[arr] Official ARR groups in facebook, Myspace and twitter.

[mohammed sajin]

Hi Friends,

Could anyone mention the official ARR groups in facebook, Myspace and twitter.
It would be highly appreciated

 



 





  

Re: [arr] CHATURBUJAM

[mohammed sajin]

Chaturbujam is composed by Stephan Devasya.

The guy who played keyboard in kozhokode concert.

 



 









From: PRAKASH A 
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2009 5:06:54 PM
Subject: [arr] CHATURBUJAM

  
s chaturbujam our boss 's album.. i saw in many sites mentioing tat our boss 
composed. but in arrahman.com there s no such proof . can anyone just confirm 
this


Regards
Prakash
 

   


  

[arr] Re: Music Recommendations

[rayrai2k]

No harm discussing good music. But should always be kept in mind this is a 
group of AR fans. So the discussion shouldn't give ways for contradiction among 
its members. If you are really interested in discussing good music create a 
group and post a invite those interested like me will be happy to join. 
Swarathma is a group which is head by Vasu Dixit the younger brother of Raghu 
Dixit (ninna poojege bande maadeshwara fame) I recommend listen to "Raghu Dixit 
Project" an album which is class apart. apparently Swarathma was awarded the 
best band by the band hunt conducted by either MTV / Channel V (not sure who) 
along with SaReGaMa.

I am waiting for the Ooh lala band's album by the way.

-R


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Madhavan Rajan  wrote:
>
> I know most of us in the group, if not all, love good music not just of our
> AR but of any other artist as well. It is always good to explore unheard
> stuff and appreciate good music and promote them among the music lovers. I
> was wondering that on one hand AR wants to change the statement "Indian
> music is all about film music" by showcasing fresh talent through his KM
> label. I really appreciate that AR took this step that will really boost
> budding artists.
> I was just thinking, as music lovers, why don't we recommend good music in
> this group that you come across. It is a good chance for people here to
> listen to something new as well as it is good for artists as well. I have
> already seen few people recommending non-ARR albums in this group (One such
> was Advaita which was simply outstanding).
> 
> One recommendation from me today is the bangalore based band
> "Swarathma"
> (particularly for the song "Patte Saare"). I happened to listen to this song
> recently and it's really cool to listen some unconventional stuff. Do listen
> to it if you get a chance and do buy it if you like it :-)
> 
> -- 
> Cheers,
> Madhavan.R
> Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate!
>

Re: [arr] theekuruvai A R RAHMANS OUTSTANDING SONG

[vinu thiagu]

i agree wid u taimur...taz really an amazing song and one of the most 
complicated songs i have ever heard.in one of the shows..some judge said 
that...that song was out of the world(malayalam channel)...even trying that 
first stanza wud or may twist my toungue.

--- On Tue, 4/8/09, taimur.nadeem  wrote:

From: taimur.nadeem 
Subject: [arr] theekuruvai A R RAHMANS OUTSTANDING SONG
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, 4 August, 2009, 3:14 PM






 





   HI everyone,

 this is a review of  my most favorite tamil song of  AR RAHMAN. 
ITS the most surprising and unique song. do read the review its by SWAPS . i 
really liked it , it narrates the whole song brilliantly . i wanted to share 
with you people. its long but do read it and do listen to theekuruvai at that 
time. here you go



Theekkuruvi (Harini, Mukesh, Johnson; lyric by Thenmozhi): 



ARR chooses Harini to sing  along with 2 newcomers- Mukesh & Johnson. The song 
starts with a fast moorsing-like instrument immediately followed by Johnson's 
lines. The lines r quite interesting, 'Edhoma edho maadhiri...' which instantly 
catch ur attention. Johnson has a typical raw folk voice (like Maharajan, 
M.S.V., Shahul, etc.) & this proves to be an advantage here. Thruout the song, 
u'll hear temple bells which adds to the ancient/ vintage flavour of the song. 

After that, u'll really have to lend ur ears close to ur speakers. In the 
beginning, u'll not understand a word. Its sung so fast., 'thalaival ivathaan 
sillendru pattaa, kaadhal ivathaan sullunnu suttaa'. Its like those folkmen 
singing while working or travelling. After these lines, ARR creates an ambience 
for the song by reproducing wind & wave sounds. Harini begins the song which 
somewhat seems like a tongue-twister! For others, it may sound wierd. But the 
melody used is extremely engrossing & captivating. ARR has used a blend of 
ragas like Hamsadhwani, Shankarabharanam, Arabhi, Kalyani. The chords which he 
gives in each line r amazing. Its like filling empty spaces. 

In the last lines 'Theeyinai thee nadhiyinil thaedukiraay thandhiraa', Harini 
stops at upper Sa & then beautifully decends to the lower Sa with a brisk 
taanam encompassing all the notes(Sa Ni Dha Pa Ma Ga Re Sa). Mukesh takes over 
the rest of the pallavi which is prettymuch the same. The percussions r 
westernised while the melody is purely Indian. This can be called a true 
fusion. Everytime, they finish the pallavi, Johnson takes over with the opening 
lines. The 1st interlude is quite brief, with just a small piece of the flute. 

The piece tends to shift towards raga Kalyani employing the Teevra Madhyam 
towards the end. 

The charanams r equally challenging to sing. The female part is handled very 
well. Harini's voice has been blended cleverly where she sings the same lines 
in both upper & lower pitches. In the 1st charanam, Harini sings 2 lines & 
Mukesh takes over. The lines 'Idayoara moondraam piraye muththam aendhi vaa' 
employ a Shuddha Madhyam which really enhances the beauty of the song. This is 
the part where the raga shifts to Shankarabharanam.

 The 2nd interlude is awesome. After Johnson finishes his lines, ARR uses an 
electronic Mandolin (previously heard in 'Malargale' from Love Birds). Its 
quite a short piece but is played with great speed & command. U wish this cud 
continue for longer! When Mukesh starts the 2nd charanam with an alaap, his 
voice has been digitally modulated with cuts. Harini sings the rest of the 
charanam. But the real magic starts towards the end. While Harini ends the 
song, ARR layers her alaaps. She begins from the Upper Sa to the lower one, 
Upper Re to Lower Re & finally to upper Ga. This is called Meend in Hindustani 
terms. And then, everything stands still when u hear her double-speed taanams. 
God! she's too good. Its really difficult to take taanams at this speed. U feel 
like applauding already!

 Finally, Johnson & Harini attempt a jugalbandi. Johnson sings his lines 
'Thalaival ivathaan sillundra pattaa' & then Harini sings the taanams Pa Ni Sa 
Re` Sa Ni Pa, 3 times. The 'vote of thanks' is done by Naveen's ever-dependable 
flute. He plays the main tune of the song in his style while the temple bells 
create a climax & by rounding up with the notes of Hamsadhwani.. This song has 
a typical Kerela flavour & u'll agree when u listen to the song 'Padakaali' 
from Yoddha. Malayalam folk songs have this speciality of singing in 
double-speed . This is definitely one of the best composed songs.. Actually, 
the lyrics r so catchy that even if u dont understand a word, it amuses u to 
the core. There's a certain degree of anxiety & curuosity of what they r 
singing. Marvellously composed & arranged. Mukesh sounds fresh (very much like 
Karthik), Johnson's raw voice suits the mood & there's nothing more to say 
about Harini. Her singing speaks for her.



do write your comment



regards, 



taimur,

karachi,

Pakist

Re: [arr] 'Blue' promos from 14th August

[Anil Wadghule]

I am dying to see first promo!
-- Anil

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 9:35 AM, rivjot  wrote:

> The first promo of 'Blue' will be unveiled with 'Kaminey' next week Click
> here to add this article to My Clips
>
> By Taran Adarsh, August 4, 2009 - 08:51 IST
>
> Blue The coming weeks will witness the release of some hugely-anticipated
> films. The first promo of WANTED has met with tremendous response, with the
> aam junta greeting the promo with rare enthusiasm. This writer is confident
> that the first promo of Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision's BLUE, directed by
> Anthony D'Souza, will also be welcomed with whistles and claps. In fact, the
> first promo will be unveiled on 14th August with KAMINEY.
>
> While on BLUE, a section of the industry feels that the film won't make it
> in Diwali since the actors have yet to dub for the film and also A.R. Rahman
> has not recorded the background score yet. It's far from true, since Akshay
> Kumar has already completed his dubbing, while Sanju and Katrina are
> expected to dub in the forthcoming week.
>
> Also, the maestro, Rahman, has started recording the background score in
> Chennai. Sure, the CG work will take time, but the makers are 100% sure that
> BLUE will hit the screens on the scheduled date, on 16th October. That
> should put an end to all speculation vis-à-vis the release date of this
> biggie.
>
> http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2009/08/04/13133/index.html
>
>
>
> 
>
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> 
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[arr] Re: theekuruvai A R RAHMANS OUTSTANDING SONG

[nivensamy]

Really really big thanks to taimur and swaps for posting such a complete review 
on theekuruvai. Its a thing i;ve been wanting to write but im short of such 
knowledge on music constructions and raagas. Im really happy to see other 
enthusiasts about Kangalil keidu sei music as its really one among my top 5 
best albums ever...

One thing i want to add is that this song can be well sync with fireworks 
anyway, it surely does fireworks in my head... ;-)

Niven (Mauritius)


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Dinesh"  wrote:
>
> Taimur, im really really touched by the love u have for Kangalal Kaithi Sei 
> songs. Seriously, its the most complete album of ARR in the past few years, 
> IMHO ofcource, that has not been matched since then. All the songs had THE 
> ARR PUNCH all over that when u listen to them, u wont want to skip any parts 
> or stop it anywhere in the middle. :)... Truly the kind of ARR Album that im 
> most into. :)
> 
> Btw, the audio made it BEFORE the movie released. After the movie got 
> released, it pulled the songs down along with the movie's fate. If im not 
> mistaken, the movie was taken out of the theater after 2 -3 days of its 
> release. Same goes to Kadhal Virus. 
> 
> 
> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "taimur.nadeem"  wrote:
> >
> >  HI everyone,
> >  this is a review of  my most favorite tamil song of  AR 
> > RAHMAN. ITS the most surprising and unique song. do read the review its by 
> > SWAPS . i really liked it , it narrates the whole song brilliantly . i 
> > wanted to share with you people. its long but do read it and do listen to 
> > theekuruvai at that time. here you go
> > 
> > 
> > Theekkuruvi (Harini, Mukesh, Johnson; lyric by Thenmozhi): 
> > 
> >  ARR chooses Harini to sing  along with 2 newcomers- Mukesh & Johnson. The 
> > song starts with a fast moorsing-like instrument immediately followed by 
> > Johnson's lines. The lines r quite interesting, 'Edhoma edho maadhiri...' 
> > which instantly catch ur attention. Johnson has a typical raw folk voice 
> > (like Maharajan, M.S.V., Shahul, etc.) & this proves to be an advantage 
> > here. Thruout the song, u'll hear temple bells which adds to the ancient/ 
> > vintage flavour of the song. 
> > After that, u'll really have to lend ur ears close to ur speakers. In the 
> > beginning, u'll not understand a word. Its sung so fast., 'thalaival 
> > ivathaan sillendru pattaa, kaadhal ivathaan sullunnu suttaa'. Its like 
> > those folkmen singing while working or travelling. After these lines, ARR 
> > creates an ambience for the song by reproducing wind & wave sounds. Harini 
> > begins the song which somewhat seems like a tongue-twister! For others, it 
> > may sound wierd. But the melody used is extremely engrossing & captivating. 
> > ARR has used a blend of ragas like Hamsadhwani, Shankarabharanam, Arabhi, 
> > Kalyani. The chords which he gives in each line r amazing. Its like filling 
> > empty spaces. 
> > In the last lines 'Theeyinai thee nadhiyinil thaedukiraay thandhiraa', 
> > Harini stops at upper Sa & then beautifully decends to the lower Sa with a 
> > brisk taanam encompassing all the notes(Sa Ni Dha Pa Ma Ga Re Sa). Mukesh 
> > takes over the rest of the pallavi which is prettymuch the same. The 
> > percussions r westernised while the melody is purely Indian. This can be 
> > called a true fusion. Everytime, they finish the pallavi, Johnson takes 
> > over with the opening lines. The 1st interlude is quite brief, with just a 
> > small piece of the flute. 
> > The piece tends to shift towards raga Kalyani employing the Teevra Madhyam 
> > towards the end. 
> > The charanams r equally challenging to sing. The female part is handled 
> > very well. Harini's voice has been blended cleverly where she sings the 
> > same lines in both upper & lower pitches. In the 1st charanam, Harini sings 
> > 2 lines & Mukesh takes over. The lines 'Idayoara moondraam piraye muththam 
> > aendhi vaa' employ a Shuddha Madhyam which really enhances the beauty of 
> > the song. This is the part where the raga shifts to Shankarabharanam.
> >  The 2nd interlude is awesome. After Johnson finishes his lines, ARR uses 
> > an electronic Mandolin (previously heard in 'Malargale' from Love Birds). 
> > Its quite a short piece but is played with great speed & command. U wish 
> > this cud continue for longer! When Mukesh starts the 2nd charanam with an 
> > alaap, his voice has been digitally modulated with cuts. Harini sings the 
> > rest of the charanam. But the real magic starts towards the end. While 
> > Harini ends the song, ARR layers her alaaps. She begins from the Upper Sa 
> > to the lower one, Upper Re to Lower Re & finally to upper Ga. This is 
> > called Meend in Hindustani terms. And then, everything stands still when u 
> > hear her double-speed taanams. God! she's too good. Its really difficult to 
> > take taanams at this speed. U feel like applauding already!
> >  Finally, Johnson & Harini atte

