Why Mani Ratnam Wanted to Fire Rahman? |Untold Stories by Rajiv Menon Part3 |Rahman Music Sheets 79 

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The Rajiv Menon episodes are outstanding. I find him to be the best person to shed light on AR Rahman's creative process at least in the early days. He is so articulate, detailed and analytical in his explanations, that it is a treat to watch him take us through the journey of how ARR's music came into being. Helps that he is a film maker and musician as well.

Moment of the day is when he said we have become less tolerant over the last 25-30 years! Hats off.

Absolutely Rajiv Menon absolutely nailed it with his comment about how Rahman stands apart from other composers / music directors.

This is gold mine. I can hear to Rajiv for whole day. He is so articulate 🙏

Rajiv is so suave and sophisticated. The way he crystal clearly articulated his thoughts about uniqueness of Rahman is absolutely marvellous. These 3 episodes are indeed one the bests in the entire series.

Hey guys, please don’t stop this series, seriously enjoying all you episodes, Rajiv and Srinivas episodes are outstanding. Nothing but pure love and passion towards music, let music unites the world…. Bombay theme is grand masterpiece from ARR. Tears roll out every time you listen from heart

Fantastic to hear about ARR’s transformation from RM’s perspective. I felt like watching ARR’s biopic. Salute to Rahman’s modesty and humbleness despite reaching the heights and the peaks which very few could achieve. All 3 parts were amazing. Good job O2 Team 👏

Rajiv Menon's stories are the best episodes in the whole series .. As he was Rahman's friend even before Roja, he knows him so well

I don't know if it matters to anyone but the music tracks of Bombay made me go through the darkest days and still see light in the end. On a side note, I bought the cassette first and played it on my friend's music system, before I had my own. Thank you for touching our lives with such great music.

Wow didnt knew Rajiv menon was a singer. Multi talented guy( singer, cinematographer, director...what not)....

Great comment of Rajiv menon. Artistic Humility and musical modesty of a.r.rahman contributed for the greatness of a.r.rahman Super hit songs and score.

If someone has to make a biopic on ARR, then it has to be this guy.

25 years later India has become less tolerant . Very sad but true .. I'm so impressed by Rajiv .

Mr. Rajiv Menon nailed it.... Whenever I see Rahman, it is his humility that stands apart... I personally feel that it is athe major contributor for his magic.... Amazing episode!!

This man himself is an outstanding artiste. Salute!

This is the level of detail we want to hear in interviews. Kudos to the interviewer for asking the right questions and keeping the conversation in the right direction. You brought out stories that hard to come by, and delved deep into the minds of some of the greatest creative people this country has produced. The effort you people put into the entire series deserves nothing short of a standing ovation.

Bollywood didn't encouraged K.S.Chitra amma and ignored her like anything , though she brought national award for hindi in 1997 ,even she sang tuhire in hindi ,but hindi producer removed it ... I have lot much regret on hindi film industry on this part..

In the last comment and in some parts of his conversation he has touched surfacialy on the attitude of Ilayaraja. He who is rigid, composes and never adapts, considers superior to everyone. In contrary Rahman was a modest master.

Still remember when Minsara Kanavu released during good old Madras days and in school we use call it as electric dream among friends and discuss about Rehman music, dance, arvaind swamy and kajol song etc , and was fun though, very nostalgic feeling.

I remember listening to 'kehna hi kya' for hours and absolutely being fascinated by it,having not even basic understanding of music..I would fiercely argue this being the best AR Rahman song,now I know why,the way Rajiv explains 6:35-7:30...perfect,it all makes sense now.

Rajiv Menon is definitely a man with tremendous knowledge about films and music . When Rajiv says ARR modesty is the key and others have arrogance , it took me back immediately to the times when K Balachander , Mani Ratnam , Bharathiraja were ready to depart from working with ilaiyaraaja and move working with ARR Let’s not forget 3 great filmmaker’s who have tasted varied success with Ilaiyaraaja decide to not work with him around same time is not happening without a reason

thank you O2India and Rajiv Menon sir. RM sir is highly articulate and great memory. HIs mom , an accomplished singer, sang in Alaipayuthey and may be a few others for ARR.

“Artistic Humility” brief but tells the greatness of Rahman

Rajiv Menon's mini series has got to be the best of the show yet. In terms of new and hitherto unheard stories as well as his clear, classy and sophisticated narration... Hats off to the team!

I love watching O2 videos ...your documentation has better script than many movies these days

'Bombay theme' makes me cry every time

Thanks a lot to "O2 India" RU-vid channel which constantly provides quality content about our ARR . Saw the 1st,2nd & this part of Rajiv sir's interview about ARR. Just beautiful and sensible as they are... ❤️. Best wishes to the interviewer (Umesh Aggarwal) & crew for upcoming interviews.Waiting for the next part of Rajiv sir's interview. 🤗

Extraordinary episodes n loving this narration by Rajiv Menon. His choice of words, tone and neat articulation is outstanding. Must say we lost a great singing talent!!

