[arr] JAI HO
Jai Ho! Jai Ho! Jai Ho! Oscar Comes to India Jai Ho Gulzar Saab, Jai Ho Rahman
[arr] Re: Jai Ho
Jai Ho! Jai Ho! Jai Ho! Oscar Comes to India Jai Ho Gulzar Saab, Jai Ho Rahman --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, iamjasi iamjasi wrote: > > http://in.movies.yahoo.com/specials/Slumdog-wins-big-at-Oscars/Hollywood/slideshow-123.html#id=1 > > > Get an email ID as yourn...@... or yourn...@... Click here http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address >
[arr] Celebrations at Jaipur literature fest for 'Slumdog..', Gulzar feted
Jaipur (IANS): The spirit of bonhomie at the Jaipur Literature Festival turned into celebratory cheer Thursday evening after the announcement that the movie "Slumdog Millionaire", based on career diplomat-author Vikas Swarup's novel "Q and A", had bagged 10 Oscar nominations. Though the author, who was present at the festival Wednesday, had left for Mumbai for the premiere of the movie Friday, lyricist Gulzar, who has penned the lyrics for "Jai ho" that has been nominated for best original song for the 81st Annual Academy Awards, became the hero of the evening. The posse of writers, publishers and the large contingent of representatives from the publishing industry across the world erupted into cheer and uncorked bottles of champagne as a spokesperson announced the nominations on stage. "It is a historic moment for me. This is my first international recognition. I am so happy for both composer A.R. Rehman, who has won three nominations and Vikas," the beaming lyricist, clad in spotless white, told the media post-dinner. Gulzar, a close friend of the director-general of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations Pavan Varma, arrived in Jaipur Wednesday to attend a special session on poetry with Varma. "My daughter and her husband rang me from Mumbai in the evening to convey the news. It feels wonderful. But I am especially happy that A.R. Rehman has won three nominations. He is the best thing that has happened to contemporary Indian music - his arrival has changed the music scene forever," Gulzar told the media. According to him, "there were many more people who were behind his nomination". "For instance, the director of the movie Danny Boyle - without him the nominations would have been impossible. Certain compositions gelled so well with the shots," he said. The lyricist met writer Vikas Swarup Wednesday. "We were discussing it. I did not expect a nomination for myself, but I had pinned my hopes on Rehman. He is very dear to me and has made the country proud," he said. When quizzed about the protests against the movie in Mumbai, Gulzar said he did not want to be drawn into a controversy. "Why do you want to talk about negative things. Let us celebrate the positive development. It is the biggest honour for the country's entertainment industry," he said. The mood was infectious. Almost everyone - right from the representatives of ICCR to the CEO of Penguin, which hosted the official dinner, director Muzaffar Ali, who anchored the Coexist Concert for Peace in tribute to the terror attacks in Mumbai and Gaza, the musicians and writers from Pakistan, the posse of authors from Europe and India and the cream of the glitterati from Delhi and Jaipur - was unanimous in their verdict: India could not have been more proud that it was Thursday evening. "It feels great," echoed all cutting across divide. As for writer Vikas Swarup, it was luck all the way. "I have always been a lucky author," he told IANS.
Re: [arr] Rahman gets 3 Oscar Nominations..Hurrayyyyyyyy
Many Many CONGURATULATION to Gulzar Saab And Rahman for nominated for oscars. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Madhavan Rajan wrote: > > We need to personally go and hug AR for this huge achievement!!! > > Jai Ho Rahman!!! > > Madhavan.R > Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate! > > On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 7:43 PM, sath.murthy wrote: > > > ARR has 2 songs out of 3 that are nominated for Original Song. He > > will win oscars for Jai Ho and Original Score. > > > > Hurray.. ARR will bring home 2 Oscars. Lets start our prayers.. > > Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score) > > > >- "*The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*" (Paramount and Warner > >Bros.),Alexandre Desplat > >- "*Defiance*" (Paramount Vantage), James Newton Howard > >- "*Milk*" (Focus Features), Danny Elfman > >- "*Slumdog Millionaire*" (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman > >- "*WALL-E*" (Walt Disney), Thomas Newman > > > > Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) > > > >- "*Down to Earth*" from "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Music by Peter Gabriel > >and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel > >- "*Jai Ho*" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Music by > >A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar > >- "*O Saya*" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Music and > >Lyric by A.R. Rahman andMaya Arulpragasam > > > > Sath. > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, $ Pavan Kumar $ > > wrote: > > > > > > Unbeleivable...amazing.. > > > > > > http://www.oscars.org/awards/81academyawards/nominees.html > > > > > > --- On Thu, 1/22/09, $ Pavan Kumar $ pawancumarr@ wrote: > > > > > > From: $ Pavan Kumar $ pawancumarr@ > > > Subject: [arr] Rahman gets 3 Oscar Nominations..Hurra > > > To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com > > > Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009, 5:51 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 3 Oscar Nominations. . > > > > > > Best score and Best Original song.. > > > > > > > > > O saya and Jai ho both nominated... amazingg > > > > > > > >
[arr] Happy Birthday Genius
Wish you a Very Very Happy Birthday Rahman sir.
