[arr] Re: Pune does it again...... ROOBAROO (Acoustic Show of ARR songs ) !

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Awesome! you guys are great.


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Dinesh Vaidya dnshvai...@... wrote:

 The home to the The Wandering Soul's show Rahmania, Pune witnessed yet 
 another show but of a different kind and by a different group. only 
 common thing ? love for ARRahman's melody !
 
 A group called ROOBAROO in Pune took their first step in the world of Rahman 
 music on 22'nd July by performing ARRahman's choicest songs in front of 
 select audience. In what way they were different than the TWS Rahmania show ? 
 well they had exactly 3 guitars and a rhythm-man to accompany 2 lead vocalist 
 ! Call that UNPLUGGED show or Acoustic show, but to me this was a novel 
 concept showcased by Saurabh Bhalerao who felt the need to get close to the 
 Rahman melody sans the orchestration and the show simply rocked !
 
 Since there was no pressure on the showcasing minutest details about ARRahman 
 sound which RAHMANIA team of TWS tries to get closer to, the ROOBAROO team 
 could experiment a lot with the song selection and presentation and thus 
 could play some (probably ) un-usual songs like Shauk Hai - Guru, O re 
 chhori - Lagaan, Luka Chuuppi - RDB, Tu Bin Bataye - RDB and  many more 
 in a non-stop 2 hour show.
 
 This show is certainly for diehard ARR fans, for you HAVE to know all the 
 songs they play so that your mind is playing it's own track alongwith the 
 unplugged version on stage.
 
 The group comprises of professional singers and instrumentalists and led by 
 Saurabh and assisted by Rasika and Nishad on Vocals.
 
 It is a welcome effort by Roobaroo and certainly many more such programmes 
 will be happening in near future and on behalf of all RAHMANIACS of the 
 World, I wish them best of luck ! May the Rahman Sound be always with 
 them
 
 There is something special in the air of Pune (and Mumbai..counting Swapnil 
 Mistry and his gang ) for sure 
 
 Jai HO !
 
 Dinesh Vaidya
 Pune

[arr] A R Rahman to take part in 'giving week'

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

An estimated two crore Indians — celebrities, corporate leaders and common 
citizens — are expected to come together and pitch in with anything they can 
give back to society as part of a unique 'Joy of Giving Week' scheduled to 
begin on September 27.

Organised by Mumbai-based NGO GiveIndia, the event hopes to tug at the 
heartstrings of the country, cutting across all divides, and has already got 
commitments from a cross-section that includes Sachin Tendulkar, Azim Premji, A 
R Rahman, not to mention government ministries and city civic bodies, Mumbai's 
dabbawalas and Chennai's auto unions.

People can give something back in any manner they choose fit, and there are no 
stipulations, said Venkat Krishnan N, director of GiveIndia. From a 
millionaire writing a cheque, to a slumdweller sharing one of his three rotis, 
any act of giving is welcome. The aim is to hold it annually in the week of 
October 2, with the hope that it continues to grow to become a festival that 
all Indians plan for.

Although the event has some parallels such as the Red Rose Day in Britain, the 
New York Marathon and the Giving Week in Australia, they are not on the same 
national scale as the proposed 'Joy of Giving Week', said Krishnan, an 
IIM-Ahmedabad graduate who set up GiveIndia in 2000 to create a giving 
culture in India by providing people with opportunities to contribute to good 
causes, with high standards of transparency and accountability.

The list of names who have endorsed the event and pledged to contribute reads 
like a who's who of the country: sports icons such as Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul 
Dravid, Geet Sethi, Prakash Padukone and P Gopichand; Bollywood and regional 
film celebrities such as Farah Khan, Rahul Bose, Madhavan and Nagarjuna; 
film-makers Anurag Kashyap, Imitiaz Ali, Nandita Das and Maniratnam; music 
maestro A R Rahman, and corporate leaders such as Azim Premji, N R Narayana 
Murthy, Deepak Parekh, Adi Godrej and Kiran Mazumdar Shaw.

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit has committed full participation and support 
from her government, reaching out to all schools in Delhi and promoting the 
week through the Bhagidari newsletter, and having 'Joyboxes' in all Delhi 
government offices. She has also agreed to provide visibility to the week 
through bus shelters and at metro stations.

Sachin Pilot and Ambika Soni have offered Telecom, Information and Broadcasting 
support to the week. The mov-ement has also found endorsement from West Bengal 
Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi, the Bangalore and Ahmedabad city corporations and 
the Andhra Tourism Board.


..


http://in.news.yahoo.com/48/20090815/804/tnl-2-cr-indians-to-take-part-in-giving.html

..

[arr] Re: I'm looking forward to Blue's music......but.....

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Oh sorry for that, my bad!



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

 I knew someone like you was going to pounce.  Where in my post does it say 
 that I'm worked up?  Did you read what I said carefully?  I explicitly said 
 that I'm not pre-judging the album, but just keeping my expectations low 
 because the genre of music that the movie requires is not something that I 
 get too excited about.  I also said that I would listen to the music with an 
 open mind when it comes out and hope that he can compose a song or two that's 
 more in my line of preference.  I also mentioned that Rahman likes to 
 surprise too. I absolutely encourage Rahman to be experimental and I hope 
 that this experiment works! 
 
 Peopleplease..
 
 
 
 --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva 
 gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni . 
 sriramiyer15@ wrote:
 
  Oh for god's sake let the music release, or atleast the song promo release. 
  And you can't expect AR to *always* keep composing stuff that he's already 
  very good at. What's wrong with him being experimental? Why do you get so 
  worked up?
  
  
  
  
  --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Chord purevibz@ wrote:
  
   I'm not feeling as usually excited as I had been during the pre 
   release periods of other Rahman soundtracks.  Maybe my expectations for 
   the music are lower, which may be a good thing.  I'm expecting this album 
   to match the mood and content of the moviemostly hip hop, fast, 
   dance, techno kind of songs.  It's Rahman's music, so it will be 
   interesting to say the least, but that type of music is not my cup of tea 
   usually.  Again, these are just thoughts and I'm in no way judging the 
   album prematurely.  Once it releases, I will listen with an open mind and 
   hopefully be surprised here and there.  I'm hopeful there will be at 
   least one soulful/slow number with the Rahmantic magic.
  
 

[arr] Re: I'm looking forward to Blue's music......but.....

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Oh for god's sake let the music release, or atleast the song promo release. And 
you can't expect AR to *always* keep composing stuff that he's already very 
good at. What's wrong with him being experimental? Why do you get so worked up?




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

 I'm not feeling as usually excited as I had been during the pre release 
 periods of other Rahman soundtracks.  Maybe my expectations for the music are 
 lower, which may be a good thing.  I'm expecting this album to match the mood 
 and content of the moviemostly hip hop, fast, dance, techno kind of 
 songs.  It's Rahman's music, so it will be interesting to say the least, but 
 that type of music is not my cup of tea usually.  Again, these are just 
 thoughts and I'm in no way judging the album prematurely.  Once it releases, 
 I will listen with an open mind and hopefully be surprised here and there.  
 I'm hopeful there will be at least one soulful/slow number with the Rahmantic 
 magic.

[arr] Re: The National Awards are moronic!

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Dude Kal Ho naa Ho had very good music, AR even acknowledged it and it deserved 
to win.



--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, vimaljk vima...@... wrote:

 Guys..in recent times..even Filmfare has been awarding more deserving 
 winners!...i mean..could you belive that Kal Ho Na Ho won best music?!?!...or 
 that Saif Ali Khan won best actor fro Hum Tum!?!?!...of course..many 
 deserving peopel win..but the National Awards are soo hit or miss...at least 
 Filmfare has been consistently giving awards to the right people and movies 
 the past few years (AR Rahman, Paruthi veeran. Subramaniapuram, Jodhaa Akbar, 
 etc).
 
 --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, yogesh2783 yogesh2783@ wrote:
 
  AR should be conferred National Award
  for:
  Guru [2007]
  JA[2008]
  D-6[2009]
  a hattrick!!
  
  I think for 2007 awards are not declared.
  
  Regards
  Yogesh
  
  --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Mohamed Hashir arrhashir@ wrote:
  
   I think Ashok patki got it for 2006.54th national award.
   Please check this mail from our archive
   http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/message/95928
   
   regards
   hashir
   
   On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 8:17 PM, Sreekrishnan R rahmanfever@wrote:
   
   
   
It was announced.. Best Music was for Ashok Patki.
   
   
Rahman fever
His Music ~ My Mother Tongue
http://%20www.orkut.com/AlbumList.aspx?uid=7295035299513517297
   
 --
*From:* Mohamed Hashir arrhashir@
*To:* arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
*Sent:* Monday, 10 August, 2009 5:07:39 PM
*Subject:* Re: [arr] National Award to our BOSS
   
   
   
i think even the award for 2007 is not yet announced.
   
 On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:47 PM, crish...@gmail. comcrishna3@
 wrote:
   
   
   
National awards for the year 2008 itself has not been announced, then 
how
can u expect for the current years'; since D-6 falls under the 
category of
2009. There is strong chance for Jodha-Akbar to win.
   
On Aug 5, 2009 6:18pm, PRAKASH A prakash_6_7_ 1...@yahoo. 
comprakash_6_7_1984@
wrote:








 Guys

 When s the Natioanl Award will be announced. Its been sometime aftr
kannathil Muthamital. I want our BOSS to strike Gold for Dilli 6. When 
will
they announce.. Do any one know...


 Regards
 Prakash
















   
   
   
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[arr] Re: Free ARR concert @ Sydney

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

i really hope the media wouldn't question AR's intentions here. As you know the 
media here loves to blow up things.


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Bivin Chandra bivinchan...@... wrote:

 Slumdog composer reaches around the world in harmony
 Matt Wade Herald Correspondent in New Delhi
 August 11, 2009
 INDIA'S Oscar-winning pop icon, the Slumdog Millionaire composer A.R. Rahman, 
 wants to counter recent attacks on Indian students in Sydney and Melbourne 
 with a free concert during the Sydney Festival in January.''Considering the 
 recent hassles that have created a bad vibe I thought this concert would be a 
 statement of peace,'' he told the Herald yesterday.Rahman said he hoped to 
 deepen the connection between India and Australia.''I hope it will do what 
 ever it can to reunite culturally and spiritually,'' he said.Festival 
 organisers said Rahman suggested a free concert as a demonstration of 
 cultural diplomacy and a gesture of goodwill. It will be held at Parramatta 
 Park on Saturday, January 16.
 ''This show is very important to me,'' said Rahman, who won two Academy 
 Awards for composing the soundtrack for the hit movie Slumdog Millionaire. 
 ''I hope it creates a bridge of understanding and love.''A series of attacks 
 on Indians studying in Australia over the past two months has received 
 widespread media coverage in India and damaged Australia's reputation as a 
 safe destination for students.
 ''As a musician I believe in peace and I believe in the good nature of 
 people, so I feel that it was one of my duties to come and perform in what 
 ever way I could help building a bridge between both countries,'' Rahman 
 said.He hopes the concert will help break down cultural misunderstandings and 
 boost the morale of tens of thousands of Indians studying in 
 Australia.Rahman, 43, is a superstar in India, where film and pop music are 
 one. His film scores and soundtracks have achieved sales of more than 300 
 million, making him one of the best-selling recording artists in the 
 world.Rahman has won 13 Filmfare Awards, four National Film Awards, a BAFTA 
 Award and a Golden Globe forSlumdog Millionaire.A Time magazine critic dubbed 
 him the ''the Mozart of Madras''.The film's anthem, Jai Ho, became an 
 international hit and Rahman promised fans to expect songs from the movie at 
 the Sydney concert.Rahman's friend, the Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann,
  choreographed Rahman's performance of Jai Hoat this year's Oscar 
 ceremony.The song was used by the Congress Party as part of its triumphant 
 re-election campaign in May.Rahman has fond memories of playing to packed 
 crowds in Sydney and Melbourne in 2005.''They were probably some of the best 
 concerts we have ever done,'' he said. ''I want to re-create that in 
 Australia this time.''The Premier, Nathan Rees, congratulated Rahman for 
 ''his leadership and goodwill'' in offering to perform at the free 
 concert.''We all look forward to having him here next year.''
 
 http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/music/slumdog-composer-reaches-out/2009/08/10/1249756256655.html

[arr] Re: About ARR - Idea Star Singer

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Wow! Chitra sang so beautifully, it sounded just like the recorded one.


s--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, ARRvind arr_arv...@... wrote:

 See Chitra's comments here...!!! And highlights is her trademark 
 Malargale... rendition..!! Hats off..!!
 
 
 
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOt3curQTyk
 
 
 Regards,
 Arvind
 
 --- On Sat, 8/8/09, ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer 
 .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni . sriramiye...@... wrote:
 
 From: ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma 
 idli wada dosa sambar chatni . sriramiye...@...
 Subject: [arr] Re: About ARR - Idea Star Singer
 To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Saturday, August 8, 2009, 7:24 AM
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
   Any Videos?! Please do post the videos I missed the show.
 
 
 
 --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Ravi Nair raviishere@ ... wrote:
 
 
 
  In case you are interested - Singers KS Chitra, MG Sreekumar and Kerala MD
 
  Sharath will speak about ARR in today's episode (7th Aug 09) of Idea Star
 
  Singer which will be telecast at 8.30 pm IST on Asianet channel.
 
 

[arr] Re: About ARR - Idea Star Singer

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Any Videos?! Please do post the videos I missed the show.

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Nair raviish...@... wrote:

 In case you are interested - Singers KS Chitra, MG Sreekumar and Kerala MD
 Sharath will speak about ARR in today's episode (7th Aug 09) of Idea Star
 Singer which will be telecast at 8.30 pm IST on Asianet channel.

[arr] Re: Gautham's never ending list...

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

GM is just plain crazy! he's announced more than 10 proj already,shouldn't he 
rather concentrate on completing the present one on floors. I really hope AR 
doesn't strain himself with GM projects. 



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

 Reports say that GM is all set to start another tamil film with Vinay and 
 Illeana in lead after the completion of VTV.  MD has not been confirmed yet. 
 This may be the 10th project that GM announces since the finish of VA. Hope 
 he finishes all the announced projects
 
 http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/48808.html
 
 http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/movies/heroines/2009/08/06-ileana-in-goutham-menon-film.html

[arr] Re: [semi-arr] - Rendezvous with Kailash Kher (ARR mentions)

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Thanks a lot for those info! Kailash Kher is married to my senior in college!



--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Anil Nair rhythmca...@... wrote:

 Just came back from an absolutely fabulous Kailasa concert @ Stern
 grove-SFO. This is a series of free concerts that happens in the summer.
 There were close to 8000 people today - probably 50% non-indians and the
 scenes were unbelievable.
 Before the concert began though - there was a 30 minute meeting in a house
 close to the venue with Kailash Kher and his group members - the first 10
 mins were introductions and insight into his music and the host was asking
 questions about his music style, life and influences. After that they
 allowed the audience to ask questions and I was fortunate enough to not just
 ask 1 but 2 questions.
 
 I asked him who amongst all of the people he has worked with he enjoys the
 most - he was actually thrilled with the question and of course (you must
 have guessed who it is) - it was *none other than ARR* who he enjoys the
 most. He told the audience that he is nervous when he goes to ARR's studio
 because there are always surprises as to what ARR wants - he will just let
 you sing however u interpret the song first and then put in his bit of
 suggestions et al. He went on for probably a minute and half speaking about
 ARR. He also enjoys working with Salim-Sulaiman and Vishal Shekhar (one of
 the first people he worked with and who gave him a break in this industry).
 
 I also asked him him the news in the media about him singing for Couples
 Retreat - he dismissed the Indian media completely and said that he has only
 sung 4 lines in one song for ARR and that its completely an ARR album. He
 also dismissed having done any work with Eddie Vedder (another rumor on the
 block) - there are plans but nothing firm.
 
 Someone else asked him about his favorite singers and surprise surprise - *the
 first name was ARR again*. He said that I know lot of people find his voice
 unconventional but to him thats ARR's singing his what is from the soul.
 
 I was absolutely thrilled at his responses - managed to get his autograph as
 well and wished him more n more songs with ARR :-)
 
 -- 
 -A
 http://viewsnmuse.blogspot.com

[arr] (Non AR) D K Pattammal passes away.

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Chennai, July 16 (IANS) Renowned carnatic and Tamil film playback singer D.K. 
Pattammal died here Thursday. She was 90.

Pattammal was a part of the female trinity of carnatic music, with two other 
popular musicians M.S. Subbulakshmi and M.L. Vasanthakumari, who were 
instrumental in the large scale initiation of women into the main stream 
carnatic music world.

She was a recipient of Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan awards in 1971 and 
1998.


__


As we know, Pattammal had sung 'Jana Gana Mana', the Indian National Anthem 
with AR.

I have zero knowledge about Carnatic music. But I this is a great loss for 
Indian classical Music.

Re: [arr] (SemiARR) TWS RAHMANIA Lead Singer Wins ZEE contest !

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Awesome! all my very best to Hrishikesh!


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, nadeem2235 nadeem2...@... wrote:

 Congrats to Hrishikesh Ranade,congrats TWS
 
 
 
 
 --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vithur vithurm@ wrote:
 
  Congrats to Hrishikesh Ranade. God Bless.
  
  On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Dinesh Vaidya dnshvaidya@wrote:
  
  
  
   Hrishikesh Ranade won the MEGA-FINAL of ZEE Marathi music contest held
   yesterday night to decide the BEST VOICE OF MAHARASHTRA ! The event was 
   held
   in Pune and was telecast live through ZEE-MARATHI Channel.
  
   Hrishikesh is a top-class singer based in Pune and performs regularly for
   The Wandering Soul's RAHMANIA programme. Though Hrishikesh is a part of
   many concerts and a very busy person, he is always craving to sing ARR's
   songs and always looks forward to RAHMANIA shows whennever the group plans
   one.
  
   We wish Hrishikesh much more success in future and also pray to God to 
   give
   him opportunity to sing for ARR some day.
  
   Best regards
   Dinesh Vaidya
   Pune
  
   
  
  
  
  
  -- 
  regards,
  Vithur
 

[arr] 'Outlandish' want to collaborate with AR!

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Guys, I was flippin' through channels and found outlandish had come down to 
India to promote their new album, in an interview to NDTV (Night Out) they had 
wished to collaborate with AR among all the B'wood composers. They had met AR 
before and he bought their album and it was an 'unbelievable' moment for them, 
they said something like 'AR, if your watching please let's jam together'

..

[arr] Re: [semi-arr] - Yet another use of Dacoits Duel (warriors of heaven and earth)

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Who is the BGM composer?! He should atleast have *tried* to change the beats a 
little rather than copy it as it is!

Somebody inform the producers or will they credit AR?!


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Anil Nair rhythmca...@... wrote:

 Yet another shameless use ...from a new movie called 'Red Alert'
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLe24o54DPMeurl
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLe24o54DPMeurlListen around 0.48 sec into
 this trailer
 
 -- 
 -A
 http://viewsnmuse.blogspot.com

[arr] Re: In the name of Connections

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

If I am not wrong, AR had said those lines when 'CONNECTIONS' 'Jiya se Jiya' 
was on air, I guess he said it in some press statement.


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

 As far as I think, ARR is well aware of it. There is ARR's message at the 
 back cover of Universal's compilation Connections. 
 
 Universal probably will release rest of the tunes as well (as the official 
 site states that it is 5 albums deal with Universal)... but other 4 album 
 (including missing 9-10 composition of real 'Connections' in installments) 
 might take a couple of years to come out.
 
 Thumbs down! Very disappointing for all the fans..
 
 --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, jemsheed jemsheed_k@ wrote:
 
  Worth a read,
  
  http://itwofs.com/beastoftraal/2009/06/28/the-lack-of-connections/
  
  Now, i believe that there wont be a music release for real 'Connections'.
  Is this with AR's Involvement?.
  
  
  
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[arr] Re: What went wrong with Pray For Me Brother's Success???

