A.R.Rahman - Mani Rathnam - Rajeev Menon - GURU

**Nerd** · 10th November 2006, 10:41 PM

Alaipayuthey (2000)

AFAIK, AP soundtrack was a HUGE hit !!+

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**Ramakrishna** · 10th November 2006, 10:42 PM

Originally Posted by Nerd

Alaipayuthey (2000)

AFAIK, AP soundtrack was a HUGE hit !!+

It was a craze then

**lancelot** · 10th November 2006, 11:06 PM

Originally Posted by Ramakrishna

Originally Posted by Nerd

Alaipayuthey (2000)

AFAIK, AP soundtrack was a HUGE hit !!+

It was a craze then

that album introduced me to ARR and the world of music.

hehe

**aruvi** · 11th November 2006, 01:57 AM

Previous Albums:

• Roja (1992)
• Thiruda Thiruda (1993)
• Bombay (1995)
• Iruvar (1997)
• Dil Se (1998)

None of these albums had the appeal and sensation that the previous ones created.

Keeping aside when each individual started listening to music, Alai Payudey's critical review was dull compared to others. A lot of people felt if was pale after a superhit Dil Se. And yes, it was popular then, but it's popularity didn't match the craze of their previous albums together. That is the point. I would say Alaipayudey songs can be grouped with Kadhal Desam. In terms of initial popularity.

**rajasaranam** · 11th November 2006, 02:58 AM

Originally Posted by thamizhvaanan

btw, I thot all IR-MR albums were blockbusters. What about the first 4 films, never heard of them

Any popular songs from those films?

<Dig> Pallavi Anu pallavi was MR's first film in Kannada and the album was a huge hit. you would've listened to the IDEA cellular Ad which goes something like 98431....nanananana This is the tune copied from that movie's super hit song 'naguva nayana'
I dont have any idea about Malayalam movie unaru

Pagal nilavu
http://www.rakkamma.com/filmsongs.phtml?filmid=433
Ithaiya koil
http://www.rakkamma.com/filmsongs.phtml?filmid=353
Hope you will remember them now
<End Dig>

**ajaybaskar** · 11th November 2006, 12:12 PM

Manirathnam is still a Madras man
IndiaGlitz [Saturday, November 11, 2006]

Close on the heels of completing Abhishek Bachchan – Aishwarya starrer Guru, Manirathnam would wield the megaphone for another Bollywood movie titled Lajjo. The movie would star Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor in lead roles.

Now with Manirathnam venturing to do back-to-back Hindi movies, his fans in Tamilnadu are obviously upset.

Adding to it, there were reports that the director had bid bye to Tamil.

However Manirathnam said, 'Both my scripts – Guru and Lajjo are more suited for Hindi audience. Hence I am doing them in Bollywood. I am keen to do a Tamil movie and hopefully by next year, I would do one. Hope my fans like my films and for them I feel language is no barrier', he adds.

APPPAAAADAAA

**Scale** · 11th November 2006, 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by Jacky

Early signs for a musical & visual treat!

Thanks!

**MADDY** · 11th November 2006, 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by aruvi

ARR/MR haven't had a huge blockbuster album in some years.

• Alaipayuthey (2000)
• Kannathil Muthamittal (2002)
• Aayitha Ezhuthu (2004)
• Yuva (2004)

Alaipauthey - huge hit in Tamil and Saathiya rocked whole nation.......every third phone in India that time had pachai nirame ringtone........

KM - National Award for ARR......

AE - sold 1 lakh+ units.......they are claiming VV selling 1.25 lakhs as a himalayan effort.......wat so gr8 abt selling for a hit movie......AE was utter flop and still sold so many......

Yuva - is a flop musical album.....i accept.......Fanna and Anjaana created some impact....thats it....

**Jacky** · 11th November 2006, 03:58 PM

Scale, I'm not so sure about visual treat. He has this habit of playing great songs in the background Yeh Ajnabe, Nenjamella Kadhal, Vellai Pookal.
My apprehensions are higher as this is a biopic abt Dhirubhai. You can have Vijay Mallaya sing duets but Dhirubhai... just keep your fingers crossed!