Re: [arr] The man who did the first ever interview of ARR!
And thanks a million for the translation:) --- On Thu, 6/11/09, Pradeepan R pradeepanisonl...@gmail.com wrote: From: Pradeepan R pradeepanisonl...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [arr] The man who did the first ever interview of ARR! To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 8:40 PM thank u so much for this link ! On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 1:20 PM, aravind...@yahoo. com wrote: Hey all, I came across the blog of Kalyan Kumar, who was the sub-editor of India Today magazine. He's also a screenplay/script writer for movies. He was the first person to interview Rahman, and the first ever interview of Rahman appeared in India Today. He has written in his blog about his interaction with Rahman. Not sure if it has been posted before! Here's the link for the blog post (It's in Tamil... Scroll down for my translation) http://kalyanje. blogspot. com/2009/ 02/blog-post_ 26.html ARR pics from the blog: http://3.bp. blogspot. com/_5HXnPkUOnPk /SaeXS2fCkkI/ AIQ/ ZTCD7Pfx7oQ/ s1600-h/arrahman .JPG Translation: It was a fine Sunday morning, when I got a call from my friend, cinematographer Rajeev Menon, asking if we can meet! The meeting happened at 5 pm that day. I was then the sub editor of India Today, and was handling movies section too. Those days, Rajeev was working more on Ad films, than for movies. He told me about a youngster who was composing for his ad films - His name is Dileep. He has tremendous music sense. He's extremely talented in playing and handling all modern instruments. Moreover, Mani sir has signed him on for his next movie, after listening to some of his jingles. Wow.. thats something new, I thought, and collected a pic of Dileep shot by Rajeev and his phone number from Rajeev. Next day, I called up Dileep and he answered. I introduced myself and asked for a meeting with him. He immediately refused saying No sir... No Interviews now! Mani sir has asked me not to speak anything about the project! I retorted - You dont have to speak about the movie; speak about you! I would be pleased if India Today publishes details about the new music director who is Mani Ratnam's new find. I also told him that I'd already collected his photo from Rajeev Menon. Finally, later acceded to my request! The meeting happened at 4 pm. He was not a school kid. He was not yet a college student. He seemed to be just in that transition phase, with a shy smile on his face! His mom and sister were with him. His mom offered me cake and savouries they had purchased from the neighbourhood bakery, for me. Coffee followed. Then, we started talking. He told me a lot - about his father RK Shekar, about how music became his full-time job after his father's death, about the family background, about the conversion to islam, about his name change! He mentioned that the Mani film was a God-given gift for him. He conversed with him as though we're very close friends for a long time! He took me to his studio and played 2 songs from his new film. One of those songs was Chinna Chinna Aasai. After listening to it, I requested Rahman to play it once more. He was overjoyed and played it again. Just this one song is enough to take you to heights of fame, I told him and wished him all luck. Other their Mani sir, others connected with the film hadn't listened to the songs. I played it just for you. Your words are very encouraging, he said and thanked me. When I was leaving, he came out till his front gate and bid farewell to me. One week later, Rahman's mom called me - When can we see my son's photo in the magazine, dear brother? I could sense the eagerness and excitement in her voice. It will hit the stands in 2 days, mother. I'll come and give a few copies to you, even before that, I told her. En-route to my house from office, I visited Rahman's house with 5 copies of India Today, and gave it to them. The images of the proud mother and sister, smiling and sharing their happiness on seeing Rahman's photo in the magazine, still remains fresh in my memories. But, Rahman took this big news in a calm and composed manner. With a smile, he thanked me. His humbleness was there with him right from that time. After the release of Roja, there was no magazine which didnt feature Rahman's photo. After that, I met him a few more times as a reporter. Much to the envy of other reporters, he would approach me personally and talk to me like a friend. Once, in a press meet, he openly said He's the first person to interview me How can I not be close to him?. He hasn't yet lost that closeness to me. 8 years later, I'd moved from the press and started working for TV and movies. I wanted to produce a special program for Sun TV for Tamil New Years day, in association with my friend Balakrishnan. That program was - Special interview with
