hahahaha meenakshi..dull score?.... if thats dull...then what is lively according to the source?..hehe
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Jahanzeb Farooq <[email protected]>wrote: > > Meenakshi, dull score?? > > i guess the article is from indiafm. so no wonder. > > --- In [email protected] <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, Shah > Navas <shahnavas....@...> > wrote: > > > > *2003-2004*: The Rahman Hindi bandwagon hits a lull with dull scores > like > > Tehzeeb, Meenakshi - A Tale Of Three Cities and Lakeer. > > > > Meenakshi, dull score?? > > > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 8:02 PM, Moin Ul Haque > <moinulha...@...>wrote: > > > > > Not sure if this is posted earlier. Old article after the > Golden globe > > > win. ---------------------------------------------------From > Rukmani to > > > Jai ho > > > > > > *Allah Rakha Rahman's* journey is no less incredible than that of > the > > > protagonist of Slumdog Millionaire. From a South Indian regional > composer > > > with a National award for his debut film 16 years back, Rahman has > now won > > > three nominations at the Oscars for his songs in a mainstream > Hollywood film > > > > > > > > > *1966:* On January 6, A.S.Dileep Kumar is born to R.K.Shekhar, > > > composer-arranger in Malayalam films. His father passes away when > Dileep is > > > just nine. The family subsists on hiring out musical equipment to > leading > > > composers. > > > > > > *1977:* Rahman joins Ilayaraja as keyboardist after training with > Master > > > Dhanraj. He also plays for M. S. Viswanathan and Ramesh Naidu and > with Zakir > > > Hussain, Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan and L. Shankar on world tours and > soon > > > obtains a scholarship from the Trinity College of Music in London, > where he > > > graduates with a degree in Western Classical music. > > > > > > *1989:* The family converts to Islam and the boy is renamed Allah > Rakha > > > Rahman. Rahman becomes a keyboard player and arranger in the band > Roots with > > > childhood friend A.Sivamani. He is the founder of the rock band > Nemesis > > > Avenue and also plays keyboard, piano, the synthesizer, harmonium > and > > > guitar. > > > > > > *1991:* Rahman starts a recording studio in his house and starts > composing > > > for jingles and television serials. > > > > > > *1992:* Mani Ratnam, who has been watching Ilayaraja's assistant, > gives > > > him an independent break with Roja, the original Tamil film. A new > style of > > > music is introduced and in a first-time feat later equalled only > by Ismail > > > Darbar with the Hindi film Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, bags the > National Award > > > for a debut score, the first of four. > > > > > > *1993:* Roja is dubbed in Hindi and as it sweeps the charts, led > by Dil > > > hai chhota sa and the "item" song Rukmani Rukmani, Roja also > brings into > > > focus the hitherto-neglected talent of singer Hariharan, who is > suddenly > > > considered chart-friendly! With this score, Rahman forever changes > the > > > future of Hindi film music. > > > His Tamil chartbuster that year is Thiruda Thiruda. > > > > > > *1994-1995:* Two films of Rahman are dubbed in Hindi - his hit > Kaadhalan > > > as Humse Hai Muqabala and Bombay. More importantly, several music > directors > > > officially (The Gentleman) and otherwise (Angrakshak, Sabse Bada > Khiladi et > > > al) pilfer his Tamil hits. > > > Duet, Indira and Muthu are his Tamil hits that year. And Rahman > gets his > > > first international honour - the Mauritius National award in 1995. > > > In late 1995, Rahman writes history all over again with his debut > original > > > Hindi film, Rangeela. Asha Bhosle returns to high-tide with Yai re > and Tanha > > > tanha after a lull. > > > > > > *1996:* More of Rahman's films are dubbed, with indifferent > results except > > > for Hindustani (Indian). > > > But the Tamil scenario is still upbeat with Love Birds and Kadhal > Desam. > > > Rahman also scores the background music for his first crossover > film Fire. > > > And Minsaara Kanavu wins Rahman his second National award. > > > > > > *1997:* Sapnay, the dubbed version of the 1996 hit marks the debut > of > > > singer KK with Strawberry aankhen, a top name today, and the > breakthrough of > > > Hema Sardesai with Awara bhanwre. It begins his long association > with Javed > > > Akhtar. > > > Sony Music (now Sony-BMG) signs Rahman as their first-ever South > Asian > > > artiste for the hit album Vande Mataram. > > > The Tamil hits include Iruvar, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's debut. > > > > > > *1998:* The composer storms the charts with Mani Ratnam's first > original > > > Hindi film, Dil Se…, ending the struggle of singer Sukhwinder > Singh with > > > Chal chhaiyya chhaiyya, and the singer's association with him will > now peak > > > with the Oscar nomination for Jai ho from Slumdog Millionaire. The > same is > > > true of his journey with Gulzar, whose best phase as a top > lyricist begins. > > > The film also features his first song with Lata Mangeshkar, Jiya > jale. Also > > > released this year is Jeans. > > > > > > *1999:* Rahman finally makes a proper pan-Indian breakthrough with > Subhash > > > Ghai's