[arr] Re: Kata Kata redeems Indian values cheapened by Chiggy-Wiggy
To be honest the way youngsters are going, Indian values will be a things of past very soon. And then, only a few like us will just be left with our old memories and Kata Kata song. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, V S Rawat vsra...@... wrote: 18 years fan-hood of ARR does have its few points of discord. One recent one had meet my utter condemnation of Chiggy-wiggy. Since then, it has not even a full year, and ARR has given us Kata Kata. And Kata Kata has: -- Chhoto koi devar hoy to chhaati laagiye (if there is any younger brother of the husband, keep him close to your heart like your own son) Aur saas sasur ke aadar keeje paanye laagiye e e e (and pay respect to father and mother of the husband, touch their feet) Re jaith jaithani samjhaave to maathe raakhije re (if elder brother of husband and his wife teaches something, etch that in your mind) Aur nandan ki saheli jaisi saath raakhiye re, o chori sun, saath raakhijo ra (and keep the sisters of husband with you like your friends, listen, o girl, keep them with you) -- A complete contrast the above has with chiggy-wiggy. Chiggy-wiggy was demeaning women, presenting them as brainless objects to be won over by cheap, streetsmart tactics of males for their pleasure, all this going contrary to the things that ARR stands for. Kata Kata has suggetions/ instructions/ tips/ prompts that every Indian mother tells her Indian daughter on wedding when the daughter goes to a new home for the first time - the home of her husband. It is holding the key how to keep the family together, instead of breaking the bonds and snatching the husband from him family and establishing a personal home for herself. I can feel every Indian buzurg (elder men and women) nodding their head in deep-felt approval on hearing it. It is nothing new, they themselves have been told the same at their own wedding, and they themselves have told the same to their sons and daughters at their weddings. It is pure indianness. And it covers so many aspects of Indian marriages that it is like an audio-visual summary of what all happens in Indian marriages. groom's male friends are teasing the groom, calling him a goat getting sacrificed, brides' female friends are teasing the groom giving him funde to do physical exercise to build his body, ladies of the bride's family are listing the great qualities of their daughter (paro se bhi halki hai) while males of groom's side teasing their bhabhi (khatti hai), ladies of bride's family are pleading to the groom to safeguard and treat the bride with respect (bohari lagaiyyo na), pandit ji is having his priorities kanya ko bulaao, muhurt nikla ja raha hai, ladies of bride's family are abusing and mocking the groom calling him of black complexion by negation, comparing him to crow, in hindi belt there is a reallife ceremony called gali dena (abusing) when ladies of bride's family do use demeaning words in songs to mock at groom and his family. Kudos to ARR and Gulzar saab for creating a song that is going to be National Matrimonial Anthem. It is going to be played at every marriage hundreds of times, and why not, it have elements for every occasion in an Indian marriage. This song is what ARR himself personifies unlike chiggy-wiggy. ARR will be proud to be the creator of this song unlike chiggy-wiggy. Hope comparing Kata Kata with chiggy-wiggy will make the contrast clear to you. Kata Kata redeems Indian values that were inadvertently cheapened by Chiggy-Wiggy -- Related issue: I wonder what is in the song that Narendra Modi disapproved for Gujarat. Kata Kata shows that ARR has all the capabilities to come with a song full of Indianness, so ARR could come with a song full of Gujarat-ness. Even Kata Kata itself represents gujarat wedding like any Indian wedding. Instead of outright rejecting a song, they should have told ARR individual elements that they approve and disapprove of in the song, and let him modify according to the feedback. It would have culminated into a great song for Gujarat and a treat for music lovers. Sad that Narendra Modi acted so high-handedly. -- Rawat
[arr] Re: Puli Track List
Wow! A.R.Rahman, Sujatha, Hariharan, Madhushree, Sadhana Sargam, Benny Dayal, Naresh Iyer, Shreya Ghoshal, Udit Narayan, Sunidhi Chauhan and Karthik in the same album? Sounds too good to be true ;) I usually don't listen to telugu songs but I won't miss this one for anything It seems the CD is releasing the first week of May! --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, ajay_baskar2...@... ajay_baskar2...@... wrote: 1. Puli Gharshana - Vijay Jesudas, Blaaze, Reena Bhardwaj 2. Raa Ante Raanu- Karthik, Sadhna Sargam 3. Pichchi Kuchchi - Udit Narayan, Madhusree, Malgudi Subha 4. Power Starku Salaam - AR Rahman, Benny Dayal, Shreya Ghoshal, Tanvi Shah 5. Nuvve Naalo - Naresh Iyer, Shreya Ghoshal. 6. Daggara Raavoy - Sunidhi Chauhan, Geeta Maadhuri, Karthik 7. Chinnaga Chekkega - Hariharan, Sujatha Source: chiranjeeviblog.com Sent from my Nokia phone
Re: [arr] Ranking of Mani-ARR albums
Dear.. INDIAN is not by Mani Ratnam..! Its by Shankar! --- On Fri, 4/30/10, Bergin Roy ber...@berginroy.com wrote: From: Bergin Roy ber...@berginroy.com Subject: Re: [arr] Ranking of Mani-ARR albums To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, April 30, 2010, 5:06 AM I agree with first 4... Nothing can beat Thiruda Thiruda... not only songs, but the BG score too. Another background score i'd cherish is Indian (esp, the end credits, if some one has please share). I'd love to watch these movies in an iMax theatre. On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:48 PM, kishore parayath kishore.parayath@ gmail.com wrote: 1- THIRUDA THIRUDA 2- IRUVAR 3- ROJA 4- BOMBAY 5- KANNATHIL MUTHAMITTAAL 6- ALAIPAYUTHE 7- DIL SE 8- GURU 9- YUVA 10- RAAVAN -- www.berginroy. com
[arr] Jaa-Re-Ud-Jaa HD!!
Jaa-Re-Ud-Jaa-Re - High clarity video!! Guess AR read our mails and released this on his own website :-) Hail AR!! http://www.arrahman.com/v2/raavan/raavanvideo.html With Regards, Dheepak Narsimhan.S
Re: [arr] A R Rahman Library Gallery in Video ( Part 1 2 ) youtube
hey Santosh. great work. keep it up. don't bother that u didn't win the contest as u probably know the competition (dosa selling) was utter stupid way to pick a winner to meet ARR. ur efforts are undoubtedly great when compared to others in the competition. u r the real winner. On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Santosh Pandey skpandey...@ymail.comwrote: Hai Dear All My Rahmaniac .. This Is Our A R Rahman Library Gallery video ( Part 1 2 ) as below in youtube .. In A R Rahman Library Gallery there is Lots Information About Sir A R Rahman ( world Great Musician ) , Science , History, Sports, Great Indian Photo Biography, Indian Cinema World Cinema,Novel , Basic General Knowledge for Students, Management book, Musical book , Comic , computer book etc.. many More type of book . Pls All Rahmaniac in All Over Worlds come In Our A R Rahman Library Gallery Make World Best Library Gallery For Humantiy,Peace Love in This World .. God Bless All.. Jai..Ho.. Thanks Regrads , A R Rahman Library Gallery , SantoshKumar Pandey ( Librarian ). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9jX3Ki2SiE ( A R Rahman Library Gallery ( Part 1 ) ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwGkudep7oc ( A R Rahman Library Gallery ( Part 2 ) )
Re: [arr] Puli Track List
wow ... all the top class singers esp ARR, Udit, Hari Haran, Sadhna ... lot of expectations. Its gng to Rockk. Double delight in this summer. --- On Fri, 30/4/10, ajay_baskar2...@yahoo.co.in ajay_baskar2...@yahoo.co.in wrote: From: ajay_baskar2...@yahoo.co.in ajay_baskar2...@yahoo.co.in Subject: [arr] Puli Track List To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, 30 April, 2010, 4:09 AM 1. Puli Gharshana - Vijay Jesudas, Blaaze, Reena Bhardwaj 2. Raa Ante Raanu- Karthik, Sadhna Sargam 3. Pichchi Kuchchi - Udit Narayan, Madhusree, Malgudi Subha 4. Power Starku Salaam - AR Rahman, Benny Dayal, Shreya Ghoshal, Tanvi Shah 5. Nuvve Naalo - Naresh Iyer, Shreya Ghoshal. 6. Daggara Raavoy - Sunidhi Chauhan, Geeta Maadhuri, Karthik 7. Chinnaga Chekkega - Hariharan, Sujatha Source: chiranjeeviblog. com Sent from my Nokia phone
Re: [arr] Puli Track List
Madhushree is singing a song in Puli !! YESSS!!! hahahaha... im so happy... cant wait... when is the audio releasing?? --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Praveen Namburi quadth...@... wrote: Gr8 2hear tht. Eagerly waiting, do any 1 the audio release date? On Apr 30, 2010 10:52 AM, ajay_baskar2...@... ajay_baskar2...@... wrote: 1. Puli Gharshana - Vijay Jesudas, Blaaze, Reena Bhardwaj 2. Raa Ante Raanu- Karthik, Sadhna Sargam 3. Pichchi Kuchchi - Udit Narayan, Madhusree, Malgudi Subha 4. Power Starku Salaam - AR Rahman, Benny Dayal, Shreya Ghoshal, Tanvi Shah 5. Nuvve Naalo - Naresh Iyer, Shreya Ghoshal. 6. Daggara Raavoy - Sunidhi Chauhan, Geeta Maadhuri, Karthik 7. Chinnaga Chekkega - Hariharan, Sujatha Source: chiranjeeviblog.com Sent from my Nokia phone
[arr] Follow ARR on twitter/BH
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrities/celebrity_twitter.php BH is just linking ARRs facebook wall page to their GUI
Re: [arr] Hearty Congrats to DEEPAK PA for Receiving Grammy for Slumdog Millionaire
Congrats to Late Sridhar Hariharan Deepak P.A For the Grammys !!! On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Vithur vith...@gmail.com wrote: Lets join hands in Congratulating Sound Engineer Deepak PalliKonda on him receiving Grammy for Slumdog Millionaire Jai Ho Deepak. -- regards, Vithur Are you searching for a reason, to be kind? b Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com Admin: ad...@arrahmanfans.com To Subscribe: arrahmanfans-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe: arrahmanfans-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links -- - Regards ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~
Re: [arr] 2010 - remarkable coincidence
add puli to it! On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 6:27 PM, vijay_anand_mit elexvi...@yahoo.comwrote: Hello everyone, This year 2010, Raavan is released which Manirathnam-AR's 10th tamil film.[11th film, if Yuva is included] Similarly, Endhiran is expected to release in this year, which is Shankar's 10th film.[9th film in Shankar-AR combo]. I feel this is a remarkable coincidence, and 2010 is going to be feast for Rahmaniacs. Already Vinnaithandi Varuvaya and Raavan is rocking. I also dont have patience for Raavana(tamil), Endhiran like fellow Rahmaniacs. -Vijay Anand
Re: [arr] Best compliments 'Ranjha Ranjha' song will ever get - by an Auusie
i love ur personal experiences related to ARR. keep sharing On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:12 AM, pravindersheoran pravindersheo...@yahoo.co.in wrote: Hi All, An old lady (Australian, 45-50 years old) from my work place in Sydney listened Ranjha Ranjha because I had played it a bit loud at closing time. This is what she said about it: Son, I don't know what the hell they singing about, but those beats have stirred my soul. I feel like bleesed. Of course I had to tell her its new album from the compopser of Slumdog. Pravinder.
Re: [arr] Puli Track List
YES!...three singers i've longed to hear in an ARR album for awhileL Vijay Yesudas (son of the greatest Indian playback singer imo), Sujatha (hasn't sung for ARR since New (i think), and Sunidhi Chauhan (has sung 1-2 songs but i wanna see ARR use her voice as well as MM Kreem did in Sur) i think this will be a great album!...always great to see ARR, Benny, and Karthik singing! when can we expect the audio?? --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Karthik Subramaniam karthiksubbus...@... wrote: Cool. Looks like it will be a fun album with lots of catchy numbers and a couple of melodies. Look forward to it. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:39 AM, ajay_baskar2...@... ajay_baskar2...@... wrote: 1. Puli Gharshana - Vijay Jesudas, Blaaze, Reena Bhardwaj 2. Raa Ante Raanu- Karthik, Sadhna Sargam 3. Pichchi Kuchchi - Udit Narayan, Madhusree, Malgudi Subha 4. Power Starku Salaam - AR Rahman, Benny Dayal, Shreya Ghoshal, Tanvi Shah 5. Nuvve Naalo - Naresh Iyer, Shreya Ghoshal. 6. Daggara Raavoy - Sunidhi Chauhan, Geeta Maadhuri, Karthik 7. Chinnaga Chekkega - Hariharan, Sujatha Source: chiranjeeviblog.com Sent from my Nokia phone
[arr] Re: I want ARR to compose a pure, ethnic Indian album.........