@O2India This is by far the best set of interviews in this series. Seeing Rahman from Rajiv's perspective is so refreshing, he absolutely nails it with his takes on Rahman. Will keep rewatching these 3 episodes multiple times. Lots of new scoops and tidbits, its brilliant!!

ARR's greatness lies not only with his musical prowess, but indeed his modesty and humility. Actually, the true greats of the world have those two qualities in much abundance.

Imagine being so fearless that you make Mani Ratnam wait, drive him to anger and call him to play not the song they were waiting for but a instrumental theme !! Imagine having that much faith in the composition and it's purity !! Somethings just leave u speechless and this is one such incident.

Wow wow wow .. this is too good of a gift to all the 90’s kid who grow up with AR’s music . Thank you so much Rajiv Menon for taking the viewers through the musical journey of ARR. Great videos by @o2India.

True. We have become less tolerant.🙏

It’s true. Bombay has one of the finest musical composition in the history of Indian cinema.

Was waiting for this from last 5 days.

I think Rajiv has forgotten the backlash that Bombay movie faced during release especially some scenes related to this song. 🙂 that's the beauty of time, it makes people forget. Other than that, as he said this movie was a real masterpiece both from Mani Ratnam & AR Rahman especially the Tu Hi Re song.

The best is always saved for last by 02 India, these episodes with Menon are sublime.

Time 8:40 - 9:25 is the best way to describe AR. Excellent interview series. Thanks O2 team.

Rajiv menon ji such a good story teller

Releasing a movie like Bombay in South India especially in Tamil Nadu and Kerala will be not harmful to the theater, but in fact it would run to packed houses if only it is as good as Bombay. The rest of the country is definitely like Mr. Menon described.

Great Behind the Scenes Narrative by Rajiv Menon ...Always eager to hear how ARR works.....Pure Divine Combination.....!!!

Hats off to Rajeev Menon sir, what an amazing singer himself and his understanding of music. Absolutely a true artist. Loads of respect and love ❤

A wonderful interview with Rajiv Menon, what with those powerful musical and non musical interludes.

Thanks Rajiv Menon for these precious Insights. Loved your comments on Kehna Hi Kya. Bombay is what defined AR.

This video was another eye opener. Not only about ARR sir creative process for music production bur also Rajiv Menon sir's diligence for cinematography. Mani sir's and ARRs sir relationship of how the trust in the relation plays a part as well. But the highlight is the part what Rajiv Sir describes as the "artistic humility" of ARR sir. This has now come out in many interviews on your channel and other interviews as well such as the one where Arjit Singh sir interviewed ARR sir.

Excellent interview by O2 Team and Rajiv menon. 🙏🙏

Thank you again. Bombay theme is my eternal favourite. Eyes turn misty, the heart swells with extraordinary emotions...

The episode enlightens about complexities of fusing together several arts for one short stream, the theme in the scene, the cinematography, the music, an actor’s rendition; all on the fingertips of the Director, as if sitting in the balcony with separate dedicated keyboards. Salute to the Master Craftsman and his creation of the team synergy.

That cinthol tune is top! 🙌🏼❤

Learned about his composition from Rajiv Menon's analysis.

Ruk jao Ruk jao was an angry and melancholic piece that did play out in the background but rarely finds a mention. We can search for this background 'song' from Bombay and do ourselves a favor. 🙏🏽

Yet again Some beautiful inside stories behind the Bombay Theme, awestruck by the Genius behind the composition of that particular track. @O2india guys,seriously never had any idea that Rajiv would be this close to AR and man he is giving out gems..Way to go and eagerly waiting for next episodes.Fabulous work guys👌👌👌.Series with Rajiv is 🔥

waiting for part 3. This could very well be a Netflix documentary

@17:00 Essense of this title. Thank me later. Actually start listening from @15:55

Wow This guy Rajeev Menon is so outstanding. Feel so proud that we have such high standard professionals and fine people amidst us all around....and most of us don't really know in the main stream media.

Fantastic episode. The best of recent times. Rajiv Menon nailed it. I agree with Rajiv Menon on moment of the day. Eagerly waiting for next week episode

Rahman Menon Mani ratnam and vairamuthu . All were amazing people much ahead of time .. we don't have such classic filmatography anymore

Excellent episode 👏👏👏

That's how a film maker explain things..no doubt these guys are genius

There's a class in your voice and language Rajiv Menon.

BOMBAY as he said is timeless...

