[arr] Another ‘first’ for Rahman

2009-04-03 Thread Sreekrishnan R

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Muhammad Shahal has done for A.R. Rahman what
no one else had ever done for the music maestro. Shahal did an oil
painting of Rahman and presented it to him in Kochi, when the Oscar
winner was there to announce his live show in Kozhikode to collect
funds for AIDS-affected children.

“When I presented the
painting, he looked at it for a while and smiled his sweet silent
smile. And then he looked up and told me it was the first time that
someone had painted him, as if he couldn’t believe this,’’ Shahal said.

The painting was presented at the end of a news conference held at Le
Meridien in Kochi. “He said he would like to talk about the painting
later,’’ Shahal said.

Shahal is the creative director of Limax
Advertising in the city. It was Limax that had won the pitch to do the
creatives for the A.R. Rahman Live organised by the Global Kerala
Initiative - Keraleeyam.

“While we were planning the creatives,
I thought of making an oil painting. There was a recent picture of
Rahman I liked. In the picture, he sits in a park-like place with a
yellow background, playing a guitar. I liked the peaceful look on his
face. Except for that dreamy sublime look, I changed everything else,’’
Shahal said.

he painter took off the guitar Rahman had in his hands and made him sit
with his hands on his chin. “I thought it gave him a regal bearing,’’
he said.

The colour tone was changed to turquoise. And then
Shahal tampered with the close-cropped school-boyish hairstyle that
Rahman now sports.

It was about the hair that Rahman asked when
Shahal met him later in his suite. “At which age have you placed me, he
asked. I said your face had always been the same. He smiled. I told him
I decided on his older hairstyle because it kind of resembled mine. I
hope he enjoyed the joke,’’ Shahal said.

The painter could not
spend much time with the maestro. There were at least 200 people
waiting to see him and he had to give way.


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[arr] ARR did music that is what comes to him naturally

2009-04-03 Thread Sreekrishnan R
Musician Prasanna of ‘Smile Pinki’ Says He’s Thrilled

A
Boston-based Indian composer says he is “thrilled” to be part of the
Oscar-winning Megan Mylan directed short documentary ‘Smile Pinki’ for
which he had to race against time to score music for it in just three
days.

Ace Guitarist and composer Prasanna, who had worked with
Oscar-winning music composer A R Rahman, was involved in the
composition, performance, recording and mixing the music for ‘Smile
Pinki’, the tale of a Uttar Pradesh girl and her fight against the
social stigma of a cleft-lip.


On A R Rahman’s Oscar success,
Prasanna said he was “personally thrilled for him as a friend, as a
colleague and as a collaborator. I knew that Rahman would get an Oscar
for this even before the film became a commercial success.”
He said he saw the film in the US in November end “way before all the hype 
happened.
“Rahman
was true to himself, did music that is what comes to him naturally, did
not pander to Hollywood and at the end of it, one can see from the
Hollywooder’s angle that his score was so refreshing in the midst of
other Hollywood scores which haven’t changed one bit in the last 25
years or so.”

Prasanna had worked in many Rahman’s movies, including ‘Lagaan’.

On
Resul Pookutty who won the Oscar for sound mixing, he said Resul was
involved in editing the sound for one of his concert projects more than
ten years ago.


More about him 'n Oscar winning Documentary 'Smile Pinki'
http://www.indiajournal.com/pages/event.php?id=6464

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[arr] A Fan's tale

2009-04-03 Thread Gopal Srinivasan

http://srikanthd.blogspot.com/2009/03/fans-tale.html
http://srikanthd.blogspot.com/2009/03/fans-tale_11.html
http://srikanthd.blogspot.com/2009/03/fans-tale_17.html
http://srikanthd.blogspot.com/2009/03/fans-tale_19.html
http://srikanthd.blogspot.com/2009/03/fans-tale_24.html



Re: [arr] Original CD wanted

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Subject: [arr] Original CD wanted


Hi all,
Can anyone arrange Original CD of
a) Mr. Romeo - Hindi
b) Duniya Dilwalon Ki - Hindi
c) Khel Khilari Ka - Hindi

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Re: [arr] Anarkali and Ennuyir Thozhi

2009-04-03 Thread Vithur
KKS was totally different... All genres of music covered by AR.

The movie was a big failure. Songs were superb.

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 11:33 PM, Chord purev...@yahoo.com wrote:

   from the album Kangalal Kaithu Seiman what amazing compositions!
 The piano interludes in the latter are just simply mindlbowing and the
 entire song flows just flawlessly aided by that rhythm guitar. Anarkali is
 just a beautiful melody with with infectious tabla rhythms and such a
 haunting, sweet, expression to the whole song. There are also other goodies
 in this album, but these two are my favorites from that one!!! Rahman - I
 bow to thee!

 




-- 
regards,
Vithur


Re: [arr] Slumdog Millionaire - Blu-ray Disc Review

2009-04-03 Thread Sreekrishnan R
Reviewhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/03/media-room-dvd-blu-ray-reviews-29354624/

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From: Vithur vith...@gmail.com
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, 1 April, 2009 9:56:32 AM
Subject: [arr] Slumdog Millionaire - Blu-ray Disc Review


Slumdog Millionaire - Blu-ray Disc Review
 
Tags: Anil Kapoor, Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, Danny 
Boyle, Dev Patel, Digital Copy, FOX, Freida Pinto, Irrfan Khan, Rajendranath 
Zutshi, Saurabh Shukla

 
 has an average rating of 8.6 on IMDb
 1080p in AVC MPEG-4 on a 50gb disc
 DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio 
 are decent with a Digital Copy
 - 
 - 2008
 - 120 minutes
 - FOX
 - 

Overall Verdict - A definite MUST-SEE!
 

Buy it for $25.99 @ Amazon.com

— Review written by: Justin Sluss —

Trailer:

 
The Movie Itself won many “Oscars” this year, namely Best Picture. “Slumdog 
Millionaire” was Directed by (now Academy Award winner) Danny Boyle, and 
Co-Directed by Loveleen Tandan, with the writing credits of Simon Beaufoy 
(screenplay) and based on the novel by Vikas Swarup. The story tells that of an 
18-year-old orphan named “Jamal Malik” (played by Dev Patel) from the slum 
streets of Mumbai, India. The boy lives a very rough life along with his 
brother “Salim” on the streets and eventually meets a girl named “Latika” who 
he falls in love with a very young age. The boy’s brother Salim and friend 
Latika both disppear from his life due to a local crime lord. Fast forward to 
the present where Jamal is age 18 and becomes a contestant on the Indian 
version of the popular game show “Who Wants to be A Millionaire?“, where he 
ends up winning 20 million rupees. There’s only one problem here, when the show 
takes a break for the night,
 the local police arrest Jamal claiming that he has cheated. The boy claims 
that he simply knew the answers and it was fate. What follows is Jamal telling 
his life story of living on the streets, losing his brother and love interest 
(Latika). Jamal is reunited with both his brother, Salim, and former love 
interest Latika later on in the film which is very moving. 
Overall, “Slumdog Millionaire“, that Danny Boyle and his fellow filmmakers have 
made here is something that is very simplistic and semi-believable but at the 
same time is something that I cannot really explain in huge detail in my 
synopsis for the film without having felt I have given away some of the film — 
in terms of spoilers. I’ll just say that this film deserved all the “Oscar” 
(Academy Award) nominations and wins. It’s a definite “MUST-SEE” film of last 
year and is very happily welcomed to Blu-ray Disc.
  
