Achieving in life is something. Being grounded is totally different and many are unable to handle success and withstand other people’s success either. One such man is Bappi Lahri. He has been around since time immemorial and he is older than most buildings in Bombay. However, he seems to have lost it this time. Many music composers have gone on record criticizing their peers on the quality of work, including the very talented hot head Ismail Darbar who stated that his work for Kisna was better than what Rahman had given ( read here). Recently the tamil veteran actor Radha Ravi had openly critizised Rahman for going too international and ignoring home soil.He says Tamils have been fooled since ages and this cannot be tolerated.
I think he forgot that during the Academy award function with over 40 million viewers watching Live, this man (Rahman) thanked in native tounge. He has included a tamil track in his first hollywood production and included a tamil version of Maa Tujhe Salaam in all Indian and International releases. He did not move to mumbai and kept Chennai his home ground.How can he be labeled in a manner that Radha ravi did? Beats me.I don’t understand if these things are a matter of momentary lapse of reason or sheer jealousy. Either way a good treatment can go a long way.
It is not a ‘Tamil’ thing. It is about being rooted.
This is a sick trend. When you cannot digest other people’s success and blast out in denial mode, then theres something wrong in your head. It is not just about Rahman bashing. Lot of them in the media lash out on other successful people to create some noise and flutter for no ones benefit. However time tests everyone and those who can tide over it, stay. Rest either die or live in denial mode.
Jealousy is bad guys. Its got ‘lousy’ as a last name ( my own original!!..:) )
Anyways check this joker
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LOL…I showed this to my office colleagues and we all laughed till our belly ached..this man is crazy. I also remember him saying he will be nominated for the next Grammy……."Self honor" should I say?
lol indeed funny..critcizing someones' creative is a solely personal prerogative..
i may completely dislike a classical piece which millions of people might totally love !
in that essence a work of creativity will always be interpreted differently by different musicians and listeners…and quite naturally you must be a Rahman to satisfy both the ends of the music spectrum.
Having said that , i am sure there will be and there are other musicians who believe their "creative" work might be unsurpassed etc and that is their by and large only their sole perspective and i dont think they intend it to reflect mass appeal. it could be a personal ego thing or just a more technically proficient statement.
But one thing that does make Rahman definitely stand out regardless of his music is his musicmanship. He has been humble and stuck to this roots. This man has definitely paid his dues and earned his reputation. Rehmans musicmanship is unquestionable regardless of the music he makes.
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