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aeii !!
yaruppaa adhu bharat ratna geerath ratnaanu sollikittu.
Avar paerla awardai aarambingappa.
Atleast ivarayaavadhu tharkaalathulaye gauravapaduthunga.
just wanted to share this post by prabhu in arr fans group
When Roja came they said, one time wonder.
When Bombay came they said, not like Roja.
When Rangeela came they said, not like Bombay and tune doesnt suit
Hindi audience
When Dilse came they said, not like Roja, Rangeela, Bombay
When Bombay Dreams happened they said, he is reusing his tunes and
lost his touch, time over etc
When LOTR happened they said not as good as Bombay Dreams
When Lagaan happened they said not like Taal
When Swades came, they said its not as good as Lagaan
When Jodha Akbar came they said, its bad and not as good as Swades
When yuvraj and ghajini got released, it was not as good as JA.
When SDM happened, they say though it is not one of his best works he
deserves an oscar and start comparing with Roja, Bombay and so on.
Next year same time these critics will say, 'Is this the same man who
gave us SDM?'
Jai Ho!
and also this by vensub in suresh's blog
In the last decades ever since India got independence, who had some ambition to go beyond India or Indian music, except some fusion artists like Rvi Shankar, Zakir, Hariharan, L.shankar etc who showed their own talent to prove themselves?
- Have any of the composers had any knowldge to take Indian music(every style and type) and go global?
- Which composer opted for less films a year vs a.r.rahman worked 4 to 5 films or less or none in a year to make only rich music and make less money?
- Who revived some of the dead but alive excellent artists like hariharan, sujatha, alisha and many more and bring them to light, still using the current best famous without banging on the same famous artist to monopolize?
- Who recognized many unknown musicians, instrumentalists and gave them recognition?
- Who brought together various cherished indian musical geniuses, who thought film music is a bad way to go and get recognized?
- Why always every kind of musician bow their head to a.r.rahman never caring about the money involved?
- You hear all talking heads in the music filed in India. Did they ever popularize any of their talent to reach the world audience or try to go global? If not, who they depend on now?
- Forget the south India. Did anyone from the bollywood who represent India did their best to get indian music to the hollywood ? Don't say ravi shankar, he was choosen because he was a lucky Indian and he didn't do much there? He even had relations with the beatles. Still today he and his generation is playing the same sitar with same style with no ambitions to hit world music, preserving the classical roots and rules, which is agood thing.
- Did anybody from india tried a world music like a.r.rahman did? Chinese, persian, spanish, arabic..etc?
- Why does not any composer in india can't even get closer to his talent?
- Has any compser took a veteran proud singer for almost many decades to to the doors of oscar nomination, like latha mangeshkar for lagaan?
- Have you seen a quiet and humble composer after acheiving so much, not insulting anybody and encouraging everyone around anywhere in the world, not running behind fame or anything that make a human being happy?
- Has any composer in India managed to compose music for various parts of our country called the '*woods' making everybody happy, all at same time?
- Has any composer in India recognized, introduced hundreds and possibly more during their career, recognizing talent in everybody?
- Have you seen a composer dumping an artist for personal reasons and not recognizing their talent?
- Who always went ahead without getting in to any issues and skipping bollywood media buzz for fame?
- Who doesn't have a education in music from some teacher or from a great school like Trinity College in London. Ilayaraja had that long time back like a.r.rahman? So what?
- Is there anybody currently or in the past skilled like a.r.rahman in the pipeline to understand local music as well as the world music to represent India?
- Is there a mouth in India to tell the world, these are the variety of Indian music, this is how Indian music is also great when compared to the international music and we can definitely entertain the world?
- Who revolutionized and changed the face of Indian music?
- Who even changed his relgion to live in peace, be an example to the world and still making all kinds of people happy with his music?
- Who can even change the country's national anthem sound so excellent and more patriotic, accepted by everybody, in a country of billion people?
It is A.R.Rahman!
There won't be another gandhi or mother teresa going to be on this earth again. A.R.R.Rahman is a god's child and we should be proud to live with him while we live on this earth and not compare him with others. Long live the legendary Rahman!
Amazing..congratulations to ARR. This is what creativity and hardwork can accomplish. Way to go. Indian creativity in music is finally recognised. This shows our music is in no way inferior to the music of the west.
From Kollywood to Bollywood to Hollywood:
http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/24/stor...2457592200.htm
Sruthi Krishnan
Tracing the musical evolution of Allah Rakha Rahman that has taken him to ever newer heights
CHENNAI: In the summer of 1992, the nation experienced a new sound. Be it ‘chinna china aasai’ or ‘choti si aasha’, the song captured hearts, marked a beginning and introduced a name. Allah Rakha Rahman. A name that became a chant on Monday.