I agree with you Chord.. But you missed 'water'..:-( He should better team up with Gulzarsahab to create non-film album based on traditional and folk based melodies. Because for films you should get that kind of script[and is difficult these days..] Apart from AR's below mentioned albums..I like songs of 'Dor'[Salim-suliemaan] and songs of Marathi film 'Natarang' which were folk based. Regards Yogesh --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, AJ purev...@... wrote: Indian ethnic film albums that are simple, melodious, traditional, rustic, and having that old world charm are rare. Rahman's Zubeidaa and Lagaan are examples. Another great example was the album Lekin in the early 1990s by Hridainath Mangeshkarpure, beautiful, Rajasthani melodies in a folk backdrop.oh, how rare these albums are.. Rahman..please do another album like this.no electronica, no western beats, no rap, no auto tune..just folk, rustic, simple Indian music with tablas, dholaks, santoors, flutes, sitars, veenas, sarangis, harmoniums, strings, ouds, bells, etc. etcjust a pure acoustic album with traditional Indian instruments. Of course, the right film and the right director have to be in placeand it would probably be for a period film. Rahman, please don't give up in period films.some of your best soundtracks were based on period/history films. The song Khili Re from Raavan is the most recent example of this type of music...would love a 40-50 minute film album just on this type of music alone by ARR with beautiful chords, strings, gentle effects, minimalist instrumentation, heartfelt and old world charm melodies.. a Naushadish type album. Some parts of 1947 Earth were like this too. This is just a wish of mine. I'm not comparing new Rahman to 90s Rahman or making any broad statementsit's just a wish. Rahman, I hope you hear this wish.
[arr] Re: Puli Track List
great Pair singer selection Karthik, Sadhna Sargam, Naresh Iyer, Shreya Ghoshal,Hariharan, Sujatha...Wow.. so.. Happy to see Sujatha's name in track list after a long timeHariharan, Sujatha pair will rock by Liku --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, ajay_baskar2...@... ajay_baskar2...@... wrote: 1. Puli Gharshana - Vijay Jesudas, Blaaze, Reena Bhardwaj 2. Raa Ante Raanu- Karthik, Sadhna Sargam 3. Pichchi Kuchchi - Udit Narayan, Madhusree, Malgudi Subha 4. Power Starku Salaam - AR Rahman, Benny Dayal, Shreya Ghoshal, Tanvi Shah 5. Nuvve Naalo - Naresh Iyer, Shreya Ghoshal. 6. Daggara Raavoy - Sunidhi Chauhan, Geeta Maadhuri, Karthik 7. Chinnaga Chekkega - Hariharan, Sujatha Source: chiranjeeviblog.com Sent from my Nokia phone
Re: [arr] Puli Track List
Ho...Awsome news. On Thu Apr 29th, 2010 10:29 PM PDT Praveen Namburi wrote: Gr8 2hear tht. Eagerly waiting, do any 1 the audio release date? On Apr 30, 2010 10:52 AM, ajay_baskar2...@yahoo.co.in ajay_baskar2...@yahoo.co.in wrote: 1. Puli Gharshana - Vijay Jesudas, Blaaze, Reena Bhardwaj 2. Raa Ante Raanu- Karthik, Sadhna Sargam 3. Pichchi Kuchchi - Udit Narayan, Madhusree, Malgudi Subha 4. Power Starku Salaam - AR Rahman, Benny Dayal, Shreya Ghoshal, Tanvi Shah 5. Nuvve Naalo - Naresh Iyer, Shreya Ghoshal. 6. Daggara Raavoy - Sunidhi Chauhan, Geeta Maadhuri, Karthik 7. Chinnaga Chekkega - Hariharan, Sujatha Source: chiranjeeviblog.com Sent from my Nokia phone
[arr] what is Kaashuni/ kaashuni (Re: Kata Kata lyrics and translation)
On 4/27/2010 2:14 AM India Time, _V S Rawat_ wrote: Kata kata bechara bakra, kata kata bechara Re rang tharo kaashuni oope rang chadhave na (your complexion is black???, no color can be dyed on that) could someone please give the meaning of that word Kaashuni/ kaashuni. I have never heard that term. Tu na kalo na tu kaga kankar maare kaun abhaga, oonhe koi darrawe na (you are neither black, nor are you a crow, who is pelting stone, poor guy, no one should make him afraid) -- Rawat
[arr] Re: Kata Kata redeems Indian values cheapened by Chiggy-Wiggy
Very well written Rawat..:-) Regards Yogesh --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, V S Rawat vsra...@... wrote: 18 years fan-hood of ARR does have its few points of discord. One recent one had meet my utter condemnation of Chiggy-wiggy. Since then, it has not even a full year, and ARR has given us Kata Kata. And Kata Kata has: -- Chhoto koi devar hoy to chhaati laagiye (if there is any younger brother of the husband, keep him close to your heart like your own son) Aur saas sasur ke aadar keeje paanye laagiye e e e (and pay respect to father and mother of the husband, touch their feet) Re jaith jaithani samjhaave to maathe raakhije re (if elder brother of husband and his wife teaches something, etch that in your mind) Aur nandan ki saheli jaisi saath raakhiye re, o chori sun, saath raakhijo ra (and keep the sisters of husband with you like your friends, listen, o girl, keep them with you) -- A complete contrast the above has with chiggy-wiggy. Chiggy-wiggy was demeaning women, presenting them as brainless objects to be won over by cheap, streetsmart tactics of males for their pleasure, all this going contrary to the things that ARR stands for. Kata Kata has suggetions/ instructions/ tips/ prompts that every Indian mother tells her Indian daughter on wedding when the daughter goes to a new home for the first time - the home of her husband. It is holding the key how to keep the family together, instead of breaking the bonds and snatching the husband from him family and establishing a personal home for herself. I can feel every Indian buzurg (elder men and women) nodding their head in deep-felt approval on hearing it. It is nothing new, they themselves have been told the same at their own wedding, and they themselves have told the same to their sons and daughters at their weddings. It is pure indianness. And it covers so many aspects of Indian marriages that it is like an audio-visual summary of what all happens in Indian marriages. groom's male friends are teasing the groom, calling him a goat getting sacrificed, brides' female friends are teasing the groom giving him funde to do physical exercise to build his body, ladies of the bride's family are listing the great qualities of their daughter (paro se bhi halki hai) while males of groom's side teasing their bhabhi (khatti hai), ladies of bride's family are pleading to the groom to safeguard and treat the bride with respect (bohari lagaiyyo na), pandit ji is having his priorities kanya ko bulaao, muhurt nikla ja raha hai, ladies of bride's family are abusing and mocking the groom calling him of black complexion by negation, comparing him to crow, in hindi belt there is a reallife ceremony called gali dena (abusing) when ladies of bride's family do use demeaning words in songs to mock at groom and his family. Kudos to ARR and Gulzar saab for creating a song that is going to be National Matrimonial Anthem. It is going to be played at every marriage hundreds of times, and why not, it have elements for every occasion in an Indian marriage. This song is what ARR himself personifies unlike chiggy-wiggy. ARR will be proud to be the creator of this song unlike chiggy-wiggy. Hope comparing Kata Kata with chiggy-wiggy will make the contrast clear to you. Kata Kata redeems Indian values that were inadvertently cheapened by Chiggy-Wiggy -- Related issue: I wonder what is in the song that Narendra Modi disapproved for Gujarat. Kata Kata shows that ARR has all the capabilities to come with a song full of Indianness, so ARR could come with a song full of Gujarat-ness. Even Kata Kata itself represents gujarat wedding like any Indian wedding. Instead of outright rejecting a song, they should have told ARR individual elements that they approve and disapprove of in the song, and let him modify according to the feedback. It would have culminated into a great song for Gujarat and a treat for music lovers. Sad that Narendra Modi acted so high-handedly. -- Rawat
Re: [arr] Jai Ho Concert - Washington DC - June 13 - Please join
Anish, Have you booked the tickets? Anybody else planning to go for the concert at Patriot center, VA? Cheers, Bergin On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Bergin Roy ber...@berginroy.com wrote: Great Anish, where do you live? I live in Herndon VA. email me your contact to bergin...@gmail.com Cheers Bergin On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Anish Gupte musimax2...@gmail.comwrote: Hi!! Yes I definitely want to attend the concert. Glad thers one in this area!! Anish. On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Bergin Roy ber...@berginroy.com wrote: Folks, Those planning to go for the concert in Washington DC (Patriot Center, Fairfax), please respond to this msg. We'll try to get together. Cheers, Bergin -- www.berginroy.com -- www.berginroy.com
Re: [arr] I plan on doubling the Raavan pleasure......
I think I will mix them up toothanks! --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Karthik Subramaniam karthiksubbus...@... wrote: I would recommend mixing them up On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 2:13 AM, AJ purev...@... wrote: When the Tamil tracks release, I'm going to create a CD with both the Hindi and Tamil tracks situated together..heck, if the CD itself is so short, I might as well double the length with the Tamil tracks and have double the pleasure in one go!!! I'm wondering if I should place the Tamil songs right after the corresponding Hindi ones (example, Beera immediately followed by Veera), or just mix them up all together...h.
[arr] Re: I plan on doubling the Raavan pleasure......
Sure, why not!!! :) --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, kranthichand raulowenmessi_strik...@... wrote: Why not triple it up with the Telugu version too ???
[arr] Re: I want ARR to compose a pure, ethnic Indian album.........
I agree Dinesh...you have some great ideas...non film albums under KM musiq once per year.that would rule! But, ARR seems to be quite busy.. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, DineshVaidya dnshvai...@... wrote: It was my wish too and I had made similar request posting quite a few years back. Almost 6 months after my posting (ofcourse ) coincidently CONNECTIONS happened and that confirmed my belief that Rahman is at his best when he has to compose score to abstract thoughts and without any fixed limitations of situation / words etc etc. In all his NON film albums, CONNECTIONS stands out for its purity, classical / fusion / folk base and I feel, Rahman should make atleast ONE album on his own through KM MUSIQ per year. And let that not be a complete album, let it be combination of efforts with some new talent, and few compositions from ARR. ARR is supremely talented and knows no boundries to experiment on sound and compositions .. and his best will certainly come through non-film albums.. that's my opinion. Best regards Dinesh Vaidya Pune --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, AJ purevibz@ wrote: Indian ethnic film albums that are simple, melodious, traditional, rustic, and having that old world charm are rare. Rahman's Zubeidaa and Lagaan are examples. Another great example was the album Lekin in the early 1990s by Hridainath Mangeshkarpure, beautiful, Rajasthani melodies in a folk backdrop.oh, how rare these albums are.. Rahman..please do another album like this.no electronica, no western beats, no rap, no auto tune..just folk, rustic, simple Indian music with tablas, dholaks, santoors, flutes, sitars, veenas, sarangis, harmoniums, strings, ouds, bells, etc. etcjust a pure acoustic album with traditional Indian instruments. Of course, the right film and the right director have to be in placeand it would probably be for a period film. Rahman, please don't give up in period films.some of your best soundtracks were based on period/history films. The song Khili Re from Raavan is the most recent example of this type of music...would love a 40-50 minute film album just on this type of music alone by ARR with beautiful chords, strings, gentle effects, minimalist instrumentation, heartfelt and old world charm melodies.. a Naushadish type album. Some parts of 1947 Earth were like this too. This is just a wish of mine. I'm not comparing new Rahman to 90s Rahman or making any broad statementsit's just a wish. Rahman, I hope you hear this wish.
Re: [arr] Ranking of Mani-ARR albums
wat abt LAGAAN , MINSARA KANAVU,DUET,GENTLEMAN,RANGEELA,KADHALAN,VANDE MATHARAM man
[arr] Re: I want ARR to compose a pure, ethnic Indian album.........
After I wrote this post, I came to thinking that Jodha Akbar was very close to what I was mentioning below, which is why I was so ecstatic and thrilled when that album released. I guesss what I really want is a more Rajasthani folk based album with ARR using raagas Megh, Malhar, and Sarang as the basis for some beautiful melodies (he last used raaga Megh for Paigham in Lakeer, Wind in Rhythm). I'm so happy that Kata has some Rajasthani folk base.sounds so amazing! --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, AJ purev...@... wrote: Indian ethnic film albums that are simple, melodious, traditional, rustic, and having that old world charm are rare. Rahman's Zubeidaa and Lagaan are examples. Another great example was the album Lekin in the early 1990s by Hridainath Mangeshkarpure, beautiful, Rajasthani melodies in a folk backdrop.oh, how rare these albums are.. Rahman..please do another album like this.no electronica, no western beats, no rap, no auto tune..just folk, rustic, simple Indian music with tablas, dholaks, santoors, flutes, sitars, veenas, sarangis, harmoniums, strings, ouds, bells, etc. etcjust a pure acoustic album with traditional Indian instruments. Of course, the right film and the right director have to be in placeand it would probably be for a period film. Rahman, please don't give up in period films.some of your best soundtracks were based on period/history films. The song Khili Re from Raavan is the most recent example of this type of music...would love a 40-50 minute film album just on this type of music alone by ARR with beautiful chords, strings, gentle effects, minimalist instrumentation, heartfelt and old world charm melodies.. a Naushadish type album. Some parts of 1947 Earth were like this too. This is just a wish of mine. I'm not comparing new Rahman to 90s Rahman or making any broad statementsit's just a wish. Rahman, I hope you hear this wish.
