|| Raavan(an) | Mani Ratnam | Vikram | Abhishek Bachchan ||

[MADDY]

Agreed, Maddy. That's what I am saying time and again. Constructive criticism is very much welcome. But when someone brings 'Oscar glory' and 'Raavan album not satisfying him' together, then we have a problem, right?

Similarly, when everything is going fine, there would be one post which will say Aaromalae is a copy. When the same post recieves brickbats, the hubber will 'pummify' saying that 'What am I to do? You should go to the blogger and ask him.' Appuram enna ma****kku inga adha post pannaarunnu theriyala. Same post seen in 'Copying in TF Industry' as well. Such things deserve spl treatment, Maddy. Atleast I can't allow ppl to play fool with ARR. If I have a wee bit of ownership with this thread, I will continue to reply them in suitable manner...

yea - we feel like smashing them with our reply - but does it ever shut them up? :P thirumba thirumba varuvaanga.......in this case, sunny has expressed his disappointment with some stretching that rahman will go etc........sometimes fans get disappointed to that extent - infact the first thread i opened was "Is ARR a forgotten hero" after disastrous 2001-04 .....

so, we can better leave sunny's that part of reply and concnetrate on his other parts of his post and ask him why he doesent like songs.........

[MADDY]

I agree with mostly what Sunny G says, I raised these points myself actually. In this ARR Fan stronghold it is hard to make criticism for the sake of the music.

oh, i thot ARR is a fading force, you should get ur criticism across easily enough

[shocker]

Firstly you have to understand the criticism is not towards ARR as a person but towards the music. Secondly the only reason we do have a go at the music is so it can always get better!

[lancelot]

in my iTunes Kaattu Sirukki has gone from no star to one star to two stars to just now three stars...
is the repeated playing of the song playing with my mind? or did A R Rahman's magic work again... ill go with A R Rahman's magic

[genesis]

I think ARR's music in this movie has heavy influence of Vishal Bhardwaj... Does anyone here feel that way??

[littlemaster1982]

I didn't feel that way, but heard few others saying the same. Not a bad thing though.

[Yathu]

- Given that ARR is the top Music Director in both Hindi and Tamil,
it will be extremely difficult to keep giving winning #s on
a sustained basis for both markets;

This probably relates to a problem many different successful composers of the past have had - how many different pleasing permutations of a melody can there be?

- What is the motivation for our own King to continue giving us
wonderful music? He has achieved what no one else in India
has. His trophies are innumerable and he has transcended
regional,culture and language barriers.

ARRs never made music for trophies and medals. He has just focused on giving the audience something new and introducing new sounds (through fusion and his interpretation of various genres [and thereby becoming a genre in himself!]) and technologies. He probably has accomplished this to a large degree. However, I think ARRs true motivation is making music that makes him happy and keeps him interested. Music is his passion, that's what is so appealing about it and also evident in it. In other words, he's not out to solely people-please.

- Barriers to entry in music has come down;more and more new
folks are entering tamil and hindi music fields

- Access to global music is easier - it is easier for folks to lift
popular/good western songs (a la Deva) and create them in
tamil and hindi. I am certainly NOT saying that ARR is doing that.
He is possibly the only original still in the scene. Everyone else
including Harris, Yuvan and Preetam are seen copying

I think these two points are quite irrelevant. Let other MDs do their own thing. When a true talent emerges he/ she will be celebrated.

In this ARR Fan stronghold it is hard to make criticism for the sake of the music.

Really?

You might have better luck getting your point across in the "Tamil Films" thread for Raavanan: http://www.mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?t=11939

You might find the balanced opinion that you're looking for but I have to warn you, some of them do tend to waffle on a bit.

[ajaybaskar]

I think ARR's music in this movie has heavy influence of Vishal Bhardwaj... Does anyone here feel that way??

After seeing the trailer, I feel Raavan itself would have heavy influence of VB movies..

[A.ANAND]

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[A.ANAND]

Mani Ratnam says no to IIFA!

By Moviebuzz | Tuesday, 11 May , 2010, 08:45



Mani Ratnam has finally confirmed that his magnum opus Raavan will not premier at IIFA 2010 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

At a function organized by his wife Suhasini, in Chennai Mani diplomatically said: “I will not be attending the IIFA 2010, as post production work on my Raavan is still going on.”

Mani is very close to people who run IIFA, as his Yuva was premiered at IIFA 2004 in Singapore. But now he cannot risk alienating the Tamil film industry at a time when his Raavanan is about to release.

He also had no comments to offer when asked whether Abhishek or Aishwarya would go for the festival in Colombo.

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