Thanks Rayrai. This is a classic case that explains how Media is surviving so well and how people react to a statement. I am surprised at how people are misinterpreting it.
I am sure if RGV was on this forum, he would laughing his lungs out. Guys!!! First take the chill pill. Even if it is not two ocassions, i mean, even if current statistics indicate that few composers (lets forget names here...) sell more than ARR, i wont be surprised. It doesnt mean their music has Universality. And thats exactly what RGV was trying to explain - that Universality and Commercial Statistics are two different things. RGV was mocking or questioningg - that just because few composers sold more, does it have they have universality? Also, we are ready to define universality just by numbers - then we can do nothing but admit that a certain composer has more universality just because he sells more. Guys, what matters to us is the qualitative-universality of ARR's music, thats appealing to us. How does it matter if some other composer sells more? or even if some feels that a certain composer sells more? C'mon. Regards Kamal Aakarsh Vishnubhotla. http://kamal-aakarsh.blogspot.com --- On Sat, 7/25/09, rayrai2k <[email protected]> wrote: From: rayrai2k <[email protected]> Subject: [arr] Re: RGV: Nadeem-Shravan and Himesh sold more than ARR To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, July 25, 2009, 3:20 PM Chill guys.. I would like to write my perception of his statement In 2 periods of A.R.Rahman in the last 15 years Nadeem Shravan and Himesh Reshammiya's music sold much more than his. means during the course of AR Rahman in the fifteen years there had been 2 periods each from Himesh & NS when they sold more than AR and its true, isnt it? Well with Saajan, Deewana and many other top line albums NS did their mark but it was short lived after AR entered Bollywood. Even Himesh after Aashik banaya aapne his music was heard in every rikshaw and pan stall. May be he is saying that. If I remember when Himesh was selling AR hardly released 2 albums in that year and Himesh did more than 9 albums. -R --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, "Chord" <purev...@.. .> wrote: > > And his point is??? Himesh and NS have more universal appeal than ARR? (He > has to remember that the word "universal" means not just all of India, but > the rest of the world). If you mean "universal" to mean India AND the rest > of the world (including non Indians), you cannot be serious in telling me > that NS and Himesh are appreciated more than ARR. And as far as the sales > argument, it maybe true that Himesh and NS sold more than ARR IN INDIA > alone....who really knows? If you count sales of their music albums AROUND > THE WORLD, ARR wins hands down, esp. with the recent Slumdog success. > > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, "Jahanzeb Farooq" <jahanzebtippu@ > > wrote: > > > > From RGV's "My Reactions to Reactions" post on his blog: > > > > 18. Why is that a film cannot have a universal appeal like music can have? > > > > Ans: First of all it's wrong to presume that any one particular musicians > > work has universal appeal. > > > > In 2 periods of A.R.Rahman in the last 15 years Nadeem Shravan and Himesh > > Reshammiya's music sold much more than his. > > > > Also music in its final output pretty much has a singular emotion to carry > > whereas a film has too many variables for it to appeal to all. > > > > > > http://rgvzoomin. com/2009/ 07/24/my- reactions- to-reactions- 18/ > > >