[arr] ARR-Straight from heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX2FCf2opeofeature=related
Re: [arr] Ranking of Mani-ARR albums
its tough tough tough, ok here i go THIRUDA THIRUDA ( Year 3010 Thiruda Thiruda will still be the best, its pinnacle of world music ) DIL SE ( Earths equilibrium can be disturbed by its music) ALAIPAYUTHE ( A DIVINE album) ROJA( came ,saw, conquered) BOMBAY ( Even the greatest musical genius cant make a song like kehna hi kya , see yourself than what really is the status of A R RAHMAN ) YUVA ( Yuva rocks always) KANNATHIL MUTHMATHIL IRUVAR GURU RAAVAN regards, taimur --- On Fri, 4/30/10, kishore parayath kishore.paray...@gmail.com wrote: From: kishore parayath kishore.paray...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [arr] Ranking of Mani-ARR albums To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, April 30, 2010, 2:48 AM 1- THIRUDA THIRUDA 2- IRUVAR 3- ROJA 4- BOMBAY 5- KANNATHIL MUTHAMITTAAL 6- ALAIPAYUTHE 7- DIL SE 8- GURU 9- YUVA 10- RAAVAN
[arr] Re: Time for some ratings ?
Here it goes for me-- 1.Khile Re 2.Behne De 3.Ranjha Ranjha 4.Beera 5.Kata kata 6.Thok de killi Regards Yogesh --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, shalivahan Phoebus shali.rah...@... wrote: Ranjha Ranjha grew on me lately but i am very lucky that it grew on me atlast. 1. Thok de killi2.Ranjha Ranjha3. Behne De 4. Beera 5. Kata Kata 6. Khili Re --- On Thu, 29/4/10, pravindersheoran pravindersheo...@... wrote: From: pravindersheoran pravindersheo...@... Subject: [arr] Re: Time for some ratings ? To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, 29 April, 2010, 7:53 PM  1. Thok de killi 2. Beera 3. Kata Kata 4. Behne De 5. Ranjha Ranjha 6. Khili Re --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, anvesh anveshreddyj@ ... wrote: Started with 1) Beera, Kata Kata 2) Ranjha Ranjha, Behne De 3) Kili Re, Thok De Khilli Now its, 1) Behne De 2) Ranjha Ranjha, Beera 3) Kata Kata 4) Kili Re 5) Thok de Khilli If someone asks why Raavan ?, apart from the obvious ARR its got to be Karthik and Rekha Bharadwaj. What singing!! Kili Re might go right to the top in tamil/telugu if Shreya Ghoshal is singing.Simply love her voice.
[arr] A.R. Rahman, Tyrewala visit Pedda Dargah
A.R. Rahman, Tyrewala visit Pedda Dargah Baiju NT [April 30, 2010, 3:08:04 PM] Oscar winning music director A.R. Rahman, his family members and director Abbas Tyrewala visited Ameen Peer Dargah, known as Pedda Dargah, in Kadapa in the early hours of Thursday. The Rahman family visited the Dargah at 2.45 a.m., during the Gandham festival in the Urs-e-Shareef in the Dargah.Oscar winning music director A.R. Rahman, his family members and director Abbas Tyrewala visited Ameen Peer Dargah, known as Pedda Dargah, in Kadapa in the early hours of Thursday. The Rahman family visited the Dargah at 2.45 a.m., during the Gandham festival in the Urs-e-Shareef in the Dargah.Sajjad-e-Nasheen Hazrath Khwaja Syed Sha Arifullah Hussaini Mohammad Mohammed-ul Hussaini Chisti-ul-Khadri took them round the dargah and blessed them. Gandham was brought from the Sajjad-e-Nasheen's house amidst drumbeats and feats by a host of fakirs. He led the Malang Sha to the altar, where the latter took up a ceremonial fast. Sajjad-e-Nasheen Hazrath Khwaja Syed Sha Arifullah Hussaini Mohammad Mohammed-ul Hussaini Chisti-ul-Khadri took them round the dargah and blessed them. Gandham was brought from the Sajjad-e-Nasheen's house amidst drumbeats and feats by a host of fakirs. He led the Malang Sha to the altar, where the latter took up a ceremonial fast. Regards, Ram.. ~ Rαнмαη αddicт™ ~
[arr] Raavan - Jaa-re-ud-jaare release video
@ http://www.arrahman.com/v2/raavan/raavanvideo.html -- Thanks Regards Valan
Re: [arr] Hearty Congrats to DEEPAK PA for Receiving Grammy for Slumdog Millionaire
Congrats Deepak :) On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:29 PM, Vithur vith...@gmail.com wrote: Lets join hands in Congratulating Sound Engineer Deepak PalliKonda on him receiving Grammy for Slumdog Millionaire Jai Ho Deepak. -- regards, Vithur -- Cheers, Kay Kay www.kaykayphotography.com
Re: [arr] Ranking of Mani-ARR albums
1 - THIRUDA THIRUDA 2 - DIL SE 3 - BOMBAY 4 - ROJA 5 - ALAIPAYUTHE 6 - IRUVAR 7 - RAAVAN 8 - GURU 9 - YUVA 10 - KANNATHIL MUTHAMITTAAL Thanks Nawaz From: s_sundarr_2000 s_sundarr_2...@yahoo.com To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, 30 April, 2010 8:51:35 AM Subject: Re: [arr] Ranking of Mani-ARR albums 1 - THIRUDA THIRUDA 2 - ROJA 3 - DIL SE 4 - BOMBAY 5 - ALAIPAYUTHE 6 - IRUVAR 7 - GURU 8 - KANNATHIL MUTHAMITTAAL 9 - YUVA 10- RAAVAN --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, kishore parayath kishore.parayath@ ... wrote: 1- THIRUDA THIRUDA 2- IRUVAR 3- ROJA 4- BOMBAY 5- KANNATHIL MUTHAMITTAAL 6- ALAIPAYUTHE 7- DIL SE 8- GURU 9- YUVA 10- RAAVAN
[arr] Raavan - new trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeMqeO9gxcQ
Re: [arr] Puli Track List
The tracklist is not genuine. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 01:29, Praveen Namburi quadth...@gmail.com wrote: Gr8 2hear tht. Eagerly waiting, do any 1 the audio release date? On Apr 30, 2010 10:52 AM, ajay_baskar2...@yahoo.co.in ajay_baskar2...@yahoo.co.in wrote: 1. Puli Gharshana - Vijay Jesudas, Blaaze, Reena Bhardwaj 2. Raa Ante Raanu- Karthik, Sadhna Sargam 3. Pichchi Kuchchi - Udit Narayan, Madhusree, Malgudi Subha 4. Power Starku Salaam - AR Rahman, Benny Dayal, Shreya Ghoshal, Tanvi Shah 5. Nuvve Naalo - Naresh Iyer, Shreya Ghoshal. 6. Daggara Raavoy - Sunidhi Chauhan, Geeta Maadhuri, Karthik 7. Chinnaga Chekkega - Hariharan, Sujatha Source: chiranjeeviblog.com Sent from my Nokia phone
Re: [arr] Re: Time for some ratings ?
Interesting two have Thok De Killi right at the top and two have right at the bottom. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Yogesh yogesh2...@yahoo.in wrote: Here it goes for me-- 1.Khile Re 2.Behne De 3.Ranjha Ranjha 4.Beera 5.Kata kata 6.Thok de killi Regards Yogesh --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com, shalivahan Phoebus shali.rah...@... wrote: Ranjha Ranjha grew on me lately but i am very lucky that it grew on me atlast. 1. Thok de killi2.Ranjha Ranjha3. Behne De 4. Beera 5. Kata Kata 6. Khili Re --- On Thu, 29/4/10, pravindersheoran pravindersheo...@... wrote: From: pravindersheoran pravindersheo...@... Subject: [arr] Re: Time for some ratings ? To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, 29 April, 2010, 7:53 PM  1. Thok de killi 2. Beera 3. Kata Kata 4. Behne De 5. Ranjha Ranjha 6. Khili Re --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, anvesh anveshreddyj@ ... wrote: Started with 1) Beera, Kata Kata 2) Ranjha Ranjha, Behne De 3) Kili Re, Thok De Khilli Now its, 1) Behne De 2) Ranjha Ranjha, Beera 3) Kata Kata 4) Kili Re 5) Thok de Khilli If someone asks why Raavan ?, apart from the obvious ARR its got to be Karthik and Rekha Bharadwaj. What singing!! Kili Re might go right to the top in tamil/telugu if Shreya Ghoshal is singing.Simply love her voice.
Re: [arr] Puli Track List
I thought so On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 6:45 PM, Gopal Srinivasan catchg...@gmail.comwrote: The tracklist is not genuine. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 01:29, Praveen Namburi quadth...@gmail.comwrote: Gr8 2hear tht. Eagerly waiting, do any 1 the audio release date? On Apr 30, 2010 10:52 AM, ajay_baskar2...@yahoo.co.in ajay_baskar2...@yahoo.co.in wrote: 1. Puli Gharshana - Vijay Jesudas, Blaaze, Reena Bhardwaj 2. Raa Ante Raanu- Karthik, Sadhna Sargam 3. Pichchi Kuchchi - Udit Narayan, Madhusree, Malgudi Subha 4. Power Starku Salaam - AR Rahman, Benny Dayal, Shreya Ghoshal, Tanvi Shah 5. Nuvve Naalo - Naresh Iyer, Shreya Ghoshal. 6. Daggara Raavoy - Sunidhi Chauhan, Geeta Maadhuri, Karthik 7. Chinnaga Chekkega - Hariharan, Sujatha Source: chiranjeeviblog.com Sent from my Nokia phone
[arr] Raavanan audio on May 5
http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14940190 On May 5 Sony Music will launch straight into the southern market, the audio of Mani Ratnam's Raavanan. Sources have confirmed that there will be no formal audio launch. The reasons given out are the non-availability of the stars mainly AR Rahman and Mani Ratnam. The director is busy giving the final polish to the film which he plans to screen outside of the festival at Cannes. However Big Pictures and Sony Music are planning to hold a promotional press meet for Tamil Raavanan at a later date.
[arr] Puli expectations are low for me - yours??
These are only my thoughts...I am really not thrilled for Puli album. It could by all means turn out to be a great album since it features our ARRs music. However, after the huge releases and successes of Gautam-ARR and Mani-ARR albums, SJ Surya-ARR combination excites me less. This could be for the following reasons: 1. Having tastes Raavan and VTV from 2 of best music extracting directors, I have a doubt whether SJ would have surpassed these 2 (no doubt in ARR whatsoever) 2. The interest in movie is frankly low - SJ story/subject could be off track, which keeps us fans away from watching the movie with family 3. The other aspect is the scope for music in a commercial subject - like AJ was mentioning, we need earthy, accoustic, rustic, original and soul stirring tracks - which I have a feeling will not make its way in this kind of a film 4. Little to prove from ARR - Having enthralled the world with Oscars,Grammy etc... ARR has little to prove musically. That could at times mean he can take some liberty to experiment (and gauge the pulse of his fans for things to follow). This film could be his chance to experiment, and we might in the process not be in familiar territory, resulting in the music getting less accepted...(However musically they may still be superior). Don't we always want ARRs vintage interludes, killer rythms and innovative use of instruments that we are used to? For all I know, ARR is a person who takes challenges like these and turns them into stunning albums. So I am still optimistic...but expectations are low...How about yours?
[arr] Awesome new trailer of Raavan!!!
I'm loving the BGM of the teaser. All the Raavan haters can stop it now. Aishwarya looks too good. Looking forward to the performances! Mani Ratnam is THE MAN! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrGNP5QsJJ8
[arr] mani -arr best
1.roja 2.t.thiruda 3.iruvar 4.k.muttam 5.yuva by sanjee
Re: [arr] Ranking of Mani-ARR albums
Almost everyone other than me have Raavan in the last place of ARR-Mani albums...Does it not beat atleast Yuva? Does it indicate we get more nostalgic about past albums and whatever releases last, goes to the last of the list?? --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Taimur Nadeem taimur.nad...@... wrote: its tough tough tough, ok here i go  THIRUDA THIRUDA ( Year 3010 Thiruda Thiruda will still be the best, its pinnacle of world music ) DIL SE                  ( Earths equilibrium can be disturbed by its music) ALAIPAYUTHE      ( A DIVINE album) ROJA                    ( came ,saw, conquered) BOMBAY              ( Even the greatest musical genius cant make a song like kehna hi kya , see yourself than what really is the status of A R RAHMAN ) YUVA                  ( Yuva rocks always) KANNATHIL MUTHMATHIL IRUVAR GURU RAAVAN  regards,  taimur --- On Fri, 4/30/10, kishore parayath kishore.paray...@... wrote: From: kishore parayath kishore.paray...@... Subject: Re: [arr] Ranking of Mani-ARR albums To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, April 30, 2010, 2:48 AM  1- THIRUDA THIRUDA 2- IRUVAR 3-  ROJA 4-  BOMBAY 5-  KANNATHIL MUTHAMITTAAL 6-  ALAIPAYUTHE 7- DIL SE 8- GURU 9- YUVA 10- RAAVAN
[arr] Maniratnam's next Azaan?
