date:20100906

Partially true, as its for only one movie that Mani Ratnam sir is producing, 
not directing. This news came last month. 

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, sandhiya vs vssandh...@... wrote:

 Hi Guys,
 I read the News that says, Maniratnam is leaving ARR and Going to join with 
 Yuvan for his next Tamil - Hindi Ventures? Is it True? Reason of Leaving is 
 ARR is Busy with International Projects. And also another news.. that ARR 
 working for Gautham for next Tamil Venture.

[arr] Robot (Hindi) Music Review by BollywoodHungama

By Joginder Tuteja, September 6, 2010 - 10:49 IST

EXPECTATIONS

One has to make himself doubly sure before picking up the album of Robot. 
Firstly, because there are two soundtrack versions of Robot made available on 
stands - a Tamil and a Hindi version. Secondly, even in Hindi version, song 
titles (is it really Swanand Kirkire who has written lyrics here?) go as 'Pagal 
Anukan', 'Chitty Dance Showcase', 'Arima Arima', 'Boom Boom', 'Kilimanjaro'. 
Frankly, it is hard to fathom if the songs in the album would indeed be in 
Hindi. Despite the name A.R. Rahman being associated with Robot, one still 
plays on the album with some apprehension because it is a classic case of a 
soundtrack carrying a feeling of being dubbed rather than something like Raavan 
which carried its own distinct flavour of Hindi as well as Tamil due to the 
film being a bilingual.

MUSIC

As expected, Robot sees a techno beginning for itself in the first song 'Naina 
Miley'. The song does carry the kind of sound that Rahman had made popular in 
the 90s and hence there is a strong sense of deja vu. However, the lyrics 
really kill the show here with words that go as: 'I Robo Dooba Mai, Pyaar Mein 
Dooba Re; I am a Super Girl, Teri Pyaari Rapper Girl'. Surprisingly, even 
though Rahman himself comes behind the mike for this one, there is little 
impact made. Comparatively, Suzanne's voice does carry a naughty streak to it 
which does lend an added zing to the song. With English lyrics and background 
vocals by Kash n Krissy, 'Naina Miley' is the kind of dance number that comes 
with the potential of looking good more than sounding phenomenal. 

'Neutron Electron Neele Naino Mein Bolo Kitne Hain' - It is hard to imagine 
that Swanand Kirkire actually sat down to write a song with lyrics like these. 
Agreed that the film is futuristic with robots and stuff alike but bringing 
elements like neutrons and electrons is taking things a little too far. On a 
regular day, a duet coming from Mohit Chauhan and Shreya Ghoshal would have 
come with a very good probability of working with the audience. Here, the tune 
is not bad but still the sense of deja vu due to a heard before tune and some 
bizarre lyrics don't quite allow the song to make much of an impression.

Thankfully there is some fun in store with 'Chitti Dance Showcase' - an 
uninterrupted three minute long dance piece with accompanying vocals by Pradeep 
Vijay, Pravin Mani, Rags and Yogi B. It's a good mix of Western and Indian 
classical as this dance piece with a heavy thump to it makes for an engaging 
hear. This one should look really good on screen as it comes with the promise 
of a robot dancing to the beats.

One doesn't quite remember when was the last time a song had featured Sadhna 
Sargam. One of the preferred singers for Rahman, she comes along with Hariharan 
to render a theme track 'Arima Arima' which has - hold your breath - lyrics 
like 'Yeh Yantrik Maanav Sabse Ooncha'. While one continues to figure out the 
meaning of 'Arima Arima', more heavy weight words follow that give an 
impression of some of the literal translation that late lyricist P.K. Mishra 
used to give to Tamil lyrics of Rahman songs a decade back. Oops, but this one 
too stays on to be strictly situational.

Ok, this one has to be heard to believe. 'Kilimanjaro ladki parbat ki 
yaaro.mohan jadado isko dil mein utaro' - A song like this is bound to turn 
you speechless. Really, the tune isn't bad here and singing by Javed Ali and 
Chinmayi is decent too. Still, 'Kilimanjaro'? If one ignores this aspect of the 
song, it does promise big screen experience.

'Aizak Asimov Kaa Kela Hai Robo, Aizak Newton Ki Leelaa Hai Robo' - Let's not 
even try to go beyond that. The beats do carry a thump; the sound is on the 
same lines as 'Chitti Dance Showcase' and the Western zing does promise an 
electrifying outing once the visuals start making an impression in Robot. 
However, for that you wait for the movie to arrive and not quite give much 
attention to what this song by Rags, Yogi B, Madhushree, Kirthi Sagathia and 
Tanvi Shah has to offer.

Last to come is 'O Naye Insaan' - a theme track about the birth of Robot. A 
slow piece with a haunting feel to it, this Srinivas D and Khatija Rahman sung 
track is strictly situational and doesn't carry much shelf life.

OVERALL

Robot disappoints. While Rahman himself hasn't come up with anything 
exceptional, something which is expected from him film after film; it's the 
lyrics that are chief culprit here. It is clear that a lot has been lost in 
translation here, literally so, as the song dubbing Tamil to Hindi just doesn't 
work here.

OUR PICK(S)

'Chitti Dance Showcase' 

RATING 

1.5/5

Re: [arr] Are you for or against ARR redoing CWG theme song

2010-09-06 Thread chelva kumar

I would just say that if he is not appreciated for his work and people join 
hand to slam n bulldoze him, he should stop doing work for them (as he will be 
able to judge who is good and who has tht fake smile on their faces). He is not 
at loss either. He has already established himself as a mass which of course 
certain group of people are waiting to destroy it for their own cord. It 
happens everywhere. Everyone wants to be popular today.
 
chelva.

--- On Mon, 6/9/10, Gopal Srinivasan catchg...@gmail.com wrote:


From: Gopal Srinivasan catchg...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [arr] Are you for or against ARR redoing CWG theme song
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, 6 September, 2010, 10:44 AM


  



What now? After advising him that he should stop doing concerts so that he can 
concentrate on composing, we are now going to tell him how to run his personal 
life as well? What marriages he attends and how many should be none of our 
concerns. Let's be careful with where we tread...


On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 22:40, Raghu arr_ra...@yahoo.com wrote:


  



I do not even know how ARR is putting up with these schedules..
He has to rerecord Endhiran, Puli, 127 hrs, practice for his
upcoming concerts, jootha movie is coming up and now to redo the cwg anthem? 
between how is he also trying to attend marriage functions?

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, wiredbeats wiredbe...@... wrote:

 No! I hope the song is NOT redone. It wont go well for Rahman in the long 
 run. Because the critics will slam it again and that time it would be  
 Rahman fails again... 
 
 If at all there is a slightly modified version, he better perform it live an 
 surprise us all! 
 
 However, we all need the video our urgently. Unless the video is cancelled 
 due to the hammering the song received.
 
 I hope!
 
 Regards
 
 Vivek ( wiredbeats)

Re: [arr] Fitting response to IBN live dud article

2010-09-06 Thread shyam k

reminds me of the dialogue from movie Avatar What the hell are you guys 
smoking out there IBN?...I am from Kerala and I know for a fact that Yodha 
changed Malayalam film music. I have met the director personally and he had 
commented that it was one of the best things that happened to Malayalam movie 
industry and he is proud of the fact that he is the only director in the 
Malayalam movie industry to have worked with Rahman. Also Yodha got M G 
Sreekumar his first state award and those days any function had the songs from 
Yodha played back to back.I have a response to the other  albums. If you are 
expecting every song in the album to be a super hit it is impossible not that 
it has not happened in the case of Rahman, but just look at the number of hits 
he has given in the past 5 yrs and compare it with any other artist in the 
world. Fact is the number is far to high. So all the media fools out there stop 
comparing and mind your own business.The Indian
 News/Media industry people are those who set up cameras at various strategic 
points during the 26/11 attack and let the terrorist make the whole attack a 
cakewalk. And at the end of the day there were weeks and weeks of talk shows 
and harassing innocent victims of the incident for more prime time viewing and 
thus more money. Its so pathetic.Its the same thing that they did to Sachin 
Tendulkar. The movie Mumbai meri jaan is the true representation of the media.
I'm glad that there are people who can make out the difference between good bad 
and ugly.cheerssHyaM

--- On Sat, 9/4/10, Thulasi Ram karoke...@gmail.com wrote:

From: Thulasi Ram karoke...@gmail.com
Subject: [arr] Fitting response to IBN live dud article
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, September 4, 2010, 2:01 PM















 
 



  



  
  
  
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/130209/swagatham-fiasco-rahmans-top-10-duds.html?from=search
THEY ADDED A VIDEO BUT I THINK IT IS NOW REPLACED WITH JUST THE CWG VIDEO.



from Madanraj Vasanth at 
12:45, Sep 04, 2010

This should be top most article of Top ten IBN duds. 
Honestly i am not a Rahman song but rather calls myself fan of good music. But 
this article did enough mudslinging against Rahman who is today incomparable to 
any music directors to take the Indian music to world stage. People who haven't 
achieved anything in their life are taking this as a opportunity to belittle 
him. 






from savvygupta at 11:48, Sep 04, 
2010

utter non sense,seems the writer doesnt have a clue or any sort of 
information what so ever.i request a concern like ibn live not to write such 
baseless articles which hurts us,we love these songs and now it seems we are 
fools.Thank you 






from sivaprasad1986 at 11:38, 
Sep 04, 2010

WTH u r saying?? Have u lost ur mind??Kadhal Desam,Jeans 
 Lovebirds are super hits in south??VTV,Parasuram Yodha are also 
hits...I'm asking one question to u.Have u listened to these albums?? 






from radhiram at 11:20, Sep 
04, 2010

it is a fact that rahman has been on the downhill for sometime 
now and has not come up with anything great or worthy of his name. i feel he 
composes more from his head than his heart and his music is more wizardy than 
soul. jeans, lovebirds,kadhal desam, vtv had one or two hummbale numbers each 
and thats all. probably he is confused asto whether he has to compose pure and 
simple music or go high funda to live upto his name. the result is that the 
confusion reflects inhis music. 