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Re: [arr] AR Rehman’s master strokes come alive with Masakalli and Gaenda Fool
On 6/12/2009 9:44 AM India Time, _Gayathri Chandrakasan_ wrote: I completely agree with the author as far as AR Rahman's music in Delhi6 is concerned. They were simply magnificient, esp the Masakali number. I didn't really think much of Masakali when I first heard it but the for some reason, the song kept playing in my head and I kept humming it. But as time goes, I just fell in love with the song...the moment i hear the song today I just have to increase the volume and sing along with it. And Rehna tu was awesome as well...if a song can be called as elegant, then Rehna Tu is simply the most elegant song I've heard in recent times. wow. Gayathri ji, you prompted me to confess the same. I also had not held maskali in high esteem when I had heard it first. I like soulful, emotional songs from our man, and I first thought this was sort of a catchy song for street guys or kids or teens really ;-) a la pappu can't dance, so I had left out such songs for them and didn't hear it much then. I have still not hear these much, but maskali indeed went on to become so popular that it kept on reaching my ears anywhere I go, and now I say that maskali holds a new milestone in ARR's creativity and uniqueness. He could come up with such a song - the anecdote has it that it was ARR who initiated to have a song on the pigeon - without the director asking him, and what lovely freak out style it has been rendered - those phurr phurr - if the lyrics had not been so particular in describing a pigeon, anyone would have been thought it to be a song cheaply teasing a sexy girl on the road - he he he - a la old cheapos like kaan me jhumka chal me thumka kamar ke choti latke. So, now I can appreciate how so highly creative ARR went to give masakali. Thanks for helping me think about it and say it. -- Rawat
Re: [arr] AR Rehman’s master strokes come alive with Masakalli and Gaenda Fool
On 6/12/2009 9:44 AM India Time, _Gayathri Chandrakasan_ wrote: I still think that Delhi6 is a ripped off version of Swades.The theme is almost the same...A guy from US comes down to India and the story goes on about the new environment he endures. And what starts as amusement soon turned into a big revelation to him...he sees racism, caste difference eating into the people's mind. Women are only good for cooking and cleaning. In fact, the same Ramayana drama potrayed in Swades,can be seen in Delhi6 too. Here, please allow me to differ from you, gayathri ji. Swades was a kiddy movie - a totally artificial one. It was a forced movie, a made up cosmetic movie, a show case movie. There was no reality in it. A concept was picked and a loose story was woven to give shape to that concept. It was like a soul-less documentary like what shyam benegal made Bose to be - ticking down a list that such and such things are to be shown. My personal opinion that is, about the movie, while the music by our man was great. On the other hand, Delhi-6 the movie was superb, excellent, one of the most realistic and greatest movies ever made in India. It has soul - real Indian down-to-earth soul. So many dozens of character each having a tiny story of his own, appearing for 2 min, 5 min, 10 min on the screen and then going behind the curtain not to be missed or noticed while he/ she was not appearing - Well, that is how life is, that is how mind works - concentrating on whoever is present in front of the eyes. The actings were so natural and earthly and contained - probably except only prem chopra who appeared quite a filmy role. This movie can be seen a 100 times and each time you would notice new things that you had earlier seen but had conveniently forgotten as the next of the dozens of characters walked in to the screen. With so many parallel and interwoven sub-stories, it must be one of the most complex script ever written for Indian screen. The movie flopped because of badly conceived preaching at the end. People go to the cinema hall to get entertained, not to get an earful of lecture. It offended the ego of Indian public and so they turned it down. Also, it just lectured and didn't offer any as down-to-earth simple solution for the communal harmony problem as the rest of the movie portrayed, so the public came out of cinema halls empty handed really, with a heavy head. I hope Mehra learns from this fiasco of his destroying the greatest script at the end, and he would come up with better, more earthly films with an earthly ends. On the other hand, I have no hope from Ashutosh Gowarikar. He has been hit due to Aamir, SRK and Hritik so he gets financed and he has no brain or skills and he can't make any good movie. He would continue taking big names and those films will also be hit, however bad they are. -- Rawat
Re: [arr] The man who did the first ever interview of ARR!
HUMILITY is one thing which will STAY FOR EVER in ARR!!
[arr] Re: Rahmanism Tag Lines...
