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New Releases by ARR??

Topic started by Srikanth (@ passport.proxy.lucent.com) on Mon Sep 15 10:23:15 EDT 1997.
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Any new album by A. R. Rahman generates lot of buzz. Share some of it here. Review, discuss or comment on ARR's new albums.

Check the ARR reviews page

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• From: Ashoka & ARR? (@ 136.182.2.226) on: Thu Sep 13 14:06:14 EDT 2001
  
  "...."Asoka, which is being directed by Santosh Sivan for producer Shahrukh Khan, will be released soon. You will get to hear different music from me in Asoka too. In some of my other forthcoming movies, I am even contemplating upon composing ghazals"
  
  I thought Anu Malik was composing for "Ashoka"!
  
  
  
• From: yaaro (@ 172.186.82.50) on: Thu Sep 13 15:17:36 EDT 2001
  
  http://www.timesofindia.com/articleshow.asp?art_ID=992685574
  anumalik does indeed seem to be the composer-or is he just doing bgm?
  
  
• From: KS (@ 165.122.128.245) on: Thu Sep 13 15:29:21 EDT 2001
  
  Asoka is by Anu Malik.
  
  
• From: yaaro (@ 172.186.82.50) on: Thu Sep 13 15:31:20 EDT 2001
  
  http://167.216.192.98/infotainment/cinema/reviews/bollywood/reviewsnayak.shtml
  review for nayak-it echoes what i thought even about the tamil version-i consider shankar one of the most hyped up directors.
  
  
• From: yaaro (@ 172.186.82.50) on: Thu Sep 13 15:35:14 EDT 2001
  
  if AM is the composer why is ARR telling he is the MD or is it a different asoka?
  
  
• From: Bharath (@ 192.25.158.12) on: Thu Sep 13 16:16:40 EDT 2001
  
  yaaro,
  
  this movies recvd good reviews from other good sources! The music was ordinary, I agree!
  
  but such a story is far better than
  
  "bor meets girl, falls in love, parents oppose, defeat parents, get married"
  
  movies that get churned out in hindi!
  
  I though the fundametal premise of cinema is vivid imagination, fantasy and surreality!
  
  The reviwer constantly compares it with real world scenario. he cud have watched the news instead!
  
  everyone knows the story of the movie is impossible so is jurrasic park or ET. It is simple theoritical possibility that we exploit to our imaginations content!
  
  I thought it was a bold and imaginative narrative! shankar does lack some cogency but he makes it upwith his powerful narration and influx of modern day facts with his movies which surprises the audience.
  
  Like I have noted surprise in audiences in this segement
  
  In the interview Anil Kapoor/ Arjun asks
  
  "why hasnt the country/ economy developed at all? why after so mmany years we still have poverty?"
  
  the CM replies " what are you talking about? we have STD/ISD booths, internet. bla bla bla. can u name anyone who has died of hunger in the last 15 years"
  
  I saw both hindi and tamil version in theatres and tamil twice (incidentally, not because of fantism) I saw a knee jerk reaction from audience for this scene.
  
  shankar appeals to a primitive psyche inside everyone. he can think like us on our shoes
  
  
• From: Karthik S (@ 164.164.82.29) on: Thu Sep 13 23:25:43 EDT 2001
  
  Yes as Bharath says, every hindi film critic says that the story is too hard to believe! They should be watching the news then, of course. The imagination Shankar used in Mudhalvan was extremely enjoyable. I loved the movie. Though I havent seen the hindi version, I"m sure it's gonna be a tad more glossy than the tamil one.
  
  Bharath, whats your mail ID?
  
  
• From: vijay (@ 129.252.25.96) on: Fri Sep 14 01:15:34 EDT 2001
  
  a good analysis by Prem in rediff on Shankar
  
  http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/sep/07nayak2.htm
  
  
  
• From: Sashi (@ 202.126.148.35) on: Fri Sep 14 03:23:24 EDT 2001
  
  Waiting for every day the great music from great man ARR.
  
  
• From: The 'Lost Emperor' (@ 209.177.206.90) on: Fri Sep 14 14:55:27 EDT 2001
  
  "Anu Malik's music has an earthy feel to it, reflecting the Mauryan times. Sivan said the music element would also be more acceptable to Western audiences, especially since it was set way back in time. "A song-and-dance routine can be difficult to accept in a modern film, but it's easier in a period film. Besides, music and songs have always been part of our heritage."
  Source: Rediff
  
  Looks like what ARR said in the Times of India interview is untrue (that he was comnposing for Asoka)!!!! What went wrong? How did Anu Malik manage to replace ARR?
  
  ARR need not worry!
  
  Anu Malik's 'meejik' for the much-awaited period film Asoka sucks big time! It doesn't definitely belong to a classic film genre. Typical 90s masala music!
  
  And the write-up on the music on Rediff was utter rubbish! "Anu Malik's music has an earthy feel to it, reflecting the Mauryan times."
  
  Listen to the tracks here (it's the only place they are available now):
  http://www.radiosargam.com
  
  
  
• From: The 'Lost' Emperor (@ 209.177.206.90) on: Fri Sep 14 14:59:40 EDT 2001
  
  Just in case you wonder if the title track was nice, it was obviously not composed by Anu Malik. It was Sandeep Chowta (of Satya fame).
  
