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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.
All times in EDT +9:30 for IST.

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: sabesan (@ 172.137.134.7) on: Sun Nov 18 08:48:32 EST 2001
  
  hmmm..... looks like KB fumbled again towards the end of the movie.... may be iam wrong, but i have seen this happening in many KB's recent (last 10 years) movies..... starting from Punnagai Mannan, Pudu Pudu vasantham, Unnal Mudiyum Thambi, and worst of all Duet (well this is a junk movie through out)...... i will add one more word, all IMHO :-)
  
  
• From: yaaro (@ 195.93.34.166) on: Sun Nov 18 09:54:29 EST 2001
  
  sabesan,
  you were correct in your obs about duet-what a rubbish movie.things just seemed to slip out of his hands-senility seems to be catching up with him.thrughout his characters have always struck as being weird(the weirdest is ofcourse agnisatchi sarita-imagine the poor first day viewers who had to sit through the movie on a deepavali evening when it was released first!)
  
  
• From: sabesan (@ 172.148.230.214) on: Sun Nov 18 10:57:45 EST 2001
  
  yaaro :-)...
  
  well, actually its more than 10 years - i think close to 15 years now....... Punagai Mannan came for 86 Deepvali i think......
  
  guys sorry for the digression....
  
  
• From: Babu (@ 172.145.160.198) on: Sun Nov 18 11:20:25 EST 2001
  
  PP is unbelievably bad. Worse than Duet and Kalki. There is no logic, no cohesion between seems. Like someone said, KB has lost his charm. I did not say this after saying Duet or Kalki, but this movie is total junk, IMO. And the climax, my God ! Words fail me. Truly insufferable.
  
  
• From: NaNbaN (@ 24.254.168.10) on: Mon Nov 19 01:14:05 EST 2001
  
  To me it sounds like ARR wanted try something out and sound different but his usual hummable tunes are missing. Some songs sound good in parts. Something is missing in the album. But there are lot of new addition to ARR "sounds". Nowadays he seems to at ease in HFM and develop cold feet in TFM. For KB's 100th movie it is disappointing.
  
  
• From: Prem (@ 203.199.225.247) on: Mon Nov 19 03:50:08 EST 2001
  
  Guys take a look at a review from Music magazine of PP... Seems very non-commital
  
  http://www.themusicmagazine.com/paarthaleparavasam.html
  
  
  
• From: neutral fan (@ 202.88.154.169) on: Mon Nov 19 04:58:35 EST 2001
  
  
  Review of PP music in Music Magazine:
  
  On this album he seems to be moving further towards music that is broken and non-linear. Question: is he moving towards creative abstraction or is he distracted? Your answer will depend on whether you are a die-hard fan or a less overwhelmed observer. Being musically inclined towards coherence than towards such distraction, I would rank Rahman's latest score lower than Bombay, Dil Se and Mudhalvan.
  
  
  
• From: UV (@ 134.113.201.4) on: Mon Nov 19 12:09:39 EST 2001
  
  Here is what popular writer cum analyst Sujatha(Mr.Rangarajan)has to say about
  Parthale Paravasam
  
  Q:How is the PP music?
  
  Ans:Ones doesnt fall in love with the first listen but you will fall in love after repeated hearing. Rahman has tried a different approach to tamil film music instead of the usual pallavi,saranam and a small instrumentation between them
  
  
• From: x (@ 172.168.195.200) on: Mon Nov 19 18:51:34 EST 2001
  
  dont take it seriously, sujathavukku vayasauduchhu :-)
  
  
• From: anjali (@ 64.210.241.103) on: Mon Nov 19 21:25:35 EST 2001
  
  The songs are all choppy, I havent had the cahnce to see teh videos yet, but how do you do dance numbers for such chopped up stuff. It does sort of grow on you but definetley the usual ARR passion was missing from the music. It just wasnt all there
  
  
• From: chennaiweb reviewer (@ 24.178.252.143) on: Tue Nov 20 01:08:25 EST 2001
  
  I have seen some responses wheren my criticism of ARR's music for PP has not been well received. My justification is that this being KB's 100th film and ARR being the top composer in India, he could have done much better. It is ARR's own fault if the songs are not well received because he has set such a high standard for himself. Incidentally, in my own opinion, ARR is the best thing to happen to Indian music after R.D. Burman. I would also like to admit that I am an unabashed fan of ARR's music but not to the point of praising bad music. If PP's songs had been composed by Deva or some other newcomer, I would have probably given a pass rating. But from ARR? That is a strict no-no
  
  
• From: Prem (@ 203.199.225.254) on: Tue Nov 20 01:45:59 EST 2001
  
  Its is becoming clear day by day that our South India Whiz kid is losing interest in South Indian movies. Otherwise why should we get such poor music from him.. Look at Lagaan for instance.. how wonderful was the music.. I have a feeling that one of ARRs assistants might have composed music for PP.
  
  
• From: prabhu (@ 202.88.154.169) on: Wed Nov 21 04:10:14 EST 2001
  
  check this site on AR Rahman
  http://prabhuthemusiclover.tripod.com/arrahman
  
  
• From: rocky (@ 210.186.220.22) on: Wed Nov 21 05:29:09 EST 2001
  
  U GUYSS WOULD UU PLSSS SHUT THE HELLL UPPP,
  
  U guys have nothing to doo rather than comment other ppl`s worrk, ppp is suchh a nicee albumm,arr had triedd soo many new thingssss, musics n vocalss, just listen carefully to the song n u`ll understand,
  
  
  pp wow such a good albumm
  
  
  
  
• From: hit (@ 202.56.193.231) on: Wed Nov 21 06:06:41 EST 2001
  
  i dont know what you all r talking about.
  