Hi All, please rub out this pt. no 4 4.Music is our religion,Rahmanji is our god Rest is good..especially pt. 11. Aren't we insulting God Almighty here.? AR would never like pt no. 4 Regards Yogesh --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vithur vith...@... wrote: Point No. 4 is dangerous.. Else are good... On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:43 PM, raamkumar vaidyanathanraamkumar_vaidyanat...@... wrote: 1.To be more HUMANIC pls try being more RAHMANIC 2.Ð¼Ï Ñιc Î¹Ñ our ÏÏrld - Ð¼Ï Ñι¢ = Rαнмαηji 3.We LUV BANGING our EAR DRUMS WIT SPELL BINDING MUSIC OF RAHMANJi 4.Music is our religion,Rahmanji is our god 5.A R Rahman â The Spirit of Music 6.We are mermerized by rahman ji 7.A R Rahman - The ART and SCIENCE of MUSIC 8.A day witout RAHMANJI'S music is incomplete for me, And if @ all it happen,probably thats d day wen ma soul R.I.P 9.If music is my life,His Tunes are H2O...:)i play ARR..i live in heaven:) 10.The Art of Love ~ Rahmanism ! - by Rαнмαη Æ'ÑâÑr Krishnan 11.No Rahman, No music - Know Rahman , Know Music Regards, Ram.. ~ Rαнмαη αddicÑâ¢Â ~ Explore and discover exciting holidays and getaways with Yahoo! India Travel Click here! -- regards, Vithur
Re: [arr] The man who did the first ever interview of ARR!
Thanx a TON bro!!
[arr] Rahman teams up with Tamil Nadu police
Rahman teams up with Tamil Nadu police IndiaGlitz [Friday, June 12, 2009] Ever imagined a collaboration with the State government’s Police Department and the man who stole the hearts of millions with his music? Apparently, there is a connection. The police department has decided on producing a short film with a view to entice youngsters and Rahman will compose music for it. Hoping to attract more attention of the youngsters by roping in the music youth icon, JK Tripathi requested a meeting with the Oscar-winning composer and asked him if he could compose music for the short film. The music composer, who has so far been part of many social causes like The Banyan, had given his immediate consent for the project. It may be recalled that AR Rahman had earlier done albums like Pray For Me Brother for social causes like eradicating poverty. It was after this meeting that AR Rahman actually went on to win the Oscars. Yet, despite his busy schedule post the Oscars, Rahman has clarified that he will be part of this project as it is for a noble cause. Rahman’s perseverance to be part of this endeavour, despite his national and international commitments, is said to have stepped up efforts by the department to bring out the short film quickly. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/47539.html -- regards, Vithur
[arr] An authorised biography of A.R. Rahman is being written by Kamini Mathai !!!!!
* Rahman's biography to hit stores soon!* Ajay Kumar R [June 12, 2009, 2:57:15 PM] Rahman fans will get to read about the the maestro's early years soon! An authorised biography of A.R. Rahman is being written by Kamini Mathai and should be in bookshops in the near future. The author will compile all the important occasions of Rahman's life, and the book will detail his every achievement. It also talks about his father's death, his school life, the reason why his family embraced Sufism, and his discovery by Mani Ratnam. Every day there is some news about the Mozart of Madras, and a biography was long overdue. Rahman now has many international offers coming his way, and the western audience has woken up to the achievements of Indian cinema. The legend who created some sensational music is now famous all over the world. An unknown fact is that there are some schools in the US where his music is used as a case study by graduate students. Rahman has started a music conservatory in Chennai through which he plans to raise awareness and also impart quality music education to many talented youngsters in India. Check out: http://kannada.galatta.com/entertainment/kannada/livewire/id/Rahmans_biography_to_hit_stores_soon_26417.html -- regards, Vithur
[ARR] Rahman, 2 more Indians, among most creative biz people
http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/jun/12/slide-show-1-rahman-among-most-creative-biz-people.htm
Re: [arr] Rahmanism Tag Lines
Luvd the last one... NO RAHMAN..NO MUSIC...KNOW RAHMAN...KNOW MUSIC Pretty interesting! --- On Fri, 6/12/09, pratap pratap_elen...@yahoo.com wrote: From: pratap pratap_elen...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [arr] Rahmanism Tag Lines To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 9:09 AM Wow, this one is pretty good http://indian- music-bgm. blogspot. com/ --- On Thu, 6/11/09, raamkumar vaidyanathan raamkumar_vaidyanat h...@yahoo. com wrote: From: raamkumar vaidyanathan raamkumar_vaidyanat h...@yahoo. com Subject: [arr] Rahmanism Tag Lines To: arr arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 9:16 AM Commit Ur Mistakes wen ARR song being played... Even God would be listening to it Regards, Ram.. ~ Rαнмαη αddicт™ ~ Share files, take polls, and make new friends - all under one roof. Click here.
Re: [arr] The man who did the first ever interview of ARR!
