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Topic started by RAJAN (@ proxy-122.iap.bryant.webtv.net) on Thu Jan 22 22:20:06 EST 1998.
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A new Ilayaraja album is a cause for celebration with many among us. Let everyone share in the revelry. Review, discuss or comment on new IR albums.

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• From: UVII (@ 63.76.3.20) on: Thu Mar 22 18:16:00 EST 2001
  
  yes, this is India side os the story....but what about American side???
  
  
• From: lone_ranger (@ 194.170.1.130) on: Fri Mar 23 01:24:22 EST 2001
  
  In the Foreign Film nominations list...there is no Hey Ram there...
  
  http://www.oscars.com/nominees/nominees_home.html
  
  
• From: Neels (@ 203.199.87.3) on: Fri Mar 23 02:13:45 EST 2001
  
  lone_ranger,
  
  It was only India's official ENTRY to the Oscars, just as Nayakan, Indian, Anjali (and surprisingly, Jeans) etc. in the past.
  That doesn't necessarily mean it gets nominated by the jury in the Foreign Film category.
  
  In fact the only entries from India so far that fetched a nomination are:
  1. Mother India (Hindi)
  2. SalAm Bombay (Hindi)
  
  I read a quote by this year's Indian selection committe member one Sushma Shiromanee:
  
  "Mohabbatein should be the entry because it shows Indian culture". She voted against Hey Ram. One of the people even said the film Hey Ram was unsuitable for Hindi audiences as it showed 'too much of a South Indian culture" !! Can you beat that?
  
  I wonder what credentials these people have!
  
  JOKE OF THE YEAR, I should say. All that the film 'showed' was cleavage of buxom beauties, which is still fetching repeat audience to the theatres.
  
  You never know the same people will vote the film as the BEST FILM PROVIDING WHOLESOME FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT in this year's National Awards.
  All Yash Chopra movies lobby for this award and in 99% of the cases have fetched them (even the gruesome Cape Fear copy, DARR). So all we can do is sulk over the dismissal of a better made entertainer like 'Kandu kondain, kandu kondain'.
  
  
• From: eden (@ 210.214.5.223) on: Fri Mar 23 04:00:16 EST 2001
  
  Neels, while most part of your posting is agreeable, I'm not with you in calling KKKK a better made entertainer:-( Except those scenes featuring Mammootty, it was a `vadham'.
  
  
• From: lone_ranger aka cosmician (@ 194.170.168.244) on: Fri Mar 23 10:07:52 EST 2001
  
  The moment I saw 'Mohabattein" promos on TV...I knew it was one of those pseudo-romantic film...actually the whole thing looked so made-up and appalling..sorry I know this is IR's latest thread but I had to vent my anger...
  
  
• From: Trend (@ 216.68.113.227) on: Fri Mar 23 10:29:07 EST 2001
  
  Neels,
  
  "even the gruesome Cape Fear copy, DARR"
  
  The story of Cape Fear goes something like this:
  Robert Deniro gets convicted for a crime and goes to jail.He is under the impression that his lawyer(Nick Nolte) didn't defend him well.So when he comes out of jail he wants to torment his lawyer.
  He keeps on stalking his lawyer(Actually he enjoys it).The lawyer is frightened.But the weird daughter of the lawyer takes a fancy for De Niro ... and it goes on like this with some interesting developments.
  
  If I'm right that this is pretty much the plot of Cape Fear I don't see any resemblance to DARR.
  
  
  
  
• From: badri (@ 202.9.181.248) on: Fri Mar 23 10:41:27 EST 2001
  
  "CHINNANJIRU KHILHIYE THEYATHE VENNILAVE"
  ANOTHER PEAK MELODY BY THE GIANT FROM
  "KANNUKHULL NILAVU" ALL THE SONGS SPLENDID
  ISN'T-MAGNIFICIENT MEASTRO
  
  
• From: kiru (@ 192.138.149.4) on: Fri Mar 23 11:12:06 EST 2001
  
  >said the film Hey Ram was unsuitable for Hindi audiences as it showed 'too much of a South Indian culture" !! <
  hmm..it was a bad idea to leave Harappa and go south :) :)
  (sorry about the politically incorrect joke. Some of our northern brothers have no clue about their identity :))
  
  
• From: doubter (@ 208.142.210.36) on: Fri Mar 23 11:23:54 EST 2001
  
  Neels
  
  "One of the people even said the film Hey Ram was unsuitable for Hindi audiences as it showed 'too much of a South Indian culture"
  
  Did they site this as a reason for not recommending the movie to Oscars? In that case, no Indian movie can make it.
  
