Re: [arr] Rahman Sir The Man Of The Decade! 2000 - 2009 | A Revisit!!
Marys beheading too -original message- Subject: Re: [arr] Rahman Sir The Man Of The Decade! 2000 - 2009 | A Revisit!! From: Jahanzeb jahanzebti...@yahoo.com Date: 03/01/2010 00:48 What, only four songs were composed by ARR? I am very surprised. I thought no one knew which songs ARR composed and which Armstrong (as album credits don't show this). I was expecting more of the songs composed by him. what is the source of this information by the way?? - Jahanzeb --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, ARRvind arr_arv...@... wrote: Oops...i've mentioned Sung by himself which is wrong! Only four tracks are COMPOSED by ARR sir..!! They're all instrumentals! 1. Philip (01:51) 2. Mary's Beheading (03:22) 3. Battle (03:29) 4. Divinity Theme (05:08) --- On Sat, 1/2/10, prakash krishnan praka_h...@... wrote: From: prakash krishnan praka_h...@... Subject: Re: [arr] Rahman Sir The Man Of The Decade! 2000 - 2009 | A Revisit!! To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, January 2, 2010, 2:56 AM  3) Elizabeth: The Golden Age (English) -- A Shekar Kapur - ARR combo that made little news both pre and post release! ARR composed only Four tracks sung by himself for the movie!                        please can you mention which are them??? --- On Fri, 1/1/10, Kalyan K kalyan...@gmail. com wrote: From: Kalyan K kalyan...@gmail. com Subject: Re: [arr] Rahman Sir The Man Of The Decade! 2000 - 2009 | A Revisit!! To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Date: Friday, 1 January, 2010, 11:19 PM  Gone through an excellent journey through your writeup Arrvind.  Thanks for that.  Kalyan K. On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 2:00 AM, ARRvind arr_arv...@yahoo. com wrote:  With the advent of a new promising decade and being just passed off a musically stupendous decade, i just felt to rewind our great Rahman sir's works and achievements by my simple mere words here.! Well, it just goes out to be an understatement if we all declare A.R.Rahman sir as [b]The Man Of The Decade[/b] in the entertainment category.  Raining Filmfares, Padmashree, Doctorates, Lata Mangeshkar Awards, National Awards, State Awards, Golden Globes, BAFTAs,Swaralaya Yesudas Awards, Grammy Nominations and above all the Oscar Academy awards,not withstanding, Rahman sir clearly won millions and trillions of hearts across the globe. I, personally consider that more than those aforementioned awards, its the love among the hearts of people that has made what Rahman sir is today! Lets all rewind back to his illustrious works and corresponding achievements of the decade 2000 - 2009:  2000  1) Alaipayuthey (Tamil)  -- A Manirathnam - Rahman Sir Combination Classic Runaway hit!  -- Won Filmfare South Best Music Director Award 2) Fiza (Hindi)  -- Graced the movie as a guest composer and composed an anthem Qawwali Piya Haji Ali which no one would ever forget  3) Kandukondain Kandukondain (Tamil)  -- A Musical Superhit in Rajeev Menon - Rahman Sir combination after Minsaara Kanavu 4) Rhythm (Tamil)  -- A sugary sweet and simple composition by Sir 5) Thenali (Tamil) -- A laugh riot flick in the combination of Rahman Sir - Kamal Haasan - K.S.Ravikumar 6) Zubeidaa (Hindi) -- A classic periodical love story by Shyam Benegal.It was ARR's signature tunes that stood up in the movie and well received! 2001  1) One 2 Ka 4 (Hindi) -- Movie turned out to be damp squib despite the presence of most influential people: ARR Sir and Shah Rukh Khan 2) Star (Tamil) -- Rahman sir re-used most of his Thakshak and 1947-Earth tunes onto this one.The response was moderate though! 3)Naayak (Hindi) -- Remake of Tamil Hit Mudhalvan, the same songs were re-used and the response was great! 4)Lagaan (Hindi) -- One of the most successful Cinemas in the film industry, Rahman sir proved the world that there is no one to replace him in period films. -- ARR swept away almost all awards for the year      National Award for the best Music Direction      Filmfare Award for the best Music Direction      IIFA Award for the best Music Direction      Zee Cine Award for the best Music Direction  5) Paarthale Paravasam (Tamil) -- Hugely anticipated movie of the year since it was legendary director K.Balachander' s 100th flick! Songs were well received but the movie sank without a trace! 6) Alli Arjuna (Tamil) -- Another masala flick which had tunes of Pukar, 1947 Earth and One 2 Ka 4 all mixed together. Both the songs and film was soon forgotten since all felt that the songs have already been heard before in Hindi! 2002  1)Kannathil Muthammital (Tamil) -- The year began with a bang with Rahman sir teaming up again with Manirathnam. The
Re: [arr] Rahman Sir The Man Of The Decade! 2000 - 2009 | A Revisit!!
