2008 was A R Rahman's Year !
Zafri Mudasser Nofil
New Delhi, Dec 26
(PTI) But for a few delightful scores from the likes of A R Rahman and
troika Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, there was nothing much the Bollywood music
industry had to cheer about during 2008.
Rahman began the year with "Jodhaa Akbar", followed it with "Jaane
Tu...Ya Jaane Na" and capped them with the score of British director
Danny Boyle's film "Slumdog Millionaire", for which he has received a
Golden Globe nomination, and "Ghajini".
"Jodhaa Akbar" was quite enjoyable though the film bombed. The
epic had tracks like 'Azeem-o-shaan shahenshah', 'Khwaja mere khwaja'
and 'Jashn-e-bahaara' that went down well with the listeners.
The youthful music of "Jaane Tu...Ya Jaane Na" struck a chord with
'Pappu can't dance' becoming a favourite and even prompting many a
party to use it during recent poll campaigns.
The 'Mozart of Madras', as Time magazine once dubbed Rahman, with
a melange of pop, jazz and retro elements also conjured tracks like
'Kabhi kabhi Aditi zindagi', 'Nazrein milaana nazrein churaana' 'Kahin
to hogi wo', 'Jaane tu mera kya hai' and 'Tu Bole, main boloon', which
became popular too.
Rahman is found to be at his best in the "Slumdog Millionaire"
score. Be it the 'O...Saaya', the East meets West 'Mausam and escape',
the folk number "Ringa Ringa" or the hip-hop 'Gangsta blues', Rahman
just proves he is a cut above the rest.
The music also won Rahman a satellite awards given by the International
Press Academy. PTI
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