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

It WAS shot on a Nokia phone and for Nokia + U.N. initiative to end poverty. I 
dunno why you have a problem with the 'white' girl and the 'Black' guy, snip 
the skin colour, just focus on the message.


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gomzy™ gomtesh.upad...@... wrote:

 I am not blaming the quality of the video. The theme made no sense. With the
 black guy and a white girl, i have no clue
 what it tried to convey.

 P.S:  And its hilarious to say that it was shot on a nokia phone. It was
 shot FOR the nokia phone.

 On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 11:10 AM, ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala
 acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni . 
 sriramiye...@... wrote:

 
 
  Oh cmon! You can't blame the video, it was shot from the NOKIA phone as AR
  had collaborated with them, I think the song wasn't well advertised for
  people to take notice, there are still people in India who have no clue
  about this song.
 
 
  -- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com,
  Gomzy™ gomtesh.upadhye@ wrote:
  
   I would blame on the video. It was kinda dumb with really no impact
   whatsoever.
  
   On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 8:16 PM, kishore parayath kishore.parayath@
wrote:
  
   
   
Its NOT a commercial album or Single.. It was a CHARITY INITIATIVE and
  the
song was LEGALLY available for free download.
   
   
  
 
 
 

[arr] Re: Jackson was reading Tagore, planned work with Rahman

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

I had wished that that was the surprise, now I hope it's not.


-- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Bipin Shenoy shenoy_bip...@... wrote:

 Sorry if this has been discussed earlier, but could ARR's collaboration with 
 MJ have been the surprise that ARR spoke about during the recent CNN talk 
 Asia interview? 
 
 
 
 --- On Tue, 30/6/09, yogesh2783 yogesh2...@... wrote:
 
 From: yogesh2783 yogesh2...@...
 Subject: [arr] Re: Jackson was reading Tagore, planned work with Rahman
 To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Tuesday, 30 June, 2009, 10:57 AM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   Thats news!!..Jackson was on right rack finally it seems.
 
 Reading Tagore and working with ARR would have certainly
 
 brought MJ out of his troubles and frustration. .but I think his body
 
 did not respond to any creative work.!
 
 
 
 Our man's music and Tagore'works are great Healers!
 
 But destiny had different plans..collaboratio n with AR
 
 surely would have been Magical Music Moments!!
 
 May his Soul RIP..
 
 
 
 Regards
 
 Yogesh
 
 --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, shani.tresa shani.tresa@ ... wrote:
 
 
 
  Mon, Jun 29 10:30 PM
 
  London, June 29 (IANS) Pop legend Michael Jackson, who died Saturday, was 
  reading poetry by Indian Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore during the last 
  days of his life, and had commissioned Oscar-winning music maestro A.R.. 
  Rahman to create a unity anthem for his new album.
 
  
 
  Rahman got the job after his Academy Award success courtesy Danny Boyle's 
  multiple Oscar winning underdog drama 'Slumdog Millionaire' early this year.
 
  
 
  Jackson's last brushes with Tagore suggest he was developing a special bond 
  with India, reports contactmusic. com.
 
  
 
  'A.R. Rahman met Michael Jackson after the Oscars in Los Angeles and 
  Michael asked him to compose a unity anthem for him...Michael' s planned 
  new album would have had a huge Indian feel to it...Michael was reportedly 
  working with Adnan Sami, which was to include Indian musical instruments 
  like the sarangi, tabla, and dholak,' said an insider close to Rahman.
 
  
 
  The unity anthem wasn't the first time the pair would have worked together, 
  as they collaborated earlier on a track titled 'Ekam satyam'.
 
  
 
  A source suggested Jackson's brother Jermaine encouraged the King of Pop to 
  explore Indian music, as 'Jermaine's wife Halima reportedly lived in 
  Chandigarh in India for some time'.
 
  
 
  Jackson was secretly also studying Hinduism in the last years.
 
  
 
  'Michael reportedly learned how to meditate and he was a vegetarian. When 
  he was presented statues of Hindu deities Ganesha and Nataraja, Michael 
  knew who they were. He was also very anxious to meet Mother Teresa before 
  her death. He had a great interest in all things India for some time,' said 
  Rajan Zed, the president of the Universal Society of Hinduism.
 
  
 
  Indo Asian News Service 
 
  
 
  http://in.news. yahoo.com/ 43/20090629/ 908/ten-jackson- was-reading- 
  tagore-planned- w.html
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
   
 
 
 
   

   
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
   
   
 
 
   See the Web#39;s breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check 
 out Yahoo! Buzz. http://in.buzz.yahoo.com/

Re: [arr] ARR's Pic With Micheal Jackson - Added

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

LOL! He meant that the picture is fake, nothing else.

I am sure AR has few pictures of himself with MJ! Who wouldn't want a picture 
with MJ?! Someone PLEASE ask AR.


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

 What is meant by the sentence Those were the days before composer 
 Quincy Jones changed to ARR?
 
 Thanks.
 --
 Rawat
 
 On 7/2/2009 8:01 PM India Time, _Ramesh R_ wrote:
 
  
  
  A couple of things-
  
  Why is the first letter of all the words capitalized? Please write in 
  proper sentence case.
  
  Here's a better resolution picture 
  http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20176585,00.html. And another 
  http://www.esquire.com/cm/esquire/images/quincy-jones-michael-jackson-012909-lg.jpg.
   
  It was taken at the 1984 Grammy awards. Those were the days before 
  composer Quincy Jones changed to ARR.
 

[arr] Re: What went wrong with Pray For Me Brother's Success???

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Oh cmon! You can't blame the video, it was shot from the NOKIA phone as AR had 
collaborated with them, I think the song wasn't well advertised for people to 
take notice, there are still people in India who have no clue about this song.




-- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gomzy™ gomtesh.upad...@... wrote:

 I would blame on the video. It was kinda dumb with really no impact
 whatsoever.
 
 On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 8:16 PM, kishore parayath kishore.paray...@...
  wrote:
 
 
 
  Its NOT a commercial album or Single.. It was a CHARITY INITIATIVE and the
  song was LEGALLY available for free download.
   
 

[arr] Re: The Academy Invites 134 To Membership;Rahman mong Invitees

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Oh wow! now that is a great recognition of AR's talent! Woohoo! am so happy for 
AR!


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Bivin Chandra bivinchan...@... wrote:

 The Academy Invites 134 To Membership, Hathaway, Jackman, Rahman and Telsey 
 Among Invitees
 
 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to 
 join the organization to 134 artists and executives who have distinguished 
 themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who 
 accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2009 to the Academy's 
 roster of voting members.
 
 These filmmakers have, over the course of their careers, captured the 
 imagination of audiences around the world, said Academy President Sid Ganis. 
 It's this kind of talent and creativity that make up the Academy, and I 
 welcome each of them to our ranks.
 
 The Academy's membership would have allowed a maximum of 166 new members in 
 2009, but as in the previous years, the several branch committees endorsed 
 fewer candidates than were proposed to them. Voting membership in the 
 organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003.
 
 New members will be welcomed into the Academy at an invitation-only reception 
 at the Academy's Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study in Beverly Hills 
 in September.
 The 2009 invitees are:
 
 Actors
 
 Casey Affleck
 Emily Blunt
 Michael Cera
 Viola Davis
 James Franco
 Brendan Gleeson
 Anne Hathaway
 Taraji P. Henson
 Emile Hirsch
 Hugh Jackman
 Melissa Leo
 Jane Lynch
 Eddie Marsan
 James McAvoy
 Seth Rogen
 Paul Rudd
 Amy Ryan
 Michael Shannon
 Michelle Williams
 Jeffrey Wright
 
 '
 '
 '
 Music
 
 Jeff Danna
 Andrew Dorfman
 Peter Gabriel
 Clint Mansell
 A.R. Rahman
 http://broadwayworld.com/article/The_Academy_Invites_134_To_Membership_Hathaway_Jackman_Rahman_and_Telsey_Among_Invitees_20090630

[arr] Re: AR Rahman desrves an Oscar but not for Jai Ho: Amrita Rao

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

I like JAI HO, I remember AR mentioning that he also likes JAI HO, after so 
many people around the world have, when asked to pick his fav from the SlmD 
album, he chose 'Latika's theme, Mausam  Escape'...


JAI HO won coz it's a good song (not extra-ordinary)AND ALSO because it was 
better than the other nominated ones. Simple.

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Dinesh Vaidya dnshvai...@... wrote:

 About this JAI HO matter, I have been asked this question sometimes and 
 this is what I have replied
 
 Point put forth by some who are not happy about JAI HO  
 A. Other Rahman songs deserve the Oscar but not Jai Ho (?)
 B. Jai HO is not a good song to get oscar (???)
 
 reply 1  Inspite of their feeling, Jai Ho got Oscar, so they should 
 remember that their Will is now Nil. Jai Ho GOT OSCAR ! Take that !
 reply 2  Other Rahman songs or their movies were not in the list for 
 nomination this year. Jai Ho was in the list, it was a good song so Jai Ho 
 got oscar !
 reply 3  The Oscar team checked the 4-5 nominations this year and felt that 
 Jai Ho was certainly outstanding song compared to others, so awarded the 
 Oscars.  
 reply 4  Jai Ho was destined to get Oscar IT WAS SO WRITTEN, now thinking 
 otherwise is purely academic. 
 
 As a Rahmaniac, it is but natural for me to KNOW that JAI HO, like all Rahman 
 songs, is an outstanding track.. 
 
 If someone feels otherwise, do I care ?
 
 Jai HO !
 Dinesh Vaidya
 The Wandering Souls RAHMANIA
 Pune
 
 
 
 
 --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Bivin Chandra bivinchandra@ wrote:
 
  Q: Moving further, what type of music do you like? 
  
  A: Hindi music. I feel that it's a part of such a talented and a versatile 
  industry. In fact, 'Jai Ho' was not even a patch of what A.R.Rahman is 
  capable of. He definitely deserved an Oscar but I wish the West had heard 
  his Taal, Dil Se and Rangeela.
  
  http://www.santabanta.com/cinema.asp?pid=29228
 

[arr] (Semi-AR) AR's Schoolmate -

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

R Anandh picked up the veena when he was all of seven years old. Later,
when studying to be a mechanical engineer in Roorkee, Anandh learnt to
play the guitar and got into the college band. I wanted to do something
in music, more than being an engineer, he recalls.

And for the last 20 years, he has been composing music for ads.

After his graduation in 1989, Anandh joined Prasad Media as a composer
and stayed there for three years, until the studio caught fire and had
to be shut down. He then started his own home studio called Aqua Regia
-- which is three parts hydrochloric acid and one part nitric acid that
dissolves gold -- with Gopal Rao, whom he met at Prasad Media.


Starting with music for ad films, the duo soon started getting offers
for doing Tamil and Malayalam feature films as well. That's when Shaleen
Sharma, who was Anandh's band member in college, was asked to join the
team.

The trio formed a band called Agosh, with Anandh playing the guitar, Rao
as the lead singer and Sharma at the drums. Agosh released one album,
Paisa, in the early 1990s.

The trio also composed music for the Hindi film, Zor, starring Sushmita
Sen and Sunny Deol. However, they were disappointed by the experience
and decided not to do Hindi feature films again.

The band disintegrated subsequently, but the three members have stayed
in touch. Anandh continued to compose music for ads.

He says that over the years, he has done ads down South and in Mumbai.
He has worked for major brands, such as Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, Fanta,
Sprite and Limca.

Anandh says the initial days were difficult, but once the work started
being appreciated, offers started pouring in.

Another development that facilitated the entry of new talent in the
music industry was A R Rahman -- who, incidentally, was Anandh's
classmate in school -- moving into feature films. Rahman used to
dominate the ad music business, and it was difficult for youngsters to
showcase their work in the industry.

Anandh, a true-blue Chennai boy, would have remained so, had it not been
for the opportunity of doing a project in Mumbai towards the end of
2005. He had come to Mumbai for a day, and the same day, he got a call
from another client who wanted Anandh to stay back for a couple of days
and compose the music for an ad.

Soon, another call followed and he had to extend his stay for a week.
Bored of staying in the hotel, Anandh moved into the fully-furnished
house of one of his relatives. Within two weeks, he brought his wife and
car to Mumbai. And stayed on.



..

http://www.afaqs.com/perl/news/story.html?sid=24350
http://www.afaqs.com/perl/news/story.html?sid=24350

..

Good read! I wish all the Luck to R. Anandh.

AR, do you remember him?! How about a collaboration or something?! I
love his AD Jingles - esp the 'LIMCA' one.

[arr] Re: A.R Rahman copied Anu malik' song? IS IT TRUE???

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Why don't you just read the comments written in that forum?! they give a 
precise explanation, the allegation is nonsensical. --- 


In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Pushpendra Bhandari psb_...@... wrote:

 hi,
    i visited a site where it has been said that a r rahman copied the 
 song 'maya of guru from anu malik;s ashokas song.is it true. please check 
 this site.
  
 http://majaa.net/archive/index.php?t-812.html
 
 
 
  

[arr] Re: Jai Ho, MJ!

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Very well said by AR, one of the few Indian artists who have managed to grab 
MJ's attention. So, what happens to 'Ekam Satyam' now?!



--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gopal Srinivasan catchg...@... wrote:

 A.R. Rahman issues statement on Michael Jackson's death -
 
 on http://www.arrahman.com

[arr] Re: [NON-ARR] Michael Jackson dies at age 50

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

It's really a very sad news, very shocking and un-expected. MJ will always live 
in our hearts. R.I.P The King of Pop.



--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, pratap pratap_elen...@... wrote:

 Michael Jackson, the 'King of Pop,' dies at age 50
 
 
 
 By LYNN ELBER, Associated Press WriterLynn Elber, Associated 
 Press Writer
 
 â€
 7 mins ago
 
 
 
 
 LOS ANGELES †Michael Jackson, the sensationally gifted 
 child star who rose to become the King of Pop
 and the biggest celebrity in the world only to fall from his throne in
 a freakish series of scandals, died Thursday. He was 50. Jackson died
 at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. Ed Winter, the assistant chief coroner 
 for Los Angeles County, confirmed his office had been notified of the death 
 and would handle the investigation.
 The circumstances of Jackson's death were not immediately 
 clear. Jackson was not breathing when Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics 
 responded to a call at his Los Angeles home about 12:30 p.m., Capt. Steve 
 Ruda told the Los Angeles Times. The paramedics performed CPR and took him to 
 the hospital, Ruda told the newspaper.
 Jackson's
 death brought a tragic end to a long, bizarre, sometimes farcical
 decline from his peak in the 1980s, when he was popular music's premier
 all-around performer, a uniter of black and white music who shattered
 the race barrier on MTV, dominated the charts and dazzled even more on stage.
 His 1982 album Thriller †which included the blockbuster 
 hits Beat It, Billie Jean and Thriller †is the best-selling album of 
 all time, with an estimated 50 million copies sold worldwide.
 The public first knew him in the late 1960s, when as a boy he 
 was the precocious, spinning lead singer of the Jackson 5, the music group he 
 formed with his four older brothers. Among their No. 1 hits were I Want You 
 Back, ABC, and I'll Be There.
 He was perhaps the most exciting performer of his generation, 
 known for his feverish, crotch-grabbing dance moves
 and his high-pitched voice punctuated with squeals and titters. His
 single sequined glove, tight, military-style jacket and aviator
 sunglasses were trademarks second only to his ever-changing, surgically
 altered appearance.
 For Michael to be taken away from us so suddenly at such a 
 young age, I just don't have the words, said Quincy Jones,
 who produced Thriller. He was the consummate entertainer and his
 contributions and legacy will be felt upon the world forever. I've lost
 my little brother today, and part of my soul has gone with him.
 Jackson ranked alongside Elvis Presley and the Beatles
 as the biggest pop sensations of all time. He united two of music's
 biggest names when he was briefly married to Presley's daughter, Lisa
 Marie, and Jackson's death immediately evoked that of Presley himself,
 who died at age 42 in 1977.
 As years went by,
 Jackson became an increasingly freakish figure †a middle-aged
 man-child weirdly out of touch with grown-up life. His skin became
 lighter, his nose narrower, and he spoke in a breathy, girlish voice.
 He surrounded himself with children at his Neverland ranch, often wore a germ 
 mask while traveling and kept a pet chimpanzee named Bubbles as one of his 
 closest companions.
 It
 seemed to me that his internal essence was at war with the norms of the
 world. It's as if he was trying to defy gravity, said Michael Levine,
 a Hollywood publicist who represented Jackson in the early 1990s. He
 called Jackson a disciple of P.T. Barnum and said the star appeared
 fragile at the time but was much more cunning and shrewd about the
 industry than anyone knew.
 Jackson caused a furor in 2002 when he playfully dangled his 
 infant son, Prince Michael II, over a hotel balcony in Berlin while a throng 
 of fans watched from below.
 In
 2005, he was cleared of charges he molested a 13-year-old cancer
 survivor at Neverland in 2003. He had been accused of plying the boy
 with alcohol and groping him, and of engaging in strange and
 inappropriate behavior with other children.
 The
 case followed years of rumors about Jackson and young boys. In a TV
 documentary, he had acknowledged sharing his bed with children, a
 practice he described as sweet and not at all sexual.
 Despite
 the acquittal, the lurid allegations that came out in court took a
 fearsome toll on his career and image, and he fell into serious
 financial trouble.
 Jackson was preparing for
 what was to be his greatest comeback: He was scheduled for an
 unprecedented 50 shows at a London arena, with the first set for July
 13. He was in rehearsals in Los Angeles for the concert, an extravaganza that 
 was to capture the classic Jackson magic: showstopping 

[arr] Re: Our man, Rahman

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

You guys are totally awesome!


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gopal Srinivasan catchg...@... wrote:

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/arrahmanfans/3645226305/
 
 Our man, Rahman
 Musician A.R. Rahman has his own Barmy Army — some 15,000 diehard fans
 who follow their idol's every move. Anirban Das Mahapatra meets some
 of them
 
 ALL FOR ONE: Members of the A.R. Rahman fan club are all pepped up
 before a concert in Calicut this year
 Just in case you thought you knew everything about A.R. Rahman and
 were his biggest fan under the sun, here's a reality check. Surely,
 you wouldn't know anything about the ad jingles he once composed for
 brands ranging from Hero Puch to Leo Coffee, would you? Or are you,
 for that matter, aware that he's lending the soundtrack to an IMAX
 production titled Heart of India? And have you the distinction of
 being physically present at all concerts the music director has had on
 Indian soil till date?
 
 Chances are you haven't. That is what makes people like Gopal
 Srinivasan and Vijay Aiyar a special breed — a breed that has been
 steadily growing for the past decade or so to now include some 15,000
 music-crazed men and women who live, breathe and swing to A.R.
 Rahman's magic for every living moment. Welcome to the real A.R.
 Rahman fan club.
 
 It's funny how a simple initiative on our part went such a long way
 in bringing Rahman fans together, says Srinivasan, a Hyderabad-based
 software professional. All we wanted to do was form a forum where
 people could interact with one another and contribute to an
 information pool about the life and works of our favourite musician.
 But look how far it has come now.
 
 Srinivasan isn't exaggerating. Even as Rahman, who won two Oscars for
 the film Slumdog Millionaire, came to Pune last month to perform at a
 high-octane concert that marked the beginning of his Jai Ho world
 tour, the army of Rahman fans, led by Srinivasan and Aiyar, created a
 unique record of attending each of Rahman's concerts ever performed in
 India. Some of us have even made it a point to be present at his
 concerts abroad, says Aiyar.
 
 For Srinivasan, who's now at the helm of all activity undertaken by
 Rahman's own Barmy Army — a name for English cricket fans who follow
 the team — the journey began over 15 years ago. As an impressionable
 youth in his late teens, he was completely bowled over by music from
 Roja, the 1992 film that made Rahman a household name across India.
 The music was so different, so new. It hooked me so badly that I went
 mad hunting down every single bit of music that had ever come out of
 Rahman's studio.
 
