Maestro’s top 10

I found this article on www.rediff.com, which stated that when ARR (A R Rahman ya!) was asked by Hindustan Times (a daily) to select 10 of his best compositions (i think they mean works), he chose the following 10 films:

1. Roja

2. Rangeela

3. Bombay

4. Dil Se

5. Taal

6. Kandukodein Kandukondein

7. Zubeidaa

8. Lagaan

9. Rang De Basanti

10. Guru

In my opinion, this is a very mass-appeal masala mix that has been dished out (here). It has the films that recorded chart busters. No surprises here types, if you get what I mean. From the above, you must’ve gathered that this list is rather disappointing to me. So which are the ones that didn’t make it to the list but are SO worthy of being up there?
1. Alaipayuthey (How the freaking hell did this get missed out!)

2. Thiruda Thiruda (kannum kannum and Chandralekha man!)
3. Jeans (!!!)

4. Tehzeeb (ARR’s MOST underrated work in my opinion)

5. Swades (missed this out! you gotta be KIDDING me!)

6. Duet (amazing mix of music—blues, carnatic, the works)

7. Meenaxi (brilliant music wasted!)

8. 1947 Earth (BOSS!!!)

Well, it’s rather difficult to come up with just 10 of the 18 (total) films mentioned in the post since a Zubeidaa is so different from an Alaipayuthey, which is again different from a Lagaan, which sounds nothing like Jeans or Rangeela. You get the drift. So we’ll just settle for the fact that different people have different opinions and that the 10 of your favourite blah routine does not work when it comes to selecting ARR stuff.

Opinions please.