Thanks Gayathri for your wonderful and detailed post.. We all can hope for more Awards to ARR
Regards Yogesh Pune --- In [email protected], Gayathri Chandrakasan <gayathri_c...@...> wrote: > > Not necessarily...although we do see most of the popular movies making it to > the nomination lists, but more often than not, it's the dark horses that end > up sweeping the awards! > > It's also the same case with bollywood or most film industries for that > matter. Not all films are nominated based on their popularity or success at > the box-office. If I'm not wrong, a number of our group members had earlier > on expressed their fears that Delhi6 music might not be nominated for the > popular awards due to the film's failure at the box-office. Yuvraaj's failure > at the BO was quoted as one of the examples. > > Their fears are justifiable but there's no harm in hoping. Personally, I feel > that awards (esp music awards) are based more on the popularity of the songs > rather than the success of the film. Yuvraaj did have magical numbers but > were they as popular as all the other ARR's albums? I don't think so..and I > blame it all on the bad marketing of the album. When Subash Ghai did Taal > with ARR, there were immense marketing for the music album as it was their > first collaboration. Moreover, Taal was deemed to revive the careers of > Subash Ghai, Aishwarya Rai, and Akshaye Khanna who until then, had a string > of flops behind them. Therefore, though the movie was hardly watchable, it > was still declared a hit, all thanks to the success of the sensational songs. > > But in the case of Yuvraaj, there weren't much marketing done for the film or > the songs. Yes, we rave about the beauty of the songs here because we hv > heard and fell in love with each one of those numbers, but frankly speaking, > how many non-Rahman fans have actually sat and heard these songs? Not many > going by my guesses. So, I don't think it's apt to use Yuvraaj as a yardstick > in this case. > > Delhi6 was different...the film didn't do well in the BO but the songs have > been garnered with praises from the public (ARR's fan and otherwise). Rehna > Tu & Maasakali were regularly played in all the major radio stations (mainly > due to the repeated request of the listeners). > > If anything, kindly remember that Dilse's ill-fate at the BO in 1998 didn't > seem to affect the popularity of the songs. ARR even went on to win a > filmfare award for the the best music that year. A similar situation might > occur here too. > > Therefore there's no harm in hoping that ARR might bag another award for > Delhi6. Keep your fingers crossed for Delhi6...and CR too:) > > --- On Tue, 9/29/09, yogesh2783 <yogesh2...@...> wrote: > > From: yogesh2783 <yogesh2...@...> > Subject: [arr] Re: Couples Retreat track for OSCARS... > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 10:46 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am having a query..does nomination for Academy Award for > original score depends upon fate of movie [like in bollywood]? > > anyway ,AR deserves another Oscar for CR. > > > > Regards > > Yogesh > > Pune > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, "Rivjot" <rivjot@> wrote: > > > > > > PLEASE!!! At least wait for movie to come out before making such > > statements. > > > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Tamiliniyan <mytamilmytamil@ > wrote: > > > > > > > > http://www.cinefund as.com/2009/ 09/25/couples- retreat-music- review > > > > I have a strong feeling that ARR will win oscar next year for his CR > > > scores ... > > > > Yeah..~!~!!! !!! > > > > > > > >