 Once the Internet arrived in the late 1990s, he logged in only to
 receive a pleasant surprise. The net was full of Rahman trivia, much
 more than I knew. Clearly, it looked like a nice platform for
 exchanging ideas, and I decided to take my hunt online.
 
 Very soon, he had struck an online friendship with Aiyar, a music
 promoter and another die-hard Rahman fan. The duo decided to form an
 online fan club to create a forum for like-minded individuals to
 share thoughts about Rahman, says Aiyar. That was 11 years ago.
 
 By 2000, when I joined, there were some 50 emails being swatted
 around daily among members, with crazy details and trivia about
 Rahman's music, says 28-year-old Bangalore-based software engineer
 Gomtesh Upadhye. The group, reveals Aiyar, was eventually taken over
 by Yahoo!. Recently, the group went on to open a page on Facebook,
 where the membership quickly swelled to 3 lakh.
 
 Meanwhile, other bonds were being struck. Sometime in 2003, almost
 miraculously, Aiyar boarded a flight to discover Rahman seated beside
 him. A personal bond was quickly forged. Rahman was slated to perform
 in Bangalore — the city where most of the group's fan base happens to
 be. It was a golden opportunity for the group to get involved in a
 more direct way.
 
 We helped out with dealing with sponsors, ticketing and even
 backstage work, says Upadhye. There were about 40 of us. We did
 everything we could do, for free.
 
 It didn't go unrequited. The group was treated to a personal
 interaction with Rahman after the show, an experience most of them
 describe as awesome. Says Srinivasan, We learnt that Rahman himself
 had been closely following our activity on the Internet. Since then,
 he's reciprocated with great warmth to all our activities. It's been a
 very special association.
 
 Rahman eventually invited Srinivasan and Aiyar to handle parts of his
 promotional initiatives. Srinivasan is now in charge of all content on
 Rahman's official website, while Aiyar manages KM Musiq, Rahman's
 music label, apart from doubling as his media coordinator.
 
 After Bangalore, the group has followed Rahman to all his concerts in
 India. It's a crazy thing, actually, laughs Upadhye. We get
 information about the concerts much before the public does. So we
 begin planning our trips and start hunting for air tickets and
 

[arr] Re: Vishal-Shekhar thrilled by AR’s appreciation

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Dude, V-S are one of the most versatile composers around, other than SEL and 
AR. They have done damn well in the recent past, I think Dostana, BEH, Om 
Shanti Om and a few songs from Bhootnath, Cash, De taali were all good. They 
have found a nomination at all leading award function consistently for about 3 
years now.


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Jahanzeb Farooq jahanzebti...@... 
wrote:

 ARR praised VS's work??? and put them in same league as MJ?? this is 
 unbelievable. source anyone? 
 no doubt VS have been doing some quality work early in their career but there 
 last many albums were totally crap barring a few. i found Dostana, Cash, 
 Golmaal, De taali, Bhootnath etc etc total crap. in fact i didn't even like 
 Bachan ae haseeno.
 
 
 -
 Jahanzeb
 
 --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Sreekrishnan R rahmanfever@ wrote:
 
  Mumbai, June 19 (IANS) Composers Vishal and Shekhar were pleasantly
  surprised when they opened the morning newspapers to find A.R. Rahman
  appreciating their work. Not just that, the Oscar winner mentioned
  Michael Jackson as the only other artist whose work he liked.
  
  “Frankly
  speaking, I am speechless,” states Vishal Dadlani, who couldn’t believe
  when informed about acknowledgment coming from none other than maestro
  Rahman himself. “One can just bow down and say thanks when someone of
  the stature of Rahman appreciates your work.”
  
  In a story
  published in a national newspaper (The Hindu) June 12, Rahman had
  stated that the songs from Naushad’s “Mughal-e-Azam” were his all-time
  favourite and he admired Michael Jackson and Vishal-Shekhar’s work.
  
  “I
  guess we are doing something right at the least,” said Shekhar
  Ravjiani. “Mentioning only our names and that too in the same vein as
  Michael Jackson is a surreal thought by itself. It’s a beautiful
  feeling.”
  
  Starting with “Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi” (1999) and
  making it big with “Jhankaar Beats” (2003), Vishal and Shekhar have
  given memorable scores in films like “Dostana”, “Bachna Ae Haseeno”,
  “Tashan”, “Om Shanti Om”, “Dus” and “Musafir” over the 
  years.
  
  So excited was Shekhar on reading the piece that he immediately called
  up his wife. “For something as big as this, you are bound to call up
  your loved one. I read out the entire piece to her and even she was
  thrilled to bits. I have met Rahman at a studio earlier and he came
  across as a very sweet man. Both Vishal and I love his music.”
  
  Said
  Vishal: “Everyone knows that we are Rahman’s biggest fans ever. He is
  an inspiration for every single musician out there. That is why good
  words coming from a person like him who had made such a huge name
  worldwide is something that would be cherished forever by us. We wish
  to continue delivering some good music and make him feel proud about
  our work.”
  
  Well, Rahman would certainly be watching out for the
  upcoming soundtracks of Vishal and Shekhar, like Sujoy Ghosh’s
  “Aladdin”, UTV Motion Pictures’ animation flick “Arjun”, Siddharth
  Anand’s next for producer Sajid Nadiadwala and debut venture of
  filmmaker Punit Malhotra for Dharma Productions. 
  
  
  http://www.sindhtoday.net/news/1/21693.htm
  
  
   
  Rahman fever
  His Music ~ My Mother Tongue
  
  
ICC World Twenty20 England #39;09 exclusively on YAHOO! CRICKET 
  http://cricket.yahoo.com
 

[arr] Kerala Doctor helps Mumbai boy sing JAI HO!

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

A 79-year-old plastic surgeon and a charitable hospital in Kerala have managed 
to revive a 15-year-old's dream of singing.

Mumbai-based Jayanth Pawar idolises A R Rahman and dreams of emulating him. He 
plays the keyboard, but because of a cleft lip and palate problem he could not 
sing like idol. The boy had always wanted to sing, but because of his 
deformity, the sound would come out through his nose, said Fr Dr Francis 
Alapatt, director and CEO, Jubilee Mission Medical College Hospital in Thrissur.

Jayanth, who lives with his family at Barve Nagar in Ghatkopar, was born with 
these impairments and also suffers from blindness. He studies at Happy Home and 
School for the Blind at Worli. It was in school that he learnt how to play the 
keyboard. The school's director Meher Banaji said though Jayanth plays for the 
school choir he always wanted to sing.

The Class IX student underwent surgery in Mumbai some years ago, but the cleft 
problem was not solved completely. His lucky break came when the school 
referred him to the Thrissur hospital, where he underwent cleft lip and palate 
correction surgery on June 9 – which costs between Rs 15,000 and Rs 30,000. 
However, in Thrissur he was not charged for the treatment.

Dr Alapatt said after the operation Jayanth's singing has become better. He is 
now one important step closer to fulfilling his dream of becoming a popular 
musician like the double Oscar-winning maestro. However, Dr Adenwalla said 
nothing can be done about Jayanth's eye sight, as his optic nerve is 
permanently damaged.

Having recovered from the operation the boy, whose father Jayaram works at a 
jewellery shop in Mumbai, gave a performance in the out-patient wing of the 
plastic surgery department before being discharged from the hospital.


What is a cleft? 

A cleft is a fissure or opening. It is the non-fusion of the body's natural 
structures that form before birth. Clefts can affect parts of the face, such as 
the lips, eyes, ears, nose, cheeks and forehead

..

http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/2/2009062020090620042446245c80c05ef/Kerala-doc-helps-boy-sing-Jai-Ho.html

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[arr] Re: Amit Trivedi is Poor man's Rahman - Anurag Kashyap!

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

I hope AR would work with Anurag sometime soon! I liked his NO-SMOKING  Gulaal!


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Madhavan Rajan rsamadhu2...@... wrote:

 I was watching the making of DEV-D dvd where Anurag said Amit Trivedi is
 bloody genius. I call him as poor man's Rahman.
 Amit is really brilliant. His songs in Dev-d speaks that. Calling him poor
 man's Rahman, I feel it's not money but accessibility. Who does not want to
 work with AR Rahman? On one hand, a person like Kala Prabu (Sakkarakatti)
 manages to get AR so easily and on the other hand talented young directors
 (like Ameer in Tamil) find it difficult to reach him.
 
 -- 
 Cheers,
 Madhavan.R
 Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate!

[arr] Re: Food Distribution - June 21st - WORLD MUSIC DAY

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

For an AR fan, everyday is a Music Day!


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vithur vith...@... wrote:

 Dear All,
 
 June 21st is celebrated as World Music Day. So, lets meet up and dedicate
 our love for Music and Musicians by contributing back to the society.
 
  We can make a change
 
 Join us for the Food Distribution event
 
 Venue :- Near Am Studios, Kodambakkam,
 
 Chennai
 
 -- 
 regards,
 Vithur

[arr] Re: ''I am not a South Indian or North Indian, I am just an Indian.'' - ARR

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Wow! That's one powerful statement!

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vithur vith...@... wrote:

   Rahman: I'm just an Indian not a North or South
 Indian!http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/09/jun/16-im-just-an-indian-not-a-north-or-south-indian-060901.asp
 
 Back in the early eightiees, most Hindi film fans had heard of only three
 male names from the South - actor Kamal Haasan, music director Ilayaraja and
 singer S.P. Balasubramanium. Of course the ladies scene has always been
 dominated by actresses from dowm south including the latest dusky beauties
 Deepika, Genelia and Asin! But come 90s and the name of whiz kid A. R.
 Rahman was heard all over, and he burst into the Hindi film scene with his
 superhit dubbed songs for films like Mani Ratman's ROJA and BOMBAY. However,
 it was Ramgopal Varma's Aamir Khan-Urmila Matondkar starrer RANGEELA that
 was Rahman's first out and out Hindi film album, and the rest as they say is
 history.
 
 *CHECK OUT: AMU confers D. Lit on A. R.
 Rahmanhttp://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/09/jun/08-amu-confers-d-lit-on-a-r-rahman-060903.asp
 *
 
 The Beethoven of the East, Oscar winner Rahman is now amongst the top league
 of music directors in the music industry having worked with the likes of
 Mani Ratnam, Subhash Ghai, Rakeysh Mehra, Ashutosh Gowariker and many more.
 His albums sell like hot cakes and any offering from the musical genius is a
 cause of celebration amongst his countless fans.
 
 So, what is it that despite not being very conversant with the Hindi
 language, his music is such a big hit in the Hindi belt? Well, we posed the
 question to the master; he had a very profound answer. Rahman said, ''I am
 an Indian and Hindustani music lies embedded in my heart and soul and this
 music can be classical, Punjabi, 'sufi', Tamil or any other language.'' He
 further added, ''I am not a South Indian or North Indian, I am just an
 Indian.''
 
 Well, great thoughts from the great master craftsman! Here's looking forward
 to his next album!
 
 http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/09/jun/16-im-just-an-indian-not-a-north-or-south-indian-060901.asp
 -- 
 regards,
 Vithur

Re: [arr] Couple of tweets on Couples Retreat Screening!

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Wow those sound great news! any news on the music?!

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Pradeepan R pradeepanisonl...@... wrote:

 Sounds Promising !! its targetted for the Holiday Season..
 thanks for the Tweets..
 
 On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 1:45 AM, Prakash Balaramkrishna 
 prakysn...@... wrote:
 
 
 
  FoodSafetyLab http://twitter.com/FoodSafetyLab: 
  @Jon_Favreauhttp://twitter.com/Jon_Favreau all
  I can say is...my mouth hurts from still smiling as I recall scenes from
  your Couples Retreat, which I saw last night!
 
  FoodSafetyLab http://twitter.com/FoodSafetyLab: saw a movie screening
  of Couples Retreat last night...AWESOME!! Vince Vaughn/Jon Favreau...as
  funny as The Hangover, if not, moreso
 
  DerekHousman http://twitter.com/DerekHousman: 
  @Jon_Favreauhttp://twitter.com/Jon_Favreau just
  saw a screening of Couples Retreat, lots of laughs.
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 -- 
 Cheers,
 Pradeepan.
 
 All you need to do is, decide what to do with the time that is given to you
 !

Re: [arr] The man who did the first ever interview of ARR!

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Wow! that was a very good read! thanks a lot bro!


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vinayakam Murugan mvinaya...@... wrote:

 Thanks a lot, Aravind. You rock.
 
