The director who suits the best with ARR

[ajaybaskar]

ARR has worked with a lot of directors in India. He has worked with accomplished directors, some average ones and also newcomers. But of them all, only a few have been able to do justice to his music with their tune selection, stunning visuals, apt situations, suitable artistes, etc. Even some mediocre directors have been able to bringout the best from ARR in terms of songs and BGM. I have listed down some of them who've brought out the best from him. So i wanted to share that with all other ARR fans by starting a poll..

[dinesh2002]

for me is alwiz Shankar man!! thier combo alwiz ROCKED !!!! leaving the movie's BO fate 1 side, the audio alwiz rocked.... Shankar alwiz brings the peppy side of ARR out very successfully.... ill never 4 get Kadhalan, Indian, Mudhalvan, Jeans, Boys ,Gentleman, audios.....all were superb mass appeal!!! and QUALITY is alwiz there!!!!

[A.ANAND]

maniratnam and a.r.rahman,saritira nayagargal

[Ramakrishna]

Shankar

[villan007]

Mani-ARR :cool:

[coucou]

for me is alwiz Shankar man!! thier combo alwiz ROCKED !!!! leaving the movie's BO fate 1 side, the audio alwiz rocked.... Shankar alwiz brings the peppy side of ARR out very successfully.... ill never 4 get Kadhalan, Indian, Mudhalvan, Jeans, Boys ,Gentleman, audios.....all were superb mass appeal!!! and QUALITY is alwiz there!!!!
:exactly: :yes:

[Nerd]

Mani
BR
Shankar

in the order 8-)

[great]

Without doubt its Mani

[Nakeeran]

The credit should go to Mani R for identifying a great talent in ARR . So 70% marks to MR only.

Roja, AP , Bombay, Dilse - itself enough to talk about Mani R.

but someone who has been consistently holding on to ARR is Shankar who deserves 20% atleast .

Gentleman was vintage stuff & kadhalan too !

Chikkubukku rayile was a school anthem for me during 90s !

And Mudhalavane song was awesome picturisation !

K.Balachander was opportunitistic . He was looking for an IR alternative & just jumped on to ARR. Otherwise no great affinity or great picturisation.

Some marks to K.S.R. who showed the commercial angle of ARR in Muthu / Padayappa , the songs were more for the fans !

Last but not the least, one pat for Suresh Menon for Pudhiya mugam , a movie which made ARR a viable alternative for Isainyani

[Nerd]

BR + ARR combo is hugely underrated:

kizhakku cheemayilE
taj mahAl
KaNgaLaal kaidhu sei

May be due to the fact that the last two movies were colossal flops :(

[MADDY]

Last but not the least, one pat for Suresh Menon for Pudhiya mugam , a movie which made ARR a viable alternative for Isainyani

good point Nakeeran......actually ppl. give so much credit to Roja and forget Pudhiya Mugam's contri to ARR's success......if Pudhiya Mugam wud have been a damp squib, then ARR wud have been a one film wonder.....for me Pudhuiya Mugam and Gentleman were as imp as Roja......

my fav combo is Mani-ARR/.......simply bcos my fav director-my fav MD combo.......

but ARR-BR is a class apart....Taj Mahal is out of the world.....KKS was also of very high quality.........

[Wibha]

Mani and ARR have turned out besttttt :2thumbsup: :clap:

[dinesh2002]

BR + ARR combo is hugely underrated:

kizhakku cheemayilE
taj mahAl
KaNgaLaal kaidhu sei

May be due to the fact that the last two movies were colossal flops :(

u actually 4gotten the best album from the above combo [IMO]...

KARUTHAMMA....................................

[great]

BR + ARR combo is hugely underrated:

kizhakku cheemayilE
taj mahAl
KaNgaLaal kaidhu sei

May be due to the fact that the last two movies were colossal flops :(

You missed Karuthama .

Ajaybaskar, plz include Rajeev Menon to ur list.

Minsara Kanavu
Kandukondein x2

[Nakeeran]

BR + ARR combo is hugely underrated:

kizhakku cheemayilE
taj mahAl
KaNgaLaal kaidhu sei

May be due to the fact that the last two movies were colossal flops :(

You missed Karuthama .