Congratulations to Mr. Kalyan Kumar for , he can never be forgotten. The Man who interviewed AR for the first time in history. Thanks to Aravind for posting the same. On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:50 PM, aravind...@yahoo.com wrote: Hey all, I came across the blog of Kalyan Kumar, who was the sub-editor of India Today magazine. He's also a screenplay/script writer for movies. He was the first person to interview Rahman, and the first ever interview of Rahman appeared in India Today. He has written in his blog about his interaction with Rahman. Not sure if it has been posted before! Here's the link for the blog post (It's in Tamil... Scroll down for my translation) http://kalyanje.blogspot.com/2009/02/blog-post_26.html ARR pics from the blog: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5HXnPkUOnPk/SaeXS2fCkkI/AIQ/ZTCD7Pfx7oQ/s1600-h/arrahman.JPG Translation: It was a fine Sunday morning, when I got a call from my friend, cinematographer Rajeev Menon, asking if we can meet! The meeting happened at 5 pm that day. I was then the sub editor of India Today, and was handling movies section too. Those days, Rajeev was working more on Ad films, than for movies. He told me about a youngster who was composing for his ad films - His name is Dileep. He has tremendous music sense. He's extremely talented in playing and handling all modern instruments. Moreover, Mani sir has signed him on for his next movie, after listening to some of his jingles. Wow.. thats something new, I thought, and collected a pic of Dileep shot by Rajeev and his phone number from Rajeev. Next day, I called up Dileep and he answered. I introduced myself and asked for a meeting with him. He immediately refused saying No sir... No Interviews now! Mani sir has asked me not to speak anything about the project! I retorted - You dont have to speak about the movie; speak about you! I would be pleased if India Today publishes details about the new music director who is Mani Ratnam's new find. I also told him that I'd already collected his photo from Rajeev Menon. Finally, later acceded to my request! The meeting happened at 4 pm. He was not a school kid. He was not yet a college student. He seemed to be just in that transition phase, with a shy smile on his face! His mom and sister were with him. His mom offered me cake and savouries they had purchased from the neighbourhood bakery, for me. Coffee followed. Then, we started talking. He told me a lot - about his father RK Shekar, about how music became his full-time job after his father's death, about the family background, about the conversion to islam, about his name change! He mentioned that the Mani film was a God-given gift for him. He conversed with him as though we're very close friends for a long time! He took me to his studio and played 2 songs from his new film. One of those songs was Chinna Chinna Aasai. After listening to it, I requested Rahman to play it once more. He was overjoyed and played it again. Just this one song is enough to take you to heights of fame, I told him and wished him all luck. Other their Mani sir, others connected with the film hadn't listened to the songs. I played it just for you. Your words are very encouraging, he said and thanked me. When I was leaving, he came out till his front gate and bid farewell to me. One week later, Rahman's mom called me - When can we see my son's photo in the magazine, dear brother? I could sense the eagerness and excitement in her voice. It will hit the stands in 2 days, mother. I'll come and give a few copies to you, even before that, I told her. En-route to my house from office, I visited Rahman's house with 5 copies of India Today, and gave it to them. The images of the proud mother and sister, smiling and sharing their happiness on seeing Rahman's photo in the magazine, still remains fresh in my memories. But, Rahman took this big news in a calm and composed manner. With a smile, he thanked me. His humbleness was there with him right from that time. After the release of Roja, there was no magazine which didnt feature Rahman's photo. After that, I met him a few more times as a reporter. Much to the envy of other reporters, he would approach me personally and talk to me like a friend. Once, in a press meet, he openly said He's the first person to interview me How can I not be close to him?. He hasn't yet lost that closeness to me. 8 years later, I'd moved from the press and started working for TV and movies. I wanted to produce a special program for Sun TV for Tamil New Years day, in association with my friend Balakrishnan. That program was - Special interview with Isai Puyal A.R.Rahman. Rahman had started rocking both the Hindi and Tamil film industry by then, and was very busy! It took me one week to just meet him. Since I was producing the program, I personally met Rahman, and asked for an appointment for the interview. He said,
