lets all of us appreciate his music and not argue over tamil or hindi! IF WE ARE TRUE FANS OF ARR MUSIC HAS NO LANGUAGE!
----- Original Message ---- From: Chord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 12:44:10 AM Subject: Re: [arr] "Rahman - The Golden Age" ARR picks his Top 10 scores My mistake...you are correct....Roja and Bombay are originally Tamil films later dubbed in Hindi. --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, ali ahad <mindblower2003@ ...> wrote: > > Sorry to say this to all arr fans who say A R RAHMAN > picked 9/10 hindi or 2/10 tamil movies.... ROJA, > BOMBAY and Kandukonden Kandukonden are three tamil > movies.... > > --- Chord <[EMAIL PROTECTED] .> wrote: > > > Some of the so called quotes are suspect. Have a > > hard time believing > > that Rahman would say, "Today's new singers are of > > no use". Or > > say, "Rubbish!" in response to a question. Take > > this interview with > > a grain of salt. Also notice how 9/10 of Rahman's > > "favorites" are > > Hindi films. > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, "Shivakumar V > > A" > > <shivakumar. va@> wrote: > > > > > > Thats a wonderfull post Gops.. with Good Pics.. > > > > > > So we got ARR's top 10.. > > > > > > Shivu.. > > > > > > On Nov 20, 2007 2:12 PM, Gopal Srinivasan > > <catchgops@> wrote: > > > > > > > In a new interview to Hindustan Times > > published in today's > > Mumbai > > > > edition > > > > > > > > Read interview here > > > > > > > http://www.flickr. com/photos/ arrahmanfans/ 2049191814/ > > > > > > > http://www.flickr. com/photos/ arrahmanfans/ 2048404561/ > > > > > > > > The text below has the formatting messed up: > > > > > > > > 'I HAVEN\'T COME ACROSS ANY NEW SINGER WHO IS > > ABOVE AVERAGE\' > > > > > > > > If I say I like my music, I'll be blowing my own > > trumpet. And if > > I say I > > > > don't like my music, I'll sound disgruntled > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Whatever happened to your unruly locks? When I > > went for Haj, I > > shaved off > > > > my long hair. Fortunately or unfortunately, my > > wife liked my new > > look.. she > > > > insisted that I should keep it. (Laughs) I had > > no other > > alternative but to > > > > listen to my wife. Does your style of composing > > music change when > > you do an > > > > international project like Elizabeth: The Golden > > Age? The music > > for > > > > Elizabeth.. has been co-composed by me. When > > Shekhar started the > > project, he > > > > wanted to make it very artistic and dark. But > > then, he decided to > > make the > > > > film more entertaining. . and the music more > > pulsating. > > > > > > > > As a composer, I'd say music stems from one's > > emotions. So, > > there's > > > > absolutely no difference in my approach, whether > > I'm composing > > for Jodhaa > > > > Akbar or Elizabeth. When you look back, how do > > you assess your > > music? Roja > > > > set the standard for me as a composer. And > > frankly, I can't guage > > where to > > > > go after Elizabeth. Let's see.. at this very > > point of time, I'm > > very excited > > > > about my next international album - The Lord of > > The Rings which > > will be > > > > released on December 10. It has many as 15 > > tracks. As much as > > 20000 pounds > > > > would be spent a day on the orchestration. I > > believe you have > > started your > > > > own music company. Yes. It's called K M Musiq. > > I'm really kicked > > about it. > > > > All these years, I was being commissioned by > > others.. now I can > > commission > > > > others. But it seems you now insist on royalty > > > > foreverymusicscore. .whichiswhyyou couldn't > > compose for Om Shanti > > Om. In > > > > life, you can't have your cake and eat it too. > > You have to take > > certain > > > > risks to reach your goal. Which have > > > > been your most vital steps ahead? Undoubtedly > > Vande Mataram and , > > the > > > > score for the stage musical Bombay Dreams. What > > do you find wrong > > with the > > > > Indian film music industry? There are several > > problems. The > > saddest thing is > > > > that no one takes acoustic instruments > > seriously. Most musicians > > just prefer > > > > to work on keyboards. But I've stopped getting > > angry One should . > > > > > > > > be true to one's own self.. because one candle > > can light a > > million. Do you > > > > still work like an owl all night and sleep by > > day? That's > > rubbish! If that > > > > was true, I wouldn't be sitting here with you > > doing an inteview > > in the > > > > afternoon. I work at night, occasionally , > > whenever I'm dealing > > with a jet > > > > lag situation, not otherwise. How busy are you > > as a music > > director right > > > > now? I'm into a somewhat more relaxed pace now. > > There was a time > > when I'd be > > > > doing six Tamil and two to three Hindi films a > > year. How many > > Tamil films > > > > are you working on at this point of time? > > (Laughs) Ha! That's a > > good > > > > question. I wish I knew the answer. I'm doing > > two Tamil films – > > Sultan, the > > > > animation film being made by Rajnikant's > > daughter Soundarya and > > Prabhu's > > > > Sakkarakkatti. And Hindi films? Well, let me > > see. Gajini, Ada, > > Jaane Tu Naa > > > > Jaane Naa, Delhi 6, the Hindi dubbed version of > > the Rajnikant > > movie Sivaji, > > > > Subhash Ghai's Main Hoon Yuvraj and Ashutosh > > Gowariker's Jodhaa > > Akbar. You > > > > were against the idea of composing for dubbed > > films. So, how did > > you make > > > > an exception for Sivaji? You're right there.I > > don't encourage the > > dubbing > > > > of my songs in other languages. Yes, so Sivaji > > is an exception. > > It has beaty > > > > foot-tap , ping music which should connect on an > > all-India level. > > You are > > > > often accused of working for big production > > banners at the cost > > of small > > > > films. Sorry, that isn't true at all. Otherwise, > > I wouldn't be > > doing > > > > Sakkarakkatti which is a small film. Are you > > composing the music > > for an > > > > animation film called Cockroach being planned by > > Shekhar Kapur? > > Yes. I'm > > > > excited about that. Animation films allow your > > imagination to > > take flight. > > > > What do you like about your music? That's a > > tricky question. If I > > say I like > > > > my music, I'll be blowing my own trumpet. And if > > I say I don't > > like my > > > > music, I'll sound disgruntled. Some film > > producers in the South > > have accused > > > > you of recruiting Hindi singers to do the > > playback > === message truncated === > > > > ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _ ____________ __ > Be a better pen pal. > Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. 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