Rajiv Menon is very impressive. Rahman is born a genius and many a time he just comes out from a trance. Dr Surender Bhutani in Warsaw (Poland)

O2india, We can't thank you enough for this series. These are recordings to cherish for our lifetime and beyond 🙏

All I wanna say is “Thank you” for these priceless videos!

I completely agree with Rajiv Menon coment.

This short video on one movie is pretty much a masterclass on film making. Fantastic job O2 India; asking the right questions is the key. Keep it up.

What a voice Mr Rajiv Menon.. amazing

Great effort. Very well made. Thank you.

A R Rehman matched well with Rajiv Menon to evolve and reflected India I grew up where human is respected and not drawn lines based on diversities India is lucky to have these entwined diversities and is our unique strength-- under no circumstances should one loose it . Rajiv Menon puts forth entire thought process of the movie, story telling and of course great music

@9:10 Rajiv pointing to Ilayaraja...

Mani sir and A r Rahman sir combo is worlds excellent work

Definitely as he said whenever the theme plays unknowingly tears come down..

Again so many fascinating insights in one interview. Ofcrs, the moment of the day could be even that comparison he made initially as well where there are multiple musical influences in his music which is not so in any other music director and Rahman is a maverick at that and ofcrs, we can’t help but second that what he said. And it’s no surprise to me at least when he mentioned he had no ego or arrogance that other successful music directors had. But then that humility had also added an extra edge to his already scintillating music is what the takeaway factor here or the icing on the cake that qualifies it to make it a moment of the day. Though said jokingly, Mani Ratnam decided to fire him and that’s when the greatest film Bgm ever of Bombay was born that had Mr. Ratnam in tears could also be the moment of the day as that fact itself surprised me more than the actual moment of the day since it’s something I know as his ardent fan. Also, Rajeev is chosen first to sing for Roja apart from acting is also quite another surprise for me. Though i’m very convinced by his logic as to why Bombay could in a way be one of his best albums including the world-famous bgm, but for me Roja always stands first close to my heart and then only any other album. Also, had Rajeev filmed Roja he could have let in some great insights into its Bgm scores as well which I feel is one of the best in any Indian film bgms so far. Apart from the songs and the visuals, it is this sheer novelty, freshness and brilliance in bgm scores that multiplied the impact of every visual in Roja thousand fold. But unfortunately, Rajeev too had not opened his mouth on the amazing bgm scores of Roja. Even now one can get goosebumps after listening to certain bgms he made throughout the film. Even Rakeysh Mehra mentioned about his bgm score for RDB for a particular scene but dunno why Roja’s bgm is not talked about by anyone ever so far. Eagerly awaiting the next episode for his insights on Guru and probably his other films too. 🙏 Thanks O2 india for ardently continuing his series and giving each episode no less than 15 mins to cover the length, breadth and depth of his fascinating insights into the music making art of our Mozart!

Thanks Mr. Rajiv for the info about your work from the movie 'BOMBAY'. 👍 🙏

wow, Rajiv Menon have got a great and deep knowledge on music and audio. just started loving him. thanks O2 India for bringing this@

Rajiv Menon comment is valuable, true and notable comment. Good lesson to creators.

Was watching all the videos about A.R.R.. Lovely to know him ..his thought process is simply amazing..

Yes, R Menon rightly said...musical modesty to take others into confidence and make them part of his creation .

🤍 Musical modesty! Apt for our AR Rahman

He is very well spoken.

Wonderful….well done Rajiv Monon

Rajeev Menon literally the man behind introducing Delip kumar to mani rathinam who become A.R Rehaman

Fantastic Effort by the Channel...♥️ I've always been Curious & Excited about the Behind the scenes Efforts and their thought process while making these Movies...Had Wonderful time watching it 🤩... Request you to make these kind of videos a lot for the future Generations

Waw rajeev sir. Best one

10:53 - Truth of present scenario.

Another lovely episode. Awesome interview. Keep this up!

Brilliant episode. 3 geniuses always worked magic.

Rajiv menon is always the best man to talk about Rahman's music❣️

Such a brilliant description of Bombay,s music . Thank you.

He Is Right About Musical Modesty 💯💯👍👍

One of outstanding and world class Cinematographer Rajeev menon ! Sir which camera did u use sir I want to become assistant please let me know the process 🙏

The best of all

The greatest treat for us.... Well told by Rajiv sir. I love all Rajiv sir episode

Wonderful interview. Salute to Mr. Rajiv Menon

Bombay - Mani Ratnam and AR Rahman at their ABSOLUTE GENIUS!!!!

We are so happy with your work.. you have done great job on ARR.. well done keep it up

Thank you for such great information 👏👏👏🤍

Why are you playing all the songs in hindi

Great job guys.. 🎉