish) in Jai Ho - SDM

French lyrics in Taxi Taxi - Sakkarakatti


The starting piece in Akkadannu (Chinese?) - Indian

Baila(Spanish) in Baila More - Kadhal Virus

Injirango(Sinhalese ?) in Injirango - Thenali

Signore Signore (Sinhalese?) in Kannathil Muththamittal


Well English is no more a foreign language to India. 




On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 7:31 PM, V S Rawat  wrote:



















In which all songs has ARR used non-Indian (non-English) languages 
words 

as part of the lyrics?



Like French, Spanish, etc.



-- 

Rawat


 

  



   
  



















 

  



   
  


 

















  

[arr] Zakir Hussain wants an Oscar for Rahman

[Bivin Chandra]

After winning a Grammy in the contemporary World Music Album category for his 
collaborative album Global Drum Project, Zakir Hussain says that he sincerely 
desires that A R Rahman wins an Oscar.

On being asked to respond to Rahman's global recognition for Slumdog 
Millionaire, Zakir Hussain said that, "He is a genius. I think his talent has 
been duly recognised now and I am very happy with that. The best thing about 
him is that he has consistently proved himself. He is not a one time wonder. He 
has delivered consistently. He has really made us feel very proud. I hope he 
does equally fantastic at the Oscars. "

Talking about his own achievements he says that he is very excited on his 
achievement because it was a competition with the great musicians of the 
contemporary world music. 

"I look at this win as the reaffirmation of my hard work. This second time 
Grammy recognition is the witness of the fact that in today s modern world I 
have not fallen behind times. I am up-to-date in creative contemporary world of 
music. I am extremely happy and satisfied with this achievement," said Zakir.

Zakir Hussain worked with Mickey Hart of the rock band Grateful Dead, Nigerian 
percussionist Sikiru Adepoju and Puerto Rican jazz percussionist Giovanni 
Hidalgo for the album. 

Global Drum Project is the second collaboration between Hart and Hussain. Their 
compilation Planet Drum which was released in 1991 went on to win the 
first-ever Grammy Award in the World Music category. 

Asked if he would have felt more satisfactory, had it been a win for a purely 
Indian project, he said, "It's true that Global Drum Project is a collaborative 
work with western musicians. I will be happier if a pure Indian project wins a 
Grammy sometime in future. Till now the only purely India project which claimed 
Grammy glory was Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt's work." 

http://music.ndtv.com/Music_Story.aspx?id=ENTEN20090083000&type=musicindia




  

[arr] CavinKare Ability Awards Announced - Indiaglitz.com

[pratap]

CavinKare Ability Awards Announced




[Monday, February 09, 2009]


Ability Foundation, a national cross disability NGO
working towards the empowerment of challenged people and CavinKare, a
FMCG corporate have been felicitating the persons performing beyond
expected norms with the CavinKare Ability awards over the last six
years.
This year, the award ceremony will be held in the
first week of March as announced by the Chairperson, Dr. Mohini Giri in
a press meet held on 7th February at ITC Park Sheraton. 
Members in the Guild of Service include N. Murali,
Managing director, The Hindu, Ms. Revathy, actor, Radhamohan, director
and AR Rahman. CK Ranganathan, managing director of CavinKare Pvt Ltd
and Ms Jayashree Raveendran, founder of Ability Foundation made the
official announcement. 




http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/gallery/events/17455.html



  

Re: [arr] I am scared

[Shah Navas]

Vithur,
The assumption is that hollywood studios would release BGM CDs or BGMs along
with OST. You will be saved of your time :)

On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 5:26 AM, Vithur  wrote:

>   I am not scared that I will be sued for ripping the BGMs before the
> original release, as I would rip a better quality one after the original DVD
> gets released
>
> ( I liked this mail. Very Innovative and almost true. Good One Nawas...)
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 5:00 AM, Shah Navas wrote:
>
>>
>> I am scared that I might have to wait for months and even an year for a
>> single a album of Rahman.
>>
>> I am scared that I have to wait even longer for original compositions in
>> Tamil, or even Hindi. Will have to get used to Original tracks in English,
>> French, Spanish, Persian, Chinese and so on.
>>
>> I am scared that I have to wait even longer for the India release of the
>> album, movie and DVD and might have to just rely on Gopal's Amazon links.
>>
>> I am scared that Madhushree will now be singing in English.
>>
>> I am scared that all of a sudden an ARR album will cost Rs.500.
>>
>> I am scared that Vithur and other rippers will be sued for ripping the BGM
>> a month before the original release.
>>
>> I am scared that the new, young, bold and innovative directors of India
>> might be scared to approach Rahman seeing the Spielbergs, Maniratnams,
>> Mehras, Shyamalans, Tarantinos, Wachowskis, Scoreseses and so on, at the A.M
>> Studio.
>>
>> I am scared that Rahman will now have critics "for the sake of criticism"
>> from all over the world.
>>
>> I am scared that next time I attend Rahman's concert I might be only able
>> to afford a seat at least 543 rows back.
>>
>> I am scared that Yahoo might send a notice to Gopal and Vijay for clogging
>> Yahoo's bandwidth.
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes. I am seriously scared that Oscars will win Rahman!
>>
>> For the first time in life, I am happy to be scared!!
>>
>>
>>
>> -Nawaz
>>
>
>
>
> --
> regards,
> Vithur
>
>
>
>  
>

Re: [arr] Solar-powered band playing popular A.R. Rahman's numbers.

