[arr] Re: Brilliant analysis of Hai Rama
Wow..gr8 share.. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, satish_srini satish_sr...@... wrote: Happened to come across this interesting video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_MSd1pidUk
Re: [arr] Re: Food Distribution - October 18, 2009
That would be superb Rakesh... All the best. God Bless... Lets rock. On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Santosh skpandey...@ymail.com wrote: Great bro.. I feel very bad I was not there for FD but God blessing always with u and all RahmanFans , I feel great that I am part of ur FD Ur Loving Bro..Santoshkumar --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com, Vithur vith...@... wrote: Today, we had a great session together. The number was little big. We had some 15 people joining us . Some new names for FD, but old names in YG like Aravind AM, Nazeef joined us for the FD. Its a great occasion every week end, and God Has been Kind. Lets Join hands and do our best . On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 8:51 AM, Vithur vith...@... wrote: Lets continue the good work. Good work is God's Work. Venue :- Near AM Studios Timing :- 11 30 A M -- regards, Vithur -- regards, Vithur -- regards, Vithur
[arr] Succesful Second Time - Blue
Just watched Blue the second time yesterday. Two Days, Two Times. I liked the movie. The Screen Play and the Selection of Characters and the Dialogues are the negative aspects. Else, the movie was good. The Camera Work was excellent BGMs are good easily, we can get some 10 files out of it.. esp the Humming part and the Bike Chase Sequence Jai Ho ARR.. Good movie. -- regards, Vithur
[arr] First Day First Show Of 'Blue' - Reactions from Public [Video]
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/broadband/video/First-Day-First-Show/Ims6Eq64/3/First-Day-First-Show-Of-Blue.html
[arr] The Rahman Experience - Instrumentals CD. Please someone clarify!
I just came across this CD called The Rahman Experience (see links below for scans) and surprised to see instrumentals on CD-2 because I have all of these albums (I downloaded all his Tamil discography) but didn't see any of these instrumentals there and neither in their corresponding Hindi dubs (Saathiya, Dil Hi Dil Mein, Lakeer). I have big question: are these instrumental composed by ARR??? In fact a number of them do not sound so but again I am confused as CD says so and also because it lists musicians too. Please someone clarify. Thanks. http://img225.imageshack.us/i/xdrbollywoodbeyond00fro.jpg/ http://img233.imageshack.us/i/xdrbollywoodbeyond00bac.jpg/ http://img225.imageshack.us/i/xdrbollywoodbeyond00inl.jpg/ - Jahanzeb
[arr] Isnt this a Unbreakable Record by ARR
Right now World's Top 2 Film industry's ( Hollywood's Bollywood's ) Top grossing film's ( Blue Couples Retreat ) Music is done by One Human being I really dont feel insecure saying that This is just *unbreakable* atleast for the next century Only if ARR dont break this by doing Music in 3-4 Major Film Industries In Planet Earth What do u think ??
[arr] Varayo Thozhi singer
Hi All, Does anyone have idea about the singer who sang the initial part of the song? Its a female part. Rendition reminds me of legendary singer K.B.Sundarambal, obviously nowhere near to her. Credits mention about Harini and Sangeetha. (Who is Sangeetha?) Thanks, Vivek Now, send attachments up to 25MB with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn how. http://in.overview.mail.yahoo.com/photos
[arr] Couples Retreat, $63m in 10 days....
Couples Retreat's current collection has reached $63 million in just 10 days. Movie's budget is $70 million. http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=couplesretreat.htm http://indian-music-bgm.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/elensar5233
Re: [arr] The Rahman Experience - Instrumentals CD. Please someone clarify!
These instrumentals are not played by AR. They are from multiple instrumental albums from HMV that had classical instrumental musicians like Revathy Krishna playing songs from AR's movies. On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 14:04, Jahanzeb jahanzebti...@yahoo.com wrote: I just came across this CD called The Rahman Experience (see links below for scans) and surprised to see instrumentals on CD-2 because I have all of these albums (I downloaded all his Tamil discography) but didn't see any of these instrumentals there and neither in their corresponding Hindi dubs (Saathiya, Dil Hi Dil Mein, Lakeer). I have big question: are these instrumental composed by ARR??? In fact a number of them do not sound so but again I am confused as CD says so and also because it lists musicians too. Please someone clarify. Thanks. http://img225.imageshack.us/i/xdrbollywoodbeyond00fro.jpg/ http://img233.imageshack.us/i/xdrbollywoodbeyond00bac.jpg/ http://img225.imageshack.us/i/xdrbollywoodbeyond00inl.jpg/ - Jahanzeb
Re: [arr] The Rahman Experience - Instrumentals CD. Please someone clarify!
Thanks a lot Gopal for quick response. Feeling much relieved now. - Jahanzeb --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gopal Srinivasan catchg...@... wrote: These instrumentals are not played by AR. They are from multiple instrumental albums from HMV that had classical instrumental musicians like Revathy Krishna playing songs from AR's movies. On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 14:04, Jahanzeb jahanzebti...@... wrote: I just came across this CD called The Rahman Experience (see links below for scans) and surprised to see instrumentals on CD-2 because I have all of these albums (I downloaded all his Tamil discography) but didn't see any of these instrumentals there and neither in their corresponding Hindi dubs (Saathiya, Dil Hi Dil Mein, Lakeer). I have big question: are these instrumental composed by ARR??? In fact a number of them do not sound so but again I am confused as CD says so and also because it lists musicians too. Please someone clarify. Thanks. http://img225.imageshack.us/i/xdrbollywoodbeyond00fro.jpg/ http://img233.imageshack.us/i/xdrbollywoodbeyond00bac.jpg/ http://img225.imageshack.us/i/xdrbollywoodbeyond00inl.jpg/ - Jahanzeb
[arr] ARR is not that keen for romantic songs?
http://tamil.galatta.com/entertainment/livewire/id/Harris_loves_the_duets,_says_Ravikumar_31462.html I found this comment by K.S. Ravikumar quite interesting that ARR is not keen to compose romantic songs (duets). as far as I see it is not that true but at the same time not too wrong either. the number of romantic duets songs is decreasing in his albums lately. recent examples are Delhi 6, Blue, Ghajini where there is barely one romantic duet or not at all. - Jahanzeb
[arr] Kuluvalile (MUTHU) melody in Malaysian Indian Song Chikedeez (ma carrotz)
Hi friend there is a latest release from a malaysian Indian Artist. The song have Kuluvalile song melody in it. It sound nice also... They could do this to make Rahman sir notice them. Good luck Guys Click the link to listen to their song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO0GvcmIDMs Kenny Rogers http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/profile.php?id=529326514ref=profile
[arr] Blue Grosses 19 Crore In Its First Weekend
19 crores over the weekend? That is really huge.. --- Blue Grosses 19 Crore In Its First Weekend Blue has easily won the Diwali opening battle by grossing around 19 crore nett over its first weekend. The Telugu version added a further 70 lakhs nett. After a strong start the film held steady in the bigger circuits like Mumbai, Delhi/UP and East Punjab on Diwali Saturday which is normally a dull day for business due to festivities. Even Southern circuits were fairly steady. However smaller circuits like CP Berar and CI did show big drops on Saturday. Sunday was super strong all over. The approx breakdowns for Blue over the weekend are 6.50 crore nett on Friday, 5 crore nett on Saturday and 7.50 crore nett on Sunday. The film will have a strong Monday but Tuesday will decide if the film can sustain. Blue could set a new record for Monday business by beating Wanted's total of 7.25 crore nett which was set last Month. The film could do anywhere between 6-8 crore on Monday giving it a 25-27 crore nett total for its extended four day weekend. http://boxofficeindia.com/npages.php?page=shownewsarticleid=1214nCat=news
[arr] soundtrack of provoked
guys i recently watched the film provoked. Nice movie. And the bgms done by our boss is just amazing. Guys i know iam very late, but i want to buy the original soundtrack of that movie. For that i googled, but nowhere i found where to buy the cd. Even amazon and ebay have none. Help me guys iam very excited about that soundtrack. I got some of the songs in provoked but they were of all low quality. From where could i get that soundtrack CD Try the new Yahoo! India Homepage. Click here. http://in.yahoo.com/trynew
[arr] AR Rahman honoured again for illustrious ‘J ai Ho’
AR Rahman honoured again for illustrious ‘Jai Ho’ Updated on Monday, October 19, 2009, 11:21 IST Belgium: ‘Mozart of Madras’, AR Rahman has added yet another feather on his cap. The composer has won the ‘Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film’ award for the song ‘Jai Ho’, at the prestigious ninth ‘World Soundtrack Awards’ held on Saturday. Oscar winner Rahman bagged the award for his much famous composition, penned by lyricist Gulzar and Tanvi Shah for film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’. Rahman had created history in early 2009 by becoming the first Indian to win two Oscar Awards in the ‘Best Original Score’ and ‘Best Original Song’ categories for ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ at the Academy Awards that were held in February in LA. The film had received 10 Oscar nominations, including 3 for Rahman. Amongst the other winners at the ninth ‘World Soundtrack Awards’, French Golden Globe winner Alexandre Desplat was a double honouree at the award ceremony as he was named ‘Film Composer of the Year’ and also picked up the prize for ‘Score of the Year’ for his much appreciated score ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.’ US composer Nico Muhly was named ‘Discovery of the Year’ for his music for ‘The Reader,’ and composer Christopher Slaski (‘La Verguenza,’ ‘Pulsiones’) won the Sabam Award for ‘Best Young European Composer’. Three-time Oscar-winning composer and songwriter Marvin Hamlisch received the ‘Lifetime Achievement’ award. Source : http://connect.in.com/ar-rahman/article-barb-brahmanb-honoured-again-for-illustrious-jai-ho-200-555318b4688cdfdca66d4197162a3a0c65153d4b. html From cricket scores to your friends. Try the Yahoo! India Homepage! http://in.yahoo.com/trynew
[arr] VTV Shooting In Newyork !!
