Oscar Thamizhan 'Isaipuyal' AR Rahman News/Updates

[A.ANAND]

If anyone sneezes, my name crops up: Rahman

He is miles away in Los Angeles, busy working on his "biggest project" — the band Super Heavy — featuring Mick Jagger, Dave Stewart, Joss Stone and Damien Marley. But when the telephone line crackles, AR Rahman's voice is as clear as crystal. "I've always wanted to be part of a band once again. Working with such legends from the industry is indeed a dream come true. This is as big as it gets for me," says the maestro from Chennai, the excitement palpable in his voice.

With his time considerably spent working on his new project, Rahman recounts the moment when the offer came by him. "I was going through a very dark phase in my life. The Mumbai shootout happened and a sound technician of mine was a victim. I drew into a shell. I couldn't fathom who could orchestrate such an act of barbarity. That's when I got a call offering me the project. At that time, I really needed something to immerse myself into and this was the perfect project. Not only did I get to work with such legends, it also helped me channel my pain in a more creative manner.

Despite being miles away and super busy, Rahman makes it a point to keep track of what's going on back home. "Just a week ago, the serial blasts happened again in Mumbai and I was deeply troubled. The only way people can counter such acts of barbarity is by spreading love," he says, emphatically. For someone as reclusive as Rahman, being away from his family has indeed been a tough task. "I've been travelling a lot in the past few months, working on various projects. My family, especially my kids, miss me a lot. But I try and explain it to them saying it's better for me to work this way, than be an absentee father who slogs all the time in Dubai and sees his family just once a year, only for a few days. So, now my children have understood," he explains.

While the world may raise a toast to his sheer musical genius, back home, sections of the film and music fraternity have minced no words in criticizing him. Be it for the Commonwealth Games anthem, the Ismail Darbar controversy or his style of working — Rahman has been subjected to not-so-kind words. "Ever since the Oscars happened, criticism has come my way more frequently," he laughs. Known to be a man of few words, this time around Rahman minces no words. "Some of it (criticism) is scathing, but what can you do? Today, if anyone sneezes, my name crops up. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, fair enough. But at times, it bothers me. At the end of it all, I'm only human," he admits.

Known to work in a solitary environment, Rahman confesses that he changed his style of working only for the band. "When I'm in my studios I work alone, in the silence of the night. But with "Super Heavy", we had the other band members drop in to do their bit, give their ideas and suggestions and bond musically. The one thing we all knew was that no matter how big a star one is, we had all put our egos in our bags to come up with something that would blow the listener's mind away. Plus, everything with "Super Heavy" is recorded live, whereas I'm used to working on production pieces," he admits.

Despite a heavy lineup, the music from the album will not be very different from what's expected of the band members. "We haven't tried to make it very different for the western audience. But at the same time, I wanted to design something with an Indian feel. That's when I created "Satyameva Jayate". It will be interesting to hear Mick (Jagger) sing in Sanskrit!" laughs ARR.

Having recently won two Filmfare awards (one for Telugu and the other for a Tamil film), the question on everyone's mind is what next? With Rahman spending most of his time in LA, film projects at the moment have taken a backseat. "I only take up movies I'm excited about, be it the story or the people I'll be working with. Currently, I'm busy working on producing a musical. I'm in talks with a few producers." Ask him why this desire to turn producer and he is quick to reply, "When we go to the theatres and end up seeing a bad film, we grumble about it for days. I realized that I could come up with something that the audience would love watching and I would enjoy doing too," says Rahman before signing off.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/e...ow/9298418.cms

[baba88]

[littlemaster1982]

Baba,

It's not official right, I mean ARR's involvement in this project. Why the hurry

[baba88]

Baba,

It's not official right, I mean ARR's involvement in this project. Why the hurry

thats why didnt open a new thread for this. it's a rumour that ARR is composing the music for this movie. so i posted it in the ARR News thread.

[Sunil_M88]

I introduce to you, A. R. Rahman

[ajaybaskar]

now its official. ARR is the composer and the same has been mentioned in today's ad.

[raghavendran]

MISSION 2: PARIS



Its officially confirmed that after Shankar, & AR Murugadoss, Vijay will join hands with Gautham Vasudev Menon for a detective story. The first mission will be in New York and the second one shall take place in Paris.

Earlier Gautham menon approached Vijay for KAAKHA KAAKHA,but due to unavoidable circumstances,Vijay was unable to sign the project. And from then on both Vijay & Gautham Menon wants to work together & also fans were eagerly waiting for this deadly combo.Finally after recent meetings between the two the project is finalised.

TITLE IS """ YOHAN: ADHYAYAM ONDRU """. The project is expected to start by June 2012, & it will be Vijay's 55th movie. Oscar award winner AR Rahman will be joining the team with Manoj Paramahamsa handling the camera. The complete cast & crew will be finalised in few months & a photoshoot is expected by the year end. Watch out this space for more info on this project.

source: http://vijaythelegend.com/fullnews.php?nid=66

[littlemaster1982]

thats why didnt open a new thread for this. it's a rumour that ARR is composing the music for this movie. so i posted it in the ARR News thread.

It's official now

[Sunil_M88]

Rahman in Vijay - Gautham Menon film



On Friday, when newspaper advertisements announcing the launch of 'Yohan: Adhyayam Ondru', a film which will bring together Vijay and Gautham Vasudev Menon, didn't feature the name of the music composer, IndiaGlitz predicted that A R Rahman will join the team.

We got it right this time too, for it has now been officially announced that the Oscar-Grammy winner will compose music for the film, which will be produced by Gautham's Photon Kathaas.

And one more interesting detail has also emerged. Yesterday, a tagline in the advertisements said 'Mission One: New York'. Today, it was 'Mission Two: Paris', proving our other claim, that the film would be an adrenaline pumping action-thriller, which will be shot in different foreign locales.

Expectations are running high on the movie and Vijay fans are extremely thrilled that their favourite star is teaming up with Gautham Menon. The only thing that disappoints them is that they have to wait for more than a year to watch the film.

I still would like to hear the confirmation from Rahman ji himself.

[Sunil_M88]

Boney Kapoor has roped in AR Rahman for Mr India 2. But can he give us a Hawa Hawaii?

Shekhar Kapoor may have declined to direct Mr India 2, but Boney Kapoor is on a roll. Kapoor, who as head of entertainment content at Sahara is going to produce Mr India 2, has not only got actors from the original film, Anil Kapoor and Sridevi to revive their iconic characters, he has roped in AR Rahman too.

The music director in fact, has kept away from Bollywood music for the last two years, except for completing an old commitment (Imtiaz Ali's Rock Star). He has been busy traveling abroad for international assignments.
The reason why Rahman agreed to the film was the challenge of composing songs at par with those from the original. Songs from the 1987 film were composed by legendary duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal.

source: http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment...t-Pyarelal.htm