 Warm Regards
 ~~~
 Vinayak
 
 theregoesanotherday.blogspot.com
 
 
 On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 1:20 PM, aravind...@... wrote:
 
 
 
  Hey all,
 
  I came across the blog of Kalyan Kumar, who was the sub-editor of India
  Today magazine. He's also a screenplay/script writer for movies.
 
  He was the first person to interview Rahman, and the first ever interview
  of Rahman appeared in India Today.
  He has written in his blog about his interaction with Rahman.
 
  Not sure if it has been posted before!
 
 
  Here's the link for the blog post  (It's in Tamil... Scroll down for my
  translation)
  http://kalyanje.blogspot.com/2009/02/blog-post_26.html
 
  ARR pics from the blog:
 
  http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5HXnPkUOnPk/SaeXS2fCkkI/AIQ/ZTCD7Pfx7oQ/s1600-h/arrahman.JPG
 
 
  Translation:
  It was a fine Sunday morning, when I got a call from my friend,
  cinematographer Rajeev Menon, asking if we can meet!
 
  The meeting happened at 5 pm that day. I was then the sub editor of India
  Today, and was handling movies section too. Those days, Rajeev was working
  more  on Ad films, than for movies. He told me about a youngster who was
  composing for his ad films - His name is Dileep. He has tremendous music
  sense. He's extremely talented in playing and handling all modern
  instruments. Moreover, Mani sir has signed him on for his next movie, after
  listening to some of his jingles.
 
  Wow.. thats something new, I thought, and collected a pic of Dileep shot
  by Rajeev and his phone number from Rajeev. Next day, I called up Dileep and
  he answered. I introduced myself and asked for a meeting with him. He
  immediately refused saying No sir... No Interviews now! Mani sir has asked
  me not to speak anything about the project!
 
  I retorted - You dont have to speak about the movie; speak about you! I
  would be pleased if India Today publishes details about the new music
  director who is Mani Ratnam's new find.
  I also told him that I'd already collected his photo from Rajeev Menon.
  Finally, later acceded to my request!
 
  The meeting happened at 4 pm. He was not a school kid. He was not yet a
  college student. He seemed to be just in that transition phase, with a shy
  smile on his face! His mom and sister were with him. His mom offered me cake
  and savouries they had purchased from the neighbourhood bakery, for me.
  Coffee followed.
 
  Then, we started talking. He told me a lot - about his father RK Shekar,
  about how music became his full-time job after his father's death, about the
  family background, about the conversion to islam, about his name change! He
  mentioned that the Mani film was a God-given gift for him. He conversed with
  him as though we're very close friends for a long time! He took me to his
  studio and played 2 songs from his new film.
 
  One of those songs was Chinna Chinna Aasai. After listening to it, I
  requested Rahman to play it once more. He was overjoyed and played it again.
  Just this one song is enough to take you to heights of fame, I told him
  and wished him all luck. Other their Mani sir, others connected with the
  film hadn't listened to the songs. I played it just for you. Your words are
  very encouraging, he said and thanked me. When I was leaving, he came out
  till his front gate and bid farewell to me.
 
  One week later, Rahman's mom called me - When can we see my son's photo in
  the magazine, dear brother? I could sense the eagerness and excitement in
  her voice.
  It will hit the stands in 2 days, mother. I'll come and give a few copies
  to you, even before that, I told her.
 
  En-route to my house from office, I visited Rahman's house with 5 copies of
  India Today, and gave it to them. The images of the proud mother and sister,
  smiling and sharing their happiness on seeing Rahman's photo in the
  magazine, still remains fresh in my memories. But, Rahman took this big news
  in a calm and composed manner. With a smile, he thanked me. His humbleness
  was there with him right from that time.
 
  After the release of Roja, there was no magazine which didnt feature
  Rahman's photo. After that, I met him a few more times as a reporter. Much
  to the envy of other reporters, he would approach me personally and talk to
  me like a friend. Once, in a press meet, he openly said He's the first
  person to interview me How can I not be close to him?. He hasn't yet
  lost that closeness to me.
 
  8 years later, I'd moved from the press and started working for TV and
  movies. I wanted to produce a special program for Sun TV for Tamil New Years
  day, in association with my friend Balakrishnan. That program was - Special
  interview with Isai Puyal A.R.Rahman.
 
  Rahman had started rocking both the Hindi and Tamil film industry by then,
  and was very busy! It 

Re: [arr] Hai Rama (Rangeela) bit used by BEP.

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Have they credited AR?!


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, satish_srini satish_sr...@... wrote:

 It seems to be true. You can listen to the song here : 
 
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL46xaMgN6U
 
 
 
 
 --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Prabhu Rajagopal PrabhuARR@ wrote:
 
  I just checked on iTunes Store, and heard the 30second sample of the song.
  It's true, it looks like they've sampled Hai Rama 
  
  
  2009/6/10 Shivakumar V A shivakumar.va@
  
  
  
   Hi All,
  
   Black Eyed Peace has used Hai Rama starting bit in a song called MARE in
   their new album THE  E.N.D. Bonus CD has this track.
  
   Confirm if somebody has noticed it.
  
   Thanks
   Shivu.

  
 

[arr] Re: A R Rahman, as you didn't know him

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

I read in today's Mumbai Mirror that AR would pen his own autobiography and has 
called this one an Unofficial biography and has not given the 'go-ahead' signal 
to.

So, is this biography just to mint money? Do I have to buy this?!


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, $ Pavan Kumar $ pawancum...@... wrote:

 http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/jun/09/slide-show-1--ar-rahman-as-you-did-not-know-him.htm
  
  
 A R Rahman, as you didn't know him
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 The struggles and celebrations of A R Rahman's life will be documented in his 
 first ever biography, titled A R Rahman: The Musical Storm, which releases 
 June 10. It has been penned by Chennai-based Kamini Mathai, who has worked in 
 newspapers like Indian Express and The Times of India. This is Mathai's first 
 book.
 
 The 32-year-old tells Patcy N how she got the shy Rahman to open up to her, 
 and reveal himself.
 
 How did you decide on writing about Rahman?
 
 I had no plans of writing a book. Penguin Books India contacted me in 2003 
 and commissioned me to write this book. Actually, they were looking out for 
 people to write the book on Rahman. They had short-listed some journalists; I 
 was among them. They had seen my articles in the Indian Express. Christin 
 Sabraini, from Penguin, asked me to give her a brief, and how I would go 
 about it. I did, and was selected.
 
 How did you go about it?
 
 I read up as much as possible on Rahman. I read whatever material I could get 
 on him, so that I would know where the biography would start from. I jotted 
 down names mentioned by him in his interviews, like Sudarshan master [music 
 director], M K Arjunan master [music director, and his father R K Shekhar's 
 colleague], L Vaidyanathan [music director] and Thomas Isaac Kathukapli [ad 
 filmmaker, who composes music as well]. I started tracing these people and 
 found managed to talk to most of them. I also spoke to people who knew his 
 father.
 
 I bought Rahman's music as well.
 
 What was the toughest part of the biography?
 
 Rahman's past -- his childhood and growing up years. Getting details on his 
 father was difficult. But as I met more and more people, I started getting 
 the details I needed.
  
 'Rahman wants us to call it an unauthorised biography'
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 How much time did Rahman give you?
 
 It's very difficult to meet Rahman, so I would keep waiting at his studio. I 
 got to know a lot of people while waiting for him, so my research continued. 
 I met him about three-four times. With Rahman, when you interview him, you 
 have to be very specific of what you're asking him
 
 Rahman is such a shy person. Was he okay with the okay of his biography being 
 written?
 He wants us to call it an unauthorised biography although he knew I was 
 writing a book on him and meeting people for it.
 
 He does not open up. You have to try hard. But suddenly, Rahman opens up and 
 starts talking, and then all of a sudden, restricts himself from saying more. 
 But the times when he did open up, he would tell me good stories. Like he 
 said, as Dileep, he was a big failure. Whatever he did before he embraced 
 Islam failed. For instance, he did badly in school, his father died when he 
 was nine and he had to drop out of school, he had to work from a young age 
 even though he liked to play, his music bands flopped, his music albums 
 flopped
 
 How much time did it take you to write this book?
 
 The process of writing the book started in 2003. It took me 10-11 months just 
 to be able to meet Rahman and tell him that I was writing a biography on him. 
 I met him next after six-seven months. In-between, I had a baby so the 
 research took longer.
 
 I made three drafts of the book, and finally sent the fourth to Penguin.
  
 'Rahman said I can write about his music and his life but not about his wife 
 and children'
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Did you get to meet his family?
 
 He made his mother available to me. But he made it clear that I should not 
 write about his children. He doesn't want his children to be exposed to 
 anything. He did not allow me to meet his wife either.
 
 He said I can write about his music and his life but not about his wife and 
 children. He asked me to respect his privacy. I saw them around in the studio.
 
 I have written stories about his wife and children, as told to me by the 
 people who worked with Rahman. But the book is mostly about Rahman and how he 
 came to be.
 
 What did Rahman's mother have to say?
 
 His mother is free and open. She gave me nice information about Rahman's 
 childhood, about the family embracing Islam, Rahman's spiritual guru, his 
 father's illness and how they did not have money when he died, as he was the 
 only breadwinner
 
 When Rahman's father died, Rahman had to work. Rahman was a session musician, 
 who played instruments for music composers and got paid by the day. So he 
 would leave home early in the morning for the studio and return late at 
 night. He had 

[arr] Re: AR to receive special IDEA IIFA Award

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

AR was given the 'LIFETIME' achievement award last year. So, what's this for? I 
seriously doubt where AR is going to keep all these awards. :p

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Sreekrishnan R rahmanfe...@... wrote:

 New Delhi : The star-studded night of 10th IDEA IIFA Awards will see 
 Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Oscar winner AR Rahman receive the special IDEA 
 IIFA Award for Outstanding Contribution by an Indian in International Cinema 
 at Macau on June 13th. Mr. Pradeep Shrivastava, Chief Marketing Officer of 
 Idea Cellular, the presenting sponsor of the 10th IDEA IIFA Awards made this 
 announcement here today.
 
  
 
 http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/telecommunications/2009060426812.htm
 
 
 Krish..
 His Music ~ My Mother Tongue
 
 
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Re: [arr] Farhan Akhtar declines Rahman's offer

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Exactly! Infact Farhan says he is excited to sing for AR. Why would he decline 
to sing for him? The headline in HT is very misleading, I guess AR wanted 
Farhan after he saw him perform in the FILMFARE awards.


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Bipin Shenoy shenoy_bip...@... wrote:

 If Arr really likes the voice, I feel he will wait for Farhan to recover. I 
 dont think Farhan meant that he has declined the offer. It is HT who is doing 
 the speculation!!
 
 --- On Thu, 21/5/09, Vithur vith...@... wrote:
 
 From: Vithur vith...@...
 Subject: [arr] Farhan Akhtar declines Rahman's offer
 To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Thursday, 21 May, 2009, 1:00 PM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   Farhan Akhar's song for Tony D'Souza's underwater thriller Blue that 
 composer A.R. Rahman has decided to record at the last minute might get 
 stalled a bit as the director-actor- singer is suffering from a sore throat.
 
 Farhan developed a sore throat while shooting for his latest Kartik Calling 
 Kartik in a dry humid studio here. 
 And I'm hugely allergic to dust. My throat has gone bad at a time when I 
 least needed my voice to go bad. Working in dusty studios and singing just 
 don't go hand-in-hand. I guess I'll just have to live with it, Farhan, who 
 debuted as a signer and actor with Rock On!, told IANS. 
 http://www.hindusta ntimes.com/ StoryPage/ StoryPage. aspx?sectionName 
 =HomePageid=7d93dd35- 0b4c-4feb- 862a-0b898b2d2a9 6Headline=Farhan+ 
 Akhtar+declines+ Rahman's+offer
 
 
 
 -- 
 regards,
 Vithur
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
   
 
 
 
   

   
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
   
   
 
 
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[arr] Re: A.R. Rahman in Oprah Winfrey Talk Show!

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

When is this going to happen?

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vithur vith...@... wrote:

 *
 
 A.R. Rahman in Oprah Winfrey Talk Show! *
 Ajay Kumar R [May 15, 2009, 10:58:46 AM]
 
 Every day, there is some news about A.R. Rahman, also known as the Mozart of
 Madras!. The noted composer seems to be making waves internationally and has
 to be even more careful while choosing the right projects.
 
 Rahman has scaled new heights after winning the Oscars, which made Indians
 proud the world over. The musician has been receiving offers from several
 quarters and across languages. He is also expected to compose music for many
 Hollywood flicks soon.
 
 The American media has woken up to his glory and his name has appeared in
 every newspaper. With Rahman becoming so popular, Oprah Winfrey, who is
 famous for her talk shows, has decided to feature him in her popular
 televison show. The American celebrity is expected to visit India soon, and
 Rahman might accompany her to give a glimpse of India's richness!
 
 The only other Indian celebrity Oprah Winfrey has featured is Aishwarya Rai.
 Rahman will be the second Indian celebrity to appear in her talk show.
 
 'Jai Ho' Rahman!
 http://english.galatta.com/entertainment/english/livewire/id/Rahman_in_Oprah_Winfrey_Talk_Show_25104.html
 
 -- 
 regards,
 Vithur

[arr] Re: BSF jawans to march to A R Rahman's beats

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Somebody please tell me who wrote the lyrics for the song? and where can we 
listen to it?

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Sreekrishnan R rahmanfe...@... wrote:

 New Delhi, May 21 : Oscar winner A R Rahman, who enchanted the
 world with his 'Jai Ho' number, has now composed the theme song for
 BSF, his first for any paramilitary force.
 
 The five minute
 song-- 'Hum Seema Suraksha Bal... Veeron ka hai ye dal' (We are the
 Border Security Force... It is the force of the brave) composed by
 Rahman praises the strength and valour of the border force.
 
 The
 credit for the song goes to Meghalaya Governor R S Mooshahary who is a
 former DG of the force. He helped us in getting in touch with Rahman,
 who composed the song without charging any money for it, BSF Director
 General M L Kumawat told PTI on the sidelines of a function here during
 which the song was played for the public for the first time.
 
 The
 song, which also captures the emotional tribulations of a jawan
 guarding the border while leaving his family behind, comes with a video
 showing the BSF men in action along the border, undergoing training and
 the famous 'change of guard' ceremony at the Wagah border.
 
 The
 song and the video capture the true spirit of the force. Rahman has
 also promised to come and spend time with our men to boost their
 morale, Kumawat said.
 
 A BSF jawan, present at the function said, It is a matter of pride that my 
 idol Rahman has composed a song for me .
 
 
 http://www.samaylive.com/news/bsf-jawans-to-march-to-a-r-rahmans-beats/628604.html
 
  
 Krish..
 His Music ~ My Mother Tongue
 
 
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[arr] Re: NAMASKAR PUNE says AR ! We say JAI HO !

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Whoa! that was a great read. I really hope AR would visit Mumbai, and THANE in 
specific! :P and may be my home as well! :d


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Dinesh Vaidya dnshvai...@... wrote:

 He came. He saw us. but He had already won us over again and again 
 and again.
 
 I MET RAHMAN TODAY !
 
 One of the BEST day in my life, I got to see my GURUJI, and got a chance to 
 ask him questions too !
 
 Ah ! What a man ! What a Man ! WHAT A MAN ! So simple, so quiet, so down to 
 earth ! Every moment I watched him, was a learning experience.
 
 Time 11 PM yesterday - Got a call from a very dear friend . I couldn't sleep 
 whole night. Just the feeling that tomorrow I will be seeing him for the 
 first time kept me awake.
 
 Time 10 AM today - The call which was to get the doors opened, did not 
 arrive, so some more trials and I got call from the chief organiser for Pune 
 event. He and his support staff gave me blanket cheque to get as many fans as 
 possible...
 
 Time 1030 to 1530 today - Phone battery ran down 5 times, so many calls made 
 to all known fans, so many sms-es done... for many, it was a shock of life to 
 know that Rahman would be visiting city. Whosoever could bunk college / 
 office came to the venue.
 
 Time 5 PM till 7PM today - MIT college students and other fans had started 
 arriving since 430 PM. Pune does not believe in crowding the place from 
 morning, so what was virtually clear space at 430, by 530 the place was 
 decently full, mostly the students. There was lot of entertainment with all 
 odd instructions belted out by the organisers and crowd controlling team. 
 There was a band playing MILITARY MUSIC ! Whose crazy idea was that ? 
 Still Full to fun !
 
 Time 540PM - Suddenly police started running here and there... A black 
 Mercedes came at 200kph and out came our GURUJI ! AR RAHMAN, dressed in a 
 black blazer looked so cool that it was hard to believe that this fellow had 
 done a 15 hours nonstop flight from US ! From where does he get the energy ?
 
 The crowd goes out of control everybody starts clapping and yelling 
 flashbulbs go wild.the crowd goes even wilder. He walks towards us as 
 if he is taking an evening stroll in a park.. no hurry whatsoever.
 
 Rahman goes inside and then after few minutes comes out in an ULTIMATE 
 Maharashtrian headgear called PHETA ! He looked dashing at the same time CUTE 
 !
 
 The organisers are at it again trying to push the crowd so that Rahman can 
 reach the flag post and pull the chord to unfurl the JAI HO flag. He does it 
 in style and then also releases tricolor balloons... I could see a childlike 
 smile on his face, he thoroughly enjoyed releasing these balloons ! I am 
 sure, if his children would have been around, he would have cut a few for 
 them and released the rest..
 
 He takes the mike and begins with NAMASKAR PUNE ! in Marathi ! It means 
 Greetings Pune.typical to his style invites all gathered fans to see 
 him on 31'st in the Pune Concert and promised that he will ROCK the show. 
 All in one sentence !
 
 He goes inside..
 
 ---
 
 Now I am in a soup... the organises had promised that they will take THE 
 WANDERING SOULS team inside, but all gone ! No soul in the sight. We resign 
 to our fate they are not lifting phones... Gopal curious to know if 
 things are under control and is intrigued to know that I am standing in a 
 queue !
 
 Suddenly a kind soul Mr Moulik appears and yells for me.. Quick, get inside 
 you... I follow the leader, Anmol Bhave, Pinak Agte, Ashutosh Joshi, Pallavi 
 Paranjape, Siddharth Gokhale ( All Wandering Souls Rahmania Team )... The 
 moment we reach door, a policeman puts out his head from the door and denies 
 entry to all except me. I am devastated All my group outside and what 
 will I do inside ? I have never been to a Press Conference...
 
 Luckily inside the Chief of MIT College and my ex-teacher Mr Vishwanath Karad 
 is about to conclude his welcome speech. After that couple of persons ( 
 didn't knew the names as I got in late ) spoke for a minute each. Then Deepak 
 Gattani, the CHIEF of the Event management team gave a small AV presentation 
 of the JAI HO TOUR.
 
 The film was great ! The shots of the crowd, Rahman's innocent face singing 
 Jaage hai ( Probably clips from Delhi concert )...Shivmani beating drum for 
 Azeem-o-Shaan... The inside audience gave a standing ovation to Rahman.
 
 Then it was the tern of Rahman to speak... He stood up, tried to say 
 something but the inside students were asking for him to sing... he sits back 
 and makes a small opening speech before the Press reporters start shooting 
 their purely vague, unresearched and basic questions Unfortunately it is 
 not a rule that Rahmaniac Press reporter only should be sent.
 
  I raise my hand for chance to ask question... Obviously someone from stage 
 notices and gestures that the mike be given to me, I do get a 

[arr] Re: Fans of ARR in NY/NJ :: Get-together :: May 9th

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

This is cool, AR would be visiting NY a lot now, so he might just join you guys 
as well, that would be something!


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Niyant niyant_da...@... wrote:

 Hi, 
 
 I'm planning a get-together on May 9th (next Saturday) of ARR fans in the 
 NY/NJ area. I hail from Mumbai and have been in NY/NJ for abt two yrs. 
 Swapnil and some other local Mumbai fans used to meet there regularly and we 
 had great time at ARR meets. For a few hours we would be talking, listening, 
 watching and breathing everything-ARR. I got only fonder of ARR through these 
 meets. I've been a fan since Roja days - after being to these meets I 
 realized I was only one of the many ARR fan-atics out there. 
 
 I thought it would be great to have something similar in the NY/NJ area!! 
 
 So, come on over -- if you're a fan from ARR's vintage-music years or have 
 just discovered his music through some his recent hits. With last year's 
 terrific music like Jodhaa Akbar, Ghaniji, Slumdog, Elizabeth, etc. - we'll 
 have lot of material to listen to, discuss, critique, etc. We'll listen to 
 some new/old music, discuss his new/old work, etc. 
 
 If this excites you -- you're most welcome to huddle at my modest apartment 
 next Saturday. 
 
 Contact
 email: niyant DOT dalal AT gmail DOT com (preferable)
 phone: 646.259.3319
 (Email me if you're interested and I'll send you the details)
 
 When
 3PM on Saturday, May 9th 
 
 Where
 At my apartment (mail me for the exact address details) 
 
 What to get
 Yourself (if you have some ARR concert DVD, rare interviews, etc - it's a 
 bonus)
 
 Cheers,
 Niyant
 
 PS: Swapnil ... you can see I'm missing our Mumbai jam sessions :)

[arr] Re: [Non-ARR] Film director Mani Ratnam in hospital

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Oh bad, terrible news, I was so looking forward to his next flick, now I hope 
he gets well soon.


