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A two-time winner of the Academy Award (Oscar), A. R. Rahman is popularly known as the man who has redefined contemporary Indian music. Hailed by Time magazine as the ‘Mozart of Madras’, Rahman, according to a BBC estimate, has sold more than 150 million copies of his work comprising of music from more than 100 film soundtracks and albums across over half a dozen languages, including landmark scores such as 'Roja', 'Bombay', Dil Se', 'Taal', 'Lagaan', 'Vandemataram' and more recently, 'Jodhaa Akbar', 'Delhi 6' and 'Slumdog Millionaire'.
Rahman pursued music as a career at a very young age and after assisting leading musicians in India went on to compose jingles and scores for popular Indian television features. He also obtained a degree in western classical music from the Trinity College of Music, London and set up his own in-house studio called Panchathan Record-Inn at Chennai.
In 1991, noted film maker Mani Ratnam offered Rahman a movie called ‘Roja’ which was a run-away success and brought nationwide fame and acclaim to the composer. The movie also won Rahman the Indian National Award for the best music composer, the first time ever by a debutant. Since then, Rahman has gone on to win the National Award 3 more times, the most ever by any music composer.
In 1997, to commemorate 50 years of Indian Independence, Sony Music signed up Rahman as its first artiste in South Asia. The result was ‘Vande Mataram’, an album that instantly made Indians relate to it and succeeded in rekindling the spirit of patriotism.
In 2001, Andrew Lloyd Webber, the well known composer of musicals like ‘Phantom of the Opera’ & ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ invited Rahman to compose for his musical, ‘Bombay Dreams’, the first time he would produce a musical he did not compose for. ‘Bombay Dreams’ opened to packed houses at London’s West End and had an unprecedented run for 2 years and later premiered at New York’s Broadway. Rahman recently composed the score for the stage production of 'The Lord of the Rings', one of the most expensive productions mounted on stage.
Rahman has undertaken several sellout concert tours in over 30 international destinations including one at the prestigious Hollywood Bowl in 2006.
Recently, Time magazine rated the soundtrack of ‘Roja’ in the Top 10 of their all time best movie soundtracks of the world; The Guardian, UK, listed the soundtrack of ‘Bombay’ in ‘1000 albums to listen before you die’.
Rahman’s music led him to be noticed internationally with several of his tracks featuring in movies such as 'The Lord of War', 'Inside Man' and 'The Accidental Husband'. His composition, Bombay Theme holds the distinction of being featured in over 50 international compilations. He also scored the music for the Hollywood productions, 'Elizabeth - The Golden Age', 'Slumdog Millionaire' and the Chinese movie, ‘Warriors of Heaven & Earth' produced by Sony Pictures.
In 2008, Rahman's work gained global prominence and accolades with the extraordinary success of his score for 'Slumdog Millionaire' that won 8 Academy Awards including two for Rahman, for Best Score and Best Song. Rahman won over 15 awards for his score including the Golden Globe and the BAFTA.
Rahman has been bestowed with the 'Padma Shri', one of India's highest national civilian honours, recognizing his contribution to music, in addition to several other awards including 4 Indian National Film Awards and 24 Filmfare Awards, India's leading recognition for films. He has also been conferred with honorary doctorates from the Aligarh Muslim University and the Middlesex University.
Rahman has expanded his focus to newer horizons like setting up the A R Rahman Foundation to help poor and underprivileged children. He released his first English single, ‘Pray For Me Brother’ in 2007, with proceeds from the sales going to the foundation. He also serves as the UN Ambassador for the 2015 Millenium Development Goals. Rahman has also announced initiatives to establish a tradition in western classical music in India and recently embarked on an ambitious venture to set up the KM Music Conservatory and the KM Music Symphony Orchestra based out of Chennai, India.