Re: [arr] Revisiting 'Kangalil Keidu Sei'

[ARRvind]

One of My BEST favourites of ARR...!!! 




--- On Sat, 7/11/09, Arvind Ar  wrote:

From: Arvind Ar 
Subject: Re: [arr] Revisiting 'Kangalil Keidu Sei'
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, July 11, 2009, 10:14 AM

The satisfaction a hard core Rahmaniac gets after running
through the entire album of "Kangalaal Kaidhu Sei" is quite
stunning..!! But thats also a sad part since this album is not being spoken by 
any normal music lover.! Ace director Bharathiraaja collaborates again with ARR 
sir
with new faces in the leading role. Unfortunately, the film bombed at
the box-office thanks to pathetic acting by the leading stars and even more 
pathetic story and screenplay. And obviously,  the songs didnt get the 
recognition it deserved. But
nevertheless, personally, i loved the entire album. 


Anarkali --> Karthik, Chitra Sivaraman, Kadhir, Murtuza



 A strong Hindustani classical based romantic ballad by ARR. One feels like 
matching Odissi / Kathak steps to the tune brilliantly composed. Kadhir , 
Murtuza belt
out some great sargams towards the beginning, middle and the fag end of
the song. Rahman writes up a great rhythm with sensible percussion which may 
seem very repetitive through out the song, but also enjoyable.! The only 
put-off, personally for me, is the awful rendition of Chitra Sivaraman. She 
somehow doesn't fit to this song though she's done awesome job in others songs 
with ARR. She delivers with  a very carefree lazy attitude. However, Karthik 
completely masks this for me with his mindblowing rendition..!! 

Azhagiya Cinderella --> Hariharan

   "Aruvigal Mele Nokki PayindhidudheEnne ennakke arimugham 
seidhaai..." so starts a magical journey of a wonderful combo ARR - Hariharan. 
A great poetic imagination of lyricist Pa.Vijay in describing the beauty of a 
girl matching princess Cinderella's beauty. Hariharan must be
 THE BEST choice for this mesmerising melody and ARR is soo clever with his 
selection of singer. It keeps the listener drooling and swaying with haunting 
back vocals of the female chorus singers. "Konji Konji Vandhaay...Minji Minji 
Ponaay.." is delivered in such a featherlite way by the chorus. Amazing 
melody!!!


Ennuyir Thozhiyae ---> Unni Menon, Chinmayee

  Another heart warming melody by the mastroe. I am soo sadened with the 
fact that this song was so comfortably fogotten and written off. This may not 
be an instant connector, but its certainly a slow poison kinda song. It 
profusely grows on every next listening. The higher octaves by Unni 
"Iniyavale.Amaidhi Puratchi ondru nadandhade..."  registers very strongly 
in the minds and what to say about Chinmayee..?? She sounds
 just "out of the world" for me in this song. Her entry to this song is the 
first interlude bgm. One can easily mistake her haunting humming to some 
instrument being played. Her humming is so very inspiring with the piano 
backdrop. Also her rendition in this entire song is class apart. A very apt 
singer launched by ARR and he himself would feel it. The instrumentation of 
this song is also very very impressive. For all those ignorant about this song, 
i would strongly recommend this..!!

Thee Kuruviyai ---> Harini, Mukesh, Jhonson

  Welcome to the world of Tongue-twisters..!!! If you can challenge someone 
to twist their tongue in a giffy, this song is the best bet!!! This song is 
definitely a challenge for even the perfect Tamil speaker.All credits to the 
lyricist Thenmozhi for penning
 and more importantly the singers Harini and Mukesh for rendering such jet pacy 
lines..!! And what to say about ARR.!! He just plays a carefree -yet- perfect 
game with his Mandolins, flutes, voilins and what not..!! Awesome composition 
and brilliant singing by Harini with her strong carnatic touches particularly 
towards the end...where she hums amidst the mesmerisingly blown flute and 
chords. 

A Aa Tamizhamma ---> Mathangi, Raihanna, Blaaze 

   Time for some hip-hops and raps..!! A very trendy upbeat song much for the 
joyous teenagers. U cant help but tap your foot very unconsiously to the 
magical beats. Mathangi's tamil accent not withstanding, her voice quite well 
suits the theme. As per me, this is the only song she has sung for ARR. And 
Raihanna, the luckiest sibling of ARR has nothing much to do and she 
unfortunately doesn't register in the minds. Blaaze is also quite limitedly
 used in rendering only the Tamil alphabets in his rhythmic style. The techno 
beats are hugely inspiring but donno what went wrong with its commercial 
success in the countdowns. 

Having said all these, i cannot conclude without shouting at the choreographer 
of the songs and even the director for picturising all the songs in such a bad 
shape. None of the songs were visually good to say the least..!! Its better if 
ARR avoids such subjects in the future..!!




 
    

 
 
 
 

--- On Tue, 5/26/09, nivensamy  wrote:


From: nivensamy 
Subject: [arr] Revisiti

Re: [arr] Should ARR stop developing BGMs?

[Pradeepan R]

Actually , BGM is the lifeline of the movie.
Some of the greatest movies - both in India & around the world have had the
best scores to go with them.
The greatness of a Movie Director & Music composer lie in bringing out the
best of each other  to give a sum that is greater than the individual.
for eg,  a Giant Lizard is terrorizing a city..
you can give great dramatic music to this scene , but there is only a limit
to it..
Please watch some movies for which Ennio Morricone has given the score.
There are scenes which have tremendous impact - strangely though, there
won't be a dialog or actiion going on..
just the characters pondering or someone reflecting at himself..!!
ARR is a master at both.. he should continue to give BGMs.
I've listened to just ARR BGM;s for several hours..
personally though, I wish he gives more 'theme' based music , rather than
using the songs as BGM pieces.
stand out example  : The theme of the boy (Rythm).

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 2:30 AM, V S Rawat  wrote:

>
>
> I want to understand the connection between songs in a film as against
> BGM of a film. Does it, and how does it help in improving the quality of
> the music and/ or the BGM if the same person composes songs as well as
> BGM, or if they are composed by different persons?
>
> Normally, I think, songs-directors are quite busy and a song has to
> sound unique, different from his and others' other songs, songs should
> have instruments and style in tune with the time and place of the movie,
> the lyrics should reflect the psychological profile and social
> background/ religion/ caste/ maturity/ education of the character
> singing them on the screen, so songs in a film, I think, should be
> requiring more efforts, and as they also get sold to public, this
> commercial angle also requires more efforts to be put in the songs to
> make people shell out money.
>
> However, BGMs could be general. Human brains are not so much attuned to
> find similarities between BGMs of two different films, the reason could
> be that BGMs are sadly not sold nor made available to public so almost
> all of us happen to get to hear them only once or twice when we see the
> film and then we tend to forget them. Another drawback could be lack of
> lyrics in BGM. Lyrics in a song act as place marker, an aid to remember
> and repeat music, so when we memorize the lyrics, the song of those
> lyrics gets etched in our brain, but as there are no lyrics in BGM, it
> is mostly hard to memorize the BGM.
>
> Thus, BGM could be general. A BGM director can even prepare a BGM bank
> that he can keep on giving them to different films and people would mind.
>
> So, I think songs and BGMs are quite different area, having quite
> different requirement. Then, how would it help when a songs-master
> creates BGM or when a BGM-master creates song.
>
> In fact, I think a songs-master is more busy so he might not pay more
> attention in creating the BGM for the film so it might reduce the
> quality of the BGM if a songs-master creates them. Or, a songs-master
> might tend to create BGMs as "lyrics-less songs", that is, in
> independent, individual patches like he was creating a song for a
> situation but just didn't add lyrics to them.
>
> I want to know whether you think ARR should concentrate on creating
> songs and should leave BGMs to be developed by others, :-) even though
> we love BGMs or any piece of created by our man?
>
> --
> Rawat
>
>  
>



-- 
Cheers,
Pradeepan.

"All you need to do is, decide what to do with the time that is given to you
!"

[arr] Re: Oru Kanavin Isai (ARR's biography in Vikatan) - Week 14 - Scans and Translation

[Kulothungan]

Dear Arvind,

so far, v have really enjoyed ur service regarding ARR's biography in Ananda 
Vikatan, but for the past few weeks, u didn't send any scans or translation 
regarding this..

Please do ur work continuously so that we are very helpful to u.. Don't drop ur 
idea to send this..

Pls do favour us & v r very thankful to u..

