Re: [arr] Thousands flock to catch A R Rahman in action Vedio
oh no.. he looks like bappi lahari in that red costume with gaudy shades and the stick.. why? On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Siddiq Rahman graphicsn...@yahoo.comwrote: Thousands flock to catch A R Rahman in action Piling up one exciting showbiz piece after another, and unfolding against dazzling, fast changing backgrounds, with over a dozen dancers and acrobats adding additional thrills, the *A R Rahman Jai Ho Concert: The Journey Home World Tour *got on to a rousing start in New York on Friday, continued in Atlantic City the next day, and arrived in DC-Virginia on Sunday. An estimated 24,000 people saw the show in three days which will be moving to cities across America and Canada before going to London and a handful of European cities. The concert with its eclectic mix of music including rousing songs from such films as *Jodhaa Akbar* and *Roja* and foot-tapping numbers from *Jane Tu...Ya Jaane Na,* also included a tribute to classicist Bade Ghulam Aki Khan (by Hariharan) and the king of pop Michael Jackson (by Rahman). It has been drawing such huge, capacity full crowds at each venue. Rahman is always big but now with winning the Oscars and Grammy awards, he is even more powerful, said man in his 50s. None can resist his music. When the *Rang De Basanti* title song was played, I was also dancing in the isle. And I saw around me there were hundreds of kids, some of them must be in high school, dancing and singing. This was a show that had everything, music and spectacles. http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jun/14/slide-show-1-jai-ho-world-tour-kicks-off.htm
[arr] lowest in 5 years
Nov '09 is the second lowest in 5 years .. for the activity in the group. If you exclude vithur's mails the count would be something like 300.. which would take it to lowest 5 of the decade! Does the group really have 15000 members? Message History Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2009 3553http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/109026 3837 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/112579 2050http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/116416 839 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/118466 919http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/119305 1141 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/120224 757http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/121365 1428 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/122122 2267http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/123550 1437 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/125817 618http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/127254 49 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/127872 2008 2164http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/87029 1693 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/89193 1303http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/90886 1155 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/92189 1928http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/93344 1810 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/95272 2234http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/97082 1241 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/99316 1446http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/100557 2731 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/102003 2425http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/104734 1867 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/107159 2007 1116http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/74579 846 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/75695 1290http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/76541 1159 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/77831 808http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/78990 1331 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/79798 1005http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/81129 969 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/82134 678http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/83103 1300 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/83781 1017http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/85081 931 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/86098 2006 1701http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/59398 1712 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/61099 1295http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/62811 1133 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/64106 1080http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/65239 906 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/66319 1311http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/67225 1810 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/68536 1025http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/70346 906 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/71371 1357http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/72277 945 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/73634 2005 655http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/48187 788 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/48842 1071http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/49630 716 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/50701 713http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/51417 548 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/52130 1320http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/52678 827 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/53998 845http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/54825 1096 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/55670 1014http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/56766 1618 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/57780 2004 903http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/40269 763 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/41172 1154http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/41935 544 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/43089 470http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/43633 337 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/44103 401http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/0 469 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/44841 710http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/45310 576 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/46020 551http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/46596 1040 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/47147 2003 658http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/31890 766 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/messages/32548
Re: [arr] Re: EKAM SATHYAM--the mystery continues....
