Atlast heard something about ADA's release...So is it releasing this year??
--- On Tue, 2/17/09, Roshan <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Roshan <[email protected]> > Subject: [arr] I Don’t Know Himesh Reshammiya at All: A R Rahman > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 7:32 AM > February 17th, 2009 > > A R RahmanWe read about how Himesh Reshammiya has refused > to sing for > A R Rahman. But Rahman says he has never met Reshammiya. > > Laughs the soft spoken maestro sarcastically, "Our > communication has > been only through the press. He told the press he wanted to > sing for > me. I told the press I had composed a song that would suit > his voice. > To this he replied again through the press that he > didn't want to sing > for me. We've not met. We haven't exchanged a call > or an sms." > > Rahman finds it strange that after hounding him for so long > Reshammiya > changed his mind. "For the past two years I had been > reading about how > he wanted to sing for me. As a gesture returning his > compliment I > thought this song would be perfect. I didn't know he > would sing for me > only when I compose for a film starring him. I don't > know if I can do > that," say Rahman who turns 41 in January. > > "2008 was my most productive year in Hindi cinema in > the last ten > years. I had 7 soundtracks in the North and South. And > I'm happy with > all of them. God has been kind. I haven't planned > anything big for > 2008. But my music school in Chennai is my biggest dream > come true. > The whole of 2008 the school gave me a high." > > Rahman has just composed his first ever song for an > international > opera-on-film that's directed by Shekhar Kapoor. > "I thank Shekhar for > trusting me with something so unusual. The singer Kavita > Baliga is a > teacher at my music school. Though she's Indian she > comes from LA. > It's a great team that we have at music school. Right > now I've 110 > students. They come from India, Singapore and Malaysia. I > want to > cultivate musicians who don't know just about classical > music but also > new-age sounds. Today's complete musician has to be > clued into world > music. And that's what we're trying to inculcate at > my school." > > Eventually Rahman wants a music orchestra coming out of his > school. > "And I also want to produce new voices for > films." > > Rahman regrets the fact that music and harmony have gone > out of our > music. "In the course of time listeners have lost > patience with > melody. All the tracks have to be super-racy. As a composer > I'd > definitely prefer melody. But if people want to come to > movies just to > have a good time then I'll give them racy songs. I > don't want to lose > out on the young audience. However filmmakers need to > understand the > value of melody. It's not as though people have not > liked the melodies > in Yuvraaj. I've to give it to Mr Ghai for taking film > music away from > the predictable. I'm very proud of Yuvraaj. There are > two kinds of > music, the one to draw audiences in like Jaane Tu…Ya > Jaane Na or the > one that propels the plot forward like Yuvraaj." > > Speaking of his very special rapport with Aamir Khan Rahman > says, > "Whatever goes to Aamir is a very high-profile and > filtered project. > So my music has to automatically match up." > > The year has been plush with projects for Rahman. > "I've worked with > three generations of directors, and in as many continents. > I can tell > what they like and not like. Working with Abbas Tyrewala in > Jaane > Tu…Ya Jaane Na was a rewarding experience. Yes, I'll > be doing Abbas' > next.I'm as proud of Pappu can't dance sala as Tu > muskura. Now after > Ghajini, I've Delhi 6 and Adaa coming up one after > another." > > An unfulfilled dream? "All my private album projects > have been > neglected because of my movie commitments. All my > colleagues at my > private music-label are crying about this. I want to > complete these > non-film projects." -Subhash K Jha / Sampurn Media