from dummrocks at 11:14, Sep 04, 
2010

What a joke! This is the duddest article ever. Which world is the 
author of the article living in? Do you have any idea of the number of copies 
sold of vinnathaandi varuvaya or kaadhal desam or jeans or love birds or do you 
have any idea of the music in those albums. I doubt if the author of this 
article has ever listened to any of these albums. Atleast, before publishing 
some non-sensical article like this, the author should try to justify by 
providing numbers. I request IBNlive to take responsibility and share the work 
with someone knowledgeable enough. This is one silly article. 








more »



from Ramkumar 
Soundararajan at 11:12 AM, Sep 04, 2010

This article is a total 
crap 






from rafnas at 11:08 AM, Sep 
04, 2010

None has born yet to review @arrahman 's tracks..!! So just keep 
ur mouths shut and enjoy his compositions..!! The above mentioned list is plain 
rubbish..!! Only the movies wen unnoticed, not the music. And to remind you, 
Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa is classic..!! 






from Rishi 
Renjith at 10:59 AM, Sep 04, 2010

I must tell that whoever wrote 
this article must be real nuts!!! What a list of top 10 duds he's come up 
with!!! Hilarious 






from maverickmotto at 10:44 
AM, Sep 04, 2010

I am a journalist myself and it is sheer unfortunate to 
see someone write an article without doing any homework. To whoever has written 
this article, most albums that you have mentioned in the article have

Re: [arr] Are you for or against ARR redoing CWG theme song

Ditto! Same opinion here.. 

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Arr Fan arr...@... wrote:

 I'm against it. There is no guarantee that the recomposed song will be 
 accepted 
 by the  politicians and the media
 
 The current song is good - CWG team must release the video ASAP and promote 
 it 
 everywhere on TV, Movie Theaters, Kiosks, etc...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 From: V S Rawat vsra...@...
 To: arrf arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
 Sent: Sun, September 5, 2010 6:47:48 AM
 Subject: [arr] Are you for or against ARR redoing CWG theme song
 

 Can we crystalize our views on this issue?
 
 Are you for or against ARR redoing CWG theme song?
 
 --
 Rawat

Re: [arr] Are you for or against ARR redoing CWG theme song

Iam neutral. I dont like it very much, neither do I find any reason to
dislike it. It is not very bad as portrayed by the press.

On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 10:42 PM, chelva kumar chelva1...@yahoo.com.sgwrote:

I would just say that if he is not appreciated for his work and people
join hand to slam n bulldoze him, he should stop doing work for them (as he
will be able to judge who is good and who has tht fake smile on their
faces). He is not at loss either. He has already established himself as a
mass which of course certain group of people are waiting to destroy it for
their own cord. It happens everywhere. Everyone wants to be popular today.

chelva.

--- On *Mon, 6/9/10, Gopal Srinivasan catchg...@gmail.com* wrote:

From: Gopal Srinivasan catchg...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [arr] Are you for or against ARR redoing CWG theme song
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, 6 September, 2010, 10:44 AM

What now? After advising him that he should stop doing concerts so that he
can concentrate on composing, we are now going to tell him how to run his
personal life as well? What marriages he attends and how many should be none
of our concerns. Let's be careful with where we tread...

On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 22:40, Raghu
arr_ra...@yahoo.comhttp://sg.mc765.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=arr_ra...@yahoo.com
wrote:

I do not even know how ARR is putting up with these schedules..
He has to rerecord Endhiran, Puli, 127 hrs, practice for his
upcoming concerts, jootha movie is coming up and now to redo the cwg
anthem? between how is he also trying to attend marriage functions?

--- In
arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.comhttp://sg.mc765.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com,
wiredbeats wiredbe...@... wrote:

No! I hope the song is NOT redone. It wont go well for Rahman in the long
run. Because the critics will slam it again and that time it would be
Rahman fails again...

If at all there is a slightly modified version, he better perform it live
an surprise us all!

However, we all need the video our urgently. Unless the video is
cancelled due to the hammering the song received.

I hope!

Regards

Vivek ( wiredbeats)

Re: [arr] Re: 127 Hours - Initial reviews from Telluride Film festival.

2010-09-06 Thread pratap

Yup... Have the same feeling about the score...
















http://www.facebook.com/pages/Indian-Movie-BGMS/146146955399503

http://indian-music-bgm.blogspot.com/
 
Please do not add me in YM. I only use this account for the group...


--- On Sun, 9/5/10, Gomzy™ gomtesh.upad...@gmail.com wrote:


From: Gomzy™ gomtesh.upad...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [arr] Re: 127 Hours - Initial reviews from Telluride Film festival.
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, September 5, 2010, 12:36 PM


  



Guys please dont hype this score. Its going to be very subtle and very minimal 
in the movie. 


On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Sriram Iyer sriramiye...@yahoo.co.in wrote:


  



Great. Would AR get another Oscar nomination. Let's hope so.


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vinod Raju vi...@... wrote:


 snip
 Boyle reteams with A.R. Rahman, who won two Academy Awards for their last 
 collaboration (Slumdog Millionaire). Rahman's score for 127 Hours is more 
 involved in the moments before and after Ralston became stuck in the canyon. 
 I almost wish there were more of it, but it seems Boyle chose to play the 
 dramatic moments more naturalistic (which is understandable).
 /snip
 
 Film Rating: 9.5 out of 10
 
 http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/09/04/telluride-review-danny-boyles-127-hours/
 
 
 
 snip
 Technically, Boyle is assisted by exemplary cinematography credited to both 
 Enrique Chediak and Anthony Dod Mantle. A.R. Rahman, who famously 
 collaborated with Boyle on Slumdog, is back for a second go around with new 
 songs and compositions that eloquently fit the mood (most appear to feature 
 Dido in the vocals). Rahaman is also pitch perfect in his score for the 
 film's most dramatic moment, helping Boyle create the unexpectedly uplifting 
 conclusion. All three will be key players in their categories as awards 
 season progresses. 
 /snip
 
 http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/awards-campaign-2009/posts/telluride-danny-boyles-127-hours-is-a-visceral-and-uplifting-experience
 
 
 
 Tears in Telluride for 127 Hours
 http://www.awardsdaily.com/2010/09/tears-in-telluride-for-127-hours/
 
 
 Telluride 2010: Danny Boyle's '127 Hours' cuts an impressive swath
 http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2010/09/telluride-2010-danny-boyles-127-hours-storms-into-town.html
 
 
 
 -Vinod






-- 
www.gomzyphotography.com

Re: [arr] Re: Mani Sir Leaving ARR..??????

2010-09-06 Thread Vithur

Can never be true.. Impossible.

On 9/6/10, Rivjot riv...@yahoo.com wrote:
 Partially true, as its for only one movie that Mani Ratnam sir is producing,
 not directing. This news came last month.

 --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, sandhiya vs vssandh...@... wrote:

 Hi Guys,
 I read the News that says, Maniratnam is leaving ARR and Going to join
 with Yuvan for his next Tamil - Hindi Ventures? Is it True? Reason of
 Leaving is ARR is Busy with International Projects. And also another
 news.. that ARR working for Gautham for next Tamil Venture.






-- 
regards,
Vithur

Re: [arr] Are you for or against ARR redoing CWG theme song

2010-09-06 Thread mb4zap®

I am against! It is a superior composition and it is crystal clear that 
politicians are polluting and media is booming it for their own benefit.. 


so NO need to redo.

 -Moin Ali






From: Rivjot riv...@yahoo.com
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, September 6, 2010 12:15:02 PM
Subject: Re: [arr] Are you for or against ARR redoing CWG theme song

  
Ditto! Same opinion here.. 

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Arr Fan arr...@... wrote:

 I'm against it. There is no guarantee that the recomposed song will be 
 accepted 

 by the  politicians and the media
 
 The current song is good - CWG team must release the video ASAP and promote 
 it 

 everywhere on TV, Movie Theaters, Kiosks, etc...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 From: V S Rawat vsra...@...
 To: arrf arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
 Sent: Sun, September 5, 2010 6:47:48 AM
 Subject: [arr] Are you for or against ARR redoing CWG theme song
 
 
 Can we crystalize our views on this issue?
 
 Are you for or against ARR redoing CWG theme song?
 
 --
 Rawat

Re: [arr] Komaram puli

SONY says 7.5 lakh units of the cassettes and CDs have been sold already.

Re: [arr] Namakame.....is the only song I love in Komaram Puli

Amma thale is classic!

[arr] Re: Mani Sir Leaving ARR..??????

2010-09-06 Thread raj

Yuvan is working mani's  production and not direction. Mani has used other 
music directors for the films in his production. Ex: Nerukku ner, Aasai, 5 star

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, sandhiya vs vssandh...@... wrote:

 Hi Guys,
 I read the News that says, Maniratnam is leaving ARR and Going to join with 
 Yuvan for his next Tamil - Hindi Ventures? Is it True? Reason of Leaving is 
 ARR is Busy with International Projects. And also another news.. that ARR 
 working for Gautham for next Tamil Venture.

Re: [arr] Are you for or against ARR redoing CWG theme song

2010-09-06 Thread Kali Dasan

I'm against it. If you loop the any song 100 time you will feel tired,boring (i 
cant able to express) but cwg song i'm listening listening... keep on 
listening..if we got the video with the song... it'll be more inspirational to 
players of the games
 


M.KALIDASAN
The Rahman Lover

--- On Mon, 6/9/10, Gayathri Chandrakasan gayathri_c...@yahoo.com wrote:


From: Gayathri Chandrakasan gayathri_c...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [arr] Are you for or against ARR redoing CWG theme song
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, 6 September, 2010, 8:53 AM
















I'm against it. CWG or not, there's nothing more insulting than asking a 
composer to redo a song which has been released. Every composition is like a 
baby to the composer. Others may like/dislike the baby but a composer will 
never hate the same. By asking ARR to redo the song is akin to telling a 
mother, Your baby is horrible to look at. Dump it and give birth to a new 
baby.  


