:P :oops: innaikku postRaen.. was quite a busy week - innaikku week end so hopefully I can do it :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Siv.S
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:P :oops: innaikku postRaen.. was quite a busy week - innaikku week end so hopefully I can do it :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Siv.S
Ok here we go... It's infact a 15 page urai and I am posting only the part related to IR and AR - as to how he started with IR and ended up with AR.
இளையராஜாவோடு பணியாற்றிய முதல் ஆறாண்டு காலத்தை என்னால் மறக்க முடியவில்லை. நெஞ்செல்லாம் கனவுகள் நுரைக்கட்டிக் கிடந்த காலமது. வெற்றிபெற வேண்டுமென்ற வேட்கை உடம்பையும் மனதையும் உலுக்கிய காலமது. பாட்டுக்குள்ளிருக்கும் வணிகம் என்பது மறந்து, கலை மட்டுமே முன்னிலைப் படுத்தப்பட்ட பொற்காலமது. முக்குளித்து வந்ததெல்லாம் முத்துக்கள்; தொட்டதெல்லாம் வெற்றி. முதல் மரியாதையை, சிந்து பைரவியை, காதல் ஓவியத்தை இப்போது நினைத்துக் கொண்டாலும் கண்கள் கட்டிகட்டியாய் நீர் கொட்டுகின்றன. இளையராஜாவோடு நேர்ந்த பிரிவுக்கு எனது அறியாமையே காரணம் என்று நானே பொறுப்பேற்றுக் கொள்கிறேன். அதிகப்படியான சுயமரியாதையும் ஓர் அறியாமைதானே!
இளையராஜாவின் பிரிவுக்கும் ஏ.ஆர். ரகுமானின் வரவுக்குமான ஆறாண்டு கால இடைவெளியை நிரப்புவதற்கு நான் பெரிதும் சிரமப்பட்டேன். என் தமிழ், சிங்கத்தின் பால் என்று நான் கருதிக் கொண்டாலும் அதை வாங்கி வைத்துக்கொள்ளத் தக்கதொரு தங்கப் பாத்திரம் இல்லை; அவ்வப்போது வாய்த்த வெள்ளி வெண்கலப் பாத்திரங்களில் மாற்றி மாற்றி ஊற்றிவைத்தேன்.
அந்த இடைக்காலத்தில் என் பாடல்கள் நான் எண்ணிய உயரம் எய்தவில்லை; ஆயினும் என் தினவோ கனவோ குறையவில்லை. பாட்டுத்தமிழ் என்பது கூட்டுத்தமிழ் என்று புரிந்து கொண்டேன். அந்த இடைக்காலத்தில் நானுற்ற அவமானங்களும் ஏளனங்களும், என்னதான் திண்ணிய உள்ளமிருந்தாலும் என்னைக் காயப்படுத்தவே செய்தன.
கே.பாலசந்தரின் தயாரிப்பில் மணிரத்னம் இயக்கத்தில் ரோஜா படத்திற்காக ஏ.ஆர். ரகுமனை அடைந்த போதுதான் நன்னம்பிக்கை முனை அடைந்த வாஸ்கோடகாமாவாய் உற்காகம் பெற்றேன்.
ஏ.ஆர். ரகுமான் இசை சர்வதேசத் தரத்தில் தயாரிக்கப்பட்டபோது என் பாடல்களையும் கவிதையின் சாயலில் படைக்கும் சந்தர்ப்பம் பெற்றேன். பாரதிராஜா-இளையராஜா-வைரமுத்து என்ற கூட்டணி எனக்கு உள்ளூர் வெளிச்சமென்றால், மணிரத்னம்-ஏ.ஆர்.ரகுமான் -வைரமுத்து கூட்டணி எனக்கு உலக வெளிச்சம் என்று கருதலாம்.
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/#/al...5-Taal__1999_/
"Rafta Jogi" :curse:
The album is all time classic, yet some people are still ignorant.
Roshan Thank you :)
http://www.dinamalar.com/News_Detail.asp?Id=172117
உலக பொருளாதார மாநாட்டில் ஏ.ஆர்.ரஹ்மானுக்கு விருது
புதுடில்லி : சுவிட்சர்லாந்தின் தாவோஸ் நகரில் நடைபெற உள்ள உலக பொருளாதார மாநாட்டில் இந்திய இசையமைப்பாளர் இசைப்புயல் ஏ.ஆர்.ரஹ்மானுக்கு கிரிஸ்டல் விருது வழங்கப்பட உள்ளது. உலகில் கலை மற்றும் இசையில் சாதனை படைத்ததற்காக ரஹ்மானுக்கு இவ்விருது வழங்கப்பட உள்ளது. இந்த மாநாட்டில் சுமார் 11 நாடுகளைச் சேர்ந்த தொழிலதிபர்கள், அரசுத்துறை தலைவர்கள், கலைஞர்கள் உள்ளிட்ட 2500 பேர் பங்கேற்க உள்ளனர். இந்திய தரப்பில் மத்திய உள்த்துறை அமைச்சர் சிதம்பரம், பொருளாதார மற்றும் தொழிற்துறை அமைச்சர் ஆனந்த் சர்மா, கிராமப்புற மேம்பாட்டு அமைச்சர் கமல்நாத், மத்திய அமைச்சர் பிரஃபுல் பட்டேல், திட்ட கமிஷன் துணை தலைவர் மாண்டேசிங் அலுவாலியா உள்ளிட்ட 6 பேர் பங்கேற்க உள்ளனர்.
