Kumar Sanu is Beyond them.... - Page 6

Originally posted by: punjini

It was revived by Jatin Lalit to some extent, AR Rahman and of course Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. With "Kuch kuch hota hain" and others, Jatin Lalit brought melody back. Shankar-E-L brought back lovely beats and orchestration which complemented Shankar's extraordinary voice.

Punjini, in your quote above you have agreed with the opinion that 90's music was revived in the 2000's and you have also said that SEL and a few others have revived the music. So obviously it means that music from the early 90's was bad and it was revived. You have also said that the late 80's and early 90's period was the worst music period to date and so it is clearly what I have mentioned in my post above.

And now you are asking me as to where have you said that ? I am confused.

I said that film music was revived to some extent by Jatin Lalit, ARR and SEL. But you have quoted me as saying that today's music is much better than 90's and that there is a revolution which I did not say!

Overall, the music of 2000s is better than 90s but still nothing compared to the gold standard set by the genius composers of the 50s and 60s such as SDB, Madan Mohan, Roshan, OPN, Jaidev, Shankar Jaikishan and many others.


What figures are you talking about when you say that today's music does not have the numbers?

Why are you restricting yourself to just music composed within your lifetime? Isn't that a bit limiting?

Originally posted by: punjini

I am unable to follow. When did I say that today's music scenario is better and that there is a revolution? 😕

Also, what figures are you talking about when you say that today's music does not have the numbers?

Who decides what is in context? You said something about Kumar Sanu and I said I associate him with a certain era - so the context is clear enough.

I have addressed my comments to you and Suhana and if you see your posts in page 4 & 5 you will see what I mean. As far as the figures go well you are well worsed with the net so you can see which have been the highest selling Indian albums and you will find that - Aashiqui, DDLJ, Hum Aapke hain kaun, Saajan, Phool Aur Kante, Dilwale and Raja Hindustani are in the top 10 sales charts. These are all albums from the Sanu Era. Kumar Sanu has sung in all these movies.

Originally posted by: punjini

I said that film music was revived to some extent by Jatin Lalit, ARR and SEL. But you have quoted me as saying that today's music is much better than 90's and that there is a revolution which I did not say!

Overall, the music of 2000s is better than 90s but still nothing compared to the gold standard set by the genius composers of the 50s and 60s such as SDB, Madan Mohan, Roshan, OPN, Jaidev, Shankar Jaikishan and many others.


What figures are you talking about when you say that today's music does not have the numbers?

Why are you restricting yourself to just music composed within your lifetime? Isn't that a bit limiting?

Well but you did say that it was the worst music ever. And just because I am not mentioning anything about the 50 or 70's does not mean that I am limiting myself, but I am just comparing the 2000's with the 90's. Thats becoz both these decades are recent and have similarities, hence can be compared, where as the golden era which you state is beyond compare.I have grown up on the late 80's and 90's music and I feel that the music in the 2000's is just not as good.

However my original topic just spoke of the early 90's era where Sanu has sung some great songs, which are still remembered but no one dares / tries to sing these great melodies.

Anyways you are entitled to hate the 90's music and I can love the songs from that period. Its an individual choice, I was just making my point.

Originally posted by: ReemAnshu

Well but you did say that it was the worst music ever. And just because I am not mentioning anything about the 50 or 70's does not mean that I am limiting myself, but I am just comparing the 2000's with the 90's. Thats becoz both these decades are recent and have similarities, hence can be compared, where as the golden era which you state is beyond compare.I have grown up on the late 80's and 90's music and I feel that the music in the 2000's is just not as good.

However my original topic just spoke of the early 90's era where Sanu has sung some great songs, which are still remembered but no one dares / tries to sing these great melodies.

Ok so you want to compare just 90s and 2000s. Fine, I guess, I will sign off from this thread then, because there are just a handful of songs in this period that I listen to on a regular basis; music in this period is mostly trash according to me, and Kumar Sanu's wavering voice has contributed greatly to the degradation of the songs. In fact, any of the SRGMP singers who sing Kumar Sanu songs might sound better than the original - again my opinion - sorry for stepping on yours. Enjoy the discussion with others who agree with you.

Well I too feel that Sanu was a decent singer nothing great but the songs which he got to sing were unbelievable. His 5 filmfares in a row are not a testimony to his singing its more because of the genius creations of the MD's. But all said and done the songs are great and i feel someone in future may sing these songs in such contests and will also get a lot of votes because of the song selection rather than the singing just like it happened with Sanu.

I am interested to know why there are two totally different career graphs for Udit Narayan and Kumara Shanu, both of whom entered the scene at the music scene at the same time and attained initial success simultaneously. One of them is almost a past and the other is still kicking on and i do not complain!

Gopal, I think Kumar stars shone very brightly for about 10 years and his whirlwind recordings of 28 songs in a day etc etc took the wind out of his sails. Then he lost it when he decided to play Hero in Bangla movie and so was out of sight. Where as Udit never was like the brightest at any times. Even in udit's earlier days Sanu enjoyed all the commercial success and awards while Udit had some good songs and was always the contender. And in Udit's latter part of career again Sonu Nigam dominated the limelight, the commercial success and the awards. He was again present with some great performances and in contention.
At no point Udit was dominating the playback scene in terms of commercial success and recognition, he has always been a strong contender. Someone who performed consistantly without much LUCK.
Sanu was like the phuljhadi which burnt brightly for a short time and then dimmed. While udit was like the diya which was consistant and kept burning.
Hence their careers are also having a different graph but both have given many great songs and will always remembered.

I am surprised that Sanu career took a dip after taking part in a movie as an actor. That means he must have been out for quite a while. Apparently he did well in his singing career in the early 1990s.

The only one song of Kumar Sanu which i like was "Jab koi baat bigad jaaye" & feel that the others sung by him could have been sounded better in somebody else's voices like Suresh wadkar or even Sanu's own clone Babul Supriyo.