[Shah Navas]

Anybody got videos. .Not able to find on youtube.

On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 7:12 AM, Vithur  wrote:

>   *Solar-powered band rocks for a green earth*
>
> New Delhi (IANS): Armed with solar panels, rechargeable batteries,
> specially designed gizmo guitars and a unique drum kit, they are no cyborgs
> from the future, but the world's only solar-powered music band, Solar Punch.
> They play songs of "peaceful activism" to spread environment awareness.
>
> The New York-based band enthralled the audiences on their India tour by
> playing popular A.R. Rahman's numbers.
>
> The band also believes in striking a chord with the people of the country
> it visits by crooning hits in the local language. In India it chose music
> maestro A.R. Rahman compositions like "Ghanan ghanan", "Yuhin chala chal"
> and "Ru ba ru".
>
> "It took a couple of months to understand the Hindi lyrics. They didn't
> come naturally to us as we speak English. It took a lot of memorisation and
> practice but the music part of it came together pretty easy as we are
> musicians," explained Conklin.
>
> The band was also upbeat about Rahman's conquest at the Golden Globes for
> the best original score for Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millioanire" and his
> three Oscar nominations for the same.
>
> "We're honoured that we are even able to get through our version of
> Rahman's songs. I think it's absolutely delightful that we came over here
> and got through his songs in broken Hindi as well as we could and still
> managed to entertain people," Conklin said.
> http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/008200902090921.htm
>
> --
> regards,
> Vithur
>
>
>
>  
>

Re: [arr] Re: Foreign language words used by ARR?

[Shah Navas]

Urdu is a foreign language? It is an official language of Indian
Government.
To add to the list -

French lyrics in the title song of Delhi 6.

Rahman is using lot of French these days. I love it though.

On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 9:24 AM, V S Rawat  wrote:

>   On 2/5/2009 11:01 PM India Time, _V S Rawat_ wrote:
>
> > In which all songs has ARR used non-Indian (non-English) languages words
> > as part of the lyrics?
> >
> > Like French, Spanish, etc.
> >
>
> Is Jumbalika (Takshaka) a word in some language or was it a made up word?
>
> --
> Rawat
>
>  
>

[arr] Non-ARR : TU HAI RAB MERA from JUGAAD

[Abdul Manaf]

 
Such a beatiful song  Has it some ARR touch atleast krishna's Singing?
 
Check out   
 
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/hindi_bollywood/s/movie_name.10480/

Regards

MANAF


  

Re: [arr] Foreign language words used by ARR?

[Vithur]

May be it was modified a bit to suit the tune and the beat.

But I know for sure, that Na. Muthkumar the lyricist told this on stage when
he received the awards for Sivaji.

AR was also there in the ceremony.

On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Ramesh R  wrote:

>I doubt it. The Russian music instrument is 
> balalaika.
> It's different from ballelakka which, I'm assuming is a made-up word.
>
>  --
> *From:* Vithur 
> *To:* arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
> *Sent:* Sunday, February 8, 2009 9:31:39 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [arr] Foreign language words used by ARR?
>
> Dear Thulasi,
>
> " Ballelaka" is a Russian word, and in fact is a Russian Musical
> Instrument. The word was given by AR to Lyricist Muthukumar 
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Thulasi Ram  wrote:
>
>>   ballelakka
>>
>> fanah (urdu?)
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Shah Navas wrote:
>>
>>>   I can instantly remember these. .
>>>
>>> Mayya Mayya(Arabic) in Mayya Mayya - Guru
>>>
>>> Marhabaan(Arabic) in Oorvasi - Kaadalan
>>>
>>> Baila Baila . . . and  more (Spanish) in Jai Ho - SDM
>>>
>>> French lyrics in Taxi Taxi - Sakkarakatti
>>>
>>> The starting piece in Akkadannu (Chinese?) - Indian
>>>
>>> Baila(Spanish) in Baila More - Kadhal Virus
>>>
>>> Injirango(Sinhalese?) in Injirango - Thenali
>>>
>>> Signore Signore (Sinhalese?) in Kannathil Muththamittal
>>>
>>> Well English is no more a foreign language to India.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 7:31 PM, V S Rawat  wrote:
>>>
   In which all songs has ARR used non-Indian (non-English) languages
 words
 as part of the lyrics?

 Like French, Spanish, etc.