Love this writeup! Very detailed and insightful...covering all of his albums!!! GREAT JOB!!! --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, vi...@... wrote: Marys beheading too -original message- Subject: Re: [arr] Rahman Sir The Man Of The Decade! 2000 - 2009 | A Revisit!! From: Jahanzeb jahanzebti...@... Date: 03/01/2010 00:48 What, only four songs were composed by ARR? I am very surprised. I thought no one knew which songs ARR composed and which Armstrong (as album credits don't show this). I was expecting more of the songs composed by him. what is the source of this information by the way?? - Jahanzeb --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, ARRvind arr_arvind@ wrote: Oops...i've mentioned Sung by himself which is wrong! Only four tracks are COMPOSED by ARR sir..!! They're all instrumentals! 1. Philip (01:51) 2. Mary's Beheading (03:22) 3. Battle (03:29) 4. Divinity Theme (05:08) --- On Sat, 1/2/10, prakash krishnan praka_here@ wrote: From: prakash krishnan praka_here@ Subject: Re: [arr] Rahman Sir The Man Of The Decade! 2000 - 2009 | A Revisit!! To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, January 2, 2010, 2:56 AM ÃÂ 3) Elizabeth: The Golden Age (English) -- A Shekar Kapur - ARR combo that made little news both pre and post release! ARR composed only Four tracks sung by himself for the movie! ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ please can you mention which are them??? --- On Fri, 1/1/10, Kalyan K kalyan...@gmail. com wrote: From: Kalyan K kalyan...@gmail. com Subject: Re: [arr] Rahman Sir The Man Of The Decade! 2000 - 2009 | A Revisit!! To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Date: Friday, 1 January, 2010, 11:19 PM ÃÂ Gone through an excellent journey through your writeup Arrvind.ÃÂ ÃÂ Thanks for that. ÃÂ Kalyan K. On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 2:00 AM, ARRvind arr_arv...@yahoo. com wrote: ÃÂ With the advent of a new promising decade and being just passed off a musically stupendous decade, i just felt to rewind our great Rahman sir's works and achievements by my simple mere words here.! Well, it just goes out to be an understatement if we all declare A.R.Rahman sir as [b]The Man Of The Decade[/b] in the entertainment category. ÃÂ Raining Filmfares, Padmashree, Doctorates, Lata Mangeshkar Awards, National Awards, State Awards, Golden Globes, BAFTAs,Swaralaya Yesudas Awards, Grammy Nominations and above all the Oscar Academy awards,not withstanding, Rahman sir clearly won millions and trillions of hearts across the globe. I, personally consider that more than those aforementioned awards, its the love among the hearts of people that has made what Rahman sir is today! Lets all rewind back to his illustrious works and corresponding achievements ofÃÂ the decade 2000 - 2009: ÃÂ 2000 ÃÂ 1) Alaipayuthey (Tamil) ÃÂ -- A Manirathnam - Rahman Sir Combination Classic Runaway hit! ÃÂ -- Won Filmfare South Best Music Director Award 2) Fiza (Hindi) ÃÂ -- Graced the movie as a guest composer and composed an anthem Qawwali Piya Haji Ali which no one would ever forget ÃÂ 3) Kandukondain Kandukondain (Tamil) ÃÂ -- A Musical Superhit in Rajeev Menon - Rahman Sir combination after Minsaara Kanavu 4) Rhythm (Tamil) ÃÂ -- A sugary sweet and simple composition by Sir 5) Thenali (Tamil) -- A laugh riot flick in the combination of Rahman Sir - Kamal Haasan - K.S.Ravikumar 6) Zubeidaa (Hindi) -- A classic periodical love story by Shyam Benegal.It was ARR's signature tunes that stood up in the movie and well received! 2001 ÃÂ 1) One 2 Ka 4 (Hindi) -- Movie turned out to be damp squib despite the presence of most influential people: ARR Sir and Shah Rukh Khan 2) Star (Tamil) -- Rahman sir re-used most of his Thakshak and 1947-EarthÃÂ tunes onto this one.The response was moderate though! 3)Naayak (Hindi) -- Remake of Tamil Hit Mudhalvan, the same songs were re-used and the response was great! 