Video Quality on this release is in full 1080p using the AVC MPEG-4 codec on a 
BD-50 (50 gigabyte, dual-layered Blu-ray Disc) in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
The most important thing to note going in to watching this wonderful motion 
picture is that it was filmed on many different types of cameras using both 
film and HDTV digital recording methods. If you’d like to learn a bit more on 
this, be sure to check out IMDb’s aspect ratio tech listing. With this being 
the case, you are obviously going to see a large variety of video quality from 
scene to scene throughout the film. A bit of this may have been intentional to 
convey the unique type of visual style but it does seem to mainly be a case of 
the variety of source material. The main two things you’ll notice that varies 
are black level and film noise or grain. Now don’t get me wrong here. I’m not 
so sure these things could be fixed too much but it is enough to hurt the 
overall Hi-Def presentation here.
The black level (for the most part) is solid, especially in scenes that appear 
to have been shot in Hi-Def such as the early chase / title sequence. It’s 
scenes like these that also show off the amazingly vibrant color palette and 
accurate fleshtones. Aside from the variety of source material causing some 
consistency issues, there really is nothing to complain about in this Hi-Def 
transfer. As I said, I’m not too sure how much these problems could have been 
fixed without totally digitally butchering the source material. All and all, 
“Slumdog Millionaire” on Blu-ray Disc earns itself a pretty solid “4 Star 
Rating” for overall video quality. It does the film enough justice to get the 
wonderful story delivered to the viewer, in this case in the beauty of High 
Definition. 
Audio Quality on this release is presented in English / Hindi DTS-HD 5.1 Master 
Audio. Let me first start things off by saying that “Slumdog Millionaire” 
certainly deserves all of the “Oscars” (Academy Awards) that it received for 
sound mixing and original music composed and produced by A.R. Rahman. The 
dialogue is delivered very precise throughout and requires no volume 
adjustments of any sort – as it does contain occasional subtitles or dialogue 
on screen. The 5.1 soundscape created in this DTS-HD 

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2009-04-03 Thread yasheer_ar2
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[arr] “I Just Want To Be Left Alone”: Rahman Suffering From Performance Anxiety

2009-04-03 Thread Vithur
Tired of the relentless attention during the last few months A R Rahman has
a sincere request for all those who want a piece of his action.

Please let him be. He needs to catch his breath.

Alas, earlier commitments have forced Rahman to return to Chennai from
Bangalore where he was holed up last month.

Says a source very close to Rahman, “The workload is getting heavier. Rahman
is inundated with work from both home and abroad. He has taken on one new
Bollywood project Abbas Tyrewala’s 1-800-Love , and he needs to finish Tony
D’Souza’s Blue whose background score and the Kylie Minogue item are yet to
be completed. On top of that Rahman has to deal with false stories about his
global conquests. Like the one that said he had replaced David Beckham in a
cellphone ad for a staggering free.”

Such stories are making Rahman extremely wary of the future. Friends feel
he’s being put under tremendous performance anxiety and this may reflect on
the quality of his work.”

Says the friend, “Rahman has decided to stay completely away from the public
glare for some time. He is currently spending time on the music of Abbas
Tyrewala’s film. Then he has called Tony D’Souza to Chennai to complete the
music of Blue. After that he will quietly leave for London and the US. Under
no circumstance will he allow himself to be put under the mircroscope.”

When contacted Rahman had only one thing to say, “I’d just like to retreat
in my cave for a while.
http://www.sindhtoday.net/entertainment/82515.htm

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Vithur


Re: [arr] Re: Azem Oh Shann Shahensa from Jodha Akbar COpied ??????(IMPortant)

2009-04-03 Thread neena kochhar
This video is not available in your country. 
Any other source to view this videe as it is not availble in the UK
Thanks 

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From: A.R.Rajib arr_ra...@yahoo.com
Subject: [arr] Re: Azem Oh Shann Shahensa from Jodha Akbar COpied 
??(IMPortant)
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, 2 April, 2009, 7:31 PM






--- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, vrvi32 vishnu.ravi@ ... wrote:

 They are talking about the song ice ice baby- the tune sounds a little like 
 azeem o shan shehenshah if you slow it down. You can listen to the song here- 
 http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=MxN_pbMOFk0
 
 However, it is quite different and definitely not copied. Many songs tunes 
 will sound similar due to the fact that a note or two is the same but that 
 does not mean they are copied. 

 

A Must Listen Song  No Similarity Found From My Side .. Not Even Beat :P 

This Song And Azeem O Shah Is Two Songs From Two Poles :P

BTW.. This Video Isnt Available For Every Country ( Not Available In BD Too 
)... If Anyone Wants I Might Upload That In Mediafire :)

















  

Re: [arr] Anarkali and Ennuyir Thozhi

2009-04-03 Thread ananth teja mahankali
I always liked the music of KKS better than Ah aah and other series of
movies during that period..
KKS was more like Vintage Rahman... but to my wonder I was told that
 KKS audio was also a flop.
As said above..it sounds out and out  commercial audio output from AR
with ingredients of typical south movie flavours like fastbeat..melody..


On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Vithur vith...@gmail.com wrote:

   KKS was totally different... All genres of music covered by AR.

 The movie was a big failure. Songs were superb.

 On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 11:33 PM, Chord purev...@yahoo.com wrote:

   from the album Kangalal Kaithu Seiman what amazing
 compositions! The piano interludes in the latter are just simply mindlbowing
 and the entire song flows just flawlessly aided by that rhythm guitar.
 Anarkali is just a beautiful melody with with infectious tabla rhythms and
 such a haunting, sweet, expression to the whole song. There are also other
 goodies in this album, but these two are my favorites from that one!!!
 Rahman - I bow to thee!




 --
 regards,
 Vithur



  



[arr] ஏ.ஆர்.ரஹ்மானுக்க ு லண்டன் பல்கலை., டாக்டர் பட்டம்

2009-04-03 Thread sandhiya vs



ஏ.ஆர்.ரஹ்மானுக்கு லண்டன்
பல்கலை., டாக்டர் பட்டம் 
ஆஸ்கார் நாயகன் ஏ.ஆர்.ரஹ்மானுக்கு லண்டன் பல்கலைக்கழகம் சார்பில்
கவுரவ டாக்டர் பட்டம் வழங்கப்படுகிறது. ஸ்லம்டாக் மில்லினர் என்ற படத்திற்கு 
இசையமைத்ததற்காக
ரஹ்மானுக்கு 2 ஆஸ்கார் விருதுகள் கிடைத்துள்ளன. இதுதவிர கோல்டன் குளோப் விருது 
உள்ளிட்ட
பல்வேறு விருதுகள் மற்றும் பட்டங்கள் ஏ.ஆர்.ரஹ்மானுக்கு கிடைத்து வருகின்றன. 
இந்நிலையில்
லண்டனை சேர்ந்த மிடில் செக்ஸ் பல்கலைக்கழகம் ரஹ்மானுக்கு கவுரவ டாக்டர் பட்டம் 
வழங்கி
கவுரவிக்க இருக்கிறது. பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் மண்டல இயக்குனர் ஜோ விக்டர், ரஹ்மானை 
நேரில்
சந்தித்து பட்டம் வழங்கும் தகவலை தெரிவித்து விட்டு, அழைப்பு விடுத்துள்ளார். 
வருகிற
ஜூலை மாதம் நடைபெறும் பல்கலைக்கழக பட்டமளிப்பு விழாவில் ரஹ்மானுக்கு கவுரவ டாக்டர்
பட்டம் வழங்கப்பட உள்ளது.




