> Then, Vivek will rise to the roof of the tallest building in his city > and shout to everybody about his meeting with ARR. And that is
That goes without saying the context here is different. and, I do remember once mathew interviewing ARR on his visit to london quite some time back. --- In [email protected], V S Rawat <vsra...@...> wrote: > > On 12/27/2008 5:24 PM India Time, _Matthew Islam_ wrote: > > > Dear Vivek, > > My intentions were never to advertise my inconsequential meets with AR > > bhai. > > Meeting someone whom we are a fan of is a great experience, is fun, is a > memory that gets etched in our mind and stays with us for life. > > There is nothing wrong at all if someone tells about his meeting with ARR. > > If someone finds that it is some kind of show-off, let it be. I think > only a person who is frustrated in not being able to meet ARR till now > would say so, and would feel hurt or unprivileged when someone else > tells about his meeting with ARR. > > I hope that Vivek also gets a chance to meet ARR and to talk with him. > Then, Vivek will rise to the roof of the tallest building in his city > and shout to everybody about his meeting with ARR. And that is perfectly > OK with me. :-) > > So, dear Matthew and others who have met ARR, do tell us more about your > meetings with him. > > -- > Rawat > > > Most in the forum already knows of whatever little time I have > > spent with him. He is like a brother to me, first and foremost, his > > being an MD or a legend is now secondary to me. The point I was trying > > to make needed more telling perhaps. See, I had at many instances told > > AR bhai about the success of various movies and scripts and he would > > sometime agree and sometimes he wouldn't. One such instance occurred > > with Dhoom 2. I told him that it would bomb because of a weak script and > > he insisted that it wouldn't because of marketing and cast no matter how > > bad the script was. He has told me that these were the scales of movie > > making needed to be attempted so that the bollywood grows in size. He > > has an acute sense of what worked and what didn't. That was what I was > > trying to say. I worded it wrongly I think. But if you look closely at > > his films in the past three or four years, you will see, he has chosen > > scripts that were both challenging and different to what both Tamil and > > hindi films are known to forward. His tenacity in accepting a swades, > > RDB, JA, Guru... and many others of its like instead of many other big > > films that he was offered is testament that he wants to achieve. He has > > always stated that his musical contrubutions are wasted if a film fails > > and he would like to do films which succeed or for that matter have at > > the least an impact on the viewers minds. Ar Bhai is a team player. And > > no matter how much you or anyone says that he's shoddy at choosing > > scripts, my first hand experience is that atleast in the last half a > > decade he has tried to only do movies/scripts that he knows will have an > > impact or that is entertaining. Some movies have faltered because of the > > maker but the scripts had what you call "dum". Execution was bad > > perhaps, marketing also. > > > > You know when someone makes choices that gets him so much recognition > > for his work both abroad and in India.........you would think its a > > given that he knows something about what he is doing. You would think > > that since 95% of his work are films and he is known for them that its a > > given that he knows whats a good film and whats not. If not is it just > > luck then? There are many composers out there.....why not the same > > consistency in their work? > > Tell me, do 90% of all the worlds critics know nothing about good > > scripts? And even if they didn't.......do western audiences not have the > > thinking capacity that a mere viewer in India, Bangladesh or Pakistan > > have? Its not a question of superiority, its a question of whether a > > huge number of people are connecting to the product in question which is > > entertaining them...............worldwide.........the answer to the > > question is an emphatic "yes"! So how do you measure whats a good film > > or bad? How can you tell me that a film's script success or failure lies > > in something else and not the applause of the audience and the > > appreciation of the crowd who watches it? We can then get into a debate > > about GOOD SCRIPTS thats not crowd pleasers and Bad scripts that are and > > how that is measured but this is niether the time nor the place to do so > > and compared to the shit hollywood produces day in and day out, SDM > > ranks above them for many reasons......the storytelling is innovative, > > to me, personally that is. No one said its an earth shattering story of > > new epic proportions. Everyone is saying its a well made film with a > > simple story. > > > > Another two cents from me! > > > > Take Care. > > > > Matthew >