[image: Simbu-Trisha-Naga in New York!]*Simbu-Trisha-Naga in New York!* Kaanchan [October 18, 2009, 7:40:11 PM] Diwali or no Diwali, our dear stars are busy at work! They don’t always have the luxury of taking time off to celebrate festivals at home! That said, the hard-working team we are talking about right now is that of *Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya*. Directed by Gautam Menon, starring Simbu and Trisha, it promises to be a refreshing romance. Since the movie is being made simultaneously in Telugu, Naga Chaithanya was also busy this Diwali. The entire *VTV* team are currently in the US. The first location for shooting is New York. In the two week long schedule, the team have a few other places to cover. Gautam hopes to release the movie later this year, in December maybe. With music by A.R. Rahman, and various portions of the movie shot at exotic locations abroad, the movie has everyone eager. Will Gautam manage a hit with A.R. Rahman, just as he has done in the past with Harris Jayaraj? Will Simbu, who is known for his mass image, manage to pull of the lover-boy look? http://tamil.galatta.com/entertainment/livewire/id/Simbu_Trisha_in_New_York_31465.html -- - Regards ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~
[arr] One more international award for Rahman
One more international award for RahmanOctober 18, 2009[image: A.R.Rahman] Just about three months short of a year after he was awarded the Oscar, A.R. Rahman has done India proud on the world stage once again. This time, it is by being chosen for the World Soundtrack Awards of 2009. Rahman won the award in the ‘Best Original Song Written for a Film’ category for the ‘Jai Ho’ song in Slumdog Millionaire. He was also nominated for the Best Original Film Score which was eventually won by two-time Oscar nominee Alexandre Desplat who also won the Film Composer of the Year award for his work in ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ starring Brad Pitt. The awards ceremony was held on Diwali day, October 17, the last day of the Ghent Film Festival, in the Belgian port town of Ghent. Three time Oscar winner Marvin Hamslich was honored with the Lifetime Achievement award at the function. Rahman couldn’t have given a better gift to all his fans of the festival of lights. All this, while the ‘Jai Ho’ concert is still fresh in our minds. We simply can’t wait for more. Congrats and thanks Rahman….. http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/oct-09-03/rahman-18-10-09.html - Regards ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~
[arr] I want to work with Rahman, sing Bollywood song says Juggy D
I want to work with Rahman, sing Bollywood song says Juggy D Tags: *New Delhi* http://www.samaylive.com/tag/New%20Delhi/ , *Juggy D*http://www.samaylive.com/tag/Juggy%20D/ , *A.R. Rahman* http://www.samaylive.com/tag/A.R.%20Rahman/ Buzz up!vote nowhttp://in.buzz.yahoo.com/buzz?targetUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.samaylive.com%2Fnews%2Fi-want-to-work-with-rahman-sing-bollywood-song-juggy-d%2F663132.html (Source: IANS) Published: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 at 16:31 IST Click Image to Enlarge http://www.samaylive.com/gallery/663132/25017.html New Delhi: London-based singer Juggy D, who composed hit numbers like Mere dil vich hai hum tum and Dil mera, is still struggling to find a foothold in Bollywood and says he hopes to collaborate with A.R. Rahman and Kailash Kher in the near future. It's been a while since I have sung in a Hindi film. I would love to do a Bollywood song. In fact, I am looking for offers, Juggy D told. In fact, it would be amazing if I get to collaborate with A.R. Rahman and Kailash Kher. I feel that they are amazing artistes and singing with them would be great, added the singer who has appeared on several crossover singles with some of the biggest stars such as Madonna, Ricky Martin, Mary J. Blige and Craig David. The Bhangra singer was in Mumbai to promote his new album Blindfolded for which he has collaborated with Mumbai-based DJ Projekt B. He has crooned a thumping club song with Punjabi lyrics called Ni soniye for it. It is my first collaboration with an Indian DJ. It's a beautiful track. When Projekt B offered me to sing the song, I instantly liked it, said Juggy. The album also has seven more Punjabi tracks and two Hindi remixes. Talking about his fascination for Indian music, he said: Indian music interested me since childhood. I was always soaked in that culture. Belonging to an Indian family did have its impact. I was the first musical person in my family. But now my nephews and nieces have got attracted to music as well. As far as his fluency in Punjabi is concerned, he credits his parents for that. Even though we were not living in India, I was taught proper Punjabi at home. We were not allowed to speak in any other language at home. That time I didn't like this strictness but now I am grateful to my parents for doing that, said Juggy. He is currently working on his solo album to be released next year. Apart from that he will be also collaborate with other artisites for singles. http://www.samaylive.com/news/i-want-to-work-with-rahman-sing-bollywood-song-juggy-d/663132.html - Regards ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~
[arr] Hi, All
salam all brothers and sisters i'm Ikhsan from indonesia,,nice to know on arrahman fan's :-)
Re: [arr] Blue Grosses 19 Crore In Its First Weekend
Superb Congrats Mr. Tony... God Bless you On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 4:32 PM, $ Pavan Kumar $ pawancum...@yahoo.comwrote: 19 crores over the weekend? That is really huge.. --- * * *Blue Grosses 19 Crore In Its First Weekend* * * * Blue has easily won the Diwali opening battle by grossing around 19 crore nett over its first weekend. The Telugu version added a further 70 lakhs nett. After a strong start the film held steady in the bigger circuits like Mumbai, Delhi/UP and East Punjab on Diwali Saturday which is normally a dull day for business due to festivities. Even Southern circuits were fairly steady. However smaller circuits like CP Berar and CI did show big drops on Saturday. Sunday was super strong all over. The approx breakdowns for Blue over the weekend are 6.50 crore nett on Friday, 5 crore nett on Saturday and 7.50 crore nett on Sunday. The film will have a strong Monday but Tuesday will decide if the film can sustain. Blue could set a new record for Monday business by beating Wanted's total of 7.25 crore nett which was set last Month. The film could do anywhere between 6-8 crore on Monday giving it a 25-27 crore nett total for its extended four day weekend. http://boxofficeindia.com/npages.php?page=shownewsarticleid=1214nCat=news * -- regards, Vithur
Re: [arr] A letter to Rahman Sir
I badly wanted Raju Hirani to approach ARR for 3 IDIOTS. --- On Mon, 19/10/09, deven_avin deven_a...@yahoo.com wrote: From: deven_avin deven_a...@yahoo.com Subject: [arr] A letter to Rahman Sir To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, 19 October, 2009, 6:54 AM Dear Rahman sir, I just watched BLUE. I was dissapointed with your association with this movie. BLUE's music good but still I cant find the soul I used to get from your earlier compositions. The movies you compose recently like sakkarkatti, yuvraj, etc all have fabulous music but it all went in vain. Sir, I think there is nobody else than MANIRATNAM use your composition well enough in this industry ...I really dont mind if you compose only for one movie per year, but it is soulful one which I can hear and satisfy for whole year. Sir, you already achieved everything, done all types of movies.Now its time for your soulful compositions which will be only can found from MANIRATNAM movies...MANIRATNAM was the one brought you to us. Sir, I'm a avid fan of you. I have grown up listening to your music. Your music are food, water and air for me. Sir, I have all your songs CD starting from Roja till Couples Retreat. Everytime before your CD releases I will go to those CD shops to make sure that I get to hold your CD on first day itself. Sir, those days I would cry listening to your soulful compositions like roja, bombay, zudeida. .but to a dissapointment now I'm crying because a composition like Chiggy Wiggy comes from you..Sir, I'm lost and still finding my dearest Rahman whose songs will be heard by everybody for a whole year like Rangeela .but now? People hear your music for few seconds then dump it. I'm sure after reading this letter some (Maybe all) Rahman fans angry with me. (To Rahman fans: Guys, I'm a diehard fan of Rahman just like you guys). I'm so sad to write this letter. Sir, if time really bothers you, please dont accept all the offers, instead accept one or two from those like Maniratnam and give us big shot.we all will be very happy. Dont feel obliged by those crap directors and strain yourself. we dont want your mind to be affected. Mind of a genius its very important and fragaile ..we have to take care of it carefully. From, Your fan who consider you as part of his life. Add whatever you love to the Yahoo! India homepage. Try now! http://in.yahoo.com/trynew