Urs Kulo

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Aravind AM  wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> 
> Here are this week's scans. Scroll down for translation.
> 
> Flickr
> W14 P01
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/aravind_am/3702570729/
> W14 P02
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/aravind_am/3702570739/
> W14 P03
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/aravind_am/3702570741/
> 
> Mirror: PhotoBucket
> W14 P01
> 
> http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n260/aravind_am/W14P01.jpg
> 
> W14 P02
> 
> http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n260/aravind_am/W14P02.jpg
> 
> W14 P03
> 
> http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n260/aravind_am/W14P03.jpg
> 
> 
> Week 14
> 
> 
> 
> 
> “It took me several hours to digest the news. I’ve never
> seen any other musician with so much energy!”, said a shocked Rahman after
> Michael Jackson’s death.
> 
>  
> 
> After he won the Oscars, Rahman had met MJ and had spoken
> with him for a few minutes. Jackson had danced a few steps for Rahman. He had
> told Rahman that they should work together on a song for world peace â€"
> something like “We’re the world”. If that had happened, the world would 
> have
> listened to another world-class song. During the ‘MJ and friends’ concert 
> in
> Munich, Rahman had worked with MJ â€" he’d composed a song and sung it in 
> the
> concert.
> 
>  
> 
> During his childhood, Rahman was inspired by MJ. Post
> Thriller, Rahman listened to all MJ songs and was mesmerized by them. The
> spirituality in MJ’s voice impressed him. Many of Rahman’s songs like 
> ‘Muqabla’
> and ‘Maya Machindra’ had visuals inspired by MJ’s music videos (Remember
> the time).
> 
>  
> 
> There are many similarities between MJ and Rahman. Both of
> them entered the music field at a young age, and tasted tremendous success.
> They both have collaborated with world music artistes. Both of their songs 
> take
> time to sink in, and be liked. The reason for that being the minute nuances in
> arrangements in their songs.  Many of
> their songs are high pitched, and both can touch higher notes with ease. Both
> of them converted to Islam â€" Dileep became Rahman; Michael became Mikhail. 
> 
>  
> 
> The year was 1995 â€" the landmark year when Rahman’s music
> was moving on to the next level. Director Shankar’s ‘Kadhalan’ was
> dubbed into Hindi as ‘Hum se hai muqabla’. The Tamil versions of the
> songs had already become huge hits in North India, but after it was dubbed, it
> reached every nook and corner of the country. 
> 
>  
> 
> In the same year, ‘Bombay’, yet another master piece
> of Rahman got released in Tamil. Songs like ‘Humma Humma’, 
> ‘Kannaalanae’,
> ‘Uyire’ and ‘Kuchi Kuchi Rakkamma’ became super hits. 
> 
>  
> 
> Though Rahman had lent his voice for few short background
> bits in ‘Chinna Chinna Aasai’ and ‘Úrvasi’, it was ‘Andha
> Arabic Kadaloram’ in which Rahman debuted as a solo singer for a complete
> song. That song in his sharp voice rocked the charts. During any public event,
> Rahman would always be requested to sing this song, and he would shyly refuse.
> 
>  
> 
> (One thing to note here. Most orchestras avoid singing
> Rahman’s fast numbers as they feel it is almost impossible to replicate on
> stage, the effects that Rahman adds to the song in his hi-tech studio.)
> 
>  
> 
> In ‘Bombay’ album, Rahman had composed a very
> important piece of music. That one piece raised the eyebrows of many world
> musicians and made them wonder who’s this man! It was a complete flute-treat
> (played by Naveen Kumar). It is the Bombay theme music. It was a supernatural,
> haunting music, which served as the soul of the movie. The piece, which was 
> the
> background music for the riots scenes in the movie, mesmerized Bollywood
> musicians too. An English musician of Indian origin, Talvin Singh, included
> this theme music in his compilation, “Anokha: Soundz of the Asian
> Underground”. The western music world started getting familiar with
> A.R.Rahman.
> 
>  
> 
> “The flute instrumental gently rocks like a cradle. It is
> astonishing that classical music can be used even like this. This is the best
> I’ve listened to in the last few months. I’m extremely impressed by the
> arrangements and music production”, wrote noted music critic, Kingsley
> Marshall.
> 
>  
> 
> Till 1995, ‘Hum Aapke Hain Kaun’ held the record for
> best-selling album in the history of Indian films. The shy composer from
> Kodambakkam, Chennai broke this record. The music of Bombay, broke all
> records and became the all-time best selling album in India, and sold 15
> million cassettes (including

Re: [arr] Music Recommendations

[Roshan]

Listen to this - Mrityumjaya by Agni (It is an Indian Heavy Metal Rock
Band.. i guess one of the pioneers of Rock in India) Their tracks are quiet
melodious as well.  Especially loved the guitar solos in "Blues for Radha",
"Mrityumjaya" and "Agni"

and some more..

Hey Bhagwaan - Reghu Dixit

Global Village - Karunesh

Hang on Little Tomato - Pink Martini (if you like Jazz)

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Madhavan Rajan wrote:

>
>
> I know most of us in the group, if not all, love good music not just of our
> AR but of any other artist as well. It is always good to explore unheard
> stuff and appreciate good music and promote them among the music lovers. I
> was wondering that on one hand AR wants to change the statement "Indian
> music is all about film music" by showcasing fresh talent through his KM
> label. I really appreciate that AR took this step that will really boost
> budding artists.
>
> I was just thinking, as music lovers, why don't we recommend good music in
> this group that you come across. It is a good chance for people here to
> listen to something new as well as it is good for artists as well. I have
> already seen few people recommending non-ARR albums in this group (One such
> was Advaita which was simply outstanding).
>
> One recommendation from me today is the bangalore based band 
> "Swarathma"
> (particularly for the song "Patte Saare"). I happened to listen to this song
> recently and it's really cool to listen some unconventional stuff. Do listen
> to it if you get a chance and do buy it if you like it :-)
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Madhavan.R
> Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate!
>  
>



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Re: [arr] My request................is it possible?

[Roshan]

It's because Indian music labels think that Scores are not marketable as
songs.  Which is true as well to some extend.  I don't think a lot of of
people will be buying BGM CDs like they would buy Songs CDS.

I think the only way is to release them together.  usually a CD has 6 -7
songs, sometimes less and sometimes more.. but how difficult is it to
include another 5 of 8 pieces of Scores in between the songs ?  not only
would people buy an album because of the songs, but also the BGMs will get
promoted.  If a disk is not enough use another CD, but instead of putting
BGM as a separate disk, mix them together in two CDs

there is another catch here though,  our music reviewers will start
reviewing each and every scores as if they are songs and once they find it
is not as catchy as the songs, they may start rating low... Well, that is
because indian listeners are more accustomed to hearing only songs in a
movie. This well could be changed. Let's hope AR would take an initiative.



On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Madhavan Rajan wrote:

>
>
> Seriously, motion picture soundtracks should consist not only songs but
> scores as well. The problem is because of the underlying fact that in Indian
> music industry songs are used to promote the movie even before the movie is
> complete and thus there is no possibility of releasing scores with the
> songs. Music labels have nothing to do in this because it's the movie
> producers who own the rights of the score with the movie. I wonder why movie
> producers are not interested to invest time and money in releasing motion
> picture soundtrack after the movie release. Let's hope we get a solution
> soon.
>
> And if anybody knows, please let us know if AR holds any rights for the
> BGM's (at least for the recent films). If so, i think we can hope that there
> is a possibility of releasing it under his KM label. The only movie, as far
> as I know, that released the DVD with the background score was Taare Zameen
> Par. It was a wonderful step by Aamir Khan but never know the reason why it
> didn't carry forward.
>
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Vithur  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Inshallah ... Ameeen...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Chord  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> With every Rahman music release, just release the songs as usual. Once
>>> the movie hits, re-release either a single CD of just the BGMs or a double
>>> CD of the same songs (with extra versus, versions, etc.) plus a CD of the
>>> entire BGMs of the movie. Music companies will question profitabilitybut
>>> you know, with Rahman as a brand name these days, there is enough of a
>>> global market out there of music lovers and Rahman fans in my opinion who
>>> would gladly lap up a CD of his BGMs. Ok, fine, just release a limited
>>> edition..limited number of copies.say, ten thousand of the double CD
>>> with BGMs. Come on, there has got to be a way Or release the BGMs under
>>> KM label.. Come on guys, help me out here! Is this just wishful, fantasy
>>> thinking or is there even an ounce of a realistic possibility for this to
>>> happen?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> regards,
>> Vithur
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Madhavan.R
> Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate!
>  
>



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Re: [arr] Music Recommendations

[Pradeepan R]

When it comes to trying out new music, I always think I'm going to be like
Columbus ;)
I listen to lot of OST, especially from Movies I like.. they are the
lifeline to the movie..

So apart from the countless famous Rock, Pop artists that you know, here are
some peculiar interests of mine in no particular order.. Hope you enjoy
them. Which of them are must listens ? All of them !!! lol.->Cinema Paradiso
theme - Ennio Morricone

*Soundtrack:*
->Great Expectations theme - Patrick Doyle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wot35oHby5o
-> Cinema Paradiso Love theme - Ennio Morricone (makes me cry everytime :))
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptBXc4F5M3o
->Once upon a time in America theme - Ennio Morricone
->La Finestra Di Fonte - Andrea Guerra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycbREvuD33k
->L'Arena - Ennio Morricone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFJMNo8r8Xo
->Finding neverland OST
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iaq4w2m8KlM
->Schindler's List theme - John Williams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLK5OWU2YGw
->Forrest gump theme - Alan Silvestri


*Opera:*
1) Phantom of the Opera - Sarah Brightman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=450wlSkt9DQ
2) Abduction from the Sergalio - Mozart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uaLaFNzwgc
3) Ecstacy of Gold - Ennio Morricone

*African Pop:*
1) Sunshine Day - Osibisa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeH3OdgGHso
2) Dance the body Music - Osibisa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4VV3URvHZY

*Soul:*
1) Can't get enough of your love - Barry White
2) Killing me softly with his song - Roberta Flack

*Random:*
Siren - Tori Amos ( really funky :))
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyFlUwUMI5A
Mamavatu - Susheela raman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sggPbX90qpY
-> Rumi's poems - Seek in your heart (Sufi)
http://www.imeem.com/people/_b8-6tt/music/RbpmJhpV/seek-in-your-heart/


On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Madhavan Rajan wrote:

>
>
> I know most of us in the group, if not all, love good music not just of our
> AR but of any other artist as well. It is always good to explore unheard
> stuff and appreciate good music and promote them among the music lovers. I
> was wondering that on one hand AR wants to change the statement "Indian
> music is all about film music" by showcasing fresh talent through his KM
> label. I really appreciate that AR took this step that will really boost
> budding artists.
> I was just thinking, as music lovers, why don't we recommend good music in
> this group that you come across. It is a good chance for people here to
> listen to something new as well as it is good for artists as well. I have
> already seen few people recommending non-ARR albums in this group (One such
> was Advaita which was simply outstanding).
>
> One recommendation from me today is the bangalore based band 
> "Swarathma"
> (particularly for the song "Patte Saare"). I happened to listen to this song
> recently and it's really cool to listen some unconventional stuff. Do listen
> to it if you get a chance and do buy it if you like it :-)
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Madhavan.R
> Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate!
>  
>



-- 
Cheers,
Pradeepan.

"All you need to do is, decide what to do with the time that is given to you
!"

[arr] Enquiry about Ananda Vikatan Article

[Kulothungan]

Dear friend,

for the past 14 weeks, one of our Rahman's dear fan sent all the photos & 
theory content of Ananda Vikatan's Rahman's article..

It was very useful to read & safe in our hearts, but for a few weeks, there is 
no mail from u regarding this.

Please do continue your work & let's feel happy to read that continuously.. we 
are very eager to read them continuously as we read them very interestly for 
the past 14 weeks..

So, send this from 15th week's article in images as well as in english 
translation, so that all can read them easily.

Thank You

Urs,
S.Kulothungan.

[arr] Inspired from Mylapore Blues?

[Aravind AM]

I heard this song "Paadhi Kaadhal, Paadhi Mutham" from Modhi vilayadu on FM, 
and was immediately reminded of Mylapore Blues

Not the tune, but the way in which guitar and Ghatam are used in the 
background...
anyone else felt the same?

Aravind

 
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Re: [arr] Miracle!

