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--- On Sat, 2/7/09, Vithur <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Vithur <[email protected]>
Subject: [arr] Shankar Ehsan Loy team says, "Rahman has always given top
quality music and he always will.
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Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 7:59 PM
AR Rahman's Delhi 6 music sales not hit by recession
Story By:MANISHA PRADHAN SINGHupdated on: 07/02/09
MUMBAI: Music composer A R Rahman began the year literally on a high note! Post
the Golden Globe Awards, followed by the Oscar nominations for Slumdog
Millionaire, the expectations from him are soaring.
Known for giving soundtracks, which have good production value, his next album
that is climbing the charts is Delhi 6. The soundtrack of Delhi 6 comprises 10
songs sans remixes.
Moreover, according to T-Series, which has the music rights of Delhi 6, the
album has been well received by consumers.
Delhi 6 has been directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, after the cult classic
film Rang De Basanti. The lyrics have been written by Prasoon Joshi. Rahman
teams up with Mehra and Joshi once again for Delhi 6 after RDB.
Even though the world is singing praises of Rahman post Golden Globes, he has
always been recognized for his musical magic back home! Similarly, each and
every song in Dehli 6 too upholds the high standards Rahman has set.
T-Series chairman and managing director Bhushan Kumar says, "Rahman has always
given good music and the response to his music has always been good as far as
sales are concerned. Moreover with the three talents - Rahman, Rakeysh Mehra
and Prasoon Joshi coming together, the Delhi 6 album too is sure to be a big
hit."
Though his personal favourites are Masakali and Rehna Tu, Kumar feels the album
as a whole is great. He says, "Despite the recession, where people have become
very selective about what they buy, we are getting a superb response as far as
music sales of Delhi 6 are concerned. We are not feeling the hit of recession
with this album."
T-Series has the rights of some of Rahman's films like Taare Zameen Par, Jaane
Tu, Yuvvraj, Ghajini, Slumdog Millionaire and Delhi 6.
According to Mehra, Rahman is involved with the film right from the time the
story is conceived to the final draft. He says, "Rahman, Prasoon and I have
been working on the music since the last three years. In all my films the songs
are played in the background theyare more like an interpretation of the story
rather than lip sync, therefore there is nothing like the song has to be ready
before the shoot. We discuss the story ideas together and in the process,
Rahman starts forming pictures in his head and he works on the concept and the
tune. He has a very unique way of working."
PEERS TALK
Speaking to Businessofcinema. com, musician Shankar Mahadevan from the Shankar
Ehsan Loy team says, "Rahman has always given top quality music and he always
will. The soundtrack of Delhi 6 too is sure to do well. Post the Golden Globe
and the Oscar nominations the rest of the world has become more aware of Indian
music and it's sure to have a bigger market abroad."
Music director Sajid, from the Sajid Wajid duo, feels, "Expectations from
Rahman post the awards might have gone up but Rahman's work has always been
beyond expectations. When we talk about Rahman we talk about guarantee. Though
there are some music composers like Aadesh Srivastav who are doing work for the
international market, the singing of Jai Ho! at the Oscars and the numerous
awards that Rahman has won will definitely make the international market more
aware about the quality and talent in India."
Director Mehra adds, "Rahman has always delivered good music and brought a
change. In fact he's the change. The demand for the music of Delhi 6 too is
hot."
DELHI 6's MUSIC MANTRA
With Delhi 6, Rahman offers a wide array of musical genres in a single album
ranging from devotional, Sufi, classical, rock, romance, folk. Rahman has also
used more of new-age voices like Mohit Chauhan, Javed Ali and Benny Dayal for
this album.
On one hand, the Delhi 6 album has a completely Indian classical like Bhor
Bhayi sung by Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan and Shreya Ghoshal and on the other it
has Hey Kaala Bandar, which is somewhat a fun song on the lines of Masti Ki
Paathshala from Rang de Basanti.
Then there's Genda Phool, which has a folk touch wherein Rehman has matched new
age with folk music. Speaking to Bussinessofcinema. com, Mehra says, "The song
Genda Phool is a folk song and it was given to us by Raghuveer Yadav and Rajat
Dholakia gave the additional music for the song."
On the other hand, Dil Gira Dafatan is more western, where Rahman introduces a
new playback voice - Ash King. According to Mehra, "Rahman had heard him in
London sometime back, so he got him to India to do this song. Being a third
generation Indian living in London, he could not speak Hindi so we had to train
him before singing every line. It took us almost 18 days to record the song.
The outcome was excellent, Rahman has always been clear about the voice."
Masakali is a song about a pigeon in the film and is also soaring on the
popularity charts. Sung by Mohit Chauhan, of Jab We Met fame, the song is
catchy and Chauhan's style of singing stands out. Speaking about this song,
Mehra says, "Masakali is the name of the dove in the film. This dove happens to
be Sonam's favourite and is her pet. It's also symbolic to her character in the
film. The name Masakali does not mean anything as such but it just fitted in so
we used it."
Noor is a monologue by Amitabh Bachchan, which carries a message of communal
harmony. Then there's a devotional track, Tumre Bhavan Mein, which is an aarti,
also sung by Rekha Bharadwaj along with, Kishori Gowariker and Shraddha Pandit.
This song reminds one of the bhajan - O Palanhare from Lagaan.
Arziyan, sung by Jaaved Ali and Kailash Kher has a bit of Sufi touch and
compared to the other songs is a little longer but it is clearly the most
touching song in the album. It's soothing and symbolic and it also happens to
be Mehra's favourite from the album. He says, "The tune that we used for
Arziyan had been with Rehman for almost nine years and it was very kind of him
to give us this tune. Prasoon took almost one and half years to write this song
and it's one of the most soulful songs."
Rehna Tu, Rahman decides to hold the mic himself and does complete justice to
the song.
The title song of the movie, Delhi 6 is sung by Blaze, Benny, Tanvi, Viviane,
and Claire. The lyrics that go "Yeh Delhi hai mere yaar, bas ishq mohabbat
pyaar" is sure to be a big hit with all young Delhites.
T-Series' Bhushan Kumar adds, "The title track Delhi 6 will not only be a hit
with all the Delhites but just like the song 'Mumbai se aaya mera dost'
appealed to all Indians, this song too will have a universal appeal."
On the whole the music of Delhi-6 has a global appeal. The movie releases
worldwide on 20 February, which is two days prior to the Oscars, which will
take be held on 22 February.
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