Re: [arr] IMDB soundtrack listing of CT
when can we have the cd in stores? HARDCORE RAHMANIAC TILL DA VERY END!!! --- On Thu, 15/10/09, pratap pratap_elen...@yahoo.com wrote: From: pratap pratap_elen...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [arr] IMDB soundtrack listing of CT To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, 15 October, 2009, 6:02 PM There are only listing the songs. Scores are not included as soundtrack in IMDB... http://indian- music-bgm. blogspot. com/ http://www.facebook .com/elensar5233 --- On Thu, 10/15/09, Gopal Anandan agop...@yahoo. com wrote: From: Gopal Anandan agop...@yahoo. com Subject: [arr] IMDB soundtrack listing of CT To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 1:50 AM http://www.imdb. com/title/ tt1078940/ soundtrack Why doesn't it list the other ARR soundtracks? Or are these the ones shown in the movie? -- NA NA Written by A.R. Rahman, BlaaZe, Vivian Chaix Performed by A.R. Rahman, Vivian Chaix, A R Ameen, Clinton and Dominic MODERN LOVE Written and Performed by David Bowie Courtesy of RZO Music ONE TWO THREE FOUR Written by Jack Alau, S. Kalama Performed by Maxwell Davis His Orchestra Courtesy of Cascade GmbH/Crownstar Records WATERFALLS Written by Patrick L. Brown, Marqueze Etheridge Lisa Lopes, Raymon Murray, Rico Wade JESSIE'S GIRL Written and Performed by Rick Springfield Courtesy of The RCA Records Label and The RCA/Jive Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE From the Movie Per Qualche Dollaro in Piu Written and Performed by Ennio Morricone Courtesy of EMI Music Publishing Italia SRL LONELY IS THE NIGHT Written and Performed by Billy Squier Courtesy of Capitol Records Under license from EMI Film Television Music RIGHT ROUND Written by Justin Franks, Peter Burns, Stephen Coy, Michael Percy, Timothy Lever, Lukasz Gottwald, Allan Grigg, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Tramar Dillard Performed by Flo Rida Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp. By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film TV Licensing STUCK ON YOU Written by Lionel Richie MISSISSIPPI CHA CHA SLIDE A/K/A STOMP Written by Marvin Berryman, Harry Casey, Richard Finch, Jerome Hewlett, Tommy Sullivan Performed by Mixx Master Lee and Red Rum Courtesy of Alpine Records A LOVER'S HOLIDAY Written by David Romani, Tanyayette Willoughby Performed by Change Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc. By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film TV Licensing CALABRIA 2008 (RADIO EDIT) Written by Rune Koelsch, Natasja Saad Performed by Enur feat. Natasja Courtesy of Ultra Records, Inc. LOVE'S THEME Written by Barry White Performed by The Love Unlimited Orchestra Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group Under license from Universal Music Enterprises ME LOVE Written by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Bonham, John Paul Jones Performed by Sean Kingston Courtesy of Beluga Heights, Epic Records and The Columbia / Epic Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing SAJNA Written by A.R. Rahman, BlaaZe Performed by A.R. Rahman, P.J. Morton Try the new Yahoo! India Homepage. Click here. Get your preferred Email name! Now you can @ymail.com and @rocketmail.com http://mail.promotions.yahoo.com/newdomains/sg/
Re: [arr] Such Bull!
Hi Gayatri sis, firstly, thanks for the elaborate, thoughtful reply. 1. I think, any true arr fan who had been liking ARR's dozens of masterpieces in two decades, and if he or she had liked yuvraj-zindagi, Ghajini-Kaise Mujhe, D6-all,etc. just in last 365 days, if, if, if such a true fan ends up liking Chiggy-Wiggy, then I would say that his/ her tastes have deteriorated. He should be prescribed listening to Bombay, Dil Se, Taal for a week to recover. :-) he he 2. If ichord, you and many other respected members agree that Chiggy-Wiggy was not a great song, then why isn't it a great opportunity wasted by ARR? The song got so much money spent on it by financiers, it got so much free publicity on account of that, for that matter - international publicity, entire world was waiting to listen to this song and get blown by its magic and you and ichord agree that it is not a great song. Why didn't ARR make it great when he has proven capability to make 800+ great songs. Why isn't it a significant noticeable omission by ARR? 3. Pappu was another fun number. I didn't like it much as such as my personal tastes are different. Still, Pappu was not lacking in any count. It was a complete song in itself. Even the question of Pappu being a great song or not never really arose in this list. 4. But, Chiggy Wiggy is lacking. Chiggy Wiggy is unimaginative as per ARR's own past history. It runs much more deeper on its cultural and philosophical impact. The unabashedness with which the loud Indian bhangra starts to defeat foreign melodies is not what ARR stands for. ARR is not for confrontation. ARR is for peace, harmony, unity, merging of cultures, mutual love and respect. How could ARR give a song that teaches confrontation, that mocks at foreign culture to show off that Indian culture is great and will defeat all the cultures of the rest of the world. By professing such a line of thought, ARR has countered everything he has so consistently and laboriously taught us in two decades. After this song, no one can believe ARR he speaks of peace and harmony. 5. You may find just a tiny comparison in Taal's Ishq Bina. If you kindly analyze it, you will find that Ishq Bina was also really having two different thought lines - the girl was vocal about love, quite open, sort of craving, and boy was shy and introvert. But, Ishq Bina didn't let one line of thought defeat the other line of thought. The boy simply, softly, politely states tumne ishq ka naam suna hai, hamne ishq kiya hai. That's all. That does it. Both expressed their view and both won. People loved it. I still remember some friends humming this sing line tumne ishq ka naam suna hai, hamne ishq kiya hai. as if it was the summary of entire Taal, reflected in their life. It has the essence of what love is. It taught people what love is. Ishq Bina reflected the entire personality of ARR. Pappu is really mocking up guys who can't dance, and even use the term Sala in an abusive vain, but it even then remained friendly leg pulling. No one felt offended by listening to Pappu. Even in this list, there were posts like xxx can't listen, sala, xxx can't write, sala and we all laughed. Chiggy Wiggy follows different line altogether. Chiggy Wiggy teaches colonization, Chiggy Wiggy teaches war, Chiggy Wiggy teaches slavery, Chiggy Wiggy presents girls as a spineless dumbo who are made for getting dominated by male tactics. Chiggy Wiggy undermines human dignity. Who should take the responsibility of making Chiggy Wiggy the way it goes? Thanks. -- Rawat On 10/19/2009 10:01 AM India Time, _Gayathri Chandrakasan_ wrote: I'm sorry but try as I might, I really can't understand the reasoning behind your animosity towards Chiggy Wiggy, Rawat. Yes, it's not a worldclass masterpiece...but then, who said it ever was? Like Ichord mentioned, it's a fun song. Some like it, many don't. Quote: We can't hide from the fact that other people might be looking at this group to get authentic feedback on the goodness of his songs, and all those got misguided by this group's endless advertising Chiggy Wiggy and entire bullu. I really don't see how people can be misguided by a group's review on an album. To start with, this is ARR's fan group. If anything, there is bound to be more positive reviews as compared to negative ones on ARR's albums from the members. If someone wanted an unbiased/objective review of ARR's album, well, there are many websites offering such reviews. The fan group is definitely the last place such person would go to. So I really don't see how your point of misguiding the public with endless advertising of Chiggy Wiggy and entire blue holds water here. And please don't akin the reviews to Gopal A's lovely pranks. No one can tell a person to write good or bad reviews on an album. An bear in mind that while reviews are basically a person's feelings on a particular album, fake track list are not.
[arr] Wasn't Slumdog Millionare one of the best of ARR.....?