[shahul hameed]

786 has got nothing to do with Divinity or The Divine.. Anyways that was
interestingly crazy.. :o)

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 7:33 AM, Vithur  wrote:

>
>
> Thats really great Madhavan.
>
> AR would be happy with the number... 786 Is a Divine Number...
>
> :-)
>
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 7:49 AM, Madhavan Rajan wrote:
>
>> [Attachment(s) <#122e56e115d4a446_122e3f47182a83eb_TopText> from
>> Madhavan Rajan included below]
>>
>> I was just adding all the songs from my music library to Nokia Music
>> Manager. I just saw the application categorizing the albums artist-wise and
>> suddenly I could see a group which read AR Rahman - 786 Tracks!!! Though I
>> had all AR songs in my library, I was surprised to see exactly 786 tracks in
>> one group...It was just a miracle... See attached pic...
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Madhavan.R
>> Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate!
>>
>
>
>
> --
> regards,
> Vithur
>
>
>
>  
>

[arr] Re: theekuruvai A R RAHMANS OUTSTANDING SONG

[vimaljk]

I would regard Kangalal Kaidhu Sei as one of AR Rahman's ten best 
soundtracks...does anyone know if the audio was a hit..like 
sales-wise..also..im curious to know if there are any official figures on AR 
Rahman's best selling Tamil albums


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Dinesh"  wrote:
>
> Taimur, im really really touched by the love u have for Kangalal Kaithi Sei 
> songs. Seriously, its the most complete album of ARR in the past few years, 
> IMHO ofcource, that has not been matched since then. All the songs had THE 
> ARR PUNCH all over that when u listen to them, u wont want to skip any parts 
> or stop it anywhere in the middle. :)... Truly the kind of ARR Album that im 
> most into. :)
> 
> Btw, the audio made it BEFORE the movie released. After the movie got 
> released, it pulled the songs down along with the movie's fate. If im not 
> mistaken, the movie was taken out of the theater after 2 -3 days of its 
> release. Same goes to Kadhal Virus. 
> 
> 
> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "taimur.nadeem"  wrote:
> >
> >  HI everyone,
> >  this is a review of  my most favorite tamil song of  AR 
> > RAHMAN. ITS the most surprising and unique song. do read the review its by 
> > SWAPS . i really liked it , it narrates the whole song brilliantly . i 
> > wanted to share with you people. its long but do read it and do listen to 
> > theekuruvai at that time. here you go
> > 
> > 
> > Theekkuruvi (Harini, Mukesh, Johnson; lyric by Thenmozhi): 
> > 
> >  ARR chooses Harini to sing  along with 2 newcomers- Mukesh & Johnson. The 
> > song starts with a fast moorsing-like instrument immediately followed by 
> > Johnson's lines. The lines r quite interesting, 'Edhoma edho maadhiri...' 
> > which instantly catch ur attention. Johnson has a typical raw folk voice 
> > (like Maharajan, M.S.V., Shahul, etc.) & this proves to be an advantage 
> > here. Thruout the song, u'll hear temple bells which adds to the ancient/ 
> > vintage flavour of the song. 
> > After that, u'll really have to lend ur ears close to ur speakers. In the 
> > beginning, u'll not understand a word. Its sung so fast., 'thalaival 
> > ivathaan sillendru pattaa, kaadhal ivathaan sullunnu suttaa'. Its like 
> > those folkmen singing while working or travelling. After these lines, ARR 
> > creates an ambience for the song by reproducing wind & wave sounds. Harini 
> > begins the song which somewhat seems like a tongue-twister! For others, it 
> > may sound wierd. But the melody used is extremely engrossing & captivating. 
> > ARR has used a blend of ragas like Hamsadhwani, Shankarabharanam, Arabhi, 
> > Kalyani. The chords which he gives in each line r amazing. Its like filling 
> > empty spaces. 
> > In the last lines 'Theeyinai thee nadhiyinil thaedukiraay thandhiraa', 
> > Harini stops at upper Sa & then beautifully decends to the lower Sa with a 
> > brisk taanam encompassing all the notes(Sa Ni Dha Pa Ma Ga Re Sa). Mukesh 
> > takes over the rest of the pallavi which is prettymuch the same. The 
> > percussions r westernised while the melody is purely Indian. This can be 
> > called a true fusion. Everytime, they finish the pallavi, Johnson takes 
> > over with the opening lines. The 1st interlude is quite brief, with just a 
> > small piece of the flute. 
> > The piece tends to shift towards raga Kalyani employing the Teevra Madhyam 
> > towards the end. 
> > The charanams r equally challenging to sing. The female part is handled 
> > very well. Harini's voice has been blended cleverly where she sings the 
> > same lines in both upper & lower pitches. In the 1st charanam, Harini sings 
> > 2 lines & Mukesh takes over. The lines 'Idayoara moondraam piraye muththam 
> > aendhi vaa' employ a Shuddha Madhyam which really enhances the beauty of 
> > the song. This is the part where the raga shifts to Shankarabharanam.
> >  The 2nd interlude is awesome. After Johnson finishes his lines, ARR uses 
> > an electronic Mandolin (previously heard in 'Malargale' from Love Birds). 
> > Its quite a short piece but is played with great speed & command. U wish 
> > this cud continue for longer! When Mukesh starts the 2nd charanam with an 
> > alaap, his voice has been digitally modulated with cuts. Harini sings the 
> > rest of the charanam. But the real magic starts towards the end. While 
> > Harini ends the song, ARR layers her alaaps. She begins from the Upper Sa 
> > to the lower one, Upper Re to Lower Re & finally to upper Ga. This is 
> > called Meend in Hindustani terms. And then, everything stands still when u 
> > hear her double-speed taanams. God! she's too good. Its really difficult to 
> > take taanams at this speed. U feel like applauding already!
> >  Finally, Johnson & Harini attempt a jugalbandi. Johnson sings his lines 
> > 'Thalaival ivathaan sillundra pattaa' & then Harini sings the taanams Pa Ni 
> > Sa Re` Sa Ni Pa, 3 times. The 'vote of thanks' is done by Naveen's 
> > ever-dependable flute. He plays the ma

Re: [arr] CHATURBUJAM

[Dinesh]

Its not by A.R.Rahman. Its just a mini compilation of modern Hindu religious 
numbers of Uma Mohan's " Sacred Chants" of all the volumes. But nevertheless, 
the songs r excellent!! U should listen to all the volumes. Esp the mantra " 
Vishwanathashtakam ". Simply too divine. U will feel God no matter what. :)

Song : Vishwanathashtakam
Artists : Uma Mohan, G.Ghayathri Devi, Saindhavi, Nirupa, Ramya, Uma Sundaram, 
Chitra, Us
Album : Sacred Chants Vol-II for Courage Confidence and Limitless Joy

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vithur  wrote:
>
> All the sites which mentioned that its an ARR album are FALSE. Its not done
> by ARR.
> 
> arrahman.com is TRUE AUTHORISED WEBSITE
> 
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 6:36 PM, PRAKASH A wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > s chaturbujam our boss 's album.. i saw in many sites mentioing tat our
> > boss composed. but in arrahman.com there s no such proof . can anyone just
> > confirm this
> >
> >
> > Regards
> > Prakash
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> regards,
> Vithur
>

Re: [arr] song tu hi tu

[Dinesh]

The Hindi audiences are not as harsh as the Tamil audiences to the foreign 
singers. U must see the series of some guys blogging on Singers like Udit 
Narayan, Madhushree, Sadhana Sargam, Roop Kumar Rathod etc etc. 

But i do know Chitra has a very thick South Indian accent to her Hindi songs. 
Esp taht number from Armaan of SEL.

But at the end of the day, we should look to their talent that how they handle 
the songs despite not understand the song fully and still make it a hit. :)

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, partha sarathi  wrote:
>
> I think its quite common. On Vis-a-Vis the hindi singers cannot do that kind 
> of justification in south indian songs if they had to sing as a normal 
> south indian singer does.
>  
> Thanks & Regards,
> P'ARR'THA.
> 
> --- On Tue, 4/8/09, Leslie D  wrote:
> 
> 
> From: Leslie D 
> Subject: Re: [arr] song tu hi tu
> To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, 4 August, 2009, 11:11 AM
> 
> 
>   
> 
> 
> 
> Upon reading your comment, I went back and heard the song again and I must 
> say I am now more convinced about my comments. Even Chitra is not upto the 
> mark with Hindi diction. "Subah", "Khwab" etc dont sound like a native 
> speaker singing it.
> 
> 
> Both of them are excellent singers but when Malayalam is your first language 
> then speaking Hindi becomes very difficult. क,ख,ग is not 
> easily distinguishab le. Not meant to hurt any Keralites as I am one. My 
> parents have been speaking Hindi for 40 odd years and still cant get some 
> words right.   
> 
> 
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 7:24 PM, taimur.nadeem  
> wrote:
> 
> 
>   
> 
> 
> 
> hi leslie,
> i am not able to understand whats wrong with sreekumars hindi or i can say 
> urdu pronunciation . he is very much ok , i have listened the song more than 
> hundred times i found no flaw in the pronunciation . tell me a single word in 
> the song which can be pointed out as badly delivered by sreekumar. how you 
> can say it man . its a mind blowing song , just superb no problems whatsoever 
> with the pronunciation. ok goodbye have a nice day .
> 
> regards,
> 
> taimur, 
> karachi,
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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[arr] Re: theekuruvai A R RAHMANS OUTSTANDING SONG

[Dinesh]

Taimur, im really really touched by the love u have for Kangalal Kaithi Sei 
songs. Seriously, its the most complete album of ARR in the past few years, 
IMHO ofcource, that has not been matched since then. All the songs had THE ARR 
PUNCH all over that when u listen to them, u wont want to skip any parts or 
stop it anywhere in the middle. :)... Truly the kind of ARR Album that im most 
into. :)

Btw, the audio made it BEFORE the movie released. After the movie got released, 
it pulled the songs down along with the movie's fate. If im not mistaken, the 
movie was taken out of the theater after 2 -3 days of its release. Same goes to 
Kadhal Virus. 


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "taimur.nadeem"  wrote:
>
>  HI everyone,
>  this is a review of  my most favorite tamil song of  AR RAHMAN. 
> ITS the most surprising and unique song. do read the review its by SWAPS . i 
> really liked it , it narrates the whole song brilliantly . i wanted to share 
> with you people. its long but do read it and do listen to theekuruvai at that 
> time. here you go
> 
> 
> Theekkuruvi (Harini, Mukesh, Johnson; lyric by Thenmozhi): 
> 
>  ARR chooses Harini to sing  along with 2 newcomers- Mukesh & Johnson. The 
> song starts with a fast moorsing-like instrument immediately followed by 
> Johnson's lines. The lines r quite interesting, 'Edhoma edho maadhiri...' 
> which instantly catch ur attention. Johnson has a typical raw folk voice 
> (like Maharajan, M.S.V., Shahul, etc.) & this proves to be an advantage here. 
> Thruout the song, u'll hear temple bells which adds to the ancient/ vintage 
> flavour of the song. 
> After that, u'll really have to lend ur ears close to ur speakers. In the 
> beginning, u'll not understand a word. Its sung so fast., 'thalaival ivathaan 
> sillendru pattaa, kaadhal ivathaan sullunnu suttaa'. Its like those folkmen 
> singing while working or travelling. After these lines, ARR creates an 
> ambience for the song by reproducing wind & wave sounds. Harini begins the 
> song which somewhat seems like a tongue-twister! For others, it may sound 
> wierd. But the melody used is extremely engrossing & captivating. ARR has 
> used a blend of ragas like Hamsadhwani, Shankarabharanam, Arabhi, Kalyani. 
> The chords which he gives in each line r amazing. Its like filling empty 
> spaces. 
> In the last lines 'Theeyinai thee nadhiyinil thaedukiraay thandhiraa', Harini 
> stops at upper Sa & then beautifully decends to the lower Sa with a brisk 
> taanam encompassing all the notes(Sa Ni Dha Pa Ma Ga Re Sa). Mukesh takes 
> over the rest of the pallavi which is prettymuch the same. The percussions r 
> westernised while the melody is purely Indian. This can be called a true 
> fusion. Everytime, they finish the pallavi, Johnson takes over with the 
> opening lines. The 1st interlude is quite brief, with just a small piece of 
> the flute. 
> The piece tends to shift towards raga Kalyani employing the Teevra Madhyam 
> towards the end. 
> The charanams r equally challenging to sing. The female part is handled very 
> well. Harini's voice has been blended cleverly where she sings the same lines 
> in both upper & lower pitches. In the 1st charanam, Harini sings 2 lines & 
> Mukesh takes over. The lines 'Idayoara moondraam piraye muththam aendhi vaa' 
> employ a Shuddha Madhyam which really enhances the beauty of the song. This 
> is the part where the raga shifts to Shankarabharanam.
>  The 2nd interlude is awesome. After Johnson finishes his lines, ARR uses an 
> electronic Mandolin (previously heard in 'Malargale' from Love Birds). Its 
> quite a short piece but is played with great speed & command. U wish this cud 
> continue for longer! When Mukesh starts the 2nd charanam with an alaap, his 
> voice has been digitally modulated with cuts. Harini sings the rest of the 
> charanam. But the real magic starts towards the end. While Harini ends the 
> song, ARR layers her alaaps. She begins from the Upper Sa to the lower one, 
> Upper Re to Lower Re & finally to upper Ga. This is called Meend in 
> Hindustani terms. And then, everything stands still when u hear her 
> double-speed taanams. God! she's too good. Its really difficult to take 
> taanams at this speed. U feel like applauding already!
>  Finally, Johnson & Harini attempt a jugalbandi. Johnson sings his lines 
> 'Thalaival ivathaan sillundra pattaa' & then Harini sings the taanams Pa Ni 
> Sa Re` Sa Ni Pa, 3 times. The 'vote of thanks' is done by Naveen's 
> ever-dependable flute. He plays the main tune of the song in his style while 
> the temple bells create a climax & by rounding up with the notes of 
> Hamsadhwani. This song has a typical Kerela flavour & u'll agree when u 
> listen to the song 'Padakaali' from Yoddha. Malayalam folk songs have this 
> speciality of singing in double-speed . This is definitely one of the best 
> composed songs. Actually, the lyrics r so catchy that even if u dont 
> understand a word, it amuses u

