Well, to start i would like to say that I am a great fan of rahman's music. I feel he has a unique style which some composers like sandeep chowta and at times Shankar ehsaan loy, have tried to emulate, but they sumhow fall short on quality. I first heard Rahman's music in Roja, though at that time I was too young to appreciate how good it was at the time. After listening to Dil Se..i was really hooked. But what really made me a huge fan of his music was the album 'Taal'. For a long time i thought that Taal's depth, diversity and scale would never be matched..and I was almost right The only person who could outd Taal was Rahman himself. Its been quite a journey for the maestro. Although some of his albums have been quite pathetic (One 2 Ka four, Doli Sajake Rakhna, Mangal pandey..which was a disaster)..and some which bordered greatness (Thakshak, Saathiya, Zubeida)..his music has always offered new sounds and melodies. . I wasnt too impressed with Rangeela..tho it was his first purely hindi album. His greatest works include, apart from the ones i mentioend earlier Swades, Lagaan, Meenakshi, Jodha Akbar and several others
A little bit about myself...i was a student of indian classical music for several years when i was younger..thus Rahmans music appealed to me even more. Talking of recent albums, well Delhi-6 is such a great album..it ranks alongside Taal and Dil se in my books. I sincerely feel that Jai Ho did not deserve an oscar. Being an ardent fan of Rahman I feel that he has made several much better songs in the past. Im extremely happy for him, and feel that his award was long due..but It would have been better if he'd got the award for some other song. (eg Luka Chuppi from RDG or Rehna Tu frm Delhi-6...which are both infinetly better numbers) The greatest strength of Rahman is that he is always up to date with technology involving music. Always experimenting with different instruments, creating new sounds and composing new melodies is what makes him such a winner....There is a great difference in the Rahman of Roja and Bombay, and now. Lastly, I would also like to say that apart from Rahman I simply love Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy's music ..they are No.2 on my list of best composers in the country. .. I do not understand any south indian language as im from Mumbai, so pardon me if I have missed out on Rahmans Tamil films( I know there are many !) Anish. On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 1:59 AM, V S Rawat <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/7/2009 10:22 AM India Time, _Anish Gupte_ wrote: > > > yes i joind last week after the oscars > > We would like to hear your impressions of ARR and his music if you can > please share. > > When did you come know about him first? Which was the first album/ song/ > film of him that you heard/ saw? How did it feel then? > > -- > Rawat > > > > > On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Arijit Debnath > > <[email protected]<arijit741%40gmail.com> > > <mailto:[email protected] <arijit741%40gmail.com>>> wrote: > > > > seems u r new in group.... lots of discussions being done here on Bose. > > > > Arijit > > > > 2009/3/6 Anish Gupte <[email protected] <musimax2000%40gmail.com> > > <mailto:[email protected] <musimax2000%40gmail.com>>> > > > > Nobody seems to talk abt Shyam Benegals' 'Bose:A Forgotten > > Hero', which has music by A.R.Rahman. Another masterpiece by > > the musician. (tho direcetd mainly towards a niche audience). > > >
