Guys, I want to share my views on this topic. I was listening to Rahman Sir's classic compositions from Iruvar-Alaypayithey-Bombay, also "Thiruda Thiruda" numbers & "FIRE" BGMs. I think the usual charm of tight percussion units in ARR's songs is no longer existing nowadays. The kind of minute details we used to get in every beat of it, may it be "humma humma" or "Thee Thee" or a semi- classical number like "Radha kaise na jale..." is somewhere missing nowadays. Even this creative percussion were heard in RDB, (Remember the bike chasing or killing of minister scene !!!!), also a bit of it in Jodha Akbar (although he relied upon synthesized beats in "Jashn Bahara"). Does it mean Rahman Sir doesn't involve himself much in every section of a song, rather leave it to young bloods like Krishna Chetan? At least I personally felt lack of innovative percussion (using unusual beats & instruments)in last couple of films like "Jaane Tu..", "Sakkarakatti", "ADA" & even in "Yuvraj". In "Yuvraj" also he uses a lot of techno stuffs as backing beats, which just supports the song by keeping the rhythm but doesn't increase it's beauty. Well composed numbers like "Tu hi meri dost" or "Manmohini" or "Dil ka rishta" has a very repeatative & fully synthesized beat which cud have been taken care of I think, a full orchestral sound is going side by side (just think of "Thiruda Thiruda")
Whats ur opinion ????????
