I don't think AR is very greedy. lol. He is taking things slow plus he has some Indian projects yet to be finished...
http://indian-music-bgm.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/elensar5233 --- On Thu, 10/15/09, Jahanzeb <jahanzebti...@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Jahanzeb <jahanzebti...@yahoo.com> Subject: [arr] Re: Here’s A.R. Rahman Unplugged To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 1:18 AM Thanks for sharing. so CR was offered to him BEFORE he won Oscar. interesting. i am wondering there should be lot of offers AFTER he won Oscar but why we heard of only CR till now? - Jahanzeb --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Gopal Srinivasan <catchg...@. ..> wrote: > > Here's A.R. Rahman Unplugged > On Jai ho & Vince Vaughn, Kylie Minogue & Farhan Akhtar, Mani & moneyA.R. > Rahman at Hyatt Regency on Tuesday. Picture by Aranya Sen > > *You will be performing in Calcutta after more than six-and-a-half years. > Has the Rahman sound changed in this period?* > > I have never changed my sound intentionally. Most of my soundtracks reflect > what film I am doing. It's only that. It's never like I want to beat this > sound or I want to do something better. But I do change myself. I do not > want to do the same thing. I want to keep my job interesting to me. > > There have been reports that you have been hiding in Los Angeles… > > The three months immediately after the Oscars were hard to handle. Everyone > wanted to felicitate me and have me over at social functions and > congratulate me in ceremonies. I went to Los Angeles and went back to my > music. Now, life is back to normal. > Mani Ratnam with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on the Calcutta sets of Raavan. A > Telegraph picture > > *Why did you choose the Vince Vaughn rom comCouples Retreat as your first > Hollywood project afterSlumdog Millionaire? * > > I got that offer before I got all the awards for *Slumdog Millionaire* . > Vince Vaughn came to me much before the Oscars. He just saw the movie and he > became very emotional and he said: "I want your music for my next film!" I > was contemplating whether to accept the movie or not. Then after the Oscars, > I went and saw the movie. I felt that it wasn't a musically sympathetic > movie but it was a comedy. And nobody would ever think that a person who > did *Slumdog *would do a comedy next. And I just wanted to experience the > whole process of Hollywood. It was a great experience. > Vince Vaughn and Malin Akerman in Couples Retreat: "Vince became very > emotional and he said: `I want your music for my next film!'" > > *What makes it a great experience?* > > You know just the opportunity to go and work in studios where *Mary Poppins > *and *Star Wars *were recorded, it's a great feeling. Also, it was fun > working with Vince and with the director of *Couples Retreat*, Peter > (Billingsley) . He's a new guy and it was good. > > But *Couples Retreat* the film has been very poorly received there and the > reviews say your music has been under-utilised… > > It is a comedy… it's not a film where there were extraordinary musical > situations. It's also a complicated movie about four couples, who all have > resolutions. And some of the score, which is significant in the film, is > licensed stuff… like Ennio Morricone's *The Good, The Bad and The Ugly*…. I > know that this would happen but I had the opportunity of doing a great CD. > And the CD is being liked by everyone. > > *Of the work that has been offered to you in the West, are they all asking > for aSlumdog-like score from you?* > > No. Because they would never want to repeat the same thing. I am in a very > extra-ordinary situation where I can do songs and I can do background > scores. I have not been typecast… like "He's a background score guy" or "He > can only compose songs". So, I have been trying to expand on that. Even in * > Couples*, I have done three songs and then I have also done the background. > Dave Stewart: "He is a dear friend... we are trying to put up a band > together." > > *Do you have a wishlist of producers or directors you want to work with?* > > No, I don't want to have a wishlist. Because some things look very small in > the beginning and they become bigger in the end. Like *Slumdog*. And some > things look very big at the beginning and end up really small. So I don't > have any wishlist. > > *Was Slumdog ever small?* > > Honestly, I would have never sent the score to the Oscars. The makers did. I > composed the soundtrack in three weeks flat and didn't think that it would > go on to do what it did. > > *Do you think it was all because of that one song, Jai ho?* > > When I saw the film, they had put another song (Shankar Ehsaan Loy's *Aaj ki > raat *from*Don*) and all that dancing was part of the film. At that time, it > looked like a mockery of our song and dance. But when they used it in the > end credits with *Jai ho*, it looked really nice. See, *Jai ho *became *Jai > ho *because it was apt for the film, not because it was a great song. It was > the right song and that's why it worked out so well. > Kylie Minogue: "She was very fast... it was all finished in three hours!" > > *So, you haven't given any brief to your Hollywood agent?* > > He is always surprised by my decisions. He said: "It's (*Couples*) a comedy! > Don't do a comedy!" I said, why not? So, it goes like that. > > *How do you plan to balance your work here with your work there?* > > It's difficult choosing. I want to keep that little chain of interest of > people wanting to hear my music. I don't want to overdo that. Also, I don't > want to underplay that. So there will be Tamil films, Telugu films, Hindi > films and there will be English films too. I want to choose the best > projects that complement my music. > > *Now when you compose for Mani Ratnam's Raavan, is it like a return to roots > because you started with his Roja?* > > It is, in a way. Also, Mani always surprises me. I think that now I know > Mani Ratnam. But he surprises me. He keeps pushing me to a place where I am > challenged and that's a great creative spirit. And that's what I need to > keep going, rather than taking each other for granted. There's something we > always want to achieve as a team. > > *What motivated you to sign this Friday's big release Blue?* > > I signed it before the Oscars. New people are really unpredictable. (*Blue *is > directed by debutant Anthony D'Souza.) You never know. Sometimes they are > great and sometimes they let you down. *Blue *also had a big production > house like Ashtavinayak supporting the film. Then when I saw the visuals, it > seemed like something genuinely interesting, something passionate. > > *What about the Kylie Minogue experience?* > > It was all finished in three hours (*laughs*). She was very fast. Actually > it was also one week before the BAFTAs and I also had to finish recording > the song. > > *Why didn't Farhan Akhtar sing for the Blue soundtrack, as you had wanted?* > > The song changed from what we wanted to make it. And he wasn't very sure > that the song went with his style of singing and whether he would be able to > pull it off. Whether it would be right for him. So I said, okay, we will > work on something else later. The song was *Fiqrana*, actually. And I was > happy that Vijay Prakash got a huge opportunity. > > *What are you planning with Dave Stewart of Eurythmics fame?* > > We are planning a lot of things actually. He is a dear friend whom I know > for more than eight years now. We are trying to put up a band together, like > a super band. Also, he is doing a movie for Nokia and I am helping him out > on Indianising it. > > *What about your own English album?* > > I am currently working on it. It will have a lot of pop musicians. I am not > sure who at this stage. But it is definitely the project I am really looking > forward to, after doing so many film soundtracks. > > *If a director from Bengal walks up to you with his script, would you do the > music?* > > If it's something special, I would love to do it. If I find it inspiring, I > would do it. I have seen a lot of great work coming from here. > > *But will you charge him a bomb?* > > Charge is never a problem (*smiles*)! > *Pratim D. Gupta* > What is the one question you would like to ask A.R. 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