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ARR's 10th Anniversary in TFM - A Decade of Fans

Topic started by A Constellation of ARR Fans (@ 12.234.180.182) on Tue Aug 20 11:40:13 EDT 2002.
All times in EST +10:30 for IST.

It is a known fact that with Baba, ARR has marked his 10th year in TFM in a Big Way.
The beneficiaries of this prodigy's talents, tat’s us the fans, have decided to call for Celebrations in a Big Way.
Hence, a Constellation of ARR Fans from the newtfmpage Forum got together and took a walk down memory lane, through each year of A Decade of Rahmania.

The fruit of our labour saw the creation of a whole new Website, "10 Years of Universal Conquest", in Dedication to ARR.

Rahman - The Indian Music Wizard - A Composer's view - by UV
http://www.armedd.com/arr/rahman.html

1992 - The Dawn of a New Age - by ROTFL
http://www.armedd.com/arr/1992.html

1993 - His Best Year in the Tamil Film World - by Bharath
http://www.armedd.com/arr/1993.html

1994 - En mel Vizhuntha Malai Thuli - by OISG
http://www.armedd.com/arr/1994.html

1995 - His Second National Conquest - by Cosmician
http://www.armedd.com/arr/1995.html

1996 - Western namakku Vilaiyatu - by Cosmician
http://www.armedd.com/arr/1996.html

1997 - Rahman captures Poo Pookum Osai - Joint effort
http://www.armedd.com/arr/1997.html

1998 - Sandhosha Kaneere - by WN
http://www.armedd.com/arr/1998.html

1999 - The Magician's Spell - by CP
http://www.armedd.com/arr/1999.html

2000 - The Magic Continues - by CP
http://www.armedd.com/arr/2000.html

2001 - The Right Recipe for the New Millennium - by Are Yaar
http://www.armedd.com/arr/2001.html

2002 - Inspiration for a New Generation - by Magix
http://www.armedd.com/arr/2002.html

We invite all of you to join us in the celebrations.
We’d also like to thank newtfmpage admin, RR & bb, for their support.

If you wish to add your contribution to any of these pages, you can send them in by email to the website coordinator.

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• From: Awe (@ 65.69.59.168) on: Wed Sep 18 03:05:40 EDT 2002
  
  Yea Bombay Dreams.. is probably one of the worst album.. i have ever heard.. I heard just once.. yuk.. Just as i was wondering if anything can go worse than BD.. ARR didn't disappoint me.. he came out with Baba... It hit the bottom...
  All Baba cassettes were illegally forced to buy..
  Without even look at cassette cover they bought it. By now all the cassettes must have reached koovam river. Bombay Dreams.. Get out of your illusion folks..
  
  
• From: God (@ 202.184.134.8) on: Wed Sep 18 03:14:39 EDT 2002
  
  Uthaman, what is wrong with you?
  You are in a complete state of denial!
  
  Did you see that Bombay Dreams is the No. 1 musical in UK now?
  
  As for Baba, the songs captures top three spots in TFM page: http://la20.newtfmpage.com/
  (Ivan & En Mana Vanile are not even in the running)
  
  I ask you again: Are you on some kind of grass?
  
  
• From: Ayo Pattikkitchu (@ 24.156.49.133) on: Wed Sep 18 03:16:41 EDT 2002
  
  So obviously you bought Baba cd as well. Now we all know that you are a true ARR fan. Welcome, you have reached the right place. Shall we all talk about ARR great achievements.
  
  
• From: Sasi (@ 63.212.142.100) on: Wed Sep 18 04:04:43 EDT 2002
  
  I think this Ayo and God should take some therapy..
  Don't you guys have any other job other than this?
  Where are you from? I saw Baba couple of weeks back in theater. Nobody liked the songs. The following comment was in theater
  
  " Padathukku yaru kusic Devava"
  
  This is 100% true .. That was the kind of response.. God change your lifestyle. I guess you are still searching for a job right? Better do some useful work or put some useful postings.. instead of launching personal attacks. You guys poked your nose in all the threads... I don't know why this Ayo is obsessed with the word 'kadi nai'.. Valarungal Tamilargale... Ippadi Kurugiya Manapanmaiyodu irundhal... you will never come up in life..
  
  
• From: God (@ 161.142.100.86) on: Wed Sep 18 04:17:55 EDT 2002
  
  Sasi, that you have selective reprimanding words, is evident enough about your sense of judgement on Baba songs.
  
  So, take a hike.
  
  
• From: cosmician (@ 194.170.127.161) on: Wed Sep 18 04:51:37 EDT 2002
  
  "... there is much to admire in Bombay Dreams - notably Rahman's wonderfully fresh, exciting and sometimes yearningly romantic score, in which traditional Indian sounds are brilliantly combined with the beats of modern dance music
  
  - Daily Telegraph
  
  
• From: cosmician (@ 194.170.127.161) on: Wed Sep 18 04:53:47 EDT 2002
  
  And it brings to a mainstream audience the astounding musical talent of A R Rahman... Rahman's riffs, Westernised ragas and thumping, rhythmically shifting chorales, with beautiful little vocal variations and wrenching key changes worthy of Lloyd Webber himself at his best, is continuously beguiling.
  - The Daily Mail
  
  
  
• From: Are Yaar (@ 203.197.141.186) on: Wed Sep 18 06:55:13 EDT 2002
  
  For AWE:
  
  If you have missed seeing the list here it is.
  
  http://www.albemarle-london.com/news.html
  
  Top 10 Musicals
  1: Bombay Dreams
  2: We Will Rock You
  3: The Lion King
  4: Mamma Mia!
  5: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
  6: Phantom of the Opera
  7: Chicago
  8: My Fair Lady
  9: Les Miserables
  10: Fame
  
  Full Listings....
  
