s, thankshak is a great album and till date, it never got its recognition it deserved. situations like this deeply affect the MD.
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 7:22 AM, Krishna Kanth Kristam < [email protected]> wrote: > Vinod..superb topic..and superb questions.. > > one question from me - > > - After the release of "Thakshak" audio, I remember reading an AR interview > in which he said- Had the Thakshak audio been a bigger success than it were > (in terms of reaching common people or audio sales etc..), the music > compositions would have taken a different turn. have you ever composed music > in that flavour again? If so, which movie? (I guess En Swasa Katre was also > on the same lines..released in that year.) > > guys..write in..your questions as well..hopefully one day we will get the > answers..from AR himself.. > > § Krishna. > > > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 3:35 PM, vinod sagar <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> I was just thinking if I were to interview Rahman, what question I wud >> ask. Here's a part of the questions I thought of.. they are not >> exhaustive... some more are to come.. hope you to add some... pls excuse me >> if i thought of a question which was already answered :o) >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> 1. You and Mehboob made a great combination, proved with the success of >> Bombay and Vandemataram, why is that we do not see you working together >> again ? >> ------------------------------ >> >> 2. Music Directors often say that they have "n" number of tunes in their >> repository (one Telugu MD I heard said that he had 10,000 song tunes with >> him). Is this the same with you as well. Or do you think music and tunes >> come spontaneously ? >> ------------------------------ >> >> 3. Why is it that whenever we listen to your music in different systems >> (eg. Headphones, 5.1, Stereo etc), we discover new sounds that we had not >> heard before in that song. For example in the song "Ishq Bina Ishq Bina" >> from Taal you had mixed the sound of a CPU speaker between 5:15 and 5:17. Do >> you mix them in your songs as a "puzzle - to be solved by the listners" ? >> ------------------------------ >> >> 4. What according to you is the best music set-up to listen, discover and >> enjoy your songs completely, with all the special effects. >> ------------------------------ >> >> 5. When I was a teenager back in the 90s I saw one of your interviews on >> TV. In that interview you had said that a lot of Directors are not happy >> with your music, but the music went on to become hits. Did those directors >> ever come back to you again ? >> ------------------------------ >> >> 6. You had expressed your wish to do music for a film like >> "Shankarabharanam". Do you think that you will ever get to work on such a >> movie in today's trend of commercial cinema? >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> 7. We have seen many of your greatest tunes not getting the praise they >> deserve because either they were part of a non-commercial movie of a one >> that flopped (eg: Ada, Zubeida, Bose-TFH, Meenaxi, Tehzeeb, one 2 k 4, Gang >> Master, Palnati Pourusham etc). But when you use any part of these >> overlooked songs in other movies, critics slam you to be repetitive, how do >> you repond to it. >> ------------------------------ >> >> 8. Do you think your style of music has indirectly put any pressure on >> other music directors to keep-up with you and make music similar to yours ? >> ------------------------------ >> >> 9. We all know that you are a very busy person, do you regularly listen to >> music of other music directors by your instincts or when someone recommends >> it. >> ------------------------------ >> >> 10. You had once said that you can make enough songs for 5 movies with the >> Background music created in one movie. We see that some of the current music >> directors are copying from your back-ground music (Eg: vishal shekar from >> Swades to salaam nameste- my dil goes mmm.. caught by an active fan in the >> yahoo group). How do you feel when other music directors copy your songs. >> (We don't know how many of your background scores have inspired other MDs >> yet :o) >> ------------------------------ >> >> 11. Shivamani once said that you were the first music director in India >> who insisted on printing the names of artists on the cassette and cd credits >> (eg" keyboard player, sound engineer, flute etc). That was a great gesture, >> but how open was the music industry to this concept ? >> ------------------------------ >> >> 12. How successful have you been in convincing the industry about the >> music royalities issue ? >> ------------------------------ >> >> 13. When the music of Lagaan, Jodha Akbar, Rang de Basanti, Zubeida, >> Thakshak, The legend of bhagat singh etc... was released, early critics >> wrote them off with comments such as "Not expected from Rahman". But a few >> years after their release, these albums are suddenly considered master >> pieces in Indian music history. Do you think that this is the mind setup >> of the critics or if something is wrong somewhere ? >> ------------------------------ >> >> 14. It happpens only with your music that the more you listen to it the >> more you like it, why? >> ------------------------------ >> >> 15. >> a) A lot of today's top music artists swear by the statement that "it is >> ONLY because of you that they are what today". >> b)Until Roja, the producers never dared to experiment to with new music >> directors >> c) Until you, the artists never got any credit on the music cassette/CD >> inlays >> d) You are one who has taken the initiative in demanding the royalities to >> the music director from music companies >> e) You took Indian music to the global arena >> f) Your name itself sells music either with the music lovers or the music >> companies >> >> Of all the above examples you are a trendsetter. How does it feel, do you >> feel more burdened with expectations ? >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> >> Vinod >> >> > >
