You know, watching that old clip of ARR when Roja came out and hearing H. Shridhar's comments on how AR's music is "theatrical" really struck me. The word "theatrical" is really a good, broad descriptive term to describe many of ARR's compositions....mostly recently "Mannipaya" being a great example of such a style and structure.
The songs "Mannipaya" or "Dil Ka Rishta" from Yuvvraaj nicely fit the theatrical descriptor and further remind me of how much potential and scope AR would have in scoring for a Disney movie, whose soundtracks are very much in line with a song like "Mannipaya" or "Dil Ka Rishta". The English song that AR scored for the movie "Kisna"...is also a great example. If a Disney Director ever picked up ARR for composer for one of their splendid animation movies, for example, I think they would be extremely happy with the results, and I could totally see AR doing a fantastic job with the music. Hope it happens someday. Just my opinion.