hey guys.. don't worry.. we can get hold of it. this one was part of Michael Jackson Friends concert - Sunday June 27th 1999 ARR's part was for only 10 min from 5:45pm to 5:55pm as per schedule. check out the detailed reports here ... http://www.michael-jackson-trader.com/news/1999/June/index.html http://www.themichaeljacksonwiki.com/index.php?title=Michael_Jackson_%26_Friends_-_What_more_can_I_give%3F http://mjbaltic.com/Charity_Concerts.html http://www.jvillage.de/board/showthread.php?s=48ee6d2af97a1de9d2d9bbaabba7e295p=12574#post12574 this is a clip of the crowd at the venue before MJ's arrival... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua-JIu5Qsos *ok now, if arr fans are really determined.. if arr fans are more dedicated than MJ's fans, we can surely get hold of ekam satyam.* we certainly cannot get hold of the studio recorded version because of its legal implications.. but we can definitely find the concert version. contact as many MJ fans as possible, contact the organizsers of the concert at munich, the indian sponsor Hinduja Foundation.. try to get hold of as many footages of the concert as possible.. official or otherwise... dig through all of them .. (its important to note that MJ wasn't present for ARR's part.. so, most of MJ's fans were outside the stadium waiting for him)... or park in front of bharat bala's home in large numbers and ask him.. *is it worth the effort? you guys decide...* ekam satyam means one truth. it is very likely that whoever holds the rights to it will want to wait longer .. may be even 20-30years .. in order to rake up the value and make huge money out of it.. On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Gopal Srinivasan catchg...@gmail.comwrote: The track is real,it exists in a studio recorded version but it's not going to release. On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 16:23, Jahanzeb jahanzebti...@yahoo.comjahanzebtippu%40yahoo.com wrote: Yeah I also think Gopal may help. It would be really great to know, and would be a tribute to the King of Pop too. Gopal?? - Jahanzeb --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com, kishore parayath kishore.paray...@... wrote: Yes.. Gopal can answer our question (Gopal Srinivasan; not Gopal Anandan). 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 admin%40arrahmanfans.com To Subscribe: arrahmanfans-subscr...@yahoogroups.comarrahmanfans-subscribe%40yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe: arrahmanfans-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.comyahooarrahmanfans-unsubscribe%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links
Re: [arr] 'Blue' is a BIG Flop
couldn't agree more.. the inavertently hilarious climax did evoke spontaneous and unexpected boisterous laughters over here as well.. the poor audience were like totally caught off-guard.. and actually rolled over the edge of their seats onto the floor laughing.. an authentic jaspal-bhatti thriller! strangely, even the last week's couples retreat wihch was shot on a screensaver island like blue's bahamas and sharks was a total dud which just capitalized on a dry weekend with no other promising release. peter billingsley would do well taking some lessons on making a comedy from anthony d'souza ARR did a splendid job like a true professional and delivered a winner in a genre that he didnot touch upon before.. there are some good punjabi hip-hop and rock pieces in the BGM.. hope someone can get them out here. and I honestly think that the chiggy-wiggy fiasco with kylie is most likely due to the director's interference and remember, during the audio release itself, ARR gave a hint saying not to expect too much. On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Vishal vishalredd...@yahoo.in wrote: We guys have to accept that 'Blue' is a huge failure!! Somebody had said that the film raked Rs.6.5 crore on the opening day..But then you should know that the first day numbers are all because of the pre-release hype!! Also, the flops 'Kambakkht Ishq' had collected Rs.7.5 Crore on the first day, though it flopped!! Also, the film is worth nothing, I went to the film very excited as it was the first underwater film in India, but came out yawning.Lara Dutta's bikinis can't save the film, neither can Kylie Minogue with her Chiggy-Wiggy jig! And Katrina, she is great!! She proves it again to everybody even in her 7 minute 20 second cameo that she cannot act!! The so called action sequences for which, allegedly, crores of rupees have been spent are the only ones worth watching!! The great BG work by ARR makes it really interesting! Reul Pookutty's work is also commendable! Anthony also picks jaw-droppingly beautiful locations like the Bahamas! But the low IQ dialogues and the weak script make it a dim-witted thriller! Also, the Climax is inadvertantly hilarious!! You will be laughing at places where you should be glued to the screen!! All I say is Blue is totally washed up and is going to sink into the sea without a trace!! All those ones who said ARR makes a wrong choice in picking films is absolutely pointless, because doing such a film is a challenge and you should be appreciating ARR sir instead of criticizing him.. Well, it is not like I had many expectations from 'Blue', but it disappointed me! Anyways, I'm all geared up for Mani Ratnam's Raavan starring Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Vikram and Shankar's Endhiran-The Robot starring Rajnikanth and Aish again!