Awards won by ARR
Honorary
1995 - Kalaimamani
Contributions to music awarded by the Government of Tamil Nadu
1995 - Mauritius National Award
Contributions to music awarded by Mauritius
1995 - Malaysian Award
Contributions to music awarded by Malaysia
2000 - Padma Shri
Fourth highest civilian award awarded by Government of India
2004 - National Lata Mangeshkar Award
Contributions to music awarded by the Government of Madhya Pradesh
2005 - Mahavir-Mahatma Award
2006 - Swaralaya Yesudas Award
Swaralaya-Kairali-Yesudas Award for outstanding performance in the music field
2006 - Honorary Award from Stanford University
2008 - Rotary Club of Madras
Lifetime Achievement Award
2009 - Honorary Doctorate from Anna University
2009 - Honorary Doctorate from Aligarh University
2009 - Honorary Doctorate from Middlesex University
2010 - Padma Bhushan
Third highest civilian award awarded by Government of India
2010 - "Crystal Award"
Lifetime Achievement Award instituted by World Economic Forum
2011 - GQ Legend of the Year Award
2011 - Lifetime Achievement Award at the 8th Dubai International Film Festival
National Film Awards
1993 - National Film Award for Best Music Direction - Roja
1997 - National Film Award for Best Music Direction - Minsaara Kanavu
2002 - National Film Award for Best Music Direction - Lagaan
2003 - National Film Award for Best Music Direction - Kannathil Muthamittal
Filmfare Awards
1995 - Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent
1996 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Rangeela
1999 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Dil Se
2000 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Taal
2002 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Lagaan
2003 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Saathiya
2003 - Filmfare Best Background Score - The Legend of Bhagat Singh
2005 - Filmfare Best Background Score - Swades
2007 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Rang de Basanti
2008 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Guru
2008 - Filmfare Best Background Score - Guru
2009 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na
2009 - Filmfare Best Background Score - Jodhaa Akbar
2010 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Delhi 6
2012 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Rockstar
Filmfare Awards South
1993 - Best Music Direction (Tamil) - Roja
1994 - Best Music Direction (Tamil) - Gentleman
1995 - Best Music Direction (Tamil) - Kadhalan
1996 - Best Music Direction (Tamil) - Bombay
1997 - Best Music Direction (Tamil) - Kadhal Desam
1998 - Best Music Direction (Tamil) - Minsaara Kanavu
1999 - Best Music Direction (Tamil) - Jeans
2000 - Best Music Direction (Tamil) - Mudhalvan
2001 - Best Music Direction (Tamil) - Alaipayuthey
2007 - Best Music Direction (Tamil) - Sillunu Oru Kadhal
2008 - Best Music Direction (Tamil) - Sivaji: The Boss
2011 - Best Music Direction (Tamil) - Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa
2011 - Best Music Direction (Telugu) - Ye Maaya Chesave
BIG Star Entertainment Awards
2011 - BIG Star Most Entertaining Song - "Saadda Haq" (Rockstar)
Bollywood Movie Awards
2002 - Best Music Direction - Lagaan
2003 - Best Music Direction - Saathiya
Global Indian Film Awards (GIFA)
2007 - GIFA Award for Best Music - Rang De Basanti
2007 - GIFA Award for Best Background Music - Rang De Basanti
International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA)
2000 - IIFA Best Music Direction - Taal
2002 - IIFA Best Music Direction - Lagaan
2003 - IIFA Best Music Direction - Saathiya
2007 - IIFA Best Music Direction - Rang De Basanti
2008 - IIFA Best Music Direction - Guru
2008 - IIFA Best Background Music - Guru
2008 - Outstanding contribution by an Indian in International Cinema
2009 - IIFA Best Music Direction - Jodhaa Akbar
2009 - IIFA Best Background Music - Jodhaa Akbar
2009 - IIFA Music Director of the Decade
Sangeet Awards
2004 - Best Music Direction (Critics Award) - Yuva
2004 - Best Music Arrangement (Critics Award) - Yeh Rishta - Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities
Screen-Videocon Awards / Star Screen Awards
1998 - Best Non-film Album - Vande Mataram (Non-film category)
2000 - Best Music Direction - Taal
2007 - Best Background Music- Rang De Basanti
2008 - Best Music Direction - Guru
2008 - Best Background Music - Guru
2009 - Best Music Direction - Jaane Tu...Ya Jaane Na
2009 - Best Background Music - Jodhaa Akbar
2010 - Best Music Direction - Delhi-6
2012 - Best Music Direction - Rockstar
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards
1992 - Best Music Direction - Roja