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[arr] VASANTHAM CENTRAL A TAMIL TV MEDIA IN SINGAPORE COMMENTS ABOUT MR AR RAHMAN

2009-04-03 Thread Najeera Banu

This is some kind of happiness which i would like to share among us...
Last Monday a telecast was shown named ithu namma kathai'in vasantham central.

In that show there were several local celeberities telling about thier 
advantages and disadvantages of being popular/famous among the public.

One of the celebrity G.T.Mani particularly mentioned about AR Rahman,

One side of the celeberities were having many complains such as the public 
criticises and gossips them whenever they appear in tv through web and 
sometimes even direct in front of them.

But GT Mani particular mentioned about our boss saying that Mr AR Rahman has 
got two most important things with him.
They are talent and humbleness.. these two things in him have not made any one 
to gossip about him..no single gossips have come about our ARR.. till 
now when hearing this i was really proud and happy to be Mr AR Rahman's fan.

I have recorded that show and will upload it asap.

Best Regards

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[arr] Re: [Semi ARR] Gulaal

2009-04-03 Thread Jahanzeb Farooq
thanks for considering my recommendation. 

 Now, coming to the music. This is one genre that is missing in ARR's work so 
 far. 

i second you here. ARR has given some songs similar or near to this genre but 
never gave full-fledged stuff like Gulaal. i really hope him doing that. 

i very much agree that Lagaan, MP and LOBS could have these types of songs. and 
even Bose too. you are very right that ARR's songs is always rich on 
instruments and music. the effect Gulaal's songs have with minimum instruments 
and maximum focus on vocals and lyrics is just incredible. after listening to 
Gulaal i strongly believe that ARR some time should try this genre. he needs to 
do some films on off beat topics like Gulaal or even Oye Lucky Lucky Oye, A 
Wednesday etc. only then he will be able to come up with something different 
than his other lush works. 
and i also think that something like Gulaal cannot be done without Piyush 
Mishra or Gulzaar writing the lyrics. Gulzaar's lyrics now sound same as he has 
used each word dozens of times. in contrast Piysuh's work looks more original, 
and more sad, serious and dark. 


-
Jahanzeb



--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, V S Rawat vsra...@... wrote:

 On 3/27/2009 4:39 PM India Time, _Jahanzeb Farooq_ wrote:
 
  has anyone tried this album Gulaal? it has music and lyrics by Piyush  
  Mishra. it is a nothing short of a masterpiece. it is dark, lyrically s 
  rich (forget Gulzar), it is simply stunning. i strongly recommend it to all 
  rahmaniacs. it is quite rahmanish also in a way. i hope ARR comes up with 
  this type of really dark and serious stuff. 
  
  
  -
  Jahanzeb
 
 Thanks for leading me to it. Someone had previously pointed to ranaji 
 song of the film so I heard only that and that was indeed an amusing 
 political caricature never heard till now in Indian screen.
 
 I didn't hear rest of the songs then, but your recommendation made me 
 listen to them and I was instantaneously captivated by its firebrand 
 music, and I felt prompted to hire the DVD and see it. And I was in a 
 treat of a reasonably lovely film for a change.
 
 Bringing this thread back to ARR, Anurag Kashyap had written dialogues 
 for Yuva and Water and had written (adopted) the script of Nayak.
 
 Now, coming to the music. This is one genre that is missing in ARR's 
 work so far. I just loved the firebrand, motivating lyrics and music 
 that almost runs through the entire film as its basic theme.
 
 The nearest ARR had ever come to such kind of music could be in Lagaan's 
 chale chalo. And in spite of that being a different sort of, and lovely 
 song - this exact emotion didn't come up any near in Chale chalo that 
 are flooding Gulal's several songs. ARR is basically of the soft nature, 
 he might not be comfortable to display furious emotions in the true 
 earnest and he might be softening them - it can be called making subtle, 
 still, it dilutes them in a negative sense.
 
 Another album of ARR having possibility of this kind of music was Mangal 
 Pandey, but that was a confused film and music didn't show its full 
 impact in that film in any case.
 
 And yet another ARR album of ARR where such music could have been was 
 Bhagat Singh, but I have no complains about that because Bhagat Singh 
 was a clear concept depicting the life of the martyr and the times of 
 indian independence struggle, which it did beautifully. They never 
 intended to boil the blood of the viewers, and it is OK because the 
 film was sincerely made. ARR's music also followed that line.
 
 Aarambh song of Gulaal would have done ARR proud had that been in any of 
 the above films.
 
 Shaher song is also that sort of but more expressive, that is 
 descriptive of the current scenario while Aarambh is more visionary, 
 prophecying sort of. Shaher revokes glimpses of Swades' Yu hi chala chal 
 though the entire flow of both the songs are quite different.
 
 Duniya is also having a unique pathos, sadness, craving - without being 
 melodramatic. And Duniya genre of music would have a place in 1947 Earth.
 
 Those who have not yet heard Gulaal can still notice that it sounds a 
 poor people's music - he he he - I mean, low budget. Not many 
 instruments, not many effects, not many intervening, multi-track tunes. 
 More effects have beed brought just be inflections of vocals. It is 
 rustic, it is earthly - and that is the beauty of it. ARR's music is 
 having a richness and thoroughness and perfection.
 
 I wish ARR to explore Gulaal genre of music. ARR should work with Anurag 
 Kashyap as director.
 
 --
 V





[arr] Sivaji Ringtone - Will never regret downloading!

2009-04-03 Thread pratap
You will never regret downloading! Not the normal you've heard...

Sivaji Ringtone:

http://www.mediafire.com/?ybohndijtmm


  

Re: [arr] Re: [Semi ARR] Gulaal

2009-04-03 Thread Aakarsh
an interesting Trivia:
 
Do you folks know who Piyush Mishra is? He is a theatre actor. His first film 
was Maniratnam's Dil Se, in which he played the CBI officer.



Regards
Kamal Aakarsh Vishnubhotla.
 
http://kamal-aakarsh.blogspot.com 
 

--- On Fri, 4/3/09, Jahanzeb Farooq jahanzebti...@yahoo.com wrote:


From: Jahanzeb Farooq jahanzebti...@yahoo.com
Subject: [arr] Re: [Semi ARR] Gulaal
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, April 3, 2009, 1:48 PM






thanks for considering my recommendation. 

 Now, coming to the music. This is one genre that is missing in ARR's work so 
 far. 

i second you here. ARR has given some songs similar or near to this genre but 
never gave full-fledged stuff like Gulaal. i really hope him doing that. 

i very much agree that Lagaan, MP and LOBS could have these types of songs. and 
even Bose too. you are very right that ARR's songs is always rich on 
instruments and music. the effect Gulaal's songs have with minimum instruments 
and maximum focus on vocals and lyrics is just incredible. after listening to 
Gulaal i strongly believe that ARR some time should try this genre. he needs to 
do some films on off beat topics like Gulaal or even Oye Lucky Lucky Oye, A 
Wednesday etc. only then he will be able to come up with something different 
than his other lush works. 
and i also think that something like Gulaal cannot be done without Piyush 
Mishra or Gulzaar writing the lyrics. Gulzaar's lyrics now sound same as he has 
used each word dozens of times. in contrast Piysuh's work looks more original, 
and more sad, serious and dark. 

