On 2/7/2009 10:04 PM India Time, _arr_raghu_ wrote: > How do SEL feel reading this line.. > "..T-Series has the rights of some of Rahman's films like > Taare Zameen Par,....."
A pattern is emerging that whenever people find any good and "different" music in current bollywood films, their first thought is that it must be by ARR. :-) I am not complaining. :-) Actually, I liked the music of "Taare Zameen Par" a lot. Though it sounded promising in the very first hearing, the amazing part of it was that it was very low profile. It doesn't attract you to itself. You might even get to ignore it or not remember it. But, if you hear it, you would get hooked to it, and then, that "low profile" aspect of it becomes a great positive that you would never get satiated with it and would like to hear it again and again. Title songs lyrics are so tenderly poetic, wow. -- Rawat > > > > --- In [email protected], Vithur <vith...@...> wrote: >> AR Rahman's Delhi 6 music sales not hit by recession Story By: > MANISHA >> PRADHAN SINGH updated 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. >> >> http://www.businessofcinema.com/news.php?newsid=11952&page=4 >> >> >> -- >> regards, >> Vithur