  
• From: Sridhar Raman (@ 203.200.15.20) on: Fri Sep 14 15:02:11 EDT 2001
  
  The reviews of Nayak just emphasise the basic hypocrisy that is inherent in every movie critic in India. Any movie that comes from India has to be have faults, while foreign films are flawless!!
  "Crouching.." received such reviews that I was stunned when I saw the movie. I feel utmost pity for Jackie Chan as he sould have won atleast a dozen Oscars. Mudhalvan was such a class movie and the traffic jam scene could have been taken only by Shankar, esp. the part when the driver brings "jaadhi" into this business.
  
  
• From: Bharath (@ 192.25.158.12) on: Fri Sep 14 15:09:37 EDT 2001
  
  sridhar raman,
  
  i mostly agree with u. but crouching tiger is not known for its on screen performance. But the special. effects created for the wudan flying people and the imagination with which the concept and scenes involving it were created.
  
  otherwise,
  the story is simply a love story which SP Muthraman will churn out in his sleep.
  
  the english subtitles are also confusing.
  
  
  
• From: S (@ 128.107.253.39) on: Mon Sep 17 06:50:47 EDT 2001
  
  Sridhar Raman,
  First thing, calling mudhalvan a class in itself a joke..."crouching tiger is not all that bad a movie if u know a little about chinese history and martial arts.
  To a chinese, mahabharata would be as silly as crouching tiger is for u !
  
  Bharath,
  The movie has things which require some knowledge in martial arts...the wire stunts are an attempt to give the characters a larger than life image as we have given to our epic heroes.
  
  
• From: S (@ 128.107.253.39) on: Mon Sep 17 06:52:39 EDT 2001
  
  read
  "know a little about chinese" as "know a little bit about chinese..."
  
  
• From: Karthik S (@ 164.164.82.29) on: Mon Sep 17 08:27:30 EDT 2001
  
  I was equally stunned when I saw CTHD...in fact the crowd which came out of the theatre here in Bangalore with me was so damn mad about the movie that they were willing to break the reviewer's bones who had given it a maximum of 5 stars in Times of India. It was that 'way-above-the-head' stuff!
  
  And no, my knowledge of martial arts is vastly restricted so I suppose I go with their opinion too. But I also wonder how CTHD did so damn well in places like US (did it in the 1st place?) who seem to be mis-informed about every damn thing in this planet (including the differences between Bin Laden and the 'now-late' Balbir Singh Sodhi)...leave alone the intricacies of Chinese martial arts!
  
  
• From: Kupps (@ 156.153.255.126) on: Mon Sep 17 09:10:05 EDT 2001
  
  Digression
  
  the "mistaking of an innocent turban head sardar to bin laden" and killing of him makes me to remember an old joke sourly.
  
  in a bar an american, Mr. Alex speilberg and a chinese Mr. Lee were having drink. in the height of intoxication the american started beating the chinese saying "you rotten fellows, you bombed pearl harbour(ph) and killed thousands of american". the chinese kept on saying that he is a chinese and only japanese bombed ph. the cry of chinese disappered in thin air. the american said you chinese, japanese, koreans all look alike.
  
  on the next day the same two were having drink in the same bar. this time it was the turn of the chinese(Lee). He suddenly started beating the american saying that because of you the great ship titanic sank killing hundreds of chinese in the ocean. this time it was the american, alex spielberg who kept on crying saying that "you fool! that was due to iceberg". to that the chinese said "yeah! spielberg iceberg all sound same" and kept on beating the american.
  
  End Digression
  
  
• From: y ?? (@ 148.87.1.170) on: Mon Sep 17 14:02:50 EDT 2001
  
  Karthik,
  
  CTHD is a beautiful movie in terms of photography and excellent BGM and performances. It's a simple love story ( 3 in fact) set in ancient chinese times laced with exquisite stunts and awesome visual appeal. That's the reason it appealed to a lot of people.
  
  I don't know why people in India could not relate to it. It's our very own bollywood story told excellently, that's all. I hope nothing was cut by the censors.
  
  Thanks.
  
  
• From: Bharath (@ 192.25.158.12) on: Mon Sep 17 14:35:53 EDT 2001
  
  i liked to movie CTHD but to be honest no one i know of has good things to say about it indian/non-indian. i saw so many people leaving the movie halls in the middle. a lot of jeering comments.
  
  the theatre was also empty on a friday night!
  
  but somehow the movie has been declared hit. maybe it appealed to the NY crowd.
  
  I liked the movie only because of the wonderful way that wudan (voodoo:)) was captured. the way that little girl walks and runs on the sides of the buildings just amazed me.
  
  the oscar also reflects the truth it was not honoured for anything non-technical
  
  
• From: cosmician (@ 194.170.127.53) on: Tue Sep 18 02:34:53 EDT 2001
  
  Saw "Nayak" in the theatres..the picturization of the songs are mindblowing....BGM is astounding.....saw it again a second time with friends....hats off to Shankar and ARR for excelling....the movie is really a world classic (maybe am too excited..but Shankar is proving to be a one of the most original directors around - story and screenplaywise...)
  
  
• From: S (@ 128.107.253.39) on: Tue Sep 18 04:51:11 EDT 2001
  
  karthik S,
  r u in b'lore ?? I too am in b'lore. Do mail me.
  
  

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