Hi PRATAP I think the problem is the bad picturisation. Look at JTYJN, it is a blockbuster hit in 2008. What is the condition of script in JTYJN? Infact i didn't digest this movie because ARR's songs not picturised very well.
PRATAP wrote: > "A.R.Rahman isn't a good judge of scripts" > October 16, 2008 > I > was in the midst of a discussion > between > two friends talking about Rahman > and > Yuvan, and this made me to think > of > one contrasting difference > between > these composers. When you look at > A R Rahman’s career graph, you > can’t help noticing that most > of his flop movies (not flop > songs) > are with new directors that he > makes > music for > -recent example, Kala Prabhu’s > Sakkarakatti. > A sample list of other moderate to flop > movies would be: Pudiya Mugam, May > Madham, > Enakku 20 Unakku 18, Sillunu Oru > Kadhal, > Udhaya, Parasuram, ATM, and Ratchagan. > You > will notice that 90 percent of his hit > movies > are with well established directors or > are > backed up by strong personalities, such > as Aamir Khan for his nephew in Jaane > Tu. > This is a sharp contrast to someone > like > Yuvan who is more successful with new > comers. > And his father, Ilayaraja, has an > unprecedented > record of hit movies with new comers. > The > irony is that Rahman's judgment in > scripts > is not that great; he can connect with > his > music but I don’t think he has the > ability to judge what scripts will work > and what will not. If Mani Ratnam, > Aamir > Khan, and Shankar move on at this point > to new music directors, it will at > least > give Rahman a new bandwidth of > newcomers > to experiment with. > I am not disputing that Rahman has set > a > benchmark in the industry. However, I > would > prefer that Rahman try and experiment > with > more new comers and hone his instinct > to > connect with new scripts instead of > circling > back to those five top directors all > the > time. > VIJAY SRINIVASAN > Behindwoods visitor > [EMAIL PROTECTED] il.com > http://www.behindwo ods.com/tamil- movie-news- 1/oct-08- 03/rahman- 16-10-08. > html >