As a four-year-old, Dilip, as Rahman was then known, was seen toying with a harmonium. That was when the composer Sudharshanam Master playfully tossed a towel over the instrument. Undeterred, the boy repeated the tune he had been trying out — to the astonishment of his father R.K. Shekhar. It was the early sign of genius.
Not surprisingly, academics did not figure high on his priorities. His sister Rahane recounts that all his school notebooks remained literally unopened. “Nothing interested him as much as music.”
He lost his father when he was barely 10. “Yes, it was a challenging time. But our mother made sure we did not feel the burden,” says Ms. Rahane, recalling a time that brought the siblings close to one another.
Malayalam music composer M.K. Arjunan was the first to assign Rahman keyboard duties for his 1981 film Ernadu Mannu. Rahman was paid Rs. 50, his first income from the film industry. The keyboard took him to maestro Illayaraja’s studios too.
In the mid and late 1980s, Tamil audiences savoured the Leo Coffee ad which had Rahman’s signature stamped on it. The world of jingles had found its new poster boy.
But he belonged elsewhere. Kollywood was then hunting for a new music director. “Mani Ratnam referred to me a boy named Dilip who was doing a lot of good jingles,” says veteran director K. Balachander, recalling the making of Roja.
“The first song which was recorded was ‘Chinna chinna aasai’.” A tape was sent to him for approval. He listened to it driving his car. He ended up listening to it 15 times over. “I sent a note back to Mani Ratnam saying this was the best song of the decade.”
What followed reads like a long-list of ‘best songs of decades to come’. Be it Prabhu Deva gyrating to ‘Chikku bukku’ in Gentleman, the magnificence of ‘Chandralekha’ in Thiruda Thiruda, the tug-at-your-heartstrings ‘Uyirae’ from Bombay, or the stirring ‘New York nagaram’ from Sillunu Oru Kaadal – any attempt to pick favourites falls flat.
Charmed by his lilting blockbusters, Bollywood did not take long to embrace Rahman.
There was no ‘Kya Karen ya na karen’ dilemma in continuing the journey that began with Rangeela in 1995. From Sukhwinder Singh’s ‘Chaiyya chaiyya’ to ‘Masakkali’ in Dilli 6, his romance with Bollywood continues.
The West first spotted his talent in Bombay Dreams, an Andrew Lloyd Webber production in 2002. From then on, recognition in Hollywood was but a small step.
Rahman rode on the Slumdog Millionaire sensation across the United States picking up several awards in the run-up to the Oscar night.
— with inputs from M. Dinesh Verma, Ramya Kannan and Meera Srinivasan
(The Hindu)
Rahman an amazing innovator: Gulzar
http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/24/stor...2456021200.htm
Taken by SURPRISE: “I never thought in the wildest of my dreams that Indian lyrics can ever win an Oscar,” was how lyricist Gulzar reacted in Mumbai after the Oscar awards were announced.
New Delhi: Lyricist Gulzar, who shared the Oscar for his song “Jai ho” in Slumdog Millionaire with A.R. Rahman, has admitted that he never thought Indian lyrics could win the golden statuette.
It was “beyond my wildest dreams that Indian lyrics can ever win an Oscar. Indian songs never had a place there [in the West] and the credit for this recognition goes to Rahman,” Gulzar told a news channel.The lyricist was profuse in his praise for the composer. “What a team to work with. You see the spirit of a film in his music. It’s a pleasure to work with that man. He is an amazing innovator – the way he innovates the sounds is just amazing.”
“He is the one who broke the clichéd methods of music composition in the country and his innovativeness is the reason he has reached the Oscars. I am really proud of him.” – IANS
(The Hindu)
http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/24/stor...2450160100.htm
Another report by The Hindu.
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@pure_bliss - keep enjoying the bliss .... :-)
:swinghead:
One of my non Indian friend is completely mesmerized by Rahman's magic, I presented her the DVDs of Taal and Kandukonden Kandokonden today. :musicsmile: and introduced her couple of tracks from the musical albums - Water, Bombay,Jeans,Lagaan, Pukar, Roja,Swades,The Legend of Bhagat Singh, Gentleman.. to current Delhi - 6, Jodha Akbar .... Tamil and Hindi mixed to the GOLDEN ERA ... flute melody explodes into a full fledged dramatic orchestral piece to the jugalbandhi between serene flute and piano strokes from KISNA . :swinghead:
VERY EXCITED FOR YOU, RAHMAN. :bluejump:
Keep rocking as always, generously treat the world with your IMPROVISED melodies, enhanced with your orchestral serenity of different genres. :musicsmile:
Now they tasted the magic, I bet they can't get enough! :redjump:
With excellent Between Heaven and Earth, Classic Lagaan and more You are not new to the WEST, some of them love you already.
HOPE THE WORLD from India to America, Artic to Antartic get to hear your magical musicals in films/projects not only based on Indian theme but also in general very regularly. :musicsmile: That's my prayers.
Wishing you success for the years to come with pride and joy!
Vinatha.