Topic started by Ravi Krishna (@ starwars.informix.com) on Fri Dec 5 17:59:49 EST 1997.
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• From: Ravi Krishna (@ starwars.informix.com) on: Fri Dec 5 18:02:13 EST 1997
  
  Since there have been lot of posts overrating his
  mediocre compositions, it is time to bring him down.
  For starters: songs from Lovebirds, Indian ,
  Daud (Hindi).
  
  
• From: vijay (@ faculty2.ece.sc.edu) on: Fri Dec 5 19:59:33 EST 1997
  
  udit's song and hariharan's songs in muthu are atrocious.also the minsara kanavu songs with the exception of vennilave vennilave.
  vijay
  
  
• From: Gokul (@ p1.echostar.com) on: Fri Dec 5 20:22:15 EST 1997
  
  I would not consider Thanga Thamarai Magaley as
  a worst song.
  
  His worst as far as I go will be Romeo Attam
  (Mr.Romeo), almost all of Love Birds, the song
  celebrating Independence in Indian, Thayin Manikodi (does not suit the mood of VandeMadaram),
  vappati song in K.Seemaieley,Sonia Sonia (Ratchagan).. I stop here before I get pounced upon.
  
  
• From: Ravi Krishna (@ starwars.informix.com) on: Fri Dec 5 20:44:17 EST 1997
  
  Some more flames:- Almost all of his 1996 and 1997
  songs.
  Somehow I don't like any of his new songs barring
  few exceptions. He seem to have lost the midas
  touch.
  
  
• From: Rajaraman (@ 192.122.140.83) on: Fri Dec 5 21:57:39 EST 1997
  
  Don't simply put the songs down. Be specific
  and state your reasoning clearly.
  
  I cannot stand his "minnale minnale"(may maadham).
  It is not a song, it's a dialogue. SPB
  paadaamaa vera yaaraavathu paadi irunthaa,
  ARR fans-ukke kaduppu vanthirukkum..
  
  
• From: Pagalavan (@ waterboy.cisco.com) on: Sat Dec 6 00:31:03 EST 1997
  
  ARR's worst is love birds. There is a song sung by someone (who probably has never spoken any Thamizh words prior to singing this..) especially these lines:
  en "thamil" kettaal, thaNdavaaLam thuLirkkum..
  "makkale..makkale".. tune-um maha erichchalaanathu..!
  
  Another song, about magic, in the same movie; The worst ever interms of tune, lyrics or any aspect of a song. I was totally irritated to hear the lines kaNakku professor cOat-tuppaiyil, karuththadai saathanam irukkumE (lyrics, ubayam, vairamuthu ?) ennathaan students kalaatta paNNi magic seithu paaduRathaavE irunthaalum, ithu UNSAGIKKABLE..Tune? who remembers anyway?
  
  Third one, is achchamillai in Indira. I somehow get the feeling of listening to a known jingle for popular brand washing powder. Needless to say the picturisation, may be Suhasini was "inspired" by the tune to make that song as a washing powder ad..! I know there are so many lovers for this song, I am sorry if I hurt their feelings..
  
  
• From: Sarcasm (@ blondie.cfu-cybernet.net) on: Sat Dec 6 00:46:43 EST 1997
  
  Boy this is nice (sarcasm)! How can you all just start a discussion page to bring down a certain person who you don't like probably because you are upset that he may have replaced IR as the number one spot? Let's bring down the mediocre composer! Spread the love! (sarcasm)
  
  
• From: Sarcasm (@ blondie.cfu-cybernet.net) on: Sat Dec 6 00:49:58 EST 1997
  
  Yeh jan le le le, javani le le le, pyar mera. Jo chahe le le le, pyar lekin de de de, yaar mera. Pyar bina yeh jaan kya hai, pyar bina yeh javani kya hai? Pyar bina yeh sab kuch kya hai, kya hai, kya hai?
  - Daud
  
  What is this world without love?
  
  
• From: shankar (@ webgate7.mot.com) on: Sat Dec 6 07:10:58 EST 1997
  
  thenrale thenrale (kAdhal desam ) one of the ARR's worst dialogues!!
  Any song having that MOST IRRITATING VOICE IN THE UNIVERSE---- G V PRAKASH (yuck - sagodari maganaga iruppadu dhan avan paaduvadharkkulla ore thaguthi!!!)
  songs from pavithra can be included in the list (i don't remember them )
  sendhamizh nattu thamizhachiye (One finds it difficult as to who sings for whom -shahul hameed and malgadi subha)
  lucky lucky from rakshagan ( tamizh nna evlo velai enru ketpavaraiyellam paada vaiththal ippadithan -SPBkku avar (padathil) paadum pattukke chance kidaikkallai)
  chandiranai thottadhu yaar (ubayam -suneeta rao)
  thoda thoda malarndhadhenna(indira -superb dialogue)
  eh muthupaappa (vandi solai sinraasu-idhellam oru tune)
  
  i'll be back.....
  
