Unfortunatel y A.R. Rahman's name was no where mentioned on the covers of the VCD.
--- In [email protected], vijay.mohan.i...@... wrote: > > By the way, at the beginning of the credits it says Special thanks to a r rahman. > > -- original message -- > Subject: [arr] Re: The Gentleman (Hindi) - Official or Unofficial? > From: "nishantsgarg" <nishantsg...@...> > Date: 10/12/2008 7:58 am > > Thank you Gopal for the clarification on the whole issue. Are there > any links to confirm this news? Any idea on whats A.R. Rahman's take > on this? > > --- In [email protected], Gopal Srinivasan <catchgops@> > wrote: > > > > The Gentleman in Hindi was an authorized remake of the original in > Tamil. The movie was > > produced by Geetha Arts/Allu Arjun, the production house behind the > Hindi version of Ghajini. > > The remake rights, including the music, were acquired from KT > Kunjumon, producer of the Tamil > > version. ARR was paid a fee for composing the score of the movie and > does not hold the > > publishing rights to the music of Gentleman. Whether the Hindi > makers were ethical in not > > crediting ARR is a matter for debate. > > > > --- Jahanzeb Farooq <jahanzebtippu@> wrote: > > > > > well i also wondered about this long ago. when i heard Roop suhana > > > lagta hai first time, from it's style i knew it must be by ARR (and > > > because AM can never compose something like this). as i > investigated i > > > found that it was originally composed by ARR and only re-arranged by > > > AM for the hindi version. but then why it did not show ARR's name on > > > credits?? because AM was a bigger name that time than ARR?? no clues. > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "nishantsgarg" <nishantsgarg@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > The Gentleman (Hindi) is a remake of the Tamil film Gentleman. The > > > > music is orignally composed by A.R. Rahman for the tamil version but > > > > the hindi version features the music director as Anu Malik. I was > > > > unable to find credits given to A.,R. Rahman for the music in the > > > > hindi version. All credits for the music of The Gentleman have been > > > > given to Anu Malik but the truth is that he has only composed one > > > > additional track What Is Love? and all other tracks have been > > > > orignally composed by A.R. Rahman and just the music arrangement has > > > > been done by anu Malik. > > > > > > > > Now someone please clear my dounbts - > > > > > > > > Gentleman (Tamil) released in 1993 and The Gentleman (Hindi) > > > released > > > > in 1994, so is The Gentleman (Hindi) an official remake and if yes > > > > were the music rights also obtained? > > > > > > > > If the music rights were obtained, so why are the music credits only > > > > given to Anu Malik and not A.R. Rahman on the VCD and CD? > > > > > > > > If the msuic has been copied or unofficially used by Anu Malik, have > > > > there been any issues or contraversies on this matter in the past? > > > > > > > > I will be greatful if someone could please clear my doubts on the > > > > whole matter. > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
