On 1/30/2009 12:47 AM India Time, _ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni ._ wrote:
> *Mumbai: *After his comment made in an interview to /DNA/, 'What does > Rahman know about /ghazals/?' *Jagjit Singh seemed to be a bit upset as > he felt it had been misunderstood by a section of die-hard AR Rahman > fans.* He referred to the reaction to his remark at the release of > cricketer Kiran More's wife, Raavi More's /ghazal/ album, /Ishq Mein > Aksar/ which has bhajan samrat Anup Jalotastaging his 'comeback' in the > realm of /ghazals/. > > Jagjit clarifies, "Actually what I meant was Rahman, being an innovative > award-winning composer who connects with today's Gen-Next, should also > include /ghazals/ written by stalwarts like Gulzar in his film > repertoire. What the heck. ARR has given music for the ghazals of timeless poets like Daag and Momin. Even Gulzar himself would agree that these were great poets and he stands nowhere if comparison to them. > *Of late, he has been confining himself to jazzy and > folksy-fusion Indi-pop. Since he is versatile enough, he should be able > to come up with fabulous ghazals and popularise them." * "should be able to come up". My god. this guy is incorrigible. He seems to be just incapable of phrasing his sentences politely. He should understand that ARR has to provide type of music that his producers ask him to give and the producers/ directors are bound by the script boundaries. Tehzeeb director wanted ghazals, so ARR had given it. Whenever he feels that a ghazal would do the magic, he would surely give. Ghazals are indeed a great form of expression. But, I can say that any non-ghazal song of ARR is more expressive than any ghazal. > *But would the /ghazal/ maestro be 'game' to recordfilmi ghazals for > Rahman? "Surely, why not? If that happens, it would emerge as a > milestone track,"* smiles Singh Self-praise? -- Whatever amends he makes, the damage has got done. But speaking in such ugly manner, JS has lost respect of thousands of his listeners. -- Rawat
