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Is ARR Running out of Stuff?

Topic started by Ramesh Vaidhyanathan (@ gengw.gensym.com) on Fri Mar 13 15:14:51 EST 1998.
All times in EST +10:30 for IST.

I listened to VandeMatharam in which ARR recycled his own tunes from Kizhakku Ceemayile and a touch of a song from Indira.
Also ARR's recent movies for big time producers like Ratchagan and Iruvar (except one song) and Dhoud in Hindi did not have any notable music. Remember ARRs last hit Minsarak Kanavu music was done long time ago.

If for a major album for Sony released on 50th year of Indian Independence, ARR cannot produce original music, then I have to come to the conclusion that he is running out of stuff. I heard that ARR is planning to cut down on movies and concentrate more on albums. Thus he will have to produce less and earn more.

Right now I do not see any difference in the quality of music produced by ARR and Karthik Raja. In fact I think Deva is doing a better job of providing consistant good quality music.

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• From: MSK (@ dhcp-877019741.qualcomm.com) on: Sat Mar 21 14:37:48 EST 1998
  
  K.R.Ravi ,
  
  I agree with you. If i get a chance to talk/write to IR, the only thing i want to say is "Why don't u hire a Good marketing Guy .??". In fact if IR lacks something in his music compared to ARR , it is the way he markets his product. ARR is too good at it.
  
  Yesterday i watched Kilakkum merkum to listen to the BGM. (Damn, i had to watch this peice of Junk for the sake of verifiying kumudam's crappy news)
  The songs were excellent(4 of them were real Good) , but the movie was a mess. So all the songs are a big waste b'cos this movie would have run for atmost a week.??
  
  IR need not have wasted all these songs for this.?
  When people are advertising and marketing terrible products, IR has great stuff, but they don't get the right credit. Maybe IR does'nt care anymore.????????
  
  
  
  
  
  
• From: R.Krishnakumar (@ giasmdb.vsnl.net.in) on: Sun Mar 22 10:36:13 EST 1998
  
  After going thru' pages of invectives thrown upon ARR, (inlcuding mine),
  I actually feel sorry for ARR. Imagine that IR never existed ... which undoubtably
  means a BIG VOID in the 80's with a 'DEVA' in the early 90's.
  Then the whiz-kid ARR, could've perhaps won the hearts of half of us, if not for his music ....
  atleast for his 'Sound'. Like its been already told,
  he is innovative (in certain aspects).. which is shown in IRuvar an MK... here and there.
  So whats the reason behind all this... ?
  As far as Madras is concerned....its becos of comparisons made between the 2...that makes the blood of IR fans, boil. So its not ARR's fault... he is just doing his job and we are not doing anything better. In fact we are denying him his minute share of applause, becos his products are literally pushed these days. Imagine this.. I saw more than 10 versions of JEANS CD's at Landmark, with each version containing additional sound tracks from two other tamizh films (by IR / deva).. apart from Jeans itself. No producer has (not even K.T.Kunj) pampered ARR more than Ashok Amritraj... but all the same, ARR's latest product is not going to lie on the racks... not with Ashwarya Rai modelling for it !...;-)
  
  
• From: Narayan (@ 206.217.81.241) on: Sun Mar 22 18:42:31 EST 1998
  
  All IR fans whose blood is boiling, like Krishnakumar said, do not worry, let it boil!!!
  ARR is the future of TFM.
  
  P.S: BUY the JEANS CD immediately!!!!
  
  
• From: R.KRISHNAKUMAR (@ 206.103.12.229) on: Mon Mar 23 02:12:10 EST 1998
  
  Narayan :
  My sympathy is with you. I guess you have already gone had, with a rash decision of bying the CD for 400 or more worthy Indian Rupees.
  Ayoo pavvam ! I can already imagine you.. forcing yourself to like the music.. for all the money you have spent on it. And now since you have bought it... you don't want to be left alone in this predicament, you want to share your sorrows with fellow byers.
  
  ARR is the future of TFM....but at what cost ?
  NARAYAN is the future prototype of TFM fans.
  
  PS:Don't even buy the Cassette !!!
  
  
• From: Sathiya Keerthi (@ panorama.nus.edu.sg) on: Mon Mar 23 23:30:22 EST 1998
  
  Can anyone tell me if S Janaki has sung any of
  ARR's songs? If so which are they?
  
  
• From: MSK (@ dhcp-877019741.qualcomm.com) on: Mon Mar 23 23:41:09 EST 1998
  
  Ottakatha kattiko in Gentleman
  Thaniye thaniye in Rangeela
  
  Any more .??
  