Hi! Friends, This article says that Santosh Sivan is gearing up to shoot Maniratnam's next film with Ranbir Kapoor - Azaan. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/I-cant-say-no-to-Mani-Ratnam-Santosh/articleshow/5875669.cms Any idea if this news is true? And will it be ARR-Gulzar again? Regards Aakarsh
[arr] Re: Puli expectations are low for me - yours??
Expectations are highchance for Rahman to have his first success in a straight Telugu movie (Super Police and Gang Master were weak imo).also New and Ah Aah were good albums (barring a song or two) also...not everyone is looking for rustic/soul stirring tracksI for one like to see Rahman don different capsi like his dance tracks to the same degree that I like his slower onesam sure Puli will be a terrific listen! --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, yeshrao81 yeshra...@... wrote: These are only my thoughts...I am really not thrilled for Puli album. It could by all means turn out to be a great album since it features our ARRs music. However, after the huge releases and successes of Gautam-ARR and Mani-ARR albums, SJ Surya-ARR combination excites me less. This could be for the following reasons: 1. Having tastes Raavan and VTV from 2 of best music extracting directors, I have a doubt whether SJ would have surpassed these 2 (no doubt in ARR whatsoever) 2. The interest in movie is frankly low - SJ story/subject could be off track, which keeps us fans away from watching the movie with family 3. The other aspect is the scope for music in a commercial subject - like AJ was mentioning, we need earthy, accoustic, rustic, original and soul stirring tracks - which I have a feeling will not make its way in this kind of a film 4. Little to prove from ARR - Having enthralled the world with Oscars,Grammy etc... ARR has little to prove musically. That could at times mean he can take some liberty to experiment (and gauge the pulse of his fans for things to follow). This film could be his chance to experiment, and we might in the process not be in familiar territory, resulting in the music getting less accepted...(However musically they may still be superior). Don't we always want ARRs vintage interludes, killer rythms and innovative use of instruments that we are used to? For all I know, ARR is a person who takes challenges like these and turns them into stunning albums. So I am still optimistic...but expectations are low...How about yours?
Re: [arr] Awesome new trailer of Raavan!!!
!!! Could someone please translate what's being said? pretty please. From: Vishal vishalredd...@yahoo.in To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, 30 April, 2010 14:03:10 Subject: [arr] Awesome new trailer of Raavan!!! I'm loving the BGM of the teaser. All the Raavan haters can stop it now. Aishwarya looks too good. Looking forward to the performances! Mani Ratnam is THE MAN! http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=YrGNP5QsJJ8
Re: [arr] Raavanan audio on May 5
I hope this isn't true. If it is, I am disappointed. Not that it will be on the 5th but that there won't be a formal launch. Hardly any promos as well. What makes Raavanan different from Raavan? Why is Raavanan being given the step motherly treatment ? It has Vikram, Prithviraj, Aishwarya, Maniratnam and Rahman - these names are Huge in the South. From: yeshrao81 yeshra...@yahoo.com To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, 30 April, 2010 14:21:34 Subject: [arr] Raavanan audio on May 5 http://sify. com/movies/ tamil/fullstory. php?id=14940190 On May 5 Sony Music will launch straight into the southern market, the audio of Mani Ratnam's Raavanan. Sources have confirmed that there will be no formal audio launch. The reasons given out are the non-availability of the stars mainly AR Rahman and Mani Ratnam. The director is busy giving the final polish to the film which he plans to screen outside of the festival at Cannes. However Big Pictures and Sony Music are planning to hold a promotional press meet for Tamil Raavanan at a later date.
Re: [arr] I plan on doubling the Raavan pleasure......
any idea when the tamil version will be released? Dying to listen to the magic of Vairamuthu!!! rmbr his amazing work in rediscovering Gulzar's magic in Dil Se so beautifully in Tamil --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, AJ purev...@... wrote: I think I will mix them up toothanks! --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Karthik Subramaniam karthiksubbuster@ wrote: I would recommend mixing them up On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 2:13 AM, AJ purevibz@ wrote: When the Tamil tracks release, I'm going to create a CD with both the Hindi and Tamil tracks situated together..heck, if the CD itself is so short, I might as well double the length with the Tamil tracks and have double the pleasure in one go!!! I'm wondering if I should place the Tamil songs right after the corresponding Hindi ones (example, Beera immediately followed by Veera), or just mix them up all together...h.
Re: [arr] Use of Erhu instrument in recent ARR pieces
I think Dil Gira Dafatan's first interlude has it for few seconds... Another very beautiful rare instrument I heard in this album is Duduk... which comes at 00:08 in Thok De Killli... amazing instrument... listen to the Yanni's Love Is All from his Tribute concert you'll know the hypnotic power of the Duduk... The search is more important than the destination - a r rahman - From: manisha madhavan manisha_madha...@yahoo.com To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, 30 April, 2010 10:00:45 AM Subject: [arr] Use of Erhu instrument in recent ARR pieces Loving how ARR Sir used this instrument so subtly in both Raavan and VTV. The Erhu is this two-string chinese instrument, played like a violin. I have loved the sound right from when I heard it in Golden Era (Warriors of Heaven and Earth) ...and just 3 months ago I got a Erhu concerto CD and have been addicted to the sound of that instrument. So I was so ecstatic when I heard it used in the BGM of Female Aaromale during the scene right before Manipaaya starts. And again was extremely happy to hear it being used in Killi Re from 3:11-3:21. Its just so subtle yet beautiful... only ARR the wizard is brilliant enough to add these pinch of exotic instruments to create magic with each tune. If anybody knows other pieces in which this instrument has been used, do let me know! And i hope ARR Sir continues using it even more in the future :-)
[arr] Katakata
Katakata is breathtaking..song rich in both melody and energy. ARR has somehow mastered this exceptional skill of packing many elements, many emotions, many expressions all at once.
Re: [arr] I plan on doubling the Raavan pleasure......
if im not mistaken, some of the songs were recorded in Tamil first. I know the song Poongatrile was recorded in Tamil first. I remember reading an article where it says Gulzar was worried as he wonder if he could justify that song for the Hindi after listening to Vairamuthu's lyrics in Tamil. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Chweetu24 sent_s...@... wrote: any idea when the tamil version will be released? Dying to listen to the magic of Vairamuthu!!! rmbr his amazing work in rediscovering Gulzar's magic in Dil Se so beautifully in Tamil --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, AJ purevibz@ wrote: I think I will mix them up toothanks! --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Karthik Subramaniam karthiksubbuster@ wrote: I would recommend mixing them up On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 2:13 AM, AJ purevibz@ wrote: When the Tamil tracks release, I'm going to create a CD with both the Hindi and Tamil tracks situated together..heck, if the CD itself is so short, I might as well double the length with the Tamil tracks and have double the pleasure in one go!!! I'm wondering if I should place the Tamil songs right after the corresponding Hindi ones (example, Beera immediately followed by Veera), or just mix them up all together...h.
Re: [arr] Jaa-Re-Ud-Jaa HD!!
It's not HD... it's only 640x480... call it HQ if you want... The search is more important than the destination - a r rahman - From: dheepak narsimhan arun_dhee...@yahoo.co.in To: AR arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, 30 April, 2010 12:01:57 PM Subject: [arr] Jaa-Re-Ud-Jaa HD!! Jaa-Re-Ud-Jaa- Re - High clarity video!! Guess AR read our mails and released this on his own website :-) Hail AR!! http://www.arrahman .com/v2/raavan/ raavanvideo. html With Regards, Dheepak Narsimhan.S
Re: [arr] Ranking of Mani-ARR albums
My ranking : 1.Thiruda Thiruda (Cant explain enough of the beauty of this album) 2.Iruvar (A score which surprised us all. Poo Koodiyin was a beautiful tribute to MSV and the 1960s music, Narumugaiye was magical and the brilliant Hello Mr.Ethirkatchi... wow...!!). 3.Alaipayuhey (Manasum Alai Paindethe...All the songs didnt create ripples, but it was a tsunami... Sneghidne and Pacchai Nirame r evergreen. Yaaro Yarodi was a new genre... Kadhal Sadugudu...my goodness... beautiful...) 4.Kannathil Muttamittal (an album which spells Quality in every corner of the songs. Vellai Pookal, Kannathil Muttamittal, and Vidai Koode engal Naade. The lyrics in Vellai Pookal... hmmm... it shows why Vairamuthu-ARR combo is unbeatable...) 5.Roja (Pudhu Vellai Malai, Kadhal Rojave = sheer beauty...) 6.Aayitha Ezhutu (Yaakai Thiri, Sandha Kozhi kozhi, Hey goodbye nanba top class quality songs...) 7.Bombay (Kannalane, Uyire Uyire and the Theme music was the best.The rest was very passable, IMHO.) 8.Uyire/Dil Se (Uyire was a better album IMHO, Nenjinile was rendered beautifully by S.Janaki [listen to the way she finished the song, she's a legend!]. Thaiyya Thaiyya by Sriram had more energy and power in it. Poongatrile... Do i need to say it? Its just divine...the lyrics had a soul in it...) 9.Guru (Ay Hairathe and Tere Bina was beautiful not doubt .But the typical Mani-ARR magic was seen nowhere in this album except for the theme music track sung by ARR and Chitra.) Yet to listen to Raavanan, as it is not released. Not interested in Raavan as i always give preference to Mani-ARR-Vairamuthu combo. Nothing beats this combo in India. So ill give the respect for it and wait for Raavanan. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Taimur Nadeem taimur.nad...@... wrote: its tough tough tough, ok here i go  THIRUDA THIRUDA ( Year 3010 Thiruda Thiruda will still be the best, its pinnacle of world music ) DIL SE                  ( Earths equilibrium can be disturbed by its music) ALAIPAYUTHE      ( A DIVINE album) ROJA                    ( came ,saw, conquered) BOMBAY              ( Even the greatest musical genius cant make a song like kehna hi kya , see yourself than what really is the status of A R RAHMAN ) YUVA                  ( Yuva rocks always) KANNATHIL MUTHMATHIL IRUVAR GURU RAAVAN  regards,  taimur --- On Fri, 4/30/10, kishore parayath kishore.paray...@... wrote: From: kishore parayath kishore.paray...@... Subject: Re: [arr] Ranking of Mani-ARR albums To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, April 30, 2010, 2:48 AM  1- THIRUDA THIRUDA 2- IRUVAR 3-  ROJA 4-  BOMBAY 5-  KANNATHIL MUTHAMITTAAL 6-  ALAIPAYUTHE 7- DIL SE 8- GURU 9- YUVA 10- RAAVAN
[arr] Food Distribution this Sunday - Celebration for Our brothers
This Sunday, May 2nd, 2010 FD will be a dedication to our Brothers Gomzy and Chord , who are celebrating their bdays. Lets wish them a Very Happy Bday on Sunday May God Bless them always.. Jai Ho -- regards, Vithur
[arr] Re: I want ARR to compose a pure, ethnic Indian album.........
You're right, Water was like that too...and I love that album. I love Dor and Natarang too. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Yogesh yogesh2...@... wrote: I agree with you Chord.. But you missed 'water'..:-( He should better team up with Gulzarsahab to create non-film album based on traditional and folk based melodies. Because for films you should get that kind of script[and is difficult these days..] Apart from AR's below mentioned albums..I like songs of 'Dor'[Salim-suliemaan] and songs of Marathi film 'Natarang' which were folk based. Regards Yogesh --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, AJ purevibz@ wrote: Indian ethnic film albums that are simple, melodious, traditional, rustic, and having that old world charm are rare. Rahman's Zubeidaa and Lagaan are examples. Another great example was the album Lekin in the early 1990s by Hridainath Mangeshkarpure, beautiful, Rajasthani melodies in a folk backdrop.oh, how rare these albums are.. Rahman..please do another album like this.no electronica, no western beats, no rap, no auto tune..just folk, rustic, simple Indian music with tablas, dholaks, santoors, flutes, sitars, veenas, sarangis, harmoniums, strings, ouds, bells, etc. etcjust a pure acoustic album with traditional Indian instruments. Of course, the right film and the right director have to be in placeand it would probably be for a period film. Rahman, please don't give up in period films.some of your best soundtracks were based on period/history films. The song Khili Re from Raavan is the most recent example of this type of music...would love a 40-50 minute film album just on this type of music alone by ARR with beautiful chords, strings, gentle effects, minimalist instrumentation, heartfelt and old world charm melodies.. a Naushadish type album. Some parts of 1947 Earth were like this too. This is just a wish of mine. I'm not comparing new Rahman to 90s Rahman or making any broad statementsit's just a wish. Rahman, I hope you hear this wish.