1993 - Best Music Direction - Gentleman
1994 - Best Music Direction - Kadhalan
1996 - Best Music Direction - Minsaara Kanavu
1999 - Best Music Direction - Sangamam
Zee Cine Awards
2000 - Zee Cine Award Best Music Director - Taal
2002 - Zee Cine Award Best Music Director - Lagaan
2003 - Zee Cine Award Best Music Director - Saathiya
2007 - Zee Cine Award Best Music Director - Rang De Basanti
2008 - Zee Cine Award Best Music Director - Guru
2008 - Zee Cine Award Best Background Music - Guru
2012 - Zee Cine Award Best Music Director - Rockstar
Vijay Awards
2006 - Most Favourite Music Director
2007 - Vijay Award for Best Music Director - Sivaji
2010 - Vijay Award for Best Music Director - Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa
Vikatan Awards
2011 - Best Music Director - Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa
Other awards
Planet-Bollywood People's Choice Awards
2006 - People's Choice Best Music Award - Rang De Basanti
2006 - People's Choice Best Background Music Award - Rang De Basanti
CineMAA Awards
2011 - Best Music Director - Ye Maaya Chesave
Sunfeast Tamil Music Awards
2008 - Best Music Composer of the Year - Sivaji: The Boss
Tata Indicom Mirchi Music Awards
2009 - Music Director Of The Year - Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na
2009 - Technical Award For Film Background Score - Jodhaa Akbar
2009 - Album Of The Year - Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na
2009 - Tata Indicom Mirchi Listeners Choice Song Of The Year - "Kabhi Kabhi Aditi" (Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na)
2009 - Tata Indicom Mirchi Listeners Choice Album Of The Year - Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na
V. Shantaram Award
2007 - Best Music - Guru
2008 - Best Music - Jodhaa Akbar
International Film awards
Academy Awards (Oscars) (United States)
2009 - Best Original Music Score - Slumdog Millionaire
2009 - Best Original Song - "Jai Ho" - Slumdog Millionaire - and Gulzar
Golden Globe Awards (United States)
2009 - Best Original Score - Slumdog Millionaire
British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) (United Kingdom)
2009 - Anthony Asquith Award for Best Film Music - Slumdog Millionaire
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards (United States)
2008 - Critics' Choice Award for Best Composer - Slumdog Millionaire
2010 - Critics' Choice Award for Best Song - "If I Rise" - 127 Hours
Black Reel Awards
2008 - Best Original Soundtrack - Slumdog Millionaire
BMI London Awards
2010 - Best Score - Couples Retreat
Denver Film Critics Society Awards
2010 - Best Song - "If I Rise" - 127 Hours
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (United States)
2008 - Best Music Score - Slumdog Millionaire
New York Film Critics Online Awards (United States)
2008 - NYFCO Best Score Award - Slumdog Millionaire
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
2008 - Best Original Score - Slumdog Millionaire
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards (United States)
2008 - Best Score - Slumdog Millionaire
Satellite Awards (United States)
2008 - Satellite Award for Best Original Score - Slumdog Millionaire
Other awards
Grammy Awards
2009 - Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media - Slumdog Millionaire
2009 - Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media - "Jai Ho" - Slumdog Millionaire
Just Plain Folks Music Awards
2009 - * Just Plain Folks Music Award For Best Music Album - Varalaru
MTV Video Music Awards
1999 - International Viewer's Choice Awards (MTV India) - "Dil Se Re" - Dil Se
MTV Asia Awards
2003 - MTV Asia Award for Favorite Artist India
MTV Immies
2003 - Best Music Composer (Film Category) - "Saathiya" - Saathiya
UK Asian Music Awards (United Kingdom)
2009 - Outstanding Achievement by an Asian in music field
World Soundtrack Awards
2009 - Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film - "Jai Ho" - Slumdog Millionaire
2011 - The Public Choice Award - 127 Hours
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Ajay, sooperu! Rightful person to open the thread!
now as the cwg stories are selling India's pride in evening markets, what is the sitn. around the cwg anthem?
I don't know if it's too late but could the mod insert Padma Bhushan after Oscar in this thread's title. ;)
i guess the space wont be sufficient for adding such long words....Quote:
Originally Posted by Sunil_M88
ajay,
oscar vanginadhukku apram nama edhukku adha title'la periya visayama pottukkanum?? namma aduttha level'la yosippomae... :)
anyway,
please change tamizhan to thamizhan
Sunil,
It exceeds the total number of characters allowed..