[arr] Re: My top ten recent favorite ARR songs
Rehna tu Munbe Va Muusam and Escape Kaise mujhe Arziyaan Khwaja mera Ter bina Tu muskura kabhi aditi Jai ho Regards Elwiz
[arr] Re: My top ten recent favorite ARR songs
btw this is great to see Man Mohana on lists, it is my absolute favorite. i have recently started ARR's tamil biography and these days only playing tamil songs all the time (my wife remains angry with me, especially on weekends as i am at home playing it all the day. apparently she is not a fan of music without understanding it :) ). at the time some of my most favorites are: Varugiraai (Ah Aah) (Ah Aah is currently my most favorite tamil album) Vidai Kodu (Kannathil Muthamittal) Chittukkuruvi (Parasuram) Dolna Dolna (Parasuram) Vetrikodi (Padayappa) Sowkiyama Kanne (Sangamam) Mottu Vitta (Pavithra) Yenge Yenadhu Kavithai (Kandukondein Kandukondein) Kickku(Padayappa) Yenna Solla Pogirai (Kandukondein Kandukondein) Ellaappugazhum (Azhagiya Tamizh Magan) Senghaatrea (Tajmahal) Chotta Chotta [F] (Tajmahal) Girl Friend (Boys) Anbe Aaruyirae (Ah Aah) Kelaamal Kaiyile (Azhagiya Tamizh Magan) Ale Ale (Boys) Jack Jill (Parasuram) Adi Manjak Kilange (Tajmahal) Karisal Tharisil (Tajmahal) Thigu Thigu(Ah Aah) Neethan En Desiya Geetham (Paarthale Paravasam) Ada Mondru Ezhuthu (Paarthale Paravasam) Minsara Poovea(Padayappa) Acham Acham Illai (Indira) Udhaya Udhaya (Udhaya) Thiruvalli keni Rani (Udhaya) - Jahanzeb --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, greatest_arr_fan mjoshi2...@... wrote: My top ten recent: Man Mohana Delhi 6 Masakali Guzarish Kaise Mujhe Tu mera dost hai Tu muskura Kabhi Kabhi Aditi Nazrein mila na Yeh jo des hai tera --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Chord purevibz@ wrote: These are the songs I listen to most frequently nowadays: Man Mohanna Dil Gira Dafatan Mumbe Vaa Massakali Rehna Tu Zindagi Muskura Man Mohini More Man Chandre Arziyan
Re: [arr] Rahmanism Tag Lines...
Vithur concentrates more on point 4 kinda statements or Tag lines.. He corrected me too. He insists that ARRji doesn't like calling him 'GOD'. We shall follow it. Yes, others are really good, especially No Rahman No Music, Know Rahman Know Music. Thanks Regards P'ARR'THA. --- On Fri, 12/6/09, Vithur vith...@gmail.com wrote: From: Vithur vith...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [arr] Rahmanism Tag Lines... To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, 12 June, 2009, 10:11 AM Point No. 4 is dangerous... ... Else are good... On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:43 PM, raamkumar vaidyanathanraamkumar_vaidyanat h...@yahoo. com wrote: 1.To be more HUMANIC pls try being more RAHMANIC 2.мυѕιc ιѕ our ωσrld - мυѕι¢ = Rαнмαηji 3.We LUV BANGING our EAR DRUMS WIT SPELL BINDING MUSIC OF RAHMANJi 4.Music is our religion,Rahmanji is our god 5.A R Rahman — The Spirit of Music 6.We are mermerized by rahman ji 7.A R Rahman - The ART and SCIENCE of MUSIC 8.A day witout RAHMANJI'S music is incomplete for me, And if @ all it happen,probably thats d day wen ma soul R.I.P 9.If music is my life,His Tunes are H2O...:)i play ARR..i live in heaven:) 10.The Art of Love ~ Rahmanism ! - by Rαнмαη ƒє√єr Krishnan 11.No Rahman, No music - Know Rahman , Know Music Regards, Ram.. ~ Rαнмαη αddicт™ ~ _ _ __ Explore and discover exciting holidays and getaways with Yahoo! India Travel Click here! -- regards, Vithur Explore and discover exciting holidays and getaways with Yahoo! India Travel http://in.travel.yahoo.com/
[arr] ‘Slumdog’ magic rubs off on India abroad | Semi ARR
Bollywood and Indian culture is getting plenty of attention worldwide — thanks to the “Slumdog Millionaire” effect. Danny Boyle’s rags-to-riches romance about a poor Indian boy competing in a TV game show scooped eight Academy Awards earlier this year. The film’s global box-office success brought its relatively unknown young stars on the global stage (with lead actress Freida Pinto slated to star in Woody Allen’s next project). In the U.S., Bollywood’s arc of influence is creating thriving ancillary industries and garnering buzz for the likes of celebrity stylist Shalini Vadhera. The Los Angeles entrepreneur, with her Global Goddess beauty products, sits atop a business that brings in a million dollars annually. “I always feel like Obama winning for the African Americans is ‘Slumdog’ winning for us as Indian Americans and South Asians was fantastic,” she says. “Because it created an awareness that there are a lot of talented South Asians out there whether it’s in the field of entertainment or fashion or beauty and it’s been wonderful for my business.” Bollywood and its steady infiltration into Western culture is also boosting the profile of Rajan Shah, a self-taught player and music producer. “The other day I was walking in Hollister and guess what music they were playing. They were playing ‘Jai Ho’ by A.R. Rahman,” says Shah, who is based in Washington D.C. “And not just A.R. Rahman but bhangra music is everywhere now.” What do you think? ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ and Bollywood may have helped Indian culture make inroads into America, but is it just a temporary phase? http://blogs.reuters.com/indiamasala/2009/06/12/slumdog-magic-rubs-off-on-india-abroad/ Rαнмαη ƒє√єr™ ♫♫ His Music ~ My Mother Tongue Explore your hobbies and interests. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/