Re: [arr] A special bullet proof glass box for ARR - Live concert in Calicut
translation anybody??? http://frames.mathrubhumi.com/story.php?id=38155cat=6⊂=20subit=0 2009/4/12 Vithur vith...@gmail.com This is really Good. He needs a lot of protection from the Public and also from CRAZY Fans , especially during concert times... On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Jafar K gentlej...@yahoo.co.in wrote: Check this out... http://frames.mathrubhumi.com/story.php?id=38155cat=6⊂=20subit=0http://frames.mathrubhumi.com/story.php?id=38155cat=6sub=20subit=0 JAFAR -- Check out the all-new Messenger 9.0! Click here.http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_messenger_7/*http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/ -- regards, Vithur
Re: [arr] Re: Ah Aah : Looking Into depths
ye even I guessed Bhairavi... ARR said he likes Bhairavi a lot... nice topic after a long time... babu On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Chord purev...@yahoo.com wrote: I am picking up raaga Bhairavi a lot, could be in mishra style. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com, Vajra dianic_dre...@... wrote: Hi Chord, Thanks for coming forward to help me in my quest. My first request for you is definitely a challenging one I hope. I have myself made an attempt to identify the raagas in Marhaba Mustapha song but I am not very confident about my conclusions yet so, please give your opinion about the raagas used in that song and then I will share mine as well. Regards, Vajra On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 7:59 AM, Chord purev...@... wrote: Fantastic idea! I am with you on this! I know a lot about raagas, so I would love to help in any way! --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com, Vajra dianic_dreams@ wrote: Hi, I'm on a personal quest to gather ragas for Rahman's film music... unfortunately I am not so well versed in identifying Ragas. I have been collecting popular ragas in their carnatic versions but I would like to get film song examples for all these ragas to help the new generation enjoy and understand the beauty of ragas by being able to relate to them. So what better way to develop appreciation for carnatic music than by showing its influences on popular music. That will be very educational and inspiring for people I think... especially now that Rahman has attracted quite a bit of interest from the west, and they will be keen to find out more about him, I would like to make information about ragas available to the west This way, the west will also have a better understanding of the musical history that has given birth to a soul such as Rahman. I found this website that gave a small sample of ragas that corresponded to different songs Rahman has done: http://prabhuthemusiclover.tripod.com/arrahman/id3.html However, I am hoping someone (or several people), would help me create an extensive list of raga identification for Rahman's music. I plan to make a very educational website using this research. Hope to chat to you soon. Regards, Vajra --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com, keshav coolcrave@ wrote: A precious Attempt: Ah Aah!! Looking into depths of music creativity The soundtrack for film's such as Bose: The forgotten Hero and The Rising were pretty much set back in time with some contemporary features. These film's had distinct music form which were destined to be heard constantly. A.R.A.R.Rahman, the music whiz, is highly credited for having such amazing talent in executing music at any given circumstances. He has indeed been dominating the Indian Music Industry for long and has always been a delicate music trend setter. A.R.Rahman is the only known individual who matches the chemistry between the ear drums and his composition. The Rising, had been beautifully adorned by various melody and rhythm, bringing genres such as folk, contemporary and classical in to light. Having adapted such rich and exquisite manner of composing music, A.R.Rahman makes a colossal comeback to south India making his composing style a total makeover. Yes he is back; it's the moment that all die hard tamil fans of his had to wait for. The wait has ended and the outcome is par beyond excellence. Director S.J.Surya who directed Vaali, Kushi and New is back with Anbe Aaruyire (Ah Aah). Vaali has done a splendid job (refrained from English words is a wonder) penning the lyrics for all six songs in the movie. A.R.Rahman lends his hand composing in the New Age genre; the tunes are as usual fresh and innovative. Let's feed into the tracks; Anbe Aaruyire : Sturdy occurrence. A.R.A.R.Rahman. The song starts with a different voice (aa flange effect) and drum loops and all of a sudden you have A.R.Rahman entering the melody with an unusual note, which breaks the current ambience. A.R.Rahman sounds so different in this number, not with his high pitched vocal but kinda suttle version this time. He seems to be maturing. The song seem to have the strong bhava of raga saramathi. The lyrics arraira kodi perghalil oruvan adiyaen Tamilzhan nan unggal nanban which translates: amongst 6 million human population (India), as a Tamil servant I am your friend, is so touching and delivers a strong message straight to your heart. This is a promising start for A.R.Rahman's tamil musical venture and will be a trademark for his return down south. The Tamil syllables 'Ah Aah is used all over the song, even in some part of the lyrics. The rhythm of the song is sophisticated plus peppy loops woven around it, creates an
