Yes Ind Mov...That is very well said..I agree with u totallyy..tats what my point is... Also I would like to add that Rahman himself had said that Jai Ho is not his best composition..
Anish. On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Indmov Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > I respect people's opinion about how Jai Ho doesn’t come across as > Rahman’s best in their opinion. That’s fine. We live in a subjective world. > I didn’t think it was his best either. But that’s the point- he wasn’t > competing with himself (or rather his other tracks), at this year’s Oscars! > If we had tracks from Roja, Lagaan or even Thiruda Thiruda in competition > with Jai Ho, then I can understand how fans can be disappointed that Jai Ho > won over a Mitwa or a Kojam Nilavu or even a Dil se re. But they were not > there to compete with Jai Ho. So why fuss about how it’s not his best and > that’s why it should have not got an Oscar – or something in those lines! > When one day we have two of Rahman’s albums up for nominations at the > Oscars, we can moan about why one got it over the other. So save the > discussions (and unnecessary disappointment) till then! > > Also, if Lagaan had won the Oscar for best foreign movie, that would not > have got Rahman an Oscar. There is no “Best Music in a Foreign Film” > category at the Oscars.Yes, his music would have been part of an Oscar > winning movie but A.R.Rahman, the man himself would not have been an Oscar > winner. This will apply to all future Indian projects. They will always be > classified as “foreign films”. So although we’d like Oscars for all our > favourite Rahman soundtracks, that ain’t going to happen because they have > mostly been for “foreign films”, in the eyes of the Academy. Thank God for > Danny Boyle! > > > > >
