strange ! Why did he he have to share music credits with AR for Kisna? On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 4:25 AM, Rivjot <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Good to know this. If somebody else is chosen over you (as judge feels that > he is better than you or can be better at this specific task), one should > not have hard feelings (especially for years.. which turns into anger) as it > works against you. > > Ramu's blog posts are always interesting to read. > > --- In [email protected] <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > "Din, D, Nesh" <dinesh.theb...@...> wrote: > > > > RGV blogs on what happened...... apparently, this is why Ismail has been > really harsh to ARR.... > > > > > > DUSTBIN FORTUNES > > Both "Drohi" and the song bombed but because of that association my > relationship with that lyric writer continued and whenever I was in Mumbai, > me, the violin player and the lyric writer used to meet up once in a while > and at that time I was just beginning to work on the idea of "Rangeela". > When I mentioned the story to both of them, they got very excited and the > violin player composed a tune for which the lyric writer wrote a song. I was > very impressed with both and committed to both of them that they will be > doing the music for "Rangeela". They were thrilled to bits. > > > > A few days later Maniratnam made me hear the songs of "Roja" at his home > on Chennai and I was simply blown away with the orchestral brilliance of > A.R.Rahman. I got too greedy and at any cost wanted to get that sound in my > film and went back on my commitment to the violin player and signed Rahman > instead, which understandingly left the violin player in a very angry and a > heartbroken state. The lyric writer pleaded with me not to do that to his > friend and I said it is just a professional decision in the best interest of > the film. > > > > I spoke to Rahman about the lyric writer and told him that his first song > didn't work but I do believe that he is very good. Rahman said, "If he is > good enough for you he is good enough for me". > > > > Thus that lyric writer named Mehboob came into "Rangeela" minus the > violin player and the first song he wrote was "Tanha Tanha". I played that > song to Maniratnam and he was mighty impressed with the fact that he hasn't > heard a song since a long time which didn't have the words dil, deewana and > sanam and signed on Mehboob for "Bombay". > > > > With the super success of both "Bombay" and "Rangeela" Mehboob got a very > big name and credibility and using that he recommended his closest friend > the violin player to Sanjay Leela Bhansali who was looking for a new music > director for "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam" and thus was born Ismail Darbar. > > > > After the tremendous musical success of "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam" which > also timed with a couple of Rahman albums not doing well including my own > "Daud" Ismail Darbar was the new musical genius on the block. I called > Ismail Darbar up to congratulate him and he didn't pick up my calls. > > > > Later on Ismail gave an interview where he said that now that he is a > success, everybody is calling him including Ramgopal Varma. That was > obviously his revenge on the heartache I gave him by dumping him from > "Rangeela". > > > > http://rgvzoomin.com/2009/10/07/dustbin-fortunes/ > > > > >
