Rawat, If you think the songs of JA are great, why did you call it a failure early on? I get it that you thought they were too personal and didn't fit with the movie's grandeur themes, but that doesn't make the music a failure or ARR's work a failure. Be careful with the words you choose.
--- In [email protected], r arvind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Ashutosh Gowariker will continue,Rahman has given the Right boost to Ashutosh Gowariker movie thru his scores > > --- On Sat, 7/19/08, V S Rawat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: V S Rawat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [arr] ARR not composing for Ashutosh Gowariker's next? > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008, 1:54 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > On 7/19/2008 4:39 AM India Time, _Vinayakam Murugan_ wrote: > > > > > I loved the movie and the music. There wasn't any situation for a Pyar > > > Kiya toh Darna kya kind of song. > > > > Thanks for confirming that you also concede that AG is not any > > imaginative to come up with a situation for a type of a song if he wished. > > > > > Ultimately the film was a love story > > > > Then it was a first love story that had "Over 80 elephants, 100 horses > > and 55 camels" quoting from http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Jodha_Akbar > > > > > and it was overall well depicted with some flaws here and there which > > > are excused.. > > > > That is a group approach. I also excuse MDs and directors for small > > things. AFterall they are working in a commercial world. > > > > But no excuse for AG in JA. If AAmir had interfered in Lagaan, or SRK in > > swades, that was understandable because they were established and AG > > was new. But now AG is a name to reckon with and Hritik/ Aish are not at > > all interfering type. AG could have called all the shots in JA and he did. > > > > That is why the conceptual flaws of JA are solely on AG's head. > > > > > > > > The music of JA was one of its strongest points and will continue to > > > remain so, in my opinion. We can all speculate on what AG told ARR or > > > what he didn't. The moot point is it is for them to decide whether it > > > was as per their needs or now. > > > > Of course, we are speculating. > > > > But we also know that ARR is a serious sincere person and he would give > > utmost weightage to anything a director tells him about the film. So, if > > ARR had been aware of the direction the movie was taking, he would have > > given music according to that. Afterall, he gave a very appropriate > > music for Mangal Pandey. > > > > And, if ARR was aware of the movie's direction and still gave personal > > music, then it is indeed ARR's failure. Sorry for blaming AG all along. > > > > > > > > I haven't heard a better melody than Jashn-e-bahaara or In Lamhon Ke > > > daaman me for quite some time now. Sonu in In Lamhon Ke Daaman has > > > excelled himself. Khwaja Mere Khwaja makes me want to go on my knees and > > > pray. > > > > yeah, they all are great songs. > > > > > Man Mohana had its moments and will have its place in the list of > > > memorable film bhajans. > > > > you forgot that there was a song azeemoshaan shanshaah also in it. > > > > some slip. :0-) > > > > > > > > Coming to the lyrics, ARR - Javed Akhtar jodi (Jeans, Sapney, Lagaan, > > > Swades, Jodha Akbar, etc) is right up there with ARR-Gulzar (Dil Se, > > > Guru) & ARR-VM (countless :) ) . ARR-Prasoon Joshi has started off > > > promisingly with RDB. > > > > Now, using Javed's name in same sentence in which Gulzar saheb's name is > > , is a blasphemy. :-) he he he. > > > > javed is a kid writer in front of gulzar. Gulzar writes from heart. > > Javed writes from head. There is no match. > > > > > Now that you have made mention of it, let me know switch to Jodha Akbar > > > on my playlist and relive it once again. > > > > Why? you got diabetes? can't do with sugar?????? :-) > > > > > > > > Kehne ko Jashne Bahaara hai ........ > > > > > > > > > Warm Regards > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ > > > Vinayak > > > > -- > > V >