  
• From: For Are Yaar (@ 202.156.2.138) on: Wed Sep 18 08:13:48 EDT 2002
  
  U Fool...here are more of your own nightmare!
  
  so easy to run away when you get nipped in the butt huh.
  
  http://webhome.idirect.com/~rlevy/thunder.ram
  
  http://webhome.idirect.com/~rlevy/shogun.ram
  
  http://webhome.idirect.com/~rlevy/tunic.ram
  
  your own ppl are probably laughing at u man!! wat a mockery u made out of urself!
  
  
• From: Awe (@ 65.69.45.38) on: Wed Sep 18 11:47:35 EDT 2002
  
  "From: GB (@ 161.142.100.86) on: Thu Aug 8 10:10:38 EDT 2002
  porutevar boomi-ye allvar....
  so IR fans plz stay calm n tuned,,
  only time will reveal His magnificent work in Ivan
  
  From: Nijam (@ 161.142.100.86) on: Thu Aug 8 21:02:23 EDT 2002
  Guys, why are you wasting your time on Ivan, avan and such stupid stuff?
  Fact is no one outside this forum talks about Ivan. "
  
  
  Nice Try God.. Ok coming to Bombay Dreams..
  
  Richard Morrison of The London Times: "Because the heart wants Bombay Dreams to succeed, this is a hard review to write. Heaven knows, the musical theatre badly needs fresh ideas, and Lord Lloyd-Webber's £4.5 million baby is nothing if not brave and different? Consider the writing talent that Lloyd-Webber assembled for this show: the film director Shekhar Kapur; the veteran lyricist Don Black; the Goodness Gracious Me creator Meera Syal. Then consider the results. Scenes that lurch into each other like blind elephants. A plot that disintegrates into a ragbag of sitcom skits on Miss World, women's lib and the like. The lamest ending in West End history. Trite lyrics. Cardboard characters. Dialogue that would test the patience of Mother Teresa."
  
  
  TESTING THE PATIENCE OF MOTHER TERESA good one..
  
  Rhoda Koenig of the Independent: "A £4m budget, a large cast, a story about the mad Indian movie-making industry--Bombay Dreams may have the right ingredients, but the whole samosa is less than the sum of its parts. It suffers from an uncertain tone, an identity crisis that isn't much of a drama. The show leaves one unmoved despite all the colour and movement--and there isn't even enough of that. Meera Syal's book has plenty of tart lines. 'Goddess of love!' a non-fan sneers at a movie queen's sobriquet. 'Of love handles, more like.' But she is less successful at the big, heartfelt emotion this kind of show needs, settling instead for unconvincing sentimentality."
  
  If you want to watch musicals watch movies like Sound Of Music which ran for 4 years non stop, My Fair Lady, Singing in the rain.. Some people have seen Sound of Music more than 200,300 times.. The some people i mentioned are Indians who live in U.S. Musicals mean even conversation is done musically. Not with additions of junk music like Shakalaka baby.. sure watching any damn music live will be fun since the sound effects will cheat you.
  But is it worth? Absoultely not.. All the Indians felt cheated.. because of his recycled songs. For the whites who visited the show with Indian friends
  must have been a nightmare. U.K people usually have kind words for these new fusion attempts.. but even then it is heading towards a disaster.. Since so much money has been sent.. Shekar Kapoor and AWL are at wits end how to recover it. This is what my cousin who visited the show had to say "It was one of those stupid hindi love storie with recycled music." Generally nobody liked it..
  
  
• From: Aalavandhan (@ 202.71.97.120) on: Wed Sep 18 11:54:40 EDT 2002
  
  Who the hell cares about Bombay Dreams the stage play?
  
  The music seems to have taken everyone by storm, as is evident by the ratings, except...for some people here.
  
  Awe, why are you trying so hard to put ARR down?
  
  
• From: curses.. and this time i mean it! (@ 203.199.231.52) on: Wed Sep 18 12:47:44 EDT 2002
  
  Jealousy.. nothing but unadultrated jealousy.
  that mr. nothing but wind dint get the acclaim our man's getting.
  take a hike ppl...
  how wud u like it if ppl come to IR threads and post %^*$%#$%^#$ msgs like u do??
  as a matter of fact, u'd understand it only if someone gave u a taste of ur own medicine....
  but then, ARRFs dont stoop to such a low level.
  So pls.. get the hell out and dont come back.
  
  
• From: Awe (@ 65.69.45.38) on: Wed Sep 18 14:15:15 EDT 2002
  
  but then, ARRFs dont stoop to such a low level.
  
  - Your posting mr.curses teen age boy..
  
  
  * From: ST (@ ) on: Tue Sep 10 12:28:55 EDT 2002
  
  
  EMV caste sale stories are all merely a hype. If world wide sales of EMV achieves 5% of Baba sales, then its worth talking about these songs. Till that we can assume that these songs are for donkeys only!!!
  "
  
  Yea this was a new level set by your friend ST in EMV review...
  
  

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