Hi all Yesterday i heard all tracks from SDM again and again... Now i feel that wasn't SDM ARR's one of the best..? Why people says that SDM was not ARR's best so far...? ok. Then can anyone tell that which is ARR's best so far..? They will be in a confusion... In my opinion Roja, Bombay, Jeans, Kadhalan , Taal, Legaan, Guru , Delhi 6 ..etc was one among the best from ARR i think SDM had the standard of above mentioned albums... -- Regards W/P SHJ
Re: [arr] Isnt this a Unbreakable Record by ARR
Oh! C'mon guys...what kind of pressure u guys give to our man! This is the primary difference between other film industries and ours. We put unnecessary pressure on a music composer. There are so many primary reasons for a film to top the charts...Already a lot of critical feedback has gone to him and so pls allow his space. For a person of his calibre, he is the better judge but still he accepts feedback from fans and responds back. Sincerely, for a film to succeed, script and screenplay is the key. Blue is a senseless movie so don't expect the music to help much. And for whatever reasons it tops the chart, don't attribute it solely to the music. On 10/19/09, A.R.Rajib a.r.ra...@gmail.com wrote: Right now World's Top 2 Film industry's ( Hollywood's Bollywood's ) Top grossing film's ( Blue Couples Retreat ) Music is done by One Human being I really dont feel insecure saying that This is just *unbreakable* atleast for the next century Only if ARR dont break this by doing Music in 3-4 Major Film Industries In Planet Earth What do u think ?? -- Cheers, Madhavan.R Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate!
Re: [arr] Such Bull!
Good Luck Gayatri. Rawat never gives up his opinion, while he wants influence others opinion. On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 8:46 AM, V S Rawat vsra...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Gayatri sis, firstly, thanks for the elaborate, thoughtful reply. 1. I think, any true arr fan who had been liking ARR's dozens of masterpieces in two decades, and if he or she had liked yuvraj-zindagi, Ghajini-Kaise Mujhe, D6-all,etc. just in last 365 days, if, if, if such a true fan ends up liking Chiggy-Wiggy, then I would say that his/ her tastes have deteriorated. He should be prescribed listening to Bombay, Dil Se, Taal for a week to recover. :-) he he 2. If ichord, you and many other respected members agree that Chiggy-Wiggy was not a great song, then why isn't it a great opportunity wasted by ARR? The song got so much money spent on it by financiers, it got so much free publicity on account of that, for that matter - international publicity, entire world was waiting to listen to this song and get blown by its magic and you and ichord agree that it is not a great song. Why didn't ARR make it great when he has proven capability to make 800+ great songs. Why isn't it a significant noticeable omission by ARR? 3. Pappu was another fun number. I didn't like it much as such as my personal tastes are different. Still, Pappu was not lacking in any count. It was a complete song in itself. Even the question of Pappu being a great song or not never really arose in this list. 4. But, Chiggy Wiggy is lacking. Chiggy Wiggy is unimaginative as per ARR's own past history. It runs much more deeper on its cultural and philosophical impact. The unabashedness with which the loud Indian bhangra starts to defeat foreign melodies is not what ARR stands for. ARR is not for confrontation. ARR is for peace, harmony, unity, merging of cultures, mutual love and respect. How could ARR give a song that teaches confrontation, that mocks at foreign culture to show off that Indian culture is great and will defeat all the cultures of the rest of the world. By professing such a line of thought, ARR has countered everything he has so consistently and laboriously taught us in two decades. After this song, no one can believe ARR he speaks of peace and harmony. 5. You may find just a tiny comparison in Taal's Ishq Bina. If you kindly analyze it, you will find that Ishq Bina was also really having two different thought lines - the girl was vocal about love, quite open, sort of craving, and boy was shy and introvert. But, Ishq Bina didn't let one line of thought defeat the other line of thought. The boy simply, softly, politely states tumne ishq ka naam suna hai, hamne ishq kiya hai. That's all. That does it. Both expressed their view and both won. People loved it. I still remember some friends humming this sing line tumne ishq ka naam suna hai, hamne ishq kiya hai. as if it was the summary of entire Taal, reflected in their life. It has the essence of what love is. It taught people what love is. Ishq Bina reflected the entire personality of ARR. Pappu is really mocking up guys who can't dance, and even use the term Sala in an abusive vain, but it even then remained friendly leg pulling. No one felt offended by listening to Pappu. Even in this list, there were posts like xxx can't listen, sala, xxx can't write, sala and we all laughed. Chiggy Wiggy follows different line altogether. Chiggy Wiggy teaches colonization, Chiggy Wiggy teaches war, Chiggy Wiggy teaches slavery, Chiggy Wiggy presents girls as a spineless dumbo who are made for getting dominated by male tactics. Chiggy Wiggy undermines human dignity. Who should take the responsibility of making Chiggy Wiggy the way it goes? Thanks. -- Rawat On 10/19/2009 10:01 AM India Time, _Gayathri Chandrakasan_ wrote: I'm sorry but try as I might, I really can't understand the reasoning behind your animosity towards Chiggy Wiggy, Rawat. Yes, it's not a worldclass masterpiece...but then, who said it ever was? Like Ichord mentioned, it's a fun song. Some like it, many don't. Quote: We can't hide from the fact that other people might be looking at this group to get authentic feedback on the goodness of his songs, and all those got misguided by this group's endless advertising Chiggy Wiggy and entire bullu. I really don't see how people can be misguided by a group's review on an album. To start with, this is ARR's fan group. If anything, there is bound to be more positive reviews as compared to negative ones on ARR's albums from the members. If someone wanted an unbiased/objective review of ARR's album, well, there are many websites offering such reviews. The fan group is definitely the last place such person would go to. So I really don't see how your point of misguiding the public with endless advertising of Chiggy Wiggy and entire blue holds water here. And please don't akin the reviews to Gopal A's lovely pranks. No one
Re: [arr] Such Bull!
Rawatji, If you are referring to the lyrics, then I am not sure how much of an influence ARR would have on it. Also the song conceptualization is a director's job and the MDs job is to deliver to that concept. So if in Taal, SG wanted it one way , or AT wanted it in a particular way in JTYJN or ADS wanted in a confrontationalist style for Blue, ARR has delivered to that concept. I think we should stop reading too much into these kind of situations . ARR knows best about what he has to do. It is upto us to either listen to his work if we like it or not , if it is not upto the mark according to us. No batsman can hit a century or make an impact with each and every innings. The Excellent to Average ratio of ARR's songs leans quite favorably towards excellent. Lets enjoy what we think are gems and ignore what we don't like. Warm Regards ~~~ Vinayak http://www.flickr.com/photos/rightplacerighttime/ On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:16 PM, V S Rawat vsra...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Gayatri sis, firstly, thanks for the elaborate, thoughtful reply. 1. I think, any true arr fan who had been liking ARR's dozens of masterpieces in two decades, and if he or she had liked yuvraj-zindagi, Ghajini-Kaise Mujhe, D6-all,etc. just in last 365 days, if, if, if such a true fan ends up liking Chiggy-Wiggy, then I would say that his/ her tastes have deteriorated. He should be prescribed listening to Bombay, Dil Se, Taal for a week to recover. :-) he he 2. If ichord, you and many other respected members agree that Chiggy-Wiggy was not a great song, then why isn't it a great opportunity wasted by ARR? The song got so much money spent on it by financiers, it got so much free publicity on account of that, for that matter - international publicity, entire world was waiting to listen to this song and get blown by its magic and you and ichord agree that it is not a great song. Why didn't ARR make it great when he has proven capability to make 800+ great songs. Why isn't it a significant noticeable omission by ARR? 3. Pappu was another fun number. I didn't like it much as such as my personal tastes are different. Still, Pappu was not lacking in any count. It was a complete song in itself. Even the question of Pappu being a great song or not never really arose in this list. 4. But, Chiggy Wiggy is lacking. Chiggy Wiggy is unimaginative as per ARR's own past history. It runs much more deeper on its cultural and philosophical impact. The unabashedness with which the loud Indian bhangra starts to defeat foreign melodies is not what ARR stands for. ARR is not for confrontation. ARR is for peace, harmony, unity, merging of cultures, mutual love and respect. How could ARR give a song that teaches confrontation, that mocks at foreign culture to show off that Indian culture is great and will defeat all the cultures of the rest of the world. By professing such a line of thought, ARR has countered everything he has so consistently and laboriously taught us in two decades. After this song, no one can believe ARR he speaks of peace and harmony. 5. You may find just a tiny comparison in Taal's Ishq Bina. If you kindly analyze it, you will find that Ishq Bina was also really having two different thought lines - the girl was vocal about love, quite open, sort of craving, and boy was shy and introvert. But, Ishq Bina didn't let one line of thought defeat the other line of thought. The boy simply, softly, politely states tumne ishq ka naam suna hai, hamne ishq kiya hai. That's all. That does it. Both expressed their view and both won. People loved it. I still remember some friends humming this sing line tumne ishq ka naam suna hai, hamne ishq kiya hai. as if it was the summary of entire Taal, reflected in their life. It has the essence of what love is. It taught people what love is. Ishq Bina reflected the entire personality of ARR. Pappu is really mocking up guys who can't dance, and even use the term Sala in an abusive vain, but it even then remained friendly leg pulling. No one felt offended by listening to Pappu. Even in this list, there were posts like xxx can't listen, sala, xxx can't write, sala and we all laughed. Chiggy Wiggy follows different line altogether. Chiggy Wiggy teaches colonization, Chiggy Wiggy teaches war, Chiggy Wiggy teaches slavery, Chiggy Wiggy presents girls as a spineless dumbo who are made for getting dominated by male tactics. Chiggy Wiggy undermines human dignity. Who should take the responsibility of making Chiggy Wiggy the way it goes? Thanks. -- Rawat On 10/19/2009 10:01 AM India Time, _Gayathri Chandrakasan_ wrote: I'm sorry but try as I might, I really can't understand the reasoning behind your animosity towards Chiggy Wiggy, Rawat. Yes, it's not a worldclass masterpiece...but then, who said it ever was? Like Ichord mentioned, it's a fun song. Some like it, many don't. Quote: We can't hide from the fact that other people
