well even the SEL page on wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy) shows "What's Your Raashee?" in list of their upcoming movies. I can only hope it is not true.
--- In [email protected], Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I, for one, am glad, ARR works with AG. And he's doing WYR. Don't trust everything you read on Wikipedia. > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: V S Rawat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 3:37:31 PM > Subject: Re: [arr] ARR not composing for Ashutosh Gowariker's next? > > > On 7/18/2008 6:43 PM India Time, _Jahanzeb Farooq_ wrote: > > > Is out boss not composing for Ashutosh Gowariker's What's Your > > Raashee? The wikipedia page > > (http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ What%27s_ Your_Raashee% 3F) shows SEL as > > music directors. I am completely surprised. Ashutosh has said in some > > interview some days back that he wants A.R.Rahman for it. So sad! > > > > Whatever. > > My view is that Ashutosh is not really a song-music person. He might > have good ear for music but he doesn't have imagination enough to give > good treatment to songs. > > All songs of Lagaan/ Swadesh were sort of fit in the movie. There was no > special scene, no great visuals, no imagination at all. All routine > scenes, all daily life situations. Just on the run. > > At most, a situation was created for the Kailash Kher song in Swades, > but how shabbily it was patched in. > > So, I think it is no loss for ARR if Ashutosh goes away. It was > Ashutosh's films that were benefitting from ARR's music, the films > themselves didn't add to the beauty of ARR's songs. > > Ashutosh is not a 1% of Mani or Shankar when it comes to songs > picturization. > > Of course, a film getting hit makes the music reach more persons, there > is no denial of that. > > And, if ARR feels comfortable with Ashutosh and becomes more creative > giving his better ones, then of course, it is a loss for us if Ashutosh > breaks away. > > I didn't mention JA because the movie went of a totally different track > away from music. I don't even remember where Jashnebahara or lamho ke > daaman had been. Such a forgettable treatment. And remember the stale > situation of Manmohna, the gaudy money-waster sets of > Azeem-shaanshahansh ah give pain when remember. JA was a shit, confused, > purpose-less movie. > > I always felt that SEL are a perfect fit for Ashutosh's level. > > -- > V >
