If you look at the top directors in Hollywood, they would do immense research before selecting a new musician. I don't think that Rahman would send his dance numbers to sample his work. He knows the best.
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Anantha Dreamer <[email protected]>wrote: > where have our boss composed bollywood style numbers in "Elizabeth". It > is pure symphonic score. Our boss can do it all... > > He is a world musician... not only bollywood musician as those who are > ignorant will say... > Regards, > Anantha the Dreamer > > http://arrtheboss.blogspot.com > Samuel Goldwyn - "I read part of it all the way through." > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Jahanzeb Farooq > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> > ... the person put on the map, this time, is AR Rahman. He may find >> doors opening to him in Hollywood. But it is still the traditional >> symphonic score that drives most of Hollywood, so is important that >> Rahman capitalise on his win and bag a few "non-exotic" projects, so >> that he doesn't become the go-to guy only when a "Bollywood-style" Jai >> Ho number is needed. (This isn't to say that Rahman should reject any >> such offers., but he should also look out for projects that allow him >> to stretch.) >> >> perfectly said. these are the exact thought coming to my mind after >> his win: even that he has won it, it will not exactly mean that he >> will start getting many offers from hollywood. probably only when some >> similar asian/indian type of music will be required for some similar >> type of asian/indian based film. ARR strongly needs to get a few >> traditional hollywood projects (like Elizabeht: The Golden Age) to >> show them what he is truly capable of and to get the A-league >> directors to hire him. >> >> --- In [email protected] <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, >> Prakash Balaramkrishna >> <prakysn...@...> wrote: >> > >> > http://www.desipundit.com/baradwajrangan/2009/02/21/between-reviews- >> a-one-dog-race/ >> > >> > Comment : 33 >> > >> > brangan Says: >> > >> > By the way, I was asked to write an instant editorial on the Oscar >> business. This is what I came up with: >> > As expected, AR Rahman won the most prestigious film award in the >> globe. As expected, he thanked his mother (“Mere paas maa hai,†he >> joked, invoking a line from Deewar that, unfortunately, no one in the >> audience understood), all his musicians from Chennai and Mumbai, and >> above all, God. This is the first time Tamil was spoken on the Oscar >> stage (“Ella pugazhum iraivan oruvanukke,†Rahman said, meaning >> that all praise goes to the Almighty). This is the first time an >> Indian won two Oscars. So it would all seem to add up to something >> big. >> > But the victory of Slumdog Millionaire is just a flash in the pan, a >> sweet little feel-good moment and nothing else. As several people have >> pointed out, it’s first and foremost a British film, not an Indian >> film, and among the reasons for its success are that it followed the >> Hollywood model of storytelling, familiar to audiences worldwide. (The >> Bollywood elements were merely spicy gravy.) So the grand night at the >> Oscars doesn’t imply that Mumbai will have to gear up for an >> avalanche of production crews from other parts of the globe. There’s >> Gandhi as a precedent. It won eight Oscars â€" and what happened? It >> was nearly three decades before Danny Boyle landed up with his crew >> and told a story about India. >> > Slumdog Millionaire will go down in Oscar history as a kind of >> Rocky, a film that was hugely loved during its time and now remembered >> mainly as the film that put Sylvester Stallone on the map. And the >> person put on the map, this time, is AR Rahman. He may find doors >> opening to him in Hollywood. But it is still the traditional symphonic >> score that drives most of Hollywood, so is important that Rahman >> capitalise on his win and bag a few “non-exotic†projects, so that >> he doesn’t become the go-to guy only when a “Bollywood-style†Jai >> Ho number is needed. (This isn’t to say that Rahman should reject >> any such offers., but he should also look out for projects that allow >> him to stretch.) >> > But all that can wait. Let’s just savour his win for now. This is >> a moment that’s not likely top be repeated, at least not via >> projects made within the country. The wise minds that submit films for >> Oscar consideration (in the foreign film category) always manage to >> pick movie that underwhelm, so even that solitary Oscar doesn’t look >> likely. And this only makes Rahman’s double win so special â€" a >> global recognition for a truly global musician. >> > >> >> > >