[arr] Let him be
Hello Friends One of the joys of following ARR's music over the past 2 decades has been the fact that he delivers the unexpected. The unexpected might be pleasant or unpleasant. However the change or surprise element is much better than delivering to the same old formula. Let's not read too much into Blue's failure as a movie or ARR working / not working with certain directors. Let's keep faith in his judgement and keep enjoying his output. Warm Regards ~~~ Vinayak http://www.flickr.com/photos/rightplacerighttime/
[arr] Fake track list on Google search results - the larger issue
Interesting issue - Bing does not give the same results, though yahoo does. Can we just be serious on this forum and not have fun? Or should we not allow post of this nature because one search engine with too much market share lists the post as top result? Are we moving towards a editorial standard for this group? And we are not an Official fan club. I would rather prefer this being a self controlled group and eventually making www.arrahman.com the most definitive source of information and ours being a complementary forum to discuss and not disseminate information. My personal views. On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 5:27 AM, Pradeepan R pradeepanisonl...@gmail.comwrote: I agree completely... Why do ppl want to entertain make fun in a Group created for talking about ARR's music (opinions + facts). At the very Least, please put in the subject as Fake track list. My first reaction on seeing that email was vow...here is some info. then as I read the mail , I realise its a piece of junk aimed at grabbing attention first and fun later. Is this a Tabloid ? NO. On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Aravind AM aravind...@yahoo.com wrote: @Rawat: Your point that the credibility of the group is at stake, is absolutely valid. @ Group: I think this logic should be extended to the fake track lists as well. We should all understand that the group's posts show up on google search results... Just Google for Raavan Tracklist, and you'll see that the first 4 results take you to the fake track list by Gopal Anandan, posted in this group! People like us, who are regular in the group know and understand. But imagine any other movie buff doing a search and landing up on this fake track list... It would lead to rumours being spread, with the source of the rumour being our group! Do we want this to happen? I appreciate one odd fun post, but not at the sake of the group's credibility. We've been getting exclusive updates and news about ARR in this group, but such posts reduce the credibility. I really enjoyed the post, but as already been pointed out, not everyone got the joke. So, I request Gopal Anandan to mention in his post if it's a fun post. Aravind -- Rahmania show interviews: http://rahmania.4shared.com -- --- On *Sun, 18/10/09, V S Rawat vsra...@gmail.com* wrote: From: V S Rawat vsra...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [arr] Such Bull! To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, 18 October, 2009, 11:16 AM On 10/18/2009 4:51 AM India Time, _Jahanzeb_ wrote: exactly. this is what i have been saying all the time, that Chiggy Wiggy is a huge failure of ARR. and yes though people didn't agree that it is a failure but i don't remember anyone calling it a worldclass masterpiece either. - Jahanzeb Yup. I think it also puts on a question mark on the credibility of this group itself that several members acted like mouthpieces and kept on praising the song endlessly and even criticized those who were criticizing the song since day one. Some are like going that way. Now, such members would say that liking or not liking a song is a personal matter and they still like it. Well, it is, still there is a thing called objectivity. When we agree that this group is considered a place to get authentic information on ARR, and some members can't even tolerate a lovely prank played by Gopal Anandan for that exact point, then we can't hide from the fact that other people might be looking at this group to get authentic feedback on the goodness of his songs, and all those got misguided by this group's endless advertising Chiggy Wiggy and entire bullu. The reason might be: We fans might like anything given by our man because we love our man. It is normal human psychology. We might have convinced ourselves that we are liking Chiggy Wiggy or blue on some strengths it has while ignoring some down points it is having. I hope members will learn from this and will try to be more objective in giving their future reviews/ feedbacks on future releases of ARR. Remember, wrong feebacks in this group must be presenting a wrong picture about a song/ album to ARR himself if he is accessing the group. ARR needs truth. Underved praising will harm ARR. Let's not only utter Satyamev Jayate, but also practice it. --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. comhttp://mc/compose?to=arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com, kishore parayath kishore.parayath@ ... wrote: This is the FIRST TIME that some OFFICIAL reviewer is calling an ARR track as SECOND RATE or cheap! Yup, it makes me sad. So, we must ADMIT facts! Chiggy Wiggy was certainly a MISTAKE from our BOSS's part, who is reverred in Bollywood and accross India for having created Superhuman Divine Musical wonders! Yes, we must admit that. And I really wonder why ARR remained so uncharacteristicall y unimaginative in this particular song. To put things in proper
[arr] Re: A letter to Rahman Sir
very well put. add my name too to the bottom of this letter. though i would differ a little that he should only do MR films. in that case we would only hear his album once in 2-3 years. i would instead like to see him doing -some small but carefully selected films such as Gulaal, Wake-up Sid, Aamir etc. -Mahesh Bhatt's films which always have good music, recent example Tum Mile. -big banners that always give huge hits like Yash Chopra, Karan Johar, Farah Khan. even though i hate these film makers but at least their films are huge hits. -Farhan Akhtar, Sanjay Leela Bhansali films - Jahanzeb --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, deven_avin deven_a...@... wrote: Dear Rahman sir, I just watched BLUE. I was dissapointed with your association with this movie. BLUE's music good but still I cant find the soul I used to get from your earlier compositions. The movies you compose recently like sakkarkatti, yuvraj, etc all have fabulous music but it all went in vain. Sir, I think there is nobody else than MANIRATNAM use your composition well enough in this industry...I really dont mind if you compose only for one movie per year, but it is soulful one which I can hear and satisfy for whole year. Sir, you already achieved everything, done all types of movies.Now its time for your soulful compositions which will be only can found from MANIRATNAM movies...MANIRATNAM was the one brought you to us. Sir, I'm a avid fan of you. I have grown up listening to your music. Your music are food, water and air for me. Sir, I have all your songs CD starting from Roja till Couples Retreat. Everytime before your CD releases I will go to those CD shops to make sure that I get to hold your CD on first day itself. Sir, those days I would cry listening to your soulful compositions like roja, bombay, zudeida..but to a dissapointment now I'm crying because a composition like Chiggy Wiggy comes from you..Sir, I'm lost and still finding my dearest Rahman whose songs will be heard by everybody for a whole year like Rangeela.but now? People hear your music for few seconds then dump it. I'm sure after reading this letter some (Maybe all) Rahman fans angry with me. (To Rahman fans: Guys, I'm a diehard fan of Rahman just like you guys). I'm so sad to write this letter. Sir, if time really bothers you, please dont accept all the offers, instead accept one or two from those like Maniratnam and give us big shot.we all will be very happy. Dont feel obliged by those crap directors and strain yourself. we dont want your mind to be affected. Mind of a genius its very important and fragaile..we have to take care of it carefully. From, Your fan who consider you as part of his life.
Re: [arr] Isnt this a Unbreakable Record by ARR
Maybe they wont consider thes score for OSCAR due to the negative reception by CRITICS! But IRONICALLY, it isbreaking all of VINCE VAUGHN's records!! Also, it is the No.1 Grossing HOLLYWOOD movie now!! Grand!! ARR is a household name in the U.S.
Re: [arr] ARR is not that keen for romantic songs?
To an extent it is true. Coz, I remember once when ARR mentioned Its all about experimenting and composing FRESH things in every new score. I dont want to stick to the formula, and it would be really boring for a composer to do the same thing in every film, composing the Hero-Heroine Duets over and over again. [Which HARRIS has been doing all these 8 years, eversince he started his career ]. But, its NOT right if u say ARR was NEVER keen!! Coz, the BEST romantic duet sequences we have EVER heard are from ARR's OWN 'JEANS'. Now its been a long time since we saw such romantic duets in ARR films. I expect 'JEANS-like' experiments in Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya...