 --
 Rawat

>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
> --
> regards,
> Vithur
>
>
>
>
>
>
>  
>



-- 
regards,
Vithur

Re: [arr] Boyle/Colson never thanks Rahman during acceptance speeches??!!

[Kumaresh-n]

>From now onwards, I'm ignoring this topic... Im happy for the BAFTA win and
not willing to go thru a controversial senseless topic...I believe if you
ppl do the same thing... this topic will come to an end just lk that because
of no response

Kumaresh-n


2009/2/9 Vinod Raju 

>
> This is atrocious thinking. Please understand that its not possible
> to mention every name at every show. And the SdM crew, as we can see
> clearly, have been really gracious in the way they carried
> themselves at all these award shows. Moreover Boyle and Colson HAS
> mentioned AR innumerous times in past (to the extend of boredom),
> even at award acceptances also. Colson had ended a number of his
> speeches saying "Jai Ho". Then why all this fuss now?
>
> -Vinod
>
> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com ,
> Thulasi Ram 
> wrote:
>
> >
> > people u mentioned r not part of SDM. the question was when those
> respected
> > people can mention other artists associated with SDM, then y not
> ARR? this
> > was a pattern observed in many award functions now. so the
> question was
> > raised. i c nothing contradictory here!
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Leslie D  wrote:
> >
> > > Some of the questions that I have
> > > 1. Did Tansen congratulate ARR for GG?
> > > 2. Did Shekar Kapoor congratulate ARR for Bafta. I know he did
> for GG but
> > > did he do for Bafta?
> > > 3. Why did ARR not congratulate Mani for Bafta? After all Mani
> introduced
> > > him to film music.
> > >
> > > God !!! I have so many questions on who congratulated whom ..
> Anybody has
> > > the time to answer all of them ???
> > >
> > > On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 3:35 AM, jayaram81  wrote:
> > >
> > >> Is it true that neither Danny Boyle nor Christian Colson
> thanked
> > >> Rahman during any of their award acceptance speeches for SdM?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>  
>



-- 
All the good praise goes to the Almighty
http://www.arrahman-online.com

[arr] ARR got BAFTA - well, it was expected :-)

[V S Rawat]

on reading in this list that our man got BAFTA, my first reaction was:

Well, it was expected.
.
.
.
.
And then I laughed on myself. I had heard of SDM sometime in Oct 2008, 
and came to know of Jai Ho song on Nov 1 when I posted messages on orkut 
groups to know more about this song.

That meant it had not even been four months that I knew about the movie. 
And, the same movie and its music getting so many prestigious 
international awards now brings the response "it is expected".
.
.
.
.
That is the great contribution of our man to the psyche of Indians.

So many prestigious international recognitions that we could only wish 
and hope for, but couldn't really think possible to get, as early as 
just four months ago, today Indians are thinking, yeah, he (ARR) can do 
it, an Indian can do it, Indians can do it.

That is the great contribution of our man to the psyche of Indians.

He has broken our shackles.

He has widened our perspectives.

He has changed our paradigms.

He has brought India to International stage.

.
.
.

Now, India is world class.

Now, the world knows about Indian's capabilities in these fields.

Now, many other Indians would get such awards and honors and recognitions.


Thanks to our man for it all.

You are the torchbearer.

May God bless you.

--
Rawat

Re: [arr] Boyle/Colson never thanks Rahman during acceptance speeches??!!

[Vinod Raju]

This is atrocious thinking. Please understand that its not possible 
to mention every name at every show. And the SdM crew, as we can see 
clearly, have been really gracious in the way they carried 
themselves at all these award shows. Moreover Boyle and Colson HAS 
mentioned AR innumerous times in past (to the extend of boredom), 
even at award acceptances also. Colson had ended a number of his 
speeches saying "Jai Ho". Then why all this fuss now?


-Vinod



--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Thulasi Ram  
wrote:
>
> people u mentioned r not part of SDM. the question was when those 
respected
> people can mention other artists associated with SDM, then y not 
ARR? this
> was a pattern observed in many award functions now. so the 
question was
> raised. i c nothing contradictory here!
> 
> On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Leslie D  wrote:
> 
> >   Some of the questions that I have
> > 1. Did Tansen congratulate ARR for GG?
> > 2. Did Shekar Kapoor congratulate ARR for Bafta. I know he did 
for GG but
> > did he do for Bafta?
> > 3. Why did ARR not congratulate Mani for Bafta? After all Mani 
introduced
> > him to film music.
> >
> > God !!! I have so many questions on who congratulated whom .. 
Anybody has
> > the time to answer all of them ???
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 3:35 AM, jayaram81  wrote:
> >
> >>   Is it true that neither Danny Boyle nor Christian Colson 
thanked
> >> Rahman during any of their award acceptance speeches for SdM?
> >>
> >>
> >  
> >
>

[arr] BAFTA - Winners Photo 2009

[Vinod Raju]

http://www.bafta.org/awards/film/winners-photo-2009,674,BA.html