Oscar Thamizhan 'Isaipuyal' AR Rahman News/Updates

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Listened to it once. It sounds like an album full of Hawwa Hawwa songs Tomorrow all day at work Tamasha thaan...

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Is the music for Muhammed out?

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New York honour for Rahman

The Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan of New York honoured music maestro A R Rahman with World Icon award recently. The Mozart of Madras is obviously so happy about it.

“I felt nostalgic and humbled by NewYork Nagaram’s Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s honour today. எல்லாப் புகழும் இறைவனுக்கே,” the Oscar-Grammy winner posted on his online page.

Presently, Rahman is composing music for football legend Pele’s biopic, titled ‘Pele: Birth of a Legend’. In Kollywood, he is busy with a string of projects, including Gautham Vausdev Menon’s ‘Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada’.

Recently, Rahman met Pele in Kolkata. Before meeting Pele, Rahman posted on his micro-blogging page, “Excited to meet Pele this evening in Kolkata!” After the meeting, he uploaded a picture of him with Pele and wrote: “With the awesome Pele in Calcutta…!”

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AR Rahman receives Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award

Mumbai, Oct 26 (PTI) Renowned music composer A R Rahman was conferred with Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award here this evening.

Veteran filmmaker Subhash Ghai presented the fifth Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award to Rahman on the 78th birthday of Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar, well-known composer and the younger brother of Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle.

"The music of Hridaynath-ji is an inspiration," Rahman said, adding that the Mangeshkar family has been upholding a great musical traditions across generations.

Ghai, who has worked with the 48-year old musician in "Taal", said more than being a celebrity, Rahman is a beautiful soul.

"He didn't know Hindi or Punjabi but worked 70 nights on the music of "Taal" and proved he is the best musician. He is not only a big celebrity, he is a beautiful soul," Ghai said.

Hridaynath Mangeshkar said Rahman had made the country proud with his outstanding contribution to music.

Grammy Award winning Hindustani classical musician Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and 2014 Grammy winner Ricky Kej were also present at the event.

The first Hridaynath Award was given to Lata Mangeshkar.

Asha Bhosle, Amitabh Bachchan and veteran actress Sulochana have also received this award in the past.

Rahman won the Oscar for Best Original Score and Best Original Song, sharing it with lyricist Gulzar, for Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire" in 2009.

The composer has also won four National Awards in a career spanning over two decades.

He has recently composed for Ranbir Kapoor-Deepika Padukone starrer romantic-comedy "Tamasha", directed by Imtiaz Ali.

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http://kalakkalcinema.com/a-r-rahman...daynath-award/

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MSV cried while speaking about A.R.Rahman's music - Y.Gee Mahendra | Paritchaikku Neramaachu Drama

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=pMIUAPz1cp0

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http://www.indiaglitz.com/ar-rahman-...ws-154452.html

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=pMIUAPz1cp0

Thanks for the links Anand. I knew YGM is a crazy fan of MSV. He once mentioned that while Ilayaraja is a great music composer, he is not as great as MSV (his opinion, ofc). What I find honest is that he still thinks that MSV is the greatest but he thinks Rahman is a great human being. It might be true that he had to praise Rahman so much considering that a person of Rahman's stature watched his drama (medai alangaram) but still, there is some truth in his opinion that Rahman is a good man. As a fan of Rahman's music, it means little to me that YGM thinks Rahman is a great human being. But I share his opinion on "khwaja mere khwaja".

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http://www.indiaglitz.com/suriya-sam...ws-156296.html