-
Jahanzeb

--- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, V S Rawat vsra...@...  wrote:

 On 3/27/2009 4:39 PM India Time, _Jahanzeb Farooq_ wrote:
 
  has anyone tried this album Gulaal? it has music and lyrics by Piyush 
  Mishra. it is a nothing short of a masterpiece. it is dark, lyrically s 
  rich (forget Gulzar), it is simply stunning. i strongly recommend it to all 
  rahmaniacs. it is quite rahmanish also in a way. i hope ARR comes up with 
  this type of really dark and serious stuff. 
  
  
  -
  Jahanzeb
 
 Thanks for leading me to it. Someone had previously pointed to ranaji 
 song of the film so I heard only that and that was indeed an amusing 
 political caricature never heard till now in Indian screen.
 
 I didn't hear rest of the songs then, but your recommendation made me 
 listen to them and I was instantaneously captivated by its firebrand 
 music, and I felt prompted to hire the DVD and see it. And I was in a 
 treat of a reasonably lovely film for a change.
 
 Bringing this thread back to ARR, Anurag Kashyap had written dialogues 
 for Yuva and Water and had written (adopted) the script of Nayak.
 
 Now, coming to the music. This is one genre that is missing in ARR's 
 work so far. I just loved the firebrand, motivating lyrics and music 
 that almost runs through the entire film as its basic theme.
 
 The nearest ARR had ever come to such kind of music could be in Lagaan's 
 chale chalo. And in spite of that being a different sort of, and lovely 
 song - this exact emotion didn't come up any near in Chale chalo that 
 are flooding Gulal's several songs. ARR is basically of the soft nature, 
 he might not be comfortable to display furious emotions in the true 
 earnest and he might be softening them - it can be called making subtle, 
 still, it dilutes them in a negative sense.
 
 Another album of ARR having possibility of this kind of music was Mangal 
 Pandey, but that was a confused film and music didn't show its full 
 impact in that film in any case.
 
 And yet another ARR album of ARR where such music could have been was 
 Bhagat Singh, but I have no complains about that because Bhagat Singh 
 was a clear concept depicting the life of the martyr and the times of 
 indian independence struggle, which it did beautifully. They never 
 intended to boil the blood of the viewers, and it is OK because the 
 film was sincerely made. ARR's music also followed that line.
 
 Aarambh song of Gulaal would have done ARR proud had that been in any of 
 the above films.
 
 Shaher song is also that sort of but more expressive, that is 
 descriptive of the current scenario while Aarambh is more visionary, 
 prophecying sort of. Shaher revokes glimpses of Swades' Yu hi chala chal 
 though the entire flow of both the songs are quite different.
 
 Duniya is also having a unique pathos, sadness, craving - without being 
 melodramatic. And Duniya genre of music would have a place in 1947 Earth.
 
 Those who have not yet heard Gulaal can still notice that it sounds a 
 poor people's music - he he he - I mean, low budget. Not many 
 instruments, not many effects, not many intervening, multi-track tunes. 
 More effects have beed brought just be inflections of vocals. It is 
 rustic, it is earthly - and that is the beauty of it. ARR's music is 
 having a richness and thoroughness and perfection.
 
 I wish ARR to explore Gulaal genre of 

[arr] Re: Azem Oh Shann Shahensa from Jodha Akbar COpied ? [Listen Decide]

2009-04-03 Thread A.R.Rajib
Download Link 

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zjdtlminjno

Youtube Rip :) ... For Those  Who Live In A Country Where This Video Isnt 
Available :)

Jai Ho !


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, neena kochhar keyhaal...@... wrote:

 This video is not available in your country. 
 Any other source to view this videe as it is not availble in the UK
 Thanks 
 
 --- On Thu, 2/4/09, A.R.Rajib arr_ra...@... wrote:
 
 
 From: A.R.Rajib arr_ra...@...
 Subject: [arr] Re: Azem Oh Shann Shahensa from Jodha Akbar COpied 
 ??(IMPortant)
 To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Thursday, 2 April, 2009, 7:31 PM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, vrvi32 vishnu.ravi@ ... wrote:
 
  They are talking about the song ice ice baby- the tune sounds a little like 
  azeem o shan shehenshah if you slow it down. You can listen to the song 
  here- http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=MxN_pbMOFk0
  
  However, it is quite different and definitely not copied. Many songs tunes 
  will sound similar due to the fact that a note or two is the same but that 
  does not mean they are copied. 
 
  
 
 A Must Listen Song  No Similarity Found From My Side .. Not Even Beat :P 
 
 This Song And Azeem O Shah Is Two Songs From Two Poles :P
 
 BTW.. This Video Isnt Available For Every Country ( Not Available In BD Too 
 )... If Anyone Wants I Might Upload That In Mediafire :)





[arr] new projects in GSA's website?

2009-04-03 Thread Ramesh R
The GSA website (ARR's agent) lists two projects that haven't been mentioned 
earlier-
Couples Retreat and Three Graces.

The former is in post-production and is listed in IMDB as having John O'Brien 
as composer so perhaps the ARR credit might be for usage of an existing music 
(as in Lord of War). 

The latter is not listed on IMDB but it seems to be a short film that Shekhar 
Kapur referred to earlier in his blog.

Or perhaps GSA is wrong. They do have Engineer and Yelelo listed in ARRs 
filmography so it's not like everything they have is accurate.


  

[arr] Mausam Escape Ringtone

2009-04-03 Thread pratap
Mausam  Escape Ringtone: http://www.mediafire.com/?cwuwkm93rn3



  

Re: [arr] A little birdie tells us that the song tuned by AR Rahman is awesome

2009-04-03 Thread Srini Santhanam
Do we have to wait for a birdie to tell us that info.. Dont we know  
ourself that any song from AR is gonna be awesome :)


On Apr 2, 2009, at 11:04 PM, Vithur wrote:



Trisha is currently shooting for Gautham Menon’s Vinnaithadi  
Varuvaaya with Silambarasan in the backwaters of Kerala. A little  
birdie tells us that the song tuned by AR Rahman is awesome and the  
set erected by art director Rajeevan on the backwaters is splendid.


http://sify.com/movies/fullstory.php?id=14877889

--
regards,
Vithur









Re: [arr] Re: Azem Oh Shann Shahensa from Jodha Akbar COpied ??????(IMPortant)

2009-04-03 Thread kishore parayath
@ VISHNU RAVI


*I dont find any 2 notes similar!!! *


[arr] Re: “I Just Want To Be Left Alone”: Rahman Suffering From Performance Anxiety

2009-04-03 Thread Chord
Makes sense.  For someone who is inherently spacious and quiet and does not 
relish exposure, I can completely understand and respect his wishes.  I hope 
people listen and give him the space he needs to recover, rest, and focus.  

Amazingly, despite his performance anxiety, he was so calm and cool and 
composed during all the televised performances in the US (Jay Leno, Oscars).  
He didn't show one bit of nervousness on stage.  This shows the incredible 
strength of his mind.



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

 Tired of the relentless attention during the last few months A R Rahman has
 a sincere request for all those who want a piece of his action.
 