[arr] Music Recommendations

[Madhavan Rajan]

I know most of us in the group, if not all, love good music not just of our
AR but of any other artist as well. It is always good to explore unheard
stuff and appreciate good music and promote them among the music lovers. I
was wondering that on one hand AR wants to change the statement "Indian
music is all about film music" by showcasing fresh talent through his KM
label. I really appreciate that AR took this step that will really boost
budding artists.
I was just thinking, as music lovers, why don't we recommend good music in
this group that you come across. It is a good chance for people here to
listen to something new as well as it is good for artists as well. I have
already seen few people recommending non-ARR albums in this group (One such
was Advaita which was simply outstanding).

One recommendation from me today is the bangalore based band
"Swarathma"
(particularly for the song "Patte Saare"). I happened to listen to this song
recently and it's really cool to listen some unconventional stuff. Do listen
to it if you get a chance and do buy it if you like it :-)

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

Re: [arr] My request................is it possible?

[Madhavan Rajan]

Seriously, motion picture soundtracks should consist not only songs but
scores as well. The problem is because of the underlying fact that in Indian
music industry songs are used to promote the movie even before the movie is
complete and thus there is no possibility of releasing scores with the
songs. Music labels have nothing to do in this because it's the movie
producers who own the rights of the score with the movie. I wonder why movie
producers are not interested to invest time and money in releasing motion
picture soundtrack after the movie release. Let's hope we get a solution
soon.
And if anybody knows, please let us know if AR holds any rights for the
BGM's (at least for the recent films). If so, i think we can hope that there
is a possibility of releasing it under his KM label. The only movie, as far
as I know, that released the DVD with the background score was Taare Zameen
Par. It was a wonderful step by Aamir Khan but never know the reason why it
didn't carry forward.

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Vithur  wrote:

>
>
> Inshallah ... Ameeen...
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Chord  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> With every Rahman music release, just release the songs as usual. Once the
>> movie hits, re-release either a single CD of just the BGMs or a double CD of
>> the same songs (with extra versus, versions, etc.) plus a CD of the entire
>> BGMs of the movie. Music companies will question profitabilitybut you
>> know, with Rahman as a brand name these days, there is enough of a global
>> market out there of music lovers and Rahman fans in my opinion who would
>> gladly lap up a CD of his BGMs. Ok, fine, just release a limited
>> edition..limited number of copies.say, ten thousand of the double CD
>> with BGMs. Come on, there has got to be a way Or release the BGMs under
>> KM label.. Come on guys, help me out here! Is this just wishful, fantasy
>> thinking or is there even an ounce of a realistic possibility for this to
>> happen?
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> regards,
> Vithur
>
>
>
>  
>



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

[arr] Which language is this?

[Vivek !]

Hi All,

In the song 'Putham Pudhu Boomi'/'Jhoom Jhoom Nache Hum' from Thiruda 
Thiruda/Chor Chor, some unrecognizable words (for me atleast) are used. Those 
are being used at multiple places in the same song.
 
1. 0.46 - 0.56
2. 1.37 -1.47
3. 4.23 - 4.37
 
If someone knows the language used in it, please let us know. It doesnt sound 
like English, Tamil or Hindi.
 
Thanks,
Vivek.


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[arr] Anna University Doctorate - Video

[ilovearrmusic]

hi friends

2 days before posted but my post was missing.updated videos...:)

http://www.youtube.com/arrahmanworld

thank you

anbudan
pyarilal

Re: [arr] Should ARR stop developing BGMs?

[Madhavan Rajan]

I beg to differ. Ideally, It should work the other way around! Composers'
primary responsibility is to write the score for the movie though they can
also contribute in writing few songs. Director explains the shot to the
cinematographer and shoots the scene. Then the composer watches the scene,
writes the cues wherever needed to carry the emotions of the scene to the
viewer. Songs with the lyrics ideally should be used to convey a message,
some times the story itself, as needed by the movie. The amount of
plagiarism in Indian music industry sometimes prove that a song with the
tune composed by someone else fits so perfectly in the movie. But it will
never workout with the score because, i feel that's where the primary
responsibility of composer lies in; to understand what the director has to
convey to the audience and to compose accordingly.
Again, since in Indian movie industry there is a traditional approach of
incorporating at least 5 songs in a movie, music composers most of the times
are forced to limit the major themes (scores) to the base tune of the songs.
Moreover, since each song has it's own emotions, they put in all their
effort in composing the songs and then they produce main BGMs by composing
the base tune of the songs in different octaves with slight variations in
the tune itself or by playing them using different instruments. Director and
the music director in the presence of cinematographer place these major
themes in various parts of the movie. The other smaller cues are composed by
watching the movie. It's totally subjective and I don't know whether this
way of composing the score is right or not.

Even if there is a "Song master" and a "Score master" as you refer, in
Indian film industry, scores are always written with the help of base tunes
from the songs. If you consider the movie Kisna as an example, AR had to use
some tunes of the songs written by Ismail Darbar in the BGM's.

I would love AR to continue writing great scores for the movies and
slowly change the tradition by composing more songs independently and
releasing them as own albums, sell those songs to movie producers
if they want to use them in their movies!! Wouldn't it be awesome??


On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 12:00 PM, V S Rawat  wrote:

>
>
> I want to understand the connection between songs in a film as against
> BGM of a film. Does it, and how does it help in improving the quality of
> the music and/ or the BGM if the same person composes songs as well as
> BGM, or if they are composed by different persons?
>
> Normally, I think, songs-directors are quite busy and a song has to
> sound unique, different from his and others' other songs, songs should
> have instruments and style in tune with the time and place of the movie,
> the lyrics should reflect the psychological profile and social
> background/ religion/ caste/ maturity/ education of the character
> singing them on the screen, so songs in a film, I think, should be
> requiring more efforts, and as they also get sold to public, this
> commercial angle also requires more efforts to be put in the songs to
> make people shell out money.
>
> However, BGMs could be general. Human brains are not so much attuned to
> find similarities between BGMs of two different films, the reason could
> be that BGMs are sadly not sold nor made available to public so almost
> all of us happen to get to hear them only once or twice when we see the
> film and then we tend to forget them. Another drawback could be lack of
> lyrics in BGM. Lyrics in a song act as place marker, an aid to remember
> and repeat music, so when we memorize the lyrics, the song of those
> lyrics gets etched in our brain, but as there are no lyrics in BGM, it
> is mostly hard to memorize the BGM.
>
> Thus, BGM could be general. A BGM director can even prepare a BGM bank
> that he can keep on giving them to different films and people would mind.
>
> So, I think songs and BGMs are quite different area, having quite
> different requirement. Then, how would it help when a songs-master
> creates BGM or when a BGM-master creates song.
>
> In fact, I think a songs-master is more busy so he might not pay more
> attention in creating the BGM for the film so it might reduce the
> quality of the BGM if a songs-master creates them. Or, a songs-master
> might tend to create BGMs as "lyrics-less songs", that is, in
> independent, individual patches like he was creating a song for a
> situation but just didn't add lyrics to them.
>
> I want to know whether you think ARR should concentrate on creating
> songs and should leave BGMs to be developed by others, :-) even though
> we love BGMs or any piece of created by our man?
>
> --
> Rawat
>
>  
>



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

Re: [arr] Should ARR stop developing BGMs?

[fani kalyan]

Oh no, not even in my wildest dreamsSong and BGM 'masters' ???Neways AR is a 
master of both!

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 12:00 PM, V S Rawat  wrote:













 





  I want to understand the connection between songs in a film 
as against 

BGM of a film. Does it, and how does it help in improving the quality of 

the music and/ or the BGM if the same person composes songs as well as 

BGM, or if they are composed by different persons?



Normally, I think, songs-directors are quite busy and a song has to 

sound unique, different from his and others' other songs, songs should 

have instruments and style in tune with the time and place of the movie, 

the lyrics should reflect the psychological profile and social 

background/ religion/ caste/ maturity/ education of the character 

singing them on the screen, so songs in a film, I think, should be 

requiring more efforts, and as they also get sold to public, this 

commercial angle also requires more efforts to be put in the songs to 

make people shell out money.



However, BGMs could be general. Human brains are not so much attuned to 

find similarities between BGMs of two different films, the reason could 

be that BGMs are sadly not sold nor made available to public so almost 

all of us happen to get to hear them only once or twice when we see the 

film and then we tend to forget them. Another drawback could be lack of 

lyrics in BGM. Lyrics in a song act as place marker, an aid to remember 

and repeat music, so when we memorize the lyrics, the song of those 

lyrics gets etched in our brain, but as there are no lyrics in BGM, it 

is mostly hard to memorize the BGM.



Thus, BGM could be general. A BGM director can even prepare a BGM bank 

that he can keep on giving them to different films and people would mind..



So, I think songs and BGMs are quite different area, having quite 

different requirement. Then, how would it help when a songs-master 

creates BGM or when a BGM-master creates song.



In fact, I think a songs-master is more busy so he might not pay more 

attention in creating the BGM for the film so it might reduce the 

quality of the BGM if a songs-master creates them. Or, a songs-master 

might tend to create BGMs as "lyrics-less songs", that is, in 

independent, individual patches like he was creating a song for a 

situation but just didn't add lyrics to them.



I want to know whether you think ARR should concentrate on creating 

songs and should leave BGMs to be developed by others, :-) even though 

we love BGMs or any piece of created by our man?



--

Rawat




 

  





















-- 
regards,
Vithur





 

  




 
















  

[arr] Re: Should ARR stop developing BGMs?

[adrcc2]

Maybe you haven't noticed but most BGM compositions by Rahman sahb are derived 
from the composed songs themselves. He uses the same instrumentation in both 
his songs and his BGMs. This adds a unique flow to the movie 
(Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy do that as well) and this is something you wouldn't get 
with eg a guy like Sanjoy Chaudhury.

So no I'm strongly for him continuing BGMs. But i'd also wish to have official 
releases of these BGMs (like SEL did for Dil Chahta Hai and Taare Zameen Par) 
because I listen to lots on scores. Personally, I've got to like the music 
first...and only after a few listens will I try to figure out what's being 
said. I listen to his tamil music, icelandic music, spanish music without 
understanding the lyrics and that opens a lot of horizons. 

