iF u r listening to a non-complex thing, it's not Rahman...

nOw dat I completed listening to one of his songs for d final tym (not dat i wouldn't listen to it nemore; but dat dis was d last go on it for me to hold dis one a great piece of sound by him), der's one thing dat I've finally cast my lifetime vote to and dat is - "AR Rahman is about complex things.!"

iT is not d technical terms dat he has been following for last so many years...at imes, it so happens dat he has a typical progression to follow; and rest of d times he has d typical 'Rahmani' progression to work upon...but, for dese two different cases, der r two different creations dat follow--
(a).. Convention followed-- a totally soulful product wid a strong bass or beat, a beautiful melody dat has some human nerve to touch and tickle... 'Hello Hello' from 'Jhootha Hi Sahi' is an example...d song has some characteristics dat many ppl would certainly not find very appealing...but at d places wher a good use of rhythm had to be made, he hit hard...(<koi jawab do na..jeene ko khwab do na>); (<mujhe chchor do.. mujhe thaam lo.. kho jaane do.. mera naam lo>) are his vocally fine additions to d song, which r, at places, followed by good keys and violins...
(b).. Convention violated-- d birth of a 'Rahmani' feel...as history says, der hav been many places wher Rahman has done things dat a normal composer doesn't even think of, while cooking his compositions...der r, obviously a bag full of instances, one of d biggest being an off-key note played in his extremely famous song under d name 'Jiya Jale' from 'Dil Se'...a general listener expects a particular note at d 'experimental' position on dat flute interlude; and a general instrumentalist would even play dat note only, and it would not even sound odd...but d complete objective of Mr. Rahman is providing his listeners wid a particular feel while dey listen to him...dat purpose is solved wid d help of only one concept- 'Do off-track things and sound different'...
another examples can be 'Cry Cry' from 'Jhootha Hi Sahi', 'Tu toh meri dost hai' from 'Yuvvraj' and 'Dekho Na' from 'Swades'...

hIs admirers always notice dat he has given d music something dat a very few hav...
mAy his way remain as such...
(Screw D Convention)
Nishant Sharma...