now, that's a terrific reply.. hopefully others who criticize ARR "understand" it.
On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 6:17 AM, Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think the thin line between free expression of speech and plain sleazy > abuse has been crossed once too many times lately. I fail to understand what > this brouhaha about 'Tamil fans' is about. I don't even know what this > species "Tamil fans" is. But I know what characteristics a species called > Tamil filmmakers have. The deceit and backhanded methods that they resort > to. I am sure it will warm the hearts of the 'Tamil fans" here to know that > ARR was pencilled into this project without his knowledge or consent and > then emotionally blackmailed into doing it. He had the choice of kicking up > a fuss, saying No and walking away. He did not. Instead, he chose the path > of dignity. The same 'Tamil dignity' that some of you will lay claim to. > And what does he get for this? Abusive and derogatory remarks. There are no > Tamil fans, Hindi fans or Swahili fans on this forum. We truly believe in > the universality of music. If any of you wish to form regional cliques to > cater to your parochial urges, I am afraid your GPS brought you to the wrong > place. And no matter, where you go, you have the choice of what music you > want to listen to and what musician you support. You can say goodbye to > A.R.Rahman and his music if you don't like either. I strongly encourage you > to exercise that choice. I hope, abusing someone for one's one inadequacy > in appreciating the scale of achievement of this man, is not the trait of a > "Tamil fan". Most of us here would not have loved ARR's music any lesser, > had he been born in Timbuctoo or had we been born in Wollongong. And we > would like to keep it that way. Thank you. > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 5:59:11 PM > Subject: Re: [arr] Re: Sakkarakatti Track listing > > like he said in interview on good times, director cud ve dmanded it a > reused tune. haha. raguman bluffs smartly. no director vll prefer 2 ve > same tune unless its xtraordnary. raguman alone can force & recomend > directrs 2 take his old tunes dats lost market & give it without major > changes. directrs vll dmand a diffrent type to a hit tune. in all d cases of > reused tunes its mds influence not directors dmand. double money out of one > work. If raguman peeps into grup let him know hw he deceivd tamil fans > without th best music by heart recent yrs. tamil fans r not 4 avrage & ok > notes. v ve heard meenaxi. njoyd it full. good. its enuf up2 there. > not again in sk is wat fans stand. vic > > > > > > --- On *Sun, 6/22/08, naztitude <nazeef.mohammed@ gmail.com>* wrote: > > From: naztitude <nazeef.mohammed@ gmail.com> > Subject: [arr] Re: Sakkarakatti Track listing > To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com > Date: Sunday, June 22, 2008, 3:54 PM > > Expecting grt music from the man is not wrong!! Expecting him to > kindly answer your questions is wrong!! > > Well, Im answering this the way I want to not really caring who gets > hurt and who does not! This is getting beyond tolerance..consider ing > ARR peeps in here once in a while, this is not going anywhere close > to good! > > Firstly, Allow him to do what he feels right and then lets decide on > what should have been done otherwise..let' s trust him enough to give > him his creative freedom-has he ever disappointed anyone one of us > from Roja?? Till ADA? He has NOT!! Then, lets leave it to him to > come back to us with the best.. > > Secondly, he will re use a tune if he feels he can do justice to > it..not make it sound repetitive and also satisfy the criteria of > the movie..if all this is true..then why debate?! > > Thirdly, Meenaxi was a grt album but did not hit the top due to > other reasons. This meant a loss to the people who did not hear the > tracks..my family has not heard meenaxi infact..now this gives them > a chance to hear the forgotten tracks through this movie, hopefully.. > Like Vithur said, to many many Tamilians this will be a new and > fresh experience (actually, to those who've heard em also!) so they > get to enjoy this so much..they will be really looking forward to > the album and will recieve it with so much joy.. > > Fourthly, arrahmanfans. com is turning out to be a selfish group (A > few members, I'll say and im sorry!) If ARR is re using a tune, so > what?! Does it only have to be to benefit us?! Like he said in the > interview on Good times, the director could have demanded it!? Does > it always have to be you and me!? Lastly, if ARR feels happy abt > something, we better join him..when we say we love him..we better > love him... > > We accuse him of copying..and now abuse him for re using his own > tunes..an honest suggestion.. start a new site arrahmancritics. com > and continue there.. > > If you really want healthy convo's here ill give you topics.. > From Roja to ADA...From Roja to Sivaji..From the Malaysia concert to > the TOI concert in Chennai..From Allwyn trendy wathces to > Worldspace.. From Rashid Ali to Benny..From the piano to the > continuum and what not?!?!?!?!! ? > > Sorry for being harsh... > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > "Dinesh" <dinesh.theboss@ ...