4)Lagaan (Hindi) -- One of the most successful Cinemas in the film industry, Rahman sir proved the world that there is no one to replace him in period films. -- ARR swept away almost all awards for the year ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ National Award for the best Music Direction ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ Filmfare Award for the best Music Direction ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ IIFA Award for the best Music Direction ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ Zee Cine Award for the best Music Direction ÃÂ 5) Paarthale Paravasam (Tamil) -- Hugely anticipated movie of the year since it was legendary director K.Balachander' s 100th flick!
[arr] Rahman Sir The Man Of The Decade! 2000 - 2009 | A Revisit!!
With the advent of a new promising decade and being just passed off a musically stupendous decade, i just felt to rewind our great Rahman sir's works and achievements by my simple mere words here.! Well, it just goes out to be an understatement if we all declare A.R.Rahman sir as [b]The Man Of The Decade[/b] in the entertainment category. Raining Filmfares, Padmashree, Doctorates, Lata Mangeshkar Awards, National Awards, State Awards, Golden Globes, BAFTAs,Swaralaya Yesudas Awards, Grammy Nominations and above all the Oscar Academy awards,not withstanding, Rahman sir clearly won millions and trillions of hearts across the globe. I, personally consider that more than those aforementioned awards, its the love among the hearts of people that has made what Rahman sir is today! Lets all rewind back to his illustrious works and corresponding achievements of the decade 2000 - 2009: 2000 1) Alaipayuthey (Tamil) -- A Manirathnam - Rahman Sir Combination Classic Runaway hit! -- Won Filmfare South Best Music Director Award 2) Fiza (Hindi) -- Graced the movie as a guest composer and composed an anthem Qawwali Piya Haji Ali which no one would ever forget 3) Kandukondain Kandukondain (Tamil) -- A Musical Superhit in Rajeev Menon - Rahman Sir combination after Minsaara Kanavu 4) Rhythm (Tamil) -- A sugary sweet and simple composition by Sir 5) Thenali (Tamil) -- A laugh riot flick in the combination of Rahman Sir - Kamal Haasan - K.S.Ravikumar 6) Zubeidaa (Hindi) -- A classic periodical love story by Shyam Benegal.It was ARR's signature tunes that stood up in the movie and well received! 2001 1) One 2 Ka 4 (Hindi) -- Movie turned out to be damp squib despite the presence of most influential people: ARR Sir and Shah Rukh Khan 2) Star (Tamil) -- Rahman sir re-used most of his Thakshak and 1947-Earth tunes onto this one.The response was moderate though! 3)Naayak (Hindi) -- Remake of Tamil Hit Mudhalvan, the same songs were re-used and the response was great! 4)Lagaan (Hindi) -- One of the most successful Cinemas in the film industry, Rahman sir proved the world that there is no one to replace him in period films. -- ARR swept away almost all awards for the year National Award for the best Music Direction Filmfare Award for the best Music Direction IIFA Award for the best Music Direction Zee Cine Award for the best Music Direction 5) Paarthale Paravasam (Tamil) -- Hugely anticipated movie of the year since it was legendary director K.Balachander's 100th flick! Songs were well received but the movie sank without a trace! 6) Alli Arjuna (Tamil) -- Another masala flick which had tunes of Pukar, 1947 Earth and One 2 Ka 4 all mixed together. Both the songs and film was soon forgotten since all felt that the songs have already been heard before in Hindi! 