Re: [arr] Blue Grosses 19 Crore In Its First Weekend
Very much happy to hear. It may break more records ameen! From: $ Pavan Kumar $ pawancum...@yahoo.com To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, October 19, 2009 3:02:28 PM Subject: [arr] Blue Grosses 19 Crore In Its First Weekend 19 crores over the weekend? That is really huge.. --- Blue Grosses 19 Crore In Its First Weekend Blue has easily won the Diwali opening battle by grossing around 19 crore nett over its first weekend. The Telugu version added a further 70 lakhs nett. After a strong start the film held steady in the bigger circuits like Mumbai, Delhi/UP and East Punjab on Diwali Saturday which is normally a dull day for business due to festivities. Even Southern circuits were fairly steady. However smaller circuits like CP Berar and CI did show big drops on Saturday. Sunday was super strong all over. The approx breakdowns for Blue over the weekend are 6.50 crore nett on Friday, 5 crore nett on Saturday and 7.50 crore nett on Sunday. The film will have a strong Monday but Tuesday will decide if the film can sustain. Blue could set a new record for Monday business by beating Wanted's total of 7.25 crore nett which was set last Month. The film could do anywhere between 6-8 crore on Monday giving it a 25-27 crore nett total for its extended four day weekend. http://boxofficeind ia.com/npages. php?page= shownewsarticleid=1214nCat=news
Re: [arr] ARR is not that keen for romantic songs?
@kishore, Jeans like songs ,i think that wish is too much.. What i feel is, it will be having some romantic only but hip hop styled songs..like Tu hi mere dost/Rehna tu kind of sound.. --- On Mon, 19/10/09, kishore parayath kishore.paray...@gmail.com wrote: From: kishore parayath kishore.paray...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [arr] ARR is not that keen for romantic songs? To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, 19 October, 2009, 7:28 PM To an extent it is true. Coz, I remember once when ARR mentioned Its all about experimenting and composing FRESH things in every new score. I dont want to stick to the formula, and it would be really boring for a composer to do the same thing in every film, composing the Hero-Heroine Duets over and over again. [Which HARRIS has been doing all these 8 years, eversince he started his career ]. But, its NOT right if u say ARR was NEVER keen!! Coz, the BEST romantic duet sequences we have EVER heard are from ARR's OWN 'JEANS'. Now its been a long time since we saw such romantic duets in ARR films. I expect 'JEANS-like' experiments in Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya... Yahoo! India has a new look. Take a sneak peek http://in.yahoo.com/trynew
[arr] ARR's Interview on Zoom TV
It was telecasting 40Mins ago ... Missed atleast 75% of it ( i Think ) [?] anyone recorded the full part of it ?? Please Upload it on Youtube :-( I recorded i bit of it ...but it's not even 15% of the main interview ... ARR was looking cool ,with a new hairstyle he was talking abt many things ... Like Working on Ghajini/amir He said i would say amir is one person i've worked little closer ,either than mostly my interactions r mainly withe the directors He didnt know amir can spend whole night playing chess ( interviewer did let him know that ) They talked abt jai ho Abt his Recording studio in LA .. he said he just hired a small place , for the time being He said ...he dont wanna b on Maddame tusso ( what's the spelling of it :s ) And many more *well , Herz a good news There will b a re-telecast On **Sat, Oct 24, 3:00PM * * * *I think the video will b uploaded Here soon http://tv.burrp.com/show/a-r-rehman/8774/721746/125596260 Or http://www.zoOmtv.in/ Or http://www.zoomtv.in/ * Anyone to notice this video been uploaded Requested to let me know at first ... And one more thing ...*Why the hell we dont get any info on these things ??? Cant any officials help us on this ?? we just wanna know the time channel in which we can see a glimpse of him ... cant it b Done ?? **[?] Gopal , Vijay bro ... R u Listening ?? [?]* -- - Regards ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~ 33A.gif
[arr] Puli will be a sensation: SJ Surya
http://sify.com/movies/telugu/fullstory.php?id=14915645 The film Puli starring Pawan Kalyan in the direction of SJ Surya is under brisk shooting schedule. Made on Kanakaratna Movies banner and produced by Singanamala Ramesh Babu, the film has completed its talkie portion as it gets ready for release. Director SJ Surya said that the audience would see the power of a tiger in the characterization of Pawan Kalyan in the film titled as Puli. “I have full confidence that the film will create a big sensation in the film industry and would cross all the expectations of the audiences of all sections.” Nikisha Patel is heroine for Pawan Kalyan. The star cast included Manoj Bajpai, Charanraj, Nazar, Jyothikrishna, Ali, Kovai Sarala, Girish Karnad and others. AR Rahman is the music director; cinematography is by Binodh Pradhan, while Surya renders story, screenplay, dialogues and direction.
Re: [arr] Re: A letter to Rahman Sir
Yashraj didn't have a single major hit last year. Whether a movie is good or bad is purely on hindsight. The actors and other technicians come on board purely on the basis of their gut feeling of the story and how it is going to turn out. So there is definitely an element of luck in the whole process. Sholay, one of the biggest grossers of Indian cinema, ran to empty shows for the first 2-3 weeks. Ramesh Sippy was so confident of his product that he funded its presence in the theatres for that time. Later on it picked up on the basis of word to mouth publicity and ran for 5 whole years. Lamhe, Lakshya, Swades , these were some very good films which didn't run. Lagaan was considered to be a very big risk. The length , the dialect and the story were supposed to be very big no - nos. However it clicked. If anyone knew what would click beforehand, they would make millions. Sadly that's not possible. So there will be the occasional hit and the more frequent flop. Let's sit back and enjoy the vagaries of life rather than hanker for the impossible - an sixer of every ball. Warm Regards ~~~ Vinayak http://www.flickr.com/photos/rightplacerighttime/ On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 6:58 PM, Jahanzeb jahanzebti...@yahoo.com wrote: very well put. add my name too to the bottom of this letter. though i would differ a little that he should only do MR films. in that case we would only hear his album once in 2-3 years. i would instead like to see him doing -some small but carefully selected films such as Gulaal, Wake-up Sid, Aamir etc. -Mahesh Bhatt's films which always have good music, recent example Tum Mile. -big banners that always give huge hits like Yash Chopra, Karan Johar, Farah Khan. even though i hate these film makers but at least their films are huge hits. -Farhan Akhtar, Sanjay Leela Bhansali films - Jahanzeb --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com, deven_avin deven_a...@... wrote: Dear Rahman sir, I just watched BLUE. I was dissapointed with your association with this movie. BLUE's music good but still I cant find the soul I used to get from your earlier compositions. The movies you compose recently like sakkarkatti, yuvraj, etc all have fabulous music but it all went in vain. Sir, I think there is nobody else than MANIRATNAM use your composition well enough in this industry...I really dont mind if you compose only for one movie per year, but it is soulful one which I can hear and satisfy for whole year. Sir, you already achieved everything, done all types of movies.Now its time for your soulful compositions which will be only can found from MANIRATNAM movies...MANIRATNAM was the one brought you to us. Sir, I'm a avid fan of you. I have grown up listening to your music. Your music are food, water and air for me. Sir, I have all your songs CD starting from Roja till Couples Retreat. Everytime before your CD releases I will go to those CD shops to make sure that I get to hold your CD on first day itself. Sir, those days I would cry listening to your soulful compositions like roja, bombay, zudeida..but to a dissapointment now I'm crying because a composition like Chiggy Wiggy comes from you..Sir, I'm lost and still finding my dearest Rahman whose songs will be heard by everybody for a whole year like Rangeela.but now? People hear your music for few seconds then dump it. I'm sure after reading this letter some (Maybe all) Rahman fans angry with me. (To Rahman fans: Guys, I'm a diehard fan of Rahman just like you guys). I'm so sad to write this letter. Sir, if time really bothers you, please dont accept all the offers, instead accept one or two from those like Maniratnam and give us big shot.we all will be very happy. Dont feel obliged by those crap directors and strain yourself. we dont want your mind to be affected. Mind of a genius its very important and fragaile..we have to take care of it carefully. From, Your fan who consider you as part of his life.
Re: [arr] Let him be
Well said! I truly agree with you. On 10/19/09, Vinayakam Murugan mvinaya...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Friends One of the joys of following ARR's music over the past 2 decades has been the fact that he delivers the unexpected. The unexpected might be pleasant or unpleasant. However the change or surprise element is much better than delivering to the same old formula. Let's not read too much into Blue's failure as a movie or ARR working / not working with certain directors. Let's keep faith in his judgement and keep enjoying his output. Warm Regards ~~~ Vinayak http://www.flickr.com/photos/rightplacerighttime/ -- Cheers, Madhavan.R Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate!