--- On Sun, 9/5/10, V S Rawat vsra...@gmail.com wrote:


From: V S Rawat vsra...@gmail.com
Subject: [arr] Are you for or against ARR redoing CWG theme song
To: arrf arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, September 5, 2010, 6:47 AM


  

Can we crystalize our views on this issue?

Are you for or against ARR redoing CWG theme song?

--
Rawat

Re: [arr] Re: Mani Sir Leaving ARR..??????

2010-09-06 Thread Indmov Buff

Mani is not leaving Rahman. The news speculated that Yuvan was signed on for 
his 
home production movie. Not his directorial venture. He has worked with other 
music directors for his home productions (Dum Dum Dum- Karthik Raja etc)

From: Vithur vith...@gmail.com
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, 6 September, 2010 7:27:47
Subject: Re: [arr] Re: Mani Sir Leaving ARR..??

Can never be true.. Impossible.

On 9/6/10, Rivjot riv...@yahoo.com wrote:
 Partially true, as its for only one movie that Mani Ratnam sir is producing,
 not directing. This news came last month.

 --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, sandhiya vs vssandh...@... wrote:

 Hi Guys,
 I read the News that says, Maniratnam is leaving ARR and Going to join
 with Yuvan for his next Tamil - Hindi Ventures? Is it True? Reason of
 Leaving is ARR is Busy with International Projects. And also another
 news.. that ARR working for Gautham for next Tamil Venture.

-- 
regards,
Vithur

Re: [arr] 2 ARR Movies in one day!!!!

2010-09-06 Thread Kali Dasan

I love all the song in the film


M.KALIDASAN
The Rahman Lover

--- On Sat, 4/9/10, ali ahad mindblower2...@yahoo.com wrote:


From: ali ahad mindblower2...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [arr] 2 ARR Movies in one day
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, 4 September, 2010, 10:23 AM












TLBS definetly has great songs like .. MAHI VE, SARFAROSHI KI TAMANNA, MERA 
RANG DE BASANTI CHOLA , and DESH MERE ... but u missed the best of the lot .. 
PAGRI SAMBHAL JATHA .. love this song





From: chella govindarajan rcgr...@yahoo.co.in
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, September 4, 2010 6:41:06 AM
Subject: [arr] 2 ARR Movies in one day

  


Just Revisited 2 great Films by ARR... This time with Concentration on BGM and 
acting skills of actors.. Was just astonished to see the way the BGMs proceed 
on.. 

The 2 films were The Legend of Bhagath Singh and Iruvar.

The BGMs exactly matched the situation. That too for Iruvar it was typically 
set as though it was composed during the older days. For legend of bhagath 
singh it was so patriotic. 

The Music of  TLBS is almost forgotten by many. The Mahive and jogiya songs are 
good medium paced melody songs... Cant get better. The song of Desh mere, mera 
rang de basanti, sarfaroshi ki tamanna(both versions) can make any one 
understand what INDIA was to the three freedom fighters. Perfectly placed. 

I am stopping here as i am running out of words 

    Thanks/Best Regards
Chella Govindarajan R (a) Uppili R

RE: [arr] The Indian dream!

2010-09-06 Thread s03g373 s03g373



Hi George,

You wrote exactly what I have been thinking forever. 100% agree with you.

 Please read the mail I have sent to the group last friday.

Take care,

Serge.

 


To: r.v.geo...@gmail.com; arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
From: r.v.geo...@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 22:10:46 +1000
Subject: [arr] The Indian dream!









Hey Guys,


This whole CWG theme songs fiasco has been really getting my blood boil. This 
is my 2cents worth.




Here is a group of politicians who are known to be corrupt to the bone. I am 
generalizing here. I am an Indian living in Australia. I am proud of being 
Indian. BUT, I cannot stand the corruption that goes on in India. One of the 
main reasons for me to leave India was the corruption there. Not saying that 
there is no corruption anywhere else but there is so much of it in India and we 
all know it but no one does anything about it. It is great to see a hero in a 
movie killing all sorts of weeds in our government but in reality there is no 
one stopping the weeds entering the government 


The CWG anthem in absolutely brilliant. I loved it and can't get enough of it. 
The only reason for finding faults with A.R.Rahman is to divert the focus from 
the politicians corruption scandals. For the people who have a problem with the 
money paid to Rahman I am sorry he deserves every paise. There is no other 
musician who could have come up with a better compositions. That is the plain 
truth. This is really making my blood boil to a point where I feel like calling 
a press conference and putting thing forward to the bloody media and asking 
them the questions about where are their compositions and which one of them 
have had even 2 days of music lessons for them to make such claims and bring it 
out as headlines. 


If there was someone from this group who could help me voice our support and 
bring the corrupt politicians to the limelight I will be happy to support and 
will come back to my motherland India. India is a great country and would be 
even better if we had been governed by clean politicians. There are a few 
great, highly educated politicians who would make great leaders but they are 
all sidelined so that the greedy, uneducated scum could rule a great country 
only to drag it to their standards. 


I guess our politicians enjoyed the Shakira song only because of all the skin 
shown. Guess they were looking only at the video (I personally think they 
wouldn't have understood the lyrics.. hahaha) Sorry couldn't help putting 
that in! I really liked Wakka Wakka for the brilliant composition, the beats, 
rhythm and also the dance in the video was great! As I read in one of the 
topics Wakka wakka was made for the biggest sporting event in the world. It had 
to be publicized they it was. 


Another thing I wanted to point out was that, a 99% of these self proclaimed 
music critics said that the words of the CWG theme wasn't what they had 
expected, now what does the lyrics have to do with A.R.Rahman. If the words are 
not in sync with the event you criticize the  lyricist and not the composer. I 
hope these self proclaimed music critics do know what the difference is between 
the lyrics and the music of a song. 


I am sorry for a lengthy email but I had to put all my feelings into words! 
Will India ever become a corrupt free country? Will there be a day when all the 
politicians will say that they don't accept bribes and actually be saying the 
truth? I hope we as a group can bring about this change and make A.R.Rahman sir 
be proud of fans like all of us. We are a group of 16231 members even if we 
just try and get a few people to change and create a domino effect we could 
change our great country and make it better than any other place in the world 
and be known for something great other than a land of call centers. Hope we can 
do this and make A.R.Rahman's and our dreams of a great India come true. 


God Bless you our A.R.Rahman sir and all of us his fans. 


TAKE CARE! 


Regards,


Rohit George
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Kalimuthu kalimu...@... wrote:

 Rahmanâ€™s songs are known to grow on you, so itâ€™s too early to dismiss it
 off. Our politicians, I think, are trying to divert our attention to the CWG
 theme song from the real problem existing there â€the stadium and
 corruption.â€ 
 *Ashok Pandit, Filmmaker
 *
 http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_no-rah-rahs-for-ar-rahman-this-time_1432888
 
 -- 
 Sent from 127.0.0.1

Re: [arr] Re: [non-arr] Wouldn't AMIT TRIVEDI and ABBAS TYREWALA be a superb combo??

Jahanzeb..Check the group archives. U will ask me whether Iam a 'Hater' of
Amit...
Then u would be surprised to find this thread of mine. Iam no Amit trivedi
fan, as u qouted.

By the way, Ravi is being a little rational, by saying that no one can come
up to ARR's level. It was like how people in the late 80's believed that no
one would be ever born to replace Ilayaraja.
But, Amit will never replace ARR. Time will tell us who will match ARR's
talent (Not possible to replace ARR; coz ARR is emperor of Indian film
music).
But until then, I would request u guys to enjoy the extraordinary  ARR; as
well as other good musicians.
Jai ho...
Spread Rahmanism..Spread CWG..





On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 8:41 PM, ravi ravis...@gmail.com wrote:



 ohhh.. is this how it was supposed to be. From the prev posts of KP I had
 thought he isn't a big fan of Amit.
 But I feel Abbas lyrics are good, though with simple words he plays around
 the words and places so well that it fits in to the bars of composition. I
 dont remember any of his lyrics where it was misspelt with tune. Though it
 is a bit difficult to recite I still love the way he uses the words. His
 lyrics aren't poetic like those of Gulzaar saab  Javed Akhtar but is
 perfect match for pop  AR's composition goes very well with it. No wonder
 Kabhi Kabhi aditi was very fast in picking up the pop lovers. Dont forget AR
 is the master of pops just like any other genres.

 There are 2 good composers Amit  Mithoon who are very young and seem
 dependable. Given a right opportunity to score serious movies they would
 shine as well. Amit's work in Aamir was exceptional.

 Personally I don't like comparing creativity and its creators be it Amit /
 Mithoon / Rahul Raj / Deepak Dev / Yuvan / Harris / GVP... they are good in
 their own accord and it would be foolish to think they will replace AR or
 not.
 As long as a good music is heard I dont mind appreciating it without being
 prejudiced of who the composer is.


 --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com,
 Jahanzeb jahanzebti...@... wrote:
 
  Kishore dear don't mind but you sounded very much an Amit Trivedi fan on
 an ARR fan group. going to extents of imagining a situation when ARR won't
 be available for an Abbas project and declaring that Amit and Abbas would
 make a superb combo, and starting a new thread on it, I doubt this is about
 discussing and encouraging good music, this is something beyond that.
  I don't know about others but now I am really getting sick of this all
 Amit stuff. yeah he did some very good work in his early albums but recently
 his work has only been okay to average. to me all songs of Aisha except two
 and all songs of Udaan are average. nothing special about them at all. and
 even if he has actually given some extra-ordinary stuff etc etc we shall at
 least remember that it is an ARR fan group in the first place.
 
  /Jahanzeb
 
  --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com,
 kishore parayath kishore.parayath@ wrote:
  
   well,
   Guys, I have always revolted when many people here crowned Amit Trivedi
 as
   the next ARR, or ARR in the making. He is never an ARR in the making.
 But he
   is definitely a good music director with a different style, although he
   sticks to the contemporary style.
  
