On 7/23/05 5:40 AM India Time, _ST_ wrote: > Whether a song can be put in another film is dependent on much more > than just the "period" element. Inparticular storyline, and the > director. every director is unique in his story telling style and even > songs from that era just wouldnt fit in.
I was mentioning just the music, and not the movies. You must be having all ARR's song on your pc. Just queue three-four songs of zubaidaa in winamp, and then queue a pukaar song at the end. Listen to this set two or three times. This way try with different songs/films mixed from period and non-period movies. What I am saying that you will not feel a time warp in such sets, something that you will sure feel if you hear a "kadam kadam badhaaye jaa" put between saathiyaa songs. > > The second factor is the audience. During the Mughal-e-Azam time the > audience composition was entirely different. Rising/lagaan brought out > the priod element that appeals us, rather than the demographic of 20 > or so yrs ago. And even Mughal-e-Azam had traits of the time it was > composed in.. Some starting popular music defined the music of a particular period. Mughal-e-azam defined what mughal music was. Godaan defined what UP music was. pakeezah defined what kothaa music was. Anil Biswas defined what poor man's music was. O P Nayyar defined what sexy, tantalizing, provocative music was. S D Burman defined what Bengali and Nepali music was. People bought those definitions. People expect similar sounds in any new album of that genre. Whichever MD gives the same feel in a new album becomes a hit, whichever MD does too much experimentation to disturb the basic definition gets ignored. > Of course, I can't prove any of this without a tape. it is ok. i think you have sensed the concept. no need of elaborate r&d. > > I havent seen most of the movies you mention. not seeing, but hearing the albums is all that is needed. You must have heard the song, especially mughal-e-azam numbers. You can't imagine shammii kappor singing any mughal-e-azam song after singing "yahoo koii mujhe junglee kahe". you can't imagine madhubaalaa singing "sapane suhaane ladakpan ke" nor "aapakii nazaron ne samajhaa pyaar ke qaabil mujhe" in mughal-e-azam. dilip kumar will look stupid cheapo if he sings "zaraa nazaro.n se kah do jii" or "patalii qamar hai tirachhii nazar hai" to madhubaalaa in mughal-e-azam. jodhabai (durgakhote, mother of dilip in M-E-A) can't sing "jyoti kalash chhalake" with kid dilip kumar. akbar can't sing "ham us des ke waasii hai.n jis desh me.n gangaa bahatii hai." someone had said that mughal-e-azam songs can be exchanges with any film's songs of that decade. I am saying "no". That is what makes mughal-e-azam a period film that has become a benchmark for all period films. How much near ARR's music in jodhaa akbar is to the music of mughal-e-azam will dictate the fate of jodha-akbar music/ film going a hit or a flop. -- 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/