Re: [arr] Re: A R Rahman squabbles with reporter
lol.. arr fighting??? LOL the very thought just cracks me up. ARR never dislikes anyone for such trivial things. He is always ready to smile for the cameras.. definitely these journalists from siasat.com wanted to create some controversy.. just like the fatwa for vandemataram. how come no other media reported it? babu On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 5:09 PM, shahul hameed shahul...@gmail.com wrote: AR has always disliked ppl taking pics of him when he is in mosque or shrines.. This should have been one such instance.. On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 5:31 PM, rayrai2k ravis...@gmail.com wrote: Just before ppl start jumping to conclusions and assumptions, please try to understand about the site siasat.com and its reports, their insights and outlook. It might have been true to some extent that AR expressed discomfort posing for camera lenses. But he isnt a person to squabble absolutely not to the extent as reported. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com, uday kiran uk_heartb...@... wrote: Nellore, March 20: Oscar winner and popular music composer A R Rahman allegedly squabbled with a media person at Venadu dargah in Tada mandal on Thursday while the latter was taking his photographs. Rahman is a regular visitor to the dargah and reached there at about 1 pm on Thursday from Chennai. When a vernacular reporter who belongs to the village tried to take photographs of Rahman, he reportedly instructed his followers to take away the camera from the reporter. There was a heated discussion between the scribe and supporters of Rahman for sometime and finally the camera was given back. Rahman immediately left the place after offering prayers. A large crowd gathered to have a glimpse of the musical maestro. http://www.siasat.com/english/index.php?option=contenttask=viewid=331315Itemid=55cattitle=Entertainment Regards, Uday Kiran Did you know? You can CHAT without downloading messenger. Go to http://in.webmessenger.yahoo.com/
Re: Khwaja song - my impression (Re: [arr] Let's keep in mind the attitudes and exposure of the elders)
I would agree with rawat partially lyrics are substandard and so is arr's vocals ... he sounds very nasal On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Pradeepan R pradeepanisonl...@gmail.comwrote: Rawat, lets understand one simple thing first: Music and its taste is very highly subjective. Its not something that everyone can objectively define as to what is good or bad. can anyone measure likability of music like blood pressure !! I can't understand why you fail to recognise this fact, instead of using terms like 'blind-faith' !! On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 4:32 AM, V S Rawat vsra...@gmail.com wrote: As I said, when someone tend to like everything, it could be that his artist is really flawlessly consistently great, or it could be that we love the artist so much that we can't make ourselves see his rare drawbacks. I am not just giving a high handed judgment rendering khwaja poor. I have elaborated point by point what I find it lacking in. Yeah, in that mail I did declare Arziyan great without going point by point why i find it great. Some day I will analyze it. Thanks. -- Rawat On 3/13/2009 7:22 AM India Time, _Chord_ wrote: Wow, Rawat, tell us how you really feel. I pretty much disagree with you completely. I love Khwaja and Arziyan both the same. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com, V S Rawat vsra...