 Please let him be. He needs to catch his breath.
 
 Alas, earlier commitments have forced Rahman to return to Chennai from
 Bangalore where he was holed up last month.
 
 Says a source very close to Rahman, The workload is getting heavier. Rahman
 is inundated with work from both home and abroad. He has taken on one new
 Bollywood project Abbas Tyrewala's 1-800-Love , and he needs to finish Tony
 D'Souza's Blue whose background score and the Kylie Minogue item are yet to
 be completed. On top of that Rahman has to deal with false stories about his
 global conquests. Like the one that said he had replaced David Beckham in a
 cellphone ad for a staggering free.
 
 Such stories are making Rahman extremely wary of the future. Friends feel
 he's being put under tremendous performance anxiety and this may reflect on
 the quality of his work.
 
 Says the friend, Rahman has decided to stay completely away from the public
 glare for some time. He is currently spending time on the music of Abbas
 Tyrewala's film. Then he has called Tony D'Souza to Chennai to complete the
 music of Blue. After that he will quietly leave for London and the US. Under
 no circumstance will he allow himself to be put under the mircroscope.
 
 When contacted Rahman had only one thing to say, I'd just like to retreat
 in my cave for a while.
 http://www.sindhtoday.net/entertainment/82515.htm
 
 -- 
 regards,
 Vithur





[arr] Hidden Bit Lyrics In Gangsta Blues

2009-04-03 Thread pratap
Hidden Lyrics In Gangsta Blues:


come in and come in and come in and find me like a shadow in the dark
come in and come in and find me like a shadow in the dark
come in and come in and like a shadow in the dark


It
is actually played in reverse in the intro and outro of the song. I
have taken those parts and reversed them back. Now you will be able to
hear them...

Intro: http://www.mediafire.com/?miazcaytxvf

Outro: http://www.mediafire.com/?0md0u7kf5fm

Actual audio plays 1st followed by the reversed version...



  

[arr] Rahman's music hits the ramps

2009-04-03 Thread Vithur
A R Rahman's music is increasingly getting popular at the fashion shows.

-- http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/video/video.aspx?id=66324
regards,
Vithur


[arr] The second film from this banner is Blue, which ran into a lot of troubled waters

2009-04-03 Thread Vithur
S*hree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd.*, seems to be taking it slow and steady
on the production front. Having tasted success with *Golmaal Returns*, one
had expected that the maverick *Ekta Kapoor*, behind the firm, would jump
ahead and announce a series of movies. But instead, there is still no
release from them. The reasons are aplenty, including a super high budget
action thriller *Blue* (*under production*) and its leading men creating
some ruckus over their screen time.

The second film from this banner is *Blue*, which ran into a lot of troubled
waters. Fights for supremacy for screen space have seen many a tussles
between its leading men, *Sanjay Dutt* and *Akshay Kumar*. And quite
obviously, this is the primary reason that the project hasn’t completed on
time. Directed by *Anthony D’Souza*, the film’s cast is also backed by *Katrina
Kaif, Lara Dutta, Zayed Khan, Kabir Bedi* and *Rahul Dev*. The film has been
shot in the Bahamas and Bangkok. Music by legendary music composer *A R
Rahman* and a song featuring international singing sensation *Kylie
Minogue*are supposed to be the high points of the film apart from some
dare-devil
underwater sequences.
http://www.indianfilmdom.com/shree-ashtavinayak-cine-vision-has-four-films-lined-up
-- 
regards,
Vithur


Re: [arr] Re: [Semi ARR] Gulaal

2009-04-03 Thread V S Rawat
On 4/3/2009 7:37 PM India Time, _Aakarsh_ wrote:

 an interesting Trivia:
  
 Do you folks know who Piyush Mishra is? He is a theatre actor. His first 
 film was Maniratnam's Dil Se, in which he played the CBI officer.
 
 Regards
 /*Kamal Aakarsh Vishnubhotla.*/

yes. Apart from that Wiki says that Piyush Mishra wrote the dialogues 
for Rajkumar Santoshi's 2001 film The Legend of Bhagat Singh, which was 
inspired in part by Mishra's critically acclaimed play on Bhagat Singh - 
Gagan Damama Bajyo. It won him the Zee Cine Award for Best Dialogue (2003).

--
Rawat


[arr] Re: Question on a Pukar song

2009-04-03 Thread Vajra
Kismat Se Hum Ko from film Pukar is in Raga Bimpalas.

This is one of the songs discussed in the Isai Payanam show by Charulatha 
Mani.


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gaurav Venkateswar gaur...@... wrote:

 I don't think it is pilu, it doesn't sound like that.  i'm not sure
 what raaga it is though.
 
 -Gaurav
 
 bhushan n. bh...@indiamail.com wrote: 
 original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/arrahmanfans/?start=5439
  
  My first guess is Raag Piloo (Hindustani name). ( Could be wild.. :-)
 )
  
  I havent checked the aroham-avaroham yet but i know 2 other
  songs in the same raga.
  
  They are
  1) Ajahun Aaye Balama Sawan Beeta Jay ( old hindi classic - Sawan Bita
  Jaye)
  2) Surmayee Ankhiyon Mein ( Sadma - Ilaya Raja)
  
  
  Whatever it is - Kismat se hum is a WONDERFULLY ROMANTIC song.
  Sonu Nigam  Anuradha P. have given so easy n soft classical touch!
  I listened to it about 15 times in a row on real audio.
  Will buy Pukar for at least this song!! 
  Other songs from pukar sound so ordinary if compared with this one. 
  Except for this song, the lyrics by Majrooh and Javed Akhtar are
  highly disappointing for their calibre.
  
  Bhushan.
  
  
   Kismat Se Hum - Song in Pukar (Sonu Nigam  Anurada Poudwal). (A
   great composition..)
   
   Which Raga is this song based on..? My first guess was that it is
   Sudha Dhanyasi..But I realize that there is a Ri (which is not
  part
   of the Sudha Dhanyasi Aarohanam/Avarohanam) which is used. So it
  should
   be a different raga that I am not familiar with. Could anyone
 explain
   the differences between these 2 ragas..and what exactly is the raga
   that this song based on..(Or is it multiple ragas..??).
  
 





Re: [arr] Re: Azem Oh Shann Shahensa from Jodha Akbar COpied ? [Listen Decide]

2009-04-03 Thread neena kochhar
Hi Rajib
Thank you for the video.  I could not slow it down but at normal speed its more 
like Thanda Thanda Paani by Baaba Sahgal released 15 or so years back.  
Absolutely no remblance to Azeemoshaan
Neena



--- On Fri, 3/4/09, A.R.Rajib arr_ra...@yahoo.com wrote:


From: A.R.Rajib arr_ra...@yahoo.com
Subject: [arr] Re: Azem Oh Shann Shahensa from Jodha Akbar COpied ? [Listen  
Decide]
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, 3 April, 2009, 3:02 PM






Download Link 

http://www.mediafir e.com/download. php?zjdtlminjno

Youtube Rip :) ... For Those Who Live In A Country Where This Video Isnt 
Available :)

Jai Ho !

--- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, neena kochhar keyhaalhai@ ... wrote:

 This video is not available in your country. 
 Any other source to view this videe as it is not availble in the UK
 Thanks 
 
 --- On Thu, 2/4/09, A.R.Rajib arr_ra...@. .. wrote:
 
 
 From: A.R.Rajib arr_ra...@. ..
 Subject: [arr] Re: Azem Oh Shann Shahensa from Jodha Akbar COpied 
 ??(IMPortant)
 To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
 Date: Thursday, 2 April, 2009, 7:31 PM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, vrvi32 vishnu.ravi@ ... wrote:
 
  They are talking about the song ice ice baby- the tune sounds a little like 
  azeem o shan shehenshah if you slow it down. You can listen to the song 
  here- http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=MxN_pbMOFk0
  
  However, it is quite different and definitely not copied. Many songs tunes 
  will sound similar due to the fact that a note or two is the same but that 
  does not mean they are copied. 
 
  
 
 A Must Listen Song  No Similarity Found From My Side .. Not Even Beat :P 
 
 This Song And Azeem O Shah Is Two Songs From Two Poles :P
 
 BTW.. This Video Isnt Available For Every Country ( Not Available In BD Too 
 )... If Anyone Wants I Might Upload That In Mediafire :)


















  

[arr] Food Distribution - April 5, 2009

2009-04-03 Thread Vithur
Venue :- Near AM studios

Time :- 11 30 AM

Lets connect to Serve.

God Bless.

-- 
regards,
Vithur


[arr] We started going to Dargas slowly - ARR

2009-04-03 Thread Vithur
 When I was eight years old, I had the desire to Play the Guitar. I wanted
to buy a new Guitar.  I asked my father. He told me to play the ones that
were already there at home . and told that Guitar and everything can be
played later.

After father's death, there was a big responsibility on me to take care of
the family. I was the only male child and the responsibility was big. We
started hiring the Music Instruments left over by father. I started working
for other Music groups. Many people gave me an opportunity because of the
respect that they had in my father.

That moment, there was a path visible in life. I started developing faith in
God. I started getting the courage that all my difficulties would be taken
care by God.

The Elderly Person whom I was referring to would give me a lot of advise and
instill confidence in me. We started getting transformed slowly. We started
going to Dargahs slowly

RANI MAGAZINE

-- 
regards,
Vithur


Re: [arr] Anarkali and Ennuyir Thozhi

2009-04-03 Thread Gnanavel Nandagopal

Really KKS songs is very nice when compare to hit songs of ARR.

Particularly the Ennuyir Thozhi songs get me to the some other world

Piano pieces are rising from one music to another are very fantastic...

- Gnanavel

--- On Fri, 3/4/09, ananth teja mahankali ananth...@gmail.com wrote:

From: ananth teja mahankali ananth...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [arr] Anarkali and Ennuyir Thozhi
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, 3 April, 2009, 1:03 PM












I always liked the music of KKS better than Ah aah and other series 
of movies during that period..
KKS was more like Vintage Rahman... but to my wonder I was told that KKS audio 
was also a flop.
As said above..it sounds out and out  commercial audio output from ARwith 
ingredients of typical south movie flavours like fastbeat..melody. .  

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Vithur vith...@gmail. com wrote:



















KKS was totally different... All genres of music covered by AR. 
 
The movie was a big failure. Songs were superb. 


On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 11:33 PM, Chord purev...@yahoo. com wrote:






from the album Kangalal Kaithu Seiman what amazing compositions! The 
piano interludes in the latter are just simply mindlbowing and the entire song 
flows just flawlessly aided by that rhythm guitar. Anarkali is just a beautiful 
melody with with infectious tabla rhythms and such a haunting, sweet, 
expression to the whole song. There are also other goodies in this album, but 
these two are my favorites from that one!!! Rahman - I bow to thee!







-- 
regards,
Vithur





 

  





















 

  




 

















  Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to 
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Re: [arr] Sivaji Ringtone - Will never regret downloading!

2009-04-03 Thread Vithur
Will never regret downloading any ARR work. Thanks for sharing Pratap

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 4:38 PM, pratap pratap_elen...@yahoo.com wrote:

 You will never regret downloading! Not the normal you've heard...

 Sivaji Ringtone:

 http://www.mediafire.com/?ybohndijtmm
 




-- 
regards,
Vithur


[arr] Shan Chandrasekar with A.R. Rahman in ATN studio

2009-04-03 Thread Bhagavathi mohan

http://www.asiantelevision.com/images/photogallery/1arrahman.jpg


  Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to 
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[arr] AzemOh Shann Shahensa from Jodha Akbar Copied - Gomzy sir or Aakash

2009-04-03 Thread Anil Kumar
I am not a musician, but i believe the song azeemo shaan shahenshah has # nodes 
on the keyboard, whrere as ice ice baby is all flat, does not have 
modulations.

--- On Fri, 4/3/09, A.R.Rajib arr_ra...@yahoo.com wrote:


From: A.R.Rajib arr_ra...@yahoo.com
Subject: [arr] Re: Azem Oh Shann Shahensa from Jodha Akbar COpied ? [Listen  
Decide]
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, April 3, 2009, 7:32 PM






Download Link 

http://www.mediafir e.com/download. php?zjdtlminjno

Youtube Rip :) ... For Those Who Live In A Country Where This Video Isnt 
Available :)

Jai Ho !

--- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, neena kochhar keyhaalhai@ ... wrote:

 This video is not available in your country. 
 Any other source to view this videe as it is not availble in the UK
 Thanks 
 
 --- On Thu, 2/4/09, A.R.Rajib arr_ra...@. .. wrote:
 
 
 From: A.R.Rajib arr_ra...@. ..
 Subject: [arr] Re: Azem Oh Shann Shahensa from Jodha Akbar COpied 
 ??(IMPortant)
 To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
 Date: Thursday, 2 April, 2009, 7:31 PM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, vrvi32 vishnu.ravi@ ... wrote:
 
  They are talking about the song ice ice baby- the tune sounds a little like 
  azeem o shan shehenshah if you slow it down. You can listen to the song 
  here- http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=MxN_pbMOFk0
  
  However, it is quite different and definitely not copied. Many songs tunes 
  will sound similar due to the fact that a note or two is the same but that 
  does not mean they are copied. 
 
  
 
 A Must Listen Song  No Similarity Found From My Side .. Not Even Beat :P 
 
 This Song And Azeem O Shah Is Two Songs From Two Poles :P
 
 BTW.. This Video Isnt Available For Every Country ( Not Available In BD Too 
 )... If Anyone Wants I Might Upload That In Mediafire :)


















  

[arr] Rahman's music hits the ramps

2009-04-03 Thread Bergin Roy
Rahman's music hits the ramps
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/video/video.aspx?id=66324

-- 
www.berginroy.com


Re: [arr] Re: Azem Oh Shann Shahensa from Jodha Akbar COpied ??????(IMPortant)

2009-04-03 Thread Moin Ul Haque
i think Baba Sehgal's Thanda thanda paani is having similarity with this
one.
Azeem-O-Shaan Shahenshah is way beyond this one

Regards
Moin.H

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:58 AM, kishore parayath 
kishore.paray...@gmail.com wrote:

   @ VISHNU RAVI


 *I dont find any 2 notes similar!!! *

  




-- 
(¨`•.•´¨) 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] -- .. Kuluvaalile - Kalagalile | Tamil 'n' Telugu Mix .. --

2009-04-03 Thread Joshua Suren
Hi All,

After Munbe Vaa - Preminche Mix, this is my 2nd attempt. Another small edit, 
hehe .. Hope you all enjoy ! I love this songs since early days of release 
because of the BASS going on till the end of the song. Another Evergreen hits 
of our Musical God - A R Rahman. We need your music sir !