[arr] Re: Rahman's success is stunning :- Raihanna
weird, she appears to be praising Raja more than ARR. in fact like criticizing ARR that he takes long time to compose. - Jahanzeb --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vithur vith...@... wrote: Interview with Raihanna Q :- Your opinion about Illayaraja and A.R. Rahman ? Music of Raja is melodious than the flute. Rahman's music is beautiful, fast and rustic music. Raja used to act fast in the arena of music. He can compose many songs within the same day. But Rahman isnt like that. He sometimes, takes days to complete one particular song. Raja has a very seperate high pedestal in Music. Some of his select songs are very special. The songs that get released out of Rahman are less in number. But many of his songs are very famous. Raja is very famous in South India. But Rahman has crossed leaps and bounds and his music has transcended to International Arenas. His success in music is very technical and very stunning. ( to be continued ) Raani Magazine -- regards, Vithur
[arr] ’ 6 Min AR Medley Blast ! ’ | An experime ntal Fun Mix
’ 6 Min AR Medley Blast ! ’ | An experimental Fun Mix http://www.4shared.com/file/111289728/9051e60c/6_Min_AR_Medley_Blast_.html Just an experiment dearest friends. Tracks are decided earlier. Just tried to arrange it. So it was a challenge 'n fun at the same time to edit it. I know there's so much to improve. So your valuable comments are welcome. :-) PS. Just did it for fun. There's no wrong intention . please. Rαнмαη ƒє√єr™ ♫♫ His Music ~ My Mother Tongue Own a website.Get an unlimited package.Pay next to nothing.*Go to http://in.business.yahoo.com/
Re: [arr] The man who did the first ever interview of ARR!
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ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .
Wow! that was a very good read! thanks a lot bro! --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vinayakam Murugan mvinaya...@... wrote: Thanks a lot, Aravind. You rock. Warm Regards ~~~ Vinayak theregoesanotherday.blogspot.com On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 1:20 PM, aravind...@... wrote: Hey all, I came across the blog of Kalyan Kumar, who was the sub-editor of India Today magazine. He's also a screenplay/script writer for movies. He was the first person to interview Rahman, and the first ever interview of Rahman appeared in India Today. He has written in his blog about his interaction with Rahman. Not sure if it has been posted before! Here's the link for the blog post (It's in Tamil... Scroll down for my translation) http://kalyanje.blogspot.com/2009/02/blog-post_26.html ARR pics from the blog: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5HXnPkUOnPk/SaeXS2fCkkI/AIQ/ZTCD7Pfx7oQ/s1600-h/arrahman.JPG Translation: It was a fine Sunday morning, when I got a call from my friend, cinematographer Rajeev Menon, asking if we can meet! The meeting happened at 5 pm that day. I was then the sub editor of India Today, and was handling movies section too. Those days, Rajeev was working more on Ad films, than for movies. He told me about a youngster who was composing for his ad films - His name is Dileep. He has tremendous music sense. He's extremely talented in playing and handling all modern instruments. Moreover, Mani sir has signed him on for his next movie, after listening to some of his jingles. Wow.. thats something new, I thought, and collected a pic of Dileep shot by Rajeev and his phone number from Rajeev. Next day, I called up Dileep and he answered. I introduced myself and asked for a meeting with him. He immediately refused saying No sir... No Interviews now! Mani sir has asked me not to speak anything about the project! I retorted - You dont have to speak about the movie; speak about you! I would be pleased if India Today publishes details about the new music director who is Mani Ratnam's new find. I also told him that I'd already collected his photo from Rajeev Menon. Finally, later acceded to my request! The meeting happened at 4 pm. He was not a school kid. He was not yet a college student. He seemed to be just in that transition phase, with a shy smile on his face! His mom and sister were with him. His mom offered me cake and savouries they had purchased from the neighbourhood bakery, for me. Coffee followed. Then, we started talking. He told me a lot - about his father RK Shekar, about how music became his full-time