  
  
  
  
  
• From: T.Madhan Raghavan (@ 202.41.117.3) on: Sun Dec 7 11:48:41 EST 1997
  
  "Paalakkaattu machhaanukku paattunnaaa usuru " - from " MAY MAADHAM " - AAHAA YENNA ORU MADHURA GAANAMIDHU - ARR SUMMA ASATHHITTAR PONGA - INDHA PAATTELLAM COMPOSE SEIVADHARKU, ARR YEVVALAVU VARUDANGAL YENDHA KAATTIL THAVAM KIDANDHAARO - KODUMAI YENRAAL APPADI ORU KODUMAI.
  
  
  "Maarghazhi poove " from May Maadham mattum yenna perisaa vazhndhu kaattiduchhu ? adhai paadiya andha penmani, konjam daily inji, thippili pottu kashaayam kudithhaal konjam voice theruvadharku vaippulladhu - adhuvum, andha paattu mudiyum tharuvaayil, apaswaramaaga uru aaalaaapanai - kodumai ilum kodumai.
  
  
• From: Anand (@ 202.54.36.114) on: Mon Dec 8 08:44:52 EST 1997
  
  'Rakshagan'lla ella paatum bore. Soniya, Soniya lla naduvile ennamo pathu pathinanchu instrumentsa pottu sodappirukkaru ARR
  
  
• From: Kitcha (@ cse-211-k05.circa.ufl.edu) on: Mon Dec 8 22:13:40 EST 1997
  
  The song "onnu rendu moonu da" from Pudhiya Manargal!!
  Horrid stuff !!
  
  But i can never accept that "Thanga thaamarai magale" is a bad song...thats stretching things too far,I guess!!
  
  
  
• From: shankar (@ webgate4.mot.com) on: Tue Dec 9 01:36:41 EST 1997
  
  I also agree with kitcha .Thangathamarai magale
  IS a good song .
  
  
• From: Ramaswamy Gireesan (@ m42.m59.big.ac.at) on: Tue Dec 9 10:19:26 EST 1997
  
  Going back to some earlier songs - Pettai Rap (rendered in the horrible voice of Suresh Peters) was absolutely intolerable.
  
  No guys, I find thangath thaamarai magale irritating. But the song manamadurai maamarak kilaiyilE quite OK. I have heard vennilave only twice or thrice. But it was fairly all right.
  
  The title song of Rangeela (Asha Bhonsle) is another song that always gets on my nerves. So does kuchchi kuchchi raakkamma (aiyo! adikka varaadheenga!) where the children spoil the song.
  
  Any other flames?
  
  
• From: shankar (@ webgate6.mot.com) on: Wed Dec 10 00:29:18 EST 1997
  
  ramaswamy,
  I too agree with U ,kuchikuchi rakkamma is one irritating number . In the rangeela song the voice of that devil (GV Prakash ) irritates me like anything .I like only the guitaring part of that song .
  
  Thangathaamarai magale is a good song . U can see the emotions SPB shows in it if U keenly listen to the song .
  
  
• From: Ramaswamy Gireesan (@ m42.m59.big.ac.at) on: Wed Dec 10 19:15:11 EST 1997
  
  OK, I will listen to the song a couple more times, but I wont promise an increase in the level of my rasanai. :-)
  
  Reminds me of another horrible number by ARR : 'errathaani kurrathaani gopala'. I just couldnt stand the horrible dappaanguththu - was it the same ARR who was able to blend 'saavu mELam' in 'maanaamadurai' song so masterfully?
  
  I am listening to 'soniya soniya' and 'nenje nenje' even as I write this (thanks to real audio :-) ) The songs are ok, udit narayan's and that of saadhna sargam are different and captivating, but there the praise stops. Is it only ARR who manages to get hold of singers with the most horrible accents? The way udit sings 'adh*a* asaivam' instead of 'adhu asaivam' and the way saadhna sings 'urUgi vidu' instead of 'urugi vidu' (where a kutriyalugaram becomes a mutriyalugaram :-) ) simply gets on your nerves. KJY has been grossly underused in the latter song, I feel. He sounds so weak, as if he is just convalescing from a bout of dengue (I havent seen the movie yet and dont know the situation of the song, but still ...)
  
  Somebody else mentioned in this thread that the interlude in soniya soniya sounded like a cacophony. Hmmm... to me it sounded quite nice. With unnikrishnan going of with swaras and udit screaming his head off 'ammaa...' it was a very nice blend, I think. I think ARR somehow manages to get such cacophonies right - as in the rangeela song 'thanha thanha', 'ennavalE adi ennavalE' etc.
  