Note : The Telugu version volume a bit high.

http://www.imeem.com/yerushalayim/music/Ds7LTAee/j0shureen-a-r-rahman-kuluvaalile-kalagalile-tamil/


Download Link, soon will update here.. 



Joshua,arrahman.asia



Re:[arr]Innisai Vs Kannodu(Jns) Kaatril Vs Snehithane

2009-04-03 Thread Vajra
Kannodu (Jeans) infact begins with Shuddha Dhanyasi, then transitions to 
Abheri, hence there is both ragas in this song.

Reference:
http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/01/28/stories/2005012800340300.htm

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Aakarsh aakarsh...@... wrote:

 Innisai is Hindolam, same as 'Manmohni' from Yuvvraaj.
  
 Kannodu (jeans) is not Suddha Dhanyasi but it is Abheri.




Re:[arr]Regarding the raga- Shuddha Dhanyasi, Kedar or Dharbari Kannada or..?

2009-04-03 Thread Vajra
Oh, and while we are at it... so far I have come across two sources that say 
that Porkalam from film Thenali, is Raga Kedar. However, Pankaj insists it's 
Shuddha Dhanyasi... and Karthikeya says it's Dharbari Kannada...

What's going on?


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Pankaj 4 Music pankajformu...@... wrote:

 hi karthikeya

   Yes it is Porkalam in Thenali is Shuddha Dhanyaasi. And Raa Raa in C'Muki 
 is a combination of two raagaas thats Sooryaa  HindhoLham (This Sooryaa raag 
 also called as Raag Sallaabam in certain usage of Swaraas). And for dharbari 
 kaanadaa i will say Malarae Mounamaa a class melody by Vidyasagar for Karnaa 
 Movie sung by SPB  S.Janaki. I like to share one of famous Ilayaraja's 
 composition of Pure Sooryaa Raag from the tamil film Thaai Moogaambigai 
 (movie on goddess shakthi) where there ll be a competition in classical 
 concert singing between Manorama  Sarithaa on stage. Manorama character 
 influenced by jealous  greediness  sarithaa a devotee of the goddess when 
 she could not sing in half way of the concert due to the mix of poison in 
 coffee done by manorama, Goddess shakthi comes to her rescue in the form of 
 K.R.Vijaya. The wonderful thing is., the song sung by three great singers 
 of yesteryears. S.Janaki for Saritha, P.Susheela for K.R.Vijaya  S.Rajeswari 
 for
  Manorama. Class song that I want Rahman to do a song in that Raag Sooryaa. 
 Hope someone close to him., place such request on our behalf. pnkJ :-)

   
 
 karthikeya murthy smart...@... wrote:

   hi pankaj r u sure it is suddha dhanyasi... if i m correct both the 
  songs are based on DHARBARI KANNADA... a typical example for suddha dhanyasi 
 is RA RA from Chandramukhi... 
 
 with regards
 
 KArthikeyamurthy.J 




[arr] Which Rahman songs have you been listening to the most lately?

2009-04-03 Thread Chord
Here are a list of Rahman songs I've been listening to the most of late:

Rehna Tu
Dil Gira Dafatan
Arziyan
Jaane Tu Mera Kya Hai (female)
O Saaya
Thee Thee
Mangta Hai Kya
Masoom
Yeh Jo Desh Hai Tera
Ishq Ada Hai (male)
Anarkali
Divinity Theme



Re:[arr]Regarding the raga- Shuddha Dhanyasi, Kedar or Dharbari Kannada or..?

2009-04-03 Thread Vajra
Karthikeya was saying it is Shuddha Dhanyasi, and Pankaj was saying it is a 
transition between Sooryaa and Hindolam... 

So, I looked up what others may perhaps be offering as the diagnosed raga for 
this song:

Ramesh does a detailed breakdown:
http://rameshonmusic.blogspot.com/2005/12/raa-raa.html

Quoting, This song, from Chandramukhi, is set in F minor (4 kattai). 
Sudhadhanyasi in F minor is F G# A# C D# F (or) Sa Ga2 Ma1 Pa Ni2 Sa, whereas 
the scale of this song is F G# A# C E F (or) Sa Ga2 Ma1 Pa Ni3 Sa - Just a half 
note difference. This scale is the same as Sindhiya venmani song in a 
Vijayakanth film. I read somewhere that this scale is the Srothaswini raga.

Then in the second charanam, the scale is said to shift to Hindolam...

Which means that Pankaj noticed the Hindolam aspect of the song, while 
Karthikeya noticed the Shuddha Dhanyasi aspect... 

But where is the Sooryaa Raga coming from?

This sort of thing, I am finding is quite common... that two people would 
insist that a song is two different ragas, when infact, the song has both ragas 
within it. Kannodu Kanbethelam from Jeans is a great example. It is both 
Shuddha Dhanyasi and Abheri. Not one, or the other, but both.

In the end, from what Ramesh is saying Raa Raa from Chandramukhi, as far as the 
pallavi is concerned, is more Srothaswini Raga than it is anything else.

However, we cannot stop here. We must investigate thoroughly...

If you check the forumhub:
http://forumhub.mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?t=5536

Someone lists Raa Raa as Beautiful song in Surya/sallaapam (with Hindolam for 
happy parts)... 

But hang on... someone named Subu interjects and explains:

This raga is NOT surya. I think the confusion is in the interpretation of 
where you think the Sa is.

The starting of the song is actually Ni Sa Ga, while you seem to interpret it 
as Ga Ma Dha. I would classify this raga into the pentatonic scale sa ga ma 
pa ni sa notes of gowrimanohari as the parent scale. I am not sure if there is 
a known classical raga for
this scale, but this raga has been used by film musicians. For instance, 
Ilayaraja's vellai nilaa irandum vellai nilaa follows the same raga.

So.. anyone know the Raga for IRR's Vellai Nila Irandum?

Ok, but don't stop there... keep investigating... make sure...

Looking up a review of the Chandramukhi film's music:
http://www.mouthshut.com/review/Chandramukhi_Album-72019-1.html

The reviewer states about Raa Raa: Raa -- Raa''- The song is in telugu and is 
probably the climax song- Don't ask me why it is in telugu- I don't want to 
spoil your fun if you haven't seen the original. In malayalam, this song was 
''oru murai vanthu'' based on the beautiful kuntalavarali ragam. Vidyasagar has 
used the rare raaga Surya.

So, it seems that looking at the song at face value, without indepth analysis, 
to assume it is Surya raga may be an obvious error that can be made.

So, after all that... what raga is Raa Raa? :-) A difficult one, definetely.

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vajra dianic_dre...@... wrote:

 Oh, and while we are at it... so far I have come across two sources that say 
 that Porkalam from film Thenali, is Raga Kedar. However, Pankaj insists 
 it's Shuddha Dhanyasi... and Karthikeya says it's Dharbari Kannada...
 
 What's going on?
 