Re: [arr] Re: Use of Erhu instrument in recent ARR pieces
Oh man! (Gomzy that was for you ;-) ) I am glad someone here noticed this and pointed it out. Actually ever since WOHE, ARR has been smuggling a lot of subtle Chinese arrangements in his songs that need a decent pair of headphones and a keen sense of hearing to discern. The first time I heard Chinese influences in AR's music was way back in Jeans in the intro of Atisayam/Ajooba as the song was partly pictured at the Great Wall. Raavan more than anything else makes a compelling argument to listen to AR's music on headphones. There are so many bells and whistles and Easter eggs scattered around that even a slight waver in our concentration makes them go unnoticed . I think K.J.Singh and Deepak P.A deserve huge accolades for doing fantastic job on mixing of this album given the asynchronous multi faceted nature of the album. It is also wonderful to see the majority of the reviewers giving some time to fully comprehend this complex (in terms of arrangements) s/track and raving about it. Also one big round of applause for the anonymous ripper and Wired Beats for gifting us the Female version of Aromale and making it look like one cohesive piece. An awesome track and on the opposite end of the spectrum compared to the multi-layered Behane de. Just show cases our man's versatility! And thanks to Rawat too for doing a great job with the the translations! Wired Beats - Has the thought of rearranging Aromale ever crossed your mind or is it too challenging to attempt? PV From: manisha madhavan manisha_madha...@yahoo.com To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, April 29, 2010 11:36:57 PM Subject: [arr] Re: Use of Erhu instrument in recent ARR pieces Sorry, actually i think its played more like a cello than a violin. Anyways, hope this is the right instrument.. .correct me if i'm way off. From: manisha madhavan manisha_madhavan@ yahoo.com To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Fri, April 30, 2010 12:30:45 AM Subject: Use of Erhu instrument in recent ARR pieces Loving how ARR Sir used this instrument so subtly in both Raavan and VTV. The Erhu is this two-string chinese instrument, played like a violin. I have loved the sound right from when I heard it in Golden Era (Warriors of Heaven and Earth) ...and just 3 months ago I got a Erhu concerto CD and have been addicted to the sound of that instrument. So I was so ecstatic when I heard it used in the BGM of Female Aaromale during the scene right before Manipaaya starts. And again was extremely happy to hear it being used in Killi Re from 3:11-3:21. Its just so subtle yet beautiful... only ARR the wizard is brilliant enough to add these pinch of exotic instruments to create magic with each tune. If anybody knows other pieces in which this instrument has been used, do let me know! And i hope ARR Sir continues using it even more in the future :-)
Re: [arr] Use of Erhu instrument in recent ARR pieces
Hi Manisha, How interesting, thanks for this. I had no idea what the name of this instrument is! If I am not mistaken, the same instrument is used in - *Tour of the villas *from Couples Retreat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWpe1TMrKOQ listen from *min. 1.14 *onwards - *Tu Mera Hai *from Ada from *min. 3.12* onwards. I love the way ARR makes the ending of the Erhu move on to the Banjo/Oud/Ukelele (not sure).. super! Prabhu On 30 April 2010 06:30, manisha madhavan manisha_madha...@yahoo.com wrote: Loving how ARR Sir used this instrument so subtly in both Raavan and VTV. The Erhu is this two-string chinese instrument, played like a violin. I have loved the sound right from when I heard it in Golden Era (Warriors of Heaven and Earth) ...and just 3 months ago I got a Erhu concerto CD and have been addicted to the sound of that instrument. So I was so ecstatic when I heard it used in the BGM of Female Aaromale during the scene right before Manipaaya starts. And again was extremely happy to hear it being used in Killi Re from 3:11-3:21. Its just so subtle yet beautiful...only ARR the wizard is brilliant enough to add these pinch of exotic instruments to create magic with each tune. If anybody knows other pieces in which this instrument has been used, do let me know! And i hope ARR Sir continues using it even more in the future :-)
Re: [arr] Ranking of Mani-ARR albums
Raavan is a week old and you guys are ranking it already??? Nostalgia has a HUGE influence on our perception of past music. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, yeshrao81 yeshra...@... wrote: Almost everyone other than me have Raavan in the last place of ARR-Mani albums...Does it not beat atleast Yuva? Does it indicate we get more nostalgic about past albums and whatever releases last, goes to the last of the list?? --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Taimur Nadeem taimur.nadeem@ wrote: its tough tough tough, ok here i go  THIRUDA THIRUDA ( Year 3010 Thiruda Thiruda will still be the best, its pinnacle of world music ) DIL SE                  ( Earths equilibrium can be disturbed by its music) ALAIPAYUTHE      ( A DIVINE album) ROJA                    ( came ,saw, conquered) BOMBAY              ( Even the greatest musical genius cant make a song like kehna hi kya , see yourself than what really is the status of A R RAHMAN ) YUVA                  ( Yuva rocks always) KANNATHIL MUTHMATHIL IRUVAR GURU RAAVAN  regards,  taimur --- On Fri, 4/30/10, kishore parayath kishore.parayath@ wrote: From: kishore parayath kishore.parayath@ Subject: Re: [arr] Ranking of Mani-ARR albums To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, April 30, 2010, 2:48 AM  1- THIRUDA THIRUDA 2- IRUVAR 3-  ROJA 4-  BOMBAY 5-  KANNATHIL MUTHAMITTAAL 6-  ALAIPAYUTHE 7- DIL SE 8- GURU 9- YUVA 10- RAAVAN
Re: [arr] Raavanan audio on May 5
I completely agree. Plus, Mani and Rahman hail from the Tamil film industry.Also, Vikram is a MUCH better actor that Abhishek (not saying that Abhi is bad but Vikram is probably one of the top 5 in the country)...this clearly reeks of one version being favored over the otheralso i find it offensive that the Hindi version is the only one being prepped to screen at Cannes.but it could be the decision of the producers (Reliance). --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Indmov Buff indmovb...@... wrote: I hope this isn't true. If it is, I am disappointed. Not that it will be on the 5th but that there won't be a formal launch. Hardly any promos as well. What makes Raavanan different from Raavan? Why is Raavanan being given the step motherly treatment ? It has Vikram, Prithviraj, Aishwarya, Maniratnam and Rahman - these names are Huge in the South. From: yeshrao81 yeshra...@... To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, 30 April, 2010 14:21:34 Subject: [arr] Raavanan audio on May 5 http://sify. com/movies/ tamil/fullstory. php?id=14940190 On May 5 Sony Music will launch straight into the southern market, the audio of Mani Ratnam's Raavanan. Sources have confirmed that there will be no formal audio launch. The reasons given out are the non-availability of the stars mainly AR Rahman and Mani Ratnam. The director is busy giving the final polish to the film which he plans to screen outside of the festival at Cannes. However Big Pictures and Sony Music are planning to hold a promotional press meet for Tamil Raavanan at a later date.
[arr] Please vote for favorite song in Raavan
I created a poll in the polls section for Raavan favorite song. I don't know how to display the URL link for that particular poll page.could someone please help me? Previously, that specific URL could be found under page source, but no longer. Please participate in poll. You have to scroll down under Polls to find it.
[arr] Re: Awesome new trailer of Raavan!!!
Here is the translation of what's said in trailer: At 0.15 Aishwarya screams, I will not go. At 0.25 she says (with fear and anger in her voice), Who are you to kill me, I don't wanna die.. At 0.50 Abhishek's voice is heard in background [Voice Over], She is not dead yet, (and then he threatens) she will die in 14 hours The song 'Beera Beera' continues in parts throughout the trailer. Guys, I think too much has been revealed here, I don't like this kind of trailer. After all Mani Sir's film is coming after 3 years, it should be a surprise till we go to cinemas. Cinematography is superb, first class. Pravinder. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Indmov Buff indmovb...@... wrote: !!! Could someone please translate what's being said? pretty please. From: Vishal vishalredd...@... To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, 30 April, 2010 14:03:10 Subject: [arr] Awesome new trailer of Raavan!!! I'm loving the BGM of the teaser. All the Raavan haters can stop it now. Aishwarya looks too good. Looking forward to the performances! Mani Ratnam is THE MAN! http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=YrGNP5QsJJ8
[arr] Re: Use of Erhu instrument in recent ARR pieces
Awesome post, Prasad! Completely agree! The sound is incredible on this album and the minute details are evident everywhere. So glad the Erhu instrument has been identified and pointed out...I too noticed it in Khili and female Aromale.just so beautiful!!! Only ARR can do this...only ARR... --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Prasad Varma svspva...@... wrote: Oh man! (Gomzy that was for you ;-) ) I am glad someone here noticed this and pointed it out. Actually ever since WOHE, ARR has been smuggling a lot of subtle Chinese arrangements in his songs that need a decent pair of headphones and a keen sense of hearing to discern. The first time I heard Chinese influences in AR's music was way back in Jeans in the intro of Atisayam/Ajooba as the song was partly pictured at the Great Wall. Raavan more than anything else makes a compelling argument to listen to AR's music on headphones. There are so many bells and whistles and Easter eggs scattered around that even a slight waver in our concentration makes them go unnoticed . I think K.J.Singh and Deepak P.A deserve huge accolades for doing fantastic job on mixing of this album given the asynchronous multi faceted nature of the album. It is also wonderful to see the majority of the reviewers giving some time to fully comprehend this complex (in terms of arrangements) s/track and raving about it. Also one big round of applause for the anonymous ripper and Wired Beats for gifting us the Female version of Aromale and making it look like one cohesive piece. An awesome track and on the opposite end of the spectrum compared to the multi-layered Behane de. Just show cases our man's versatility! And thanks to Rawat too for doing a great job with the the translations! Wired Beats - Has the thought of rearranging Aromale ever crossed your mind or is it too challenging to attempt? PV From: manisha madhavan manisha_madha...@... To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, April 29, 2010 11:36:57 PM Subject: [arr] Re: Use of Erhu instrument in recent ARR pieces Sorry, actually i think its played more like a cello than a violin. Anyways, hope this is the right instrument.. .correct me if i'm way off. From: manisha madhavan manisha_madhavan@ yahoo.com To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Fri, April 30, 2010 12:30:45 AM Subject: Use of Erhu instrument in recent ARR pieces Loving how ARR Sir used this instrument so subtly in both Raavan and VTV. The Erhu is this two-string chinese instrument, played like a violin. I have loved the sound right from when I heard it in Golden Era (Warriors of Heaven and Earth) ...and just 3 months ago I got a Erhu concerto CD and have been addicted to the sound of that instrument. So I was so ecstatic when I heard it used in the BGM of Female Aaromale during the scene right before Manipaaya starts. And again was extremely happy to hear it being used in Killi Re from 3:11-3:21. Its just so subtle yet beautiful... only ARR the wizard is brilliant enough to add these pinch of exotic instruments to create magic with each tune. If anybody knows other pieces in which this instrument has been used, do let me know! And i hope ARR Sir continues using it even more in the future :-)
Re: [arr] Re: Kata Kata redeems Indian values cheapened by Chiggy-Wiggy
On 4/30/2010 11:56 AM India Time, _pravindersheoran_ wrote: To be honest the way youngsters are going, Indian values will be a things of past very soon. Exactly. younsters are going en masse the wrong way faster than ever. And that is the exact reason why ARR and others should create such gems reflecting indian values so that at least some youth get a change to know what indian values are and then, to return to their roots. ARR has always given more output for upholding indian values than most of the current generation of MDs. How many indian songs Himesh has given, how many Pritam has given, and so on for Anu Malik (of course, sandeshe aate hain was great) and Nadeem Shravan (does any one remember any). But, ARR has a long list of songs vandemataram, jan gan man, and even his totally filmy songs were having social message courtesy PK Mirshra and Mehboob, and such a message in Urvasi was the one that had brought me to ARR the first time (not Roja, unlike most of you) and that bond has never weakened. The definitions of love and emotions changes with time. The shyness and silent suffering sacrificing love of 50s is now a thing of past, so much past that current generations don't even find and message in that shyness and that silence and think that was stupidity of the people of that time to be such shy and such silent and suffering and do sacrifices. That made many sweet and great songs of 50s irrelevant and out of place in today's times. But, global values don't change, motivating someone to do something great doesn't change, patriotism doesn't change, social issues and awareness of them doesn't change. That's why Pradeep's songs of 40s and 50s and 60s are still stirring souls when heard, culminating with all time great patriotic song ai mere watan ke logo that was first rendered on 26 January 1963. It has been 47 years and still fresh. Similarly many social issues raised in so many songs of Sahir still remain as relevant as they were at the time of their creation. I think definitions of emotional and love will keep on changing in future and ARR's emotional and love songs will loose their values for future generations. But ARR's socially relevant songs, patriotic songs, etc. will remain as fresh as ever. And then, only a few like us will just be left with our old memories and Kata Kata song. There are and will be many others silently (less vocally) sending feedback and giving messages. One such feedback/ message is here: http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2010/02/27/india_nominates_sylvester_stallone_de Meanwhile, Aussie singer/actress Kylie Minogue has been mauled for her performance of Chiggy Wiggy, which she sang in the movie Blue. The track, written by Abbas Tyrewala, has been named in the Most Atrocious Lyrics category. Isn't that an odd honor for the costliest and most hyped song ever of bollywood? I think as long as we don't see a Chiggy Wiggy sequels, seems such feedback has reached home and has been accepted and acted upon. It is too early to predict. Let's see what happens if Blue II gets made. -- Rawat --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, V S Rawatvsra...@... wrote: 18 years fan-hood of ARR does have its few points of discord. One recent one had meet my utter condemnation of Chiggy-wiggy. Since then, it has not even a full year, and ARR has given us Kata Kata. And Kata Kata has: -- Chhoto koi devar hoy to chhaati laagiye (if there is any younger brother of the husband, keep him close to your heart like your own son) Aur saas sasur ke aadar keeje paanye laagiye e e e (and pay respect to father and mother of the husband, touch their feet) Re jaith jaithani samjhaave to maathe raakhije re (if elder brother of husband and his wife teaches something, etch that in your mind) Aur nandan ki saheli jaisi saath raakhiye re, o chori sun, saath raakhijo ra (and keep the sisters of husband with you like your friends, listen, o girl, keep them with you) -- A complete contrast the above has with chiggy-wiggy. Chiggy-wiggy was demeaning women, presenting them as brainless objects to be won over by cheap, streetsmart tactics of males for their pleasure, all this going contrary to the things that ARR stands for. Kata Kata has suggetions/ instructions/ tips/ prompts that every Indian mother tells her Indian daughter on wedding when the daughter goes to a new home for the first time - the home of her husband. It is holding the key how to keep the family together, instead of breaking the bonds and snatching the husband from him family and establishing a personal home for herself. I can feel every Indian buzurg (elder men and women) nodding their head in deep-felt approval on hearing it. It is nothing new, they themselves have been told the same at their own wedding, and they themselves have told the same to their sons and daughters at their weddings. It is pure indianness. And it covers so many aspects of Indian marriages that it is
[arr] Re: Katakata
Don't you just love this fun song? It's got this incredible groove in the end that just builds up and up with instruments and percussion, starting first with the Oud Jhala...so nice to hear the Oud played this way Raavan is so jam packed with goodiessmall and big! --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, arr_raghu arr_ra...@... wrote: Katakata is breathtaking..song rich in both melody and energy. ARR has somehow mastered this exceptional skill of packing many elements, many emotions, many expressions all at once.