   I enjoyed the songs of Aisha, and I feel, Amit Trivedi would be a
 brilliant
   second choice for Abbas Tyrewala, when ARR is unavailable. Because,
 Abbas's
   taste of music is mostly very contemporary, usually with a blend of
   acoustics, subtle rhythms, simple, but peppy and hummable tunes.. (The
 Kabhi
   Kabhi Aditi kinda stuff). Abbas wouldnt need an avant garde experiment
 like
   Thiruda Thiruda, Rangeela or Iruvar. Abbas's film-making are also
 colorful,
   depicting chocolate romance at campus. I feel, Amit Trivedi and Abbas
   Tyrewala would prove to be a brilliant.
   At the same time, Amit cannot work for a Rajiv Menon, Shankar or Mani
   Ratnam. The difference in ARR is that, he can cater to the tastes and
 styles
   of ANY filmmaker.

Re: [arr] Re: Mani Sir Leaving ARR..??????

Vithur,
The news is true. It is a film directed by someone else, but produced by
Mani Sir. Earlier too, Mani Sir's production had music by different
composeres, maybe because the scale of the project is too small to afford
ARR. Earlier Karthik Raja had composed for a Mani Ratnam production.

But definitely, for Mani Ratnam's direction..No one is going to replace ARR.
Yuvan's film is titled as 'Paki'

Re: [arr] Re: Are you for or against ARR redoing CWG theme song

2010-09-06 Thread jamshid TC

By Redoing the song how would rahman prove the critics wrong ? 
Rather he will prove them right ?

-Jamshid

--- On Sun, 9/5/10, sriramselvakumar sriramselvaku...@yahoo.co.in wrote:

From: sriramselvakumar sriramselvaku...@yahoo.co.in
Subject: [arr] Re: Are you for or against ARR redoing CWG theme song
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, September 5, 2010, 10:42 AM

hi,
Though I am a die hard fan of ARR,I have been only a silent reader of this 
group for many years..The song is still growing on me and is'nt as 
disappointing as the politicians and other music composers felt..But now that 
his song has been criticized I honestly feel ARR has to recompose the song to 
silence all his critics by letting his music do the talking..

I have absolute confidence in rahman and I hope he comes up with music that 
hits back at those cwg theme bashers and also those who are waiting for an 
opportunity to call ARR an overrated music composer..

Now after all those IBN rubbish,I guess ARR himself would want to prove his 
critics wrong and compose a song that stuns them..

regards,
sriram

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

 Can we crystalize our views on this issue?

 Are you for or against ARR redoing CWG theme song?

 --
 Rawat

Re: [arr] Are you for or against ARR redoing CWG theme song

2010-09-06 Thread Gayathri Chandrakasan

However, if it is a commissioned artist, say, you hire a painter to do 

draw your mom's or dad's portrait, or yourself's, and what he draws 

you don't like, you don't think that his portrait is expressing the 

qualities you would like to see on the pic face of your mom or dad, or 

on your own pic face. Of course, it is because you never briefed him 

properly beforehand what feel or expression you wanted in the 

portrait. But, whatever the history, if you don't like the portrait, 

you would rather expect the artist to touch it up, OR, you would tear 

off that painting, or dump that somewhere even after paying the artist 

full money, and you would commission some other artist and on and on, 

unless you get what you want. Customer is the king.

But whatever improvements or changes needed would have been conveyed during the 
process of making the art and not after the final product has been given to 
you, am I right? Likewise the customer in this case i.e. the Government has 
approved of the song prior to the release. So it's ridiculous to turn around 
and ask ARR to redo his song now, simply because someone else (Opposition, 
media) doesn't seem to like it. The act not only insults ARR as the composer 
but would also makes us to question the Government's judgment in approving the 
song in the first place.



sorry for repeating it 3rd time, but ARR has retouched his work 

previously as per directors' requirements. Ranjha Ranjha has a film 

version that was not in the CDs, chiggy wiggy has got some indian 

voice version when some copyright issue had come up from Kylie's 

contract, I guess. Palanhare of lagaan has a film version had 

different voice than the CD version. Gopala of humse has muqabla has a 

different lyrics in film version (hindi) than in the cassettes.

The songs that were mentioned by your goodself had changes only as far as the 
singers or lyrics are concerned, not the tune itself. In that sense, the above 
changes cannot be categorised as ARR has retouched his work.

On the other hand, Ranjha Ranjha's situation was totally different. The 
original tune was there in the film (at least it was there in the Tamil 
version). An additional and different version of the song (the pathos number) 
was composed only to accomodate the situation of the film. No one knows whose 
idea it was- it could be ARR's or Mani's, but one thing was clear- the tune was 
definitely not composed to replace the original number. 



The other aspect is, Jai Ho's pussycat version might have gone more 

popular in foreign countries just because it was in a language they 

could understand. So, what if some other MD releases a remix version 

of CWG theme that gets more popular than ARR's original, say Himesh or 

Anu Malik or Pritam releases a remix CWG? Then, wouldn't it be a 

further war among skills of both the MDs? ARR's skills are undisputed, 

so it will be bad seeing some other MD of lesser skills getting 

prominence over him.

I very sure that we would not be facing a situation where Anu Malik or Himesh 
releases a remix of CWG in near future. Not when ARR himself is particular 
about the copyright of his songs. In fact, Jai Ho's pussycat version was 
possible because ARR had the rights of the song and he agreed for the 
collaboration. And there was also a purpose for new version- ARR particularly 
wanted to new version to reach out to the western market and hence the 
collaboration.

But the situation with CWG is totally unclear. Some wanted the song to have an 
English version, some wanted a more Indianized tune. Some wanted it to be 
soulful, some wants it to be of high tempo. With all these different views, 
what chances are there that the new version will satisy all parties (or any 
parties) concerned? In my opinion, redoing the song is pointless and will 
result in nothing more than a wild-goose chase. 



--- On Sun, 9/5/10, V S Rawat vsra...@gmail.com wrote:

From: V S Rawat vsra...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [arr] Are you for or against ARR redoing CWG theme song
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, September 5, 2010, 8:40 PM







 



  



  
  
  On 9/5/2010 11:16 PM India Time, _Anil Wadghule_ wrote:



 Think of this scenario.



 There is an artist who draws a fine art drawing after giving 4 to 5

 days.(  ... and some people don't like it.



 If you don't like his drawing. Will you ask him to redraw it?



 Will he be ready to re-draw it or improve it?



 I think definitely no. It's his art and he likes it. He doesn't care.



Anil ji,



I was just trying to see the trend in members opinions on this issue, 

that's why I have not even added my own opinion in this thread though 

I have expressed elsewhere in this group my views.



But, adding here just to analyze your metaphor of an artist drawing a 

portrait.



Artist makes a portrait on his free will, not under a commercial 

contract. Artist has not taken any money and had not given a brief of 

the

Re: [arr] Aren't we all over-reacting?

2010-09-06 Thread Roshan

the media is overreacting. We aren't.

On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 11:21 PM, Ashok Purohit ashokpurohi...@yahoo.inwrote:



 Guys,

 It seems we are all overreacting at the moment over the feedback from the
 press/media and politicians (and also audience) in general  about the CWG
 theme.

 Things can be either good, bad or average - and each one of us normally try
 to judge a song based on these three broad categories.

 I appreciate we are all ARR fans and would lay our lives for him if
 situation arise - but for a moment, think neutrally, think objectively. Its
 only a feedback, only a review about one of his several compositions. The
 reason media or politicians are vocal about it is because its an event of
 *that* level. I know at times, we all get too swayed , even emotionally in
 each of his works, and try to straighten things even for the smallest remark
 made for him. But do you not think, that for him, as true fans, we should be
 neutral, unbiased and honest in our review. I guess, this will be more
 appreciated by him rather than being too much overhelmed with everything he
 composes! The moot point is why are we taking everything to a very personal
 level, *where the reviews are about the tracks and not about ARR, the
 person!*

 I have been a die hard fan of him since Roja and have always been very
 patient and objective before jumping to conclusions. I heard this for many
 many times, in my own sweet time and it didn't click me, no big deal! Its
 not a bad song..just that I felt it didn;t fit the CWG ambience - CWG theme.

 I only want to request all of you not to make a big deal about it. Reviews
 will always be there - good or bad. If you liked it, well, good. If you
 didn't nothing is lost. I would rather be upfrontly honest then have two
 layers in my mind - just becos I have been a fan for many years?

 Same argument for all the reviews - we all start micro-analysing the
 reviewer, track down his history, his poor skills, and everything! I
 strongly believe (and have put this statment earlier too - that music and
 for that matter any form of art, is a subjective field. Someone will always
 like it and someone will always find it less beautiful. Its not a cricket
 match to either win or lose!

 Not sure how many of you would agree with me, so chill, look forward to
 Jhootha HI Sahi...and please give yourselves and other good time to listen
 before ripping apart the reviews (or write the reviews).

 Vande Mataram,

 Ashok

  




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http://cssheaven.org

Re: [arr] Re: 127 Hours - Initial reviews from Telluride Film festival.

2010-09-06 Thread Roshan

too soon to get into that discussion. let's not have over expectations
again.

On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Sriram Iyer sriramiye...@yahoo.co.inwrote:

Great. Would AR get another Oscar nomination. Let's hope so.