  BTW, why are we worried about getting/not getting an Oscar?
  
  
• From: pg (@ 12.20.190.1) on: Fri Mar 23 11:33:20 EST 2001
  
  Darr's climax was copied from Cape Fear. Both were set on a boat.
  
  
• From: pg (@ 12.20.190.1) on: Fri Mar 23 11:46:17 EST 2001
  
  The plot of Darr is copied from The Crush *ing Alicia Silverstone. In this the girl has a psychotic crush on the guy.
  
  
• From: sats (@ 139.177.224.100) on: Fri Mar 23 11:57:13 EST 2001
  
  Read in kumudam that IR sings for YSR in Nanda
  
  
• From: lone_ranger (@ 194.170.168.236) on: Mon Mar 26 05:52:00 EST 2001
  
  "One of the people even said the film Hey Ram was unsuitable for Hindi audiences as it showed 'too much of a South Indian culture" !! "
  
  If such people constitute our Awards Board...then I feel really sorry for our film industry....what we actually need is something like the Academy of Motion Picture, Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)...not these cheap-sounding Lux Filmfare awards and such...it really brings down the art of film-making to the level of a soap opera....
  
  BTW..a bold move was taken some years ago by a renegade CEO of an Indian ad agency who was fed up with the commercialization of ad awards as well as film awards...he approched the top man at AMPAS with the idea of holding an Indian version of the Oscars bcos after all India was the largest producer of films in the world...they were receptive and this CEO even designed the Indian version of the statuette...but the idea was killed by the industry counterparts here...I don't want to mention names bcos this guy is my ex-boss...disillusioned today he shuns all awards and publicity...
  
  
• From: Fliflo (@ 130.203.161.200) on: Mon Mar 26 08:27:53 EST 2001
  
  "One of the people even said the film Hey Ram was unsuitable for Hindi audiences as it showed 'too much of a South Indian culture" !! "
  
  -Many in the south felt that Hey Ram was unsuitable for Tamil audiences as it showed too much of Northy stuffs.
  
  
• From: NagaS (@ 202.169.139.40) on: Mon Mar 26 09:53:47 EST 2001
  
  IR's kannada album 'Usire' Released two days back.,
  
  All songs are good, Especially two songs - one KJY Solo and Another SPB - K S Chitra Duet., There is another nice song by KJY and Bhavadharini.,
  
  NagaS
  
  
• From: Hotnews (@ 63.75.49.120) on: Mon Mar 26 18:13:11 EST 2001
  
  HOT NEWS. Illayaraja is producing and composing the next film of Sethu Bala. The hero is Prabu.
  
  
• From: UVII (@ 63.76.3.20) on: Mon Mar 26 18:37:36 EST 2001
  
  Hot news:
  Can you name the source?.
  
  
• From: :-( (@ 64.104.128.15) on: Tue Mar 27 04:06:00 EST 2001
  
  hero prabhu vA ?!?!?!?!
  
  kashtam...thalaivA...nee padam produce paNNI azhiyaNumnu mudivE paNNittiyA...ayyagO!!!!!!!!
  
