Boondon Se Baatein, Khaamosh Raat, Dholna....3 of my all time favorite Rahman songs.
--- In [email protected], Thulasi Ram <karoke...@...> wrote: > > 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 < > krishna.kris...@...> 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 <dvsagar_2...@...>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 > >> > >> > > > > >