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com,
Vinod Raju vi...@... wrote:

snip
Boyle reteams with A.R. Rahman, who won two Academy Awards for their last
collaboration (Slumdog Millionaire). Rahman's score for 127 Hours is more
involved in the moments before and after Ralston became stuck in the canyon.
I almost wish there were more of it, but it seems Boyle chose to play the
dramatic moments more naturalistic (which is understandable).
/snip

Film Rating: 9.5 out of 10

http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/09/04/telluride-review-danny-boyles-127-hours/

snip
Technically, Boyle is assisted by exemplary cinematography credited to
both Enrique Chediak and Anthony Dod Mantle. A.R. Rahman, who famously
collaborated with Boyle on Slumdog, is back for a second go around with
new songs and compositions that eloquently fit the mood (most appear to
feature Dido in the vocals). Rahaman is also pitch perfect in his score for
the film's most dramatic moment, helping Boyle create the unexpectedly
uplifting conclusion. All three will be key players in their categories as
awards season progresses.
/snip

http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/awards-campaign-2009/posts/telluride-danny-boyles-127-hours-is-a-visceral-and-uplifting-experience

Tears in Telluride for 127 Hours
http://www.awardsdaily.com/2010/09/tears-in-telluride-for-127-hours/

Telluride 2010: Danny Boyle's '127 Hours' cuts an impressive swath

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2010/09/telluride-2010-danny-boyles-127-hours-storms-into-town.html

-Vinod

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http://cssheaven.org

Re: [arr] Are you for or against ARR redoing CWG theme song

2010-09-06 Thread Arr Fan

Please understand that ARR has already tweaked the CWG theme song for 10 days 
as 
requested by CWG Organizing Committee. Hence the delay in releasing it. In 
essence, he delivered what was requested by them - I don't think ARR should 
keep 
tweaking this over and over again. I would be happy to hear the original ARR 
version before the tweakings.

His Jai Ho tour resumes next weekend in North America. Schedule from his 
Facebook update 

Los Angeles (Sep 11th), San Francisco (12th), Vancouver (14th), Dallas (17th), 
Houston (18th), Boston (22nd), Newark (23rd), Detroit (25th), Toronto (26th) 
and 
Raleigh (29th)






From: V S Rawat vsra...@gmail.com
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, September 5, 2010 8:40:30 PM
Subject: Re: [arr] Are you for or against ARR redoing CWG theme song

   
On 9/5/2010 11:16 PM India Time, _Anil Wadghule_ wrote:

 Think of this scenario.

 There is an artist who draws a fine art drawing after giving 4 to 5
 days.(  ... and some people don't like it.

 If you don't like his drawing. Will you ask him to redraw it?

 Will he be ready to re-draw it or improve it?

 I think definitely no. It's his art and he likes it. He doesn't care.

Anil ji,

I was just trying to see the trend in members opinions on this issue, 
that's why I have not even added my own opinion in this thread though 
I have expressed elsewhere in this group my views.

But, adding here just to analyze your metaphor of an artist drawing a 
portrait.

Artist makes a portrait on his free will, not under a commercial 
contract. Artist has not taken any money and had not given a brief of 
the situation for which his painting has to be there. He got some idea 
and created a painting. Thus, artist is not under any obligation to 
review his work on the basis of feedback.

However, if it is a commissioned artist, say, you hire a painter to do 
draw your mom's or dad's portrait, or yourself's, and what he draws 
you don't like, you don't think that his portrait is expressing the 
qualities you would like to see on the pic face of your mom or dad, or 
on your own pic face. Of course, it is because you never briefed him 
properly beforehand what feel or expression you wanted in the 
portrait. But, whatever the history, if you don't like the portrait, 
you would rather expect the artist to touch it up, OR, you would tear 
off that painting, or dump that somewhere even after paying the artist 
full money, and you would commission some other artist and on and on, 
unless you get what you want.

Customer is the king.

for CWG theme song and other film songs, ARR signs a commercial 
contract, he is given a brief of each situation, and then he has to 
deliver a song for that, and gets some money.

sorry for repeating it 3rd time, but ARR has retouched his work 
previously as per directors' requirements. Ranjha Ranjha has a film 
version that was not in the CDs, chiggy wiggy has got some indian 
voice version when some copyright issue had come up from Kylie's 
contract, I guess. Palanhare of lagaan has a film version had 
different voice than the CD version. Gopala of humse has muqabla has a 
different lyrics in film version (hindi) than in the cassettes.

Many more, several previous examples are there when ARR has recognized 
that client (director, music company holding rights) can ask him to 
touch up his songs, and he did that. After all a film is a director's 
vision.

And such accommodating nature had been a plus point of ARR's repute. 
And goes well with his politeness.

Then? Why not now?

 I don't think AR will re-improve or redo it.

The other aspect is, Jai Ho's pussycat version might have gone more 
popular in foreign countries just because it was in a language they 
could understand. So, what if some other MD releases a remix version 
of CWG theme that gets more popular than ARR's original, say Himesh or 
Anu Malik or Pritam releases a remix CWG? Then, wouldn't it be a 
further war among skills of both the MDs? ARR's skills are undisputed, 
so it will be bad seeing some other MD of lesser skills getting 
prominence over him.


 --
 Anil

Thanks.
--
Rawat


 On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 7:17 PM, V S Rawat vsra...@gmail.com
 mailto:vsra...@gmail.com wrote:

 Can we crystalize our views on this issue?

 Are you for or against ARR redoing CWG theme song?


 --
 Rawat

Re: [arr] Re: Namakame.....is the only song I love in Komaram Puli

2010-09-06 Thread Arijit Debnath

songs in albums are not the real issue... issues are in some fan's ego...

if A tells one thing is good others bad... B will fire telling the
opposite...

Now from C to Z will be taking their parts in different groups...

Arijit



On 13 July 2010 12:07, Yogesh yogesh2...@yahoo.in wrote:




 Namakame can easily be listed in 'songs of millennium'.
 Pure Rahman Magic!
 So soulful and soothing..Peace! peace! everywhere!
 I was feeling like I'm swimming in a tranquil lake on some different
 planet!
 Anybody having this feeling??

 Regards
 Yogesh

 --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com,
 raj arr_naga...@... wrote:
 
  Chord..Please STOP writing in CAPS. We can tolerate only ONE member. :)
 
  --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com,
 AJ purevibz@ wrote:
  
   Oh, I SEE that you don't LIKE Namakame because you think it DRAGS!
 Well, most here would DISAGREE with you as MOST LIKE it!
  
   You probably DON'T LIKE such SONGS in the FIRST place!
  
   --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com,
 kishore parayath kishore.parayath@ wrote:
   
Actually NAMAKAME tune is dragging and runs DIRECTIONLESSly... The
 OTHER
tunes just ROCK!!
   
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 10:20 AM, deven_avin deven_avin@ wrote:
   


 Namakame soulful

[arr] CWG theme is actually growing on me....Final Review...it ends all...!!!

2010-09-06 Thread ASIT

I have been listening to the CWG theme song...i don't understand people who 
don't understand music at all...leave alone Rahman sir's or CWG theme...i 
particularly fall for lagi re ab lagi re lagan...o..o and then the sitar 
interlude...awesome man!!
what should Rahman sir have have done is to minus the operatic section in the 
initial of the song and should start the song where the rock guitar begins(as 
the original song is too aesthete to go down well with the masses) and the 
lyrics should begin with English(it would be more appealing internationally) 
till the line kaisi sach hai sach hai dekho maati apni..and every thing 
should remain same, all orchestration, tune everything...m PROUD of Rahman 
sir...
P.S.:-Never judge a Rahman song on one go!!!
i hate to say this butmany of our own members don't get the maestro's music 
at all...why have they joined it..i don see the point...

Jai Ho Rahman Ho
Asit Anand

[arr] Tracklisting of JHS on Wiki - A joke or true?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhoota_Hi_Sahee#Music

Sachha Jhoota :- Sonu Nigam, Chinmayi

Jo Kasme Vaade :- KK, Shaan

Phone Dhun Sunao :- Adnan Sami, Madhushree, Backing Vocals : Benny Dayal

Kuch Kehna Hain :- Vijay Prakash, Tanvi Shah, Bhargavee Pillai,Anupama,Benny 
Dayal

Jhoom Jhoom Party :- Naresh Iyer, Vasundhara Das,Tanvi Shah,Ujjainee,Chinmayi, 
Bhagyaraj

Koi Khaas Nahi :- A.R.Rahman

Pop up Pop Up :- Javed Ali, Blaaze,Lady Kash 'N' Krizzy

Cry Cry :- Rashid Ali, Shreya Ghoshal

Liar Theme :- Instrumental 

Can anyone confirm or falsify this?

We've been tricked by the pranksters at Wiki before.  

I only trust what's on the ARR site.

Re: [arr] Are you for or against ARR redoing CWG theme song

2010-09-06 Thread Amith Chandhran

Sir, the question itself is invalid.

Any artist's legal obligations under a performance contract come to an end
as soon as the art is submitted and accepted by the producers. In any case,
whether people like it or not is no legal concern for an artist. Further,
after having accepted the artwork submitted by the artist, it is the
headache of the producers to deal with any further consequences thereof.

In case, for the reasons best known to him, if an artist himself wants to
rework on his art to his own satisfaction, he may do so at an additional
cost to the producers.

Thanks,
-

On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 7:17 PM, V S Rawat vsra...@gmail.com wrote:



 Can we crystalize our views on this issue?

 Are you for or against ARR redoing CWG theme song?

 --
 Rawat
  



Thanks,

-

Re: [arr] Tracklisting of JHS on Wiki - A joke or true?

2010-09-06 Thread Farzad Khaleel

Anyhow, Sonu, Chinmayi has sung for the movie. Dont know the tracklist is
authentic or not.

On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 3:28 PM, AJ purev...@yahoo.com wrote:



 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhoota_Hi_Sahee#Music

 Sachha Jhoota :- Sonu Nigam, Chinmayi

 Jo Kasme Vaade :- KK, Shaan

 Phone Dhun Sunao :- Adnan Sami, Madhushree, Backing Vocals : Benny Dayal

 Kuch Kehna Hain :- Vijay Prakash, Tanvi Shah, Bhargavee
 Pillai,Anupama,Benny Dayal

 Jhoom Jhoom Party :- Naresh Iyer, Vasundhara Das,Tanvi
 Shah,Ujjainee,Chinmayi, Bhagyaraj

 Koi Khaas Nahi :- A.R.Rahman

 Pop up Pop Up :- Javed Ali, Blaaze,Lady Kash 'N' Krizzy

 Cry Cry :- Rashid Ali, Shreya Ghoshal

 Liar Theme :- Instrumental

 Can anyone confirm or falsify this?

 We've been tricked by the pranksters at Wiki before.

 I only trust what's on the ARR site.

