On 7/20/05 7:37 PM India Time, _Ajit_ wrote: > Here's my two cents for today. > > What do people expect from Rahman? To save the earth? Re-align the > planets? End hunger? Each and every time that Rahman comes out with > a brilliant masterpiece, I hear comments like "not up to Rahman's > standards" or "Rahman not at his best" or "Rahman could have done > better". How lame and stupid. Our boss is a genius with respect to > his versatility and range of compositions, depth of arrangemens and > melody, rich use of sound, and very importantly, fitting the music > well to the situations of the movie which demand these types of > songs. The songs of the Rising are appropriate for the type of movie > and situations in the movie.
The question is: How do you know whether "they are appropriate for the type of movie and situations" or not? Have you seen Mangal Pandey? Do you have some inside information about the movie? If not, then you are talking about faith. > Could any other MD have done a better > job? are you approving of "andho.n me.n kaanaa raajaa" theory? Are you saying that Rahman is least bad among all MD? > Think hard about that. With Mangal Pandey, what are these > critics expecting? A modern day Chaiya Chaiya? Love songs from > Taal? When people write reviews, don't they even consider the type > of film, period, and story of the film when reviewing the music? I think it is Rahman's doing if people do not consider above factors. A period movie should have music which creates the environment of that period. That means that the songs should use only those instrumnents which were available in that era, and should have lyrics having words/ language used in that era. ARR's earlier period movies all had non-period music. He always used latest instruments and never was particular about lyrics. Kisna was 1947-ish, but hum hain is pal yahaan had nothing 1947-ish feel. it could have been as well a song set in 2006. Even in Rising, the tunes are totally different from most of earlier works, thus some semblance of "period" has come to it. But did he use only 1857's instruments in it, did he got the lyrics written with 1857's language? If no, then why accuse criticis/ fans when they discount the "period-ness" of ARR's music. > > I feel that the music will be vastly more appreciated once the film > releases, but nothing excuses such lame and overdone comments as the > ones above. I am tired of it. ise chaahiye hamdard kaa sinkaaraa. > Give Rahman the credit he deserves. > HE works hard. His craftmanship is mindblowing. His melodies are > haunting. His knowledge of Indian classical music is astounding. > > Is he beyond criticism? Of course not. I have no problems with > people criticizing his songs based on valid reasons. But, such > comments above are simply ridiculous and untrue. Whatever reasons anyone can give, will be valid only for the poster. -- Rawat This August, Discover the Birth of Your Independence and The Magic of A.R.Rahman's Music in Mangal Pandey - The Rising http://www.risingthefilm.com http://www.mangalpandeythefilm.com Music released: Jul 14, 2005 Movie releases: Aug 12, 2005 Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. Only at arrahmanfans - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com Admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