Ajaybaskar, plz include Rajeev Menon to ur list.

Minsara Kanavu
Kandukondein x2

Karuthamma was an example of ARR capable of doing folk music also

Unfortunately BR was too old to get the best out of ARR.

If ARR could have had the association with BR in the 70s ! , it would have been a great challenge to BR-IR combo !

BR's strengths were his great picturisation !

Yeah. Rajiv Menon also had a fair share on ARR

Kandukonden was a milestone for ARR .

Kannamboochi enada / kandu konden - were raga based & if Ash is there , it adds flavour ! :D

Smie is vintage Ajit with Pooja Batra & that blue background was awesome !

Even Minsara kanavu songs were nice ones .

[rayan36]

MR did bring ARR and made his album's sell like hot cakes, but it really didnt shine on the screens, very very bad picturization, AE........Senyora(KM). the best directors to utilize ARR's music on screen goes to Shankar, KSR,rajiv, kadhir

BR blew it in terms of picturization in KKS(extraordinary music wasted)

[Nerd]

Yeh karuthammA was an outstanding album too. And you guys did not mention about andhi mandhaarai. My favourite BR + ARR album is kizhakku cheemayilE :thumbsup:

[rocketboy]

Kizhakku Cheemayille , Karuthamma , Tajmahal all were fantastic .

Kizhakku Cheemayille was exceptional.

[arsaregama]

where is rajivmenon???

[sha]

mani + ARR
but look at those 2 ARR worked with Rajeevmenon.

[ajaybaskar]

mani + ARR
but look at those 2 ARR worked with Rajeevmenon.

Both were colorful but just look at the quality of those films. disgusting...Kadhir is far better..

[sha]

i think we r talking bout the album, not movies.. if im wrong .. correct me...

[Nerd]

i think we r talking bout the album, not movies.. if im wrong .. correct me...

I think you are right. He dint include Bharathiraja because of the same reason I think. I dont know what quality he found in kathir's films :lol:

Include BR/Rajiv in the poll :evil:

[nilavupriyan]

enna kelvi idhu...

maniratnam

my most favourite albums

uyire
alaipayuthey
bombay
roja
ayudha ezhuthu ...all are maniratnams

shankar :banghead:

kadhir ...paatu sooper..padam :banghead:

k.s.ravikumar uhum

ashutosh gowrikar...good!

[Nerd]

shankar :banghead:

Oh boy do you bang your head while listening to kadhalan songs ???? :shock:

Also boys was an exceptional album 8-)

[nilavupriyan]

shankar :banghead:

Oh boy do you bang your head while listening to kadhalan songs ???? :shock:

Also boys was an exceptional album 8-)

uhum...i dont hear any songs in boys other than "ale ale" and "girl friend"

kadhalan...yeah...good..all songs are fresh even now!

i dont hear any song from indian other than "pachai kiligal" "kappaleri poyachu"

mudhalvan....none of the songs

gentleman--"en veetu thotathil" ..

jeans--- "anbe anbe"

thatz it!...that too picturization... graphics Pottu...aandava...kadhir is better in picturization!

[kameshratnam]

He should work with great directors like

Perarasu - 3 mega hits: Tirupachi, Sivakasi and Tirupathi

A.Venkatesh: Gems like Chocolate, Yei, Vattiyar

[nilavupriyan]

rajiv menon must be included!...

barathiraja brought out the diff face of arr

[MADDY]

He should work with great directors like

Perarasu - 3 mega hits: Tirupachi, Sivakasi and Tirupathi

A.Venkatesh: Gems like Chocolate, Yei, Vattiyar

:lol: .....gud one.....

[Vysar]

He should work with great directors like

Perarasu - 3 mega hits: Tirupachi, Sivakasi and Tirupathi

A.Venkatesh: Gems like Chocolate, Yei, Vattiyar

Why did you leave the super duper hit Pera(r)ssu's Dharmapuri aka Erumapuri?

[ajaybaskar]

Perarasu has an interesting profile

Thirupachi-Super hit
Sivakasi-Hit
Tirupathi-Average
Dharmapuri-Flop

It is evident that he is on the verge of becoming the undisputed king(!!!) of Tamil cinema? Y bother him unnecessarily?