Look at happened to these people (Jatin-Lalit) who spoke ill of AR Rahman...their music speaks for itself, it seems...today they both are not in speaking terms...LOL...just kidding...
THE HIT MEN Jatin-Lalit stake their claim to fame Sangeeta Mahadevan The mood's militant. And why not? After all Jatin-Lalit have composed the music for five hits this year - Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya, Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai, Ghulam, Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. "Just because we don't wear our hair long and keep producers waiting outside our door we haven't been acknowledged as No 1 yet," the brothers complain rightaway, and then assert, "But our music speaks for itself. We're the best." At this very moment, Jatin-Lalit are in the midst of finalising tunes for Aditya Chopra's next, which is scheduled to start some time in February-March'99. And they've also been signed on for Shah Rukh Khan-Juhi Chawla's joint production, for which they've just recorded a song. Patting themselves on their back, the duo says, "Every TV channel has our title song for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. Some months ago, Aati kya Khandala from Ghulam almost became the national anthem. Apparently tourism in Khandala has gone up by 30 per cent after the song." They assent to the fact that the songs of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai picked up only after the film's release. "That's because the songs are situational. People had to see the film for the music to grow on them," says Jatin. "However we knew we had a major hit on our hands, because at the premiere itself, we got a standing ovation from the industry. Check with the music distributors. Kuch Kuch albums have sold more than AR Rahman's Dil Se." Jatin-Lalit both see red when I point out that Karan Johar and his buddies made a major contribution to the music of KKHH. News is that the popular title track is actually a tune conceived by actor Jugal Hunsraj. "No one can take away the entire credit due to us," the duo retort. "We admit that Jugal did contribute a little to the title song but the entire tune is not his." Evading the topic, they emphasise that they've delivered with the other flicks of the year. "We also came up with excellent music for Khamoshi and Yes Boss," they stress. "If we were flukes then we couldn't have fooled the industry for so long. Really it's so very frustrating to justify one's worth to the media. Just because we don't scream from the rooftops about how good we are, you guys don't take us seriously." The duo have also just completed work on Kundan Shah's Loveria, Sanjay Chhel's Khubsoorat, John Mathew's Sarfarosh and Sunny Deol's Dillagi. Wonder whose idea it was to rope in Aamir Khan to sing for Ghulam and Jatin-Lalit say, "It was Vikram Bhatt's idea. On our way to Film City one day Aamir sang a number which he wooed his wife Reena with. We asked him to give playback for Aati kya Khandala because there was so much emotion and warmth in his voice. But even we couldn't have imagined that the song would become so popular." The composers have been composing music mainly for the movies of Shah Rukh, Aamir and Salman. "But that doesn't mean that we don't give our best for Ajay Devgan, Sanjay Dutt or Sunny Deol," they insist. "Music doesn't know any barriers. A good tune just happens. Even if we tried, we couldn't do a Khamoshi again. Every song in the film was memorable.' They're staunch RD Burman fans. "It's sad that the industry didn't give him his due in the last few years of his life," Lalit laments. "I wish Panchamda had been around when 1942-A Love Story was released. Its music still haunts us." "We don't believe in imposing our favourites on producers like some other composers do," Lalit thunders. "Jatin sings extremely well. He's even bringing out a private album as a singer. But we don't force film-makers to use Jatin's voice. Our sister Vijayeta sings beautifully, too. She even does her riyaaz regularly. Yet we don't force producers to give her songs." And what about badi didi Sulakshana? Talk is that she's out of work...and is upset by the fact that even her own brothers haven't stood by her? "Sulakshana has lost her touch," says Lalit. "As brothers, we'd like to help her out. But we cannot harm our career by insisting on her. "We're cool with everyone," they say, mentioning the names of Udit Narayan, Abhijeet, Alka Yagnik and Kavita Krishnamurthy in quick succession. "And we do as we're told by the film-makers." Right on. --- In [email protected], Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Group, just check out the dig(highlighted - bold, underlined and italicised) > that Jatin-Lalit have made at ARR in the following > interview to Filmfare. Not only is it totally uncalled for, they simply don't > have the moral right to make any such digs at ARR. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/arrahmanfans > Free Web-based e-mail groups by eGroups.com >
