dear raghu (and tulsi and others) thanks for appriciation guys raghu, do not forget to share your experience with us good luck
--- In [email protected], raghuram rao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Parvinder, > Nice effort. I would see GURU second time for the effort u kept in describing the 4 different ways of watching a movie. > Great Effort. > > Regards > Raghu > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Pravinder Sheoran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 7:52:00 PM > Subject: [arr] GURU : After watching 4th time (For Rahman this time) > > Hi guys > Its me again. > (Throughout this messege, GURU means the movie name, and Guru means > Ahishek, the charecter.) > > Well i do not know from where to start. > My friends were surprised to hell after watching me watching the > movie with my cap on my face in most of the scenes, especially > during the song "Raat ka shauk hai". > > But i could not help it. > There were two potential things that were obstructing me from > concentrating on background music, Rajiv Menon's camera and > performnace of the actors. > So finally i decided not to look at the screen as much as possible. > > Well well well, if i say that after Abhiskek, Rahman's BGM is the > second hero of the movie, it won't be wrong. > > The crtitcs who have said in some reviews that many of the songs in > GURU are not upto standard, i can only pray that god better blesses > them with some knowledge and understanding of good music. > > I have also read many times that A R Rahman is weak in terms of > background score, well they must have had their answers after > watching GURU. > > To explain the quality of Rahman' BGM, i must compare it with Sachin > Tendulkar's boundries. Well every player can score a four in cricket > but sachin's four is always very very elegent and a treat to watch. > Similarly, every musician can provide the background score but > Rahman' background score is very very elegent. Even the best > background scores can not stand in front of rahman's BGM. > Well i have facts to prove my statement. Following are my > observations regarding GURU's BGM: > > 1. Rahman's understanding of the script of the movie is marvellous > and he has provided the music accordingly. He exactly knows where to > stop, where to be loud and where to be slow. Whenever Guru needs to > show determination, the music is loud with drums of heaven. (Rahman > has become the master of the drums over these years. Remember Swades > theme, and Dcoit Duel from WOHE. Well GURU's background song Dhoom > Dhadaka is next in row.). On the contrary Whenever Guru dreams in > the movie, the music is very peacefull. > > 2. In first half of GURU, most of the background music is not at > very high volume and is very very melodious. While in second half > BGM becomes more and more vibrant, loud and passionate. > > 3. It looks like Mani Ratnam and Rahman had long long sittings > disscussing the BGM of the movie. Because there are many scenes in > the movie which are entirely depended on Background music. > A R Rahman is nothing but a genious. He has used Dhoom Dhadaka song > very very nicely. This song represents the power, determination and > strength of Guru. In the beggining when Guru was starting gaining > base and power, Rahman used this song at low volume and just used > some of the beats. Later on when Guru became more and more strong, > the song was also getting louder and full beats were used. Also this > song became the symbol of Guru's presence. Rember when Mithun's car > was attacked, mani ratnam did not need to show that its done by > Guru. Rahman just played Dhoom Dhadaka beats and audience understood > the presence of Guru behind the attack. Though things turned out > other way later on and Guru was not involved in attack. > > 4. There is a special song, or background piece for every charecter > in the movie and also for every potential emotion, there is a > particular BGM piece. For example: > > A) All the romantic scenes between Guru and Sujata have the > song "E harath-e-aashiqi" in the background. > > B) To express the emotions of Aishwarya, there is always the slow > fulte version of song "Barso re". I forgot where, but at a > particular scene between Guru and Sujat there is a very very good > slow Mouth Organ version of Barso re song. Very very elegent. > > C) To express the emotions of Vidya Balan, there is always "Raat > ka shauk hai" song. We must found about the singer coz the song has > been sung very beautifully. > > D) I do not need to write about Dhoom Dhadaka song as BGM, coz > everyone must have heard it very loudly and passionatly. > > E) Did you guys notice Aishwarya was also humming with the two > little girls during "Jagein hain" version in Hospital. > > F) It was a treat listening the songs in the dolby digital system. > I can not express in words. > > G) Since the first scene (rahman singing while the screen is > blank) to the last scene (when movie ends with jagein hain song at > the background), rahman's BGM was life of the movie. > > H) BGM was so embedded with every situation and is so natural that > many times it was very difficult to notice that there is any music > running at the background. > > Anyway guys that's all i remeber, > since last 4 days i have watched GUTU everyday here in Sydney. > I noticed that number of people watching the movie incresed everyday. > Monday evening was the greatest rush. > That clearly means that movie is commercially a hit and is gaining > momentum everyday. > > PRAVINDER SHEORAN. > > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ _______________ > The fish are biting. > Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! 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