I'm not really disputing Guru's deserving of awards as much as filmfare's notoriety for being biased and selective, as has been the case many a times in the past as well. Many having issues with filmfare is no secret.
--- In [email protected], Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Guru has won every music composition award at every award event it was competing in, why blame Filmfare only?- > > Filmfare: > > Best > Music - Guru (Hindi, 2008) Best Background Score - Guru > (Hindi, 2008) > Screen: > > Best > Music - Guru (Hindi, 2008) Best Background Score - Guru > (Hindi, 2008) > Bollywood International Film Awards > > Best > Music - Guru (Hindi, 2008) > V. Shantaram Film Awards > > Best Music - Guru (Hindi, 2008) > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Chord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 1:18:46 AM > Subject: [arr] ARR and awards > > DISCLAIMER: Please do not interpret any of my comments below as being > anti ARR. I worhship the Boss and his music! > > Happy for ARR and for us fans that he won the filmfare for both music > and BGM for Guru! There are no doubts that ARR's achievements are > award worthy! > > However, I want to separate myself from the fan part of myself and > think about the relationship between ARR and filmfare. ARR has won > many filmfare awards, in fact the most out of anyone! No doubt, most > of these awards are deserving. Let's face it, his music is THE BEST > period overall. However, when it comes to the most recent Hindi > soundtracks, Guru and RDB, I'm not quite certain that they deserve to > be winners, from a purely musical and impactful standpoint. > > 2006 - RDB won - not only in filmfare, but in other award > ceremonies. Yes, RDB was a huge hit for movie and music. Was RDB > the best music of 2006? Not in my opinion. Omkara was the best. > Even ARR himself admitted that Omkara was his favorite. I think > Omkara won with the critics. > > 2007 - Guru won. Guru had some mindblowing songs, some of ARR's best > work, but it also had relatively mediocre numbers like Baazi Laga and > Ek Lo. IMO, the best soundtrack of 2007 was Taare Zameen Par with > Guru a very close second. Did Guru have the best BGM? Granted, it > was brilliant, but IMO, Eklavya had a better BGM score. > > The question has to come up: Is filmfare biased towards Rahman? > Maybe. Does the filmfare award for best music really represent the > best album? Not always. It's the case with a lot of awards. > > Many people have issues with filmfare in both directions. Yes, I > love it that ARR won two years in a row. As a fan, I couldn't be > more happy to see him recognized. Guru deserves to be recognized as > an outstanding soundtrack and the public response to it has been > superb. Albums are supposed to be awarded by votes, so I guess, Guru > won because the public demanded it. I'm thrilled. 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