Re: [arr] ARR's Interview on Zoom TV
Hey Rajib,I understand your eagerness to see ARR, but you also need to realise that everyone here including Gopal Vijay have their own things to take care. You need to appreciate them for moderating this group religiously apart from their personal work which is keeping this group alive kicking!..It needs lot of patience :-)RgdsSatishFrom: A.R.Rajib a.r.ra...@gmail.comTo: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.comSent: Mon, 19 October, 2009 9:25:41 PMSubject: [arr] ARR's Interview on Zoom TV It was telecasting 40Mins ago ... Missed atleast 75% of it ( i Think ) anyone recorded the full part of it ?? Please Upload it on Youtube :-( I recorded i bit of it ...but it's not even 15% of the main interview ... ARR was looking cool ,with a new hairstylehe was talking abt many things ... Like Working on Ghajini/amir He said " i would say amir is one person i've worked little closer ,either than mostly my interactions r mainly withe the directors"He didnt know amir can spend whole night playing chess ( interviewer did let him know that ) They talked abt jai hoAbt his Recording studio in LA .. he said he just hired a small place , for the time beingHe said ...he dont wanna b on Maddame tusso ( what's the spelling of it :s ) And many more well , Herz a good news There will b a re-telecast OnSat, Oct 24,3:00PM I think the video will b uploaded Here soonhttp://tv.burrp. com/show/ a-r-rehman/ 8774/721746/ 125596260Orhttp://www.zoOmtv. in/Or http://www.zoomtv. in/ Anyone to notice this video been uploaded Requested to let me know at first ...And one more thing ...Why the hell we dont get any info on these things ??? Cant any officials help us on this ?? we just wanna know the time channel in which we can see a glimpse of him ... cant it b Done ??Gopal , Vijay bro ... R u Listening ?? -- - Regards~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~ Add whatever you love to the Yahoo! India homepage. Try now!
[arr] Re: ARR is not that keen for romantic songs?
There had been very beautiful romantic duets later to Jeans as well. Tu bin bataye is the most fav duet there's no dancing and acting funnily in that song. Kismat se tum from Pukaar is executed very beautifully. Why would somebody forget Tere bina from Guru, baadal from Yuva, Azhage Sugama (Parthale Paravasam), Ishq bina, Taal se taal mila from Taal, 2 songs from TLOBS, O re chori (Lagaan)...list would go on. They all came later to Jeans and each song has its own experience which only takes an openness to listen and enjoy than being prejudice. I can talk hours about this song to prove they are no short of Jeans. Jeans had only 2 romantic duets among them I like Ajooba (Jeans) very much for the scintillating flute in the interlude and the manipulated flute sounds followed by amazing lyrics. But I dont like haira haira so much. Of course there are excellent duets and AR is a master in it, pudu vellai mazhai (Yeh haseen vaadiya), Tu hi re were the duets which AR did which make ppl feel his genius. I am surprised to know AR being not keen and still composes wonderful duets. my interpretation of AR not being keen with duets is that he doesnt like the typical formula of how a duet is done and the directors feel AR isn't compliant. May be that AR doesn't wish to see his duet shot like the lead characters dancing like puppets in foreign locations, that's how is majority of duets are been shot by the directors these days (earlier too). I remember reading some director had even mentioned AR is very romantic person by heart!! I guess its KSR himself not sure though. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, jemsheed jemshee...@... wrote: @kishore, Jeans like songs ,i think that wish is too much.. What i feel is, it will be having some romantic only but hip hop styled songs..like Tu hi mere dost/Rehna tu kind of sound.. --- On Mon, 19/10/09, kishore parayath kishore.paray...@... wrote: From: kishore parayath kishore.paray...@... Subject: Re: [arr] ARR is not that keen for romantic songs? To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, 19 October, 2009, 7:28 PM To an extent it is true. Coz, I remember once when ARR mentioned Its all about experimenting and composing FRESH things in every new score. I dont want to stick to the formula, and it would be really boring for a composer to do the same thing in every film, composing the Hero-Heroine Duets over and over again. [Which HARRIS has been doing all these 8 years, eversince he started his career ]. But, its NOT right if u say ARR was NEVER keen!! Coz, the BEST romantic duet sequences we have EVER heard are from ARR's OWN 'JEANS'. Now its been a long time since we saw such romantic duets in ARR films. I expect 'JEANS-like' experiments in Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya... Yahoo! India has a new look. Take a sneak peek http://in.yahoo.com/trynew
RE: [arr] Re: Blue film
I totaly agree dude. ARR, we can say is one of the best versatile composers in the world. From: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com [mailto:arrahmanf...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ichord Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 8:49 AM To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Subject: [arr] Re: Blue film Excellent point Praka about how ARR is so versatile, able to score music for film like JA on one hand and Blue on the other. Nobody other than ARR can do that. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com mailto:arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com , praka_here praka_h...@... wrote: Hi friends This is my opinion...i saw blue film today and found it an average film...but even then some scenes were exciting...The underwater scnes are shot VERY well ...regarding music .. i am happy that rahman sir has done this film's music..We fans can tell proudly that our boss can do these kind of music also!!! Those bgm of the bike chasing scenes..they are Excellent...It is like two extremes..songs and BGMs of jodha akbar on one end and at the other it is blue...a classic and the other an action film!!! it shows his variety and the difference he can bring..!! After watching the film one song is haunting me..it is 'Bhoola Tujhe'..the song is perfect for the situation!!! *** IMPORTANT ! *** The content of this email was found to contain potentially hostile or malicious content. For your protection, eSafe's Content Security Server has modified this email and removed the dangerous content. ** \HTML Active Content: Found invalid IMG Tag, Found Web-beacon, Object Removed: 1 'img'
[arr] Re: ARR is very weak in selecting projects! What u think? - Not at all!
Hello friends, I am happy that the folks here are open to others views, and liked my opinion. I will keep posting, and ofcourse, try to be a regular member. This is indeed a huge ARR sir forum. Regards, Mani. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, ichord purev...@... wrote: Please keep posting, Mani! I liked what you said and agree 100%! --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Din, D, Nesh dinesh.theboss@ wrote: the best answer ! loved it... :) --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, mani_tec mani_tec@ wrote: No pain no gain! No risk, no innovation! If you attempt to explore where nobody goes, there is a huge chance of failure. But, at the same time, there is a small chance for innovation/new-trends. Path breaking artists will always seek that, and ARR sir is one of them. A small example; When you have two options in hand (Whats your Rashee, SDM), it sounds logical to stick to a working formula. But ARR sir chose SDM!! Now it seems a genius decision, but acknowledge the fact that he chose to explore something new. Being a true artist that ARR sir is, he seeks new boundaries. Sure, there will be failure, but equally you are giving yourself a chance for innovation. I am very silent member of this group. ARR sir is one of my big inspirations. It is a nice topic, and so I wanted to voice my opinion. Mani --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, myown_niche myown_niche@ wrote: IF ARR was weak in understanding a subject, how is he creating such wonderful tracks for these duds? Let me try to tell something. Music for a movie is done before the movie shooting is even started. And unlike anyone who asks for the final script to finalize his association with the project, I think ARR won't do all these, as he has many things to do rather than just investing too much time on only one film. So when he sees something interesting in the thread of the film, he does it. When it is about an underwater subject, he just agreed to do it. He, as a person has that liberty to do it; or that's what I think of it. Then these directors, script writers etc. just start with a half or not even written script and make mess of everything. Some directors even can't understand the magnitude of the music that ARR gives them. So that's it. And after all, ARR makes music for himself, Mani Ratnam makes movies for himself; that's why they create extraordinary stuff!! If they do something for the masses or others, those will surely be flops and duds. These are just personal opinions, as a movie result doesn't affect me from enjoying ARR's music. Happy Diwali! Enjoy ARR's music! --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Anil Nair rhythmcalls@ wrote: Well actually ...I think this is a good subject or lets say an offshoot of this would be a more interesting one. A good one for a debate. Why is that AR is not typically associated with small time directors and/or projects I would love to see AR in a movie like 'Wake Up Sid' or a 'Johnny Gaddar' or 'Aamir' - I wonder if these directors never even dare to approach AR. I mean even a small time movie like JTYJN had AR in it only because Aamir Khan got him into it and the movie then became big There is a revolution happening in India with these Indie type of movies in India - there have been some fantastic movies over the past few years - Khosla ka Ghosla, Johnny Gaddar, Aamir, Dev D, Gulaal, Wake Up Sid to name a few. I wish AR was part of such movies as well. -A On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 8:20 PM, Vithur vithurm@ wrote: Pls change the subject line. AR isnt weak of anything. Its just that the movie didnt click well, for various reasons. AR does movie for the sake of the Director ( many a times) ... he is a people Centric Person On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 2:25 AM, mohammed sajin mnsajin@ wrote: Blue the last disaster in Boss's account! It is very much painful to see all these superior works gone ruin. How many time this happens!!! Except with some established directors(or Ameer Khan), AR movies could not manage success in both quality-wise and in box-office. Certainly there is lot of new talented directors in both Hindi and Tamil. Unfortunately ARR would not opt them, or viceversa. We don't want anymore movies like BLUE, Yuvvraaj, Sakkarakatti, ATM,Kangalal Kaidhu Sei, E20 U18, Godfather, Parasuraam, Anbe aaruyire, SOK, etc etc http://sig.graphicsfactory.com/ * *
[arr] My Fan My Hero - Rahman's biggest Fan!!!