@... wrote: On 3/12/2009 3:11 PM India Time, _Jahanzeb Farooq_ wrote: in fact we watched JA together and during Khwaja mere khwaja as I mentioned that music is by ARR, he said I did not see anything special (sadly enough. may because it was in bad quality. also we know that ARR's music grows but he does not). I am a known JA basher so I thought I can say about this song also. khwaja song might be holding additional value for muslims due to its religious connotations, and for general fans it might have got some high weightage due to the anecdotes of ARR having composed it already and then AG using it in the film. But as a song, I find khwaja song quite barren and monotonous if I can say that. It is a sort of introvert song giving a feel that a person must be singing it within his heart and mind. It is his personal pleasure. Others would not be able to connect to it. Firstly, the song has some 1:20 initial alaaps that are quire boring to say and kill the entire beauty of song that comes after that. It is more like the sounds generated when a player tunes up his instruments before starting to really play it up. Such a long wasted part is a sin in current busy time. Those ya khwaja ji, moinuddin, gareeb nawaz are without any lyrical or music value. So, I think the start itself is badly thought up. But then the song starts with lovely music BUT, BUT BUT poor lyrics. A typical lack of creativity in the monotonous, logically-built up lyrics as is usually the case with Javed Akhtar. Khwaja Mere Khwaja Dil Mein Sama ja Bebaso ki Taqdeer Tu ne hai sawari There is no rhyming, no deep devotion. All that dil mein sama ja type of phrases had been used a 1000 times in cheap ladki-pataao songs in 60s and here he comes up with that in a 21st century devotional song. I would say that the major failure of the song remains in the poor lyrics. Then, it fails in arrangements of vocals. None of the voices carry and ethos and pathos. They are just singing an any song, not a religious song for the most respected muslim personality of Indian subcontinent. pronunciations are also not clear. that bebaso ki taqdeer tu ne hai sanwari, has bebaso and tu ne pronounced so pooorly that one has to strain to hear it and make the meaning of it. Sad that it is our man himself. And then Tere darbaar mein khwaza noor ko mainne dekha has noor pronounced so poorly by our man himself, and then there are alaaps, and then the music gives the impression that the line is going to be repeated, tere darbar mein khwaja - but they drop the line unceremoniously and begin another line - sar jhukaate hain auliya. What was so great in mentioning that auliya sar jhukate hain, so what, is that why you feel respect for him? I think the respect should have come from within, not due to seeing how others are respecting him. and then tu hai khwaja - rutaba hai pyara chahne se tujhko mustafa ko paya that xxx is still not clear to my aging ears. and lastly that hai mere peer ka sadqa, tera daman hai thama, tali hai bala hamari, chhaya hai khumar tera, jitna bhi rashq karein beshaq, to ab hai XXX mere khwaja, tere kadmo ko mere rahnuma nahin chhodna gawara. I don't get what exactly is the concept. No rhyming, no poetry, just some words have got hammerred in. It must be the poorest lyrics by Javed. I would say that ARR's voice is also not as sweet enough as he is famed for, there is a rare shrillness, a hollow in ARR's voice that I don't remember having heard
Re: [arr] Music gives hope in the middle of darkness
Hey chord, I have one question to you if you don't mind answering.. are you the same person who used to post to our group as ajit_mundra ? your mails are very similar to his babu On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:18 PM, Chord purev...@yahoo.com wrote: Evil deeds and hard times have always been around. However, they seem to be more salient recently with the bad economy, terrorist attacks and threats, recent murderous shooting rampages in the US and Germany, etc. etc. Life to me is full of dualitieslight/dark, evil/good, hope/despair, night/day, etc. As I listen and re-explore the vast ecyclopedia of ARR's music, hearing the various world musical genres in fusion, co-existing and harmonizing peacefully within a single song or album, the symbolism of that fusion and peaceful and celebratory co-existence struck me as so important in a time when hatred, ignorance, poverty, and violence threaten our very well being and lives. Hearing ARR's music helps me to think about all the varied, colorful, beautiful world cultures that surround us and the importance of maintaining peace and harmony for our well being. As I've said before, his music represents the best of humanitycolorful, vibrant, tolerant, peaceful, going beyond artificial boundaries. There are only a few things in this life, in this world right now that are giving me hope for a better future for humanity. ARR's music is one of those things. At the risk of sounding ideal and naive, why can't we live peacefully? Why can't we raise our children with peace and tolerance, teaching them good valuea that promote peacful co-existence and tolerance with different people and cultures? I know it's complex and it's a problem that won't just go away by itself. ARR's music to me represents so much much more than just immediate entertainment and mood uplifting. The philosophy behind his music, his message has never been more important to embrace than now. God, save us from ourselves and may peace be our future.