[arr] AR Rahman pleases Rajni fans with Sivaji - rediff review
Finally, the most-awaited Sivaji album has been released. The film Sivaji -- The Boss has the biggest Tamil cinema stalwarts lined up under highly reputed AVM banner -- director Shankar; composer A R Rahman; lyricists Valee, Vairamuthu, Pa Vijay, Muthukumar; cinematographer K V Anand; dialogue writer Sujatha; art director Thotta Tharani; choreographers Prabhudeva, Raju Sundaram, Lawrence and Brinda; and, over and above all, superstar Rajnikanth in the title role. Shriya Reddy plays the female lead. Incidentally, Sivaji is director Shankar's ninth film, and Rajni's ninth with AVM. The title of the film resonates with Rajnikanth's real name, Shivaji Rao Gaekwad. Previously director Shankar always managed to keep movie details close to his chest till the release. But Sivaji became an exception with first the storyline becoming common knowledge, and then three music tracks leaked on the Internet. Shankar's films always deal with malpractices in various sectors of society. Likewise, Sivaji also is supposed to be the story of an NRI crusading against the capitation fee syndrome, the bane of our educational system. A R Rahman's compositions are in tune with the crusader image of the film's protagonist. The lyricists have milked Rajnikanth's screen image to the fullest, making the line dividing the actor and the character very thin. They are really on an overkill trip. The album kicks off with the foot tapping number Balleilakka aggressively rendered by S P Balasubramaniam, Rehanah Benny and an effective chorus. The opening line has a faint echo of Rahman's Veerapandi kottayilae from his own Thiruda Thiruda. Lyricist Na Muthukumar eulogises Tamil Nadu and the Tamilian's supportive camaraderie with his neighbours. He also paints a larger than life picture of the hero comparing him to the sun, moon and even Shiva the destroyer, with lines like 'he can even turn Tamil Nadu into America.' SPB's rendition is vibrant and the fast pace towards the end makes him sound breathless. The number has aggressive percussion and faint melodious nuances in between. The racy track Oru koodal sunlight follows with obvious reference to the superstar's sobriquet 'Stylemannan.' It is a scrappy number with Pa Vijay's lyrics, a medley of bits and pieces of phrases. He even coins new appellations for the hero like 'heerathihero!' Rags, Tanvi, Suresh Peters and Blaze belt out this peppy piece. Fast beats and Tanvi's whispery rendition give it a sensuous touch. Sahana saral thoovutho is a melodious piece with western instrumentation. This is the only track (along with the Vaji vaji number later) with significant lyrics. Vairamuthu's lyrics have an appealing freshness and originality. This track, a love duet rendered by Udit Narayan and the dulcet-voiced Chinmayi, has been embellished with a sprightly chorus. The only jarring note is Narayan's stilted Tamil diction. A second version of Sahana, much better than the first, soulfully rendered by Vijay Jesudas, comes later. Gomathi Sri replaces Chinmayi in this version full of pain and pathos. It is a pity this second version is not included in the cassette, but only on the CD. Gomathi Sri's voice, though a bit babyish, has an identity of its own. Vaji Vaji is the title track, with all the potential to become a chartbuster -- pleasing rhythm and a powerful rendition by Hariharan and Madhusree, good instrumentation, fast beats, lively chorus, and a good melody. Vairamuthu's lyrics exude passion, but thankfully not excessively. Up next is the theme song Vata vata by Blaze, Naresh Iyer and Raqueeb Alam. Beginning in hip-hop style with a few English words thrown in, the track soon slides into rap. As in earlier numbers, the lyrics (Na Muthukumar with Blaze) picturise a superhero 'who can gobble up even a lion like a jalebi!' Rahman the composer as singer comes into his element with concluding track Athiradi. Another chartbuster in the making, it is incendiary stuff with power-packed percussion. The solo guitar and Rahman's singing -- with a manic vibrancy in his soaring voice -- really adds to its impact. This will be a hot favourite on the dance floors. The lyrics are more or less irrelevant in these kind of songs, and Valee's lyrics -- with titles of some Rajni films and a spatter of English words -- fall in line. Rajni fans will have a field day listening to this album because the lyrics are more synonymous with his film persona than his character in the film.. Rahman's music is such that it takes repeated listens, and time to grow on you. Only Athiradi captures your sensibility instantly. The other numbers are worth a listen, but feature nothing extraordinary. They make you yearn for the old Rahman of Gentleman and Roja. An album in tune with the pulse of the current generation
[arr] Inauguration of music studio at Whistling Woods pics-Arr,vishal,subash ghai
