Ultimate Heights of Humility.. Jai ho to Gulzar Saheb.. :)
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:16 AM, balas_only <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Gulzar Saab is really a gentleman personified. He is so simple and > unassuming. That is the reason he could provide amazing lyrics to the great > ike R D Burman who himself was so simple and unassuming. His association > with R D Burman was legendary. Now his association with our beloved ARR is > also becomming legendary. ARR is also so simple and unassuming. Maybe all > greats are alike. May this association with the present great ARR continue > for long and keep providing us with amazing music. > > bala > > --- In [email protected] <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > Vithur <vith...@...> wrote: > > > > "'Jai Ho' is from Ramayan to Rahman; I will take no credit for it" - > > Gulzar [image: > > Click here to add this article to My > > Clips]< > http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/my/index.php?mode=my_clip_add&clip_id=5753&clip_category=f > > > > > > From the Ramayan to Rahman, that's the journey that according to Gulzar > > saab, the phrase '*Jai > > Ho*< > http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/broadband/video/Movie-Songs/UvvqNk19/3/Jai-Ho-Slumdog-Millionaire.html > >' > > has made. "It's not as if I coined it on the spot for *Slumdog > Millionaire*," > > says Gulzar saab after hearing that '*Jai Ho*' has been nominated on > > Thursday in prestigious category of 'Best Song Written For A Motion > Picture' > > at the Grammys. > > > > "'*Jai Ho*' is a term that is as ancient as it is sacrosanct. I would > sound > > extremely foolish if I took any credit for that phrase or for the success > of > > that song. The entire credit must go to Rahman and Rahman alone. He has > > taken our popular sounds to an international level." > > > > On hearing of his song '*Jai Ho*' being nominated for the coveted Grammy, > > the song's writer Gulzar saab makes a startling observation and > suggestion. > > "Both me and Rahman have done work that has been like before. What makes > '*Jai > > Ho*' special was that it was part of a non-Indian film. *Slumdog > Millionaire > > * is not an Indian film. Just like *Gandhi* was not. We need to > understand > > that international recognition comes to us when India is packaged into a > > non-Indian vehicle. Slumdog Millionaire could vie for mainstream American > > and European awards because it was an international film. Otherwise our > > films like *Neecha Nagar, Mother India, Do Beegha Zameen* and the films > of > > Mrinal Sen and Satyajit Ray have been nominated in the 'foreign' > > categories." Gulzar saab has a suggestion. "Let's have a category for > best > > foreign cinema in our National awards so that we too have a chance to > > recognize films made outside India." > > > > As for '*Jai Ho*' acquiring a life much longer than the film, Gulzar saab > > says, "When I wrote '*Jai Ho*' I was looking for a phrase that would best > > represent Indian sentiments. That it's now gone from the Oscars where > movies > > are honoured, to the Grammys where music gets recognized, is an amazing > > journey for '*Jai Ho*'. Like I said it's from the Ramayan to Rahman. I > will > > take no credit for it." > > http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2009/12/07/5753/ > > -- > > regards, > > Vithur > > > > >
