The cheering or clapping from audience does not equate to them being fans. When you go watch a performance or a show and you enjoy it, you express your appreciation by cheering/clapping for whoever the artist or the performer is, regardless of whether you know them or not.
I never said they are Rahman fans, they enjoyed the entire movie; the direction, the acting, the music..etc. Music was an essential component of this movie. When they showed "Original Music Composed by A.R. Rahman"... people cheered and clapped... to express they like the music.. whoever had made it. I'm sure many of them had not heard of that name before, nevertheless they appreciated the movie/music and hence cheered and clapped for the composer. You are right, Americans are not used to or don't appreciate much music in their movies... they call them musicals. But this is an Indian movie, and Indian movies here are infamous for being "all musical" with dance sequences involving hundreds of people. So, the music in this Indian movie is expected. In fact, the Jai Ho song is a pun or a stereotypical joke intended to make people laugh.. because the entire movie goes without any song-dance sequence and THEN at the very end when the movie is done.. "The End" the actors start sing and dancing.. the whole theater started laughing, including me.. so stereotypical of a Bollywood movie.. that's why people stay and watch the end credits and then cheer and clap for the composer - Go Rahman! FYI: M.I.A is a Sri Lankan artist brought up in U.K. I like her music; she uses some wicked Afro-Indian rhythms and beats, although most of her lyrics are gibberish. Check out her "Galang" and "Bucky Done Gun", those are my favorite. --- In [email protected], "Sylenthira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Even I cannot believe it. Does our ARR sir have number of fans from > U.S? If it is true.......no words to describe. > > --- In [email protected], Sanku Mohan <sanku4ar@> wrote: > > > > "And when they showed Music composed by A.R. Rahman towards the end... > > > > people cheered and clapped! Well, that made my day." i cant > believe this... pls someone confirm... OOO God u r great > > > > Sanku > > > > --- On Tue, 4/11/08, kaissiom <kaissiom@> wrote: > > From: kaissiom <kaissiom@> > > Subject: [arr] JAI HO! - Just watched Slumdog Millionaire > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Tuesday, 4 November, 2008, 12:33 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi guys, > > > > > > > > Just coming from the pre-screening of Slumdog Millionaire. It's a > > > > great movie, very different... very realistic. I would recommend > > > > everyone to watch it. I was lucky enough to get two seats for the > > > > pre-screening in Los Angeles. I went with my friend, I was not > > > > expecting the theater to be full since it's not a mainstream American > > > > movie. But to my surprise there was a huge line just to get in, and > > > > we barely saw any Indians... It was an all American audience. The > > > > direction and storytelling is awesome, along with some brilliant > > > > acting. Now coming to the BGM... Rahman has given an excellent score > > > > for the movie. > > > > > > > > The background music really compliments the movie well. M.I.A was > > > > featured at least a couple or more times throughout the movie. There > > > > are many fantastic BGM pieces used throughout the movie apart from > > > > what is played in the trailers. The romantic piece played on Jamal > > > > and Latika is simply awesome, it's a female voice humming.. I couldn't > > > > figure out who. I had a big wrestler type dude crying next to me > > > > during one of these scenes. The music was truly moving and added a lot > > > > of emotions to the scenes. > > > > > > > > Regarding what the reviewers and critics had said about the ending... > > > > it's true.. about 97% of people stayed glued to their seats as the End > > > > credits started rolling.. with the Jai Ho song by Sukhwinder and some > > > > dance sequence with a huge crowd. > > > > > > > > The song... well, I was not too impressed by it... it's an average > > > > song by Rahman standard but not very good or best.. may be because I > > > > was hearing it the first time? But hey, the people seemed to love it. > > > > > > > > And when they showed Music composed by A.R. Rahman towards the end... > > > > people cheered and clapped! Well, that made my day. We can expect > > > > more high profile international projects from Rahman, thanks to this > > > > movie. Let's hope it bags the Oscars for music. > > > > > > > > Go watch the movie and let's hope Fox Searchlight decides to release > > > > the soundtrack of the movie. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to > http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ > > >
