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--- In [email protected], prakash krishnan <praka_h...@...> wrote:
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> i am very interested in this sentence " Don't Expect a roja"... Â who expects
> Another roja from Our boss...we always want fresh music...so that we take our
> time...music that makes you hate it on first hearing..later it grows on you
> ...we want music that is technologically challenging with lots of layers
> difficult to identify...lots of new instruments...and raavan has fullfilled
> all these... roja was a challenging soundtrack at that point of time...now it
> is raavan's turn...no comparison must be made to roja or any other earlier
> ARR albums...
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> Â Â ALMOST all are beauties..........
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> --- On Wed, 5/5/10, Pravinder <pravindersheo...@...> wrote:
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> From: Pravinder <pravindersheo...@...>
> Subject: [arr] Re: HT reviews Raavan - 2.5/5
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Wednesday, 5 May, 2010, 9:32 AM
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> I bet the same guy, when he reviews next Mani Sir-ARR album, will say its not
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> --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, "Rivjot" <rivjot@> wrote:
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> > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Gopal Srinivasan <catchgops@> wrote:
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> > > Rahman vs Rahman
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> > > bollywoodmusic by Nikhil Taneja
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> > > Raavan Music: A R Rahman Lyrics: Gulzar
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> > > <http://epaper. hindustantimes. com/ArticleText. aspx?article=
> > > 05_05_2010_ 550_002&kword= &mode=1><http://epaper. hindustantimes.
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> > > 05_05_2010_ 550_002&kword= &mode=1><http://epaper. hindustantimes.
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> > > If music were to be a religion in India, A R Rahman would undoubtedly be
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> > > God. In a way, it would be sacrilegious to critique Rahman's music.
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> > > Especially if you are a die-hard fan.
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> > > Especially if he's released an album after six months. And especially if
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> > > has teamed up with Gulzar and Mani Ratnam, a partnership, that in the
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> > > has given gems like Dil Se, Bombay and Roja.
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> > > But in the case of Raavan, blasphemy isn't really a choice.
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> > > Rahman's genius lies in the unpredictability of his struc- tures and the
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> > > multi-layered depth that he gives a song, each of which unravels in
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> > > subsequent hearings.
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> > > Though, on its face, the music of Raavan is distinc- tive it has a `nukad
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> > > naatak' type theatrical feel to it but on repeated hearing, the new
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> > > you uncover are reminiscent of older Rahman songs you've heard before.
> > > Soft
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> > > and ethereal to begin with, `Behene de' builds in momentum and ends up
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> > > resembling Dil Se's `Satrangi re'. `Thok de killi', with its frenetic pace
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> > > and war cry-like theme, is a `Dhakka laga bukka' (Yuva) meets `Chale
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> > > (Lagaan) towards the end. `Ranjha ranjha' sounds, in parts, like a better-
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> > > arranged version of Blue's `Yaar mila tha'. `Khilli re', though
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> > > very different, is reminiscent of Lagaan's `O paalan hare'.
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> > > `Beera' stands tall over the other songs, and is one of the best-arranged,
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> > > and most addictive songs this year, with a melodious chant that you won't
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> > > evocative lyrics and for Rahman's inspired use of ethnic Indian
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> > > but don't expect a Roja.
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