  G.Ramaswamy
  
  
• From: AthiNarayanan (@ pm181-04.dialip.mich.net) on: Sun Dec 28 02:02:48 EST 1997
  
  Nice to know about such a thread.To me except for a few songs in Roja,Gentleman,Puthiya mugam and duet,all of ARR's songs have been worst.I can't get a top ten worst songs list(!!!!!) so easily.
  
  I think even the Vandhemataram album can be classified as junk.I had the misfortune of hearing to the best song(according to some threads) in that album Maa thuje salaam in an indian shop recently and I immediately gave salaam to that shop and moved out.
  
  Who can forget Uyire Uyire song in Bombay? It will make you lose whatever patience you have.It's unfortunate that this guy is being talked about as Isai Puyal etc and some more junks like Deva are copying him andmagazines like India today have to rave and rant about him so much.
  
  
• From: ananda.um (@ 202.185.107.191) on: Mon Feb 16 00:58:47 EST 1998
  
  these are the songs by ARR which makes me #$$@!%%^&*-
  
  1. All the sons in Love Birds- Pitchai karan vanthi edutthathu pola irukku
  2. Parkathe parkathe(Gentlemen) -this song can make any die out of acute fits in the brain
  3. Mustafa mustafa(Kadaldesam)- gosh!! this song can make any vomit blood
  4. Petta rap (Khadalan)- is this a song in the place???? This is a pure clone of brain tumour cells!!!!!!
  5. Minnale(May Madham)- my goodness! I think he composed this wonderful junk after meditating on an alien
  6. Lucky Lucky(Rachagan)- I am very lucky indeed because I colud remain in sane after listening to songs like this!!!!!
  7. Chathiranai toddathu yaar(Rachagan too)-What a junk by Hariharan? I pity him coz he could help this song. Poor thing songs like this works better than poison in cases of suicide!
  8. Anjali anjali(Duet)- I really hate this song soooo much! It is like listening to the emergency brake screeching sound of a cheap rotten car!
  
  That's all for now! But I'll be back soon!!!!!!!
  
  
• From: Hertz (@ j53.mur.jaring.my) on: Wed Apr 1 10:07:51 EST 1998
  
  You guys just stop critising him.He is not bad after all.Every people has his ups and downs.Just because he is the most wanted music director nowadays,some just got jealous(admit it! ).What the heck,he overshadowed Ilaiyaraja.AR Rahman make fine music and other people regardless of race and cultures and various countries listen to his music and songs.Can Ilaiyaraja do that?
  
  
• From: Critics of criticisers (@ 193.133.98.56) on: Thu Jun 4 06:27:55 EDT 1998
  
  All of you's lot don't know nothing about music.
  Have you's lot ever wrote music in your life, NO!,
  then who are you's to criticise.
  A.R.RAHMAN is just a music writter, not a lyrics writter. I believe the man has studied music at a degree level, he deserve what he gets.
  His music is way beyond anyone else.
  Look at Anu Malik still at his old fashion keyboard, trying to find which preset is good, if they not good then will try to rip off RAHMAN's.
  He does not have any ORIGINALITY.
  What about Nadeem & Sharavan, haven't heard of brains, two brains makes one Anu Malik. There music is so pathetic that there still trying to figure is it year 1978 or 1998.
  Illaraja, illaraja, the man who thinks the music is so cool that everybody hip-hops to the music,
  could be true (being sarcastic). The man who thinks who tought A.R.RAHMAN how to play music, which doesn't realise he cannot play for him self, what a shame, doesn't realise or should I say couldn't admit RAHMAN is better than him.
  I could go on forever and ever critising other music composers, RAHMAN is not a ametuer who can be competed with em.. Indian fictinous composers or comic characters like Illaraja, Anu malik, Nadeem & Sharavan. RAHMAN is a man who has studied life and style of Motzart, Beetoven, Czychosky....Who can be competed with them if they were alive. At this moment I believe he is a young genius, I never heard such Indian music like that.
  One thing which makes his music unique, mixing Indian and Western together to form 1990's. I could go on forever..........................
  
  
• From: Whizzkid (@ 193.133.98.56) on: Thu Jun 4 06:31:12 EDT 1998
  
  I believe every single what the person says (Critics of Criticisers)
  
  
• From: Sathiya Keerthi (@ synergy.nus.edu.sg) on: Thu Jun 4 06:58:28 EDT 1998
  
  Whizzkid:
  
  nice "jaalraa" try! aanaal, unga "@193.133.98.56"
  neenga yaarunnu kaattiduchchE? what to do?
  