  




-- 
Farzad Khaleel
www.rahmaniac.com

[arr] ¶ 127 HOURS ¶ Music Tracks

2010-09-06 Thread Vasu



MTV: In terms of the music, it's A.R. Rahman doing the score again after 
Slumdog. Can you speak a little about what he's done? 

Boyle: We've got a couple of songs, and the rest of the work is more 
guitar-based. Some of it is solo guitar, which felt appropriate given the 
nature of the story. Got a couple of wonderful songs. Free Blood (Never Hear 
Surf Music Again) at the beginning, which we used for the trailer. Music has 
always been a big part of a movie for me, and I hope we've done another one 
justice we've what we've used. 
=
Danny Boyle MTV Interview.

Anybody got the track list guys

Srinivas B

[arr] RIP KS Ravi (Mr. Romeo En Swasak Kaatre)

2010-09-06 Thread Sath Murthy

KS Ravi director of Mr. Romeo and En Swasak Kaatre has passed away. RIP. 

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/59800.html

Director KS Ravi who had directed films like ‘Honest Raj’ in 1994, ‘Mr.  Romeo’ 
in 1996 and ‘En Swasa Katre’ in 1999 passed away this evening due  to cardiac 
arrest. KS Ravi was a good friend of AR Rahman and his  friend had scored music 
for two of his three films.
 
He was 45.  Director KS Ravi is survived by his wife Sumathi and a daughter  
Aishwarya. IndiaGlitz shares the grief with the family. May his soul  rest in 
peace.

Re: [arr] Tracklisting of JHS on Wiki - A joke or true?

2010-09-06 Thread jemsheed

pCan some one falsify this. LOL :-)/p

[arr] Re: Tracklisting of JHS on Wiki - A joke or true?

2010-09-06 Thread catchgops

The official reaction to this is Quote bull Unquote 

ROTFL

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, AJ purev...@... wrote:

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhoota_Hi_Sahee#Music
 
 Sachha Jhoota :- Sonu Nigam, Chinmayi
 
 Jo Kasme Vaade :- KK, Shaan
 
 Phone Dhun Sunao :- Adnan Sami, Madhushree, Backing Vocals : Benny Dayal
 
 Kuch Kehna Hain :- Vijay Prakash, Tanvi Shah, Bhargavee Pillai,Anupama,Benny 
 Dayal
 
 Jhoom Jhoom Party :- Naresh Iyer, Vasundhara Das,Tanvi 
 Shah,Ujjainee,Chinmayi, Bhagyaraj
 
 Koi Khaas Nahi :- A.R.Rahman
 
 Pop up Pop Up :- Javed Ali, Blaaze,Lady Kash 'N' Krizzy
 
 Cry Cry :- Rashid Ali, Shreya Ghoshal
 
 Liar Theme :- Instrumental 
 
 Can anyone confirm or falsify this?
 
 We've been tricked by the pranksters at Wiki before.  
 
 I only trust what's on the ARR site.

[arr] Re: RIP KS Ravi (Mr. Romeo En Swasak Kaatre)

RIP Mr. Ravi.  

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Sath Murthy sath.mur...@... wrote:

 KS Ravi director of Mr. Romeo and En Swasak Kaatre has passed away. RIP. 
 
 http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/59800.html
 
 Director KS Ravi who had directed films like âHonest Rajâ in 1994, âMr. 
  Romeoâ 
 in 1996 and âEn Swasa Katreâ in 1999 passed away this evening due  to 
 cardiac 
 arrest. KS Ravi was a good friend of AR Rahman and his  friend had scored 
 music 
 for two of his three films.
  
 He was 45.  Director KS Ravi is survived by his wife Sumathi and a daughter  
 Aishwarya. IndiaGlitz shares the grief with the family. May his soul  rest in 
 peace.

Re: [arr] Sukhwinder problem?

2010-09-06 Thread Gomzy™

ignore him buddy. lets concentrate on arr.

On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Thulasi Ram karoke...@gmail.com wrote:



 can anyone please summarize why sukhwinder was not part of oscar and
 grammies, when gulzar, tanvi and vijay prakash were part of it?

 thanks.
  




-- 
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Re: [arr] Are you for or against ARR redoing CWG theme song

2010-09-06 Thread RAMESH b.j KRISHNAN

Well Said! 

I too had the same thought as you expressed in these below lines.

But the situation with CWG is totally unclear. Some wanted the song to 
have an English version, some wanted a more Indianized tune. Some wanted
 it to be soulful, some wants it to be of high tempo. With all these 
different views, what chances are there that the new version will satisy
 all parties (or any parties) concerned? In my opinion, redoing the song
 is pointless and will result in nothing more than a wild-goose chase. 

We have got a gang of people who get popular by finding mistakes. The people 
who criticized CWG theme has got their name scrolling scrolling in atleast any 
1 news channel. Poor Critics... We cannot help it out guys.



--- On Mon, 6/9/10, Gayathri Chandrakasan gayathri_c...@yahoo.com wrote:

From: Gayathri Chandrakasan gayathri_c...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [arr] Are you for or against ARR redoing CWG theme song
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, 6 September, 2010, 12:34 PM







 



  



  
  
  However, if it is a commissioned artist, say, you hire a painter to do 

draw your mom's or dad's portrait, or yourself's, and what he draws 

you don't like, you don't think that his portrait is expressing the 

qualities you would like to see on the pic face of your mom or dad, or 

on your own pic face. Of course, it is because you never briefed him 

properly beforehand what feel or expression you wanted in the 

portrait. But, whatever the history, if you don't like the portrait, 

you would rather expect the artist to touch it up, OR, you would tear 

off that painting, or dump that somewhere even after paying the artist 

full money, and you would commission some other artist and on and on, 

unless you get what you want. Customer is the king.

But whatever improvements or changes needed would have been conveyed during the 
process of making the art and not after the final product has been given to 
you, am I right? Likewise the customer in this case i.e. the Government has 
approved of the song prior to the release. So it's ridiculous to turn around 
and ask ARR to redo his song now, simply because someone else (Opposition, 
media) doesn't seem to like it. The act not only insults ARR as the composer 
but would also makes us to question the Government's judgment in approving the 
song in the first place.



sorry for repeating it 3rd time, but ARR has retouched his work 

previously as per directors' requirements. Ranjha Ranjha has a film 

version that was not in the CDs, chiggy wiggy has got some indian 

voice version when some copyright issue had come up from Kylie's 

contract, I guess. Palanhare of lagaan has a film version had 

different voice than the CD version. Gopala of humse has muqabla has a 

different lyrics in film version (hindi) than in the cassettes.

The songs that were mentioned by your goodself had changes only as far as the 
singers or lyrics are concerned, not the tune itself. In that sense, the above 
changes cannot be categorised as ARR has retouched his work.

On the other hand, Ranjha Ranjha's situation was totally different. The 
original tune was there in the film (at least it was there in the Tamil 
version). An additional and different version of the song (the pathos number) 
was composed only to accomodate the situation of the film. No one knows whose 
idea it was- it could be ARR's or Mani's, but one thing was clear- the tune was 
definitely not composed to replace the original number. 



The other aspect is, Jai Ho's pussycat version might have gone more 

popular in foreign countries just because it was in a language they 

could understand. So, what if some other MD releases a remix version 

of CWG theme that gets more popular than ARR's original, say Himesh or 

Anu Malik or Pritam releases a remix CWG? Then, wouldn't it be a 

further war among skills of both the MDs? ARR's skills are undisputed, 

so it will be bad seeing some other MD of lesser skills getting 

prominence over him.

I very sure that we would not be facing a situation where Anu Malik or Himesh 
releases a remix of CWG in near future. Not when ARR himself is particular 
about the copyright of his songs. In fact, Jai Ho's pussycat version was 
possible because ARR had the rights of the song and he agreed for the 
collaboration. And there was also a purpose for new version- ARR particularly 
wanted to new version to reach out to the western market and hence the 
collaboration.

But the situation with CWG is totally unclear. Some wanted the song to have an 
English version, some wanted a more Indianized tune. Some wanted it to be 
soulful, some wants it to be of high tempo. With all these different views, 
what chances are there that the new version will satisy all parties (or any 
parties) concerned? In my opinion, redoing the song is pointless and will 
result in nothing more than a wild-goose chase. 



--- On Sun, 9/5/10, V S Rawat vsra...@gmail.com wrote:

[arr] Re: Tracklisting of JHS on Wiki - A joke or true?

LOL..is that quote from the man himself???

HAHAHAHAHA!

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, catchgops catchg...@... wrote:

 The official reaction to this is Quote bull Unquote 
 
 ROTFL
 
 --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, AJ purevibz@ wrote:
 
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhoota_Hi_Sahee#Music
  
  Sachha Jhoota :- Sonu Nigam, Chinmayi
  
  Jo Kasme Vaade :- KK, Shaan
  
  Phone Dhun Sunao :- Adnan Sami, Madhushree, Backing Vocals : Benny Dayal
  
  Kuch Kehna Hain :- Vijay Prakash, Tanvi Shah, Bhargavee 
  Pillai,Anupama,Benny Dayal
  
  Jhoom Jhoom Party :- Naresh Iyer, Vasundhara Das,Tanvi 
  Shah,Ujjainee,Chinmayi, Bhagyaraj
  
  Koi Khaas Nahi :- A.R.Rahman
  
  Pop up Pop Up :- Javed Ali, Blaaze,Lady Kash 'N' Krizzy
  
  Cry Cry :- Rashid Ali, Shreya Ghoshal
  
  Liar Theme :- Instrumental 
  
  Can anyone confirm or falsify this?
  
  We've been tricked by the pranksters at Wiki before.  
  
  I only trust what's on the ARR site.

Re: [arr] Re: RIP KS Ravi (Mr. Romeo En Swasak Kaatre)

2010-09-06 Thread Vithur

May his soul rest in peace..

On 9/6/10, AJ purev...@yahoo.com wrote:
 RIP Mr. Ravi.