Softy,
If i change that now, the pic will be disabled. So the mod is the right person to do that..
Softy,
Adhu yerkanave vaanguna oscarukku illa. Vaanga pora oscarukku...
Ok.. If Oscar looks old, suggestions are welcome.. :-)
oru murai thootta sigaratthula thirumba thirumba yeruradhu worth illa....
next aspiration: nobel prize for peace through music.
Ajay :2thumbsup:
ajay,
i love u! :lol: :clap: :clap: :notworthy: :notworthy:
but dr.padmasri , bhathmabooshan pottirukkalam!okla....
Video: Birthday greeting to AR's mother - A.R. Rahman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0okI1YqK7Ew
Lata Mangeshkar defends Rahman over CWG song
Defending the music maestro A R Rahman over the Commonwealth Games theme song fiasco, melody queen Lata Mangeshkar has said that people should not expect every song of this genius composer to be a rocking hit.
"I have not heard the song. What I am hearing is continuous criticism, which I related stories
At 81, India's nightingale Lata sings on
don't like at all. Rahman is an extremely dedicated composer and people are getting too harsh because of just one failure," Lata Mangeshkar told PTI .
"It's just like people should not expect century from Sachin (Tendulkar) in every match. It happens in music also. Even the veterans do mistakes sometimes. I cannot say that every song of mine is perfect. Many a times I am not satisfied with what I have sung," said the Bharat Ratna awardee.
The CWG theme song Oh Yaaro, Ye India bula liya has got a lukewarm response. People have been saying that it lacks lustre and was either a result of a hurried job or the composer's powers were no longer as potent as before.
Although Rahman charged a whopping Rs. 5 crore as fee for the theme song, but it desperately lacks the verve or pace of Shakira's Waka, Waka, which became a global hit during this year's football World Cup. It also falls well short of the composer's own rousing hits of the past.
Lata Mangeshkar, who turned 82 today, however, applauded the dedication and devotion of the Oscar winning music director.
"Whatever Rahman has created, must be a result of a lot of hard work. Sometimes audience do not like what we feel is our best. It happens and one cannot avoid it. In this case neither Rahman is wrong nor the audience," said the legendary singer.
The Indian nightingale, who has rendered her voice in some of the gems from Rahman like Jiya Jale (Dil se), O Paalan haare (Lagaan) and Luka Chhipi (Rang de Basanti), felt that music is a passion for the Mozart from Madras and he wants to bring something new every time.
"I remember when he was working on his album Vandemataram, one day at midnight he went to the Tamil director Bharat Bala and told him that he was ready with the song and wanted to record it then.
"They did the recording at night and then Bala made the video. It shows how sincere Rahman is towards his work," she added.Bala, incidentally, is also the creative head of the ceremonies committee for the Delhi Games 2010. The video of CWG theme song is conceptualised and produced by Bharat Bala productions
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Lata-M...e1-605568.aspx
I think both song and video for CWG should of been released on the same day, then there might of not been as much brouhaha.
'CWG will be off to a flying start once Rahman starts singing'
NEW YORK: There may be delays and lapses in preparation for the Commonwealth Games, but External Affairs Minister SM Krishna says the troubled event will be "off to a flying start" when AR Rahman starts singing the welcome song on October three.
Speaking at the Asia Society here, Krishna assured the world community that the Games would be a success and hoped that the athletes will be satisfied with the preparations.
"This much I can assure you as an Indian and as a minister of the external affairs of India that on OCtober 3 when (Oscar-winning music composer) AR Rahman starts with his welcome orchestra, I think we will be off to a flying start," Krishna said in response to a volley of questions on the Games.
The Games will be inaugurated on Sunday at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi.
Krishna also admitted there have been some lapses in a sense.
"We did not anticipate that the monsoons will be so prolonged and so heavy and as a result of that the preparations got delayed but the news that is coming out of New Delhi in the last two days that things are improving," he said.
"The athletes have started coming to New Delhi and they will be very pleased with the arrangements," he said.
Krishna, who is in New York for attending the opening session at the General Assembly, has responded to several queries by the Indian and foreign media about the problems associated with the games.
Several comparisons have been made to India's failure to get it act together when China pulled off the Olympics and South Africa managed the Football World Cup earlier this year.