  
• From: Why Rahman? (@ pc109.renewal-iis.com) on: Thu Jun 4 08:35:47 EDT 1998
  
  Why not criticise composers ( so called ) like Deva, Sirpi, Chakravarthy etc?
  I feel TFM Page is not for battle against fans. Rahman and Raja might be good friends. Who knows?
  We are fighting for no reason.
  Any of you guys know them personally? I don't think so.
  No POLITICS please!!!
  Thanks
  
  
• From: Rahman_fan (@ 164.164.37.8) on: Thu Jun 4 09:05:00 EDT 1998
  
  Well if guys think Minsara Kanavu is junk then there is nothing much to argue. I am sure there will threads in this forum where people will be raving about raja's fresh(!!)innovative compositions in Veera Thalatu. Afterall we cannot debate something that is very subjective.
  
  To me rahman is one of the best composer I have listened to. IR fans accept it or not there are a lot of people who are simply love rahmans music.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• From: Ravi (@ envy.cs.umass.edu) on: Thu Jun 4 11:49:48 EDT 1998
  
  It is a pity that when even Raja Fans has left this thread alone, some Rehman sympathizer has dug it up from the archives. It makes me wonder if allowing people to revive topics unconditinally was a good idea.... hmmm...
  
  
• From: Prakash Balakrishnan (@ gate7.ca.us.ibm.com) on: Thu Jun 4 13:29:23 EDT 1998
  
  ARR is not good in 96 onwards.. Sply. When he started using people who don't know Thamizh or who don't know how to use 'zha' and 'La'. As Pagalavan mentioned en thamil kettal thaNdavalam thudikkum...is realy horrible. Realy "thaNdavaLam " thudikkum 'ayyo thamizhai kollarane'-nu. Some time copy adikkira Deva music-E parava illai. atleast Nalla pattavadhu irukku. Rakshagan padathil-a 'lucky, lucky...' pattu idhai ketta irukkira luck-um poidum. Raja theriyathanama Latha Mangeshkar-aiyum Ashavaiyum Thamizh-la pada vechchuttar. ARR N-amaLa ippadi paduththa kudathu. Muthu padathila vara 'KuLuvalile...' pattukku Udith thevaiya?? appuram Hariharan vera 'pasuvinai pabenru...' appdinu oru pattu-la paduvar 'kuril','N-edil' ellam orE madhiri irukkum.
  
  What ARR did, same mistake Karthikraja is also doing. In one film 'Velai' almost 2 or 3 songs sung by Udith Narayan. Kodumaippa.
  Udith may be a good singer for Hindi, but not for Tamil.
  
  BTW don't compare one MD with other. It is realy stupid (sorry to use this word). Oruthar periya -aaLa? illaiyangaradha andha andha MD-yoda RasigargaL, avaroda growth clean-a sollum. IR-a paththi avar kitta irukkira thappa sollunga moththa TFM-a adikka varum. avanga oththukkavE mattanga. enna paNNaradhu. vEEna tharkam, flames etc.. thevaiya???
  
  odanE solluveenga.. Yar sollaradhunu?? I never compared IR with any other MD in this Forum.
  
  
• From: Ramesh (@ ww-tn06.proxy.aol.com) on: Thu Jun 4 20:19:32 EDT 1998
  
  ARR could be a Gold medalist in studying
  Motzart, Beetoven, Czychosky etc ( for
  Critics of Criticisers) , but what does it buy ,
  only Critics! Music is one of the few facts of life
  which even without understanding the technology , you still can enjoy it. Other MDs
  have proved it either by their own creations or by adopting from other regions. ( for C of C , Nadeem and Shravan or Annu Malik are able to
  capture the minds of people by exacly doing that) . ARR is still trying hard , but ......
  'Sarakku Vikkalainga !'
  
  
• From: SUMITRA (@ palo1.pacific.net.sg) on: Fri Jun 12 11:51:36 EDT 1998
  
  well,people who have nothing to do would rather condemn other people's hard work rather than taking a good look at their own backside.
  LIKE THE SAYING GOES:"thamilanuku inoru thamilan munukku vantha porukathu" COOL RIGHT.
  i personally feel that ARR's music is the best as he knows what kind of combination to give to the songs.
  that THENDRALE song, "malarin kadhal panniku theriyum en manathil kathal theriyuma, solla varthai kodithan unai neril kandal mounam en,toonga vaika padinen naan thokamindri vadinen"
  beautiful lyrics with a fantastic slow tune suitable for the scene'
  jeans songs are presently no.1 everywhere.
  "KALUYTHAIKU THERIYUMA KARPOORA VASANAI"
  
  
• From: Mysterious Girl (@ palo6.pacific.net.sg) on: Mon Aug 31 11:47:38 EDT 1998
  
  AR RAHMAN IS THE BEST AND WILL ALWAYS BE THE BEST. IF YOU DO NOT LIKE HIS MUSIC IT'S BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO APPRECIATE REAL MUSIC. AND HERE I AM REFERING TO ILLAYARAJA'S FANS ESPECIALLY. PERIYA MESTRO..ATHELLEA RAHMANODE KAALADIKU KOODE VARATHE. YOU NEED A HIGH LEVEL OF INTELIGENCE TO LOVE HIS MUSIC JUST LIKE HOW ONLY THE HIGHLY INTELLIGENT PPLE LIKE MANIRATNAM'S MOVIES.I ALSO THINK THAT THEY MAKE A GOOD PAIR..IF U GUYS STILL HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY JUST SEND ME AN E-MAIL.
  
