Aushutosh Goweriker, Shankar, Rakesh Mehra , Rajeev Menon...werent these guys new comers when rahman first started working with them? Whats this guy talking about??? I agree..Sakkarkatti was a bad,worse,awfull movie, we also know why rahman accepted this movie......Rahman most of the time has been spot on with his selection, sometimes what looks good on paper,doesnt looks well on the screen...You can't blame him.. Who in the world expected RDB movie to be a blockbuster..with its unsual story and all the main actors die at the end..do indian audience accept this kind of ending..especially in bollywood??? This is just one instance...there are many other hit movies too where rahman's selection has been spot on....
--- On Thu, 10/16/08, PRATAP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: PRATAP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [arr] A.R.Rahman isn't a good judge of scripts To: "ARR FAN CLUB" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008, 5:25 AM "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
