Gone through an excellent journey through your writeup Arrvind. Thanks for that.
Kalyan K. On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 2:00 AM, ARRvind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > With the advent of a new promising decade and being just passed off a > musically stupendous decade, i just felt to rewind our great Rahman sir's > works and achievements by my simple mere words here.! Well, it just goes out > to be an understatement if we all declare A.R.Rahman sir as [b]"The Man Of > The Decade"[/b] in the entertainment category. > Raining Filmfares, Padmashree, Doctorates, Lata Mangeshkar Awards, > National Awards, State Awards, Golden Globes, BAFTAs,Swaralaya Yesudas > Awards, Grammy Nominations and above all the Oscar Academy awards,not > withstanding, Rahman sir clearly won millions and trillions of hearts across > the globe. I, personally consider that more than those aforementioned > awards, its the love among the hearts of people that has made what Rahman > sir is today! > Lets all rewind back to his illustrious works and corresponding > achievements of the decade 2000 - 2009: > > 2000 > > 1) Alaipayuthey (Tamil) > --> A Manirathnam - Rahman Sir Combination Classic Runaway hit! > --> Won Filmfare South Best Music Director Award > > 2) Fiza (Hindi) > --> Graced the movie as a guest composer and composed an anthem Qawwali > "Piya Haji Ali" which no one would ever forget > > 3) Kandukondain Kandukondain (Tamil) > --> A Musical Superhit in Rajeev Menon - Rahman Sir combination after > Minsaara Kanavu > > 4) Rhythm (Tamil) > --> A sugary sweet and simple composition by Sir > > 5) Thenali (Tamil) > --> A laugh riot flick in the combination of Rahman Sir - Kamal Haasan - > K.S.Ravikumar > > 6) Zubeidaa (Hindi) > --> A classic periodical love story by Shyam Benegal.It was ARR's signature > tunes that stood up in the movie and well received! > > 2001 > > 1) One 2 Ka 4 (Hindi) > --> Movie turned out to be damp squib despite the presence of most > influential people: ARR Sir and Shah Rukh Khan > > 2) Star (Tamil) > --> Rahman sir re-used most of his "Thakshak" and "1947-Earth" tunes onto > this one.The response was moderate though! > > 3)Naayak (Hindi) > --> Remake of Tamil Hit "Mudhalvan", the same songs were re-used and the > response was great! > > 4)Lagaan (Hindi) > --> One of the most successful Cinemas in the film industry, Rahman sir > proved the world that there is no one to replace him in period films. > --> ARR swept away almost all awards for the year > National Award for the best Music Direction > Filmfare Award for the best Music Direction > IIFA Award for the best Music Direction > Zee Cine Award for the best Music Direction > > 5) Paarthale Paravasam (Tamil) > --> Hugely anticipated movie of the year since it was legendary director > K.Balachander's 100th flick! Songs were well received but the movie sank > without a trace! > > 6) Alli Arjuna (Tamil) > --> Another masala flick which had tunes of "Pukar", "1947 Earth" and "One > 2 Ka 4" all mixed together. Both the songs and film was soon forgotten since > all felt that the songs have already been heard before in Hindi! > > 2002 > > 1)Kannathil Muthammital (Tamil) > --> The year began with a bang with Rahman sir teaming up again with > Manirathnam.The result: A Megahit venture! > > -->ARR was again the most favourite among the award presenters > National Award for the best Music Direction > Filmfare South Award for the best Music Direction > > 2)Saathiya (Hindi) > --> A hit remake of the Tamil classic hit "Alaipayuthey" > --> Songs became a rage among masses and classes with ARR grabbing : > Filmfare Award for the best Music Direction > Bollywood Movie Award for the best Music Direction > IIFA Award for the best Music Direction > Zee Cine Award for the best Music Direction > MTV Immies Award for the best Music Direction > > 3) The Legend Of Bhagath Singh (Hindi) > --> A revolutionary concept by Rajkumar Santoshi > --> Songs and BGMs ruled the music world while the movie bombed due to the > interventions of too many movies with the same concept released > simultaneously.ARR also received the Filmfare Best Background Music Award > for his soul stirring BGMs. > > 4) Baba (Tamil) > --> A mega hyped Rajinikanth starrer which made Rahman sir adapt to Rajni's > stardom style. The result was just moderate and movie went disastrous! > > 5) Kaadhal Virus (Tamil) > --> A breezy romantic flick which arrived and departed very quietly without > making any