I very much agree with the second down period (2001-2005) as I felt very bad during that time, every album ARR composed either film bombed or music was not received rightly.
However I certainly don't agree with the first period. The years following 1995 established the whole ARR craze, at least in Pakistan. There were albums like Sapnay and Hindustani released during that period both of them were huge hits. And I don't see Sapnay in less a league than Rangeela (there is difference but it is not huge). It has superhit Chanda re, Aware bhanwre was a craze everywhere, and the classic Ek bagia. Latka and Telephone from Hindustani were huuuge hits. And then O bhaware from Daud was a huge hit together with all the rest of great and fun songs from the album. And if I am not forgetting and Dil hi dil main also released during this period then how can we forget Dola dola and O nazneen suno na. --- In [email protected], Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You are right, I missed Sapnay. The movie bombed but the music did reasonably well, nowhere in the league of a Rangeela or Dil Se.., though. > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Chord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 7:06:38 AM > Subject: Re: [arr] Did Rahman go through a Hindi film commercial lull between 1995-1998? > > > My knowledge of this time period is a bit low, since I was not a huge > Rahman fan until Vande Mataram, and more so with Dil Se and Taal. > Didn't Sapnay also release around that time too? Thought Sapnay had > some great songs, but did just average commercially music wise. > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Gopal Srinivasan <catchgops@ ..> > wrote: > > > > >>However, despite having some > > >>strong albums with good songs, it seems as if the period between > > >>Rangeela and Dil Se did not boast of huge commercial hits > > > > There were only two, Kabhi Na Kabhi (1996), a movie once meant to be > his Hindi debut and was finally resuscitated from the cans and Daud > (1997). Not sure what strong albums with good songs you are referring > to. The only dubbed film that was made for a pan-India market to begin > with, Indian did reasonably well in its Hindi version, musically as well. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Chord <purevibz@ .> > > To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com > > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 1:47:01 AM > > Subject: [arr] Did Rahman go through a Hindi film commercial lull > between 1995-1998? > > > > > > I may be mistaken, but it seems as if he went through a relatively > > down time commercially during that time in Hindi films. I'm not > > talking about Vande Mataram (1997) which was a huge hit worldwide, but > > this was not a film album. I also know that he had huge commercial > > successes in Tamil during that time. However, despite having some > > strong albums with good songs, it seems as if the period between > > Rangeela and Dil Se did not boast of huge commercial hits. I believe > > Rahman went through a similarly down period in Hindi between late > > 2001-2005 in terms of commercial success, with the notable exception > > of Saathiya. Meenaxi, Swades, and Yuva all had mixed responses > > commercially, not all out hits IMO. Tehzeeb, Lakeer, LOBS, Nayak, > > Love U Hamesha, Bose, MP did not do well at all at the cash > > registers. I think RDB broke that down period. > > > > I still believe that the period between 1998-2001 was Rahman's first > > and possibly not to be surpassed critical and commercial golden era > > relatively in both Tamil and Hindi. Dil Se, Taal, Lagaan, Zubeidaa, > > Thakshak, Pukar, 1947 Earth, Doli Saja Ke Rakhana, Alai Payuthey, > > Kandukonden. .....what an amazing output this was! > > > > We may be in another golden era now with 3 huge releases along with > > recent successes of JA, Jaane Tu, Sakrakkati, but I doubt anything > > will surpass the 1998-2001 era. > > >