"This has been said about every international athletic event before it starts...questions are always asked and doubts are always expressed... the ultimate proof is eating of the pudding," Krishna said.
"I am going to be back here again next year and then you can put to me this question how well we conducted the Commonwealth Games," the External Affairs Minister said.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/s...ow/6648617.cms
Ajay :clap: wonderful thread! I love the title. Oscar-ke perumai selluthiya Thamizhan namma ARR. Title is absolutely apt! :notworthy:
Just Plain Folks Music Awards
2009 - * Just Plain Folks Music Award For Best Music Album - Varalaru
:shock: when did this happen??
ajay
:thumbsup:
2009- He won for best Indian album for Godfather. Innisai (Radio Mix) also won third place for best Indian song. More here:-Quote:
Originally Posted by rayan36
http://jpfolks.com/09albumwinners.html
innum neraya awards and honuring missing in the list.appadi innu nenakiran!
ARR and Ember Pheonix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q91T9rihhOg
Athukulla videova thookitanga pola...Quote:
Originally Posted by ajaybaskar
@ajay... I don't know if this is the same clip from your link. But since the clip in that link has been removed. here is what I found in relation to your post.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jxXlzduQZo
Commonwealth Games Theme Song Video
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This version sounds good and the video is cool 8-)
This sounds awesome and gels very well with the video...
idha evanachum korai sonnanaa avanukellaam kudikka thanni kudukkaama kollanum...
Happy Birthday to Ramakrishna!
Wish you soar higher and higher this year!!
ARR :2thumbsup: Ajay
Jai Ho-Toronto Pics
http://albums.phanfare.com/slideshow...y&a_id=4843675
Review of ROJA music...one of the early writeups
One of the earliest write ups on ROJA
From The Week dated 10 Jan 1993 article by VINCENT D'SOUZA
MAGIC AT HIS FINGERTIPS
His "Little Desires" have catapulted A.R.Rahman into the top league
Someone called Rahman strolls down the road in crowded Kodambakkam to his usual haunt- the roadside tea stall. But now, more than his favourite brew, he silently enjoys the hum on the lips of most of the stall's patrons- porters, autorickshaw drivers and even beggars. Chinna Chinna aasai... the hum slowly grows to a chorus, as the yoi8ng man slips away unnoticed, unrecognised. Meet A.R.Rahman, the 24 year old creator of the lilting song for tamil film ROJA, Mani Ratnam's latest block buster.
The simple song has been lingering on everybody's lips even a 100 days after the film was released. The rickshaw puller, the executive, the housewife and the giggly teenager sing it to themselves, or join the heroine in the darkened theatre as she drenches herself in the waterfall. The simplicity of the melody is so captivating that like the childhood rhymes, it refuses to fade from memory.
A quirk of fate forces the heroine of the film to abandon her juvenile dreams and marry another person. In the thick of subsequent battle in unfamiliar territory to save her husband, she matures far beyond her tender years.
It was also a quirk of fate which saw the maturing of the young man who put the song on her lips. The sudden death of his father pushed Rahman into the thick of the battle to sustain the orphaned family. Rahman is the only son of the late R.K.Sekar, an assistant music director in Malayalam who had a hand in the music of the classic CHEMMEEN. " I used to accompany dad to the studios and i guess music was in the family, I certainly had an ear for it," he says.
Instinctively he turned to the recording studios after dropping out of eleventh class. This time it was not to listen but to work in jam sessions. From studio jam sessions he quickly graduated to composing jingles. IN 1987, he was recruited by Viji Manuel, music director Ilayaraja's main keyboard player. That was his initiation to keyboards and synthesizers and computer music programming. " I was literally pushed into this field and forced tolearn the art of computer music programming," Rahman says, lovingly fingering his beloved Roland keyboard.
Work with M.K.Arjun in Malayalam and with Raj-koti, the telugu team, and a stint in kannada films, found him where he belonged - the world of film music. The Telugu film industry doyens loved the way his fingers danced over the synthesizer and coaxed magic out of it. " People like them and Mani Ratnam are able to appreciate off-beat music. Thats why its been great working with them," says Rahman.
