Actually, with or without the Oscars, Rahman is Rahman and his music is always a bonus for your films.
- Couldnt have said it better !!! Cant wait for Gautham - Rahman combo !!! Yippeeeee!!! :D --- In [email protected], pratap <pratap_elen...@...> wrote: > > Gautam Menon's new love story > > > Gautam Vasudev Menon's epic Vaaranam Aayiram garnered wonderful reviews, and > decent business at the box office. Though he began working on the long > pending Chennayil Oru Mazha Kalam soon after, he has left it again and > started work on a quickie, a love story with Silambarasan and Trisha in the > lead. > > The film is interestingly titled Vinnaithandi Varuvaya [Will you leap the > skies and come to me?]. In fact, it is a line from a song in Rajeev Menon's > Minsara Kanavu [Sapnay in Hindi starring Kajol, Arvind Swamy and Prabhu Deva]. > > But the most interesting aspect of the film is that its music is composed by > double Oscar winner A R Rahman. > > In between shooting of the film, the director talks exclusively to Shobha > Warrier about it. > > Did you come across the title Vinnaithandi Varuvaya on the spur of a moment > or did you have to think a lot about it? > > I have taken the words Vinnaithandi Varuvaya from the song in Minsara Kanavu. > No, I did not have to think a lot; it just came on the spur of the moment. > > What exactly attracted you about those two words? > > They are > beautiful! More than that, I thought the words went very well with the > script and the theme of the film. It is very meaningful for the film. > In fact, I was struggling to get a good title for the film, and this > came to my mind all of a sudden. > How do you come up with such interesting titles -- Vaaranam Aayiram, > Chennayil Oru Mazha kalam, Vinnaithandi Varuvaya? > > I try to come > up with something new, apt and interesting every time a film is > planned. Sometimes, I bounce off ideas with Thamarai [the song writer > of all his films]. But generally, it is the reflection of my own > thoughts. But I always call her for approval. > Is this film a love story? > > It is an out > and out feel-good love story. You can call it a soft romantic film! > It's about youngsters between the age groups 22-23. It is the usual boy > meets girl, old fashioned romantic love story! > > Is the movie going to be a quickie? > > Yes, we will finish the film in one schedule and plan to release it in June. > > What about Chennayil Oru Mazha Kalam? > > I have put it on hold right now. It will come out only after this. > > Why did you decide to make this film first? > > We were > talking to Simbu, and his dates were available. I thought he would be > apt for this kind of a film. He is young, a good actor and a dancer > too. I feel if a director can hold him, he will come out very well. > He was ready > to experiment; try something different. Trisha is also very talented > and a good-looking girl. I felt Simbu and Trisha looked good on screen. > > > You were to direct a Telugu film for Warner Brothers and Soundarya > Rajnikanth... > > I will start the film after June, and before that, I wanted to make a > quickie. And that's Vinnaithandi Varuvaya. > > After Vaaranam Aayiram, you were to direct a film with Ajith. What happened > to that? > > We couldn't agree on the story. Call it ideological differences! > > You have got A R Rahman to score music for two of your films -- Chennayil Oru > Mazha Kalam and Vinnaithandi Varuvaya. How did he agree to do both the films? > > I don't know how he agreed. I narrated the idea to him, and he agreed. > Perhaps he liked the ideas. > > I am a big fan > of Rahman and I have a collection of all his albums. I always wanted to > work with him. He has already composed for both my films. > Now, an Oscar winner is composing music for your films; a real bonus. > > Actually, with > or without the Oscars, Rahman is Rahman and his music is always a bonus > for your films. I don't think him winning the Oscar will make any > difference to music. But yes, commercially, it will work more. > > http://www.rediff.com/movies/2009/mar/02slde1-gautam-menons-vinnaithandi-varuvaya.htm > > > http://indian-music-bgm.blogspot.com/ >
