He was indeed credited as "A R Rahman"
On 3/11/08, durba bhattacharjee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It was 'Spirit of Unity Concerts for National Integration' airing every > Sunday at 10 in the morning. I used to watch it religiously even before I > heard Roja. I never cared to check the credit list at the end to see > who composed the title music, though I used to like it very much. It was > only after the 'roja experience' one day when the program started I thought > that it must be by ARR. Then only I checked the credits at the end and came > to know that it was by A. R. Rahman. As far as I can remember, he was not > credited as 'Dileep Kumar'. Later probably they had felicitated him and > included the footage also during the begining or ending credits. > > *avyayan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > Mine was at a family party, sometime in '92, when the booming chants > of Rukkumani filled an almost cellar-like room. I walked up to the > in-house "DJ" and asked what's this - is it Indian. "Yeah," came the > reply, "some Rahman dude." And that was moment I fell in love with his > music. > > --- In [email protected] <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > sunil karthik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Now lemme share my experience.. > > though i was a kid probably studying in 3 rd or 4 th i used > to like hearing to gud music. My father used to tell me a lot about > illayaraja. I used to hear his music a lot. Then on a sunday i was > watching " the sprit of unity " ( i may be wrong with the name) > program in dd. Wow the music was magical. I asked my dad who the music > director was. My dad had to wait till the next week to see the credits > of the program and answer me. It was ar rahman. the name sort of mixed > in my heart and i never used to miss the program( i still wonder now , > ARR 's name would have been Dheleep kumar then but how did i know his > name then!!) . > > I was in 5 th standard, my sister bought an audio > cassett and it was Roja. i was not really interested. i was looking at > the cassette cover and i found the music dir to be rahman..wow!! i > then suerly knew that it would be magical. I started to hear it. > Right frm the very 1st sec till the last i was in heaven. > > That was the only time i did not buy a Rahman audio. > > I was also present in the chennai concert organised by marg last month. > > Rahman u rock.. !! > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Pravinder Sheoran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [email protected] <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, 27 February, 2008 2:43:59 PM > > Subject: [arr] Re: When I heard ARR for the first time !!! > > > > Hi All, > > Nice to read everyone's first experience of listening ARR. > > > > I Unconsciously listened ARR from Roja time. > > Roja used to be telecasted on DD1 every 15 August. > > I used to wait for the part where BGM comes, the one which is the > > beggining of Roja Janeman song. > > > > Consciously i started listening ARR from Zubeidaa. > > The song used to come on radio and i loved it. > > Later on i found out that it was a Shyam Benegal film, the director > > was my most favorite one. Because of that i bought Cassette. > > Came to know about A R Rahman and the process started; the end of > > which was me becoming a Rahmaniac. > > > > Pravinder > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, "Bergin Roy" <berginroy@ ..> > wrote: > > > > > > Dear Rahmaniacs, > > > > > > I'm not sure, if this has been discussed earlier. I'd love to start a > > > thread of messages, to share the experience when we listened to ARR's > > > music for the first time ever. And how we were impressed / flattened. > > > Got this idea, when i was reading review of Roja music in a website. > > > Especially from Gopal / Vijay, would love to know your first > > > experience listening to ARR. > > > > > > Let me start... > > > I happened to know about ARR very very late. I was in Class 9 i > > > guess. We were in Ooty then. So movies dont get release than soon as > > > in other cities. I came to know about him during the National Award > > > for Roja. > > > > > > It was an evening, i had returned from School. There was a program in > > > DD, curtain raiser for the National Award. Thats when i first heard > > > the magical sound that i havent heard ever till then. My God... i > > > said, what a sound it was, it went thru my nerves and mixed on to my > > > blood. It was the song, "Pudhu Vellai mazhai...", the initial > > > interlude, made me shiver in the Kashmiri snow, i really felt a cold > > > when the chill sound splashes along with the beat... Wow man... and > > > so my next question was, who is the composer. Next comes the > > > surprise, a 25 year old young chap... And i ran out to the music shop > > > to grab a cassette. > > > > > > I was flattened and still breathing his music. > > > > > > And i soaked in his music since then... I was called as "Rahman" in > > > my college hostel. Siraj would know that... > > > Where ever I go since then, ppl talking to me for 2 days will know > > > that i'm a fan of ARR. That much i talk on ARR. :) > > > > > > Its been 17 yrs now. I cherish the times i run to music shops to grab > > > the first cassette on almost all releases. Now, at the age of 30, > > > i've somehow lost the habit of grabbing the first CD/Cassette, may be > > > not getting time or out of reach, but the passion towards his music, > > > will be there till my last breathe. > > > > > > Listening now to his voice "yelelo... " from Chinna Chinna Aasai... > > > > > > - Bergin > > > Breathing HIS music. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 5, 50, 500, 5000 - Store N number of mails in your inbox. Go > to http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. 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