I glad about this news...He is Kutti Puyal of the india.And is the
International sound of the India .The Power list no is. 37.The one & only music
director is having placed in the power list.
Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The edition dated March 26, 2007 of India Today, India's highest selling
English news magazine
carries it's annual power list for 2007 as the cover story.
Unlike the Filmfare power list which is restricted to the entertainment (read:
Bollywood)
industry, the India Today list includes people from all walks of public life.
ARR figures at No. 37 on this list
No. 37 A.R.Rahman
40, Music Director (New)
Little Master
Because he is the international sound of India, whether it is his soundtrack
for Shekhar Kapur
's much touted The Golden Age or his collaboration with Finnish folk music
band
Varttina and
Christopher Nightingale to compose music for the West End production of the
Lord of Rings.
Because when Water was nominated to the oscars and Rang De Basanti made it to
the BAFTAs, the
band played his songs. Because respected filmmakers like Mani Ratnam and
Ashutosh Gowariker are
willing to delay their film release till he completes the background score.
Because as
ambassador for WorldSpace, he is the first music director to be recognized as
a
musician who
has a talent for spotting voices that soar, from Naresh Iyer to Madhushree.
The Road Ahead
He wants to start his own label to publish his non-film compositions and songs
of legends Ustad
Ghulam Mustafa Khan
Yes, you heard it right:
HIs theme from Bombay was featured as the Bombay Theme in Nicolas Cage's Lord
of War and
Chaiyyan Chaiyyan from Dil Se brought up the opening and closing credits of
Spike Lee's Inside
Man.
Did you know:
He refused to compose for Shah Rukh Khan's Om Shanti Om because he did not get
the publishing
rights to the soundtrack.
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