2002 1)Kannathil Muthammital (Tamil) -- The year began with a bang with Rahman sir teaming up again with Manirathnam.The result: A Megahit venture! --ARR was again the most favourite among the award presenters National Award for the best Music Direction Filmfare South Award for the best Music Direction 2)Saathiya (Hindi) -- A hit remake of the Tamil classic hit Alaipayuthey -- Songs became a rage among masses and classes with ARR grabbing : Filmfare Award for the best Music Direction Bollywood Movie Award for the best Music Direction IIFA Award for the best Music Direction Zee Cine Award for the best Music Direction MTV Immies Award for the best Music Direction 3) The Legend Of Bhagath Singh (Hindi) -- A revolutionary concept by Rajkumar Santoshi -- Songs and BGMs ruled the music world while the movie bombed due to the interventions of too many movies with the same concept released simultaneously.ARR also received the Filmfare Best Background Music Award for his soul stirring BGMs. 4) Baba (Tamil) -- A mega hyped Rajinikanth starrer which made Rahman sir adapt to Rajni's stardom style. The result was just moderate and movie went disastrous! 5) Kaadhal Virus (Tamil) -- A breezy romantic flick which arrived and departed very quietly without making any news! Only hardcore Rahmaniacs cherish the album till date! 6)Bombay Dreams (English) -- The first and foremost widespread introduction of ARR to the entire world! Andrew Lloyd Webber collaborated with the meastro and made a historic win! -- ARR won the Laurence Olivier Award(UK) for the Best Musical Score 7) Ek Nazaria / One Vision ( Multi) -- ARR gave life to the magical lyrics of the then honorary President Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam. 2003 1)Udhaya (Tamil) -- A commercial venture which could not in any means bring accolades by the audience. The music was quite appreciated but not without the critics lamblast! 2) Parasuram (Tamil) -- Another run-of-the-mill flick which was least talked about even by Rahmaniacs. One could easily make out the uncomfirtablity of Rahman sir while working on this project! 3)Boys
Re: [arr] Rahman Sir The Man Of The Decade! 2000 - 2009 | A Revisit!!
Gone through an excellent journey through your writeup Arrvind. Thanks for that. Kalyan K. On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 2:00 AM, ARRvind arr_arv...@yahoo.com wrote: With the advent of a new promising decade and being just passed off a musically stupendous decade, i just felt to rewind our great Rahman sir's works and achievements by my simple mere words here.! Well, it just goes out to be an understatement if we all declare A.R.Rahman sir as [b]The Man Of The Decade[/b] in the entertainment category. Raining Filmfares, Padmashree, Doctorates, Lata Mangeshkar Awards, National Awards, State Awards, Golden Globes, BAFTAs,Swaralaya Yesudas Awards, Grammy Nominations and above all the Oscar Academy awards,not withstanding, Rahman sir clearly won millions and trillions of hearts across the globe. I, personally consider that more than those aforementioned awards, its the love among the hearts of people that has made what Rahman sir is today! Lets all rewind back to his illustrious works and corresponding achievements of the decade 2000 - 2009: 2000 1) Alaipayuthey (Tamil) -- A Manirathnam - Rahman Sir Combination Classic Runaway hit! -- Won Filmfare South Best Music Director Award 2) Fiza (Hindi) -- Graced the movie as a guest composer and composed an anthem Qawwali Piya Haji Ali which no one would ever forget 3) Kandukondain Kandukondain (Tamil) -- A Musical Superhit in Rajeev Menon - Rahman Sir combination after Minsaara Kanavu 4) Rhythm (Tamil) -- A sugary sweet and simple composition by Sir 5) Thenali (Tamil) -- A laugh riot flick in the combination of Rahman Sir - Kamal Haasan - K.S.Ravikumar 6) Zubeidaa (Hindi) -- A classic periodical love story by Shyam Benegal.It was ARR's signature tunes that stood up in the movie and well received! 2001 1) One 2 Ka 4 (Hindi) -- Movie turned out to be damp squib despite the presence of most influential people: ARR Sir and Shah Rukh Khan 2) Star (Tamil) -- Rahman sir re-used most of his Thakshak and 1947-Earth tunes onto this one.The response was moderate though! 