> > wrote: > > > > Gomzy, 1st, i would like u to use a better approach on people next > > time, this is def out of mannerism. lets have a healthy > conversation, > > and ur attitude towards only dissapoints people reading. It evokes > all > > kind of feelings, angry, sad... etc etc... DO NOT do it in ARR fan > > club please... > > > > and hey, why is people expecting allot from this man????? coz he is > > ARRahman, bro!! A R R A H M A N!!!!! so tell me, is it wrong to > expect > > a lil too much????? > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > Gomzy <gomtesh.upadhye@ > > wrote: > > > > > > You guys are disgusting man. Just how much can you expect from > one man! > > > > > > On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 1:01 AM, Kumaran <bladehawk1404@ > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > This is an absolute disappointment to me as well as tamil > music lovers > > > > hearing that there are 2 reuse songs for this film. After > nearly > > 2 yrs > > > > waiting for this album is this the best ARR could come up. It > > seems to me > > > > that ARR has not learned his lesson well from the debacles of > Star > > and Alli > > > > Arjuna. > > > > > > > > --- On *Sun, 6/22/08, anandrahche <anandrahche@ >* wrote: > > > > > > > > From: anandrahche <anandrahche@ > > > > > Subject: [arr] Re: Sakkarakatti Track listing > > > > To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > Date: Sunday, June 22, 2008, 2:54 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > Again no H.Shridhar?? > > > > > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com > > <arrahmanfans% 40yahoogroups. com>, > > > > "Dinesh" <dinesh.theboss@ ...> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > arr pavan, couldnt have said it better...... .... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com > > <arrahmanfans% 40yahoogroups. com>, > > > > arr pavan <arrrpavan@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Added to it, if tamil or any language songs are re-used in > hindi, > > > > > most of them will find fresh for not listening to much of > original > > > > > versions. On other hand, if hindi songs are re-used in other > > > > languages > > > > > they wont be fresh for the fact most of south bound fans are > used > > > > to > > > > > hindi songs & if it is of AR's they know it back to back :( > > > > > > > > > > > > rgds > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thulasi Ram <karokelip@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > though it is good to know that two unnoticed songs from > > > > > Meenaxi is being used in this movie, it is quite > disappointing to > > > > me > > > > > that the music made in the span of 1.5 - 2yrs has 2 used > songs. > > > > > anyway, there are 4 other songs for a fresh treat.. > hopefully, they > > > > > rock to the core! > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 7:41 AM, Gopal Srinivasan > <catchgops@> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, both are from Meenaxi. > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > > > > > From: Anil Nair <rhythmcalls@ > > > > > > > To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com > > <arrahmanfans% 40yahoogroups. com> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 8:09:14 PM > > > > > > Subject: Re: [arr] Sakkarakatti Track listing > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > thanks Gops. > > > > > > > > > > > > Chinnamma and Yeh Rishta courtesy Owais Hussain???? > > > > > > So I assume probably the Reena Bharadwaj track Naan Epodhu > is > > > > the > > > > > same as Yeh Rishta ...from Meenaxi > > > > > > > > > > > > -A > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 7:33 AM, Gopal Srinivasan > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sakkarakatti (2008) > > > > > > > > > > > > Music: A.R.Rahman > > > > > > Lyrics: Na Muthukumar, Vaali, Pa Vijay > > > > > > Studio: V Creations > > > > > > Producer: S. Thanu > > > > > > Director: Kalaprabhu Thanu > > > > > > Stars: Shantanu Bhagyaraj, Ishita, Devika > > > > > > Label: Sony BMG > > > > > > > > > > > > Tracks: > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. Taxi Taxi > > > > > > > > > > > > Singers: Benny Dayal, Blaaze, Viviane Chaix and Javed Ali > > > > > > Lyrics: Blaaze, Na Muthukumar, Viviane Chaix > > > > > > > > > > > > 2. Marudaani > > > > > > > > > > > > Singers: Madhushree, A R Rahman, Hentry > > > > > > Lyrics: Vaali > > > > > > > > > > > > 3. I Miss You Da > > > > > > > > > > > > Singers: Chinmayi, Indai Haza > > > > > > Lyrics: Na Muthukumar > > > > > > > > > > > > 4. Chinnamma > > > > > > > > > > > > Singers: Benny Dayal, Chinmayi > > > > > > Lyrics: Pa Vijay > > > > > > > > > > > > 5. Elay > > > > > > > > > > > > Singers: Krish ,Naresh Iyer > > > > > > Lyrics : Na Muthukumar > > > > > > > > > > > > 6. Naan Epoudhu > > > > > > > > > > > > Singers: Reena Bharadwaj > > > > > > Lyrics : Pa Vijay > > > > > > > > > > > > Credits: > > > > > > > > > > > > Chinnamma and Yeh Rishta, courtesy: Owais Hussain > > > > > > Guitars and Mediterranean Strings: John Themis > > > > > > Additional Vox for Marudani: Darshana, Shwetha, Janani > > > > > > Vocal Supervision for Marudani and Naan Epoudhu: Shreeni > and > > > > > Srinivasa Murthy > > > > > > Indian Rhythms: Laxminarayan, Raju, Vedachalam, > Neelakandan, > > > > T.Raja > > > > > > Additional Programming: Krishna Chetan and Hentry Kuruvilla > > > > > > Additional Programming for Chinnamma: KJ Singh > > > > > > Recorded at Panchathan Record Inn and A M Studios, Chennai. > > > > > > Mixed by K J Singh at Panchathan Record Inn > > > > > > Mastered at A M Studios, Chennai by S. 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