  PPs songs are a huge hi, me bieng in india and in college among the masses know whats happening. PP is a great hit sales and ......
  
  
• From: hit (@ 202.56.193.231) on: Wed Nov 21 06:08:21 EST 2001
  
  ......i mant hit not hi....
  
  
• From: kiru (@ 192.138.149.4) on: Wed Nov 21 14:46:40 EST 2001
  
  chennaiweb reviewer.. the problem with the film press in India/TN is that the analysis of the movie or the music is very subjective. To put it bluntly the review is very 'amatuerish'. The only music review I take with any seriousness is from the Themusicmagazine.com website (especially the one by Suchitra Lata). Please take this as a suggestion, read the review in the link given a few posts above, do yourself a favor and model your reviews like that in future. Again a honest well meant suggestion.
  
  
• From: MovieLover (@ 12.2.55.2) on: Wed Nov 21 15:57:10 EST 2001
  
  Where can I download PP songs? Any suggestion
  
  
• From: Romesh Colins (@ 203.115.23.218) on: Wed Nov 21 22:51:44 EST 2001
  
  PARTHALE PARAVASAM is good, pallavi of alage sugama and adhsaya thirumanam reminds few of old arr songs but the interlude of the first and the charanam of the latter are really good,manmadha masam is also a hit although it drags too much in the middle
  overall rating 85%
  Romesh Collins
  Colombo
  Sri lanka
  
  
• From: yaaro (@ 195.93.33.188) on: Wed Nov 21 23:37:18 EST 2001
  
  what happened to bharath-he was so actively posting in all threads-none for almost past 15-20 days-is he okay?these are troubled days in the US....
  
  
  
• From: Jeeva (@ 172.171.4.77) on: Thu Nov 22 00:19:16 EST 2001
  
  For all those who complain abt KBs way of finishing line of his movies - all I can say is that they lack KBs distingushed differnt thinking. KB has been a class apart from the normal. So when u view KB, stop thinking of normal same 'old pullicha muvu' stuff. He is different and light years ahead of normal routine thinking directors of tamil film junk industry.
  
  
• From: neutral_fan (@ 202.88.154.169) on: Fri Nov 23 02:29:28 EST 2001
  
  source:tfmpage.com
  
  Nandhaa - Yuvan Shankar Raja 70.0% Good 30.0% Bad (1199 votes)
  Manadhai Thirudi Vittaai - Yuvan SR 61.2% Good 38.8% Bad (1918 votes)
  Kutti - Ilayaraja 57.0% Good 43.0% Bad (2322 votes)
  Azhagi - Ilayaraja 56.4% Good 43.6% Bad (514 votes)
  Poovellaam un vaasam - Vidyasagar 52.2% Good 47.8% Bad (2332 votes)
  Allithandha vaanam - Vidyasagar 51.3% Good 48.7% Bad (2002 votes)
  Paandavar Boomi - Bharathwaj 51.1% Good 48.9% Bad (1400 votes)
  Paarthaale Paravasam - AR Rahman 50.1% Good 49.9% Bad (617 votes)
  Aalavandhan - Shankar-Ehsan-Loy 49.8% Good 50.2% Bad (1926 votes)
  Shajahan - Mani Sharma 44.0% Good 56.0% Bad (423 votes)
  Thavasi - Vidyasagar 39.7% Good 60.3% Bad (395 votes)
  Majnu - Harris Jeyaraj 36.8% Good 63.2% Bad (2568 votes)
  12B - Harris Jeyaraj 26.4% Good 73.6% Bad (1746 votes)
  
  
  
  
• From: Amused of Nuetral_Fan's Stupidity! (@ 164.164.82.29) on: Fri Nov 23 05:30:28 EST 2001
  
  So called Nuetral_Fan:
  
  There are ways to post multiple votes and the list above just shows that Fans of YSR, IR and Vidyasagar have enough time to waste on multiple voting! All for the fake sake of showing off!
  
  
• From: neutral_fan (@ 202.88.154.169) on: Fri Nov 23 07:35:25 EST 2001
  
  Neutral and not nuetral...my god, how many times have i got to tell you kid?
  
  
• From: CF (@ 203.197.141.185) on: Sat Nov 24 01:51:41 EST 2001
  
  Amused of Nuetral_Fan's Stupidity! (@ 164.164.82.29) :
  
  Well said.
  
  
• From: Another award (@ 202.56.193.227) on: Sat Nov 24 03:11:46 EST 2001
  
  Yet another award for rahman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
  Rahman receives V Shantaram award !!!!!!!!!!!
  
  
  source rediff.
  
  Just wondering where does he find space in his house to put all these awards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  I suggest rahman give a couple to ilayaraja, YSR , KR, atleats this way they can get the feel of an award
  
  
• From: :-) (@ 128.107.253.41) on: Sat Nov 24 04:43:26 EST 2001
  
  and there are some CFs who have some time to jalra thattufy "the amused...."
  
  another award,
  And u may want to consult a good doctor to get u out of selective amnesia...
  
  
• From: Karthik S (@ 164.164.82.29) on: Mon Nov 26 02:18:57 EST 2001
  
  Neutral Fan:
  
  Thanks for correcting my typo "Neu"tral Fan. I'll take care next time.
  
  And needless to say, I accept defeat. ARR is fading into oblivion as its so very clear from the countdown available in TFM page. What better yardstick to judge the standing of a composer?
  
  I also agree, as per the countdown, that YSR, IR, BW and VS are much more talented and are ruling the roost.
  
  
• From: kk (@ 198.4.92.5) on: Mon Nov 26 10:17:39 EST 2001
  
  
  Being in Anti ARR camp, I should confess, He is very good in making people eat thier own words.
  Caution before using words like fading, oblivion etc..It would be harder to swallow later!.
  
  

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