A.R.Rehman ::: Saregama HMV ::: Sun TV - Composer's Contest

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A.R.Rahman on Television!

By Moviebuzz | Wednesday, 02 May , 2007, 08:28

A.R.Rahman is making his entry into Tamil television. HMV Saregama India, is all set to launch a statewide talent hunt across Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh titled Ooh La La La with ``Isai Puyal` A.R.Rahman as the brand ambassador and judge for the show.
A press meet will be held today in Chennai in which he will address the media about the talent hunt. Saregama and Rahman come together for a true search of hidden creative musicians worldwide. Auditions for Ooh La La La will be held in Trichy, Madurai, Coimbatore, Salem, Thirunelveli and Chennai across Tamilnadu. And in Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Vizag, Rajamundri and Thirupathi in Andhra Pradesh.

The criteria and challenge for selection would be that each band has to compose music to the lyrics of Valee, one the most famous lyric writers who would be giving lyrics based on the theme of “Hope”.

The talent hunt will be telecast on Sun TV (Tamil) and Gemini TV (Telugu) as a thirteen week half hour episodes. Vasundhara Das would be one of the judges for the episodes. The winners of this talent hunt will cut an album with Saregama India Ltd.

The highlight of the television programme will be Rahman speaking on camera to aspiring musicians and giving them valuable tips on the beauty of acoustic instruments, the logic behind composing a theme music etc.