So again, yes, he should never stop doing BGMs. And yes, there is a market for 
BGMs, so they should be released.

Adarsh
www.adarsh.me

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, V S Rawat  wrote:
>
> I want to understand the connection between songs in a film as against 
> BGM of a film. Does it, and how does it help in improving the quality of 
> the music and/ or the BGM if the same person composes songs as well as 
> BGM, or if they are composed by different persons?
> 
> Normally, I think, songs-directors are quite busy and a song has to 
> sound unique, different from his and others' other songs, songs should 
> have instruments and style in tune with the time and place of the movie, 
> the lyrics should reflect the psychological profile and social 
> background/ religion/ caste/ maturity/ education of the character 
> singing them on the screen, so songs in a film, I think, should be 
> requiring more efforts, and as they also get sold to public, this 
> commercial angle also requires more efforts to be put in the songs to 
> make people shell out money.
> 
> However, BGMs could be general. Human brains are not so much attuned to 
> find similarities between BGMs of two different films, the reason could 
> be that BGMs are sadly not sold nor made available to public so almost 
> all of us happen to get to hear them only once or twice when we see the 
> film and then we tend to forget them. Another drawback could be lack of 
> lyrics in BGM. Lyrics in a song act as place marker, an aid to remember 
> and repeat music, so when we memorize the lyrics, the song of those 
> lyrics gets etched in our brain, but as there are no lyrics in BGM, it 
> is mostly hard to memorize the BGM.
> 
> Thus, BGM could be general. A BGM director can even prepare a BGM bank 
> that he can keep on giving them to different films and people would mind.
> 
> So, I think songs and BGMs are quite different area, having quite 
> different requirement. Then, how would it help when a songs-master 
> creates BGM or when a BGM-master creates song.
> 
> In fact, I think a songs-master is more busy so he might not pay more 
> attention in creating the BGM for the film so it might reduce the 
> quality of the BGM if a songs-master creates them. Or, a songs-master 
> might tend to create BGMs as "lyrics-less songs", that is, in 
> independent, individual patches like he was creating a song for a 
> situation but just didn't add lyrics to them.
> 
> I want to know whether you think ARR should concentrate on creating 
> songs and should leave BGMs to be developed by others, :-) even though 
> we love BGMs or any piece of created by our man?
> 
> --
> Rawat
>

Re: [arr] Re: song tu hi tu

[Leslie D]

I am sorry if I sounded harsh. The fact is that when I listened to these
songs I felt really bad that the songs were spoiled due to bad diction. The
fact is that Indian languages are so different from each other that it is
rare for people to have equal mastery over both south Indian as well as
north Indian languages.
I have always believed that to do full justice to a song it has to be sung
by people who can sing in that language. If MGS, Chitra are not up to mark
in Hindi the same applies to Udit and Sukhwinder in Tamil. Some singers do
take an extra effort to sound right like Shreya Ghosal, Sadhna in Tamil. The
best example is the song "Unna Vide" by Shreya for some IR movie. I cant
recollect the movie name (Some Kamal movie).

BTW do you think ARR will now give an OK to Minmini if she sings the way she
sang "Dil Hai Chota Sa" in Hindi. I dont think so. I remember my friends
mocking the song. Minmini couldnt get "chota" word right.


On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 9:19 AM, taimur.nadeem wrote:

>
>
>
> hi leslie,
> you have earlier given a wrong statement that the pronunciaion is not good.
> now you have come to the point this is the matter of dialect and accent that
> the words seem to be badly delivered. i was surprised when you said
> torturous pronunciation of sreekumar that was harsh comment. both the
> singers have done justice to the song and A R RAHMAN have spelled magic on
> it. top class stuff simple as that.
>
> regards,
>
> taimur
>
>
> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com ,
> Leslie D  wrote:
> >
> > Upon reading your comment, I went back and heard the song again and I
> must
> > say I am now more convinced about my comments. Even Chitra is not upto
> the
> > mark with Hindi diction. "Subah", "Khwab" etc dont sound like a native
> > speaker singing it.
> > Both of them are excellent singers but when Malayalam is your first
> language
> > then speaking Hindi becomes very difficult. क,ख,ग is not
> > easily distinguishable. Not meant to hurt any Keralites as I am one. My
> > parents have been speaking Hindi for 40 odd years and still cant get some
> > words right.
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 7:24 PM, taimur.nadeem wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > hi leslie,
> > > i am not able to understand whats wrong with sreekumars hindi or i can
> say
> > > urdu pronunciation . he is very much ok , i have listened the song more
> than
> > > hundred times i found no flaw in the pronunciation . tell me a single
> word
> > > in the song which can be pointed out as badly delivered by sreekumar.
> how
> > > you can say it man . its a mind blowing song , just superb no problems
> > > whatsoever with the pronunciation. ok goodbye have a nice day .
> > >
> > > regards,
> > >
> > > taimur,
> > > karachi,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>  
>

Re: [arr] CHATURBUJAM

[Vithur]

All the sites which mentioned that its an ARR album are FALSE. Its not done
by ARR.

arrahman.com is TRUE AUTHORISED WEBSITE

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 6:36 PM, PRAKASH A wrote:

>
>
> s chaturbujam our boss 's album.. i saw in many sites mentioing tat our
> boss composed. but in arrahman.com there s no such proof . can anyone just
> confirm this
>
>
> Regards
> Prakash
>
>  
>



-- 
regards,
Vithur

Re: [arr] Anyone has any idea what's happening on ARR's front on 07/08/09.

[mmykhel]

Yeah its happening . Oh la la  - winners ...done a album under KM musiq ...its 
getting released . ARR not composed any tracks in that ..  Launch function is 
happening in HOTEL GREEN PARK .






http://www.oohlalala.in/music_album.php




Watch out this space. 

Saregama India Ltd takes immense pleasure in announcing that a new music album, 
handpicked by Oscar Award Winner A.R.Rahman, featuring the winning bands of the 
popular show “Ooh la la la” is to be released soon by none other than the star 
music composer himself. 

The album is the culmination of Saregama’s effort in bringing to fore the best 
talent across India and nurturing music legend A R Rahman’s vision through “Ooh 
la la la” , India’s first band hunt. 

The much-awaited album by the winning bands under the auspices of the great A R 
Rahman were recorded in his highly distinguished A.M.Studio. The studio has 
seen many reputed international artists and sound tracks for many award winning 
movies, including the Oscar winning movie “Slumdog Millionaire”, National award 
winning movies like “Roja”, “Rang de Basanthi”, “Bombay” just to name a few. 
Each band recorded songs of their own composition giving the album a creative 
mix of different genres of music.







Thanks

Michael

-Original Message-
From: partha_sachin 
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, Aug 4, 2009 2:59 am
Subject: [arr] Anyone=2
0has any idea what's happening on ARR's front on 07/08/09.




























  
Hi All,



Could anyone tell me as to what is happening on ARR's front on 07/08/09 in 
chennai. I heard there is an ALBUM release on this day. I futher heard that ARR 
composed the music and the ones who played are the artists who won the 'Oh La 
La'competetion. 



Please do update if there is such an event happening. 



Thanks & Regards

P'ARR'THA.





 


  






















 

Re: [arr] Anyone has any idea what's happening on ARR's front on 07/08/09.

[Vithur]

Its KM Day and there is a function organsied in Music Academy Chennai. There
is no ALBUM Release news as of now...



On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 12:29 PM, partha_sachin wrote:

>
>
> Hi All,
>
> Could anyone tell me as to what is happening on ARR's front on 07/08/09 in
> chennai. I heard there is an ALBUM release on this day. I futher heard that
> ARR composed the music and the ones who played are the artists who won the
> 'Oh La La'competetion.
>
> Please do update if there is such an event happening.
>
> Thanks & Regards
> P'ARR'THA.
>
>  
>



-- 
regards,
Vithur

Re: [arr] My request................is it possible?

[Vithur]

Inshallah ... Ameeen...



On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Chord  wrote:

>
>
> With every Rahman music release, just release the songs as usual. Once the
> movie hits, re-release either a single CD of just the BGMs or a double CD of
> the same songs (with extra versus, versions, etc.) plus a CD of the entire
> BGMs of the movie. Music companies will question profitabilitybut you
> know, with Rahman as a brand name these days, there is enough of a global
> market out there of music lovers and Rahman fans in my opinion who would
> gladly lap up a CD of his BGMs. Ok, fine, just release a limited
> edition..limited number of copies.say, ten thousand of the double CD
> with BGMs. Come on, there has got to be a way Or release the BGMs under
> KM label.. Come on guys, help me out here! Is this just wishful, fantasy
> thinking or is there even an ounce of a realistic possibility for this to
> happen?
>
>  
>



-- 
regards,
Vithur

Re: [arr] Should ARR stop developing BGMs?

[Vithur]

I very strongly believe and feel that ARR should do the BGMs himself and not
leave it to anyone...

I am very very particular in this  Thanks..

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 12:00 PM, V S Rawat  wrote:

>
>
> I want to understand the connection between songs in a film as against
> BGM of a film. Does it, and how does it help in improving the quality of
> the music and/ or the BGM if the same person composes songs as well as
> BGM, or if they are composed by different persons?
>
> Normally, I think, songs-directors are quite busy and a song has to
> sound unique, different from his and others' other songs, songs should
> have instruments and style in tune with the time and place of the movie,
> the lyrics should reflect the psychological profile and social
> background/ religion/ caste/ maturity/ education of the character
> singing them on the screen, so songs in a film, I think, should be
> requiring more efforts, and as they also get sold to public, this
> commercial angle also requires more efforts to be put in the songs to
> make people shell out money.
>
> However, BGMs could be general. Human brains are not so much attuned to
> find similarities between BGMs of two different films, the reason could
> be that BGMs are sadly not sold nor made available to public so almost
> all of us happen to get to hear them only once or twice when we see the
> film and then we tend to forget them. Another drawback could be lack of
> lyrics in BGM. Lyrics in a song act as place marker, an aid to remember
> and repeat music, so when we memorize the lyrics, the song of those
> lyrics gets etched in our brain, but as there are no lyrics in BGM, it
> is mostly hard to memorize the BGM.
>
> Thus, BGM could be general. A BGM director can even prepare a BGM bank
> that he can keep on giving them to different films and people would mind.
>
> So, I think songs and BGMs are quite different area, having quite
> different requirement. Then, how would it help when a songs-master
> creates BGM or when a BGM-master creates song.
>
> In fact, I think a songs-master is more busy so he might not pay more
> attention in creating the BGM for the film so it might reduce the
> quality of the BGM if a songs-master creates them. Or, a songs-master
> might tend to create BGMs as "lyrics-less songs", that is, in
> independent, individual patches like he was creating a song for a
> situation but just didn't add lyrics to them.
>
> I want to know whether you think ARR should concentrate on creating
> songs and should leave BGMs to be developed by others, :-) even though
> we love BGMs or any piece of created by our man?
>
> --
> Rawat
>
>  
>



-- 
regards,
Vithur

[arr] CHATURBUJAM

[PRAKASH A]

s chaturbujam our boss 's album.. i saw in many sites mentioing tat our boss 
composed. but in arrahman.com there s no such proof . can anyone just confirm 
this


Regards
Prakash



  

[arr] My request................is it possible?