Taal, a musical love story that wins him his first Screen > award. In > > > the same year, Deepa Mehta's Earth is released in Hindi as 1947 > with a > > > highly-appreciated, underrated but not-too-popular score. These > two films > > > cement his association with Ghai and Anand Bakshi (till his death > in 2002), > > > Javed Akhtar and Aamir Khan. > > > He also tours Germany with Michael Jackson in the Michael Jackson > & Friends > > > Concert. > > > > > > *2000:* Rahman scores his first home production of a Mumbai hero - > Anil > > > Kapoor, in Pukar. This is also the first of his only two films > with Phalke > > > laureate lyricist Majrooh Sultanpuri. > > > The Tamil side is noted for Kandukondain Kandukondain and Thenali. > > > > > > *2001:* Lagaan, Aamir Khan's first film, wins him the National > Best Music > > > award for the first time for a Hindi film. Careful observers term > this his > > > most accomplished score in Hindi till then. > > > > > > *2002:* Saathiya makes the industry take note of Kunal Ganjawala > with O > > > humdum suniyo re. There is also an evocative score in The Legend > Of Bhagat > > > Singh. > > > Back home in the South, Rahman scores with Kannathil Mutthamittal > and Baba. > > > > > > > > > *2003-2004*: The Rahman Hindi bandwagon hits a lull with dull > scores like > > > Tehzeeb, Meenakshi - A Tale Of Three Cities and Lakeer. But it > ends on > > > another high with Swades. > > > Rahman get the rare honour of scoring for the Chinese film > Warriors Of > > > Heaven And Earth and Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage presentation > Bombay Dreams. > > > He backs out of Indian commitments like Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa and > Kisna > > > after recording a few songs. He also notches the highest tally > among > > > National award-winning composers with Kannathil Muthamittal, his > fourth > > > trophy. > > > With Finnish folk music band Värttinä, he scores music for The > Lord Of The > > > Rings, a theatre production, and also composes the piece Raga's > Dance for > > > Vanessa Mae's album Choreography. > > > The whizkid is also appointed Global Ambassador to the WHO > initiative, Stop > > > TB Partnership. > > > > > > *2005:* Rahman fails to recreate the period magic of his two > earlier films > > > with Mangal Pandey - The Rising and Netaji - The Forgotten Hero. > But his two > > > songs in Kisna are noticed. And for every low the composer gets a > > > compensatory high: He inaugurates his state-of-the-art AM Studios > in Chennai > > > and Time Magazine lists Roja among the Top 10 Movie soundtracks of > all time. > > > > > > > > > *2006:* Rahman composes the heady Daler Mehndi-Chitra sarson- > sambar > > > title-track for Rang De Basanti. Here begins another fruitful > association - > > > with Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and lyricist Prasoon Joshi. > > > Rahman also launches his own music label, KM Music, with his score > for > > > Sillunu Oru Kaadhal. He also gets an Honorary award from Stanford > University > > > for his contribution for global music. > > > > > > *2007:* On his 42nd anniversary, he inaugurates the K.M.Music > > > Conservatory. In a double whammy, Rahman grabs both Best Music and > Best > > > Background Score trophies for Guru from Nokia Star-Screen. He also > scores > > > the background music for Provoked and composes the third of Deepa > Mehta's > > > trilogies, Water. Rahman also co-composes Shekhar Kapoor's > Elizabeth: The > > > Golden Age. > > > The home front is represented by the all-time blockbuster Sivaji - > The > > > Boss. > > > > > > *2008:* Jodhaa Akbar (for which he clinches another Screen trophy > for > > > Background Score) and Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na (for which he gets > Screen's Best > > > Music Award) are highs enough, but that great times are coming is > evident > > > from his tail-end 2008 release Ghajini becoming India's all-time > biggest > > > grosser. Slumdog Millionaire, his mainstream Hollywood film has > won him a > > > Golden Globe Best Music nomination and hosannas galore abroad > including 10 > > > other nominations and awards from various organisations for Best > Score and > > > Best Song. > > > > > > *2009:* The incredible happens - in his birthday month, A.R.Rahman > wins > > > the two Screen awards mentioned above, the Golden Globe for the > score of > > > Slumdog… and Best Music and two Best Song nominations for Jai ho > and also O > > > saya, for which he also co-writes lyrics. He is the first Indian > to win > > > three Oscar nominations. The Oscar is now a possible - no, make > that likely > > > - dream. > > > And the journey continues.. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > (¨`•.•´¨) Always > > > `•.¸(¨`•.•´¨) Keep > > > `•.¸¸.•´ Smiling! > > > > > > GOD BLESS YOU > > > With Love and Care Always > > > Moin.H > > > > > > -- > > > Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who > treat > > > you right. Forget about the one's who don't. Believe everything > happens for > > > a reason. If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands. > If it > > > changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they > just > > > promised it would be worth it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