job after his father's death, about the family background, about the conversion to islam, about his name change! He mentioned that the Mani film was a God-given gift for him. He conversed with him as though we're very close friends for a long time! He took me to his studio and played 2 songs from his new film. One of those songs was Chinna Chinna Aasai. After listening to it, I requested Rahman to play it once more. He was overjoyed and played it again. Just this one song is enough to take you to heights of fame, I told him and wished him all luck. Other their Mani sir, others connected with the film hadn't listened to the songs. I played it just for you. Your words are very encouraging, he said and thanked me. When I was leaving, he came out till his front gate and bid farewell to me. One week later, Rahman's mom called me - When can we see my son's photo in the magazine, dear brother? I could sense the eagerness and excitement in her voice. It will hit the stands in 2 days, mother. I'll come and give a few copies to you, even before that, I told her. En-route to my house from office, I visited Rahman's house with 5 copies of India Today, and gave it to them. The images of the proud mother and sister, smiling and sharing their happiness on seeing Rahman's photo in the magazine, still remains fresh in my memories. But, Rahman took this big news in a calm and composed manner. With a smile, he thanked me. His humbleness was there with him right from that time. After the release of Roja, there was no magazine which didnt feature Rahman's photo. After that, I met him a few more times as a reporter. Much to the envy of other reporters, he would approach me personally and talk to me like a friend. Once, in a press meet, he openly said He's the first person to interview me How can I not be close to him?. He hasn't yet lost that closeness to me. 8 years later, I'd moved from the press and started working for TV and movies. I wanted to produce a special program for Sun TV for Tamil New Years day, in association with my friend Balakrishnan. That program was - Special interview with Isai Puyal A.R.Rahman. Rahman had started rocking both the Hindi and Tamil film industry by then, and was very busy! It
Re: [arr] Rahmanism Tag Lines
yeahLets be original... like arr :P 2009/6/12 Prasanth Murali Nottath pnott...@gmail.com Unoriginal, the first one was seen when Tendulkar was batting at Sydney Commit all your crimes when Sachin is batting because even god would be watching it still good. 2009/6/12 pratap pratap_elen...@yahoo.com Wow, this one is pretty good http://indian-music-bgm.blogspot.com/ --- On *Thu, 6/11/09, raamkumar vaidyanathan raamkumar_vaidyanat...@yahoo.com* wrote: From: raamkumar vaidyanathan raamkumar_vaidyanat...@yahoo.com Subject: [arr] Rahmanism Tag Lines To: arr arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 9:16 AM Commit Ur Mistakes wen ARR song being played... Even God would be listening to it Regards, Ram.. ~ Rαнмαη αddicт(tm)http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Profile.aspx?uid=1844966648315912394 ~ -- Share files, take polls, and make new friends - all under one roof. Click here.http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_groups_8/*http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/ -- Temet Nosce
[arr] Couple of tweets on Couples Retreat Screening!
FoodSafetyLab: @Jon_Favreau all I can say is...my mouth hurts from still smiling as I recall scenes from your Couples Retreat, which I saw last night! FoodSafetyLab: saw a movie screening of Couples Retreat last night...AWESOME!! Vince Vaughn/Jon Favreau...as funny as The Hangover, if not, moreso DerekHousman: @Jon_Favreau just saw a screening of Couples Retreat, lots of laughs.
Re: [arr] Sivaji released!!! When
On 6/12/2009 9:54 AM India Time, _nickraman_ wrote: Chor Chor was released on VCD (Dubbed version of Thiruda Thiruda.) http://rental.bigflix.com/bigflix/Movie/Hindi/1993/Chor_Chor sorry buddy, I very much doubt that the movie actually got dubbed into Hindi or was ever released. There is no point going all way spending time, money and efforts to get a movie dubbed into another language and then NOT release it in cinema halls. There is no VCD image available on the site. May be they cooked up a database on the basis of some rumor or incorrect information. This group is the biggest get together of most authentic, sincere, die-hard fans of ARR, and it is hard to believe that none of knew in last 15 years that chor chor film was released. thanks. -- Rawat Might be a case of Love you Hamesha (Unreleased film, yet OST released.) Going by the Audio track listing, I got 2 questions: 1) Can we expect the CD to go out by Next week , given the fact that previous ARR releases have the listings come a day or week prior to release? Maybe this coming Monday? 2) Weird to see Javed Ali in place of S.P Balasubramaniam for Baleilakka. Why not SPB?