check out the pics http://www.indiafm.com/stills/partiesnevents/Inauguration_of_music_studio_at_Whistling_Woods/index.html
[arr] HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL GROUP MEMBERS
Desire you: 365 days of happiness; 52 weeks of health and prosperity; 12 months of love and affection; 8760 hours of peace and harmony; That in this new year you it has 2007 reasons to smile _00_0__0_000 ___000000___ 0000__00_00__00_0000 _00___00_00__00_00___00 0000_00__00_00__00 ___00_00_00__00_00_00 __00__00_00__00_0000 _000___00000000 0__0_00 WISH U A HAPPY NEW YEAR
[arr] edited "Jaage hain"
hi to all rahman fans, here is the full jaage hain as written... Jaage Hain der tak Humin Kuch der sone Do Thodi si raat aur hain subah to hone do Aadhe adhure Khwab Jo Poore Na Ho Sake Ek Baar Phir se nind mein wo Khwab Bone Do Ek Khawab Toot Jaane Ka Ahsaas Hi to hain thodi si raat aur Sahar paas hi to Hain but in the cassacts and cd's we have edited version. puneet
[arr] listen alive and carry me home
hello to all, here is the link for all the arr fans listen the songs of Provoked chack this out http://www.myspace.com/karendavid puneet
[arr] Karen David talk about his work with rahman
It's been busy for the team and I...just finished approving artwork for my digital EP release, which I will keep you posted about, as it will be available for downloads very soon! :) I'll also be uploading them up on my site for you to have a preview listen to. You will be hearing the single version of "I Need You" which was mixed by the lovely Celt Islam (check his myspace page out!) and you will also hear the full version of Carry Me Home which I wrote with A R Rahman and had the lovely Bombay Dub Orchestra fellas produce. The third track is another song which I wrote with A R Rahman, called Alive, and is the title song for the Miranda Richardson, Robbie Coltrane, Aishwarya Rai film I acted in, called Provoked. The movie will be coming out end of February. So it's full steam ahead...you guys have been through this journey with me throughout the year, so thanks for always supporting me and sticking around! ;) The album is about 90% done now and we're working on release dates for next year so watch this space... hear is the link for this blog http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=33824405&blogID=196872273&MyToken=c74123e8-08c1-427e-8608-c9b120b47163
[arr] my thoughts for guru
great album give some time to listen all the songs...just 2 days is not enough to give any verdict... i love all the songs some fans says 3 or 4 songs are excellent .other is ok or good but in my view every song have different velue different nature. 1. barso re -- full masti song . 2. tere bina - beutiful love song (liked in first hearing) 3. ek muft - this is a very funny song the lyrics are also very funny and music is also very funny .i think when rahman composed this song he also smiles while recording the song..it will grow on you after every time you listen.give time to grow on you . 4.mayya - this is a tipical rahman song .its a period film so the orchetra like old ones.so give time to grow on you. 5.ay hairathe - again beautiful love song and beautiful lyrics.hariharan is back in rahman camp and give what he is capebal of.beautiful.song. 6.baazi laga -- this song also not liked by many rahman fans..just listen listen and listen after 7 or 14 or 21 days your views complately changed...in every album of rahman there is one song which is not so popular in first few weeks.but when the all the hit songs get old this one song get attation.and became a hit.. 7.jaage hai --- speechless no words for this song simply great .everything is perfact.the lyrics,the composition,the singing superb... this is my persnoal thoughts.. so tell me your thoughts rahman rocks man
[arr] Dil Se Re - Ae ajnabi my favourite, says Gulzar
Flashbacks always, but always, land you back in the present. But in my case, I'm flitting from one flashback to another. And the story about A R Rahman continues... I remember it had been two years since I first met Rahman and our maiden musical venture had been nixed, when I got a call from Mani Ratnam saying he wanted to meet me. When we met, he asked me to write the songs for his next film, Dil Se. A R Rahman was to score the music, he told me. That excited me so I agreed to write the lyrics there and then. To help me, Mani gave me an outline of the story (without giving away much), a graph of the two main characters, the theme of the movie and the kind of treatment he was planning for the storythat's it. Generally speaking, when I write songs for a movie, I like to be aware of the entire script. But no such help was forthcoming here. But with a director of Mani Ratnam's calibre, you're confident he knows what he's doing. So I wasn't worried when he didn't tell me much about the movie. In fact, not knowing the entire plot had its upside. When I write for other movies, I have one advantage: I know the kind of language