Dear Vivek,
My intentions were never to advertise my inconsequential meets with AR bhai.
Most in the forum already knows of whatever little time I have spent with
him. He is like a brother to me, first and foremost, his being an MD or a
legend is now secondary to me. The point I was trying to make
On 12/27/2008 5:24 PM India Time, _Matthew Islam_ wrote:
Dear Vivek,
My intentions were never to advertise my inconsequential meets with AR
bhai.
Meeting someone whom we are a fan of is a great experience, is fun, is a
memory that gets etched in our mind and stays with us for life.
There
Then, Vivek will rise to the roof of the tallest building in his
city
and shout to everybody about his meeting with ARR. And that is
That goes without saying
the context here is different. and, I do remember once mathew
interviewing ARR on his visit to london quite some time back.
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I beg to differ on the ordinary bit. What sets it apart is the fact
that it's a simple story but look at the treatment. What people are
raving about is the tight script, music, acting and editing. The
narrative has such force that the entire product over powers your
senses. Successful
Agree with Gomzy here.
Movie is OKAY. I loved Jamal's (Kid artist) performance - oh, you have
mentioned this too. :)
On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 7:44 AM, Gomzy™ gomtesh.upad...@gmail.com wrote:
Got to watch Slumdog Millionaire. I was wondering what all the fuss is
about :)
But since we have
Like i said, for us Indians, its really an ordinary movie. I know why the
westeners
are raving about it. But we have had such gripping stories told before and I
as an
Indian did not feel and could not connect with the movie at certain points.
Sample this: The two kids speak polished english and
Hmm. That is a fair point. Hadn't thought of it that way. My friends and I
were so gripped by the film that it didn't cross our mind. Thats pretty
clever. Use some hindi and a lot of english.and some people would
not notice...like us. Fair point. I get it. I assumed otherwise because
Guys, moving further, I thought Mumbai was amazingly captured by
Anthony Dod Mantle with 3 different kinds of camera(including a SLR) I
hope ARR and Mantle get the nod for oscar nominations.
About BGM, Rahman has tweaked a lot especially on O saya and Mausam
and escape which actually sounds
as much as you would want to advertise that you have watched movies
along with thalaivar, it is a very well known fact that ARR is pretty
bad in choosing script. We all know ARR in and out. Now, just because
ARR had chosen to do SDM doesn't make it's script one in a million. I
think it is a
Please treat seniors with some respect. Now its come to this huh
On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 4:48 AM, vivek iiivivekoberoi...@yahoo.com wrote:
as much as you would want to advertise that you have watched movies
along with thalaivar, it is a very well known fact that ARR is pretty
bad in choosing
Can you tell me any composer who has been great in choosing scripts?
On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 4:48 AM, vivek iiivivekoberoi...@yahoo.com wrote:
as much as you would want to advertise that you have watched movies
along with thalaivar, it is a very well known fact that ARR is pretty
bad in
On 12/27/2008 9:33 AM India Time, _Gomzy™_ wrote:
Can you tell me any composer who has been great in choosing scripts?
But, what is the drawback in ARR choosing SDM?
When I had first heard that ARR has done something called SDM, I thought
it would be another of those Deepa Mehta type of
Got to watch Slumdog Millionaire. I was wondering what all the fuss is about
:)
But since we have been used to so much cliche in our movies that we find a
heart touching, soul stirring
movie to be silly.
But SDM isnt bad.Infact you will love it as the movie unfolds. Go watch it
for the excellent
Most of my Indian friends shared shades of the same opinion
But for me , it was movie back to its basics ... a simple love story with a
happy ending , set in an totally charming , rude , visually stunning city
...
On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 7:44 AM, Gomzy™ gomtesh.upad...@gmail.com wrote:
Very true, it was ordinary for Indian audience, but for western
countries it was never before told experience/story.
me too, loved kid Jamal the most!
There was kinda unplugged version of O Saya at the end of end credits,
loved that as well :D
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gomzy
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