  
• From: kruba (@ 202.9.148.11) on: Tue Mar 27 11:21:03 EST 2001
  
  Bahavatharinin gets best female paly back singer award from Indian govt
  
  
• From: badri (@ 202.9.181.189) on: Wed Mar 28 08:05:44 EST 2001
  
  AWARDS -POURING SHAME ON ITSELF!!
  ANOTHER CRIME BY AWARD BENCH - ESPECIALLY MUSIC DIRECTOR CHOICE,
  MUSIC OF FILM 'BHARATHI' IS FAR BETTER AND BEYOND REACH OF SONGS OF
  THE REFUGEE -ANUMALIK(M.D)
  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT PURE MUSICAL CREDENTIALS AND TECHNICAL
  SOUNDNESS ARE NOT THIER FACTORS FOR AWARDS.
  THE AWARD BENCH ONLY EXPRESSES ITS ILLITERACY ON MUSIC BY NOT
  SELECTING FILM BHARATHI WHERE I.RAAJA WENT ON RAMPAGE TO GIVE BEST
  MELODY IN THE WORLD.
  "THE HINDU" DAILY KNOWN FOR ITS ESTEEM IN NEWSPAPER WORLD IGNORED
  THE PROJECTION OF TAMIZHNADU AWARDWINNERS "SHANKAR MAHADEVAN" AND
  BHAVATHARINI(MALE AND FEMALE PLAYBACK SINGERS) AND WENT ON TO SAY
  'MAIL POLA'SONG OF BHARATHI INSTEAD OF 'MA YIL POHLA'IN 15TH PAGE.
  ITS NOT A GREAT IDEA TO NEGLECT OR SUPRESS THE PROJECTIONS OF
  TAMIZH AWARDWINNERS WHEN IT ENJOYS THE MAXIMUM CIRCULATION ONLY FROM
  TAMIZH PEOPLE.
  AWARDS-LOST ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO HONOUR ITSELF BY NOT SELECTING GENIUS ILAIRAAJA, POURING SHAME ON ITSELF!!
  
  
  
• From: eden (@ 210.214.5.246) on: Thu Mar 29 00:39:29 EST 2001
  
  badri!
  The Hindu had on it's front page itself the info on SM & BD, did you see properly?
  
  BTW, today's Hindu editorial lashes out on the Natl awards...the article itself starts like `Natl awards have become a farce several years ago and it continues this year too':-))
  
  
• From: Neels (@ 203.199.87.3) on: Thu Mar 29 02:50:48 EST 2001
  
  Is IR's score for 'Scribbles on Akka' (Kannada non-feature starring Seema Biswas) available commercially?
  
  I believe the director (Tanushree) had asked IR to give the old verses/songs (which are popular with the people of Karnataka and sung at classical Hindustani concerts by greats such as the Late Mallikarjun Mansur) a modern, pop-touch as she was interpreting them in the present day context and she says he has done a fabulous job.
  
  Bangaloreans, any idea if the album is available?
  
  
• From: badri (@ 202.9.180.26) on: Thu Mar 29 10:33:24 EST 2001
  
  eden there is difference between PROJECTIONS(WITH PHOTO GRAPHS),
  and searching a small line in a list.IAM DEMANDING PROJECTION OF
  TAMIZH ARTIST'S INSTEAD OF OTHERS atleast by a regional newspaper.
  1st applaud ur local talents HINDU.
  
  
• From: Subbu (@ 192.39.1.92) on: Thu Mar 29 12:18:29 EST 2001
  
  THE HINDU has been giving more prominence for North Indian stuff in the 'Entertainment' as well as 'Chennai' sections for the last couple of years.
  
  I too feel like an alien when I read some of the articles on Chennai... I have also written a very strong letter to 'The Hindu' (with lot of concern) - but no reply.
  
  There might be two reasons
  -- a survey of the Chennai City Market for Hindu readership would have showed a big chunk of N.Indian population
  -- many HINDU reporters who report on Chennai / Entertainment events are from N.India - so they tend to project what they feel as best ... If you look at the reporters' names on the bottom of the article you can find many N.Indian surnames.
  
  
  
  
• From: doubter (@ 208.142.210.36) on: Thu Mar 29 16:51:08 EST 2001
  
  subbu
  
  Third reason:
  
  Hindu also has fallen prey to the complex that giving prominence to Hindi makes you more 'Indian'. Similar to using Synth beats, digital mixing makes you more 'global'.
  
  
• From: vem (@ 129.186.5.199) on: Fri Mar 30 01:28:28 EST 2001
  
  guys
  feeling very sad to see that ARR is the MD for
  Kamal's next movie "Pammal Sambhandan". To be diercted by KSV..... The industry is slowly moving
  away from IR..... Its a pity !!!
  source - chennaionline.com
  
  

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