Exactly thulasi.. Bad project mgmt has taken away ARR's precious time.. Anyways, we atleast gotta chance to listen to beautiful song..
--- In [email protected], "Thulasi Ram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > blog's content kinda mockery but it wud b great if the director analyzes the > need for the song before asking it to a music director. this clearly implies > that abbas was not sure about his script, atleast for song placement.. if he > was 100% confident about the script, then he shouldn't have asked for a song > from ARR for that plot.. these directors never understand this concern. > > though ARR is involved in the movie, i cant restrict to get surprised about > the movie's box-office success. there were definitely movies that were dozen > times better than jaane tu but still had an average grosser in the BO. jaane > tu is a best example for a movie where hype and hoopla along with ARRs > outstanding soundtrack (as Rajeev masand says), aamir's name and love story > 2050 failure has paved way for the movie's success.. script wise the movie > is just ok. > > i dont even have the intention to watch the movie for the second time, even > when there are pre-dvvd's floating out in the web! > > > > > > > > > > > > --- On *Sun, 7/13/08, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > > > From: Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [arr] question of a song - from aamir khan blog > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Sunday, July 13, 2008, 10:11 PM > > > > question of a song - from aamir khan blog Thank you folks for the > > response to Imran and Genelia. They are absolutely thrilled. > > > > Have a very unusual question for you. > > > > You see we had two more songs in the film, one is the female version of > > Jaane Tu Mera Kya Hai, Jaane Tu Mera Kya Tha sung by Runa , and the other > > is the male version of the same song sung by Sukhvinder. Both songs had been > > shot. In the test screenings we decided to cut out the male version because > > we felt it stopped the flow of the story. However opinion on the female > > version was divided. Through all the test screenings and the final edit we > > were not sure whether to cut that song out or retain it in the film. > > Sometimes we would remove it, then we would put it back in. A.R., if I > > remember correctly, wanted it to stay in. We finally decided to complete the > > final copy (first print) with the song in it. We figured we would see the > > final film and then take a final call whether to keep it or cut it out. > > > > The music had released by then so the music CDs and cassettes have the > > songs in it. The music company was strongly in favor of keeping the female > > version song in the film. As per their feedback the song had become quite > > popular. Around the 2nd week of June with less than a month left for the > > release our final copy was finally ready. We saw the film and had a long > > discussion again about the song. About 40 to 50 people were at that > > screening, again the opinion was divided. However Abbas, Mansoor and I were > > of the opinion that we should go without it. We felt it didn't fit in with > > the rest of the movie. So we cut the song out and what we have released is > > what we think the movie should be. > > > > Am always curious about such decisions. The movie has been loved so I am > > assuming we took the right decision. But a number of people have also come > > up to me and said that they had liked the song in the audio and missed it in > > the film. > > > > Want your opinion. > > > > Should it have been in the film? Do you think we should add the song into > > the film now? The song is ready and its easy enough for me to do... > > > > Posted by Abdul Wahab > > > > > > -- > > regards, > > Vithur > > > > HELP EVER; HURT NEVER; > > LOVE ALL; SERVE ALL > > > > > > > > >