[Chord]

With every Rahman music release, just release the songs as usual.  Once the 
movie hits, re-release either a single CD of just the BGMs or a double CD of 
the same songs (with extra versus, versions, etc.) plus a CD of the entire BGMs 
of the movie.  Music companies will question profitabilitybut you know, 
with Rahman as a brand name these days, there is enough of a global market out 
there of music lovers and Rahman fans in my opinion who would gladly lap up a 
CD of his BGMs.  Ok, fine, just release a limited edition..limited number 
of copies.say, ten thousand of the double CD with BGMs.  Come on, there has 
got to be a way  Or release the BGMs under KM label..  Come on guys, 
help me out here!  Is this just wishful, fantasy thinking or is there even an 
ounce of a realistic possibility for this to happen? 

[arr] Re: 'Blue' promos from 14th August

[Chord]

Great news!  We now have a tentative time frame for the release of the 
musiclate August to mid September, if no further delays.


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "rivjot"  wrote:
>
> The first promo of 'Blue' will be unveiled with 'Kaminey' next week Click 
> here to add this article to My Clips
> 
> By Taran Adarsh, August 4, 2009 - 08:51 IST
> 
> Blue The coming weeks will witness the release of some hugely-anticipated 
> films. The first promo of WANTED has met with tremendous response, with the 
> aam junta greeting the promo with rare enthusiasm. This writer is confident 
> that the first promo of Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision's BLUE, directed by 
> Anthony D'Souza, will also be welcomed with whistles and claps. In fact, the 
> first promo will be unveiled on 14th August with KAMINEY.
> 
> While on BLUE, a section of the industry feels that the film won't make it in 
> Diwali since the actors have yet to dub for the film and also A.R. Rahman has 
> not recorded the background score yet. It's far from true, since Akshay Kumar 
> has already completed his dubbing, while Sanju and Katrina are expected to 
> dub in the forthcoming week.
> 
> Also, the maestro, Rahman, has started recording the background score in 
> Chennai. Sure, the CG work will take time, but the makers are 100% sure that 
> BLUE will hit the screens on the scheduled date, on 16th October. That should 
> put an end to all speculation vis-à-vis the release date of this biggie.
> 
> http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2009/08/04/13133/index.html
>

Re: [arr] It's August...........is Blue around the corner?

[Madhavan Rajan]

Thanks for the info Amith!

If it happens, it would be a biggest birthday gift that I can get! I'm also
waiting for an official announcement of Puli audio release.

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Amith Chandhran wrote:

>
>
> Okay, some info here. According to a Tseries distributor in Mumbai, the
> tentative release date is this 28th August. Also the mp3 pen drives and
> audio CDs will release one after one.
>
> -
> Sent from my Windows Mobile® phone.
>
> --
> From: Chord 
> Sent: 04 August 2009 06:40
> To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [arr] It's August...is Blue around the corner?
>
>
>
>
> [The entire original message is not included]
> 
>



-- 
Cheers,
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Re: [arr] Revisiting "Karuthamma"(1994)- A Rustic Rural Score

[sureshmechnit]

Here is a lovely BGM piece from Karuthamma

http://backgroundscore.blogspot.com/2008/09/background-score-41.html

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vithur  wrote:
>
> BGMs were as always superb and so different.
> 
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 7:33 PM, ARRvind  wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > Karuthamma!! The very name sounds like a south indian village belle
> > whose story forms the crux. The main credits to be rolled out here are :
> >
> > Direction: Bharathi Raja
> >
> > Star Cast : Raja, Maheshwari, Rajashri
> >
> > Music : A R Rahman (Not sure about the background score though!)
> >
> > Lyrics : Vairamuthu
> >
> >
> >  Bharathi Raja, who is a thespian in making village based movies comes up
> > with this triangular love story with lesser known actors. This must be the
> > first time collaboration of the director with ARR who was until then dubbed
> > as the "technology backed musician". ARR broke all records with this movie
> > along with other village based Kizhakku Cheemayile and Vandicholai
> > Chinnarasu and proved all critics wrong and how!!. It made every critic run
> > and hide their face..!! BR - ARR - Vairamuthu combo has been very
> > artistically successful than commercial.!
> >
> >   Theanmerku Paruvakaatru ---> Unni Krishnan , Chitra
> >
> >  It was a dream offer for Unni who was until then singing only solos,
> > got a chance to sing his first ever duet and with whom..? His most favourite
> > singer Chitra..!!! (based on excerpts from his interview). The song begins
> > with droplets with a soothing drumbeats..!! Followed by the ever soothing
> > nightingalish voice of Chitra with her lines...and then Unni repeats her
> > lines..Though he is a legend in classical arena, he goes very mushy and
> > romantic in this song showing his lighter side. The interludes, particularly
> > the second interludes mesmerises like heavans...!!! The water droplets sound
> > in the background throughout the song makes the listener feel the rain
> > without visually seeing the song. The last charanam by Chitra is just
> > hummingand what an effect she leaves behind is only to be
> > experienced..!!! Amazing romantic song...!!!
> >
> >
> > Pachhaikili Paadum ---> Minmini , Shahul Hameed, Chorus
> >
> >   Welcome to the world of Cocks, Hens, Bulls and Birds and some rustic
> > country side voice tones of Shahul Hameed and Minmini. Shahul is like 100%
> > perfect pick for this song. This song is  melodious and  folksy as well.
> > Sadly, did not get the deserved recognition it should have got.  The female
> > chorus part is also equally charged up and dub some of the animatic sounds.
> > Particularly, hear it carefully when Minmini goes "Kondattam...indru
> > thendralukku dinam dinam...", a donkey hee-haaws in rhythm. Only ARR can
> > make a donkey sound in rythm..  ;) . Full masti and entertaining song...!!!
> >
> > Kaadu Potta Kaadu --> Malaysia Vasudevan, Bharati Raja, T K Kala
> >
> >The two thespians Malaysia Vasudevan and Bharati Raja unite in this
> > very situational song. Cannot be termed as the best by ARR. He has casually
> > belted out this number with some nice flutes and chords. Certainly will not
> > appeal to the listeners unless they are live and breathe the country air. T
> > K Kala enters only in the second interlude BGM with her traditional pathos
> > flavoured voice. Could have sounded even more better for me..!!!
> >
> > Aaraaro Aariraaro ---> T K Kala, Theni Kunjarammal
> >
> > A great choice of singers by ARR for this heart wrenching
> > tragedy piece. I really dont know how Theni Kunjarammal sounds in-syc even
> > if she goes out of pitch many times especially for the patho songs. Its this
> > particular wonder that she got many offers from ARR. And nothing to say
> > about T K Kala. Its completely her genre. She adds a special warmth that
> > cannot be easily ignored. The music is completely minimal here and yet
> > sounds great in the background.
> >
> > Pooraale Ponnuthaayi (Happy Version) --> Unni Menon, Sujatha
> >
> >The "Pudhu Vellai Mazhai" jodi Unni and Sujatha re -unite in this happy
> > version of Porale Ponnuthayi. A mindblowing melody with nice interludes and
> > humourous lyrics. The same happy version was re-used by ARR as "Chanda
> > Taare.." with Ustaad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan saab..!!! I absolutely marvel at
> > this knack of ARR to make a same song sound in completely contrasting
> > genres. Hats off to him..!!
> >
> >
> > Poorale Ponnuthaayi (Sad Version) ---> Swarnalatha
> >
> >For me, personally, Karuthamma is synonymous with Swarnalatha...and its
> > just because of this song..!! She has typically lived in the skin of the
> > character while rendering this heart melting wonder..!! And rightly so, was
> > the recepient of the prestigious National Award winner for the Best Playback
> > Singer Female of that year..!!! Be it her initial aalaps, her haunting
> > pallavis and charanams and the long breathless finishing towards the end
> >

[arr] Couples Retreat is set for an October 9 release date, but it looks like production isn't finished yet.

[mohammed sajin]

Jon Favreau Reveals Reshoots For "Couples Retreat"
Anne Lu - Celebrity News Service News Writer
Los
Angeles, CA (CNS) - Jon Favreau is reshooting some scenes for his
upcoming comedy. The "Iron Man" director has revealed that "Couples
Retreat" needs to re-shoot some scenes.
The Universal Pictures
comedy centers on four couples who go on a tropical island resort for a
couple's retreat. While, one of the couples is there to work on their
marriage, the others got tagged along in for the ride, not realizing
that the therapy sessions are mandatory.
Favreau wrote and stars
on the film alongside Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Faizon Love, Malin
Akerman, Kristin Davis, and Kristen Bell.
The film is set for an October 9 release date, but it looks like production 
isn't finished yet.
Favreau
posted on his Twitter account on Wednesday, "Just got sent script
pages. Preparing for Couples Retreat reshoots tomorrow. No rest for the
weary."
He did not specify how much scenes they have to reshoot,
but the actor/filmmaker said that he is prepping for a scene with
Vaughn and his "movie wife" Davis.
He followed up the post on
Friday with "Tomorrow is last day acting in Couples Retreat reshoots. I
am looking forward to getting back to my day job on Iron Man."


http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7015961828?Jon%20Favreau%20Reveals%20Reshoots%20For





 





  

Re: [arr] Roja theme remake

[Kaushik Srenevasan]

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, ARRvind  wrote:
>
> Awesome work...!!! U made me go back to those days.really haunting..
> 

Thanks for all the comments! I've uploaded the MIDI file to - 
http://www.srenevasan.org/~kaushik/music/roja-theme.mid

Thanks,
Kaushik

[arr] Re: song tu hi tu

[taimur.nadeem]

hi leslie,
  you have earlier given a wrong statement that the pronunciaion is not 
good. now you have come to the point this is the matter of dialect and accent 
that the words seem to be badly delivered. i was surprised when you said 
torturous pronunciation of sreekumar that was harsh comment. both the singers 
have done justice to the song and A R RAHMAN have spelled magic on it. top 
class stuff simple as that.

regards,

taimur
















--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Leslie D  wrote:
>
> Upon reading your comment, I went back and heard the song again and I must
> say I am now more convinced about my comments. Even Chitra is not upto the
> mark with Hindi diction. "Subah", "Khwab" etc dont sound like a native
> speaker singing it.
> Both of them are excellent singers but when Malayalam is your first language
> then speaking Hindi becomes very difficult. क,ख,ग is not
> easily distinguishable. Not meant to hurt any Keralites as I am one. My
> parents have been speaking Hindi for 40 odd years and still cant get some
> words right.
> 
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 7:24 PM, taimur.nadeem wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > hi leslie,
> > i am not able to understand whats wrong with sreekumars hindi or i can say
> > urdu pronunciation . he is very much ok , i have listened the song more than
> > hundred times i found no flaw in the pronunciation . tell me a single word
> > in the song which can be pointed out as badly delivered by sreekumar. how
> > you can say it man . its a mind blowing song , just superb no problems
> > whatsoever with the pronunciation. ok goodbye have a nice day .
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > taimur,
> > karachi,
> >
> >  
> >
>

Re: [arr] song tu hi tu

[Moin Ul Haque]

I dont agree in here, K J Yesudas has one of the finest accent i have heard
amongst singers, whose first language is not Hindi.K J Yesudas sang a lot of
Hindi Songs in the  80's under musical genuises of R D Burman, Khayyam,
Ravindra Jain, Usha Khanna and many other musicians. Many of the songs he
sang were the landmark of his singing career.

Thanks
Regards
Moin.H


On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 1:01 AM, Farzad Khaleel  wrote:

>
>
> M.G Sreekumar & K.J Yesudas has a heavy South Indian Accent. The people who
> heard the song O Bhanwre, Kissa Hum Likhenge etc can clearly spot the
> difference in the pronunciation of Hindi Words. But the female singers like
> K.S Chithra, Kavitha Krishnamoorthy and Sujatha does extremely well in
> Hindi.
>
> In the same case Benny Dayal does a fairly good job in Hindi taking the
> fact that he is also from Kerala.
>
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Gomzy™  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> The song rocks but obviously the guy has a heavy south indian accent.
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 11:54 PM, taimur.nadeem 
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> hi leslie,
>>> i am not able to understand whats wrong with sreekumars hindi or i can
>>> say urdu pronunciation . he is very much ok , i have listened the song more
>>> than hundred times i found no flaw in the pronunciation . tell me a single
>>> word in the song which can be pointed out as badly delivered by sreekumar.
>>> how you can say it man . its a mind blowing song , just superb no problems
>>> whatsoever with the pronunciation. ok goodbye have a nice day .
>>>
>>> regards,
>>>
>>> taimur,
>>> karachi,
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Farzad Khaleel
>
> www.rahmaniac.com
>
>   
>



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promised  it would be worth it.

