Its indeed History that is going to be repeated :) On Dec 18, 2007 9:19 PM, Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> December 2005 Sony BMG releases the music of Rang De Basanti > January 2006 Rang De Basanti creates history > > December 2006 Sony BMG releases the music of Guru > January 2007 Guru is a superhit > > December 2007 Sony BMG releases the music of Jodhaa Akbar > January 2008 Will history repeat itself? > > > --- Amith Chandhran <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <amithchandhran%40gmail.com>> > wrote: > > > UTV has the copyrights, and they will be licensing the expertise of Sony > > Music for the rest of the things. (Remember Kisna?) So lets hope for the > > best. Though these are some unexpected changes at the eleventh hour, > they > > are now working hard 24x7 to release it on the 27th Dec. > > > > - > > > > On Dec 18, 2007 8:23 AM, Chord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<purevibz%40yahoo.com>> > wrote: > > > > > Quite a bit of commotion prior to the music launch...... > > > > > > From Mumbai Mirror (at naachgaana.com) > > > > > > "Days after A R Rahman, music director of Jodhaa Akbar, raved about > > > the music of the film, BIG Music who had acquired the music rights of > > > the film, has backed out of the project. The film is produced by UTV. > > > Rahman is reported to have said, "I have tried to keep the music of > > > Jodhaa Akbar contemporary so that it satisfies both critics and music > > > lovers." > > > After BIG music pulled out of the project, UTV is compelled to start > > > their own music company to bail the film out. When quizzed about the > > > deal with BIG Music, Siddharth Roy Kapur, COO of UTV Motion Pictures > > > said, "Yes we were in discussions with BIG Music and a deal had been > > > finalised. However, UTV and AGPPL (Ashutosh Gowariker Productions > > > Private Limited.) together decided that we could not get a better > > > launch for UTV Music than the combination of A R Rahman, Javed > > > Akhtar, Ashutosh Gowariker, Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai. We had > > > been thinking of launching UTV Music and we could not think of a > > > bigger platform than Jodhaa Akbar to do so." > > > When contacted, Kulmeet Makkar, head honcho of BIG Music admitted > > > that they were not going ahead with the music of Jodhaa Akbar. He > > > said, "UTV had started promoting the music with our label, however, > > > we are not doing the music now because we needed little more time to > > > exploit and promote the music, which UTV did not provide. I think now > > > they are going to do the music themselves." > > > Jodhaa Akbar is based on the life of Emperor Akbar and his wife > > > Jodhaa, played by Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai respectively." > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