 
 --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Pankaj 4 Music pankajformusic@ wrote:
 
  hi karthikeya
 
Yes it is Porkalam in Thenali is Shuddha Dhanyaasi. And Raa Raa in C'Muki 
  is a combination of two raagaas thats Sooryaa  HindhoLham (This Sooryaa 
  raag also called as Raag Sallaabam in certain usage of Swaraas). And for 
  dharbari kaanadaa i will say Malarae Mounamaa a class melody by Vidyasagar 
  for Karnaa Movie sung by SPB  S.Janaki. I like to share one of famous 
  Ilayaraja's composition of Pure Sooryaa Raag from the tamil film Thaai 
  Moogaambigai (movie on goddess shakthi) where there ll be a competition in 
  classical concert singing between Manorama  Sarithaa on stage. Manorama 
  character influenced by jealous  greediness  sarithaa a devotee of the 
  goddess when she could not sing in half way of the concert due to the mix 
  of poison in coffee done by manorama, Goddess shakthi comes to her rescue 
  in the form of K.R.Vijaya. The wonderful thing is., the song sung by 
  three great singers of yesteryears. S.Janaki for Saritha, P.Susheela for 
  K.R.Vijaya  S.Rajeswari for
   Manorama. Class song that I want Rahman to do a song in that Raag Sooryaa. 
  Hope someone close to him., place such request on our behalf. pnkJ :-)
 

  
  karthikeya murthy smartjkm@ wrote:
 
hi pankaj r u sure it is suddha dhanyasi... if i m correct both 
  the  songs are based on DHARBARI KANNADA... a typical example for suddha 
  dhanyasi is RA RA from Chandramukhi... 
  
  with regards
  
  KArthikeyamurthy.J





Re:[arr]Innisai Vs Kannodu(Jns) Kaatril Vs Snehithane

2009-04-03 Thread Vajra
Also, I am very curious to know why you say Manmohini is Hindolam, because the 
majority of citations say that Manmohini is Bimpalas Raag.

Infact, what is strange is, I've even come accross some of your past posts 
where you yourself tell people that manmohini is Abheri/Bimpalas... 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/message/103419

So, hmm.. a little puzzled?

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Aakarsh aakarsh...@... wrote:

 Innisai is Hindolam, same as 'Manmohni' from Yuvvraaj.
  
 Kannodu (jeans) is not Suddha Dhanyasi but it is Abheri.
  
 Snehithane is in Keeravani raaga.
  
 I dont know what is this Kaatril you are referring to. If it is from Ajit's 
 film Godfather (same film as Innisai), then yes, it has shades of Keeravani.
  
 and btw, Hai Rama from Rangeela is Panthuvaraali.
 
 
 
 Regards
 Kamal Aakarsh Vishnubhotla.
  
 http://kamal-aakarsh.blogspot.com 
  
 
 --- On Tue, 3/31/09, Vajra dianic_dre...@... wrote:
 
 
 From: Vajra dianic_dre...@...
 Subject: Re:[arr]Innisai Vs Kannodu(Jns)  Kaatril Vs Snehithane
 To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 9:30 AM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 hi Pankaj, 
 
 I am not sure which songs you are referring to when you say Kaatril Vs 
 Snehithanae. . well, I suspect Snehithanae is from Alay Payuthe film, but 
 what is Kaatril?
 
 Also Pankaj I am wondering if you (or anyone) would kindly tell me which 
 ragas are these songs?
 
 16 Vayathinile - Senthoora Poove 
 Arasiyal - Varai En Tholiye 
 Chinna Veedu - Ada Machamulla 
 Delhi 6 - Masakali 
 Geethai - Mercury Poove 
 Guru - Venmegam 
 Indru Poi Nalai Vaa - Mere Pyari 
 Jeans - Anbe Anbe 
 Kaakha Kaakha - Ennai Konjam 
 Karna - Malarae Mounama 
 Mannan - Adikkudhu Kuliru 
 Mounam Pesiyathe - En Anbe 
 Mounam Pesiyathe - Kannin Ganthamai 
 Mudhalvan - Mudhalvanae 
 Murai Maman - Anandham Anandham 
 Muthal Mariyathai - Rasave Unnai 
 Muthal Mariyathai - Vettiveru Vasam 
 Nee Venunda Chellam - Ennada Athisaiyam 
 Nee Venunda Chellam - Kannanai Ninaikamal 
 Omkara - Jag Ja Re Gudiya 
 Oru Kaithiyin Diary - Ithu Rosapoovu 
 Ottam - Oh Vandhaale 
 Ponniyan Selvan - Kola Kolayya 
 Poovellum Un Vasam - Thirumana Malargal 
 Prince - Badan Pe Sitare 
 Puthiya Mugam - Ithuthan Kaathal Enbadha 
 Rain - Themmadi Katre 
 Rangeela - Hai Rama 
 Rangeela - Kamban Shelly 
 Ratchakan - Pogum Vahiyellam 
 Sachein - Kanmoodi Thirakkumbodhu 
 Sattam - Naan Than Raja 
 Sivaji - The Boss - Sahana Saaral Thoovutho 
 Sivaji - The Boss - Sooriyanum Santhira 
 Something Something Unakkum En - Un Parvaiyil 
 Swades - Saanwariya 
 Taj Mahal - Echi Elumichi 
 Tamil M.A. - Para Para Pattampoochi 
 Thaamirabharani - Thaaliyae Thevai Illa 
 Thalainagaram - Yedho Ninaikiren 
 Thambi - Summa Kidanthe 
 ThangaMagan - Adakku Malligai 
 Thiruda Thiruda - Veerapandi Kotaiyile 
 Thiruvilaiyadal Aarambam - Theriyamma Parthuputhen 
 Thulluvadho Illamai - Ithu Kaathala 
 Unnai Thedi - Katraga Varuvaiya 
 Vallavan - Loosu Penne 
 Baba - Nam Nadai Kondu 
 
 --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Pankaj Kakkar pankajkakkaar@ ... 
 wrote:
 
  hi vish
  both totally differs. Innisai - raag - hindholam wherein Kannodu - Jeans is 
  raag Shudhdha Dhanyaasi. 
  examples hindolam raag - Om Namachivaaya from Salangai Oli (kamal haassan's 
  classic movie) this song both sung  acted by S P Shailaja sister of SPB.
  Kannodu (Jeans) example - Punjai Undu Nanjai Undu song in Unnaal Mudiyum 
  Thambi. Both songs by ARR's mentor MD- maestro Ilayaraja. and
  
  By the way, I m wondering, why No one here cud relate Kaatril to Snehidhane 
  itself. Kaatril an extension of Snehidhane but presented in different way. 
  Similarity in tunes. There is even the hint as the lyrics was deliberately 
  used in the song as Snehithaa... Snehithi. ...Pankaj :-)





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2009-04-03 Thread Vithur
A Nice one. Little Old Stuff

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Re: [arr] Which Rahman songs have you been listening to the most lately?

2009-04-03 Thread Vithur
Of Late, I have been hooked to Pudiya Mugam BGMs... OH My God ! Every
ARR Lover must have Pudiya Mugam BGMs. Just awesome and out of world.
Vintage ARR

On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 6:47 AM, Chord purev...@yahoo.com wrote:

   Here are a list of Rahman songs I've been listening to the most of late:

 Rehna Tu
 Dil Gira Dafatan
 Arziyan
 Jaane Tu Mera Kya Hai (female)
 O Saaya
 Thee Thee
 Mangta Hai Kya
 Masoom
 Yeh Jo Desh Hai Tera
 Ishq Ada Hai (male)
 Anarkali
 Divinity Theme

 




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