இடைக் காலத்தில் அடைக்கலம் கொடுத்த சந்திர போஸ், ஷங்கர் - கணேஷ், ரவி தேவேந்திரன் போன்றோரை வெள்ளி, வெண்கலப் பாத்திரங்கள் என்கிறார். இவர்களெல்லாம் great என்று சொல்ல வரவில்லை. என்னே உம் நன்றிக்கடன் ஐயா. (தன்னடக்கம்) அறியாமை தான் காரணம் போலும்.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roshan
I knew these kind of nit picking will come up - it's 15 page note and he has thanked everyone in a nice way. I didn't post this for any arguments so I kindly request to take it somewhere else if any one needs to harp on VM (idhu vazhakkamaa nadakkuRathuthaanE - so nothing surprising :) ) This thread is not for such things. Thanks for the understanding.Quote:
Originally Posted by SMI
No arguments, nit picking or VM bashing :). As a VM fan those days, I was thankful for those lesser known MDs for keeping him active. But for them, he would have been down and out. VM on SG. Evlo thanks sonna enna, adhan vengala paathiram-nu sollittarE. Let me stop here.
Music maestro AR Rahman also admits that he no longer deals with films, only with tunes. “I have a tune bank but I wouldn’t like to believe that it is the best in the world. I compose music and there are a few tracks that are already composed and ready with me. When a film producer approaches me, I send them the samples.
The filmmakers select the tracks. I just wait for their approval before recording the song,” Rahman had said earlier, confirming the trend.
Comparatively, he admits to have been having a greater involvement with 127 Hours, Danny Boyle’s latest, which has Rahman in the running for another Oscar. “I have seen 127 Hours forty times,” he admits, adding that the trick is to cut down on assignments, so each film gets appropriate attention. “When you take too much work it gets too stressful for you. You then start compromising. I had taken too much on my plate and was also travelling too much. I will not compromise on my creativity any more,” he says.
When 'Jai Ho got' rejected
Such an approach can lead to strange incidents. Take the case of the 'Jai Ho' track that fetched AR Rahman an Oscar. Rehman first offered this track to Subhash Ghai for his film Yuvvraj. Ghai, believe it or not, rejected it. The ‘reject’ then went to Danny Boyle and became the Academy Award-winning central theme of Slumdog Millionaire.
source: Soumyadipta Banerjee (Daily news & analysis)
வெள்ளி, வெண்கலப் பாத்திரம்னு சொன்னதில தப்பில்லைங்கிறேன். ராஜா, ரகுமானோடு ஒப்பிடும்போது இவர்களை வெள்ளி, வெண்கலம் எனச் சொல்வது பொருத்தமாகத் தானே இருக்கிறது. ஏதோ ஒரு உலோகம். இருந்துட்டு போகட்டுமே.Quote:
Originally Posted by SMI
பித்தளையாக கூட இருந்து விட்டுப் போகட்டும். வாய்ப்பளித்து, தொடர்ந்து களத்தில் இருக்கச் செய்தவர்களை நினைவு கூறும் விதம் சரியல்ல என்பது தான் என் கருத்து. One more time, I am the stop here.
Rahman nominated for score and song
Hope this is an annual event for many more years :clap:
Just heard this news now.
Wow!!! :clap: :bow:
33 days and 10 hours to go for the Oscars... 8-)
I am delighted though it was quite expected !! :2thumbsup: :happydance: :cheer:
Wow! Great news in the morning. Wishing ARR to win both of them, if not both, atleast one. High chances are there for original song. :D
Me too feels the same! Would rather say better chances than high chances.Quote:
Originally Posted by V_S
Your birthday gift! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Roshan
வெற்றி பெறுவது மட்டுமே குறிக்கோள் அல்ல.. இறுதிப் பட்டியலில் இடம் பெறுவதே பெரிய விஷயம். அதுவும், "ஒரு முறை ஆச்சர்யம்" என்ற வகையில் இருந்துவிடாமல் தொடர்ந்து பங்கெடுப்பதே மகத்தான சாதனை. "இருத்தல்" என்பதற்கு சரியான உதாரணம். வாழ்த்துக்கள் ரஹ்மான். அதைத் தான் அவர் 1993 முதல் தொடர்ந்து தேசிய அளவில் செய்துகொண்டு வருகிறார். Another meaning for Consistency in our dictionary.
http://www.radiosargam.com/films/arc...-8-crores.html
After the next Oscars he is going take 15 crores salary ??!
wow news...
countdown starts...
thanks for the news pr... neenga unga kudumbam, kolandha kuttinga nallaa irukkattum..