  
• From: mysterious gal (@ palo6.pacific.net.sg) on: Mon Aug 31 11:51:20 EDT 1998
  
  another thing sumitra..as goundamni once said, kazhuthaiku theriyuma karpoora vasani..therinji enna seiye pothu..same with those who criticise rahman. but as long as his fans stay strong..he'll always be the top
  
  
• From: Mohanan (@ brk-78-202.tm.net.my) on: Fri Sep 4 01:50:48 EDT 1998
  
  Say what you all want to say,but if you ask me ARR is a quality music composer.He puts a lot into a song and his tunes get more melidious as time goes.I would certainly disagree with people who say that Minsara Kanavu's only good song was Venilvae venilvae.What about Ooh la la ! Poo Pookum & Anbendra. They are all very good songs.People who don't know how to appriciate these songs are a bunch of disgraced music listeners.
  
  
• From: Gayathri (@ palo16.pacific.net.sg) on: Tue Sep 15 23:43:41 EDT 1998
  
  My God! I'm shocked to come across this pg. ARR has brought Indian music to new hights. Come on we youngsters live in the morden generation & if we change according to fashion, why can't music change too. Anyway, most of u all are critising the lyrics when ARR is just the music director. DUH! Most of IR's fans can't appriciate his songs coz they're all just plain all fashioned & not at all contemprorary! Even here in S'pore,Indian fans just flock to the cinemas where movies wth his song direction are screened. Fair enough I would admit there might be one or two songs that may not live up to his standards but they're all a far cry from all his hits.
  
  
• From: Ravy (denmark) (@ bc-kunde-c1.kmd.dk) on: Fri Dec 18 08:04:56 EST 1998
  
  A,R Rahman
  I am your fan. Your song daidai( from uyire)
  It is good
  
  
• From: nakkeeran (@ inet20.us.oracle.com) on: Tue Dec 29 22:24:09 EST 1998
  
  Reminded of this after reading comments about 'Thangathaamarai magale':
  
  SPB was here in SF bay area for a concert, and was singing for fans' requests. One of'em was this song. He said 'Hmm.. indha paattukku national award kuduthirukkaanga! Aanaa yedhukku kuduthaangannuthaan enakku puriyalai! Idhai vida nalla song-llaam irukku. Sari.. edho award vaangina paatungarathinaala neenga aasai pattu kaettirukkeenga.. adhnaal ippa paadaren.' Also, you should've seen his face when he was singing this song! Man.. he sung as though he was in absolute disgust to sing it!
  
  Edho.. enaala mudinjadhu! 'eriyara veettil pidungara varai laabam!' naraayana!! naraayana!!
  
  
• From: Raj (@ master.hyd.deshaw.com) on: Tue Apr 13 08:41:46 EDT 1999
  
  Nakkeran: Since your efforts have not borne fruit , perhaps because of the timing, I revive this to infuse some Life into literally dead TFM-DF :)))
  I'll strictly sit abck and spectate:))
  
  
• From: sharada ramanathan (@ ) on: Tue Nov 2 08:24:23 EST 1999
  
  lets face it. this is not about rehman. this is about the world celebrating mediocrity. look back on history for a minute - there have been golden and dark eras - and rehman is the golden goose of the dark era. it is SO dark that people dont even know that they are philistine.
  
  
• From: sharada ramanathan (@ ) on: Tue Nov 2 08:29:51 EST 1999
  
  what about some more meaningful bashing/campaigns? such as, on a mega-something show hosted by the ever-loud ruby bhatia, there is a "star-of-the-millennium public poll which completely forgot that there is a world beyond bollywood... they are doing a great service to cultural hegemony and divisiveness.. the legitimization of hindi and others being irrelevant... how about some action on that??
  
  
• From: sabari (@ m38.chn.vsnl.net.in) on: Sun Jan 30 09:19:59 EST 2000
  
  I am one of great fan of ARR.I am mad of him.his only bad number is rakchagan.
  