Re: [arr] Rahmanism Tag Lines...
Rahe Mahan Rahman :) On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:43 PM, raamkumar vaidyanathanraamkumar_vaidyanat h...@yahoo. com wrote: 1.To be more HUMANIC pls try being more RAHMANIC 2.мυѕιc ιѕ our ωσrld - мυѕι¢ = Rαнмαηji 3.We LUV BANGING our EAR DRUMS WIT SPELL BINDING MUSIC OF RAHMANJi 4.Music is our religion,Rahmanji is our god 5.A R Rahman — The Spirit of Music 6.We are mermerized by rahman ji 7.A R Rahman - The ART and SCIENCE of MUSIC 8.A day witout RAHMANJI'S music is incomplete for me, And if @ all it happen,probably thats d day wen ma soul R.I.P 9.If music is my life,His Tunes are H2O...:)i play ARR..i live in heaven:) 10.The Art of Love ~ Rahmanism ! - by Rαнмαη ƒє√єr Krishnan 11.No Rahman, No music - Know Rahman , Know Music Regards, Ram.. ~ Rαнмαη αddicт™ ~ _ _ __ Explore and discover exciting holidays and getaways with Yahoo! India Travel Click here! -- regards, Vithur
[arr] Re: Favorite ARR release in the past 3 years?
mine: 1 JA 2 SDM 3 Delhi 6 4 JTYJN 5 ATM 6 Guru 7 Sakkarakati --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, kishore parayath kishore.paray...@... wrote: Well... JILLENU ORU KADHAL GURU ATM ADA DELHI6
[arr] Food Distribution - June 14, 2009
All are welcome for our Weekly Food Distribution Activity Venue :- Near AM Studios Time :- 11 30 AM Chennai -- regards, Vithur
[arr] Re: Jaya He!
http://www.screenindia.com/news/jaya-he/471180/#
Re: [arr] LOTR musical London production
Karthik, Thanks for reminding. Didn't get a chance to buy one so far. As soon as I do I will mail you. Remind me by end of the month. Rgds, Mirza. Domain names from $1.99/year. Qwerty Domains. --- On Thu, 11/6/09, Karthik. Venkataraman dreamers...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Karthik. Venkataraman dreamers...@yahoo.com Subject: [arr] LOTR musical London production To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, 11 June, 2009, 9:24 PM Hi I may be a bit late on this one.. Has any of our UK based fans been able to buy the music on the LOTR london production from amazon.co.uk? If yes can someone be kind enough to upload the CD inlay card (again?). Regards Karthik
[arr] a quick question for audiophiles(non -AR)
guyz, when you import songs from cd to itunes which settings should we use for maximum sound quality. While I understand the thumb rule the larger the file size,better is the sound quality , i tried using both itune plus(256 kbps) and apple lossless encoder but couldn't see any apparent difference. Ironically, itune plus sounded better and i tested with very good headphones. Sorry for posting in this group. Thanks karthikeyan Explore and discover exciting holidays and getaways with Yahoo! India Travel http://in.travel.yahoo.com/
[arr] Passage Trailer Audio Clip
I have ripped the audio from the trailer video. Check it out. I hope it is by ARR. I mean the music used in the trailer... http://www.mediafire.com/?ljjnint23mm http://indian-music-bgm.blogspot.com/
[arr] [non-arr] The Home documentary with music by Armand Amar
This doesn't pertain to ARR but I presume that many would find it of interest. There's a new documentary titled Home that has just been released. It's about the ecological consequences of mankind plundering earths natural resources. It features fabulous aerial photography (by Yann Arthus Bertrand) and an excellent score by Armand Amar. Check the wiki page here. Until June 14th you can watch it for free on HD in Youtube at this link-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCUfeature=related Just set aside 90 minutes of your time and watch it! Armand Amar is a fave of mine and I'll say that the score for Home is one of his top works. Itunes has the score for $4
[arr] Roja Music Review
Guys, I've posted it earlier too.. Can we search around and see if we can find top magazines review on Roja's music. Let's try to get it. Contact whoever you think would give you a link to the final destination. Cheers. Bergin -- www.berginroy.com