But somehow, except for his music group colleagues and friends in the recording studios, nobody really vibed with Rahman. Or spoke his language. And that is why, even after the songs of ROJA became a hit, he preferred the confines of his unpretentious house, the facade of his new, fully computerised recording studio - PANCHATHAN RECORD INN.
But that didnt prevent the paparazzi from going to town with wild speculations of how Rahman's computeriserd music wizardry would swamp the reigning maestro Illayaraja out of business. From the gossip columns, one got the impression that Rahman was a cocky upstart who held his comtemporaries ion contempt.
Meeting him at his home, one cannot miss the hurt in his eyes. A hurt and an apprehension that his sudden fame would be his undoing. It makes his mother shield him with a protective arm. Rahman does not like being compared to Ilayaraja whom hge holds in high esteem.
Talk of his tune in ROJA and he is all humility. "Nothing really," shrugs the chubby faced youngster in a loose green shirt and rolled up trousers. "I composed the tune and practised ot ans then put on the switchboard. It was my grounding in electronics that helped."
You can get nothing further from him. But he is willing to talk at length about how he has absorbed all kinds of music- rap, jazz, fusion, the wailers and Bob Marley. And a little but of it all has come across in ROJA.
Rahman has played jam with US based double electric violin maestro L.Shankar and his orchestra. He played the Roland for MAdras pdp group NEMESIS AVENUE. "Its fun working with guys like Rahman," says NEMESIS AVENUE's Sudhin Prabhakar.
Rahman's yuppie image is deceptive. He is a deeply religious person. His "PANCHATHAN" is strewn with Islamic icons and symbols. Phil Collins and the cresent moon and star have pride of place. He wears a chain with an inscribed locket. Ask him the reasin for his success anbd he will lift his hands sporting Urdu inscribed rings heavenwards. It is believed K.Balachander who produced ROJA rechristened Dilip as Rahman, just before the film was released.
The kid who bought a Roland for Rs.1000 at Burma Bazaar (madras's smuggled goods market) has come a long way. But he is modest avout his success. Says Rahman: "Already so much has been made of my computerised studio that it has become embarrassing for me." He can no longer hop on stage to play for rock concerts with Nemesis Avenue. If he plays in public now, he will have to think up something new, something different.
He is missing the fun and all that jazz of the pop music scene. But he also knows that there ius nothing like big apple of film music. Especially since he's taken a large sized bite out of it. "Just look at the reach of film music. Lakhs of people casn listen to or sing film songs. As they did with Roja," he says.
The ROJA album has yielded record sales for Lahari Music Company. And Rahman's work has increased. So, composing jingles is out. His last jingles were for thr Allwyn and Prudent ads.
He is presently working on Suresh Menon's (actress Revathi's husband) film PUDHIYA MUGAM and on Mani Ratnam's THIRUDA, THIRUDA. With his obvious western music leanings, it might be a little difficult for Rahman to score typical Tamil Film Music. "IN the long run, we'll have to see if Rahman can get to the core of Tamil isai(music). Like Ilayaraja had done in Thevar Magan," says Viji Manuel, adding,"but that dosent detract from his talent."
Meanwhile, people all over the south continue to hum CHINNA CHINNA AASAI...(little, little desires). "It feels great to see thwat just a siongle song of yours is sung by a rickshawpuller as well as an executive. What more would you want?"Rahman asks. Sounds right.
source:arryg
great read....
thanks for sharing...
Anand, great find. It would be interesting to see read more perspectives of musicians on Rahman from around that time, the early years.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_3YS-zBFoA
nice adaptation of "endrendrum punnagai"
http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/art-culture/the-man-who-refused-aamir-khan
A tabletop is crowded with bouquets, presumably sent to commemorate the National Award. The barest bouquet, with red roses and carnations, is from one AR Rahman. The card reads ‘Congrats, love ARR’. Receiving this bouquet didn’t just make Amit’s day, “It’s made my career!” he says. “I can chill for a few months now, because it validates my journey so far.” Amit was 13 years old when AR Rahman debuted as a music director with Roja. ARR has inspired him ever since.
ARR - nee kadavuL :clap: :notworthy:
CWG - Opening Ceremony - Live, Rise, Ascend And Win - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRxtZyowYeY
:bluejump:
Way to go thalaivar, nice trendy trainers :thumbsup:
As usual Thalaivar pinni eduththutaar!