I saw Om Shanti Om last night and couldn't help but wonder what if ARR had indeed done the songs and score. Too bad that they couldn't resolve the copyrights issue.
I found the movie very entertaining. It helps if you can suspend disbelief and just accept all the spoofs and goofiness with fun. Most of the songs were just ok but the title song Dastaan E Om Shanti Om was terrific. Orchestral grandiose (even if overdone) meets a retro sound with 70's guitars and all! The picturization for it was all stage and spectacle! It's every composer's dream to write for a showdown like that! Vishal-Shekar acquitted themselves well with that. I'll have to get the cd just for that song. My real highlight for the evening was Sandeep Chowta's score. It's obvious that Farah wanted an all-out emphasis on all things dramatic so there's a lot of bombast but I was left amazed at the abundant thematic writing and the orchestrations. Simply fantastic! What a pity that there is no score release for this! As ARR plans to release non-mainstream music with his upcoming music label I can only hope that someday he'll also espouse film scores and convince producers and music companies that there's an audience for them. RR ----- Original Message ---- From: Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, November 9, 2007 7:47:40 AM Subject: Re: [ARR] Farhan Khan's references to ARR Funny, that... She wanted ARR because of the background score and then she replaced him with Vishal-Shekhar but nobody is talking about the fact that the background score of OSO has been scored by Sandeep Chowta... ----- Original Message ---- From: Gomzy <gomtesh.upadhye@ gmail.com> To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Friday, November 9, 2007 6:40:05 PM Subject: [ARR] Farhan Khan's references to ARR You wrote Main Hoon Na, and now Om Shanti Om with Mayur Puri. How did the story of OSO come to you? Mayur Puri has written the dialogues for OSO. The story just came to me when I was doing the musical Bombay Dreams in London, which was also about Bollywood, Bombay Dreams portrayed a cliché¤ and outdated version of the film industry. I thought if this were made into a movie and released in India it wouldn't work. Why did you decide to switch to Vishal Shekhar from Anu Malik (who was the music director for Main Hun Na) for OSO's music? A director has the prerogative to work with new people in a film if they feel it will give a new energy to the film. I wanted to first work with AR Rahman I though he would do a great job with the background score, but that didn't happen. After that I chose Vishal Shekhar because it is good to work with newer younger people gives you a fresh perspective. http://specials. rediff.com/ movies/2007/ nov/09slid4. htm Gomzy <!-- #ygrp-mkp{ border:1px solid #d8d8d8;font-family:Arial;margin:14px 0px;padding:0px 14px;} #ygrp-mkp hr{ border:1px solid #d8d8d8;} #ygrp-mkp #hd{ color:#628c2a;font-size:85%;font-weight:bold;line-height:122%;margin:10px 0px;} #ygrp-mkp #ads{ margin-bottom:10px;} #ygrp-mkp .ad{ padding:0 0;} #ygrp-mkp .ad a{ color:#0000ff;text-decoration:none;} --> <!-- #ygrp-sponsor #ygrp-lc{ font-family:Arial;} #ygrp-sponsor #ygrp-lc #hd{ margin:10px 0px;font-weight:bold;font-size:78%;line-height:122%;} #ygrp-sponsor #ygrp-lc .ad{ margin-bottom:10px;padding:0 0;} --> <!-- #ygrp-mlmsg {font-size:13px;font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;} #ygrp-mlmsg table {font-size:inherit;font:100%;} #ygrp-mlmsg select, input, textarea {font:99% arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;} #ygrp-mlmsg pre, code {font:115% monospace;} #ygrp-mlmsg * {line-height:1.22em;} #ygrp-text{ font-family:Georgia; } #ygrp-text p{ margin:0 0 1em 0;} #ygrp-tpmsgs{ font-family:Arial; clear:both;} #ygrp-vitnav{ padding-top:10px;font-family:Verdana;font-size:77%;margin:0;} #ygrp-vitnav a{ padding:0 1px;} #ygrp-actbar{ clear:both;margin:25px 0;white-space:nowrap;color:#666;text-align:right;} #ygrp-actbar .left{ float:left;white-space:nowrap;} .bld{font-weight:bold;} #ygrp-grft{ font-family:Verdana;font-size:77%;padding:15px 0;} #ygrp-ft{ font-family:verdana;font-size:77%;border-top:1px solid #666; padding:5px 0; } #ygrp-mlmsg #logo{ padding-bottom:10px;} #ygrp-vital{ background-color:#e0ecee;margin-bottom:20px;padding:2px 0 8px 8px;} #ygrp-vital #vithd{ font-size:77%;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold;color:#333;text-transform:uppercase;} #ygrp-vital ul{ padding:0;margin:2px 0;} #ygrp-vital ul li{ list-style-type:none;clear:both;border:1px solid #e0ecee; } #ygrp-vital ul li .ct{ font-weight:bold;color:#ff7900;float:right;width:2em;text-align:right;padding-right:.5em;} #ygrp-vital ul li .cat{ font-weight:bold;} #ygrp-vital a{ text-decoration:none;} #ygrp-vital a:hover{ text-decoration:underline;} #ygrp-sponsor #hd{ color:#999;font-size:77%;} #ygrp-sponsor #ov{ padding:6px 13px;background-color:#e0ecee;margin-bottom:20px;} #ygrp-sponsor #ov ul{ padding:0 0 0 8px;margin:0;} #ygrp-sponsor #ov li{ list-style-type:square;padding:6px 0;font-size:77%;} #ygrp-sponsor #ov li a{ text-decoration:none;font-size:130%;} #ygrp-sponsor #nc{ background-color:#eee;margin-bottom:20px;padding:0 8px;} #ygrp-sponsor .ad{ padding:8px 0;} #ygrp-sponsor .ad #hd1{ font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;color:#628c2a;font-size:100%;line-height:122%;} #ygrp-sponsor .ad a{ text-decoration:none;} #ygrp-sponsor .ad a:hover{ text-decoration:underline;} #ygrp-sponsor .ad p{ margin:0;} o{font-size:0;} .MsoNormal{ margin:0 0 0 0;} #ygrp-text tt{ font-size:120%;} blockquote{margin:0 0 0 4px;} .replbq{margin:4;} --> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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