I do not know about Jai Ho... But slumdog is proving to be the very best for me... I mean I can't stop listening to the Dreams on Fire theme... Its quietly mesmerizing me.
I feel like the Jeans love theme, bombay dreams Journey Home............ Its awesome....... Regards, Anantha the Dreamer http://arrtheboss.blogspot.com Jay London - "I saw a stationery store move." On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:56 AM, ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni . < [email protected]> wrote: > not his overall best - but best among the nominated ones! > > > --- In [email protected] <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > Vithur <vith...@...> wrote: > > > > Rahman said that Slumdog Millionaire was definitely not his masterpiece, > > Rahman said Jai Ho was more about "a burst of joy and signified the > release > > of external energy." He attributed the awards to Gulzar's skills of > making > > the songs "phonetically catchy" which clicked with the Western audience. > > > > "Though the Americans are clueless about the meaning of the song, words > like > > Jai Ho, O Saya, Ringa, ringa seem to have caught their fancy and am happy > > that they are now listening to Indian music," said the Oscar winner, who > > already has a couple of Hollywood offers at hand. > > > > "Music has no language and it is this aspect that the film has brought > out," > > said Rahman who humbly dedicated his double Oscars to all his countrymen. > > > > "I had only five per cent expectation about the Oscar for Slumdog > > Millionaire. In fact, I was more bothered about my live performance and > that > > was extraordinary and its impact was much more," confessed a jet-lagged > > Rahman at the first press meet after his Oscar award. > > > > "Originally, they wanted me to do a live performance of the Hindi remix > > song, aaj ki raat. But I wanted to present my own composition before the > > world audience and hence I changed it to Jai Ho," said the Mozart of > Madras. > > > > Admitting that he felt more joyous and comfortable with devotional songs > > than beat songs, Rahman felt that the Oscars had doubled his > responsibility > > and that now "his priority was doing good films, be it in Tamil, Hindi, > > Telugu or English." > > > > "My dream is to connect people with music and probably this incident has > > unified all of us. I think this is a starting point of extraordinary > > things," he proclaimed. > > > > When queried about the partying and gifts that followed the Oscars, > Rahman > > admitted that he had to leave all the champagne bottles back in the US > owing > > to Customs trouble and brought back only the 2 Oscar statuettes "which > > carried a cash award of $500 each". > > > > "After all that news, it was my kids who were more relieved to see me > back. > > They bunked school that day and kept on e-mailing me – Daddy, get back to > > us," said the responsible father. > > http://keralaonline.com/entertainment/slumdog-rahman_25107.html > > > > -- > > regards, > > Vithur > > > > >
