The launch for the music will be next Monday! IMO will be another redeeming factor for Rahman after Meenaxi. IndiaFM already hyping this album up:

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Will 'Yuva' be Rahman's best?

By Taran Adarsh, March 09th, 2004 - 0930 hrs IST

The countdown has begun for the keenly-anticipated music soundtrack of the year…

The last time director Mani Ratnam and music composer A.R. Rahman joined hands for a Hindi film - DIL SE - the result was sheer magic. The music sales set new records; the songs continue to remain etched in your memory even today.

Can we ever forget the haunting title track ['Dil Se Re'] from the film? Or the soulful rendition of 'Jiya Jale' - Lata's first for Rahman? Or the melodious 'Ae Ajnabi' and 'Satrangi'? And also the foot-tapping 'Chaiyya Chaiyya' number, which ruled the charts for weeks incessantly?

Well, the duo is all set to strike back with YUVA. “It's one score to look forward to,” Champak Jain of Venus [the company is marketing its music] informs me, “It's A.R. Rahman at his best.”

There's no denying that Rahman has not been able to recreate magic in some of his recent works. Of course, there has been a TAAL and a SAATHIYA, but there have also been some turkeys on the other hand.

Reminds me of the statement Rahman made to me at the launch of Subhash Ghai's Jackie Shroff - Shah Rukh Khan starrer in Delhi [much before TRIMURTI and PARDES were made]. He had remarked then: “If anyone understands A.R. Rahman completely, it's Mani Ratnam.”

Let's hope the music of YUVA lives up to the gargantuan expectations. The countdown has begun, the music will hit the stores in a few days from now…

Will the Tamil version be released the same day?

I hope lyricist is NOT MEHBOOB!

I've heard it is man

It should. Considering that both films will release simultaneously on the same day.

YESSSSSSSS!!

For TAMIL lovers:

Here u go previews;

http://www.tamilurban.com/.

kinda like NAYAK?

No DIL SE here!!

Not impressed at all. Most of these are average to WTF quality. He's not going to top MEENAXI for a long time, that's for sure. But I'm still excited for the movie... bring it on!

I agree, hum bhi tashna re gaey!

sure the movies will be the same, but the music will be totally different. rahman spent all the time on the hindi version. <-- my comforting story of the moment.

Number 2 (Goodbye Nanbha) sounds pretty good. But I'm pissed that ARR used Adnan Sami in Tamil again in Nenjam Ellam Kaathal.




http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ar ... sage/42310

Yuva Songs and Singers

1) Anjana - A.R. Rahman, Lucky Ali - soulful and melodious!

2) Ek Raat - Karthik, Madhusri - one of the best duets I've heard -
extremely catchy with great rhythm - fast number

3) Fanaa - A.R. Rahman, Alka - amazing trance track with disco beats
and Tamil folk beats combined - mindblowing (long track - 8 minutes!)

4) Spark of an Illusion - instrumental track - awesome....lots of
ethnic instruments mixed with symphonic tracks - very catchy.

5) Ye Raste - Adnan Sami, Mehboob - awesome reggae track - very
melodious and haunting - ARR uses tons of instruments for this one

6) Yuva - sung by Rahman, Karthik, Lucky Ali, and Madhusri - Another
long song - about 7 minutes. This song is so superb - I can't even
describe it. The beats remind me of Roja Janeman - ARR has sung his
heart out for this one -

http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=13424213

Sony saves Rahman again!

By Moviebuzz
Wednesday, 10 March , 2004, 10:31


The audio of Mani Ratnam’s Ayutha Ezhuthu has been purchased by Sony audio saving Rahman from further blushes. The music launch will take place on March 14 in Chennai.

Remember the Hindi version Yuva was sold for Rs 3 Crore to Venus, which also includes the Indian DVD rights. There were simply no takers for the Tamil audio at Mani’s and Rahman’s quoted price. So Sony has stepped in and purchased the audio for a rumoured rock bottom price!

Last time Mani-Rahman combination Kannathil Muthamittal was purchased by Tips for Rs 80 Lakhs. But Tips had to wind up their Chennai operations after both the album and the film crashed.

Similarly more than a year back when Sony debuted in Tamil with Kathal Virus, the audio bombed so badly that they had vowed never to make a comeback to Chennai. But as they are international promoters of A.R.Rahman and Bombay Dreams they were forced to save him from the embarrassment in his home turf.

Meanwhile Rahman continues to be an icon overseas and last week at the city of Birmingham’s Symphony orchestra (CBSO) all the 2200 seats were sold out for the Rahman show! It was the largest ever non-white audience for a mainstream British orchestra.

Imho, tamil, version, might work, a la abhay style, hindi never worked..it was S.E.L though..

but it is not on par of rehman/mani sir's previous work together!

I agree, I don't think it will be another Dil Se, but I'll wait until I hear the full tracks to make a judgement.

FYI, Abhay's songs didn't work in Tamil either

But CDS were SOLD like HOT CAKES in SOUTH!