A great news.... the 1st day Rahman announced for Music school I was
dreaming for this that Calcutta should get one such beautiful gift.
And "Takey Takey" has got some Baul influences from Mangal Pandey.
In Baul there is a category where all the songs shows the degradation of
society...the songs mock about the fouls of society.
Arijit
On 03/04/2008, $*$ PaVaN $*$ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Music with passion, dedication
> - Calcutta's love moves A.R. Rahman to draw up major plans PRIYANKA ROY
> Music
> maestro A.R. Rahman during a shooting break at Technician's Studio. Picture
> by Aranya Sen Five years and two months have passed, but A.R. Rahman can
> still hear the cheers from the Salt Lake stadium. "The love and response
> that I got from Calcutta are still fresh in my memory. It was overwhelming,"
> said the music maestro on Thursday.
> Overwhelming enough for him to plan a return to the city stage, with an
> "even bigger" concert, by the end of the year. And also to keep Calcutta on
> the list of probable venues for his second music conservatory after Chennai.
> The February 2003 concert, held in association with The Telegraph, was his
> first in the country and remains "one of the biggest ever", according to
> Rahman, who breezed through town as the guest judge for the shoot of the
> season finale of *Airtel Bandwagon*, a TV reality show promoting new music
> bands.
> "Calcutta's music has an extremely youthful vibe. It has a certain passion
> and dedication. The people here are honest to their music," said Rahman,
> looking to promote regional talent on a national stage.
> "I explored Baul music in *Mangal Pandey. *I am open to discovering new
> talents and sounds from Bengal," smiled Rahman, battling a touch of fever,
> but keen to talk about Calcutta and his keyboard.
> The man with the Midas touch, who counts Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty and Ustad
> Rashid Khan among his favourites ("I have listened to them to a great
> extent"), said he did not get to see Calcutta "as often as Chennai or
> Mumbai", but hoped to "discover new things about the city, especially its
> music".
> At Technician's Studio on Thursday afternoon, dressed in a maroon *kurta*and
> jeans, Rahman was all encouragement for the young musicians.
> "There is no dearth of talent here. In my opinion, bands will work big
> time on the national music scene in the near future," he said.
> The man who has redefined Bollywood film music — with the likes of *Roja,
> Bombay, Dil Se, Lagaan, Taal, Rang De Basanti, Guru *and now *Jodhaa-Akbar
> — *is tuned into his music conservatory where national musicians will be
> trained in western classical music.
> Chennai throws open its doors in June, and the options are open for the
> second destination.
> "Such a project requires a great deal of time and effort, but I am open to
> such a venture in Calcutta," smiled Rahman, who is also plotting an album 10
> years after the super success of *Vande Mataram.*
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> http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080404/jsp/calcutta/story_9091258.jsp
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