Re: [arr] A R Rahman Library Gallery in Video ( Part 1 2 ) youtube
Hi Santosh, Though I can manage to write long words of praises for you...but that won't suffice the effort you have put in. All I can say is, everyone lives, but those who life with a meaning in their lives, must be born again. Regards, Abhimanyu Rana http://twitter.com/methenextlevel From: Santosh Pandey skpandey...@ymail.com To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, 29 April, 2010 11:28:27 AM Subject: [arr] A R Rahman Library Gallery in Video ( Part 1 2 ) youtube Hai Dear All My Rahmaniac .. This Is Our A R Rahman Library Gallery video ( Part 1 2 ) as below in youtube .. In A R Rahman Library Gallery there is Lots Information About Sir A R Rahman ( world Great Musician ) , Science , History, Sports, Great Indian Photo Biography, Indian Cinema World Cinema,Novel , Basic General Knowledge for Students, Management book, Musical book , Comic , computer book etc.. many More type of book . Pls All Rahmaniac in All Over Worlds come In Our A R Rahman Library Gallery Make World Best Library Gallery For Humantiy,Peace Love in This World .. God Bless All.. Jai..Ho.. Thanks Regrads , A R Rahman Library Gallery , SantoshKumar Pandey ( Librarian ). http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=g9jX3Ki2SiE ( A R Rahman Library Gallery ( Part 1 ) ) http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=DwGkudep7oc ( A R Rahman Library Gallery ( Part 2 ) )
[arr] Re: Use of Erhu instrument in recent ARR pieces
Guys, its amazing how passionate everyone of you is for ARR's music, and how far everyone goes to listen to even a small instument. Can someone please tell me, what instrument plays in 'Chhoti si asha' or 'china china asai' from Roja at 2.29 and 2.34/2.35. Its after she says 'dil hai chhota sa', and next time after se says 'masti bhare man ki I have a doubt it could be Sarangi but I am not sure. Since when I was a kid, and didn't even know about ARR, I've been in love with Roja's music and this small one second instrument. Pravinder. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Prasad Varma svspva...@... wrote: Oh man! (Gomzy that was for you ;-) ) I am glad someone here noticed this and pointed it out. Actually ever since WOHE, ARR has been smuggling a lot of subtle Chinese arrangements in his songs that need a decent pair of headphones and a keen sense of hearing to discern. The first time I heard Chinese influences in AR's music was way back in Jeans in the intro of Atisayam/Ajooba as the song was partly pictured at the Great Wall. Raavan more than anything else makes a compelling argument to listen to AR's music on headphones. There are so many bells and whistles and Easter eggs scattered around that even a slight waver in our concentration makes them go unnoticed . I think K.J.Singh and Deepak P.A deserve huge accolades for doing fantastic job on mixing of this album given the asynchronous multi faceted nature of the album. It is also wonderful to see the majority of the reviewers giving some time to fully comprehend this complex (in terms of arrangements) s/track and raving about it. Also one big round of applause for the anonymous ripper and Wired Beats for gifting us the Female version of Aromale and making it look like one cohesive piece. An awesome track and on the opposite end of the spectrum compared to the multi-layered Behane de. Just show cases our man's versatility! And thanks to Rawat too for doing a great job with the the translations! Wired Beats - Has the thought of rearranging Aromale ever crossed your mind or is it too challenging to attempt? PV From: manisha madhavan manisha_madha...@... To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, April 29, 2010 11:36:57 PM Subject: [arr] Re: Use of Erhu instrument in recent ARR pieces Sorry, actually i think its played more like a cello than a violin. Anyways, hope this is the right instrument.. .correct me if i'm way off. From: manisha madhavan manisha_madhavan@ yahoo.com To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Fri, April 30, 2010 12:30:45 AM Subject: Use of Erhu instrument in recent ARR pieces Loving how ARR Sir used this instrument so subtly in both Raavan and VTV. The Erhu is this two-string chinese instrument, played like a violin. I have loved the sound right from when I heard it in Golden Era (Warriors of Heaven and Earth) ...and just 3 months ago I got a Erhu concerto CD and have been addicted to the sound of that instrument. So I was so ecstatic when I heard it used in the BGM of Female Aaromale during the scene right before Manipaaya starts. And again was extremely happy to hear it being used in Killi Re from 3:11-3:21. Its just so subtle yet beautiful... only ARR the wizard is brilliant enough to add these pinch of exotic instruments to create magic with each tune. If anybody knows other pieces in which this instrument has been used, do let me know! And i hope ARR Sir continues using it even more in the future :-)
Re: [arr] Use of Erhu instrument in recent ARR pieces
Here r the pics of some instruments mentioned here Erhu [image: erhu_2.jpg] Oud [image: oud4.jpg] Banjo [image: Banjo.jpg] Duduk [image: duduk.jpg] This is for those who never heard of these names,like me :P ... looks very interesting ...Please make this thread longer :-) On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 3:37 AM, Prabhu Rajagopal prabhu...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Manisha, How interesting, thanks for this. I had no idea what the name of this instrument is! If I am not mistaken, the same instrument is used in - *Tour of the villas *from Couples Retreat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWpe1TMrKOQ listen from *min. 1.14 *onwards - *Tu Mera Hai *from Ada from *min. 3.12* onwards. I love the way ARR makes the ending of the Erhu move on to the Banjo/Oud/Ukelele (not sure).. super! Prabhu On 30 April 2010 06:30, manisha madhavan manisha_madha...@yahoo.comwrote: Loving how ARR Sir used this instrument so subtly in both Raavan and VTV. The Erhu is this two-string chinese instrument, played like a violin. I have loved the sound right from when I heard it in Golden Era (Warriors of Heaven and Earth) ...and just 3 months ago I got a Erhu concerto CD and have been addicted to the sound of that instrument. So I was so ecstatic when I heard it used in the BGM of Female Aaromale during the scene right before Manipaaya starts. And again was extremely happy to hear it being used in Killi Re from 3:11-3:21. Its just so subtle yet beautiful...only ARR the wizard is brilliant enough to add these pinch of exotic instruments to create magic with each tune. If anybody knows other pieces in which this instrument has been used, do let me know! And i hope ARR Sir continues using it even more in the future :-) -- - Regards ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~
[arr] Re: I want ARR to compose a pure, ethnic Indian album (and a rock)
I can't stop now, I have a wish as well. A hard rock or heavy metal song, maybe just one song, maybe in next 10 years, but one hard rock song please. ARR has revealed in an interview that when he was young, he used to play in some rock bands, he loved Pink Floyd. If I am not wrong Pink Floyd were loudest rock band of their time. ARR has given us every kind of musical pleasure, just this sort as well please. As far as AJ's wish is concerned, I am sure ARR will come with at least one ethnic album very soon. That's where his soul is, I reckon. If I am not wrong, you must have loved Mosquito from 'Connections'. That piece of music is actually a piece of magic. Pravinder. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, AJ purev...@... wrote: You're right, Water was like that too...and I love that album. I love Dor and Natarang too. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Yogesh yogesh2783@ wrote: I agree with you Chord.. But you missed 'water'..:-( He should better team up with Gulzarsahab to create non-film album based on traditional and folk based melodies. Because for films you should get that kind of script[and is difficult these days..] Apart from AR's below mentioned albums..I like songs of 'Dor'[Salim-suliemaan] and songs of Marathi film 'Natarang' which were folk based. Regards Yogesh --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, AJ purevibz@ wrote: Indian ethnic film albums that are simple, melodious, traditional, rustic, and having that old world charm are rare. Rahman's Zubeidaa and Lagaan are examples. Another great example was the album Lekin in the early 1990s by Hridainath Mangeshkarpure, beautiful, Rajasthani melodies in a folk backdrop.oh, how rare these albums are.. Rahman..please do another album like this.no electronica, no western beats, no rap, no auto tune..just folk, rustic, simple Indian music with tablas, dholaks, santoors, flutes, sitars, veenas, sarangis, harmoniums, strings, ouds, bells, etc. etcjust a pure acoustic album with traditional Indian instruments. Of course, the right film and the right director have to be in placeand it would probably be for a period film. Rahman, please don't give up in period films.some of your best soundtracks were based on period/history films. The song Khili Re from Raavan is the most recent example of this type of music...would love a 40-50 minute film album just on this type of music alone by ARR with beautiful chords, strings, gentle effects, minimalist instrumentation, heartfelt and old world charm melodies.. a Naushadish type album. Some parts of 1947 Earth were like this too. This is just a wish of mine. I'm not comparing new Rahman to 90s Rahman or making any broad statementsit's just a wish. Rahman, I hope you hear this wish.
Re: [arr] Raavanan audio on May 5
I'm disappointed too, but at least we'll get to listen to the tracks!! BTW Mani sir doesn't do a lot of promos in Tamilhe likes to keep the surprise element till the movie releases... --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Indmov Buff indmovb...@... wrote: I hope this isn't true. If it is, I am disappointed. Not that it will be on the 5th but that there won't be a formal launch. Hardly any promos as well. What makes Raavanan different from Raavan? Why is Raavanan being given the step motherly treatment ? It has Vikram, Prithviraj, Aishwarya, Maniratnam and Rahman - these names are Huge in the South. From: yeshrao81 yeshra...@... To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, 30 April, 2010 14:21:34 Subject: [arr] Raavanan audio on May 5 http://sify. com/movies/ tamil/fullstory. php?id=14940190 On May 5 Sony Music will launch straight into the southern market, the audio of Mani Ratnam's Raavanan. Sources have confirmed that there will be no formal audio launch. The reasons given out are the non-availability of the stars mainly AR Rahman and Mani Ratnam. The director is busy giving the final polish to the film which he plans to screen outside of the festival at Cannes. However Big Pictures and Sony Music are planning to hold a promotional press meet for Tamil Raavanan at a later date.