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, sachin gadhe sachinnoz...@... wrote:

 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mani-Ratnam-hospitalised-in-Chennai/articleshow/4403998.cms
 
   

   
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
   
   
   
   
 
 
 CHENNAI: Noted film director Mani Ratnam was hospitalised here following 
 breathing difficulty and dizziness. 
 He was admitted to the hospital here last night after he complained of 
 breathing difficulty and discomfort in the chest and specialists, including 
 cardiologists, were attending on him, hospital and family sources said. 
 
 The condition of Ratnam, who is under observation, is now stable and he would 
 remain in the hospital for some time, sources said. 
 
 The 52-year-old director, who introduced Oscar winning musician A R Rahman in 
 Roja, had suffered a heart attack in 2004 when he was filming the 
 multi-starrer, bi-lingual 'Yuva'. 
 
 Ratnam is currently involved in a project starring national award winner 
 Vikram, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, among others, tentatively titled 
 Ravan. 
 
 Director of 'Guru,' Mani Ratnam is known for taking up controversial issues 
 like the Bombay riots in 'Bombay' and terrorism-related subjects in the Shah 
 Rukh Khan-starrer 'Dil Se', 'Roja' and 'Kannathil Muthamittal.' 
 
 
 
 
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[arr] Re: My Father used to suffer very badly because of stomach ache - ARR

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Kinda frightening.


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vithur vith...@... wrote:

 Black Magic
 
  It was a very frightening experience and moment! When my father used to
 sit for having food, a bunch of hair used to fall at the plate. When he is
 about to have coffee, a lizard can be found in the cup. My mother used to
 see all this in person and used to weep and cry very badly. We have suffered
 a lot.
 
 We took our father to a lot many places and tried different types of
 medication, but nothing would solve the mystery. My father used to suffer
 very badly with his stomach ache. Finally, someone told us that somebody had
 kept something bad somewhere.
 
 We found out where that someone had kept that bad item. In front of our
 house, we dig it up to 4 feet depth and found male and female dolls made of
 wax. In the same way, we digged out some dolls from my father's car. We
 found out that someone had kept all this and had cast a bad spell on his
 life and health.
 
 ( More to follow next )
 
 ( Rani Magazine dt 5.4.2009 )
 
 -- 
 regards,
 Vithur

[arr] Re: Azem Oh Shann Shahensa from Jodha Akbar COpied ??????(IMPortant)

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

It 'could' be the other way! and frankly speaking every listener today is 
trying hard to prove a point by saying a particular song has been copied from 
another random song, when there is absolutely no similarity between both the 
tracks.




--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Pushpendra Bhandari psb_...@... wrote:

 hi all,
  i am frm Nepal.. 2 weeks ago i was tuning to one of the fm 
 stations in nepal. it was abt top ten hindi movies. In copycat section of 
 the program, they played a song (it was english or wht not sure..think not 
 like english) which sounds like Azem oh Shann Shahensa of Jodha Akbar and 
 told that rahman copied it and. The tune was similar but i think rahman has 
 given his own style of music . that means music was compoletty different. .DO 
 any one know about this . Can u please clear me  abt this so that i can 
 take some action to that FM station,, if they are wrong
  
 pushpendra,
  
 kathmandu,nepal.

[arr] Re: STAR NIGHTS - K.M Music Conservatory

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Thanks a lot for sharing the Info with us! Was AR also present at the event?!



--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, !--Sri Balaji--! esbsrini...@... wrote:

 Hi folks,
 On last saturday evening, a programme called STAR NIGHT SINGERS held at our 
 ARR's K.M Music Conservatory. It was one of the great great performance ever 
 I have seen.
 All western vocal students did a very fantastic live drama with live Piano 
 and Cello playback. It was such a beautiful occasion that K.M Conservatory 
 will ever have.Everyone did like a professional stage musical artist. No 
 words to explain.
 The Western Vocal Faculty Kavitha Baliga organized and K.M students 
 exceptionally performed. Please follow the link for photos 
 :-http://picasaweb.google.co.in/esribalaji/STARNIGHTSKMMusicConservatory#
 
 regards,sribalaji
 
 
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[arr] Re: [Semi ARR] GenX to return

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

great! but this would happen only after abbas' next and so could be after say 2 
yrs or so.--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, satish_srini 
satish_sr...@... wrote:

 By Subhash K Jha
 Posted On Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 03:27:27 AM
 
 
 Abbas Tyrewala's Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na bestowed Genelia D'Souza with all that 
 an actress could wish for. But, that's not all; he will soon be making a 
 sequel to the teenybopper film. Giving us a peak into the film, Abbas 
 Tyrewala says, It starts with Jai (Imran Khan) and Aditi (Genelia D'Souza) 
 having problems in their marriage. They are on the verge of a divorce after 
 Jai ends up drunk and having a one-night-stand.
 
 This validates Genelia's participation in the sequel and she is on cloud 
 nine. A film like Jaane Tu doesn't happen every day, says Genelia, It fell 
 into my lap by chance. All of us in Jaane Tu have got busy. Everyone went 
 their way. I've been working round the clock on my films and endorsements. 
 But whenever I meet Abbas or Imran, we feel the same warmth that we felt 
 during the making of the film. It would be fun for the whole team to be 
 reunited.
 
 However, Jaane Tu's other gifted supporting players who played Imran and 
 Genelia's college friends haven't found a single significant offer in 
 Bollywood. But Genelia is past all this. I haven't been sitting at home 
 waiting for the sequel to happen. Now, I have almost finished two other 
 films: Its My Life with Harman Baweja and Life Partner opposite Fardeen Khan. 
 Also, I've just begun shooting for David Dhawan's Hook Ya Crook where I play 
 a lawyer, which is the only prominent female character in the film.
 
 Abbas has said that it was a conscious decision to not make Jaane Tu's sequel 
 immediately because he wanted to let the characters mature in his mind. He 
 will focus his attention on the sequel after finishing 1-800-Love, which 
 features his wife Pakhi and John Abraham and will go on the floors next month 
 in London.
 
 http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/30/2009032620090326032727811155345ff/GenX-to-return.html

[arr] Re: Jodhaa Akbar rocks music awards

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Oh man! thats like a clean sweep.


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, $ Pavan Kumar $ pawancum...@... wrote:

 This is what is called as Clean Sweep...Rahman sweeps almost all the possible 
 cateogaries with Jodha Akbar and Jaane Tu..
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jodhaa Akbar rocks music awards
  
 MBAI: Almost 80 years after W M Khan sang De de khuda ke naam pe for India's 
 first talking picture Alam Ara in 1931, and made the lives of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 millions of Indians more musical, a special award has been instituted for the 
 Bollywood music industry by Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM. The first Tata Indicom 
 Mirchi Music Awards were announced at Hotel Taj Lands End in Bandra on 
 Saturday evening. 
 
 Holding the golden trophy fashioned as female figurine, host Shaan emerged 
 singing from amidst the audience, encouraged by co-host Tulip Joshi. As was 
 the case at the Filmfare Awards, A R Rahman and Jodhaa Akbar swept the 
 honours here too, bagging song of the year for Jashn-e-bahara and best male 
 vocalist for Javed Ali for the same song. 
 
 Bela Shende, who was Shreya Ghoshal's rival at a talent hunt many years ago, 
 came out tops with Manmohana for Jodhaa Akbar. A R Rahman struck gold with 
 album of the year for Jaane Tu... and best music director for Kabhi Kabhi 
 Aditi. Aptly, the lifetime achievement award was presented to singer Lata 
 Mangeshkar for never having hit a wrong note in her life, as Bade Ghulam Ali 
 Khan once said. 
 
 Interestingly, as many newcomers took the stage as veteran names in the 
 business. Upcoming talents Dominique Cerejo and Benny Dayal shared space with 
 veteran saxophonist and music arranger Manohari Singh. A spectacular lineup 
 of performances by Bipasha Basu, Shreya Ghoshal, Genelia DSouza and Kunal 
 Ganjawala punctuated the ceremony. In a spontaneous competition for music 
 directors present at the awards, Javed Akhtar gave them an 'unmusical' verse 
 to compose on IPL and the general elections. 
 
 Weeks before the actual awards ceremony, the jury met to deliberate the list 
 of nominations and then the winners. Jury chairman Javed Akhtar along with 
 Prasoon Joshi, Louis Banks, Shankar Mahadevan, Annu Malik, Lalit Pandit, 
 Kavita Krishnamurthy, Sonu Nigam, Kailash Kher, Suresh Wadkar, Sadhana 
 Sargam, Kunal Kohli, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Ramesh Sippy listened to 
 400-500 songs as they shortlisted the nominees to the 17 categories. 
 
 One of the award categories was branded the Tata Indicom Talent Hunt for 
 which aspiring singers from 23 locations in India had been invited to 
 compete. Contestwinner Prachi Shah from Ahmedabad performed at Saturday's 
 awards ceremony. 
 
 The title sponsor of the Mirchi Music Awards is Tata Indicom. The channel 
 partner is Star TV and the online partner is Apnacircle.com. 
 
 And the winners are... 
 
 Song Of The Year 
 Jashn-e-Bahara | Jodhaa Akbar 
 
 Album Of The Year 
 A R Rahman | Jaane Tu... 
 
 Male Vocalist Of The Year 
 Javed Ali | Jashn-e-Bahara, Jodhaa Akbar 
 
 Female Vocalist Of The Year 
 Bela Shende | Manmohana, Jodhaa Akbar 
 
 Music Director Of The Year 
 A R Rahman | Jaane Tu... 
 
 Lyricist Of The Year 
 Javed Akhtar | Jashn-e-Bahara, Jodhaa Akbar 
 
 Upcoming Male Vocalist Of The Year 
 
 Benny Dayal | Kaise Mujhe, Ghajini 
 
 Upcoming Female Vocalist Of The Year 
 Dominique Cerejo | Ye Tumhari, Rock On! 
 
 Upcoming Music Director Of The Year 
 Dhruv Ghanekar | Drona 
 
 Upcoming Lyricist Of The Year 
 Ashok Mishra | Welcome to Sajjanpur 
 
 Technical Award For Song Mixing 
 LATE H Shridhar | Jodhaa Akbar 
 
 Technical Award For Programming and Arranging 
 TR Krishna Chetan | Jashn-e-Bahara, Jodhaa Akbar 
 
 Technical Award For Film Background Score 
 AR Rahman | Jodhaa Akbar 
 
 Tata Indicom Mirchi Listeners Choice Song Of The Year 
 
 Kabhi kabhi aditi | Jaane Tu... 
 
 Tata Indicom Mirchi Listeners Choice Album Of The Year 
 Jaane Tu... YA Jaane NA 
 
 Jury's Salute For Memorable Contribution To Music 
 Manohari Singh | Saxophonist 
 
 Lifetime Achievement Award 
 Lata Mangeshkar
  
 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Jodhaa-Akbar-rocks-music-awards/articleshow/4329081.cms

Re: [arr] Wendy Parr - Dreams of Fire lyricist

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Suzzanne IS India, she is from Mumbai, I guess. She did sing in Ghajini. The 
one on the Oscar stage was loveleen tandan - the co-direcror of SlmD M, I am 
thinking you know who 'Freida Pinto' is! :p

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Pradeepan R pradeepanisonl...@... wrote:

 who is Suzanne  ?  The one who also sang Ey Bachchoo in Ghajini.Was she the
 same person, who was on stage during the Oscar ceremony ? Is she Indian ?
 lots of Qns.
 
 On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 4:58 PM, strikerjax striker...@... wrote:
 
 
  I found this on her myspace: http://www.myspace.com/wendyparr
 
  Monday, October 27, 2008
 
  Spontaneous Recording with ARR
  Category: Music
  Wed Oct 22, 2008 Slum Dog Surprise !
 
  Well, I took a swim in the deep end today -- new  enjoyable waters with a
  familiar diving partner.
 
  The eve started out well -- Kailash  I were hanging out in the studio 
  took a photo for the interview, I got the keys to my flat  then headed to
  the Blue Frog with a couple friends to hear a musician. I wasn't so hip on
  hearing the music, but to hang out with Monica  Randolf  something was
  compelling me to go out.
 
  Well,,, the something was my lucky night, perfectly orchestrated by the
  universe.
  As we entered the club I saw Sammy, AR's driver who joyfully said hello to
  me  told me AR is here. So I inquired  was lead back to the recording
  studios where AR welcomed me with a happy  surprised hello. He introduced
  me to everyone in the room, including Amir Khan – an actor  director in
  Hindi cinema I admire – quality films. They're recording the songs for
  Amir's next film Gajini which comes out next month.
 
  I hung out,, we had dinner  then about 2am AR put a new track up  started
  discussing the lyrics with me  Suzanne, the singer who had previously
  written some lyrics for the track. He sketches out the overall theme  style
   hands me the pad  pen while he goes into studio B to record a singer on
  another track for the film. I wrote new lyrics, pages of couplets - AR
  chooses his favorites, I came up with a new chorus  by 530am we recorded
  the song to completion. That's how I like to do it! Suzanne sang it
  wonderfully – a touch of RB  Indian inflections  pronunciation with nice
  harmonies ! What fun!
 
  I genuinely enjoy working with AR – I love the immediacy of the process, he
  pushes me to be a better writer, we laugh, I grow, I'm challenged  it's
  satisfying.
 
  Thank you Universe for the opportunities, thanks Wendy for taking the
  risks, stepping up to the cliff  leaping – glad the world provided me with
  the ability to fly or plung or whatever metaphor you choose – I like air,
  water, …. Just feels good to be doing it. I'm grateful  desire more! Bring
  it on!!
 
   
 
 
 
 
 -- 
 Cheers,
 Pradeepan.
 
 All you need to do is, decide what to do with the time that is given to you
 !

[arr] Re: [Semi ARR] Gulaal

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Gulaal is just bloody awesome, the music, the lyrics especially all by Piyush 
Mishra. Do watch the movie, it's damn good too!


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Jahanzeb Farooq jahanzebti...@... 
wrote:

 has anyone tried this album Gulaal? it has music and lyrics by Piyush  
 Mishra. it is a nothing short of a masterpiece. it is dark, lyrically s 
 rich (forget Gulzar), it is simply stunning. i strongly recommend it to all 
 rahmaniacs. it is quite rahmanish also in a way. i hope ARR comes up with 
 this type of really dark and serious stuff. 
 
 
 -
 Jahanzeb

[arr] PIC: Gulzaar Saab with the Oscar!

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Guys, check out Gulzar Saab holding the Golden boy in his hands at his home.

..

http://passionforcinema.com/oscar-arrives-at-boskyana/

..

[arr] Re: JAI HO in Carnival Cruise Lines, USA.

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Awesome! treat them to more of AR's music - esp the chefs and the guests! :)


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, elangochef elangoc...@... wrote:

 Hi Vithur,Gops and all ARR fans, I have been a part of this group for almost 
 12 years now. Though i have not been able to be an active participant has 
 been going through whenever i had time and has posted some messages. 
 I am working as a Sous Chef on board Carnival Cruise Lines and been 
 travelling around the Globe.I am a die hard fan of ARR Sir, and whenever a 
 song or an album releases i somehow get hold of it and keep playing it and 
 enjoy those songs to the max. All my Collegues here and my Boss know that and 
 they too join me and enjoy that. When Slumdog Millionaire audio was launched 
 I immediately got hold of it and played that in our office , in the first 
 listen our Boss (Executive Chef Sanjay Dhall)was not all that happy and our 
 friends too, but i was so happy with the songs that i kept playing them back 
 to back and told them it takes a couple of listen for his songs to get into 
 you.
 Later when i told him that it has won Golden Globe he was spellbound and 
 still he was not that convinced but this time he spent some time listening to 
 the songs in between his busy schedule, and slowly as we all know after 
 couple of listen he started singing along Jai Ho and this time he was 
 repeatedly playing it in our office,then it was Oscar Night and we all got 
 together watching it live and were so happy that ARR got both as i had 
 predicted, by this time JAIHO was playing back to back in our office and in 
 our Galley(Kitchen).
 Now after this came the PussyCat Doll Remix of Jai Ho and Chef was so excited 
 that he planned to have this song for the dance show that we host in our 
 Dinning Roooms for our Guest after the meals.This dance is done by the 
 waiters and after couple of days practise it was launched last week and it 
 became an instant hit, i could see how the guest loved it, they danced 
 together and enjoyed the song.I will post the video when i have time. Now 
 yesterday our Company President and Vice President was on board and they 
 instantly approved the song and dance to be performed fleetwide ( Carnival 
 has 23 Ships). It was just an honour for me that i was just taking ARR Sir's 
 music to the people and see them happy just the way i am when i hear one. 
 Moreover his song is full of energy that even after a tiresome day of work 
 one feels like dancing and relaxing to his tunes.That is what it is all 
 about.His music gives us the energy to perform,energy to live,promotes love 
 among people of different ages,caste or race.Thats ARR !!! 
 As i told you i have been going places and i am back to US from a South 
 American Run. And beleive it or not i heard this song in malls in 
 Acapulco(Mexico), Rio de jeniro (Brazil),no jokes it has reached worldwide, 
 and my Boss was with me and when he came back to ship he kept on telling 
 everyone that how astonished he was listening to JAIHO in a place like that. 
 Thats ARR's Reach !! JAI HO 
 If by any chance this message is read by ARR Sir, we have one thing to say, 
 we would love to have you on board any of our Ship of Carnival Cruise Line 
 and it will be a honour for us to have you as a guest.
 JAI HO ARR 
 ELANGO

[arr] Re: DONT BE A STUPID RAHMANIAC !!!! - Let the discussions turn healthy

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Agree with you on most points, but I don't think its proper to call people who 
call themselves as Die-hard AR fans as 'stupids', felt kinda harsh. Sure there 
are a lot of other things to discuss here, but people are just sharing their 
'personal experiences' with AR's music, and if that's what motivates them in 
life to do better, let it. 


I, personally think it was stupid of the security guard to have not checked 
Dinesh just coz he was carrying an AR pic. Rather than being excited I'd be 
disappointed at the lack of importance given on security in India especially at 
this point in time.

And yeah, lets imbibe what rahman has tried to teach us all through these 
years, he'd be more happy than if you like his music for that.


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Ranjit k yseri...@... wrote:

 Hi All Rahmaniacs,
 
 I read this mail saying - The security gaurd saw A R Rahman's photo in the 
 car, and he told your car doesn't needs to under go security check as you are 
 Rahman's fan
 
 Don't you guys think this is too much.. Its good to be ARR's fan, but keep it 
 at that level. Being a Rahman fan doesn't fill our belly!!
 
 Music is for us to have a good time at our leisure, so keep it at that level.
  
 I accept that A R Rahman is a genius when it comes to music and ask him, he 
 would definitely attribute that to his hardwork, intelligently making moves, 
 applying to right academies to appreciate his music - like Academy Awards, 
 and associating with best in the industry so that all of them benifit by that.
 
 So, all that is his strategy, which we too should learn and apply in our 
 respective fields.
  
 There is no reason for us to go on mentioning in every mail that I am a Die 
 hard Rahmaniac. Just say I like his music.
  
 Instead of saying You know what? Today I was very lucky, I saw HIM at the 
 airport
 You know, the security guard said you are Rahman fan so you can go without 
 security check 
 kind of things are very stupid.
 
 I am sure that even A R Rahman would not expect these things from us fans.
 
 If you ask him personally, he would say what stupidity his fans do.
 
 Thats what he told in a Sugar-Coated way during Felicitation of ARR by 
 Chennai Music Directors Association that
 Don't abuse anyone's music, every music director has his own way of doing 
 things
 Same way he would also say about the stupidity happening here
 
 Finally,
 
 I TOO AM A DIE HARD FAN OF A R RAHMAN. I RESPECT HIM FOR HIS TALENT.
 
 But guys, dont act stupidly!!
 
 Discuss about his compositions, 
   * discuss what you liked in it, 
   * let the other person also remind you of other composition that you 
 might have forgotten, 
   * try to enjoy the nuances of his music, 
   * focus on lyrics, 
   * musical instruments used, 
   * the way he switches from one Raga to other, 
   * get more technical, 
   * teach other who don't know the basics of music like Ragas, 
   * discuss those things, 
   * share your renditions, 
   * let others give their feedback
  - These kind of healthy discussions shud be there. Not saying I saw him 
 here, there, kind of things.
 
 Vithur and other co-ordinators please understand my point and explain it to 
 other Rahmaniacs.
 
 One final thing, by just talking about the genius of A R Rahman, nothing good 
 is going to happen to us.
 
 We will just keep seing how high Rahman goes each day.. He has shaped his 
 life very well. He is planning for what he wants and he is achieving that. 
 But what about us? When will we be like that
 
 So just admire his talent, aspire to be someone like him, or if music is not 
 your cup of tea, use that inspiration to become better in you field.
 
 Just use his acheivements as your motivation and ofcourse his music will be 
 on you side to support you (morally).
 
 IF WE DO THIS, NO ONE WILL BE MORE HAPPIER THAN A R RAHMAN HIMSELF, because 
 he will he happy for he inspired many for their own development and progress.
 
 And A R Rahman, if you are reading this mail - do something about this 
 stupidity - just let them know not to be so stupid.
 
 Thanks,
 Ranjit
 
 
 
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[arr] Re: IMPORTANT - Horrible : T-Series A R Rahman Signature Collection

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

But why would they do a cover version?! Terrible - Series.


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

 Fellows,
 
 This is serious and sad. T-Series who had bagged Rahmans top audio contracts 
 for last year including slumdog has released a cheap, real cheap signature 
 collection containing absurd and horrible cover versions of several of 
 Rahman's tracks, including Maa Tujhe Salaam.
 
 Just listen to Faana and Maa Tujhe Salaam...i am sure you will puke.
 
 Listen to this horrible piece of garbage here and you will know what i mean. 
 The disgusting cover versions are for those tracks for which T-series does 
 not have rights. But then why do a cover? Get yourself to see.
 
 http://ishare.rediff.com/filecollectionmusic-A%20R%20Rahman%20Signature%20Collection%20Part%201-id-148927.php
  
 
 This is by far the worst way to capitilise of Rahman's popularity post 
 academy awards. This cheap product has to be withdrawn from the market if 
