ya same as "when ppl talk bad at ur back, dont worry as it means u r two steps ahead of them "
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 9:45 AM, karthik subramanian < [email protected]> wrote: > Well said. Reminds me of a dialogue from GURU ' Jab log tumhare baare > mein bura bolna shuru karein, to samajh lo ki tum aage badh rahe ho..." > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Chord <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Friday, January 30, 2009 7:17:12 AM > *Subject:* [arr] When you are number one, there WILL be a bullseye target > on your back > > If happens everywhere. It's the nature of the beast. Jealousy, envy, > whatever it is. When you're the top of the game, THE top, you will > have shots coming your way. It is to be expected. > > Rahman is the best. He is receiving lots of attention, praise, etc. > The comments by Mr. Singh to me are not surprising given that I knew > that one of these days, someone would open their mouth and say > something negative about ARR. It was bound to happen. And it WILL > probably happen again. Someone will speak to the media and say > something sarcastic, or negative about Rahman, similar to what Ismail > Darbar said about Rahman a few years ago. > > What bothered me about Mr. Singh's comments is that even if he didn't > mean to attack Rahman himself, the way his comments came out sounded > very accusatory and insulting, essentially saying, "What Rahman has > accomplished is really not that great given that he has not composed > ghazals since ghazals are the ultimate and superior form of music". > His tone was arrogant and of superiority. Why couldn't he have just > said "I would love for Rahman to compose ghazals since films today > don't have a lot of them. Rahman is talented and versatile enough to > compose ghazals". It is obvious that Mr. Singh has issues related to > anger and bitterness over his life and the fact that he is not getting > many film assignments. A person of his age and stature shouldn't be > making such impulsive and blunt remarks. I would expect that from a > junior artist or someone much younger. > > When people make such comments about how Rahman uses only Western > tunes, did they ever hear his soundtracks such as Water, Earth, > Lagaan, Bose? What about songs like Piya Ho, Naina Neer, Na Shiqua > Hota, Mujphe Toofan, Sarfarosh Ki Tamanna, Desh Ki Mitti, Ghooparani, > Tere Bina, etc. etc.? You would get the feeling that they think that > Rahman only composes songs like Pappu all the time!! > > > > -- best regrards Logesh A
