Wow! I hope now the music companies advertise about all Rahman albums that would release in the future in EU and US.
--- In [email protected], Gopal Srinivasan <catchg...@...> wrote: > > > Rahman's Oscar nominations trigger big interest in his music > 9 hours ago > TORONTO A.R. Rahman has mesmerized Bollywood fans for almost two decades, but a whole new > audience is now discovering the Oscar-nominated composer, says the CEO of a company that has > just released an album featuring his music. > Rahman has three Academy Award nominations for his work on "Slumdog Millionaire." > "I think what that movie did was put his music in front of an audience that never listened to > him before, appreciated before, and now is finding it of interest to them," said Vinodh Bhat, > CEO of New York-based Saavn, which recently released "Masters of Bollywood: A. R. Rahman." > "What essentially we did is look back in our library of hundreds of thousands of audio tracks > we have, plus of new releases, and take what we thought the best of A. R. Rahman was and > present that to ... music listeners, music fans around the world that instantaneously became > fans of his after watching the movie," Bhat said. > The album is available for downloading through a variety of online vendors. Its highlights > include tracks from last year's Bollywood superhit movie "Jodha Akbar" and the forthcoming film > "Delhi-6". > "The buzz in the Bollywood community is that this ('Delhi-6') is one of the best A. R. Rahman > soundtracks ever, which we thought was interesting given the fact that he's won all these > awards for 'Slumdog Millionaire' so far," Bhat said. > Rahman, 43, became a household name in India in 1992 when he won the National Film Award for > his debut movie "Roja." He has since been Bollywood's most sought- after composer, working on > some 150 films. > According to one estimate, Rahman has sold more than 100 million CDs and 200 million cassettes. > The composer/songwriter/singer has collaborated with western entertainers before, but his big > break came when he won the Golden Globe for the "Slumdog" score last month. > "My win is a win for Indian music. And I want to bring India more and more recognition in the > field of music," he told People magazine. > Rahman seems well aware that India's movie-crazy citizens want him to come up big on Feb. 22 - > Oscar night. > "I feel like one of our sportspersons at the Olympics who is being told to bring home a gold > medal," he was quoted as saying by the Times of India. > "I hope I don't let people in India, who are expecting me to win the Oscar, down." > On the Internet: > http://www.arrahman.com > > http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iQ2zjCZD RQy5bxNItW6uPP68ZLYA >
