Why do you keep posting such negative messages in the forum. Media looks for such news to spread malice and you are just helping them.
After all he is 90+ now and he comes from a different era. So expecting him to be in sync with our thoughts is wrong. Manna Dey is one of the living legends in our music scene. Let us respect him rather than abuse him. On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 6:05 AM, Sriram S <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > LUCKNOW: For true lovers of Indian music, he has been a paragon or purity > for over 70 years. So, trust Prabodh Chandra Dey — Manna Dey to the world — > to praise nothing short of perfect. And then it doesn’t matter whether one > is talking about AR Rahman’s world-conquering ‘Jai Ho’ feat, or his > redefinition of ‘Vande Mataram’. > > If a composition doesn’t appeal to him, the 91-year-old doyen won’t mince a > word. > > “What’s this ‘Vandeeeeeeeeey Matram’ that he (Rahman) sang?,” he asks as he > almost breaks into mimicking the ‘Mozart from Madras’. “This is not the way > one wishes one’s mother,” he says, explaining “Pranaam karne ka bhi ek > tarika hota hai bhai... tarike se gao.” > > And ‘Jai ho’ may have helped AR Rehman scale new heights, but the song > isn’t even among his best numbers in the eyes of Manna Dey. “What’s there in > ‘Jai Ho’?” he asks > > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Thats-not-the-way-to-sing-Vande-Mataram/articleshow/5783355.cms > > Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. > Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php > > >