3)Naayak (Hindi) -- Remake of Tamil Hit Mudhalvan, the same songs were re-used and the response was great! 4)Lagaan (Hindi) -- One of the most successful Cinemas in the film industry, Rahman sir proved the world that there is no one to replace him in period films. -- ARR swept away almost all awards for the year National Award for the best Music Direction Filmfare Award for the best Music Direction IIFA Award for the best Music Direction Zee Cine Award for the best Music Direction 5) Paarthale Paravasam (Tamil) -- Hugely anticipated movie of the year since it was legendary director K.Balachander's 100th flick! Songs were well received but the movie sank without a trace! 6) Alli Arjuna (Tamil) -- Another masala flick which had tunes of Pukar, 1947 Earth and One 2 Ka 4 all mixed together. Both the songs and film was soon forgotten since all felt that the songs have already been heard before in Hindi! 2002 1)Kannathil Muthammital (Tamil) -- The year began with a bang with Rahman sir teaming up again with Manirathnam.The result: A Megahit venture! --ARR was again the most favourite among the award presenters National Award for the best Music Direction Filmfare South Award for the best Music Direction 2)Saathiya (Hindi) -- A hit remake of the Tamil classic hit Alaipayuthey -- Songs became a rage among masses and classes with ARR grabbing : Filmfare Award for the best Music Direction Bollywood Movie Award for the best Music Direction IIFA Award for the best Music Direction Zee Cine Award for the best Music Direction MTV Immies Award for the best Music Direction 3) The Legend Of Bhagath Singh (Hindi) -- A revolutionary concept by Rajkumar Santoshi -- Songs and BGMs ruled the music world while the movie bombed due to the interventions of too many movies with the same concept released simultaneously.ARR also received the Filmfare Best Background Music Award for his soul stirring BGMs. 4) Baba (Tamil) -- A mega hyped Rajinikanth starrer which made Rahman sir adapt to Rajni's stardom style. The result was just moderate and movie went disastrous! 5) Kaadhal Virus (Tamil) -- A breezy romantic flick which arrived and departed very quietly without making any news! Only hardcore Rahmaniacs cherish the album till date! 6)Bombay Dreams (English) -- The first and foremost widespread introduction of ARR to the entire world! Andrew Lloyd Webber collaborated with the meastro and made a historic win! -- ARR won the Laurence Olivier Award(UK) for the Best Musical Score 7) Ek Nazaria / One Vision ( Multi) -- ARR gave life to the magical lyrics of the then honorary President Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam. 2003 1)Udhaya (Tamil) -- A commercial venture which could not in any means bring accolades by the audience. The music was quite appreciated but not without the critics
Re: [arr] Rahman Sir The Man Of The Decade! 2000 - 2009 | A Revisit!!
3) Elizabeth: The Golden Age (English) -- A Shekar Kapur - ARR combo that made little news both pre and post release! ARR composed only Four tracks sung by himself for the movie! please can you mention which are them??? --- On Fri, 1/1/10, Kalyan K kalyan...@gmail.com wrote: From: Kalyan K kalyan...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [arr] Rahman Sir The Man Of The Decade! 2000 - 2009 | A Revisit!! To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, 1 January, 2010, 11:19 PM Gone through an excellent journey through your writeup Arrvind. Thanks for that. Kalyan K. On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 2:00 AM, ARRvind arr_arv...