Comments on: Yet again, Tamil on All-'Time'

By: Krithika

Krithika — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 20:12:32 +0000

hey arun
Ever since the day Rahman stormed into the filmdom, people have had great pleasure writing him off that he will disappear without a trace soon enough. He has completed 15 years and is still going strong.
One reason that endears me to Rahman is his modesty. I remember the furore Gangai Amaran & Co created after Roja was released.I don’t know how a lesser mortal would have reacted to all that. He has not spoken a word against anyone and is focussed only on his music.
Rahman is not only a good music director but a great human being.He deserves all the accolades and more! If Ilayaraja hadn’t rubbed Maniratnam the wrong way after Thalapati’s success, Rahman would still be composing jingles!So tons of thanks to Ilayaraja.

By: arun jerry

arun jerry — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 08:21:33 +0000

please stop comparing someone like A R Rahman with the greatest music composer the music world has ever seen and will never see that’s ILLAYARAAJA… A R Rahman is a good music director no one can take it away from him, ok fine but comparing him with someone as gr8 as ILLAYARAAJA is so stupid… you also take into account the number of years ILLAYARAAJA has been in the cine industry and still able make wonders like Hey Ram, Virumandi, Sethu, Pithamagan and many other movies, he has been in this industry for the past 25 yrs and is able to make wonders like this, whereas you see A R Rehman polishing the tunes his done for his tamil movies and doing it in his hindi movies (vice versa) and his so called bombay dreams he is just 15 years old in this industry… PLEASE STOP COMPARING THE GREAT WITH THE GREATEST…..

By: whocares

whocares — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 03:32:19 +0000

you guys are completely jobless movie freaks. grow up.

By: Desingu Raja

Desingu Raja — Sun, 29 May 2005 04:31:43 +0000

Who gave the right to Mr.Prabz to throw dirt on Vijay starrers. Here we talking about Music, ARR and movies. Why the need to talk bollocks about Vijay for? I hope Prabs keeps his stinky opinions to himself.

By: Somu

Somu — Sun, 29 May 2005 01:22:35 +0000

@ Ferrari”if someone wants to show the naval of heroine and some sensual scenes in a song, we cant expect the lyrics writer to come up with something damn good!”

Ever heard of this song ? “sindhiya Venmani sipiyil Muthaachu en kannamaa”… Explore the situation of this song and you would realize what is being suggested… I think out lyricists have the potential to be creative, and can come out with damn good songs. But I guess they end up giving what the directors wants…

Btw, was that Vaali song “laalaaku Dole dappi maa?”

Come to the point : My mom still believes “Paasa Malar” has the best music ever, so does it undermine Mastero’s musicals ? ARR and Mastero are different in their own ways that it is criminal to even compare them.I am an ardent fan of Illayaraja, but then that does not make ARR any worse ! And can you define complicated “Panivizhum malarvanam” and “Neethaaney en pon vasantham” from NN were songs that carried simple lyrics and pleasing music… So how does it become complicated ?

Heard “raasaathi” from Thiruda Thiruda??… That was unique, innovative and complicated.

By: come_to_the_point

come_to_the_point — Sat, 28 May 2005 20:33:28 +0000

super guys and geeks- tell me one number which was a complicated number by arr. When talking so much of Rahman can you compare Ninavellam Nithya songs to any song of arr? That is our Maestro Mottai

By: Dragun

Dragun — Sat, 28 May 2005 16:11:55 +0000

Roja is a great album but I would replace it on the list with Dil Se.

BTW, I read somewhere that it was Balachandar who insisted that ARR be the MD for Roja, but I’ve also heard that it was Mani Ratnam who discovered him. Which is correct?

By: Sunil

Sunil — Sat, 28 May 2005 13:57:26 +0000

People love to bring ARR down, even in his moments of glory! For once, stand up and acknowledge the genius for his achievements…

By: curses

curses — Sat, 28 May 2005 12:37:52 +0000

thalaivaaaaa!

By: F e r r a r i

F e r r a r i — Sat, 28 May 2005 12:34:30 +0000

I think lyricists dont have that much freedom to think freely when it comes to penning songs.
After Kannadasan, Vairamuthu and Vali(evergreen) are the best.
Off topic, but I heard somewhere that Vali was on the verge of commiting suicide due to lack of chances. Then he wrote one song and it was super duper hit. Does anyone remember that song?
He has given us wonderful songs and also some trash songs!!
I would blame the director. For example, if someone wants to show the naval of heroine and some sensual scenes in a song, we cant expect the lyrics writer to come up with something damn good!

Not everyone is an expert in telling things ilaimarai kaai!