[arr] Blue vs Raavan: curing the oscar aberration
Several members had appreciated Blue music. And now, the same members are immersed in Raavan and praising it. I wonder what exactly one sees/ listens in an album to appreciate it? Blue and Raavan are quite different. And the difference in them is not just technical difference like a difference in classical or bolly songs that one can like some of both categories. There are deeper differences. I think the difference in blue and RAavan is that Blue was technically great without a soul, there was no inherent unity in those songs to weave the songs as a single fabric On the opposite extreme, Raavan is a unified album. There is a underlying common theme in all songs that suggests it could be a single song running for 30 minutes in raavan. Raavan is earthly. Raavan has given us our ARR of 10-15 years ago back to us. Raavan has generated a long thread on thiruda thiruda and all movies of ARR-Mani got discussed. Raavan is launching people on a rendezvous, down memory lane, old is gold, back to the basics. Raavan is making people rediscover and re-explore ARR. What else was discussed with blue? Nothing at all, except that it was a technically great album having new types of sounds. I think all those great and novel sounds are still there in raavan, but hardly anybody is talking about greatness and novelty of sounds in raavan - because there are so many things in raavan to be talked about that its technical supremacy seems to have taken a back seat low down in the list of priorities of things that we love to discuss about music, about ARR's music. Nobody has so far asked where is ARR's signature in Raavan, the way we had asked where ARR's signatures were in Pappu. Why so? Because we all see ARR's signatures in each and every millisecond of Raavan. At the time of release of Blue, ARR had given a message about people's high expectations after his oscars. I had written then here that if ARR is thinking of people expectations and about oscar, it is a wrong step. I had said that ARR should forget people and forget oscars when he enters his studio and he should create what his heart says. Oscars didn't make ARR creative, ARR's creativity brought Oscars to him. Compare that to Raavan release. No statement by ARR, no mention of people's expectations, no mention of oscar (and even grammy) now. Raavan got released without a word from ARR. And Raavan has stirred the ARR-fandom like none of his albums had stirred in last 10 years, may be after Dil Se. I think, with Raavan, ARR has forgotten about people's expectations and he has put his awardee status in a corner. He is back to become pre-oscar ARR. And his creativity is evident in every beat of Raavan. A creativity that has a soul, unlike the sheer technical creativity of blue. Why should ARR explain his music the way he did in Blue? His music explains itself to us fans and we understand by listening his music when our souls are in touch with ARR's souls and when we are not in touch. Blue was a album composed by an Oscar winner whereas Raavan is an album composed by a humble human being who is a music lover. It can be said that ARR experimented a lot with Blue. And, an experiment never fails. It just gives feedback about our theories, confirming some, disproving some other. Seems ARR has taken that feedback of blue and has incorporated it in his style of composition (not the blue style, but the feedback on blue style) to come up with Raavan that has turned out to be abashed heart-stealer. With so many conceptual differences in Blue and Raavan that make both the ablums almost mutually exclusive, how can a person liking blue can now like raavan also, and how can a person liking raavan might have liked blue also? Those persons who appreciates everything, their appreciations get discounted and they are seen as creating a hype. Everything can't be equally great. Such persons need to individually introspect and find what he stands for and what he doesn't identify with, and then appreciate certain things that he stands for and criticize certain things that he doesn't identify with. People can make out what is forced appreciation and what is undue criticism. -- Thanks a gig to Mani, he had given us ARR for the first time 18 years ago. And he has now re-given us our very same ARR, cured of oscar aberration. -- Rawat
Re: [arr] Puli Track List
Thank god..this tracklist is too much for pavan kalyan :P --- On Fri, 4/30/10, Gopal Srinivasan catchg...@gmail.com wrote: From: Gopal Srinivasan catchg...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [arr] Puli Track List To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, April 30, 2010, 8:15 AM The tracklist is not genuine. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 01:29, Praveen Namburi quadth...@gmail. com wrote: Gr8 2hear tht. Eagerly waiting, do any 1 the audio release date? On Apr 30, 2010 10:52 AM, ajay_baskar2000@ yahoo.co. in ajay_baskar2000@ yahoo.co. in wrote: 1. Puli Gharshana - Vijay Jesudas, Blaaze, Reena Bhardwaj 2. Raa Ante Raanu- Karthik, Sadhna Sargam 3. Pichchi Kuchchi - Udit Narayan, Madhusree, Malgudi Subha 4. Power Starku Salaam - AR Rahman, Benny Dayal, Shreya Ghoshal, Tanvi Shah 5. Nuvve Naalo - Naresh Iyer, Shreya Ghoshal. 6. Daggara Raavoy - Sunidhi Chauhan, Geeta Maadhuri, Karthik 7. Chinnaga Chekkega - Hariharan, Sujatha Source: chiranjeeviblog. com Sent from my Nokia phone
[arr] Re: I want ARR to compose a pure, ethnic Indian album (and a rock)
would like to hear a classic punk/ska song from Rahmansomething like The Clash or The English Beatnot sure if it would get universal acceptance but it would be awesome a full country or even better...a bluegrass one..would be amazing --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, pravindersheoran pravindersheo...@... wrote: I can't stop now, I have a wish as well. A hard rock or heavy metal song, maybe just one song, maybe in next 10 years, but one hard rock song please. ARR has revealed in an interview that when he was young, he used to play in some rock bands, he loved Pink Floyd. If I am not wrong Pink Floyd were loudest rock band of their time. ARR has given us every kind of musical pleasure, just this sort as well please. As far as AJ's wish is concerned, I am sure ARR will come with at least one ethnic album very soon. That's where his soul is, I reckon. If I am not wrong, you must have loved Mosquito from 'Connections'. That piece of music is actually a piece of magic. Pravinder. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, AJ purevibz@ wrote: You're right, Water was like that too...and I love that album. I love Dor and Natarang too. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Yogesh yogesh2783@ wrote: I agree with you Chord.. But you missed 'water'..:-( He should better team up with Gulzarsahab to create non-film album based on traditional and folk based melodies. Because for films you should get that kind of script[and is difficult these days..] Apart from AR's below mentioned albums..I like songs of 'Dor'[Salim-suliemaan] and songs of Marathi film 'Natarang' which were folk based. Regards Yogesh --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, AJ purevibz@ wrote: Indian ethnic film albums that are simple, melodious, traditional, rustic, and having that old world charm are rare. Rahman's Zubeidaa and Lagaan are examples. Another great example was the album Lekin in the early 1990s by Hridainath Mangeshkarpure, beautiful, Rajasthani melodies in a folk backdrop.oh, how rare these albums are.. Rahman..please do another album like this.no electronica, no western beats, no rap, no auto tune..just folk, rustic, simple Indian music with tablas, dholaks, santoors, flutes, sitars, veenas, sarangis, harmoniums, strings, ouds, bells, etc. etcjust a pure acoustic album with traditional Indian instruments. Of course, the right film and the right director have to be in placeand it would probably be for a period film. Rahman, please don't give up in period films.some of your best soundtracks were based on period/history films. The song Khili Re from Raavan is the most recent example of this type of music...would love a 40-50 minute film album just on this type of music alone by ARR with beautiful chords, strings, gentle effects, minimalist instrumentation, heartfelt and old world charm melodies.. a Naushadish type album. Some parts of 1947 Earth were like this too. This is just a wish of mine. I'm not comparing new Rahman to 90s Rahman or making any broad statementsit's just a wish. Rahman, I hope you hear this wish.
[arr] Re: I want ARR to compose a pure, ethnic Indian album (and a rock)
I would love that anything else in whole world. Only concern is, how would Indian lyrics fit in such music. Till now, all Indian rock songs I've heard, have strange and mostly weird lyrics which don't fit. Pravinder. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, vimaljk vima...@... wrote: would like to hear a classic punk/ska song from Rahmansomething like The Clash or The English Beatnot sure if it would get universal acceptance but it would be awesome a full country or even better...a bluegrass one..would be amazing --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, pravindersheoran pravindersheoran@ wrote: I can't stop now, I have a wish as well. A hard rock or heavy metal song, maybe just one song, maybe in next 10 years, but one hard rock song please. ARR has revealed in an interview that when he was young, he used to play in some rock bands, he loved Pink Floyd. If I am not wrong Pink Floyd were loudest rock band of their time. ARR has given us every kind of musical pleasure, just this sort as well please. As far as AJ's wish is concerned, I am sure ARR will come with at least one ethnic album very soon. That's where his soul is, I reckon. If I am not wrong, you must have loved Mosquito from 'Connections'. That piece of music is actually a piece of magic. Pravinder. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, AJ purevibz@ wrote: You're right, Water was like that too...and I love that album. I love Dor and Natarang too. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Yogesh yogesh2783@ wrote: I agree with you Chord.. But you missed 'water'..:-( He should better team up with Gulzarsahab to create non-film album based on traditional and folk based melodies. Because for films you should get that kind of script[and is difficult these days..] Apart from AR's below mentioned albums..I like songs of 'Dor'[Salim-suliemaan] and songs of Marathi film 'Natarang' which were folk based. Regards Yogesh --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, AJ purevibz@ wrote: Indian ethnic film albums that are simple, melodious, traditional, rustic, and having that old world charm are rare. Rahman's Zubeidaa and Lagaan are examples. Another great example was the album Lekin in the early 1990s by Hridainath Mangeshkarpure, beautiful, Rajasthani melodies in a folk backdrop.oh, how rare these albums are.. Rahman..please do another album like this.no electronica, no western beats, no rap, no auto tune..just folk, rustic, simple Indian music with tablas, dholaks, santoors, flutes, sitars, veenas, sarangis, harmoniums, strings, ouds, bells, etc. etcjust a pure acoustic album with traditional Indian instruments. Of course, the right film and the right director have to be in placeand it would probably be for a period film. Rahman, please don't give up in period films.some of your best soundtracks were based on period/history films. The song Khili Re from Raavan is the most recent example of this type of music...would love a 40-50 minute film album just on this type of music alone by ARR with beautiful chords, strings, gentle effects, minimalist instrumentation, heartfelt and old world charm melodies.. a Naushadish type album. Some parts of 1947 Earth were like this too. This is just a wish of mine. I'm not comparing new Rahman to 90s Rahman or making any broad statementsit's just a wish. Rahman, I hope you hear this wish.