  
• From: arun[rahaman fan] (@ ) on: Mon May 8 11:32:51 EDT 2000
  
  Hi,
  I read some of the comments on arr music.This is my answer to their questions.I am a diehard fan of ARR ,but it does not means that i hates IR music.IR is a great musician.His old melodies are still pleasing..
  Rahman may not be the best there was,best there ever would be ,but he is the best there is!!!!!!!!!!!.I am not a fan of tamil music untill rahman smashed the music scene.I like almost all of his songs and likes his music very much.In the case of IR ,he is one of the best music dir of indian music.
  Actually it is not fair to compare 2 music directors who are in two entirely different poles. IR is cool4 his melodies ,duets .......Arr is best 4 his love songs,western songs& the songs which all of u calls as dialogues..Hey guys songs are made according to the situations in the movie,it is not fair to blame the music dir 4 his song's poor lyrics.
  I read some comments on Vandemathram Hey how can u call it as junk ??? Arr faced lots of criticism on this album,but does any one know that there are lot of hindi albums in which there are re -mixed version of songslike "Raghupathi raja ram" which was one of the most important song indian independnce history...Any music fans heard it??? What rahman did on vandematharam was to show his own intrepretation on our country's past history cultutre,music etc.
  A word on songs like soniya,soniya,Pettrap ......i accept they are not all good .but hear some songs of the same kind[they call it TAPPANKOOTHE] from other various music dir .U will feel the diffrence!!!
  Creating music is not an easy thing ,it needs hard work,knowledge,patience etc.Using computer aided music is not bad.It only enriches the Music.[if we can use computres 4 our jobs why can't he???!!] Music is to hear ,to enjoy that's it.A geniune music fan shoud hear & enjoy all kinds of songs without thinking about where it is comming from or who is bringing it!!!!
  Lifting tunes is not good 4 music .But using the same beat 4 a song cannot be called as copying.Unfortunately i could not here those song which people says arr lifted tunes. so i am not commenting on it
  
  Arr is a music dir
  1: who is a good sound engineer[indeed the best!!!,my speakers are smashing!!!!]
  2:who can beautifully blend indian ragas with western music
  Any Comments??/
  
  
• From: R.Shankar Iyer (@ cache-1.lnh.md.webcache.rcn.net) on: Sun Jun 18 00:00:42 EDT 2000
  
  Hey !! i agree that arr is good!! But if anyone
  compare with King of Music IR, i will only be on
  the side of the later. Hey who scored more than 790 films within 25 years!!
  
  Politicians made politics in announcing padmashree award too. Last week,arr has been awarded padmashree.IR, the first person in Asia
  to play symphony and also the gold medalist from Trinity college of london. Hey! another joke is the filmfare award is for mudalvan. What about Sethu? Some guys wrote that arr is best for love songs. IR is master in all type of songs esp love.
  
  OO Vasantha raja --> Neengal Kettavai
  
  any comments??
  
  R.Shankar Iyer
  Maryland
  USA
  
  
  
• From: Jamie(AR fan) (@ ) on: Mon Aug 28 18:07:35 EDT 2000
  
  Seriously, most of A.R.Rahman's music is really good. But he is not perfect, like everyone else.That also goes for IR. He was the best once but right now he has no clue what is selling. Some of IR's songs are good but not all. AR's songs are selling the most and almost everyone who hears AR's stuff enjoy it. Know that AR is not the learner, he is the trend-setter. If you'd like to argue that, bring it on(send me an E-mail).
  As music fans, all of us should just enjoy good songs, melodies and good MDs(that is AR and IR).
  But know that the BEST currently is AR...later!
  
  Jamie(Canada)
  
  
• From: ahmad tookhi, (@ ) on: Fri Sep 15 20:56:54 EDT 2000
  
  i think A.R.Rahman is the best music director at this moment.He is far better than Deva, deva needs to stop singing(he's voice is horrible),but Rahman is the best. My three favorites
  1.muthalvan
  2.bombay
  3.jeans
  
  
• From: Rasigan (@ ) on: Mon Nov 27 03:47:37 EST 2000
  
  PadmaSri A.R. Rahman is the best for now and forever, because he brought a great changes in Tamil Nadu film industries, not only there, his name is everywhere all the patti thotti sounds his name, he is a genius, I love his musics which will me to respect him more that how he could composed such a tune. I will bet the present new comers or the existing will have to follow his foot steps because the changes that he have brought. He is good in everthing. "VALGE" ARR
  
  
  
• From: Rasigan (@ ) on: Mon Nov 27 03:48:05 EST 2000
  
  PadmaSri A.R. Rahman is the best for now and forever, because he brought a great changes in Tamil Nadu film industries, not only there, his name is everywhere all the patti thotti sounds his name, he is a genius, I love his musics which will me to respect him more that how he could composed such a tune. I will bet the present new comers or the existing will have to follow his foot steps because the changes that he have brought. He is good in everthing. "VALGE" ARR
  
  
  
• From: Rasigan (@ ) on: Mon Nov 27 03:48:11 EST 2000
  
  PadmaSri A.R. Rahman is the best for now and forever, because he brought a great changes in Tamil Nadu film industries, not only there, his name is everywhere all the patti thotti sounds his name, he is a genius, I love his musics which will make me to respect him more that how he could composed such a tune. I will bet the present new comers or the existing will have to follow his foot steps because the changes that he have brought. He is good in everthing. "VALGE" ARR
  
