If you enjoy Beethoven, you'll love Yuvvraaj - ARR AR Rahman is rendering rap to Tamil literature and educating Bollywood about Beethoven
A R RAHMAN is a man of few words and says he gets bored easily, occasionally even of his own compositions. He's clearly in the mood for reinvention. Rahman and Phat Phish, an entertainment company, have plunged into the reality-show brigade with The Big Band and will soon tour 15 cities searching for that one magical group of musicians. "Bands in our country are highly underestimated. And if there is one thing that reality shows have succeeded at, it's discovering great talent," says Rahman. Formatted as a travelogue, the show will move to neighbouring countries including Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Nepal and is expected to go on air by December on Doordarshan. "It's about the content not the channel," insists Rahman. On the personal music front, Rahman has two feature releasesSubhash Ghai's Yuvvraaj and Danny Boyle's Slum Dog Millionnaire. "Yuvvraaj's music is classical and if you enjoy Beethoven, you'll love this," he says about the Salman Khan-Katrina Kaif film. And Slum Dog? "It's about multi-culturalism, bridging gaps across the globe," says Rahman. But if there's one project that Rahman gets animated about, it is the rap version of the English translation of Thirukkural, the classic Tamil work which he is creating. Rapper Blaaze will be singing it. "Akon has expressed interest in singing a Punjabi song and talks are on with his manager. But one has to understand that bhangra is not the only flavour of India," he signs off. Since it's Rahman, it's a point well taken. http://www.screenindia.com/news/Baron-rap/377040/ <http://www.screenindia.com/news/Baron-rap/377040/> -- regards.. Krish.. His Music ~ My Mother Tongue Q: Aravind AM Question: Sir, In most of your songs, there are very minute and very fine sounds -which may hardly be noticeable to a normal listener, but if we actually notice them, we appreciate the sheer brilliance. What motivates to to make all those fine nuances in your songs, though the efforts that you put in for beautifying the song may not reach the audience? ARR says : There is a story of Michelangelo -- if I am not wrong -- which I heard recently. It seems that he was painting beautiful pictures at the back of the church. People told him you are a fool because you are not painting in the front where people can appreciate your work. The answer was: I do my work for God to watch it. I think he can watch it anywhere. I thought it was a brilliant answer because everything doesn't need to have instant appreciation. Even if one of you have appreciated those fine nuances, that is enough for me. www.orkut.com/AlbumList.aspx?uid=7295035299513517297 <http://www.orkut.com/AlbumList.aspx?uid=7295035299513517297>