Re: [arr] Please vote for favorite song in Raavan
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/surveys?id=2967349 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/surveys?id=2967349This is the link , I am the first voter and My vote goes to Ranjha Ranjha :-) On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 2:55 AM, AJ purev...@yahoo.com wrote: I created a poll in the polls section for Raavan favorite song. I don't know how to display the URL link for that particular poll page.could someone please help me? Previously, that specific URL could be found under page source, but no longer. Please participate in poll. You have to scroll down under Polls to find it. Are you searching for a reason, to be kind? b Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com Admin: ad...@arrahmanfans.com To Subscribe: arrahmanfans-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe: arrahmanfans-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links -- - Regards ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~
Re: [arr] Re: I want ARR to compose a pure, ethnic Indian album (and a rock)
Jessie's Been drivin me crazy is a song from this genre, if i am not mistaken :-) On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 2:58 AM, pravindersheoran pravindersheo...@yahoo.co.in wrote: I can't stop now, I have a wish as well. A hard rock or heavy metal song, maybe just one song, maybe in next 10 years, but one hard rock song please. ARR has revealed in an interview that when he was young, he used to play in some rock bands, he loved Pink Floyd. If I am not wrong Pink Floyd were loudest rock band of their time. ARR has given us every kind of musical pleasure, just this sort as well please. As far as AJ's wish is concerned, I am sure ARR will come with at least one ethnic album very soon. That's where his soul is, I reckon. If I am not wrong, you must have loved Mosquito from 'Connections'. That piece of music is actually a piece of magic. Pravinder. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, AJ purev...@... wrote: You're right, Water was like that too...and I love that album. I love Dor and Natarang too. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Yogesh yogesh2783@ wrote: I agree with you Chord.. But you missed 'water'..:-( He should better team up with Gulzarsahab to create non-film album based on traditional and folk based melodies. Because for films you should get that kind of script[and is difficult these days..] Apart from AR's below mentioned albums..I like songs of 'Dor'[Salim-suliemaan] and songs of Marathi film 'Natarang' which were folk based. Regards Yogesh --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, AJ purevibz@ wrote: Indian ethnic film albums that are simple, melodious, traditional, rustic, and having that old world charm are rare. Rahman's Zubeidaa and Lagaan are examples. Another great example was the album Lekin in the early 1990s by Hridainath Mangeshkarpure, beautiful, Rajasthani melodies in a folk backdrop.oh, how rare these albums are.. Rahman..please do another album like this.no electronica, no western beats, no rap, no auto tune..just folk, rustic, simple Indian music with tablas, dholaks, santoors, flutes, sitars, veenas, sarangis, harmoniums, strings, ouds, bells, etc. etcjust a pure acoustic album with traditional Indian instruments. Of course, the right film and the right director have to be in placeand it would probably be for a period film. Rahman, please don't give up in period films.some of your best soundtracks were based on period/history films. The song Khili Re from Raavan is the most recent example of this type of music...would love a 40-50 minute film album just on this type of music alone by ARR with beautiful chords, strings, gentle effects, minimalist instrumentation, heartfelt and old world charm melodies.. a Naushadish type album. Some parts of 1947 Earth were like this too. This is just a wish of mine. I'm not comparing new Rahman to 90s Rahman or making any broad statementsit's just a wish. Rahman, I hope you hear this wish. Are you searching for a reason, to be kind? b Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com Admin: ad...@arrahmanfans.com To Subscribe: arrahmanfans-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe: arrahmanfans-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links -- - Regards ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~
Re: [arr] Raavanan audio on May 5
its quite hurtful that the Tamil version is being sidelined in many ways but we cant blame the artists (ARR,actors,Mani) because its the producers decision on to have the audio launch or not. Its more complicated than what we think it is. We cant give preference to our wish once ur in a business field but for the delay in releasing the Raavanan audio (what? about 10-15 days from the hindi audio?), im expecting to see something more than what the Ravan audio has. Perhaps an extra song or a Theme music. If its just the same, then i have no comment. There is no more ill treatment to us who r expecting Raavanan more. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, vimaljk vima...@... wrote: I completely agree. Plus, Mani and Rahman hail from the Tamil film industry.Also, Vikram is a MUCH better actor that Abhishek (not saying that Abhi is bad but Vikram is probably one of the top 5 in the country)...this clearly reeks of one version being favored over the otheralso i find it offensive that the Hindi version is the only one being prepped to screen at Cannes.but it could be the decision of the producers (Reliance). --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Indmov Buff indmovbuff@ wrote: I hope this isn't true. If it is, I am disappointed. Not that it will be on the 5th but that there won't be a formal launch. Hardly any promos as well. What makes Raavanan different from Raavan? Why is Raavanan being given the step motherly treatment ? It has Vikram, Prithviraj, Aishwarya, Maniratnam and Rahman - these names are Huge in the South. From: yeshrao81 yeshrao81@ To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, 30 April, 2010 14:21:34 Subject: [arr] Raavanan audio on May 5 http://sify. com/movies/ tamil/fullstory. php?id=14940190 On May 5 Sony Music will launch straight into the southern market, the audio of Mani Ratnam's Raavanan. Sources have confirmed that there will be no formal audio launch. The reasons given out are the non-availability of the stars mainly AR Rahman and Mani Ratnam. The director is busy giving the final polish to the film which he plans to screen outside of the festival at Cannes. However Big Pictures and Sony Music are planning to hold a promotional press meet for Tamil Raavanan at a later date.
[arr] Re: I want ARR to compose a pure, ethnic Indian album (and a rock)
they have that type of music in other languages...so i see no reason why they cant do the same with indian languages! --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, pravindersheoran pravindersheo...@... wrote: I would love that anything else in whole world. Only concern is, how would Indian lyrics fit in such music. Till now, all Indian rock songs I've heard, have strange and mostly weird lyrics which don't fit. Pravinder. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, vimaljk vimaljk@ wrote: would like to hear a classic punk/ska song from Rahmansomething like The Clash or The English Beatnot sure if it would get universal acceptance but it would be awesome a full country or even better...a bluegrass one..would be amazing --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, pravindersheoran pravindersheoran@ wrote: I can't stop now, I have a wish as well. A hard rock or heavy metal song, maybe just one song, maybe in next 10 years, but one hard rock song please. ARR has revealed in an interview that when he was young, he used to play in some rock bands, he loved Pink Floyd. If I am not wrong Pink Floyd were loudest rock band of their time. ARR has given us every kind of musical pleasure, just this sort as well please. As far as AJ's wish is concerned, I am sure ARR will come with at least one ethnic album very soon. That's where his soul is, I reckon. If I am not wrong, you must have loved Mosquito from 'Connections'. That piece of music is actually a piece of magic. Pravinder. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, AJ purevibz@ wrote: You're right, Water was like that too...and I love that album. I love Dor and Natarang too. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Yogesh yogesh2783@ wrote: I agree with you Chord.. But you missed 'water'..:-( He should better team up with Gulzarsahab to create non-film album based on traditional and folk based melodies. Because for films you should get that kind of script[and is difficult these days..] Apart from AR's below mentioned albums..I like songs of 'Dor'[Salim-suliemaan] and songs of Marathi film 'Natarang' which were folk based. Regards Yogesh --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, AJ purevibz@ wrote: Indian ethnic film albums that are simple, melodious, traditional, rustic, and having that old world charm are rare. Rahman's Zubeidaa and Lagaan are examples. Another great example was the album Lekin in the early 1990s by Hridainath Mangeshkarpure, beautiful, Rajasthani melodies in a folk backdrop.oh, how rare these albums are.. Rahman..please do another album like this.no electronica, no western beats, no rap, no auto tune..just folk, rustic, simple Indian music with tablas, dholaks, santoors, flutes, sitars, veenas, sarangis, harmoniums, strings, ouds, bells, etc. etcjust a pure acoustic album with traditional Indian instruments. Of course, the right film and the right director have to be in placeand it would probably be for a period film. Rahman, please don't give up in period films.some of your best soundtracks were based on period/history films. The song Khili Re from Raavan is the most recent example of this type of music...would love a 40-50 minute film album just on this type of music alone by ARR with beautiful chords, strings, gentle effects, minimalist instrumentation, heartfelt and old world charm melodies.. a Naushadish type album. Some parts of 1947 Earth were like this too. This is just a wish of mine. I'm not comparing new Rahman to 90s Rahman or making any broad statementsit's just a wish. Rahman, I hope you hear this wish.
[arr] Re: I want ARR to compose a pure, ethnic Indian album (and a rock)
Its almost there. Its rock yes, but hard no. I am talking about some killer guitars (if someone heard that guy playing guitars in a crazy way in ARR's Sydney concert, you got me) I am talking about someone singing and tearing their throat like Kurt Cobain in Nirvana's 'smells like teen spirit. By the way, those guitars in 'Thok De Killi' are heavenly. Pravinder. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, A.R.Rajib a.r.ra...@... wrote: Jessie's Been drivin me crazy is a song from this genre, if i am not mistaken :-) On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 2:58 AM, pravindersheoran pravindersheo...@... wrote: I can't stop now, I have a wish as well. A hard rock or heavy metal song, maybe just one song, maybe in next 10 years, but one hard rock song please. ARR has revealed in an interview that when he was young, he used to play in some rock bands, he loved Pink Floyd. If I am not wrong Pink Floyd were loudest rock band of their time. ARR has given us every kind of musical pleasure, just this sort as well please. As far as AJ's wish is concerned, I am sure ARR will come with at least one ethnic album very soon. That's where his soul is, I reckon. If I am not wrong, you must have loved Mosquito from 'Connections'. That piece of music is actually a piece of magic. Pravinder. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, AJ purevibz@ wrote: You're right, Water was like that too...and I love that album. I love Dor and Natarang too. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Yogesh yogesh2783@ wrote: I agree with you Chord.. But you missed 'water'..:-( He should better team up with Gulzarsahab to create non-film album based on traditional and folk based melodies. Because for films you should get that kind of script[and is difficult these days..] Apart from AR's below mentioned albums..I like songs of 'Dor'[Salim-suliemaan] and songs of Marathi film 'Natarang' which were folk based. Regards Yogesh --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, AJ purevibz@ wrote: Indian ethnic film albums that are simple, melodious, traditional, rustic, and having that old world charm are rare. Rahman's Zubeidaa and Lagaan are examples. Another great example was the album Lekin in the early 1990s by Hridainath Mangeshkarpure, beautiful, Rajasthani melodies in a folk backdrop.oh, how rare these albums are.. Rahman..please do another album like this.no electronica, no western beats, no rap, no auto tune..just folk, rustic, simple Indian music with tablas, dholaks, santoors, flutes, sitars, veenas, sarangis, harmoniums, strings, ouds, bells, etc. etcjust a pure acoustic album with traditional Indian instruments. Of course, the right film and the right director have to be in placeand it would probably be for a period film. Rahman, please don't give up in period films.some of your best soundtracks were based on period/history films. The song Khili Re from Raavan is the most recent example of this type of music...would love a 40-50 minute film album just on this type of music alone by ARR with beautiful chords, strings, gentle effects, minimalist instrumentation, heartfelt and old world charm melodies.. a Naushadish type album. Some parts of 1947 Earth were like this too. This is just a wish of mine. I'm not comparing new Rahman to 90s Rahman or making any broad statementsit's just a wish. Rahman, I hope you hear this wish. Are you searching for a reason, to be kind? b Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com Admin: ad...@... To Subscribe: arrahmanfans-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe: arrahmanfans-unsubscr...@...! Groups Links -- - Regards ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~
[arr] Re: Blue vs Raavan: curing the oscar aberration
Reasons why I like Blue: Catchy songs Couple of nice melody songs Crafty arrangements Nice sound range Multi genre Attention to detail Rehnuma, Fiqrana, Bhoola Tujhe are my favorites Reasons why I like Raavan: Catchy songs All songs are melodious Arrangements and sound are spectacular Attention to detail even more Folk, earthy, semi classical, ethnic, raw Emotions are very concentrated Each song is truly special overall. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, V S Rawat vsra...@... wrote: Several members had appreciated Blue music. And now, the same members are immersed in Raavan and praising it. I wonder what exactly one sees/ listens in an album to appreciate it? Blue and Raavan are quite different. And the difference in them is not just technical difference like a difference in classical or bolly songs that one can like some of both categories. There are deeper differences. I think the difference in blue and RAavan is that Blue was technically great without a soul, there was no inherent unity in those songs to weave the songs as a single fabric On the opposite extreme, Raavan is a unified album. There is a underlying common theme in all songs that suggests it could be a single song running for 30 minutes in raavan. Raavan is earthly. Raavan has given us our ARR of 10-15 years ago back to us. Raavan has generated a long thread on thiruda thiruda and all movies of ARR-Mani got discussed. Raavan is launching people on a rendezvous, down memory lane, old is gold, back to the basics. Raavan is making people rediscover and re-explore ARR. What else was discussed with blue? Nothing at all, except that it was a technically great album having new types of sounds. I think all those great and novel sounds are still there in raavan, but hardly anybody is talking about greatness and novelty of sounds in raavan - because there are so many things in raavan to be talked about that its technical supremacy seems to have taken a back seat low down in the list of priorities of things that we love to discuss about music, about ARR's music. Nobody has so far asked where is ARR's signature in Raavan, the way we had asked where ARR's signatures were in Pappu. Why so? Because we all see ARR's signatures in each and every millisecond of Raavan. At the time of release of Blue, ARR had given a message about people's high expectations after his oscars. I had written then here that if ARR is thinking of people expectations and about oscar, it is a wrong step. I had said that ARR should forget people and forget oscars when he enters his studio and he should create what his heart says. Oscars didn't make ARR creative, ARR's creativity brought Oscars to him. Compare that to Raavan release. No statement by ARR, no mention of people's expectations, no mention of oscar (and even grammy) now. Raavan got released without a word from ARR. And Raavan has stirred the ARR-fandom like none of his albums had stirred in last 10 years, may be after Dil Se. I think, with Raavan, ARR has forgotten about people's expectations and he has put his awardee status in a corner. He is back to become pre-oscar ARR. And his creativity is evident in every beat of Raavan. A creativity that has a soul, unlike the sheer technical creativity of blue. Why should ARR explain his music the way he did in Blue? His music explains itself to us fans and we understand by listening his music when our souls are in touch with ARR's souls and when we are not in touch. Blue was a album composed by an Oscar winner whereas Raavan is an album composed by a humble human being who is a music lover. It can be said that ARR experimented a lot with Blue. And, an experiment never fails. It just gives feedback about our theories, confirming some, disproving some other. Seems ARR has taken that feedback of blue and has incorporated it in his style of composition (not the blue style, but the feedback on blue style) to come up with Raavan that has turned out to be abashed heart-stealer. With so many conceptual differences in Blue and Raavan that make both the ablums almost mutually exclusive, how can a person liking blue can now like raavan also, and how can a person liking raavan might have liked blue also? Those persons who appreciates everything, their appreciations get discounted and they are seen as creating a hype. Everything can't be equally great. Such persons need to individually introspect and find what he stands for and what he doesn't identify with, and then appreciate certain things that he stands for and criticize certain things that he doesn't identify with. People can make out what is forced appreciation and what is undue criticism. -- Thanks a gig to Mani, he had given us ARR for the first time 18 years ago. And he has now re-given us our very same ARR, cured of oscar aberration. -- Rawat