New show by Yash Raj Films (on Sony TV) - 26 superstars finding their biggest fan. A R Rahman also in celebrity list (inke sangeet mein sab kuch bhoole aap i.e. you forgot everything in his music) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK-b6uUKg5c Audition dates / cities given in the promo. Looking forward to some people from our group to participate looking forward to this show as well :)
[arr] Six songs composed by ARR for Sultan
Meanwhile, on the Sultan front, Soundarya has already managed to get six numbers from Oscar winner AR Rahman. The title track will be in English and performed by an international artiste, she reveals, However, there'll also be a typical Rajni intro song and that has been sung by SPB uncle. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/news-interviews/Soundarya-on-debut-production/articleshow/5139229.cms
Re: [arr] Re: A letter to Rahman Sir
I don't care which director he works with, as long as he makes music. I don't care if the movie is a hit or flop, as long as they release the CDs, and I have the money to buy them :) On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 6:58 PM, Jahanzeb jahanzebti...@yahoo.com wrote: very well put. add my name too to the bottom of this letter. though i would differ a little that he should only do MR films. in that case we would only hear his album once in 2-3 years. i would instead like to see him doing -some small but carefully selected films such as Gulaal, Wake-up Sid, Aamir etc. -Mahesh Bhatt's films which always have good music, recent example Tum Mile. -big banners that always give huge hits like Yash Chopra, Karan Johar, Farah Khan. even though i hate these film makers but at least their films are huge hits. -Farhan Akhtar, Sanjay Leela Bhansali films - Jahanzeb --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com, deven_avin deven_a...@... wrote: Dear Rahman sir, I just watched BLUE. I was dissapointed with your association with this movie. BLUE's music good but still I cant find the soul I used to get from your earlier compositions. The movies you compose recently like sakkarkatti, yuvraj, etc all have fabulous music but it all went in vain. Sir, I think there is nobody else than MANIRATNAM use your composition well enough in this industry...I really dont mind if you compose only for one movie per year, but it is soulful one which I can hear and satisfy for whole year. Sir, you already achieved everything, done all types of movies.Now its time for your soulful compositions which will be only can found from MANIRATNAM movies...MANIRATNAM was the one brought you to us. Sir, I'm a avid fan of you. I have grown up listening to your music. Your music are food, water and air for me. Sir, I have all your songs CD starting from Roja till Couples Retreat. Everytime before your CD releases I will go to those CD shops to make sure that I get to hold your CD on first day itself. Sir, those days I would cry listening to your soulful compositions like roja, bombay, zudeida..but to a dissapointment now I'm crying because a composition like Chiggy Wiggy comes from you..Sir, I'm lost and still finding my dearest Rahman whose songs will be heard by everybody for a whole year like Rangeela.but now? People hear your music for few seconds then dump it. I'm sure after reading this letter some (Maybe all) Rahman fans angry with me. (To Rahman fans: Guys, I'm a diehard fan of Rahman just like you guys). I'm so sad to write this letter. Sir, if time really bothers you, please dont accept all the offers, instead accept one or two from those like Maniratnam and give us big shot.we all will be very happy. Dont feel obliged by those crap directors and strain yourself. we dont want your mind to be affected. Mind of a genius its very important and fragaile..we have to take care of it carefully. From, Your fan who consider you as part of his life. -- --- http://ramblingsoul.com http://2ic.in
[arr] Blue - Telugu Version Sound Track Listing
1. Chiggy Wiggy Artist(s): Karthik, Suzanne (Sonu Nigam replaced by Karthik) 2. Gundey Lo Artist(s): Sukhwindher Singh, Shreya Ghoshal 3. Chintela Artist(s): Vijay Prakash, Shreya Ghoshal 4. Yemayyindo Mansukhi Artist(s): Rashid Ali 5. Blue Theme Artist(s): Blaze, Naresh Iyer, Vijay Prakash, Raqueeb Aalam, Raihanah, Sonu Kakkark (Jaspreet Singh replaced by Raihanah) 6. Priyathama Artist(s): Shreya Ghoshal, Naresh Iyer (Sonu Nigam replaced by Naresh Iyer) 7. Priyudu Kalisinadaiya Artist(s): Udit Narayan, Madhusree Thanks, Kalyan K.
Re: [arr] Re: ARR is not that keen for romantic songs?
I agree. There were a lot of amazing love duets after Jeans as well. But then, each and every person have their own preference...Kishore might have found Jeans songs to be one of the most beautiful compositions of ARR's. I don't see anything wrong in that as well. But then KSR's statement that Harris Jeyraj is always keen to do love duets and ARR otherwise, is not true either. For one, I find that HJ is more fond of solo love songs than duets. Almost all his films have a solo love song which turns out to be big hits...Vaseegara (Minnale), Ondra Renda (Kakka Kakka), Oru Mazhai (Ghajini), Nenjukul (Vaaranam Aayiram), Vizhi Moodi (Ayan), just to name a few. He does compose duet songs but for some reasons, his solo songs seem to garner better attention. ARR on the other hand has always been experimenting with his compositions. The fact that he always surprises everyone with new styles in his compositions speaks a lot about his credibility as an amazing composer. Probably that's the reason KSR came up with such statements. The fact remains that KSR himself, as a mass director, prefers to stick to the run-of-the-mill movies. Thus, it's no surprise that he prefers to have a MD who churns out the winning formula songs rather than a MD who experiments with his work. --- On Mon, 10/19/09, ravi ravis...@gmail.com wrote: From: ravi ravis...@gmail.com Subject: [arr] Re: ARR is not that keen for romantic songs? To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, October 19, 2009, 10:42 AM There had been very beautiful romantic duets later to Jeans as well. Tu bin bataye is the most fav duet there's no dancing and acting funnily in that song. Kismat se tum from Pukaar is executed very beautifully. Why would somebody forget Tere bina from Guru, baadal from Yuva, Azhage Sugama (Parthale Paravasam), Ishq bina, Taal se taal mila from Taal, 2 songs from TLOBS, O re chori (Lagaan)...list would go on. They all came later to Jeans and each song has its own experience which only takes an openness to listen and enjoy than being prejudice. I can talk hours about this song to prove they are no short of Jeans. Jeans had only 2 romantic duets among them I like Ajooba (Jeans) very much for the scintillating flute in the interlude and the manipulated flute sounds followed by amazing lyrics. But I dont like haira haira so much. Of course there are excellent duets and AR is a master in it, pudu vellai mazhai (Yeh haseen vaadiya), Tu hi re were the duets which AR did which make ppl feel his genius. I am surprised to know AR being not keen and still composes wonderful duets. my interpretation of AR not being keen with duets is that he doesnt like the typical formula of how a duet is done and the directors feel AR isn't compliant. May be that AR doesn't wish to see his duet shot like the lead characters dancing like puppets in foreign locations, that's how is majority of duets are been shot by the directors these days (earlier too). I remember reading some director had even mentioned AR is very romantic person by heart!! I guess its KSR himself not sure though. --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, jemsheed jemsheed_k@ ... wrote: @kishore, Jeans like songs ,i think that wish is too much.. What i feel is, it will be having some romantic only but hip hop styled songs..like Tu hi mere dost/Rehna tu kind of sound.. --- On Mon, 19/10/09, kishore parayath kishore.parayath@ ... wrote: From: kishore parayath kishore.parayath@ ... Subject: Re: [arr] ARR is not that keen for romantic songs? To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Date: Monday, 19 October, 2009, 7:28 PM To an extent it is true. Coz, I remember once when ARR mentioned Its all about experimenting and composing FRESH things in every new score. I dont want to stick to the formula, and it would be really boring for a composer to do the same thing in every film, composing the Hero-Heroine Duets over and over again. [Which HARRIS has been doing all these 8 years, eversince he started his career ]. But, its NOT right if u say ARR was NEVER keen!! Coz, the BEST romantic duet sequences we have EVER heard are from ARR's OWN 'JEANS'. Now its been a long time since we saw such romantic duets in ARR films. I expect 'JEANS- like' experiments in Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya... Yahoo! India has a new look. Take a sneak peek http://in.yahoo. com/trynew
Re: [arr] Brilliant analysis of Hai Rama
thanks a ton ! it was amazing. On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 3:17 PM, satish_srini satish_sr...@yahoo.comwrote: Happened to come across this interesting video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_MSd1pidUk -- Cheers, Pradeepan. All you need to do is, decide what to do with the time that is given to you !
[arr] Blue
Guys, I have not seen the movie 'Blue' yet...mayb ill watch if i feel like ...( dont particularly feel like watching it now).. but anyway...i have developed a new, stronger liking towards the song 'Bhoola Tujhe'...i heard it like 3 times in a row last night.. I had never done that fr any song from Blue before this. Ive really started to like it now...a good song..even when i heard the album the first time, id liked this song the most...quite splendid. Anish.
[arr] Video of ARR at the World soundtrack awards
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/celebs/A-R-Rahman-honoured-for-Jai-Ho/videoshow/5138187.cms
