Rahman again out of tune

Rahman again out of tune..


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Rahman again out of tune


New Delhi: Musician A R Rahman's association with the Commonwealth Games seems to be going badly out of tune. After facing flak for his theme song , which failed to go down well with the masses and politicians alike, another creation of his has been rejected by the six masters of Indian classical dance who were supposed to dance to it.

Vedic chants replace composer's Aao Balam as introductory song of dance segment following opposition from masters

Pandit Birju Maharaj (Kathak), Saroja Vaidyanathan (Bharatnatyam), Raja Reddy (Kuchipudi), Sonal Mansingh (Odissi), Guru Singhajit (Manipuri) and Bharati Shivaji (Mohiniyattam) have rejected Rahman's Aao Balam song which was to form the introduction of the 11-minute sequence to be presented by 460 dancers on the opening day.

"The song was just not going with the aesthetics of the Indian classical dance and the guru-shishya parampara that we are trying to showcase in this section," said Birju Maharaj.

The six masters held a meeting with the creative committee earlier this week to discuss the issue. The Core Creative Advisory Committee, comprising filmmaker Bharat Bala, Shyam Benegal, lyricist Javed Akhtar and kathak exponent Shovana Narayan, has accepted the decision and decided to make Vedic chants the introductory song.



Vedic chants replace composer's Aao Balam as introductory song of dance segment. At a meeting held with the creative committee the six masters of Indian classical dance decided that Rahman's song was not going with the aesthetics of the Indian classical dance and the guru-shishya parampara that would be showcased in the dance segment.
Saroja Vaidyanathan said, "I did not like the Aao Balam song at all. It was just not going with the theme of six seasons through six dance forms that we are trying to showcase. The segment deals with student-teacher relationship which still exists in a beautiful way, and a song like Aao Balam was not even remotely going to showcase that." Raja Reddy, who is handling the Kuchipudi segment, was also not happy with the song.

His dance is going to be showcasing the Shiva Tandav. "The Veda recitation works for me and I am glad Bharat Bala and the rest of the members have agreed with us, otherwise it would have

Haven't haerd the song so can't comment on it. But one cannot expect Rehman to keep composing
extraordinary songs. Great people aren't always successul, but it is a good thing, as through failurs you learn you mistakes and churn out more successses. Besides, he has more successes than flops.

Geez, would you guys give him a break?!

And was it supposed to be meant for classical dance at all, anyway it has been composed in slumdog mode and the later was for international audience.

[quote]Vedic chants replace composer's Aao Balam as introductory song of dance segment following opposition from masters

Pandit Birju Maharaj (Kathak), Saroja Vaidyanathan (Bharatnatyam), Raja Reddy (Kuchipudi), Sonal Mansingh (Odissi), Guru Singhajit (Manipuri) and Bharati Shivaji (Mohiniyattam) have rejected Rahman's Aao Balam song which was to form the introduction of the 11-minute sequence to be presented by 460 dancers on the opening day.[/quote]

If one doesn't fall how will one rise up again to prove him/herself? Changes are consistent but not consistency itself ... All make mistakes AR Rehman is a human being afterall after all this I am sure he will be back in form again.

Tell me one thing that is going right with the CWG. Why should ARR stand out? 😉 😉

Daler likely to replace rahman for CWG theme acc to Aaj Tak

oh no 😭 😭 soon we will have people dancing kuchupudi to bhangra beats 😆 😆 😆

They could have given SEL a try, have full faith in them 😊

Best idea would have been the music tenders as i had written somewhere earlier 😆 😆 😆

He needs Rini to sing the song. She is the best singer in India currently and more importantly she's also personally known to a poster on IF.