Agreed Benny, but why I said chances are high because the golden globe winner for Best Original song (You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me – Burlesque) is not there even in nominations. In fact Golden globe nominated two songs from Burlesque. Again, Golden globe had nominated both "I See The Light" from Tangled and Coming Home from Country Song, which is nominated here well. But since they didn't win Golden globe, same chances are here as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Lava
So for ARR only competitor IMHO is Randy Newman - Toy Story 3. Let's hope for the best!
PS: ARR won Critics Choice Award against Toy Story 3 and Burlesque.
31 crores 21 lakhs 57 thousands 778 rubees 37.5 paisa, nethikkudhaan en kitta sonnaar!Quote:
Originally Posted by baba88
Why I said better chances rather than high chances is because of the age old superstition of jinxing something you dearly want :lol: Apart from that I haven't heard any of the other contenders, let us hope for the best :shaking:Quote:
Originally Posted by V_S
Yes Yes ! Naanum adhathaan nenechaen :happydance:Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Lava
Age:45
Oscar nominations till date: 5
Oscar wins till date: 2
and he is not stopping... Jai Ho Rahmanji.
Vaazthukkal ARR 8-)
ARR should win at least one Oscar this year just to show the media that he is still No.1 in the business. Last year all these media people were reporting against him saying that he lost his touch and he should take rest etc.,. It's time to give them back a big punch!!!!
Great News..Again...Danny Boyle gives him the required reach and also good content to work on...Thanks to Danny...
Wish Kamal works with him in his direction soon before ARR gets out of reach or overtly expensive.. Thalaiva..do something... :pray:
Fantastic.
A.R.Rahman pride and joy of India.
wishes,
vinatha.
:victory:
You forgot to mention:Quote:
Originally Posted by ajaybaskar
3 American movies - 5 nominations
Hans Zimmer and all these other composers have like 5 releases a year with all of these movies being big budget movies.
ippO enna solla vareenga?Quote:
Originally Posted by baba88
He says ARR has got 5 nominations in just three films where as the other composers have 5 releases each year and all of them are big budget films.
P.S: Avar sonnadhaiye naan thiruppi solli irukken :lol:
Davos Annual Meeting 2011 - Crystal Award Ceremony [A.R.RAHMAN]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7ZAZJceRGg
at last speech as usual he say's 'ella pugalum iravanukke' :notworthy:
Fair point. idhuvE Raja solli irundhAl....hey dandanakkA dhAn including people who defend VM nowQuote:
Originally Posted by SMI
BTW, happy to see Rahman's oscar nominations. Though chances are lesser this time(nAn ipdi solRadhum nalladhukku dhAn :) ), the strike rate is amazing.
http://www.wqxr.org/articles/wqxr-features/2011/jan/25/rahman-leads-oscar-nominees-music/
Composer A.R. Rahman Leads Oscar Nominees in Music
Long a megastar composer within India’s Bollywood film industry, A.R. Rahman has cemented his claim as a major Hollywood force, leading the music category nominees, announced on Tuesday.
Rahman’s music for the Danny Boyle film “127 Hours” was nominated in both the Best Score and Best Original Song categories.
Going up against Rahman for Best Score is Hans Zimmer, for “Inception;” Alexandre Desplat, for “The King's Speech;” John Powell, for “How to Train Your Dragon;” and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for “The Social Network.” Reznor and Ross recently took home the Golden Globe for their score to the Facebook drama.
The score category illustrates some of the diversity within Hollywood’s music quarters, both in the aesthetic and the stature of the nominees.
Rahman previously won two Oscars for his music for Slumdog Millionaire. With “127 Hours,” he may have faced the toughest challenge from a scoring standpoint. Not only did he have to set the tone of a film in which the camera is largely static, focused on just one character, but he also had to tackle a grizzly story about a trapped hiker who cuts off his own arm. At least one critic pointed out that Rahman could have made that scenario much worse, but his accompaniment was largely restrained.
A 49-year-old Frenchman, Alexandre Desplat has built a growing international reputation through scores for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “The Girl With the Pearl Earring,” “Syriana,” and “The Painted Veil,” for which he won a Golden Globe in 2007. “The King’s Speech” features a jaunty and genteel, piano-driven score, which shares the soundtrack with pieces by Beethoven and Mozart.
