On 7/15/2010 4:24 AM India Time, _Gopal Srinivasan_ wrote: > http://life-n-coda.blogspot.com/2010/07/komaram-puli.html > > It’s been a long time since Rahman played to the gallery. He tried it in > Blue and other recent ventures of his only to be caught between > experimentation and cacophony. With S.J. Suryah, Rahman did get back to > the balance that he used to maintain in his hay days of commercial > cinema where the songs regardless of the experimentation were always > foot tapping and catchy, pleasing everyone.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/play+to+the+gallery play to the gallery - to perform in a manner that will get the strong approval of the audience; - to perform in a manner that will get the approval of the lower elements in the audience. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. play to the gallery - to spend time doing or saying things that will make people admire or support you, instead of dealing with more important matters -- It is also for us fans to think whether we want ARR to compose to "get approval of less musically skilled elements of the audience", "just to please" while "ignoring more important matters". -- Rawat
