people forget that that money would include cost of lyricist, technicians, equipment, staging, promotion - everything. this one was more demanding than the average film single.
its all but a medium sized film album.
rahman in his inimitable style has chosen to stay quiet and not defend himself like say an Anu Malik. 'Lets barks dogs do their job'.
His live performance on the day was extraordinary and truly of international calibre (except for the illadvised ad-lib at the end) - there is very few if any indian artiste who could pull it off live with such gusto.
rahman is a true indian brand ambassdor - one of the few indian faces known globally post oscars, all in all, i say we got good value for the money
Re: Jyeb Datta why you didnt slap him hard ?
by Oye Kake on Oct 07, 2010 08:09 PM
Well probably Rehman got only 1 crore and rest to our Hero Kalmadi; Who knows he might have charged Rehman different taxes for the performance.
Re: Jyeb Datta why you didnt slap him hard ?
by ooh scooter on Oct 07, 2010 02:36 PM
people forget that that money would include cost of lyricist, technicians, equipment, staging, promotion - everything. this one was more demanding than the average film single.
its all but a medium sized film album.
rahman in his inimitable style has chosen to stay quiet and not defend himself like say an Anu Malik. 'Lets barks dogs do their job'.
His live performance on the day was extraordinary and truly of international calibre (except for the illadvised ad-lib at the end) - there is very few if any indian artiste who could pull it off live with such gusto.
rahman is a true indian brand ambassdor - one of the few indian faces known globally post oscars, all in all, i say we got good value for the money
all artists not just rehman are suckers for public money with their powerful connections they all enjoy getting rich at taxpayers cost whethewr it is getting priveledges or outrageous money for doing little
Re: 5 crores for theme song
by Oye Kake on Oct 07, 2010 08:09 PM
Well probably Rehman got only 1 crore and rest to our Hero Kalmadi; Who knows he might have charged Rehman different taxes for the performance.
He is a great musician, especially Roja, Rangilla and so many.
Whether he deserved an Oscar, i cant say for sure because India has produced many musicians...but yes i guess he dserved it.
His CWG song was crap, no doubt about it. Let me add the following, just because Picaso as a painter was great, does not mean that a line drawn by picaso is a masterpiece, but in today's world it will be....its not individual to judge !!! It's like saying "she is the most beautifull person in the world".... really ? what's beauty ?
Re: Re: Rahman !!
by Hmm on Oct 10, 2010 08:24 PM
hey it is not really rip-off.. Danny wanted to reuse chli ke peeche song and Rahman used same singers and made it sound different/better and suitable for family audience.. a music director having a say to that level itself is great..
Re: Re: NEWS
by duskymacho on Oct 07, 2010 09:41 PM
he he he.. yeah i saw in TOI today. Thats how our guys are scoring gold medals this year.. he heh e
rahmans live performance of the CWG themes song was mind blowing - truly international - had the complete stadium incl the athletes and dignitaries swinging to it.
