From: Atul Nulkar <nulkar@...>
Subject: Re: [doregama] Dream comes true...
To: doregama@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 1:23 AM

Although I am thrilled that ARR won the award and has received a well deserved recognition, I think the background score is pretty average by his standards. Unfortunately, some of his better soundtracks have gone unnoticed in the past. For example his work for Warriors of Heaven and Earth is far more superior, and is on par with most Western classical music composers.

I had seen the movie a couple of months back and found it to be strickly OK. I did not expect it to run away with so many Oscars. In India the movie has not evoked a very positive response as well. Also, I think it is safe to say that without Danny Boyle and good movie-marketing tactics in the US, it would not have won so many awards.

Atul

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 12:32 AM, Devu S. Pandit <dspandit@...> wrote:

With careers and families, my guess is that most of us no longer have time to conduct Doregama awards anymore :-).   While 'Slumdog' portrays a dark and sad side of Mumbai, it is great to see movies about India and music from India be recognized internationally.  It was quite a moment to see AR Rahman go up on stage to receive his Oscars.  Seeing Freida Pinto, Dev Patel, and the little kids from the movie go up on stage to receive the best picture Oscar was quite a sight as well.   Congratulations to Danny Boyle, AR, Fredia, Dev, and the rest of the crew for all of their Oscars last night.  Devu --- On Mon, 2/23/09, Bhushan N. <bhush01@...> wrote: From: Bhushan N. <bhush01@...> Subject: [doregama] Dream comes true... To: doregama@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, February 23, 2009, 6:03 AM Once upon a time there existed a lively group for discussion on music called - Doregama! Launched in 1999, the group was very active for 2-3 years before diminishing in the dust over time. But those were the years when one name was making most headlines here - A R Rahman! We even waged some bad wars over that name :)! Many of us also saw a dream then, which was narrated in the message here - http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/doregama/message/625 That dream came true today at the Academy Awards 2009!! Congratulations to all fellow ARR fans! Regards, B ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/doregama/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/doregama/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:doregama-digest@yahoogroups.com mailto:doregama-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: doregama-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/