Excellent writeup. Agree with your views.
--- In [email protected], Shah Navas <shahnavas....@...> wrote: > > Now I hope there would be reverse effect. . Like Kamal said it is time for > Indian movies to go global. > But as a matter of fact there's nothing truly global. Everybody > has affiliations and preferences and a social/personal context based on > which they view things. Not interests, only emotions are global - love, > peace, happiness, compassion and so on. It's a challenge to make a movies > that connects across many cultures incorporating those emotions. SDM > achieved it. Many Indian directors have the potential to make such movies > and have made such movies in the past. > > There are many naysayers of popular Indian movies 'terming' it as 'masala'. > Yes, some are downright stupid, but so are movies in any languages and there > are 'intelligent' movies in any language. Movies are primarily a medium of > entertainment and art, message is just a by-product. > > Not everyone in the world think that Western movies are the best; they cater > to certain sensibilities. Degree of fusion has been and will continually > increase in any field, films being no exception. > > Indian movies have been borrowing heavily from western movies and Hollywood > has always been open to innovation. I feel, now other non-english film > industries will also increase collaboration and there will certainly be > influences. Rahman himself is doing a Indo-Japanese movie. > > Yes, the barriers are getting broken. But that should not destroy our own > identity. Loosing a language is loosing millenniums of knowledge. Sadly, > that is what is happening to many cultures and languages. > > The whole challenge will be not to loose our own identity in this immense > crossovers which is happening. For example, there's is no one tamil/hindi > movie recently which has 100% native language dialogues. Classical music > have almost ceased being part of mainstream movies. > > Well this is a larger issue every country is facing - the side effects of > globalisation. Hope the debate of sustainable globalisation evolves a > practical framework for a harmonious global culture, without loosing > essential local culture. > > Rahman is a step in that direction. He is firmly rooted to Raagas, but > doesn't limit himself there. He seamlessly crosses every boundaries in > creating a global sound. > > Rahman sets the right example. > > > > > > > > > > > 2009/2/26 Mahima Sengupta <mahiya_is_mind_blow...@...> > > > I fully agree with you there Mr. Anand though I won't qauntify. I thin > > many a times His efforts are getting wasted in a badly made movie. Both > > Hindi and Tamil directors should improve their standards to meet ARR's. > > > > --- On *Thu, 2/26/09, Anand Bharathan <an...@...>* wrote: > > > > From: Anand Bharathan <an...@...> > > Subject: RE: [arr] We will lose ARR's Music > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009, 12:43 PM > > > > Just my take. Ideally I would like to see ARR doing not more than 5 > > movies a year (I international, 3 Hindi and 1 Tamil). He is known more for > > quality than quantity and I am sure he will keep this in mind in spite of > > going to be inundated with offers. I guess the likes of Karan Johar and > > Aditya Chopra would now want to work with him just to get their names tagged > > with a Academy Award winner though they might probably live to regret they > > never got a chance . As for scoring in Tamil, first the directors over there > > would need to pull up their socks and raise their standards to the level of > > AG, ROM or MR before ARR can do more projects. I don't want to see a talent > > like ARR getting involved in crap projects in Tamil. My major worry is how > > he is going to manage the different time zones. I hope he gets enough rest. > > > > > > > > I think ARR is a kind of whiz kid blessed by his spirituality and in which > > ever industry he arrived (Kolly, Bolly or Holly) he did so with a bang so he > > is going to continue to do so in future. In terms of awards, there is really > > nothing more to achieve except as said in one interview the Nobel Peace > > prize which I am sure he will do one day as well. Peace through music.. If > > it happens, what a day that will be. > > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:arrahmanfan [email protected]] > > *On Behalf Of *live for arr Live > > *Sent:* 26 February, 2009 3:38 PM > > *To:* arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com > > *Subject:* [arr] We will lose ARR's Music > > > > > > > > With OSCAr's victory on one hand and bringing glory to India, arr told > > today morning to one of the news channels, that he will be ome time in LA, > > some time in Chennai nd some time in Mumbai. > > > > > > > > we lost ARR from 2000 to Hindi films and from 2009 we will lose him to > > Hollywood films. > > > > It's pity that we cannot hear more of him in Tamil. hope ARR listens to > > this and show some mercy to us. > > > > > > > > > > > > >