[arr] Official ARR fans
Here is the criteria for *official arr fan* title that I came up with. I believe this is a true test to seperate out water from milk, rhetoric from substance and, show-off from devotion. real arr fans thrive on his songs and music and melody. sending 100 mails a day doesn't qualify someone to be an arr fan. there are people who are fan of being a fan of arr. we are not interested in knowing whether you are a fan or not. all the self-proclaimed fans can judge themselves if they really deserve this title. just take these two quizzes.. with 3 minutes time limit for a total of 40 questions. maximum two attempts for each question. after you are done, use the following table and judge yourself. http://www.s-anand.net/blog/a-r-rahman-songs/ http://www.s-anand.net/blog/a-r-rahman-hindi-songs/ If your total score , T is 36 T 40 == You are Officially True and Honest Rahman fan. 31 T 35 == Official Rahman fan 26 T 30 == just another arr fan T 25 == well, you may give a title for yourself cuz we aint bothered if you boast abt being arr fan Thanks to Anand for his quizzes. Please comment on whether you think the criteria for earning the title and rules for the test are just reasonable or too stringent or too lenient. babu On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 6:38 PM, partha sarathi partha_sac...@yahoo.co.inwrote: Hi all fellow fans of (ARR (MY GOD) I have been a deciple of MY GOD ARR ever since ROJA was created. Just wanted to share a very memorable situation tat had happened way back in 2003 Feb, I was working in night shift and that evening there was a Live in concert by A R Rahmanji and this venue was abt 50kms away from my place in HYD. Slept hardly for sometime (as I was very excited to watch the show) none of my 4nds turned up (was actually planning to go with my 4nds as i did not had a vehicle)but I was very determined. Some how managed to pick a katara scooter and travelled all the way to the venue all alone and had great great fun. I still remember every moment of it. Rahmanji, A great musician, a great singer, a great composer on top of all A WONDERFUL AND GREAT HUMAN BEING. Having said the above I am not trying to prove that I am a big fan of ARR all I wanted to say is that I have learnt several things from the show, like love for others and respect for others. MY GOD once said *Be a good son to your parents; Be a good husband to your wife and Be a good father to your son, and that would make you a good friend to me AR Rahmanhttp://rahmaniac.wordpress.com/biography/ *. So all I wanted to conclude my e-mail with is, lets not differentiate ourselves. Just love each other, respect each other and I strongly believe that it would make us reach our god ARR one day. Thanks, Regards PARRTHA (Partha) --- On *Fri, 27/2/09, Vithur vith...@gmail.com* wrote: From: Vithur vith...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [arr] official fans To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, 27 February, 2009, 8:47 AM Absolutely Agree with you Mahima. All Are One : Be Alike to Everyone - Jesus Christ On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 11:23 PM, Mahima Sengupta mahiya_is_mind_ blow...@yahoo. com mahiya_is_mind_blow...@yahoo.com wrote: How does one designate themselves as an official fan? What happens to people who got to hear him for the first time only now for various reasons? How could you deny such a person who begins to like his music and him as a person at that very instant? Does being a fan of a person for a longer period make him a official fan? Don't you think its plain ego coming into play? Lets receive each and every person who likes ARR as a person and his music with open arms. Lets not create a heirarchy here. Thank you. Pardon me if I have said anything out of place --- On *Thu, 2/26/09, Vithur vith...@gmail. com vith...@gmail.com*wrote: From: Vithur vith...@gmail. com vith...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [arr] official fans To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009, 4:31 PM Ya. The Award is you get to access more than 500 mails on ARR on an average daily, which others are not entitled to. Lol On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Shah Navas shahnavas.arr@ gmail.comshahnavas@gmail.com wrote: is there an award for being an offcial fan? :P On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 5:58 AM, Vithur vith...@gmail. comvith...@gmail.com wrote: Official fans ? whats that ? A good Human being even without listening to ARR music would qualify to be his Fan. On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Vinayakam Murugan mvinaya...@gmail. com mvinaya...@gmail.com wrote: We are not a religious sect or a political party to accredit people. Let more people listen to him. Him winning the Oscars is exciting because he will reach a wider audience and he will have more variety and freedom in his scores. Warm Regards ~~~ Vinayak theregoesanotherday .blogspot.