  
• From: NOV (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Mon Mar 23 23:46:14 EST 1998
  
  Kozhi kunju song in Kaathalan (Goapala Goapala)
  
  
• From: Sathiya Keerthi (@ panorama.nus.edu.sg) on: Tue Mar 24 00:22:55 EST 1998
  
  MSK:
  
  Thanks. I didn't know till now that ottagaththai
  kattikkO is by SJ.
  
  NOV:
  
  Thanks. Yesterday I was doing some browsing in a
  music store, and there were so many CDs with ARR
  songs. I was going through the list of songs only
  to find out that I am probably familiar only with
  about a quarter of his songs. Now I am going thro'
  some of the ARR Threads to find out more about
  the songs about which I know nothing. I remember
  you started a thread titled, Best of ARR;
  it is probably in the archives. I hope it has a
  detailed list of ARR songs, with some comments?
  
  
• From: NOV (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Tue Mar 24 01:50:03 EST 1998
  
  Better than that Sathya Keerthi, it has a complete list of ARR movies, with some good recommendations. It should serve your purpose.
  Jeans has made you a ARR fan? :-))
  
  
• From: Rajaraman (@ 192.122.135.224) on: Tue Mar 24 04:28:56 EST 1998
  
  Sathiya Keerthi
  
  You may want to check Satish's excellent page
  
  http://www.cs.umn.edu/~subraman/rahman
  
  
• From: Rajaraman (@ 192.122.135.224) on: Tue Mar 24 04:39:48 EST 1998
  
  SSK
  I did a search for you and got this S. Janaki song list
  
  
  1.Barota Barota Idhu Seema Vela Barota (Vandicholai
  Chinarasu; Sathyaraj, Sukanya); S Janaki, S P
  Balasubramaniam; Na Kamarasan
  2.Gopala Gopala (Kadhalan; Prabhu Deva, Nagma); S P
  Balasubramaniam, S Janaki; Vairamuthu
  3.Gopalaa Gopalaa O (Humse Hai Muqabla; Prabhu Deva,
  Nagma); S Janaki; P K Mishra
  4.Ottagaththai Kattikko (Gentleman; Arjun, Madhu); S P
  Balasubramaniam, S Janaki; Vairamuthu
  5.Taniye Taniye (Rangeela; Urmila, Aamir, Jackie); S Janaki;
  Vairamuthu
  6.Thaakaazha Kaattu Vazhi (Kizhakku Cheemayile; Radhika);
  Jayachandran, S Janaki; Vairamuthu
  7.Uvathi Kalai Pakka Gentleman (Super Police; Venkatesh,
  Nagma); S P Balasubramaniam, S Janaki;
  
  
• From: Sathiya Keerthi (@ synergy.nus.edu.sg) on: Tue Mar 24 20:37:13 EST 1998
  
  Rajaraman:
  
  Thanks for the effort. I will check out Satish's page.
  In the list you've given I have heard only two
  songs: ottagaththa and Gopaalaa.
  Are the other songs any good? I didn't know that
  there was a Rangeela Tamil version!
  
  NOV:
  
  Jeans has made you a ARR fan?
  
  Not really! He is certainly very good. But,
  IMO, he doesn't have the capability to
  churn out marvellous tunes left and right, in fast
  time, like IR and MSV. Obviously, therefore, his
  tunes lack the variety! However, I should add that,
  once he has a good tune, I feel he takes a great
  deal of effort and time to give it the best possible
  deserved finish, better than others. His music has certainly
  captivated the TFM audience for a number of years,
  but, unless he shows variety (kaNNOdu
  kaaNbadhellaam-like new stuff) I wonder how
  long that captivation will continue.
  
  I am just trying to find out more about his
  compositions, that's all! I don't think Jeans
  has anything to do with it.
  
  
  
  
• From: Bhaskar (@ ww-tc03.proxy.aol.com) on: Tue Mar 24 22:10:33 EST 1998
  
  Keerthi Sir:
  
  Enna idhu Is ARR running out of Stuff ? thread-la vandhu Where is all the Stuff of ARR ? appdinnu kaelvi maela kaelvi kaettkureenga :-)))
  
  Rajaraman sonna andha 7 paadalgalil only even numbered songs are good. Odd numbered are really Odd :-))))))
  
  
• From: NOV (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Wed Mar 25 05:50:32 EST 1998
  
  Bhaskar - Asking Where is all the Stuff of ARR? is a subtle disagreement to Is ARR running out of Stuff? Ithu eppadi irukku? :-))
  
  
• From: Bhaskar (@ freeway.proxy.lucent.com) on: Wed Mar 25 08:50:31 EST 1998
  
  Thalaivaa:
  
  Unga comment pathi sollanumaa ? Sooper! :-))))
  
  

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