  
  
• From: Rasigan (@ ) on: Mon Nov 27 03:48:12 EST 2000
  
  PadmaSri A.R. Rahman is the best for now and forever, because he brought a great changes in Tamil Nadu film industries, not only there, his name is everywhere all the patti thotti sounds his name, he is a genius, I love his musics which will make me to respect him more that how he could composed such a tune. I will bet the present new comers or the existing will have to follow his foot steps because the changes that he have brought. He is good in everthing. "VALGE" ARR
  
  
  
• From: Rasigan (@ ) on: Mon Nov 27 03:48:13 EST 2000
  
  PadmaSri A.R. Rahman is the best for now and forever, because he brought a great changes in Tamil Nadu film industries, not only there, his name is everywhere all the patti thotti sounds his name, he is a genius, I love his musics which will make me to respect him more that how he could composed such a tune. I will bet the present new comers or the existing will have to follow his foot steps because the changes that he have brought. He is good in everthing. "VALGE" ARR
  
  
  
• From: Rasigan (@ ) on: Mon Nov 27 03:48:14 EST 2000
  
  PadmaSri A.R. Rahman is the best for now and forever, because he brought a great changes in Tamil Nadu film industries, not only there, his name is everywhere all the patti thotti sounds his name, he is a genius, I love his musics which will make me to respect him more that how he could composed such a tune. I will bet the present new comers or the existing will have to follow his foot steps because the changes that he have brought. He is good in everthing. "VALGE" ARR
  
  
  
• From: Rasigan (@ ) on: Mon Nov 27 03:48:15 EST 2000
  
  PadmaSri A.R. Rahman is the best for now and forever, because he brought a great changes in Tamil Nadu film industries, not only there, his name is everywhere all the patti thotti sounds his name, he is a genius, I love his musics which will make me to respect him more that how he could composed such a tune. I will bet the present new comers or the existing will have to follow his foot steps because the changes that he have brought. He is good in everthing. "VALGE" ARR
  
  
  
• From: vrajith@usa.net (@ ) on: Thu Jan 25 06:42:42 EST 2001
  
  i want to know the address or e-mail or phonenumber of thamil singer unnikrishnan who sings the songs like that in ridham my e-mail address is vrajith@usa.net
  
  
• From: ahmad tookhi (@ ) on: Fri Jan 26 00:05:38 EST 2001
  
  if anyone says anything bad about a.r.rahman, i will kick their ass. he's music is so soothing, it takes you to another dimension....keep up the good work rahman bhai
  
  
• From: M.P.Ram. (@ ) on: Thu Feb 22 17:49:55 EST 2001
  
  Just I like the way the music gets in to my mind and soothes all my pains and relieves all my tension.
  It's not ARR or any personality to be admired but the music itself.
  ARR has also given worst and best.
  He is also doing some cut n paste from english ablums etc..
  Just like the music the way it comes.
  I pity you people if you are still going to continue the way you are.
  Just love music from where ever it is from.
  Just the definition of music says thet anything that delights you and takes you to heavenly bliss it is the MUSIC.
  Love music.
  
  
  
  
• From: fahad (@ ) on: Wed Apr 11 11:52:39 EDT 2001
  
  hi i liek ring tone one 2 ka 4 if you can please kav my ok ring tone ;one2ka4
  
  
• From: fahad (@ ) on: Wed Apr 11 11:55:28 EDT 2001
  
  hi i liek new india ring tone ok
  
  
• From: minal (@ ) on: Wed Apr 11 20:55:45 EDT 2001
  
  hi. i speak hindi, and i don't know a word of tamil. could anyone please tell me what orraenaal unai naan nillavil parthathe means? just a random question. thanks!
  
  
• From: halith rahman (@ ) on: Sat Apr 28 01:29:39 EDT 2001
  
  please send me the address of the great director
  s.shankar(the MUTHALVAN of INDIA'n'.
  
