I think the media is to blame. don't think he will call the Hindu and talk about all his views to the paper. the journalists knew that these jealous souls will say exactly what they wanted to hear. hence they asked the question first to jagjit and then to this guy.
it is easy to be famous by bashing others. rahman's didn't gain fame by ill talking about others. it is his talent and a great heart that earned him billion fans. these ustads and media can say whatever they want. they are the one going to be losers at the end of the day. --- In [email protected], V S Rawat <vsra...@...> wrote: > > On 2/2/2009 11:05 PM India Time, _Prakash Balaramkrishna_ wrote: > > > > > From Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. > > > > http://blogs.thehindu.com/delhi/?p=12757 > > > > Further, quoted: > > > Ali Akbar Khan remembers, "Sir Richard Attenborough was wrong in > > using the London Philharmonic Orchestra to conduct music for his > > ambitious `Gandhi' by removing Ravi Shankar's compositions. Ravi > > Shankar would have done more justice to `Gandhi' than the London > > Philharmonic Orchestra. I am not demeaning western classical music. I > > am myself an ardent listener and admirer of philharmonic orchestras. > > But, each director should appoint a person of the soil, where he is > > shooting his film." > > Those who might not know. Sitarist Ravi Shankar has actually done some > bollywood films, some with songs, dances, melodrama and stuff, some > seriously made. > > http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788170/ > > # Gandhi (1982) > > # Meera (1979) (as Pandit Ravishankar) > > # Godaan (1963) > > # Anuradha (1960) ("Sanware Sanware Kahe Mose") > > # Kabuliwala (1956) > > # Vachan (1955) (lyrics: "Chandamama door ke, pue pakaye bur ke, aap > khaye thali main munne ko de pyali mein") > > Though the songs were ok, they weren't divine by any standards and > hundreds of songs of bollywood composers have given thousands of songs > better than his songs in these movies. > > Ustad ji and myself are no one to assess who is the greatest composer. > We all have our individual preferences for music. We are discussing here > not the greatness but the award. And the fact is: when Ravishankar ji > has done movies and his movies didn't fetch him oscar, what is the point > in saying that he should have got it? It is ARR who is getting awarded > and getting nominated, though I concede that this is no criteria of > judging the greatest composer. > > -- > Rawat >