 possible. Else, we totally boycott this from our catalouges.
 
 I bought the last remaining 5 copies from a nearby music world and threw it 
 in trashcan...
 
 Is there a way to let Rahman's management know about this?
 
 regards 
 
 Wiredbeats
 
 http://www.wiredbeats.com 
 
 
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[arr] Re: Oh ! What a Surprise - Rani Magazine Tidbits

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Hey, I hvnt heard any song from Shekar, AR's dad. Can any one please give me 
the links, so that I can listen to stuff by Shekhar. How many movies did he 
compose music for?



--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vithur vith...@... wrote:

  Raani Tamil Magazine Tidbits on ARR
 
 *Oh ! What a Surprise*
 
 Balachander had put the name of Sekar in his movie  Naanal. In future, the
 same Balachander produced and Maniratnam directed  Roja, and his son
 became the Music Composer. What an Union.
 
 Once when Shekhar went to Mumbai, he wanted to catch a glimpse of famous
 Musician  Naushad  from a distance. His desire and dream didnt get
 fulfilled. The same Naushad came to his most loved son Rahman's residence
 and this wasnt foreseen by Shekhar at that moment.
 
 Seeing Shekhar's Musical Talents, S.D. Burman invited him to Bollywood for
 composing music. But he didnt go. In future, the same Bollywood Industry had
 put red Carpet for his Beloved Son Rahman, and had welcomed him and this is
 such a big surprise.
 
 
 
 -- 
 regards,
 Vithur

Re: [arr] A break from new ARR albums

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

When is 'Boys' Hindi releasing?!


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vithur vith...@... wrote:

 Ya. This gap is in a way good. Actually, there is so much of ARR stuff,
 which the world hasnt listened to still. Like His BGM works So much has
 to be unearthed
 
 On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 9:57 PM, Chord purev...@... wrote:
 
As much as I look forward to new ARR music, I'm going to value the gap
  between D6 and the next one, which is probably going to be Blue in July.
  This will allow me to really assimilate all the great music he has dished
  out in the past year, alow time to listen to his earlier albums, and also
  listen to other artists' works, who I have been neglecting. Nevertheless,
  I'm eagerly awaiting Blue and all the rest of them lined up!
 
  
 
 
 
 
 -- 
 regards,
 Vithur

Re: [arr] Rahman sir shud do sumthing..

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

AR can sue them, but I don't think he wishes to do so, he can may be send a 
message across to the producers, just to let them know of what's happening.

But, do they use these BGM's with their own music changes/inputs or is it a 
blatant copy+paste?!




--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vinod Pisipati idlevin...@... wrote:

 hi..
 
 
  theres a serial called chi la sow sravanthi in gemini tv (telugu)
 
 they are using most of our ARR sir's bgms in der serial as bgms...till now 
 i've heard them using jodha akbar, slumdog millionaire, swades, ghajini and 
 few more...
 
 plz do sumthin..can v file  a case against them...how can v spread this msg 
 to arr sir n his producers...violation of copyrights can ban their serial...
 
 
 Thanks  Regards
  
 Vinod Pisipati
 
 
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[arr] Re: Found this new Video

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Thnx for that!

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, kumar0305 kumar0...@... wrote:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I12uB7vo2M8

[arr] Re: Karan Johar on ARRahman - CNBC TV18

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

I can see nothing but :

Attachment 
Karan johar on arrahman.amr
Type: 
application/octet-stream



Why is that?!

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, The Dreamer clanan...@... wrote:

 Audio attached as AMR (sorry for the not so popular format, i recorded 
 it in my mobile; that's why)
 
 Regards,
 ARR Dreamer - Anantha
 http://arrtheboss.blogspot.com/

Re: [arr] ARR Interludes quiz

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Awesome! Thnx a ton Vithur - I have to kick myself for not getting 'Athiradee'. 
:P


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vithur vith...@... wrote:

 9 - Strawberry Kanne - Minsara Kanavu
 
 12 - Kaatre En Vaasal - Rhythm
 
 15 - Azhagana Ratchasiye - Mudhalvan
 
 19 - Kaalayil Dhinamum - New
 
 20 - Maya Machindra - Indian
 
 21- Athiradeee - Shivaji
 
 
 
 
 On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 9:55 PM, ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala
 acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni . 
 sriramiye...@... wrote:
 
Hey can you list out 9, 12, 15, 19, 20, 21, I got the rest!
 
  --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com,
  Vithur vithurm@ wrote:
  
   1. Yenga Enadhu Kavithai - Kandukondein Kandukondein
   5. Suthi Suthi Vandeega - Padaiyappa
   13. July Madham Vandhal - Pudiya Mugam
   16. Manoothu Mandayile - Kizhakku Cheemayile
   17. Baba Kicchu Thaa - BABA
   25. Kaathu Kaathu - Uzhavan
  
  
  
  
  
   On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:11 PM, sandeep venkatachari 
   mailsandeepv@ wrote:
  
dude great one
   
answers for 1,5,13,16,17 and 25!! plzz.
   
scored 19.
   
The biggest problem in the world could have been solved when it was
small
   
   
sandeep.v
   
   
   
   
--- On *Tue, 3/10/09, Gopal Srinivasan catchgops@* wrote:
   
From: Gopal Srinivasan catchgops@
Subject: [arr] ARR Interludes quiz
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 9:35 PM
   
   
http://www.s- anand.net/ blog/a-r- rahman-songs/
  http://www.s-anand.net/blog/a-r-rahman-songs/
   
   
   
   
  
  
  
   --
   regards,
   Vithur
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 -- 
 regards,
 Vithur

[arr] Re: ARR Interludes quiz

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Yay! I got 14/15, missed out on No.9!


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

 Hindi interlude quiz is also available now 
 
 http://www.s-anand.net/blog/a-r-rahman-hindi-songs/
 
 I scored perfect on Hindi quiz :D
 
 --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gopal Srinivasan catchgops@ wrote:
 
  
  http://www.s-anand.net/blog/a-r-rahman-songs/
 

Re: [arr] One Rahman number gets me more attention than four songs - Alka Yagnik

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Yes SlmD M, this interview is quite old. So it has to be SlmD M


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Ashish G sgu...@... wrote:

 :-) SD
 
 On Sun, :Oct 12, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Thulasi Ram karoke...@... wrote:
 
superb quote!
  btw, Alka is singing for ARRs international project? what could that be?
  marmayogi?
 
  On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Vithur vith...@... wrote:
 
  RAJIV VIJAYAKAR in conversation with Alka Yagnik, whose rendition of
  Ba khuda, has won her many hearts.
 
 
  From Hema Malini to Katrina Kaif, she has sung for four generations of
  heroines. Alka Yagnik is now in a phase where playback singing is not
  everything in life. And she's enjoying this phase even as she is basking in
  the accolades following her latest hit from Kismet Konnection.
 
  *Sure, because you are singing much less...
 
  *I have sung so much since the late '80s despite trying to be choosy, but
  now I have realised that to be heard, less is good. It's nice to be a 
  little
  exclusive as that creates a kind of hunger in you as an artiste. This year,
  I have sung only for Anu Malik's Love Story 2050, Ismail Darbar's Mehbooba
  and Ada, a small film with good music by A R Rahman and Sajid-Wajid's God
  Tussi Great Ho, and I sang even less last year.
   *What about you?
 
  *I am not cribbing because now I get songs that are meant for me and not
  for just any singer. Secondly, I have been brought up to vibe well with
  every generation of composers, so while institutions like Kalyanji-Anandji
  and Laxmikant-Pyarelal were like teachers, and Anu Malik, Nadeem-Shravan,
  Jatin-Lalit, Anand-Milind and Rajesh Roshan were friends, I also get along
  famously with A R Rahman, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Himesh Reshammiya.
 
  Rahman's songs in particular get a lot of mileage and one Rahman number
  gets me more attention than four songs of other composers!
 
  *And in which films will we get to hear you now?
 
  *I am singing for Rahman in Yuvraaj and another international project,
  for Nadeem-Shravan in Dharmesh Darshan's film, for Jatin Pandit and Lalit
  Pandit separately, and for Himesh Reshammiya in the film, Milenge Milenge,
  starring Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor
  http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Oct122008/enter2008101194571.asp
 
  --
  regards,
  Vithur
 
  ARR in my Heart;
  His Music in my Blood;
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 -- 
 Ashish . . .

[arr] Re: How Rahman's popularity helped Director Vikraman!!!

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Awesome! that's AR's brand value - Priceless.


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Aravind AM aravind...@... wrote:

 Hi,
 
 I read this very interesting incident in the latest issue Kumudam magazine, 
 which came out today! This is from actress Meera Jasmine's interview. 
 
 Meera talks about her experience in Australia, where she went for the 
 shooting of a Vijaykanth's movie directed by Vikraman.
 
 On the way to Sydney from Canberra, we saw noticed a bungalow  inside a 
 forest. Vikraman suggested that we could shoot there. When Vikraman asked the 
 bungalow owner for permission, the owner demanded lots of money. Vikraman 
 tried to convince him, by talking about the movie, about us, where we are 
 from, etc... When we told him that we're from Tamilnadu, the owner's face 
 brightened up! 'Oh.. are you from AR Rahman's town?' and he hugged vikraman. 
 'You dont even have to pay me to shoot here. You are from the land of 
 composer of Slumdog! It wont be right to demand rent from you!
 
 
 
 I was s excited to read this!!!
 Not just fame, but the love for him too is spreading all over the world!!!
 
 Jai Rahman :D
 
 
 Cheers,
 Aravind
 
 
 
 Aravind
 
   My Blog: http://arrahmaniac.blogspot.com
 Rahmania show interviews: http://rahmania.4shared.com
  
  
 
 
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[arr] Re: Japanese anyone...

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

I had read about a group of Chinese/Japanese fans waiting for AR during a his 
visit abroad - read that in some interview about a yr back.


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, adamirs...@... adamirs...@... wrote:

 
 Just to clear my curiosity, when I went to our boss's concert in Malaysia I 
 met a few of his die hard Japanese fans there, I even asked them if they got 
 any website for our boss but unfortunately they could't understand English.So 
 I wonder if they still travel where ever our boss goes for concert and so on. 
 Any of u ppl experienced this or know bout this matter?

Khwaja song - my impression (Re: [arr] Let's keep in mind the attitudes and expo

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Hey Rawat - 'Khwaja' ka lyrics is written by Kashif and not Jaaved Akthar.


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.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 in any other song. May be he was trying a new 
 voice but it didn't suit my ears.
 
 all the internal aalaaps also are confusing, making it a classical song. 
 They are not even bringing a sense of a trance.
 
 And as I already said once that JA music was a personal music and didn't 
 reflect the lavishness of the film.
 
 I think I can describe now what I meant by that personal vs lavishness. 
 Listen to the music between 3:40 - 4:05. That Persian sort of. Now, that 
 is what I call a royal music, that has lavishness, that has luxury, that 
 is group music, public music. Also the instrument that stars playing at 
 the backdrop at about 6:10 and continues till the end of song. that 
 single instrument is giving a royal touch to the song. That type of 
 music is what I expected to be everywhere in JA music and background, 
 but no, we didn't get that. Our man had different ideas about music 
 suitable for the emperor of India. Compare the above two sounds to the 
 sound at 1:20-1:45. Now this 1:20 sound is what I call a personal sound, 
 lacking royal touch. It is a commoner's, a poor man's sound, now 
 suitable for a period film.
 
 Seeing so many members liking the song so much, mentioning it as their 
 most fav song, etc., I tried to listen to it 

[arr] Re: Slumdog not my best: Rahman

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

not his overall best - but best among the nominated ones!



--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vithur vith...@... wrote:

 Rahman said that Slumdog Millionaire was definitely not his masterpiece,
 Rahman said Jai Ho was more about a burst of joy and signified the release
 of external energy. He attributed the awards to Gulzar's skills of making
 the songs phonetically catchy which clicked with the Western audience.
 
 Though the Americans are clueless about the meaning of the song, words like
 Jai Ho, O Saya, Ringa, ringa seem to have caught their fancy and am happy
 that they are now listening to Indian music, said the Oscar winner, who
 already has a couple of Hollywood offers at hand.
 
 Music has no language and it is this aspect that the film has brought out,
 said Rahman who humbly dedicated his double Oscars to all his countrymen.
 
 I had only five per cent expectation about the Oscar for Slumdog
 Millionaire. In fact, I was more bothered about my live performance and that
 was extraordinary and its impact was much more, confessed a jet-lagged
 Rahman at the first press meet after his Oscar award.
 
 Originally, they wanted me to do a live performance of the Hindi remix
 song, aaj ki raat. But I wanted to present my own composition before the
 world audience and hence I changed it to Jai Ho, said the Mozart of Madras.
 
 Admitting that he felt more joyous and comfortable with devotional songs
 than beat songs, Rahman felt that the Oscars had doubled his responsibility
 and that now his priority was doing good films, be it in Tamil, Hindi,
 Telugu or English.
 
 My dream is to connect people with music and probably this incident has
 unified all of us. I think this is a starting point of extraordinary
 things, he proclaimed.
 
 When queried about the partying and gifts that followed the Oscars, Rahman
 admitted that he had to leave all the champagne bottles back in the US owing
 to Customs trouble and brought back only the 2 Oscar statuettes which
 carried a cash award of $500 each.
 
 After all that news, it was my kids who were more relieved to see me back.
 They bunked school that day and kept on e-mailing me – Daddy, get back to
 us, said the responsible father.
 http://keralaonline.com/entertainment/slumdog-rahman_25107.html
 
 -- 
 regards,
 Vithur

Re: [arr] ARR Interludes quiz

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Hey can you list out 9, 12, 15, 19, 20, 21, I got the rest!


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vithur vith...@... wrote:

 1. Yenga Enadhu Kavithai - Kandukondein Kandukondein
 5. Suthi Suthi Vandeega - Padaiyappa
 13. July Madham Vandhal - Pudiya Mugam
 16. Manoothu Mandayile - Kizhakku Cheemayile
 17. Baba Kicchu Thaa - BABA
 25. Kaathu Kaathu - Uzhavan
 
 
 
 
 
 On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:11 PM, sandeep venkatachari 
 mailsande...@... wrote:
 
  dude great one
 
  answers for 1,5,13,16,17 and 25!! plzz.
 
  scored 19.
 
   The biggest problem in the world could have been solved when it was
  small
 
 
  sandeep.v
 
 
 
 
  --- On *Tue, 3/10/09, Gopal Srinivasan catchg...@...* wrote:
 
  From: Gopal Srinivasan catchg...@...
  Subject: [arr] ARR Interludes quiz
  To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
  Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 9:35 PM
 
 
  http://www.s- anand.net/ blog/a-r- 
  rahman-songs/http://www.s-anand.net/blog/a-r-rahman-songs/
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 -- 
 regards,
 Vithur

[arr] Re: FilmFare video request: Sukhwnder calls ARR to give award

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

I read it too!
But didn't see the same on T.V. did it really happen?


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, live for arr Live livefor...@... wrote:

 Mr Aravind or Mr Vithur or any other rehmaniacs -
 
 I read that ARR was called by Sukhwnder to give the FF award. Is the video 
 available in youtube
 or in the net?
 
 thanks. plaese tell me.

Re: [arr] ARR got emotional during the felicitation by Cine Music Union

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Truly very emotional.


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Mehroof ! Mohamed !! mail2mehr...@... 
wrote:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlyH2GQYz_8
  
 Mehroof ! Mohamed !!
 
 --- On Sun, 8/3/09, raja sekar raju_sekaran2...@... wrote:
 
 
 From: raja sekar raju_sekaran2...@...
 Subject: RE: [arr] ARR got emotional during the felicitation by Cine Music 
 Union
 To: mymda...@... mymda...@...
 Cc: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Sunday, 8 March, 2009, 8:00 PM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Guys,
 I Missed the pgm in sun Tv ,
 Kindly can anyone post briefly on each
 md spoken in the felicitation
 
 Mohamed Amin wrote: 
  It was a rare sight to see the stalwarts of tamil music fraternity to come 
  on one stage. The highlight of the show is the felicitation of Bala Murali 
  Krishna, MSV and Ilayaraja. 
    
  Harris Jayaraj also spoke during the felicitation in which he said that he 
  started to play keyboard after seeing our ARR. 
    
  One thing in the show that all musicians came down to show the solidarity 
  and they openly praised ARR from bottom of their heart. Many emotional 
  speeches. During the speech by legendary singer S. Janaki in which she 
  mentioned about ARR's dad. During the moment, it was first time to see ARR 
  got emotional and he bowed down to wipe out the tears. MSV and Ilayaraja 
  patted him. It was like parents patting their child. Wonderful sight. I 
  think lot of people in the audience also got emotional. I am sure many of 
  the people who were watching the show also wold have got emotional. 
    
  Carnatic Maestro Bala Murali Krishna told that he feels like a father and 
  ARR as his son and felt so happy within himself. It was heartening to see 
  the purist of carnatic music praising ARR. 
    
  Totally unmatched felicitation show and I guess no other show can be like 
  this in felicitating ARR. 
    
  tks with regards, 
  Mohamed Amin 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  
 
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[arr] Re: In their maestro’s FOOTSTEPS

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

You guys are doing a brilliant job!
Hats off...

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gopal Srinivasan catchg...@... wrote:

 
 In their maestro's FOOTSTEPS
 
 
  
 
 This group of AR Rahman fans feeds the poor every Sunday
 
  
 
 Lakshmi Kumaraswami | TNN 
 
  
 
 
For the past one year, a group of people on motorbikes have been 
 congregating at Kodambakkam
 every Sunday. Laden with food packets, they hop off their bikes and 
 distribute it to anyone who
 looks like they need a meal — rag pickers, sewage workers and beggars. These 
 good Samaritans
 have one thing in common: they are all diehard fans of music maestro AR 
 Rahman. 
 
Last March, after meeting on an online group, some of the members — 
 Vithur, Uma Shankar,
 Rakesh, Rasol Hanifaa and Somu — decided to do their bit for society. 
 Usually, we post a
 message on the site saying we're going to meet and distribute food to the 
 poor. Subsequently,
 many people turn up, says Vithur. The group assembles at Shri Mahaganapathy 
 fast foods in
 Kodambakkam and buys packed food — usually tomato or brinjal rice along with 
 an appalam — for
 Rs 300 to Rs 500. Then they drive around the area, handing out food to the 
 underprivileged. We
 initially started out in Annanagar, but then decided to focus on Kodambakkam. 
 As Rahman lives
 in the area, we feel like we're doing a service and staying close to our 
 mentor, says Uma
 Shankar. Vithur adds that the students of KM Conservatory also often help out 
 and they end up
 feeding at least 40 people. 
The group is united by their love for Rahman and inspired by the AR Rahman 
 Fo u n d at i o n
 , which works towards eradicating poverty and hunger. His humility pushes us 
 to do something
 good for society. This is our small contribution to a cause he supports, 
 says Rakesh. On
 special days like Independence Day or Rahman's birthday, the group visits 
 orphanages and
 distributes a special meal. They organised a similar meal on Rahman's return 
 to the city after
 his triumphant run at the Oscars. Usually, when we distribute food, we don't 
 mention Rahman's
 name. But this time as we gave away special sweets and food, we said `Ellam 
 pugazhum
 irraivanake' as a tribute to him, says Vithur. He adds that the BlaaZe 
 joined the group when
 they distributed free meals after H Sridhar, Rahman's sound engineer, passed 
 away. 
The group plans to continue this service as long as possible. We would 
 like to expand but
 with our hectic schedules this is the only way we can do it regularly, says 
 Uma Shankar.
 Rakesh adds that there isn't a better feeling than seeing the happiness of 
 the people they
 feed. It would probably be their only meal that day. Sometimes I leave the 
 packets by their
 side while they are asleep and when they wake up, nothing can match the look 
 on their faces,
 he says. 
lakshmi.kumarasw...@...
 
  
 
 
 GIVING BACK: The fan club before heading out to feed the poor

[arr] Re: 3 National awards for sreekrishnan for sound mixing | non ARR

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Awesome!
Congo man!
Hopefully you'd get to ready work with AR.

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Bivin Chandra bivinchan...@... wrote:

 hi bros, Its my gr88 pleasure to announce that one of our active members 
 Sreekrishnan(Rahman Fever) has got 3 National level awards for sound mixing n 
 editing for the documentary he has done for National Children Educational 
 Filmfestival...So new pookutty on his way..lets congratulate him...

Re: [arr] Gulzar unhappy with Congress using Jai Ho

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Stupid politicians. They'd stoop to any levels to garner votes. 


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, karthik subramanian karthik_su...@... 
wrote:

 The BJP is now ssaying that Jai Ho belongs to the nation and it is wrong to 
 let the congress alone use it :)
 I worry that the song is being dragged into muddy politics! 
 
 
 
 
 
 From: vijayaraj - vijayaraj_...@...
 To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
 Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2009 10:54:49 PM
 Subject: Re: [arr] Gulzar unhappy with Congress using Jai Ho
 
 
 Gulzar saab has the right to feel unhappy.The essence of the song will be 
 lost for sure...
 
 Vj
 vijayarajd.blogspot .com
 
 
 
 
 
 
 From: Vikram Kumar rah...@vikramkumar. org
 To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
 Sent: Wednesday, 4 March, 2009 2:35:12 PM
 Subject: Re: [arr] Gulzar unhappy with Congress using Jai Ho
 
 
 Correct me if i am wrong but i believed the rights of the song were
 with k m musiq
 
 On 3/4/09, sandeep venkatachari mailsandeepv@ yahoo.com wrote:
  its a very initeresting debate!! 
 
  well a little birdie in me says that theres no harm in using this song for
  political campaigns!!! ! !!!
 
