WELL SAID UMESH, YOU HAVE WROTE WHAT I HAVE IN MY HEART AND COULD NOT FIND WORDS AND TIME TO WRITE.
NIVEN (MAURITIUS) --- In [email protected], "yasheer_ar2" <yasheer_...@...> wrote: > > Chinna Chinna Aasai to Taxi: > The Mozart's Journey > "Ulagamellam Engal > Tamil Paatu! > Nilavu saaindhada enna rate?? > Western engaluku vilayattu!!No > Problem!!" > > (The World resounds with our > tamil songs!! > What is the bet for the moon > to dance to it?? > Western music is child's play > for us!! No Problem) > > These lines from "No Problem" > in "Lovebirds" underline > the significance of Allah Rakha > Rahman in the world of Indian > music. > > Late 1980s Indian cine music > witnessed a new beginning in > the form of Chinna Chinna Aasai > in Roja. Mani Ratnam was laughed > at for giving up on the Midas > of his earlier films-Ilayaraja > (Think of Anjali, Thalapathy, > Nayagan etc)- for this new gold > merchant known for some ad jingles. > Roja happened and Rahman became > an overnight sensation. The > new sounds of Rukkumani enthralled > fans all over. Rahman won the > national award that year. > [A R Rahman] > > Then Rahman teamed with Shankar > in Gentleman which was another > revelation. Chikku Bukku Rayile > was the youth anthem of early > 1990s. Thiruda Thiruda with > Mani Ratnam was full of international > sounds. Music which was new > to Indian films. Audio cassettes > started selling in groves. Audio > release functions which were > hitherto mere rituals became > an important part of the film's > promotion. Music became the > lifeline of the movies. > > Pettai rap, Mukkala muqabla > and Urvasi gave the right platform > for Prabhu Deva to burst into > Tamil cinema with breathtaking > choreography. Pettai Rap became > the catchword of 1994. Bombay > sold a record 5 million cassettes. > With Rangeela he burst into > direct Hindi films. Minsara > Kanavu fetched him another national > award. > > Then came Vande Matharam. The > 50th year of independence saw > this lovely musical tribute > to India by Rahman. Full of > passion and energy which has > become the perennial favourite > for all Independence Day occasions. > August 15; Switch on your TV; > Tune in to your favourite radio > station; Go to the parade grounds > where your whole city will be > celebrating the day with fervor. > There will be one voice and > one voice only. The Voice of > Rahman singing Maa Thuje Salaam. > > The same year saw the best friendship > song in Tamil cinema. Anyone > who has passed out from college > will sob after hearing this > Musthafa Musthafa in Kadhal > Desam. Many music directors > are trying to get in their own > replacement for musthafa. Alas! > It is yet to happen!! > > Dil Se released in 1998. Chaiyya > chaiyya became a big chartbuster. > The stunning visuals atop the > Ooty train, sizzling Malaika > Arora and fantastic choreography > gelled together to give the > only song in Bollywood which > has a separate article in Wikipedia. > Then Rahman went global and > composed for the musical theatrical > Bombay Dreams produced by Sir > Andrew Lloyd Webber. It was > enacted in Broadway. > > TIME magazine called him the > `Mozart Of Madras'. > "His songs were recognizably > Indian but paraded a world of > musical influences, from raga > to reggae, from Broadway to > Ennio Morricone, with each tune > heightening the film's drama" > - TIME magazine noted. His Roja > featured in the top 10 albums > of all time. He started appearing > in the list of 100 most selling > international artists. He became > the first Indian to appear on > the cover of `Rolling > Stones'. > > Lagaan was called `a gripping > musical' by the Academy > Awards Committee. Yeh jo des > hai struck a chord with NRIs > all over the world. Chaiyya > Chaiyya was used in the title > credits of the Hollywood flick > Inside Man. He composed music > for The Lord Of The Rings theatre > production. The theme music > in Bombay was used in Lord Of > War. Two tracks from Rang De > Basanti and one from Water were > short-listed for 2007 Academy > Awards but just could not make > it. He has done international > concerts in Singapore, Australia, > Dubai, USA, Malaysia, Canada > and UK. He is the Indian ambassador > for the global campaign against > TB (an undertaking of WHO). > He has won 23 filmfare awards, > 6 state awards and 4 national > awards. He has been conferred > with the Padma Shri. > > Rahman is the one-stop for music > with diverse genres. > > Folk- Kizhakku Cheemayile, Karuthamma, > Madhuraiku Pogadhadi. > Rap - Taxi Taxi, Dating. > Adrenaline pumping intro songs > - Oruvan oruvan, Ella pugazhum. > Jazz - jillunu oru kadhal, hello > mr.edhirkatchi, > Qawwali- Khwaja mere Khwaja, > ad jingles- airtel > The list is endless... > > This BBBIIIGGG article has been > written in response to many > who are writing Rahman off. > He may look off color to some. > But many chartbusters of 2008 > are his. He has been nominated > for the Golden Globe Award for > Slumdog millionaire that has > been winning critics awards > all over USA in film festivals. > > By > A Passionate Rahmaniac From > Birth > Umesh > Email: > umesh....@...://www.behindwoods.com/features/visitors-1/ar-rah\ > man-02-01-09.html > <http://www.behindwoods.com/features/visitors-1/ar-rahman-02-01-09.html> >
