Implying that ghazals are the only true form of music is very arrogant. I believe Jagjit Singh is just another opportunist having his 15 secs of fame in bashing Slumdog. Very obviously he has not heard the full umbrella of Rahman's compositions and expecting Rahman to cater to his genre is very demanding. Nobody asks Jagjit Singh to come out with a Carnatic, Rock or Hip Hop number. His main forte is ghazals and we dont demand him change, expecting Rahman to compose for every genre in the world overriding the theme in the movie is not practical. Glad to see Aadesh Srivastav and Alka Yagnik defending Rahman with valid points
________________________________ From: Chord <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, 30 January, 2009 7:17:12 AM Subject: [arr] When you are number one, there WILL be a bullseye target on your back If happens everywhere. It's the nature of the beast. Jealousy, envy, whatever it is. When you're the top of the game, THE top, you will have shots coming your way. It is to be expected. Rahman is the best. He is receiving lots of attention, praise, etc. The comments by Mr. Singh to me are not surprising given that I knew that one of these days, someone would open their mouth and say something negative about ARR. It was bound to happen. And it WILL probably happen again. Someone will speak to the media and say something sarcastic, or negative about Rahman, similar to what Ismail Darbar said about Rahman a few years ago. What bothered me about Mr. Singh's comments is that even if he didn't mean to attack Rahman himself, the way his comments came out sounded very accusatory and insulting, essentially saying, "What Rahman has accomplished is really not that great given that he has not composed ghazals since ghazals are the ultimate and superior form of music". His tone was arrogant and of superiority. Why couldn't he have just said "I would love for Rahman to compose ghazals since films today don't have a lot of them. Rahman is talented and versatile enough to compose ghazals". It is obvious that Mr. Singh has issues related to anger and bitterness over his life and the fact that he is not getting many film assignments. A person of his age and stature shouldn't be making such impulsive and blunt remarks. I would expect that from a junior artist or someone much younger. When people make such comments about how Rahman uses only Western tunes, did they ever hear his soundtracks such as Water, Earth, Lagaan, Bose? What about songs like Piya Ho, Naina Neer, Na Shiqua Hota, Mujphe Toofan, Sarfarosh Ki Tamanna, Desh Ki Mitti, Ghooparani, Tere Bina, etc. etc.? You would get the feeling that they think that Rahman only composes songs like Pappu all the time!! Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/