@yahoo. com wrote: With the advent of a new promising decade and being just passed off a musically stupendous decade, i just felt to rewind our great Rahman sir's works and achievements by my simple mere words here.! Well, it just goes out to be an understatement if we all declare A.R.Rahman sir as [b]The Man Of The Decade[/b] in the entertainment category. Raining Filmfares, Padmashree, Doctorates, Lata Mangeshkar Awards, National Awards, State Awards, Golden Globes, BAFTAs,Swaralaya Yesudas Awards, Grammy Nominations and above all the Oscar Academy awards,not withstanding, Rahman sir clearly won millions and trillions of hearts across the globe. I, personally consider that more than those aforementioned awards, its the love among the hearts of people that has made what Rahman sir is today! Lets all rewind back to his illustrious works and corresponding achievements of the decade 2000 - 2009: 2000 1) Alaipayuthey (Tamil) -- A Manirathnam - Rahman Sir Combination Classic Runaway hit! -- Won Filmfare South Best Music Director Award 2) Fiza (Hindi) -- Graced the movie as a guest composer and composed an anthem Qawwali Piya Haji Ali which no one would ever forget 3) Kandukondain Kandukondain (Tamil) -- A Musical Superhit in Rajeev Menon - Rahman Sir combination after Minsaara Kanavu 4) Rhythm (Tamil) -- A sugary sweet and simple composition by Sir 5) Thenali (Tamil) -- A laugh riot flick in the combination of Rahman Sir - Kamal Haasan - K.S.Ravikumar 6) Zubeidaa (Hindi) -- A classic periodical love story by Shyam Benegal.It was ARR's signature tunes that stood up in the movie and well received! 2001 1) One 2 Ka 4 (Hindi) -- Movie turned out to be damp squib despite the presence of most influential people: ARR Sir and Shah Rukh Khan 2) Star (Tamil) -- Rahman sir re-used most of his Thakshak and 1947-Earth tunes onto this one.The response was moderate though! 3)Naayak (Hindi) -- Remake of Tamil Hit Mudhalvan, the same songs were re-used and the response was great! 4)Lagaan (Hindi) -- One of the most successful Cinemas in the film industry, Rahman sir proved the world that there is no one to replace him in period films. -- ARR swept away almost all awards for the year National Award for the best Music Direction Filmfare Award for the best Music Direction IIFA Award for the best Music Direction Zee Cine Award for the best Music Direction 5) Paarthale Paravasam (Tamil) -- Hugely anticipated movie of the year since it was legendary director K.Balachander's 100th flick! Songs were well received but the movie sank without a trace! 6) Alli Arjuna (Tamil) -- Another masala flick which had tunes of Pukar, 1947 Earth and One 2 Ka 4 all mixed together. Both the songs and film was soon forgotten since all felt that the songs have already been heard before in Hindi! 2002 1)Kannathil Muthammital (Tamil) -- The year began with a bang with Rahman sir teaming up again with Manirathnam. The result: A Megahit venture! --ARR was again the most favourite among the award presenters National Award for the best Music Direction Filmfare South Award for the best Music Direction 2)Saathiya (Hindi) -- A hit remake of the Tamil classic hit Alaipayuthey -- Songs became a rage among masses and classes with ARR grabbing : Filmfare Award for the best Music Direction Bollywood Movie Award for the best Music Direction IIFA Award for the best Music Direction Zee Cine Award for the best Music Direction MTV Immies Award for the best Music Direction 3) The Legend Of Bhagath Singh (Hindi) -- A revolutionary concept by Rajkumar Santoshi -- Songs and BGMs ruled the music world while the movie bombed due to the interventions of too many movies with the same concept released simultaneously. ARR also received the Filmfare Best Background Music Award for his soul stirring BGMs. 4) Baba (Tamil) -- A mega hyped Rajinikanth starrer which made Rahman sir adapt to Rajni's stardom style. The result was just moderate and movie went disastrous! 5) Kaadhal Virus (Tamil) -- A breezy romantic flick which arrived and departed very quietly without making any news! Only hardcore Rahmaniacs cherish the album till date! 6)Bombay Dreams (English) -- The first
Re: [arr] Rahman Sir The Man Of The Decade! 2000 - 2009 | A Revisit!!