 --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Sath Murthy sath.mur...@... wrote:

 KS Ravi director of Mr. Romeo and En Swasak Kaatre has passed away. RIP.

 http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/59800.html

 Director KS Ravi who had directed films like â€˜Honest Rajâ€™ in 1994,
 â€˜Mr.  Romeoâ€™
 in 1996 and â€˜En Swasa Katreâ€™ in 1999 passed away this evening due  to
 cardiac
 arrest. KS Ravi was a good friend of AR Rahman and his  friend had scored
 music
 for two of his three films.

 He was 45.  Director KS Ravi is survived by his wife Sumathi and a
 daughter
 Aishwarya. IndiaGlitz shares the grief with the family. May his soul  rest
 in
 peace.






-- 
regards,
Vithur




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Re: [arr] RIP KS Ravi (Mr. Romeo En Swasak Kaatre)

2010-09-06 Thread Kalimuthu

RIP Ravi.

Am sure that his contribution played a vital role in 2 great albums of
ARR (En Swasa Katre being one of the best).

On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 7:41 AM, Sath Murthy sath.mur...@yahoo.com wrote:



  KS Ravi director of Mr. Romeo and En Swasak Kaatre has passed away. RIP.

 http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/59800.html

 Director KS Ravi who had directed films like ‘Honest Raj’ in 1994, ‘Mr.
 Romeo’ in 1996 and ‘En Swasa Katre’ in 1999 passed away this evening due to
 cardiac arrest. KS Ravi was a good friend of AR Rahman and his friend had
 scored music for two of his three films.

 He was 45. Director KS Ravi is survived by his wife Sumathi and a daughter
 Aishwarya. IndiaGlitz shares the grief with the family. May his soul rest in
 peace.

  




-- 
Sent from 127.0.0.1

Re: [arr] RIP KS Ravi (Mr. Romeo En Swasak Kaatre)

2010-09-06 Thread ARRvind

Deep Condolances to Mr.Ravi's family! May Lord be with you always!
 
Thanks a lot Ravi sir for extracting the Best out of AR sir in Mr.Romeo and En 
Swasa Katre(one of my most favrts)
 
RIP!

--- On Mon, 9/6/10, Sath Murthy sath.mur...@yahoo.com wrote:


From: Sath Murthy sath.mur...@yahoo.com
Subject: [arr] RIP KS Ravi (Mr. Romeo  En Swasak Kaatre)
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, September 6, 2010, 2:41 PM


  





KS Ravi director of Mr. Romeo and En Swasak Kaatre has passed away. RIP. 

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/59800.html

Director KS Ravi who had directed films like ‘Honest Raj’ in 1994, ‘Mr. Romeo’ 
in 1996 and ‘En Swasa Katre’ in 1999 passed away this evening due to cardiac 
arrest. KS Ravi was a good friend of AR Rahman and his friend had scored music 
for two of his three films.
 
He was 45. Director KS Ravi is survived by his wife Sumathi and a daughter 
Aishwarya. IndiaGlitz shares the grief with the family. May his soul rest in 
peace.

[arr] Re: A. R. Rahman - Mere Sur Aur Tere Geet

Tracklisting

Disc 1 

1.  Hawa Sun Hawa - Ada
 2. Gum Sum - Ada
 3. Zindagi - Yuvvraaj  
 4. Behene De - Raavan
 5. Dil Ka Rishta - Yuvvraaj
 6. Bhoola Tujhe - Blue 
 7. Guzarish - Ghajini  
 8. Chal Kheva Re Kheva - Doli Saja Ke Rakhna
 9. Kahin To- Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na   
 10.Kaise Mujhe - Ghajini
 11.Ruth Aa Gayee Re - 1947 Earth   
 12.Beera - Raavan
 13.Genda Phool - Delhi-6

Disc 2   
 
 1. Ranjha Ranjha - Raavan  
 2. Masakali - Delhi-6  
 3. Tu Bole... Main Boloon - Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na
 4. Tu Muskura - Yuvvraaj   
 5. Khoyee Khoyee Aankhein - Tehzeeb
 6. Rehna Tu- Delhi-6   
 7. Yeh Jo Zindagi Hain - 1947 Earth
 8. Gulfisha - Ada
 9. Kabhi Kabhi Aditi - Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na 
 10.Tu Meri Dost Hain - Yuvvraaj
 11.Jai Ho - Slumdog Millionaire
 12.Khili Re - Raavan
 13.Pappu Can't Dance - Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na 

Disc 3   

 1. Ringa Ringa - Slumdog Millionaire   
 2. Shano Shano - Yuvvraaj  
 3. Nazrein Milaana, Nazrein Churaana - Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na 
 4. Mastam Mastam - Yuvvraaj
 5. Fiqrana - Blue
 6. Raat Ki Daldal Hai - 1947 Earth 
 7. Jaane Tu Meri Kya Hai - Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na 
 8. Yaar Mila Tha - Blue
 9. Thok De Killi - Raavan
 10.Chiggy Wiggy - Blue 
 11.Manmohini Morey - Yuvvraaj
 12.Kata Kata - Raavan

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Rivjot riv...@... wrote:

 New compilation on T-Series, 3 CD set
 
 Format: CD 
 Number of Discs: 3 
 Music Director: A. R. Rahman
 Label:T-SERIES
 Our Release Date: August 31, 2010  
 Catalogue #: SFCD 1/1606
 
 http://www.rhythmhouse.in/Detail.aspx?productListing=93104
 
 could this CD include unreleased songs of Raavan (Hindi)? Cant wait to see 
 the tracklist!

[arr] Julian Schnabel Uses Bombay Theme for his Upcoming Picture

2010-09-06 Thread Rahul

Julian Schnabel's latest motion picture , MIRAL starring Freida Pinto features 
the BOMBAY theme in its Trailer.

Here's the link for the trailer :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmb623zXwIg


Regards

Rahul

[arr] Food Distribution Pics - Thanks to KK [5 Attachments]

2010-09-06 Thread Vithur

-- Forwarded message --
From: kay kay kandikiranku...@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 23:15:45 +0530
Subject: FD
To: vith...@gmail.com

-- 
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regards,
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Re: [arr] I too am missing ARR's semiclassical/sufi numbers

Ramesh,

You hit it right on.  I LOVE the samples you provided..God if only ARR could do 
something like this in privateoh man!  I have not not heard of Armand Amar. 
 ARR probably knows his music.  

Ah, yesminimalism in musicsomething less frequent in ARR's music these 
days  I love brooding, soft, low strings that set a certain ambiance and 
then building from there.so haunting and goose pimple inducing stuff!

Thanks for the samples.  Really enjoyed them.  Orchestral Sufi.wish ARR 
could do more

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Ramesh R triscod...@... wrote:

 Tough job for ARR isn't it. Each fan wants him to explore some kind of music. 
 :)
 
 I do understand what you mean though. For what it's worth, I'd like some 
 orchestral sufi exploration. Have you heard of French/Morrocan film composer 
 Armand Amar? The following two tracks from the soundtrack to Bab'Aziz are the 
 finest I've heard from him in this genre-
 Poem of the atoms (vocals by Haroun Teboul) 
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex9UWYhVAbE
 Poem of the atoms #2 (vocals by Salar Aghili) 
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY2o0O6K0AI
 
 
 It's amazing what a powerful voice and minimalistic (and almost brooding) 
 strings can achieve.
 
 
 
 
 From: AJ purev...@...
 To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
 Sent: Sat, September 4, 2010 9:50:12 PM
 Subject: [arr] I too am missing ARR's semiclassical/sufi numbers
 
 This is not a post to complain or gripe.  As much as I'm enjoying ARR's 
 international music of late, I sure wish he'd compose for a film again with 
 better scope for more traditional Indian semi classical music and Sufi music. 
  
 Of course, in Delhi 6, we heard quite a bit of folk/semi classical/Sufi music 
 and that's the last album we heard ARR in those genres.  When will be the 
 next 
 film we hear ARR compose such type of music?  I don't know.  Does anyone know?
 ...

[arr] Re: RIP KS Ravi (Mr. Romeo En Swasak Kaatre)

2010-09-06 Thread Sriram Iyer

RIP



--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Sath Murthy sath.mur...@... wrote:

 KS Ravi director of Mr. Romeo and En Swasak Kaatre has passed away. RIP. 
 
 http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/59800.html
 
 Director KS Ravi who had directed films like âHonest Rajâ in 1994, âMr. 
  Romeoâ 
 in 1996 and âEn Swasa Katreâ in 1999 passed away this evening due  to 
 cardiac 
 arrest. KS Ravi was a good friend of AR Rahman and his  friend had scored 
 music 
 for two of his three films.
  
 He was 45.  Director KS Ravi is survived by his wife Sumathi and a daughter  
 Aishwarya. IndiaGlitz shares the grief with the family. May his soul  rest in 
 peace.

[arr] Re: Julian Schnabel Uses Bombay Theme for his Upcoming Picture

2010-09-06 Thread Raghu

Bombay theme is becoming like Mozart's Beethoven's and Vivaldi's..
Good to see it everywhere..


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Rahul rahuldavidbeck...@... wrote:

 Julian Schnabel's latest motion picture , MIRAL starring Freida Pinto 
 features the BOMBAY theme in its Trailer.
 
 Here's the link for the trailer :
 
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmb623zXwIg
 
 
 Regards
 
 Rahul

Re: [arr] Sukhwinder problem?

done deal!

On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Gomzy™ gomtesh.upad...@gmail.com wrote:



 ignore him buddy. lets concentrate on arr.

 On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Thulasi Ram karoke...@gmail.com wrote:



 can anyone please summarize why sukhwinder was not part of oscar and
 grammies, when gulzar, tanvi and vijay prakash were part of it?

 thanks.




 --
 www.gomzyphotography.com

[arr] Cinefundas churns out a 'fitting' article on ARRs CWG - Sane!

 Seeking honor by dishonoring the musical legend
Published on Sep 6 2010

http://www.cinefundas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/A-R-Rahman-CWG-2010.jpgCreative
pieces of works are always open to criticisms. But certain fame-mongers try
grabbing public cynosures with their cheap publicities. Needless to mention,
A.R. Rahman’s theme song for Commonwealth Games 2010 Khelo Jeeyo, Hey-O,
Let’s Go has gained more publicity for gimcracks. To put it in right terms,
the goosey feedbacks by few jugheads have got their names published in
newspapers and media channels. Of course, it’s all they wanted – make
unsound judgments and seek the fame.