  
• From: Romesh Collins (@ ) on: Sun May 20 12:22:23 EDT 2001
  
  Some of A.R songs are not so good but many songs are very good.You should be able to enjoy any type of music,Rangeelare song is a very good song
  Certain songs sung by people like suresh peters are not so good.But see,.. Mujhe rangthey from Thakshak,Jiya jale from dilse also other songs from Zubeidaa and Thakshak are very good,though I don't understand hindi I love these songs
  BUT KONJAM VILANGUM!
  Minsara kanavu,daud,and many more
  Taal ukku international award kidaiththadhu allava?Shoba vin alabanai il naan oru kurayum kanavillai!Udit screems but his hindi songs are great ..Ei ajnabi(dil se)kya kare(rangeela)
  and todays datoday singer Harini was introduced by AR she has a magnetic voice!
  Modern music ai ethnic touch udan azhgaga koduththirukkirar arrhaman.I'm always awaiting excitedly aduththa hindi or tamil padathil Asha bosle kku ena paattu kidaikkum endru avavin tamil excellent and kavita krishnamoorthi nalla tamil pronounciation Kadhalar thinam,taalam ,kk in songs have been sung with feeling.
  Sadhna has a sweet voice(the thenali song enna solli is mega hit in sri lanka) don't blame her accent .being tamils Indians(YOU)cant pronounce and speek good tamil how can u blame a hindi singer as a Sri Lankan tamil I find 99% of indian
  tamils can't speak proper tamil nor pronounce properly.
  A>R rahman is agreat composer asha sadhna harini
  hema sardesai chira spb ellarum greaT!
  Romesh Collins
  Hendala
  Sri lanka.
  20/05/2001
  
  
• From: vikas (@ ) on: Mon May 28 14:35:14 EDT 2001
  
  ARR sucks a big time...
  
  
• From: Vikas (@ ) on: Mon May 28 14:46:25 EDT 2001
  
  Hey Guys and Gal on the board,
  
  Lets take the truth. AR Rahaman is talented enough just to make JINGLES for the advertisement. He can compose for songs. He cant sing. He doesnot know melody (except for a couple of songs). Havent you heard Shweta Shetty screaming like a girl **ped in "AA II OO" (bloddy hell...what does that mean ) in RANGEELA. Anyone one sane is bound to get a HEADACHE..."RAMTA JOGI" (from TAAL )I pity people who like such stuff....Those are 100% torture 0% melody...And he calls his music SPIRIRTUAL...***TARD...Gets astronomical amount for his TUNELESS SONGS like PETER RAAP and what not......I guess even if he records his toilet flush...people will like it because THAT WOULD BE BLOODY DIFFERENT..AND NOT COPIED...He remixes BHAGANS...WOW...The bottomline...ARR SUXS a BIG TIME
  
  
• From: soorys (@ ) on: Sat Aug 11 05:36:45 EDT 2001
  
  jeans,muthalvan,indian,minsaara kanavu,taal,pukar,thakshak,alai payuthey, kandukonden,kaadhalan,roja,gentleman,vande matharam,dil se,lagaan,one two ka four,rangeela, bombay,duet,....the list will go on.....forever and ever.........
  i am the one who dying to listen the music of his wonderful touch..............
  
  
• From: GHAZANFAR MAHMOOD (@ ) on: Sat Mar 2 18:36:16 EST 2002
  
  I WANT TO KNOW NADEEM SHRAVAN E-MAIL ADDRESS
  
  
• From: rashid ali (@ ) on: Fri Mar 15 01:45:31 EST 2002
  
  i m a big fan of nadeemsharavan.theur music always inspire me
  
  
• From: madohan (@ ) on: Sat Apr 20 14:58:29 EDT 2002
  
  i think only fools enter this zone
  i am sorry i have been one
  
  
• From: jjj (@ ) on: Thu Dec 26 06:34:56 EST 2002
  
  dei keniyangala
  mootaa kooongla
  ste a close pannuda
  
  
• From: kjhkjh (@ ) on: Thu Dec 26 06:36:08 EST 2002
  
  keningala evan da athu entha site a arambichathu
  
  
• From: prakash babu (@ ) on: Tue Apr 22 23:06:03 EDT 2003
  
  i think that....different person....different taste....so dont talk rubbish here.....arrahman valge
  
  
• From: Tauseef (@ ) on: Sun Jul 20 06:33:22 EDT 2003
  
  Hi,
  I like to know how musician makes tunes...
  1-is the tune first comes in their mind/heart
  2-or they just play an instrument in variety of ways to come up with a good tune...
  
  Tauseef
  
  
• From: ryrtk;wyjwtk;4wyj (@ ) on: Fri Sep 19 12:34:55 EDT 2003
  
  jfdksjserjktyertyjtthj
  
  
• From: MADDY (@ 203.94.216.4 (@ ) on: Sun Feb 22 17:09:57 EST 2004
  
  I would say ARR is the best MD of chinese film(CFM) and worst of TFM.Is that correct?.
  
  
• From: bracing (@ ) on: Sun Jul 18 12:55:31 EDT 2004
  
  i love to write a song so is there any sponsoral
  
  
• From: Diya (@ ) on: Wed Dec 15 04:58:06 EST 2004
  
  Hi this is Diya.
  I think all of u r wrong.I mean, ARR is the best thing tht has ever happened 2 the film industry.
  His music is the most soulful I've ever heard.
  I dont understand how can anyone be against such a man who gives music tht touches the heart.
  I pity u guys coz u r not able to appreciate such a talent.
  
  

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