By contrast, Trent Reznor is a newcomer to Hollywood, having scored his first movie for "The Social Network." Together with composer Atticus Ross, he crafted an atmospheric piano-draped electronic score, much in the same vein as his work with the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. One of the pivotal scenes includes an adaptation of Grieg’s In The Hall of the Mountain King.
Hans Zimmer is the Hollywood stalwart among the five nominees, a four-time Oscar winner and two-time Golden Globe winner who has scored numerous big-budget films over the past two decades. For the surreal thriller “Inception” he crafted a darkly hypnotic and at times clangorous score that garnered some Internet buzz last year after it was discovered that he built a key musical cue around the framework of the Édith Piaf song “Non, je ne regrette rien.”
The surprise nominee in the field is British composer John Powell for his colorful accompaniment to “How to Train Your Dragon,” a Dreamworks Animation film. That score edged out Golden Globe nominee Danny Elfman, who scored the animated feature "Alice in Wonderland."
The Best Song category includes “If I Rise” from “127 Hours,” Rahman’s aforementioned collaboration with Dido and Rollo Armstrong. Joining him in the category is Randy Newman for "We Belong Together" (from the Disney animated film "Tangled"); Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey for "Coming Home" (from "Country Strong"); and Alan Menken and Glenn Slater for "I See the Light" (performed by Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi, from "Tangled").
"The King's Speech" led all films with 12 Oscar nominations, while "True Grit" followed with 10, "The Social Network" and "True Grit" picked up eight each, and "The Fighter" earned seven.
The 83rd Annual Academy Awards will be broadcast live on ABC on Feb. 27 from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Calif.
ARR receives the World Economic Forum's Crystal Award at Davos, Switzerland.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7ZAZJceRGg
Rock on, Rahman
It's celebration time for A.R. Rahman who has been nominated for two Oscars for the film ‘127 Hours’. It feels fabulous, says the master composer
When you are Rahman, the bridge between failure and success is rather short. Just a couple of days ago, the master composer was answering questions about missing the Golden Globe award for Best Original Score (Motion Picture) for Danny Boyle's “127 Hours”. With news about his twin nomination to the Oscars (Best Song along with Dido and Rollo Armstrong and Best Original Score for “If I Rise”), it's celebration time again for Rahman.
“Getting nominated for the awards itself is a fabulous feeling. Winning is good too but, in the history of the awards, except possibly once, nobody has won it twice in a row,” says A. R. Rahman.
“I have two Oscars, two Grammys, a BAFTA and a Golden Globe. It's not just another award function where they shower their love on you every now and then by giving you an award. I think it is great to be in good company by getting nominated. It is just the five best composers across the world, from the U.S. point of view, pitted against one another. But I don't think the country goes gaga over me winning or not winning an international award. This isn't a cricket match,” he says.
“127 Hours”, which opened in theatres across India yesterday, has been released here by Fox Star Studios India. The trio of British pop star Dido, her brother Rollo and Rahman collaborated on this one quite by chance and hence, the nomination is even more special. “I was working with Dido on another album and that's when ‘127 Hours' came about and we thought we would do it together. It has the guy (Aron Ralston played by James Franco) imagining his future son. Dido's brother Rollo Armstrong had written these lines randomly and we thought it synched beautifully,” says Rahman.
Working with Danny and Christian Colson (producer: “Slumdog Millionaire”, “127 Hours”) was a special pleasure, says the composer-singer. “It is a great team to work with. After ‘Slumdog Millionaire', which was a very Indian film, getting to work with them on ‘127 Hours' was fabulous because you don't get tagged simply as an Indian composer. They understand that you can do a variety of things,” he says.
Rahman has recently released a music video titled “Changing Seasons”, featuring visuals from the movie “Raavan”. Released in Tamil and Hindi, it features the song “Uda Ja Re…”, which played during the roll over credits. The film flopped at the box office and Rahman's score for the film didn't become particularly popular. Why the need then to revive the single?
“In the urgency of life, a lot of good things go past and we don't pay attention to them. I think ‘ Raavan' had the most enchanting visuals by Santosh Sivan (cinematographer) and Aishwarya looked very beautiful. Mani (Ratnam) was kind enough to let me use unused stills from the film. When I was in Cape Town it occurred to me that these two could be gelled and we went ahead with the video,” explains Rahman.
Rahman has bagged the Dreamworks animation film being directed by Gurinder Chadha. “It is a great idea to work on and I am sure going to enjoy it! The title is not yet finalised but I think working on an animation film is creatively fulfilling. There is no limit to the imagination when it comes to animation.”
He has only Imtiaz Ali's “Rockstar” releasing this year and is happy to take a break from film music.
“I am in and out of Los Angeles currently. I have done enough movies last year. There is stuff I need to take care of. So I am taking a break. But there is always going to be music.”
http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/article1126878.ece
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Originally Posted by ajaybaskar