  when people can use VANDE MATARAM- for dharnas( strikes, bandh etc etc)
 
  jai ho celebrates human spirit and i strongly support this.
 
  My point rahmaniacs!! ! 11
 
  The biggest problem in the world could have been solved when it was
  small
  sandeep.v
 
  --- On Wed, 3/4/09, Srini Santhanam saint.sirin@ gmail.com wrote:
  From: Srini Santhanam saint.sirin@ gmail.com
  Subject: Re: [arr] Gulzar unhappy with Congress using Jai Ho
  To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
  Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 5:59 PM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Me too.. I think thats why even rahman refused to compose a
  theme music for congress as it would give him a political tinge.. Too bad
  T-Series did this to us.
  I would love to follow AR's words in choosing love over hate, but how can i
  say 'I Love Jai Ho being used by congress in its political campaign and that
  now this new anthem of us has a political angle' :(
 
  On Mar 4, 2009, at 7:54 PM, Bivin Chandra wrote:
 
  Sunil Prabhu/Beverly White/Ravi TiwariWednesday, March 04, 2009 9:44
  AM (Mumbai)The Congress will use music composer A R Rahman's Oscar winning
  song Jai Ho in its poll campaign for the coming Lok Sabha elections.
 
  The UPA has not only usurped the theme of the Oscar-winning  Slumdog
  Millionnaire  to shore up its electoral prospects, it has also bought the
  rights to A R Rahman's Oscar-Winning song Jai Ho from T-Series.
 
  But not everyone's humming a happy tune not least of all the lyrical genius
  who penned the catchy Jai Ho lyrics.
 
  Don't make it political, it is such a nice lyrical song by Rahman, don't
  make it political, said Gulzar, Lyricist, Oscar Winner for Jai Ho.
 
  Sukhwinder Singh who has sung the song is of a slightly different opinion,
  he says, As long as this song is used to bring happiness, I don't have any
  objection to it. My work was to sing the song. The music company is totally
  free to sell the rights whosoever they want. As far as moral question is
  concerned, whether it should be used for political gain or not, I am of the
  view that if the song reaches out to more and more people and brings a smile
  on the faces, it's good and it serves my purpose too. This is the whole
  spirit with which I have sung it.
  http://music. ndtv.com/ Music_Story. aspx?id=ENTEN200
  90085573type= musicindia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
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[arr] Re: Jai Go song has gone to Congress as a copy Right-----Very bad

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

I didn't know they bought the rights of the song. Last year for the GUJ 
elections they had used 'Chak de India'. Do they buy the rights for the song? 
how could someone sell the song, now that it has won the Oscar for BEST SONG. I 
am completely disappointed.



--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Ganesh jeyapandian pitchi...@... wrote:

 hi all
  
  It is ridiculous that Congress party got the copyright for the JAI Go song. 
 Why ARRji allow this.Now , we went to a small circle.by 
 giving the copy rights to one single party for election. Either we can give 
 for all political party, otherwise, no to anyoneIt will create 
 problem in Indian people as well as ARR Lovers as politically..Please 
 inform this to ARR.( Gopal do this)

[arr] Re: RGV on ARR

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Very well written by RGV!
I wonder if he'd collaborate with AR anytime soon?!


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, rakesh venkatraman 
rakesh_ven...@... wrote:

 http://rgvarma.spaces.live.com/blog/

[arr] Re: RGV on ARR

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

But why would he have said that?!


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Sam samsing...@... wrote:

 AR had mention in an interview (NDTV?) that he parted with RGV due 
to personal reasons and may not work with him again.. 
  
 Considering RGV's latest movies...it may be for the best..
 
 --- On Tue, 3/3/09, ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala 
acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni . 
sriramiye...@... wrote:
 
 From: ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer 
.aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni . sriramiye...@...
 Subject: [arr] Re: RGV on ARR
 To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 3:18 AM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Very well written by RGV!
 I wonder if he'd collaborate with AR anytime soon?!
 
 --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, rakesh venkatraman 
 rakesh_venkat@ ... wrote:
 
  http://rgvarma. spaces.live. com/blog/
 

[arr] Re: Yours Sincerely... ? Naaah.... Now it is Jai Ho !

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

That's cool! I can now sign off my college presentation with 'JAI 
HO'!:P


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Dinesh Vaidya dnshvai...@... 
wrote:

 Soon you will find letters and emails ending with Jai Ho ! instead
 of the customary Yours sincerely!
 
 Indian Express reports that many Americans and also Indians have 
taken
 to this phrase so much that the letters / emails are now signed off
 with JAI HO and the recipients too are catching the germ 
enthusiastically.
 
 Rahman and Gulzar could be trendsetters for this phenomenon.
 
 Jai ho !
 
 Dinesh Vaidya
 Pune

[arr] Re: Ilayaraja Felicitates AR - Video

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Awesome!

Coming together of the Legends.



--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, icashwin icash...@... wrote:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7GzMrN5LKk
 
 this is fresh and from the cine music felicitation yesterday. thanks
 to the poster

[arr] Re: Who's AR Rahman?

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

We have quite a few PAK members here, may be they can add a few bit to 
the story. Atleast about whether the electronic media covered anything  
on the same.



--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gopal Srinivasan catchg...@... 
wrote:

 
 Who's AR Rahman?
 
 It is quite amusing to see how geo- political differences can 
influence the coverage of events
 that have cultural acceptability across borders. KUNAL MAJUMDAR 
scans Dawn and The News of
 Pakistan, and The Daily Star and The New Age of Bangladesh in search 
of two words `AR Rahman'
 and `Oscars'.
  
 Posted Sunday, Mar 01 15:59:04, 2009
 
 
 
 While the Indian media went overboard with the coverage of Oscars, 
the Pakistani media tried
 its best to ignore the Indian connection.  The leading newspaper 
Dawn has no mention of AR
 Rahman's win.  In its lead article – `Slumdog scoops eight of its 
ten nominations' (23 Feb,
 2009); it does mention that the movie is based in Mumbai and gives 
brief outline of the story.
 Beyond that, it simply ignores the Indians who won the Oscars.  A 
feeling that Dawn
 intentionally wanted to stress on the poverty angle of the story 
comes with the accompanying
 articles and photographs of slum kids.
 
 The News, of the Jang Group, was no different. The article -- 
`Slumdog Millionaire' wins Oscar
 gold at 81'st Academy Awards (February 24, 2009) tells the readers 
that Slumdog is small-budget
 British movie on A ragtag group of Indian orphans. The writer 
mentions how the cast and the
 crew of the movie was present to accept the best film award, which 
included several school
 children who were plucked from Mumbai's shantytowns to appear in the 
movie.  AR Rahman again
 ignored!
 
 The Daily Times also ignores the Indian winners. However, it has a 
more sympathetic approach.
 It quotes Danny Boyle offering gratitude to Mumbaikars and saying 
they even, dwarf even this
 guy (Oscar statue).  The newspaper is the only one to carry a 
photograph of the cast and crew
 of the film, where you can see Anil Kapoor, AR Rahman and Rasul 
Pookuthy.
 
 One wonders how many Pakistanis actually know about Penelope Cruz 
and Hugh Jackman, compared to
 AR Rahman!
 
 Bangladeshi awareness
 
 Bangladeshi newspapers seem to be much more aware about the Indians 
in the movie. In an article
 – Oscar Glory for `Slumdog'(February 24, 2009), The Daily Star 
mentions AR Rahman's win quite
 prominently. The newspaper calls Slumdog Millionaire a feel-good 
film about a Mumbai tea boy
 who rises from poverty and enters a television quiz show to win 
millions and find the love of
 his life. Quite a contrast to Pakistani media's definition. It goes 
on to mention that in
 spite of being directed and produced by Englishmen, many Indians 
claim it to be their own. A
 very just portray of the debate in India on the movie.  The article 
also mentions about Resul
 Pookutty and the best documentary – Smile Pinki. Photographs 
alongside have AR Rahman with his
 two Oscar statues.
 
 `AR Rahman wins Golden Globe' was the front-page story on The New 
Age (February 24, 2009). The
 newspaper used Reuter's input and made Rahman's win the peg of the 
story. The writer spoke
 about the versatility of Rahman's music and his other achievements.  
While other western actors
 and films did get a mention, but it didn't dominate the story unlike 
the Pakistani coverage.
 
 It is quite amusing to find how geo- political differences can 
influence the coverage of events
 that have  cultural acceptability across borders.
 
 http://www.thehoot.org/web/home/story.php?
sectionId=8mod=1pg=1valid=truestoryid=3683

[arr] Re: Let's keep in mind the attitudes and exposure of the elders

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

You put it very well! My dad loves the classical old tamil  malayalam 
songs, whenever I play ANY say 'fast track' he doesn't seem to like 
it. He likes slow and soft music and doesn't care for whose music it 
is by. I was wondering how people could listen to and love say Himesh 
or even Anu Malik. But there is something about them which attracts 
people, and they love AR too, but are more into the former. So at the 
end of the day, its all about personal choices. And a majority of 
youngsters in my college love AR and seem to connect with his music 
instantly, but it varies with every album. They loved 'Jaane tu' more 
than JA, but for me it's vice-versa.



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

 After reading Jagjit Singh's, Pyarelal's and Ali Khan's comments 
about
 ARR and his music, it also struck me the big generational 
differences
 in terms of attitudes and exposure towards music.  Personally, I 
have
 found that even with people I know, like my parents and their 
friends,
 their appreciation for music is within a narrow range.  Anything
 outside that range is overlooked and not appreciated as much, and
 sometimes ridiculed.  I have found that amongst many elders, there 
is
 a certain arrogance or haughtiness implying, we know what's best. 
 This is a product of our culture revering elders and their wisdom by
 tradition in contrast to many seniors and elders feeling left out 
and
 disrespected by attitudinal changes in today's world reflecting less
 respect and reverie towards seniors.  
 
 For example, when I gave my parents a copy of the D6 CD, they only
 liked the folk and semi-classical elements of the soundtrack.  
That's
 it.  When I asked them about Jaane Tu, they said that they didn't 
like
 the music, although they love and appreciate ARR's other works that
 are more in line with their taste.  Of course, even within elders,
 there will be a lot of variation in terms of taste and attitude, but
 overall, I feel that they are more narrow minded about music than we
 youngsters are OVERALL AS A GROUP, keeping in mind individual
 differences.  Because ARR's music is so diverse and touching upon so
 many different genres, a large percentage of his work is not going 
to
 be appreciated by those with more narrow minded definitions of good
 music.  
 
 Who knows, maybe when we reach that age, we too may reflect some of
 that narrow mindedness in terms of our exposure compared to what the
 youth may be listening to at that time.  However, I have hope that
 because we youngsters have been exposed to such an array of world
 music through ARR and other artists, I think we will generally have 
a
 broader appreciation for music than previous generations.  
 
 ARR has gifted us with something very important:  tolerance and open
 mindedness for different types of music.  Thank you ARR!

[arr] Re: Jurgen Fauth's Delhi 6 Review in About.com - AR mention!

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

So happy to read about AR in the foreign press!



--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, icashwin icash...@... wrote:

 http://worldfilm.about.com/od/bollywoodfilms/fr/delhi6.htm
 
 
 
 All ten songs by Golden Globe and BAFTA winner and Oscar nominee 
A.R.
 Rahman are joyful and diverse, partaking from a wider number of 
styles
 than his Slumdog soundtrack. 
 
 In addition to the director and composer A.R. Rahman (who is
 currently being showered with awards for his score for Slumdog
 Millionaire), the luminous stars were on hand to greet the crowd.
 
 Maybe the runaway success of Slumdog Millionaire will inspire 
western
 audiences to sample more authentic Bollywood fare; with its first-
rate
 music, world-class stars, and postcard-ready views of India (not to
 mention the relatively reasonable running time), Delhi 6 presents an
 especially welcoming option.

[arr] Re: I wouldn't have predicted Jaane Tu to win for best score

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

JA should have won the Best Music awards IMHO, Scores of that kind are 
not easy to create for every other movie. 'Jaane tu' was great, but JA 
is better. Nevertheless I am happy it went to AR.


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

 A year ago, if someone asked me who I thought would the best score a
 year from now, I would have guessed either JA, Yuvvraaj, or Ghajini,
 simply based on the hype and expectations for what was to come in 
2008
 at that time.  I knew Jaane Tu would be releasing too, but didn't
 expect the score to have such a huge impact as it actually had.  To
 me, it was a real surprise and treat to see Jaane Tu score so high.  
I
 knew it would be good coming from Rahman's stable, but not as
 successful as it has been.  Anyway, a very deserving album for best
 score based on popularity, although my vote for best score goes to
 either Yuvvraaj or JA (a tie).

[arr] Re: LOL - AR Rahman Diet?

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

LOL! I read that too! 



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

 As I'm reading the messages here, I sse an ad above that says, AR
 Rahman Diet-follow the diet that AR Rahman uses!

Re: [arr] where is sukhwinder?????????

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Yeah true, my bad! But of all the songs sukhi has sung, the ones with 
AR has always been in the spotlight. Rahman has had a BIG role in 
where Sukhi is today. Right from the first song, 'Chaiyaa Chaiyaa' to 
now 'JAI HO'. So, when sukhi says he didn't watch the Oscars but his 
dream was that AR should get one. It somehow shows his displeasure 
with AR for not taking him to LA, and obviously AR wanted him but he 
was denied a VISA, AR can't do much about that.


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Leslie D dorai...@... wrote:

 Sukhi is not here because of Rahman. It is not a statement any ARR 
fan
 should make. When ARR gives all the credit to God (btw I am an 
aethist) why
 do people pass such comments. Sukhi is a good singer who has many 
hits
 outside ARR domian.
 
 On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 6:31 AM, ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva 
gopala
 acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni . 
 sriramiye...@... wrote:
 
I saw it too! I was surprised when he said, he didn't watch it 
LIVE.
  The worst was when he said, his dream was to see AR win an Oscar, 
how
  could then not have seen it LIVE? Or did he watch it and then lie 
to
  the press, coz he was not there in LA to perform.
 
  He also indicated he didn't care a damn about performing at the 
Oscars
  but later said that he was disappointed! :O
 
  When asked as to why he couldn't perform there, he said he hadn't
  received any calls from the events guys, and that AR had also not
  picked up his calls. But later said AR was in no way responsible 
for
  him not being there.
 
  I instantly had a what-the-hell is he saying look on my face after
  all that he said.
 
  Sukhi, is a great singer, all that he is today is because of ONLY 
AR,
  I hope he doesn't carry this 'head weight' further.
 
  --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com 
arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com,
  partha sarathi
  partha_sachin@ wrote:
  
   Hi All,
  
   I was watching the news in HEADLINES TODAY on the Oscar day 
after
  our GOD received the award, Sukhi called up all the journalists 
for
  press meet and these were his comments for which I have completely
  lost respect for him. It seems he did not watch the OSCAR ceremony
  live on TV as he was fast asleep.
  
   He said I am wondering how ARR could manage the performance 
without
  me.
  
   I think our GOD 'ARR' should not consider these kind of artists 
in
  his future projects. People with this kind of attitude should be
  taught a lesson.
  
   I don't have the link for this video.
  
  
   --- On Fri, 27/2/09, Anil Nair rhythmcalls@ wrote:
   From: Anil Nair rhythmcalls@
   Subject: Re: [arr] where is sukhwinder?
   To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com 
arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com
   Date: Friday, 27 February, 2009, 12:40 AM
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   I don't think they were denied a VISA - that would
  be too strong a statement :-)
   Â
   The travel required a letter from the Academy stating the
  purpose/nature of the visit which didnt arrive on time (or didnt
  arrive at all).
   Â
   So I guess they couldn't proceed without that
   Â
   -A
  
  
   On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Vithur vith...@gmail. com 
wrote:
  
  
  
  
  
  
   He was denied a VISA and didnt travel... Didnt you read it ?
  
  
  
   On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 5:48 PM, praka_here praka_h...@yahoo.
  co.in wrote:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   guys why was sukhwinder missing at the oscar ceremony...he was
   supposed to be there isnt it??and has any news channel
  interviewed
   him 
  
   if so pls post it.. !!
  
  
  
  
  
   --
   regards,
   Vithur
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   --
   -A
   http://viewsnmuse. blogspot. com
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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[arr] Re: Inside AM Studios - Images

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Wow!
I have heard people say that it's the best Studio in the whole of 
Asia.

PS - What about AR's first studio, Panchathan Inn?


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vithur vith...@... wrote:

 http://music.ndtv.com/gallerydetails.aspx?
category=Musicid=3550picno=1section=INDIANpglctn=glrlstgch=2/27/2
009%2012:57:30%20PM#BD
 
 -- 
 regards,
 Vithur

[arr] Re: Jai Ho not my best, says Rahman

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Even though 'JAI HO' is not AR's best, It is still a very good song. I 
really hope people get to hear the rest of AR's songs!


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Bivin Chandra bivinchan...@... 
wrote:

 
 K. Sreedevi  | Friday, 27 February , 2009, 18:55
  
 Chennai: Did you know that Slumdog Millionaire - the film that 
bagged eight Oscars this year - had no takers when it was released? 
And that Rahman feels more passionate about his songs in the Aamir 
Khan-starrer Lagaan than about Jai Ho? 
 
 
 “ I had only five per cent expectation about the Oscar for Slumdog 
Millionaire. In fact, I was more bothered about my live performance 
and that was extraordinary and its impact was much more,” confessed a 
jet-lagged Rahman at the first press meet after his Oscar award on 
Thursday, February 26, in Chennai. 
 
 “Originally, they wanted me to do a live performance of the Hindi 
remix song, aaj ki raat. But I wanted to present my own composition 
before the world audience and hence I changed it to Jai Ho,” said the 
Mozart of Madras, who made up for the two-hour delay in the press meet 
by patiently obliging the battery of press photographers and 
television crew with exclusive shots with both Oscars in hand. 
 
 
 “Music has no language and it is this aspect that the film has 
brought out,” said Rahman who humbly dedicated his double Oscars to 
all his countrymen.
 
 Confessing that Slumdog Millionaire was definitely not his 
masterpiece, Rahman said Jai Ho was more about “a burst of joy and 
signified the release of external energy.” He attributed the awards 
to Gulzar’s skills of making the songs “phonetically catchy” 
which clicked with the Western audience. 
 
  “Though the Americans are clueless about the meaning of the song, 
words like Jai Ho, O Saya, Ringa, ringa seem to have caught their 
fancy and am happy that they are now listening to Indian music,” said 
the Oscar winner, who already has a couple of Hollywood offers at 
hand. 
 
 
 When pointed out that the film had bagged the Oscars only under a 
British tag, Rahman replied, “Hollywood is the world’s stage and 
films are pieces of art and they are valued for their worth. Only 
India had not got there till now but this was India’s time. Danny 
Boyle’s film was a beautiful one and my music was just an ornament 
that added to the beauty. This award would popularise Indian music in 
the world scenario. A lot of collaboration is possible now.” 
 
 Admitting that he felt more joyous and comfortable with devotional 
songs than beat songs, Rahman felt that the Oscars had doubled his 
responsibility and that now “his priority was doing good films, be 
it in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu or English.” 
 
 “My dream is to connect people with music and probably this 
incident has unified all of us. I think this is a starting point of 
extraordinary things,” he proclaimed. 
 
 When queried about the partying and gifts that followed the Oscars, 
Rahman admitted that he had to leave all the champagne bottles back in 
the US owing to Customs trouble and brought back only the 2 Oscar 
statuettes “which carried a cash award of $500 each”. 
   
 “After all that news, it was my kids who were more relieved to see 
me back. They bunked school that day and kept on e-mailing me †
Daddy, get back to us,” said the responsible father. 
 
 http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/fullstory.php?id=14863355

[arr] Re: See this

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

I was watching 'FILMFARE FLASHBACK' on TIMES NOW yesterday, and they 
showed how AR had come to collect the 'RD BURMAN' award from Asha 
Bhonsle, he wore a simple full sleeve t-shirt with jeans. And wore the 
same kind when he won the best music awards in FILMFARE.


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vithur vith...@... wrote:

 See this
 
 http://i40.tinypic.com/2m349xy.jpg
 
 Just wonderful memories
 
 See the Shirt worn by AR at the time of ROJA Heights of 
simplicity
 
 Courtesy :- SATHYA
 
 -- 
 regards,
 Vithur

[arr] Re: My Amazing Little Bus Journey

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Awesome! Spread the Rahman magic everywhere...



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

 Tonight I went out for dinner (for a change) rather than eating on
 campus. When I got on bus, I saw some white guy listening to 'Jai 
Ho'
 on his iPod (I accidently looked at his iPod) and later 2 guys (age
 30-40s) started talking about Slumdog Millionaire. They talked quite 
a