Re: [arr] Collaboration between AR Rahman Illayaraja
Hindi is my mother tongue but i never heard shekhar to mean Lord Shiva. I think shekhar is a general terms for someone who is at peak/ pinnacle. ravat.. my mother tongue is telugu and Lord shiva is god for everyone. It has nothing to do with language I didnot understand why you mentioned that anyway shekhar name is very common in south india if you didn;t know please see this for other names of lord shiva. http://www.whereincity.com/india-kids/baby-names/?sm=Lord+Shiva Maha Shivaratri doesn't fall on the same day every year. So, ARR recieving oscar on Shivaratri is nothing short of a divine intervention. It is indeed because of his dad's blessings like Illayaraja said. thanks babu On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 12:06 AM, Nagesh MS nagesh.m...@gmail.com wrote: this is a greaet idea all those interested to see this happen plz vote NOW. On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 5:34 PM, dasara bullodu dasarabull...@gmail.com wrote: thanks vithur and kudos to isai gnani Illayaraja finally he wished. It is truly the blessing of Lord Shiva himself. ARR's dad's name Shekar means lord Shiva... and arr recieved the award on Shivarathri. That too, this year Maha Shivarathri falling on a Monday makes it even more special. The best part is when resul pookutty chanted OM and expressed its significance to the audience watching oscars all over the whole world. So, Illayaraja is absolutely right in saying his father's blessings brought him the oscar. It will be amazing if both the living legends can come together and produce an album that will be a timeless treasure. what do you guys say??? jai ho... babu On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Vithur vith...@gmail.com wrote: For members who were interested to know what Raja Sir had to say abt ARR... http://i41.tinypic.com/of60s8.jpg (the snap is an old one ... It was during Yuvan's Marriage ) ( Latest Kumudham Magazine) The Full world seems to be interested only in knowing what Raja Sir had to say abt ARR. -- regards, Vithur
Re: [arr] Collaboration between AR Rahman Illayaraja
Ok, Shekhar is a sanskrit word thats why it is there in all indian languages... On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 10:43 PM, dasara bullodu dasarabull...@gmail.com wrote: Hindi is my mother tongue but i never heard shekhar to mean Lord Shiva. I think shekhar is a general terms for someone who is at peak/ pinnacle. ravat.. my mother tongue is telugu and Lord shiva is god for everyone. It has nothing to do with language I didnot understand why you mentioned that anyway shekhar name is very common in south india if you didn;t know please see this for other names of lord shiva. http://www.whereincity.com/india-kids/baby-names/?sm=Lord+Shiva Maha Shivaratri doesn't fall on the same day every year. So, ARR recieving oscar on Shivaratri is nothing short of a divine intervention. It is indeed because of his dad's blessings like Illayaraja said. thanks babu On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 12:06 AM, Nagesh MS nagesh.m...@gmail.com wrote: this is a greaet idea all those interested to see this happen plz vote NOW. On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 5:34 PM, dasara bullodu dasarabull...@gmail.com wrote: thanks vithur and kudos to isai gnani Illayaraja finally he wished. It is truly the blessing of Lord Shiva himself. ARR's dad's name Shekar means lord Shiva... and arr recieved the award on Shivarathri. That too, this year Maha Shivarathri falling on a Monday makes it even more special. The best part is when resul pookutty chanted OM and expressed its significance to the audience watching oscars all over the whole world. So, Illayaraja is absolutely right in saying his father's blessings brought him the oscar. It will be amazing if both the living legends can come together and produce an album that will be a timeless treasure. what do you guys say??? jai ho... babu On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Vithur vith...@gmail.com wrote: For members who were interested to know what Raja Sir had to say abt ARR... http://i41.tinypic.com/of60s8.jpg (the snap is an old one ... It was during Yuvan's Marriage ) ( Latest Kumudham Magazine) The Full world seems to be interested only in knowing what Raja Sir had to say abt ARR. -- regards, Vithur
[arr] overwhelming reception
for the whole week I lost my breath.. I think I am slowly recovering from the dizzying events of the past week. this was long pending honor and recognition for arr. and his words of love for the acceptance speech came out as the icing on the cake. whatever he speaks will be etched in gold. he also spoke about the power of democracy and suggested all his fans should follow democracy. India being the world's largest democracy is getting its due finally... jai ho india
Re: [arr] His Father's Blessings has brought him the Oscars - Illayaraja
thanks vithur and kudos to isai gnani Illayaraja finally he wished. It is truly the blessing of Lord Shiva himself. ARR's dad's name Shekar means lord Shiva... and arr recieved the award on Shivarathri. That too, this year Maha Shivarathri falling on a Monday makes it even more special. The best part is when resul pookutty chanted OM and expressed its significance to the audience watching oscars all over the whole world. So, Illayaraja is absolutely right in saying his father's blessings brought him the oscar. It will be amazing if both the living legends can come together and produce an album that will be a timeless treasure. what do you guys say??? jai ho... babu On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Vithur vith...@gmail.com wrote: For members who were interested to know what Raja Sir had to say abt ARR... http://i41.tinypic.com/of60s8.jpg (the snap is an old one ... It was during Yuvan's Marriage ) ( Latest Kumudham Magazine) The Full world seems to be interested only in knowing what Raja Sir had to say abt ARR. -- regards, Vithur