the characters will speak, so I write accordingly. Here I didn't know anything; even the song situations were free-floating. Mani just told me the overall theme of the songs and it was very inspiring. Even more inspiring was the treatment he was planning to give the musical numbers. Mani was the first director who actually asked me to give abstract images for his narrative. Most of our Hindi film directors like their songs to have cinematic images that can be picturised easily, but Mani wanted abstract images and I welcomed that whole-heartedly. While we were discussing the song situations, Mani quoted the famous Persian poet Maulana Rumi. He told me he wanted me to write a song on the seven stages of love starting with `uns', `ulfat', `mohabbat' and ending with the ultimate `junoon'. He also added that the song would be repeated throughout the film. Since I'm well versed with the poetry of Rumi and Hafiz, I understood what Mani wanted. As expected, Rahman had more than one composition for the theme song. There was one, and one more and another one. He just kept pulling them out and kept saying, can we do this, can we do that? Ultimately, we finalised one tune to which I wrote Satrangi re. That was the first song I wrote for Dil Se. Another song, Jiya jale, sung by Lataji (Lata Mangeshkar), was a suhaag raat song and I thought Rahman combined it beautifully with South Indian folk. That was the first time Lataji sang for Rahman. I was there when she recorded the song and she was quite pleased about it. As I've mentioned earlier, Rahman's studio is dimly lit and the small glass room where the singer stands can be quite lonely because you can't see anything or anyone from there. Lataji felt slightly awkward about it and she murmured, `Akeli khadi kis ke liye gaa rahi hoon main.' So I found a stool and sat on it outside her glass door so that she could see me. That, I think, assured her. I must add here that she sang Jiya jale brilliantly in her mellifluous voice. Today when I look back, I realise Dil Se marked an important phase in my career as a lyricist. Important because I was working with Rahman and a great director like Mani Ratnam for the first time. Also Dil Se started a new phase for me, that of writing Sufiana poetry. Just as Humne dekhi hai unn aankhon ki mehekti khushboo had set off a phase of using abstract imagery in my songs early on. Rahman, being a religious man, enjoyed composing for Dil Se too. I could see that the Sufiana lyrics brought out the best in him. By then he'd also learnt a little bit of Hindi so he could understand my poetry. In Dil Se there were three Sufiana songs. But my favourite remains Ae ajnabi tu bhi kabhi aawaz de kahin se. I think it was a really beautiful song. But the one that really became a rage was Chal chhaiyan chhaiyan. There is a song of Sufi poet Bulleh Shah's called Tere ishq nachaya kar thaiyya thaiyya, which Sukhwinder used to sing. Rahman loosely based his composition of Chal chhaiyan chhaiyan on that. The entire orchestration was all Rahman's, of course. On my part, I tried to refresh the song by using the words chhaiyan chhaiyan instead of thaiyya thaiyya. Many people thought the words chhaiyan chhaiyan were just sounds used for effect. But that's not true; chhaiyan means chhaon or shade and it's a commonly used word in rural Hindi and in our folk songs. The next lineJinke sar ho ishq ki chaon, paon ke neeche jannat hogi, chal chhaiyan chhaiyanexplains the concept of chhaiyan chhaiyan. Sukhwinder sang the song with a storming energy and an infectious voice with Sapna Awasthi ably supporting him. The popularity of that song is historyhence the title of this column, Chal Chhaiyan Chhaiyan. Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-co
Re: [arr] Couple of BGMs - uploaded.
hi arya, please download winrar from here http://www.download.com/3000-2250-10007677.html and extract the rar files. --- || V i s h w e s h || <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don't take this personally but solution for this has > been posted many times recently... so pls search for > it in the group archives... > > Also Google is the best solution for many > problems. ;-) So instead of waiting for someone else > to provide solutions, try to find it yourself... I'm > telling u this coz I do the same... > > > Arya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Mr. Kaissiom. > For long time i am waiting for solution for my > problem... > Kindly solve this if u can. > HOW TO PLAY .RAR MUSIC FILES. > WAITING FOR YOUR REPLY.. > THANKS > ARYA > > > " The search is more important than the > destination " > > - a r rahman - > > > - > Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls > to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cricket/ 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[arr] HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARR
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