Starting off with BJP Leader and Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee
Executive Board Member V.K. Malhotra, his statements pertaining to the theme
song is completely rubbish. He has uttered that theme songs completely lack
soul and this wasn’t something they expected from A.R. Rahman, who churned
out some of the evergreen songs like ‘Maa Tuje Salaam’.

If V.K. Malhotra wanted same-fangled song, he could have better recorded
this song’s lyrics with same tune of ‘Vande Mataram’. Will that make sense?
So are his reasoning abilities.

A.R. Rahman holds special mention for redefining the New Line of Indian
Music at global standards. Even his earliest works delivered in 90s holds
great prominence in World famous charts of Billboard. He holds great mention
for accomplishing with Next-Gen music from time to time.

And about V.K. Malhotra commenting a hefty fee 0f 5.5 Crores reveals of his
gaudy gesture. For Rahman, it’s not about money, but a great passion for the
work he does. If money was interesting him, he wouldn’t have refused more
than dozen of Hollywood and international offers in the past one year that
could have doubtlessly spanned him bigger sum.

Rahman’s songs cannot be judged at the first time. It’s because of his
detailing factors he adds to his each number.  Say for instance, the CWG
2010 theme song has such innumerable panoramas emblazoning the simple
lyrics. It starts off on metal guitars with Santoor and Sitar played on
fastest notes. Studded with a wonderful synchronized chorus, the song ends
on a different octave with fiestas of Bhangra.

Rahman has reached a level of far behind criticisms and such amateurish
claims wouldn’t affect him.

Playback Singer Ila Arun has openly admitted – it’s obvious that Rahman’s
showpieces are bounded to mixed responses in the initial stages, but rightly
reaches its epitome of success as the time grows in. It was all illustrious
with his ‘Jai Ho’ song in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ that didn’t gain publicity
during the time of music release, but later stunned the whole world. Even a
year after ‘Oscar’ and ‘Grammy’ triumphs, the ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ stands
out at Top 10, in almost all the countries.

Thanks to Bollywood music director Pritham, who make a distinct statement
saying, “It’s not just about the song, Rahman’s Super Brand will turn entire
globe not alone towards the song, but on the complete event of CWG 2010 as
well.

If music director Aadesh Shrivastava cannot understand the lyrics and music
of CWG 2010, it’s just revealing that he hasn’t been wizardry in musical
phase. In his statement, he has commented insisting A.R. Rahman to score 5
different versions of the same song. This poor musician has traveled a long
journey of more than a decade in Bollywood and hasn’t been able to captivate
the music lovers with his tunes. Starting from ‘KHATRA’ in 1991 till his
recent release, none of the songs have been acclaimed at least as an average
fare.

What is the point in comparing this song with FIFA Songs of Shakira’s ‘Waka
Waka’ and Ricky Martin’s ‘The Cup of Life’. Well for those, who commented on
music and lyrics, would they be able to easily grasp the lyrics of ‘Waka
Waka’ and ‘Cup of Life’.

Music breaks the barrier of language and nativity and it’s an universal
feel. Or else our own Tamil albums wouldn’t be holding such important places
across the World.

If at all, Shakira and Ricky Martin were the best ones to compose theme song
for ‘CWG 2010 Theme Song’, Mr. V.K. Malhotra could have signed them for
same-patterned song.

Mark our words! A.R. Rahman’s ‘CWG 2010 Theme Song’ will undoubtedly carry
its success across the globe and no such unwanted buzzes would trivialize
its prodigiously surpassing fame.

http://www.cinefundas.com/2010/09/06/seeking-honor-by-dishonoring-the-musical-legend

[arr] ARR on Mani's recent honour

 To my mentor, my brother and the man who taught me to be different... Mani,
three cheers to you for getting this well deserved award at the Venice Film
Festival... May God bless you with more...

www.facebook.com/arrahman

Re: [arr] Sukhwinder problem?

2010-09-06 Thread Arijit Debnath

because he is not aware how to apply for visa in proper time and get it...
further more he is bad mouthing ARRahman.
In a Bengali show Ke Hobe Biggest Fan? (who will be the biggest fan?).. he
conveyed something like below:

*He doesn't have any regrets for not being at oscars...but his
only regret is that at Oscars in background his voice was playing but two
ladies were doing lip syncing. that's a shame.*

See how baseless allegation he put against Rahman.

Arijit




On 4 September 2010 13:43, Thulasi Ram karoke...@gmail.com wrote:



 can anyone please summarize why sukhwinder was not part of oscar and
 grammies, when gulzar, tanvi and vijay prakash were part of it?

 thanks.

Re: [arr] Re: RIP KS Ravi (Mr. Romeo En Swasak Kaatre)

aamen.

On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Vithur vith...@gmail.com wrote:

 May his soul rest in peace..

 On 9/6/10, AJ purev...@yahoo.com wrote:
  RIP Mr. Ravi.
 
  --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Sath Murthy sath.mur...@...
 wrote:
 
  KS Ravi director of Mr. Romeo and En Swasak Kaatre has passed away. RIP.
 
  http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/59800.html
 
  Director KS Ravi who had directed films like â€˜Honest Rajâ€™ in 1994,
  â€˜Mr.  Romeoâ€™
  in 1996 and â€˜En Swasa Katreâ€™ in 1999 passed away this evening due
  to
  cardiac
  arrest. KS Ravi was a good friend of AR Rahman and his  friend had
 scored
  music
  for two of his three films.
 
  He was 45.  Director KS Ravi is survived by his wife Sumathi and a
  daughter
  Aishwarya. IndiaGlitz shares the grief with the family. May his soul
  rest
  in
  peace.
 
 
 
 


 --
 regards,
 Vithur


 

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[arr] Jaa re ud jaare - how amazing!

i have to admit that this song did not appeal to me for quite a while. now
i'm addicted to hear this song at night. i find this tune inspiring. i dont
understand the lyrics fully. but the 'tune' preaches me to put depressing
things aside and instills confidence in me to start the next day with
a refreshing state of mind. the flute touch in the song and piano backup is
divine. sheer magic.

[arr] Re: Tracklisting of JHS on Wiki - A joke or true?

2010-09-06 Thread nazeef mohammed

They have smartly mixed names from Jaane Tu into this!
A couple of them look fairly possible ;)

[arr] ARR's music can impact so much with so little.........

In another post, Ramesh R was talking about a concept called minimalism in 
music...using few instruments and sounds to achieve a certain emotional and 
ambiant impact that is very powerful.  ARR has somewhat gotten away from 
minimalistic stuff over the years, but it's still present now and then.

One example, which I provided in my review, was the VTV title song.

Another more powerful example is the first 1 minute of Behene De from Raavan.  
All we hear are some soft tribal drums, chimes, string accents, and some 
vibes...which culminate into this amazingly haunting chord around the 46 second 
mark that completely sweeps my senses and puts me in a trance before Karthik 
comes in.  That one minutejust the intro..is one of the most haunting 
interludes by ARR in recent times and I sure wish he'd do more of that kind of 
music.  

Look at the segmentso little is happeningno acrobatics...the music 
breathes so easily, and yetit creates that magicthat feelingthat 
ARR feeling..  It makes you feel like you're floating..a levitation kind of 
feeling.  Many times when I hear ARR's music at certain points, I feel that 
I've dropped one hundred pounds and feel very light and almost about to 
levitate, esp. during trance like moods.  This is the feeling and mood that ARR 
can induce, if you're open minded enough to experience it.  And this is one key 
reason we love ARR so much.the feelingthe feelingthe feeling

[arr] Another bull JHS tracklist?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhoota_Hi_Sahee#Music

Someone changed this...againlikely having fun..rolls eyes

1. Cry Cry

2. Maiyya Yashoda (Jamuna mix)

3. Hello Hello

4. Do Nishaniyan

5. Pam Pa Ra

6. I've Been Waiting

7. Maiyya Yashoda (Thames mix)

8. Do Nishaniyan (Heartbreak Reprise)

9. Call Me Dil

Re: [arr] Re: Tracklisting of JHS on Wiki - A joke or true?

2010-09-06 Thread Roshan

joke

Gopal Anandan, do you have anything to do with this ? lol

/joke



On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 2:22 AM, nazeef mohammed
nazeef.moham...@gmail.comwrote:



 They have smartly mixed names from Jaane Tu into this!
 A couple of them look fairly possible ;)
  




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[arr] Re: Another bull JHS tracklist?

As I'm reading this, this tracklist may be true.  Today on FB, Chinmayi talked 
about a song Maiyya in JHS.  Look at the song titles below.  This could be 
the real deal.

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, AJ purev...@... wrote:

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhoota_Hi_Sahee#Music
 
 Someone changed this...againlikely having fun..rolls eyes
 
 1. Cry Cry
 
 2. Maiyya Yashoda (Jamuna mix)
 
 3. Hello Hello
 
 4. Do Nishaniyan
 
 5. Pam Pa Ra
 
 6. I've Been Waiting
 
 7. Maiyya Yashoda (Thames mix)
 
 8. Do Nishaniyan (Heartbreak Reprise)
 
 9. Call Me Dil

[arr] Re: Jaa re ud jaare - how amazing!

SHeer magic indeed...it's one of ARR's most brilliant compositions IMO. I can't 
get enough of it.  The penny whistle, piano, fluttering accordian, African 
lyrics, gentle rhythms...ARR's passionate singing..stringsPURE BLISS!

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Thulasi Ram karoke...@... wrote:

 i have to admit that this song did not appeal to me for quite a while. now
 i'm addicted to hear this song at night. i find this tune inspiring. i dont
 understand the lyrics fully. but the 'tune' preaches me to put depressing
 things aside and instills confidence in me to start the next day with
 a refreshing state of mind. the flute touch in the song and piano backup is
 divine. sheer magic.

[arr] Re: Tenali