In one of the interviews, A.R.Rahman said that a composer who moulds his music that suits the idiosyncrasies and tastes of the audience belonging to that moment would be a failure in the long run but at the same time a composer who can mould his music to suit the contemporary audience as well as satisfy the old generations can definitely come out as a winner and will last for a long time !
And you know what ! This is a widely acclaimed fact !!
Roja came in 1992, which was almost 16 years ago when there was an audience acclimatized to the classical music and folk. The sound of Roja was completely new, it was like a whiff of air for the audience used to those genre and they accepted Roja which created waves in the music world and established a new horizon in composing music !
In Roja's music, Rahman explored various raagams like Des, Kapi, Yaman Kalyani which are purely carnatic....the mathruk of the song was the raaga but the flavour is something which is unheard ever before....Actually this is the basic mantra in analyzing Rahman's music and which demarcates his stature from the lot !!
For example, Ilaiyaraja composes a song in Kalyani...he sticks to it throughout the song....but Rahman is totally different. If he starts a song with a raag he rarely sticks to it....the chain of raags keep on instigating in the song...for example, Kannamochi Yennada from Kandukondain Kandukondain starts with Sudha Dhanyasi and then flows to Nattkurinji and then deviates to Lalitha, then again yu hear some other thing....which is totally an absurd to do in the books of a carnatic musician But thatz where his success lies....and he stuck to that through out his career till date...Even in Ada, I can see a song(Hawa) which starts with Hamsadhwani and then shifts to mishra Kalyani ! One has to accept this because A.R.Rahman had redefined the barriers in the music school !
Coming to Sakkarakatti, even I was flabbergasted after hearing the songs because with one hear, a common man can say that itz not Rahman. The reason for this being the reputation a Rahman album commands in the ears of the audience !
To be very frank, I liked only Marudhaani and Naan Eppodhu (reason for that might be that I hail from the school of carnatic music). People generally and conventionally give their vote to a film which is cut out off the rest....no melodrama and DDLJ stories are accepted over here. Only those films sell which have very novel thought depicted in something which is not seen before...that's what is called as something "Being Different" these days. If we apply the same principle to the music intricacies of ARR, he tried to be something different with albums of these kind. What's wrong in trying something which is very unconventional to depict in a conventional way ?? As far as I am concerned, I don't see any wrong in this !!!
And you know what !! To be on top always is a herculean task and mind you...A.R.Rahman has kept his stature as the top musician almost throughout his career till date!
So one can't say that Rahman had lost his touch or forgot the principles of Carnatic. He's just trying to blend the contemporary music by applying the high father's principles. He's tasting success with that and listeners are getting to hear a soulful music....not a loss in anyway !!
And you know what ! This is a widely acclaimed fact !!
Roja came in 1992, which was almost 16 years ago when there was an audience acclimatized to the classical music and folk. The sound of Roja was completely new, it was like a whiff of air for the audience used to those genre and they accepted Roja which created waves in the music world and established a new horizon in composing music !
In Roja's music, Rahman explored various raagams like Des, Kapi, Yaman Kalyani which are purely carnatic....the mathruk of the song was the raaga but the flavour is something which is unheard ever before....Actually this is the basic mantra in analyzing Rahman's music and which demarcates his stature from the lot !!
For example, Ilaiyaraja composes a song in Kalyani...he sticks to it throughout the song....but Rahman is totally different. If he starts a song with a raag he rarely sticks to it....the chain of raags keep on instigating in the song...for example, Kannamochi Yennada from Kandukondain Kandukondain starts with Sudha Dhanyasi and then flows to Nattkurinji and then deviates to Lalitha, then again yu hear some other thing....which is totally an absurd to do in the books of a carnatic musician But thatz where his success lies....and he stuck to that through out his career till date...Even in Ada, I can see a song(Hawa) which starts with Hamsadhwani and then shifts to mishra Kalyani ! One has to accept this because A.R.Rahman had redefined the barriers in the music school !
Coming to Sakkarakatti, even I was flabbergasted after hearing the songs because with one hear, a common man can say that itz not Rahman. The reason for this being the reputation a Rahman album commands in the ears of the audience !
To be very frank, I liked only Marudhaani and Naan Eppodhu (reason for that might be that I hail from the school of carnatic music). People generally and conventionally give their vote to a film which is cut out off the rest....no melodrama and DDLJ stories are accepted over here. Only those films sell which have very novel thought depicted in something which is not seen before...that's what is called as something "Being Different" these days. If we apply the same principle to the music intricacies of ARR, he tried to be something different with albums of these kind. What's wrong in trying something which is very unconventional to depict in a conventional way ?? As far as I am concerned, I don't see any wrong in this !!!
And you know what !! To be on top always is a herculean task and mind you...A.R.Rahman has kept his stature as the top musician almost throughout his career till date!
So one can't say that Rahman had lost his touch or forgot the principles of Carnatic. He's just trying to blend the contemporary music by applying the high father's principles. He's tasting success with that and listeners are getting to hear a soulful music....not a loss in anyway !!
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Gr8 Post bro....
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Really a great one bro. Very knowledgeble. :-)
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