With every interview, you get to know new Info about the movie and the music.
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gopal Srinivasan <catchg...@...> wrote: > > Notesmith > Font Size > Dipti Nagpaul DâSouza Posted: Dec 25, 2008 at 0230 hrs IST > A R Rahmanâs getting used to the recognition Slumdog Millionaire has got him > Do the international recognition and Golden Globe and likely Oscar nomination for Slumdog Millionaire feel surreal? > I > hadnât imagined when I first made the music that itâll be such a huge > success. But I was optimistic after watching the rough cut of the film > that Danny Boyle sent me. A lot has happened since and the music has > already won accolades. But honestly, Iâm happier about the success of > the film as a whole. > How did you get the film? > Danny had been tracking my > music for some time. In fact, every time he liked a Bollywood score it > turned out to be mine. So he planned to have me do a part of the > project. But I told him that Iâd either do it all or none. And he > understood that I was asking for it because I could not put half a > heart into the project and give him one score. I wanted to give it my > all. Also, Anil Kapoorâs kids were instrumental in convincing the team > to take me on for the project. > How involved was Danny Boyle? > To start with, I tried > to see the film through his eyes. I found out what he does or doesnât > like about Bollywood films and their music. After an initial > discussion, I e-mailed him four different ideas. He liked three of the > four options; we then started interacting more. I kept sending him > stuff and made a few short trips to London to meet him and finish the > project. > Youâve pushed the envelope with Slumdog, giving it a racy edge. > There > was stuff Iâd wanted to do for a long time but could never try them in > our film industry. When Slumdog happened, I saw it as the perfect > opportunity to utilise those ideas, especially since Iâd been given so > much freedom to experiment. I then added to the music elements that > would surprise the audience. Indian audiences however, may find it too > noisy. I donât think I can ever use this kind of music for our films > because Indians like to listen to music again and again and this may > not suit their palate. > How did you manage to complete the music in three weeks? > Danny > was also concerned about the same. You can say I concentrated the > energy of three months into those three weeks. It was hard work indeed, > and I didnât touch any other project at that time. It worked because we > all really wanted it to work. > Your work with artiste M.I.A. on O Saya is being applauded. How was the equation? > It > was great. And, it all started with a joke. M.I.A. said, âYou always do > romantic and sentimental music and my workâs very edgy. Letâs do a role > reversal.â I then sent her the music online â" she didnât even know the > track because though she was present for the initial sittings, she had > to later return since she was pregnantâ"and she sent me her work back. > We then mixed it all together and it worked fabulously. > Whatâs your opinion of the film? > After Bandit Queen, > this is the first film I have so much hope from. I like the > contemporary touch and the technical work is commendable. The spirit of > the city has been captured very well though thereâs more resemblance > with Mumbai in the past. > Be > it music, screenplay or storyline, a right balance has been maintained. > When the film was being made, Warner Bros, which has invested in it, > was not even supposed to release itâ"there was only a DVD release > scheduled. But then the response was so great that they decided to take > it across > > http://www.indianexpress.com/news/notesmith/402714/0 >