 bit about the movie and said that they have been to India and it is
 really progressing well. 
 
 Then talk went to music of the movie. One guy said composer of the
 movie also won 2 oscars and song 'Jai Ho' is really good, then other
 one asked who is the composer, he said its some Indian composer, and
 music is very different from what we used to hear in movies, its 
very
 fresh. Then other guy said he will look up for composer's name on
 google, before I could interrupt them by saying that it is Rahman 
and
 give some info about him and his music, they got off the bus.
 
 I was amazed as I had never thought I would see white people in
 Vancouver talking about Rahman's music...
 
 O yes! the restaurant I went to, they were also playing Slumdog
 songs.. it was like Rahman everywhere :D

[arr] Re: ARR had narrowly missed an accident before Oscars

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Oh freak! Thank god nothing happened


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

 
 Shocking to hear this from ARR himself talking to Headlines Today 
 after his arrival at Chennai airport.
 
 Apparently, a huge chandelier fell down close to ARR when he and his 
 team were rehearsing in the Kodak theatre ahead of the Oscars night, 
 and he had a miraculous escape.
 
 I almost skipped a beat hearing this.
 
 Lets thank the good heavens for taking care of our beloved man.
 
 
 -Vinod

[arr] Re: AR: I got like three or four grey hairs.

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Awesome! Loved reading every bit of it!


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vithur vith...@... wrote:

 Exclusive Interview- AR Rahman on the SouthSide Show 63 February 25 
2009
 18:40 PST
 
 Our very own Ashanti OMkar got an exclusive interview with the man 
of the
 moment, AR Rahmanhttp://www.desihits.com/radio/show/southside-show-
63-exclusive-ar-rahman-interview,
 Oscar-winning composer of the Slumdog
 
Millionairehttp://www.desihits.com/movies/view/slumdog+millionaire
 soundtrack. Read the interview below:
 
 *AO: If you had to pick a ideal acceptance speech because I know you 
have
 the Golden Globes one and the BAFTA Awards which was very short, 
what would
 be your ideal acceptance speech when you chilled out in saying it, 
without
 millions of eyes on you?*
 
 AR: There's no ideal acceptance speech.  You forget something 
always.  When
 you have a piece of paper, it looks ugly.  Normally I would just say 
All
 Praises To God and escape, but now I need to say things about 
people that
 worked hard, like, you know, Sam Schwartz is my agent in Hollywood 
and the
 PR people, Hindi  PR, and I have to say all the people who have 
given
 extraordinary opportunity for me to do music in India which became a 
bridge
 for me to do... um, go to the West, to get the love from the 
audience, and
 all the people who have given good suggestions, you know, all the 
singers,
 all the recording engineers, all the musicians, all the lyricists 
are very
 important, all the people who acted all of the lovely ladies and the 
guys in
 the action movies, so there's no end actually.
 
 *AO: So there's a long list then, actually?
 *
 
 AR: I can't hold any of my own awards.  I can just represent all of 
them and
 get...(laughs).
 
 *AO: And you know one of the sad things that has happened recently 
is H.
 Sridhar (Rahman's sound engineer who has passed away)*
 
 AR: It's sad in a way and it's happy in a way actually.
 
 *AO: Yeah?
 *
 
 AR: Happy because you can see the whole world point of view in two 
different
 angles, one as never being born and being born and having the 
torture of
 living life and living your life and making other people happy is 
also one
 thing.  So here's a person who has worked so hard, who has made 
other people
 happy who had made a great contribution to art and he's pushed me on
 recording and has guided me so much in the beginning days, I owed 
him for
 having all this extraordinary technology  we had, with the support 
of him
 and both us withstood through that stuff and in a way when you see a 
person
 die with a good name and people come to mourn and comfort mourners 
as I was
 then old and cynical and abusing the inner community (laughs) which 
we also
 see that, but I also wish that, you know, I should go in a way where 
I'm not
 cynical and not pessimistic about the talent which I hunger and 
embraced it
 anyway, so that's very important, and to get a good meal every time 
.  I
 pity his family though because I think he died very young.  He was 
only 48.
 His kids are great.
 
 *AO: Great musicians as well I hear...*
 
 AR:  Yeah, they are good.  They're gonna be hopefully joining me.
 
 *AO: Really? Excellent! That's great to hear.  Speaking of that, who 
do you
 think... It's a question that many people have said.  Who do you 
think your
 successor will be?  I ask this because you've left an indelible mark 
already
 in just over a decade.*
 
 AR: I don't know.  My kids-I just want to probably educate my kids 
in music
 and let them have a choice.  If I think that, well I know a lot of 
musicians
 who have done the mistake... well maybe not a mistake, but in my 
point of
 view, like great violin players and great trumpet players, you know, 
they're
 all like My sons should not be in music.  They should find another, 
more
 stable job.  They've enjoyed the pleasure of being musicians, which 
is a
 strange case of us not having any more musicians, or very few 
musicians who
 want their sons to be going into that.  I feel it's in a way, 
betrayal not
 to put your kids into the art which gave you livelihood and gave you 
the
 respect and love from the people.
 
 *AO: So, what's on your iPod right now?*
 
 AR: I don't have an iPod now (laughs)
 
 *AO: What music are you listening to?*
 
 AR:  I'm mostly listening to a film because I'm constantly 
traveling.  In
 L.A. I was listening to a hip-hop station and in London, a classical
 station.
 
 *AO:  So what does it feel like to be getting this massive 
recognition?
 We've been waiting for this for years.  I know your fans have been 
waiting
 for years to see this.  I always say, Is the Nobel Peace Prize 
next?*
 
 AR:  I think the whole attention thing gets wrong if you're craving 
that
 stuff.  I just want to do my bit and get out.  And I wanna build 
with
 people, not destroy them like [Barack] Obama says (laughs).  That 
was a
 great statement that I loved from Obama saying that Know that your 
people
 will judge you on what you can 

[arr] Re: My Small contribution for ARR fans group

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Bloody awesome work man!

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, ilovearrmusic 
ilovearrmu...@... wrote:

 hi
 
 I saw you are collecting all electronic papers of 24th Feb 2009. I 
was
 worked 4 hrs and i got more than 15 news papers from various 
Regional 
 language.
 
 Arrahmanfans admin can update all these papers in your collection.
 
 please visit
 http://ilovearrahman.com/arr_oscar_news/
 
 following folder available...
 
 PDF format available in small sizeJPG images size will be big
 size... for example around 1.5mb or 2.5 mb!
 
 
 *  English/ http://ilovearrahman.com/arr_oscar_news/English/
 *  Hindi/ http://ilovearrahman.com/arr_oscar_news/Hindi/
 *  Malayalam/ 
http://ilovearrahman.com/arr_oscar_news/Malayalam/
 *  Marathi/ http://ilovearrahman.com/arr_oscar_news/Marathi/
 *  Tamil/ http://ilovearrahman.com/arr_oscar_news/Tamil/
 *  Telugu/ http://ilovearrahman.com/arr_oscar_news/Telugu/
 I will update more and same i will inform you
 
 thank you
 
 yours
 pyarilal

[arr] Re: We will lose ARR's Music

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

He is going nowhere, the fact that he still works from Chennai for all 
his projects says it all. He himself had said in an interview that 
he'd never let go off Tamil - Hindi music for H'wood.



--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, live for arr Live 
livefor...@... wrote:

 With OSCAr's victory on one hand and bringing glory to India,  arr 
told today morning to one of the news channels, that he will be ome 
time in LA, some time in Chennai nd some time in Mumbai.
 
 we lost ARR from 2000 to Hindi films and from 2009 we will lose him 
to Hollywood films.
 It's pity that we cannot hear more of him in Tamil. hope ARR listens 
to this and show some mercy to us.

[arr] Re: Who all became Oscar winner for Jai Ho?

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Great! Now GULZAR has one Oscar trophy too!


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gopal Srinivasan 
catchg...@... wrote:

 Observe carefully, two trophies were brought on stage after the 
 announcement of the winner for Best Song. You can see the lady who 
 brought the trophies on stage holding one after ARR was handed his.
 
 --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Jahanzeb Farooq 
 jahanzebtippu@ wrote:
 
  i think Gulzar won Oscar as his name was included in the 
nomination. 
  though i wonder why they brought only one trophy to present when 
  winner was announced. or may be because they already knew that 
 Gulzar 
  is not attending. 
  
  
  --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, V S Rawat vsrawat@ wrote:
  
   Sorry if it has already been clarified here. I am not able to 
cope 
  up 
   with the huge avalanche of mails (I am not complaining though).
   
   Jai Ho got Oscar as a song. What is the status of its composer, 
   lyricist, singers, chorus artists, other instruments players and 
   technicians, etc.?
   
   Can they be called Oscar winners themselves individually, or 
are 
  they 
   called the contributors for an Oscar winner song or what?
   
   That means Gulzar ji, Sukhwinder and other singers, etc. didn't 
 win 
  an 
   Oscar for themselves. Several of my friends and even i myself 
were 
  under 
   the impression that Gulzar ji got Oscar.
   
   --
   Rawat
  
 

[arr] Re: Illayaraja is above Oscar - AR Rahman

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Great to hear that!


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Ganesh.V gvalway...@... 
wrote:

 Illayaraja is above Oscar - AR Rahman
 
 http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/movies/specials/2009/02/26-ilayaraja-
is- above-oscars-ar-rahman.html 
 AR
 Rahman said this in a press meet organized at Vadapalani(Chennai)
 Green-Park hotel where more than 400 members had turned up including
 pressmen, cinema artists, video cameramen and other technicians and
 this was telecasted live in most channels. 
 He also added that had
 IR tried a different strategy in promoting his music to the mass, he
 would have got an Oscar a long time ago and praised Illayaraja 
saying
 there is no boundries for Illayaraja's music and Oscar award is 
nothing
 compared to his genius in composing. 
 When asked if straight Indian
 movies could also win Oscar awards, Rahman said it is possible but
 there is a pattern/formula for impressing the jury at the Oscar and
 should our film makers crack that formula and play the right strings 
we
 could win Oscars for Indian movies as well.
 
 Regards
 GV(orkut)
 
 
 
   Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to 
http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/

Re: [arr] where is sukhwinder?????????

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

I saw it too! I was surprised when he said, he didn't watch it LIVE. 
The worst was when he said, his dream was to see AR win an Oscar, how 
could then not have seen it LIVE? Or did he watch it and then lie to 
the press, coz he was not there in LA to perform.

He also indicated he didn't care a damn about performing at the Oscars 
but later said that he was disappointed! :O

When asked as to why he couldn't perform there, he said he hadn't 
received any calls from the events guys, and that AR had also not 
picked up his calls. But later said AR was in no way responsible for 
him not being there. 


I instantly had a what-the-hell is he saying look  on my face after 
all that he said.

Sukhi, is a great singer, all that he is today is because of ONLY AR, 
I hope he doesn't carry this 'head weight' further.


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, partha sarathi 
partha_sac...@... wrote:

 Hi All,
 
 I was watching the news in HEADLINES TODAY on the Oscar day after 
our GOD received the award, Sukhi called up all the journalists for 
press meet and these were his comments for which I have completely 
lost respect for him. It seems he did not watch the OSCAR ceremony 
live on TV as he was fast asleep.
 
 He said I am wondering how ARR could manage the performance without 
me.
 
 I think our GOD 'ARR' should not consider these kind of artists in 
his future projects. People with this kind of attitude should be 
taught a lesson.
 
 I don't have the link for this video.
 
 
 --- On Fri, 27/2/09, Anil Nair rhythmca...@... wrote:
 From: Anil Nair rhythmca...@...
 Subject: Re: [arr] where is sukhwinder?
 To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Friday, 27 February, 2009, 12:40 AM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 I don't think they were denied a VISA - that would 
be too strong a statement :-)
  
 The travel required a letter from the Academy stating the 
purpose/nature of the visit which didnt arrive on time (or didnt 
arrive at all).
  
 So I guess they couldn't proceed without that
  
 -A
 
 
 On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Vithur vith...@gmail. com wrote:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 He was denied a VISA and didnt travel... Didnt you read it ? 
 
 
 
 On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 5:48 PM, praka_here praka_h...@yahoo. 
co.in wrote:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 guys why was sukhwinder missing at the oscar ceremony...he was
 supposed to be there isnt it??and has any news channel 
interviewed
 him 
 
 if so pls post it.. !!
 
 
 
 
 
 -- 
 regards,
 Vithur
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 -- 
 -A
 http://viewsnmuse. blogspot. com
 
 
  
 
   
 
 
 
   

   
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
   
   
 
 
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Enter http://beta.cricket.yahoo.com

[arr] Re: Jiya Se Jiya now.

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Yeah would be the perfect time, the worst is that people have NO CLUE 
about this private album by AR.

Seems the marketing team of NOKIA are fast asleep.


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, arr_raghu arr_ra...@... 
wrote:

 Now is the perfect timing to release 
 Jiya Se Jiya at least on iTunes. 
 It will race to the charts in no time.
 If Nokia is any thinking this way, it must happen.
   
 
 --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Raghu B P bpr.arr@ wrote:
 
  Hi Guys,
  
  I might have heard the songs a zillion times on the cassette 
player,
  still I am not satified. Now as a mark of respect for ARR I wanna 
buy
  his first album [only audio cd].
  
  Planetm or any other source? If not available can anyone make a 
copy,
  I shall pay in whatever way you guys tell me.
  
  love ARR
  Raghu
 

[arr] Re: 1980's few new titbits of ARR

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Oh yes now it does! Wonder if karthik (ItwoFs) is reading this!
;)


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Nagaraj arr_naga...@... 
wrote:

 
 Thanks ..
 
 That clarifies why etam ante is so similar to Ottagathe..
 
 --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, arr_raghu arr_raghu@ 
 wrote:
 
  Telugu Music director Koti mentined following
  few new titbits of our ARR in a program to TV9.
  
  1. In 80s, ARR started wirking with composer duo
 Raj-Koti, ARR started with one keyboard and very soon has
 started programming 4 keyboards.
  2. ARR has programmed the complete song Hay Papa from movie 
 Trinetrudu in 1987, ARR has introduced two african americans 
 to RAP in this song. Rap is new in those days.
 Song's link..he says that the song is still very fresh.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YEc6RC0Hl8
  4. ARR gave many different varieties those days, they were
 not able to record everything in those days becos of the
 limited recording equipment.
 Some of the recordings which turned to be very beautiful were
 unfortunately turned down by visionless producers and 
directors.
 ARR used to be very disappointed for rejection of good sound.
  5. ARR has imported Roland Sampler from Singapore in those days
 and have used to do the complete background score of a movie
 called Marana Sasanam.Koti says that everybody was very 
 impressed
 by the very gradness of the sound. Actor Chiranjeevi gave 
 chance to
 Koti after hearing the sound in that movie.
  6. ARR has introduced singar Shubha to Koti..ARR has recorded 
 Shubha's private album Chik Pak chik.
 Later ARR has used a similar beat and revolutionary sound 
 to make his popular song gentleman song Otthagattha..
 He clearly says that ARR did not copy from them or anything.
  7. There is a rare picture of Koti with ARR- picture is not shown.
  
  Regards
  Raghu
 

[arr] Re: Danny's next movie

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

There were reports that Danny was making a thriller in Mumbai!


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Madhavan Rajan rsamadhu2...@... 
wrote:

 Is AR scoring music for SDM Producer's next movie Bollywood Hero?
 
 -- 
 Cheers,
 Madhavan.R
 Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate!

[arr] Re: ‘It’s a humbling experience

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

The last quote by AR is why we are his fans!


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gopal Srinivasan catchg...@... 
wrote:

 
 `It's a humbling experience
 
 ... says Academy Award winner AR Rahman, hours after winning two 
Oscars for India
 
 VINITA CHATURVEDI 
 
 
 
 THE world is giving him a standing ovation, and rightfully so, 
even though the Oscars
 ceremony is over and done with. But music composer AR Rahman takes 
the adulation so
 nonchalantly that it surprises you. The man who bagged two Oscars 
for the Best Original Score
 for Slumdog Millionaire and its foot-tapping song Jai Ho! speaks to 
BT after catching barely
 two hours' sleep after the Academy Awards. 
 India got three Oscars on one day when the country had been 
waiting for an Oscar ever since
 Bhanu Athaiya and Satyajit Ray got Academy Awards for India decades 
ago. It seems Bollywood
 magic is finally sweeping the world in a big way. Ask him about this 
and the musical wizard
 says, Slumdog Millionaire may have served as a catalyst for 
Bollywood's recognition, but
 Indian music has always inspired people all over the world. It has 
an inherent magical quality,
 which has a wide appeal. However, to get appreciation from one's 
peers is always a humbling
 experience. 
 The world watched in awe as Rahman dedicated his Oscar to god 
and his mother. Millions of
 people across the world who were watching the Oscars were bowled 
over when Rahman said in true
 Bollywood ishtyle, Mere paas maa hai! How did his mother react 
when he went to her after
 receiving the Oscars? She blessed me and was overwhelmed. I thank 
god and my mom, whose
 blessings have always been with me, he says with his inimitable 
simplicity. 
 This 
 is 
 the first 
 time a typical 
 Bollywood number 
 was presented at the 
 Oscars. Is there any 
 chance of this becoming a permanent feature? There's no dearth 
of talent in Bollywood. I'm
 sure there will be many more such performances from now on. The USP 
of Indian music is its
 allencompassing nature and the entire world is its canvas now, 
answers the maestro. 
 This latest barrage of Oscars has put India on the world 
creativity map. But Rahman fans
 have already started fretting about whether the illustrious musician 
will shift base to
 Hollywood permanently. Try telling him this and Rahman quickly 
reacts, India is where my roots
 lie and there's no question of bidding adieu to my motherland!

[arr] Re: Rahman's contribution to music is immense: Sachin

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Wow! I am waiting for AR and Sachin to make a public appearance 
together!


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gopal Srinivasan catchg...@... 
wrote:

 
 Rahman's contribution to music is immense: Sachin
 By: MiD DAY   Date:  2009-02-24   
 http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/feb/240209-Sachin-lauds-Rahman.htm
 
 Christchurch: 
 Batting ace Sachin Tendulkar is extremely elated by India's showing 
at the Oscars.
 
 It is a brilliant achievement. For the entire nation, it is a very 
proud moment, Tendulkar
 said this morning. 
 
 The master blaster, who had had a word with A R Rahman a couple of 
days ago, was confident that
 the musical genius will walk away with the honours.
 
 Rahman's contribution to music has been immense and this award is 
only a mere reflection of
 what he has been able to contribute to music and to India.
 
 I had spoken to him not only about this, but about other albums as 
well. He has always been
 able to produce something special in every album, Tendulkar said. 
 
 Rahman won two Oscars - for the best original score and the best 
song.

[arr] Re: http://www.oprah.com/dated/oprahshow/oprahshow_20090223_oscars

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Can somebody put that on Youtube?!


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Joebert A joecostne...@... 
wrote:

 Have any one downlaoded the oparah where ARRAHMAN was inteviewed ny 
winfrey oprah, here is the link. I'm not able to download it. Can any 
one down laod  uplaod in youtube,plz
  
 http://www.oprah.com/dated/oprahshow/oprahshow_20090223_oscars
 
 --- On Tue, 2/24/09, Sunil VG suni...@... wrote:
 
 From: Sunil VG suni...@...
 Subject: Re: [arr] Delhi 6  MUST WATCH !
 To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 11:15 AM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 I share similar views. For me Delhi 6 is like a piece of abstract 
art with gentle brush strokes. Its very metaphoric. I liked the whole 
format and narrative, which may or may not be box office friendly. The 
characters were well etched and the AR's score elevated the film. 
Beautiful camera work and I loved the whole concept of Dil Gira 
Dafatan picturization. My only peeve would have to be the film's 
ending. Hmm..
 
 Regards,
 Sunil
 
 
 On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 6:25 AM, Dinesh Vaidya dnshvai...@yahoo. 
co.in wrote:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 I watched Delhi 6 yesterday night to celebrate Rahman's Oscar win 
and 
 enjoyed every second of the movie. Please do not listen / do not 
read 
 the rubbish some pseudo intelligent critics have printed or the 
 reviews on TV dubbing this movie as a dud.
 
 This movie certainly rocks for following reasons,
 1. Songs are a treat to watch.
 2. The movie does have a story.
 3. The first half is not at all boring.
 4. All characters of the movie do not appear to act, they move 
 effortlessly in and out of the frame.
 5. Dialogues are crisp Delhi style fire-crackers.
 6. Locations and situations are really really great !
 
 6 reasons for Delhi 6 !
 
 Rakyesh Mehra has certainly directed this movie with lot of heart 
and 
 conviction and it shows.
 
 Go and WATCH this MOVIE !
 
 Best regards
 Dinesh Vaidya
 Pune

[arr] Re: Boss seems very kool at the function

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

Yeah! The best part is that he didn't react as 'OMG I can't believe 
it' and kept his composure and delivered his speech.

I loved both of those speeches, esp the last line, I had two choices 
all my life, 'hatred and Love' I chose Love and I am here, God bless.

That quote will be remembered for a long time now!


--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, mohammed sajin mnsa...@... 
wrote:

 
 
  Our boss seems very cool when he recieve the awards.