[arr] theekuruvai A R RAHMANS OUTSTANDING SONG

[taimur.nadeem]

 HI everyone,
 this is a review of  my most favorite tamil song of  AR RAHMAN. 
ITS the most surprising and unique song. do read the review its by SWAPS . i 
really liked it , it narrates the whole song brilliantly . i wanted to share 
with you people. its long but do read it and do listen to theekuruvai at that 
time. here you go


Theekkuruvi (Harini, Mukesh, Johnson; lyric by Thenmozhi): 

 ARR chooses Harini to sing  along with 2 newcomers- Mukesh & Johnson. The song 
starts with a fast moorsing-like instrument immediately followed by Johnson's 
lines. The lines r quite interesting, 'Edhoma edho maadhiri...' which instantly 
catch ur attention. Johnson has a typical raw folk voice (like Maharajan, 
M.S.V., Shahul, etc.) & this proves to be an advantage here. Thruout the song, 
u'll hear temple bells which adds to the ancient/ vintage flavour of the song. 
After that, u'll really have to lend ur ears close to ur speakers. In the 
beginning, u'll not understand a word. Its sung so fast., 'thalaival ivathaan 
sillendru pattaa, kaadhal ivathaan sullunnu suttaa'. Its like those folkmen 
singing while working or travelling. After these lines, ARR creates an ambience 
for the song by reproducing wind & wave sounds. Harini begins the song which 
somewhat seems like a tongue-twister! For others, it may sound wierd. But the 
melody used is extremely engrossing & captivating. ARR has used a blend of 
ragas like Hamsadhwani, Shankarabharanam, Arabhi, Kalyani. The chords which he 
gives in each line r amazing. Its like filling empty spaces. 
In the last lines 'Theeyinai thee nadhiyinil thaedukiraay thandhiraa', Harini 
stops at upper Sa & then beautifully decends to the lower Sa with a brisk 
taanam encompassing all the notes(Sa Ni Dha Pa Ma Ga Re Sa). Mukesh takes over 
the rest of the pallavi which is prettymuch the same. The percussions r 
westernised while the melody is purely Indian. This can be called a true 
fusion. Everytime, they finish the pallavi, Johnson takes over with the opening 
lines. The 1st interlude is quite brief, with just a small piece of the flute. 
The piece tends to shift towards raga Kalyani employing the Teevra Madhyam 
towards the end. 
The charanams r equally challenging to sing. The female part is handled very 
well. Harini's voice has been blended cleverly where she sings the same lines 
in both upper & lower pitches. In the 1st charanam, Harini sings 2 lines & 
Mukesh takes over. The lines 'Idayoara moondraam piraye muththam aendhi vaa' 
employ a Shuddha Madhyam which really enhances the beauty of the song. This is 
the part where the raga shifts to Shankarabharanam.
 The 2nd interlude is awesome. After Johnson finishes his lines, ARR uses an 
electronic Mandolin (previously heard in 'Malargale' from Love Birds). Its 
quite a short piece but is played with great speed & command. U wish this cud 
continue for longer! When Mukesh starts the 2nd charanam with an alaap, his 
voice has been digitally modulated with cuts. Harini sings the rest of the 
charanam. But the real magic starts towards the end. While Harini ends the 
song, ARR layers her alaaps. She begins from the Upper Sa to the lower one, 
Upper Re to Lower Re & finally to upper Ga. This is called Meend in Hindustani 
terms. And then, everything stands still when u hear her double-speed taanams. 
God! she's too good. Its really difficult to take taanams at this speed. U feel 
like applauding already!
 Finally, Johnson & Harini attempt a jugalbandi. Johnson sings his lines 
'Thalaival ivathaan sillundra pattaa' & then Harini sings the taanams Pa Ni Sa 
Re` Sa Ni Pa, 3 times. The 'vote of thanks' is done by Naveen's ever-dependable 
flute. He plays the main tune of the song in his style while the temple bells 
create a climax & by rounding up with the notes of Hamsadhwani. This song has a 
typical Kerela flavour & u'll agree when u listen to the song 'Padakaali' from 
Yoddha. Malayalam folk songs have this speciality of singing in double-speed . 
This is definitely one of the best composed songs. Actually, the lyrics r so 
catchy that even if u dont understand a word, it amuses u to the core. There's 
a certain degree of anxiety & curuosity of what they r singing. Marvellously 
composed & arranged. Mukesh sounds fresh (very much like Karthik), Johnson's 
raw voice suits the mood & there's nothing more to say about Harini. Her 
singing speaks for her.

do write your comment

regards, 

taimur,
karachi,
Pakistan

Re: [arr] Miracle!

[Vithur]

Thats really great Madhavan.

AR would be happy with the number... 786 Is a Divine Number...

:-)

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 7:49 AM, Madhavan Rajan wrote:

> [Attachment(s) <#122e3f47182a83eb_TopText> from Madhavan Rajan
> included below]
>
> I was just adding all the songs from my music library to Nokia Music
> Manager. I just saw the application categorizing the albums artist-wise and
> suddenly I could see a group which read AR Rahman - 786 Tracks!!! Though I
> had all AR songs in my library, I was surprised to see exactly 786 tracks in
> one group...It was just a miracle... See attached pic...
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Madhavan.R
> Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate!
>  
>



-- 
regards,
Vithur

[arr] Anyone has any idea what's happening on ARR's front on 07/08/09.

[partha_sachin]

Hi All,

Could anyone tell me as to what is happening on ARR's front on 07/08/09 in 
chennai. I heard there is an ALBUM release on this day. I futher heard that ARR 
composed the music and the ones who played are the artists who won the 'Oh La 
La'competetion. 

Please do update if there is such an event happening. 

Thanks & Regards
P'ARR'THA.

Re: [arr] song tu hi tu

[partha sarathi]

I think its quite common. On Vis-a-Vis the hindi singers cannot do that kind of 
justification in south indian songs if they had to sing as a normal south 
indian singer does.
 
Thanks & Regards,
P'ARR'THA.

--- On Tue, 4/8/09, Leslie D  wrote:


From: Leslie D 
Subject: Re: [arr] song tu hi tu
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, 4 August, 2009, 11:11 AM


  



Upon reading your comment, I went back and heard the song again and I must say 
I am now more convinced about my comments. Even Chitra is not upto the mark 
with Hindi diction. "Subah", "Khwab" etc dont sound like a native speaker 
singing it.


Both of them are excellent singers but when Malayalam is your first language 
then speaking Hindi becomes very difficult. क,ख,ग is not easily distinguishab 
le. Not meant to hurt any Keralites as I am one. My parents have been speaking 
Hindi for 40 odd years and still cant get some words right.   


On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 7:24 PM, taimur.nadeem  wrote:


  



hi leslie,
i am not able to understand whats wrong with sreekumars hindi or i can say urdu 
pronunciation . he is very much ok , i have listened the song more than hundred 
times i found no flaw in the pronunciation . tell me a single word in the song 
which can be pointed out as badly delivered by sreekumar. how you can say it 
man . its a mind blowing song , just superb no problems whatsoever with the 
pronunciation. ok goodbye have a nice day .

regards,

taimur, 
karachi,



















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Re: [arr] Roja theme remake

[Vithur]

Shall upload soon

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 8:34 AM, Pradeepan R wrote:

>
>
> hi Vithur.
> Searched the Group, could find only this:
> *Hey Everybody
>
> I have some 50 BGms from Roja ( BUT with voices here and there ) , as I
> myself got it with voices... Soon will upload. enjoy it till I rip Voiceless
> soon
>
> *
> *Please give me HQ Links for Roja :) Thanks in advance.
> *
> **
> **
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 12:44 AM, Vithur  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Hi Pradeepan
>>
>> I do have good quality BGMs of Roja...
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Pradeepan R 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Excellent.. U should do all the BGM for Roja since we dont have HQ
>>> Voiceless BGMs for it :))
>>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 7:28 AM, Kaushik Srenevasan wrote:
>>>


 I was playing with Logic this evening and ended up recording a
 background piece from Roja -
 http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/song_2312806

 Whilst it does deviate from the original at some places, I've tried to
 keep it as close as possible.

 I'd love to hear feedback.

 Thanks,
 Kaushik


>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cheers,
>>> Pradeepan.
>>>
>>> "All you need to do is, decide what to do with the time that is given to
>>> you !"
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> regards,
>> Vithur
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Pradeepan.
>
> "All you need to do is, decide what to do with the time that is given to
> you !"
>  
>



-- 
regards,
Vithur

Re: [arr] It's August...........is Blue around the corner?

[Vithur]

Mastering of Blue is going on Should be released by end of August (
provided AR is in India...)

( got tipped )

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 6:40 AM, Chord  wrote:

>
>
> Any clue..to Blue?
>
>  
>



-- 
regards,
Vithur

[arr] Should ARR stop developing BGMs?

[V S Rawat]

I want to understand the connection between songs in a film as against 
BGM of a film. Does it, and how does it help in improving the quality of 
the music and/ or the BGM if the same person composes songs as well as 
BGM, or if they are composed by different persons?

Normally, I think, songs-directors are quite busy and a song has to 
sound unique, different from his and others' other songs, songs should 
have instruments and style in tune with the time and place of the movie, 
the lyrics should reflect the psychological profile and social 
background/ religion/ caste/ maturity/ education of the character 
singing them on the screen, so songs in a film, I think, should be 
requiring more efforts, and as they also get sold to public, this 
commercial angle also requires more efforts to be put in the songs to 
make people shell out money.

However, BGMs could be general. Human brains are not so much attuned to 
find similarities between BGMs of two different films, the reason could 
be that BGMs are sadly not sold nor made available to public so almost 
all of us happen to get to hear them only once or twice when we see the 
film and then we tend to forget them. Another drawback could be lack of 
lyrics in BGM. Lyrics in a song act as place marker, an aid to remember 
and repeat music, so when we memorize the lyrics, the song of those 
lyrics gets etched in our brain, but as there are no lyrics in BGM, it 
is mostly hard to memorize the BGM.

Thus, BGM could be general. A BGM director can even prepare a BGM bank 
that he can keep on giving them to different films and people would mind.

So, I think songs and BGMs are quite different area, having quite 
different requirement. Then, how would it help when a songs-master 
creates BGM or when a BGM-master creates song.

In fact, I think a songs-master is more busy so he might not pay more 
attention in creating the BGM for the film so it might reduce the 
quality of the BGM if a songs-master creates them. Or, a songs-master 
might tend to create BGMs as "lyrics-less songs", that is, in 
independent, individual patches like he was creating a song for a 
situation but just didn't add lyrics to them.

I want to know whether you think ARR should concentrate on creating 
songs and should leave BGMs to be developed by others, :-) even though 
we love BGMs or any piece of created by our man?

--
Rawat

[arr] Video: Slumdog at Rashtrapati Bhavan and ARR being felicitated

[Sriram S]

 
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/98515/slumdog-at-rashtrapati-bhawan-rahman-felicitated.html


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RE: [arr] It's August...........is Blue around the corner?

[Amith Chandhran]

Okay, some info here. According to a Tseries distributor in Mumbai, the 
tentative release date is this 28th August. Also the mp3 pen drives and audio 
CDs  will release one after one.

-
Sent from my Windows Mobile® phone.

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