Oops...i've mentioned Sung by himself which is wrong! Only four tracks are COMPOSED by ARR sir..!! They're all instrumentals! 1. Philip (01:51) 2. Mary's Beheading (03:22) 3. Battle (03:29) 4. Divinity Theme (05:08) --- On Sat, 1/2/10, prakash krishnan praka_h...@yahoo.co.in wrote: From: prakash krishnan praka_h...@yahoo.co.in Subject: Re: [arr] Rahman Sir The Man Of The Decade! 2000 - 2009 | A Revisit!! To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, January 2, 2010, 2:56 AM 3) Elizabeth: The Golden Age (English) -- A Shekar Kapur - ARR combo that made little news both pre and post release! ARR composed only Four tracks sung by himself for the movie! please can you mention which are them??? --- On Fri, 1/1/10, Kalyan K kalyan...@gmail. com wrote: From: Kalyan K kalyan...@gmail. com Subject: Re: [arr] Rahman Sir The Man Of The Decade! 2000 - 2009 | A Revisit!! To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Date: Friday, 1 January, 2010, 11:19 PM Gone through an excellent journey through your writeup Arrvind. Thanks for that. Kalyan K. On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 2:00 AM, ARRvind arr_arv...@yahoo. com wrote: With the advent of a new promising decade and being just passed off a musically stupendous decade, i just felt to rewind our great Rahman sir's works and achievements by my simple mere words here.! Well, it just goes out to be an understatement if we all declare A.R.Rahman sir as [b]The Man Of The Decade[/b] in the entertainment category. Raining Filmfares, Padmashree, Doctorates, Lata Mangeshkar Awards, National Awards, State Awards, Golden Globes, BAFTAs,Swaralaya Yesudas Awards, Grammy Nominations and above all the Oscar Academy awards,not withstanding, Rahman sir clearly won millions and trillions of hearts across the globe. I, personally consider that more than those aforementioned awards, its the love among the hearts of people that has made what Rahman sir is today! Lets all rewind back to his illustrious works and corresponding achievements of the decade 2000 - 2009: 2000 1) Alaipayuthey (Tamil) -- A Manirathnam - Rahman Sir Combination Classic Runaway hit! -- Won Filmfare South Best Music Director Award 2) Fiza (Hindi) -- Graced the movie as a guest composer and composed an anthem Qawwali Piya Haji Ali which no one would ever forget 3) Kandukondain Kandukondain (Tamil) -- A Musical Superhit in Rajeev Menon - Rahman Sir combination after Minsaara Kanavu 4) Rhythm (Tamil) -- A sugary sweet and simple composition by Sir 5) Thenali (Tamil) -- A laugh riot flick in the combination of Rahman Sir - Kamal Haasan - K.S.Ravikumar 6) Zubeidaa (Hindi) -- A classic periodical love story by Shyam Benegal.It was ARR's signature tunes that stood up in the movie and well received! 2001 1) One 2 Ka 4 (Hindi) -- Movie turned out to be damp squib despite the presence of most influential people: ARR Sir and Shah Rukh Khan 2) Star (Tamil) -- Rahman sir re-used most of his Thakshak and 1947-Earth tunes onto this one.The response was moderate though! 3)Naayak (Hindi) -- Remake of Tamil Hit Mudhalvan, the same songs were re-used and the response was great! 4)Lagaan (Hindi) -- One of the most successful Cinemas in the film industry, Rahman sir proved the world that there is no one to replace him in period films. -- ARR swept away almost all awards for the year National Award for the best Music Direction Filmfare Award for the best Music Direction IIFA Award for the best Music Direction Zee Cine Award for the best Music Direction 5) Paarthale Paravasam (Tamil) -- Hugely anticipated movie of the year since it was legendary director K.Balachander' s 100th flick! Songs were well received but the movie sank without a trace! 6) Alli Arjuna (Tamil) -- Another masala flick which had tunes of Pukar, 1947 Earth and One 2 Ka 4 all mixed together. Both the songs and film was soon forgotten since all felt that the songs have already been heard before in Hindi! 2002 1)Kannathil Muthammital (Tamil) -- The year began with a bang with Rahman sir teaming up again with Manirathnam. The result: A Megahit venture! --ARR was again the most favourite among the award presenters National Award for the best Music Direction Filmfare South Award for the best Music Direction 2)Saathiya (Hindi) -- A hit remake of the Tamil classic hit Alaipayuthey -- Songs became a rage among masses and classes with ARR grabbing : Filmfare Award for the best Music Direction Bollywood Movie Award for the best Music Direction IIFA Award for the best Music Direction Zee Cine Award for the best Music Direction MTV Immies Award for the best Music Direction 3) The Legend Of Bhagath Singh (Hindi) -- A revolutionary concept by Rajkumar Santoshi -- Songs and BGMs ruled the music world while the movie bombed due to the