news! Only hardcore Rahmaniacs cherish the album till date! > > 6)Bombay Dreams (English) > --> The first and foremost widespread introduction of ARR to the entire > world! Andrew Lloyd Webber collaborated with the meastro and made a historic > win! > --> ARR won the Laurence Olivier Award(UK) for the Best Musical Score > > 7) Ek Nazaria / One Vision ( Multi) > --> ARR gave life to the magical lyrics of the then honorary President > Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam. > > 2003 > > 1)Udhaya (Tamil) > --> A commercial venture which could not in any means bring accolades by > the audience. The music was quite appreciated but not without the critics > lamblast! > > 2) Parasuram (Tamil) > --> Another run-of-the-mill flick which was least talked about even by > Rahmaniacs. One could easily make out the uncomfirtablity of Rahman sir > while working on this project! > > 3)Boys (Tamil) > --> The biggest blockbuster movie with the first magical combination of > Rahman - Shankar of the decade!Rahman ruled the roost with vibrant, peppy > and groovy numbers which became teenage anthems! > --> Its quite strange that Sir did not win any awards for such a mammoth > composition! > > 4)Enakku 20 Unakku 18 (Tamil) > Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu (Telugu) > --> This flick too falls under the same league of Boys, but the result > turned topsy turvy this time! Rahman sir though, was rained with huge > appreciation. > > 5) Kangalal Kaidhu Sei (Tamil) > --> A perfect instance of a mediocre script gobbling up the marvellous > music!Had this music been written to a good script, the result would have > been magnanimous! > > 6) Tehzeeb (Hindi) > --> First superflop album in Hindi for Rahman sir! Though it had some > magical ghazalish songs, the results were not warming enough! > > [2004 > > 1) Warriors Of Heaven and Earth (Mandarin/English) > --> An awesome feat achieved by any Indian so far, Rahman sir even ventured > into the gigantic East Asia! The indian version of one of the song was > warmly received! > > 2) Lakeer- The Forbidden Lines (Hindi) > --> ARR's magical compositions in Rhythm got its Hindi version for this > flick! Though the reception was not impressive, it did make some news ONLY > for its music! > > 3) Meenaxi: A Tale Of Three Cities (Hindi) > --> Meenaxi offered a royal feast for music lovers despite its non release > at the theaters. Ace artiste MF Hussain could cheer only because of his > flick's music sales! > --> Rahman sir received the Best Music Arrangement(Critic) Sangeet Awards > for the year! > > 4) Yuva (Hindi) > Aayitha Ezhuthu (Tamil) > --> The deadly combo Rahman - Manirathnam bounced back with this bilingual > venture which took the industry by storm for its screenplay and music! > > 5) New (Tamil) > Naani (Telugu) > --> The SJ Surya directed bilingual movie was more talked about for its > controversy rather than the nice reasons. > > 6) Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa (Hindi) > --> Rahman sir worked again as a guest composer and composed 3 awesome > tracks and left the rest to Himesh Reshammiya > > 7) Swades (Hindi) > --> The most sophisticated yet simple musical score by Rahman sir! > Acclaimed director Ashutosh Gowariker made no mistake in roping in his > Lagaan team yet again! > --> Rahman sir won the Filmfare for the Best Background Score for the year! > > > 8) Kisna (Hindi) > --> Guest composer again for the 3rd time. This time ARR shared the musical > credits with Ismail Darbar. ARR composed total 3 tracks for the movie! > > 2005 > > 1) [maroon][b]Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose - The Forgotten Hero > (Hindi)[/b][/maroon] > --> A rich, lavish composition by ARR unfortunately got misplaced and as > the title of the movie, the music also was long forgotten by the people. > Only cult section of people preserve this pure composition! > > 2) Mangal Pandey: The Rising (Hindi) > --> Another period film which proved that ARR is the most chosen favorite > for the period flicks! Again all efforts made by ARR went in vain, since > neither the movie nor the songs were accepted by the people! But performance > wise, ARR did magic with Mujras and Qawwalis for this lose script! > > 3) Anbae Aaruyire/ Ah Aah (Tamil) > --> After New, SJ Surya and ARR united again for this flick which again > made news for all the wrong reasons! ARR created a furore in the musical > department, but the film's debacle harmed the music score ! > > 4)Water (Hindi/ English) > > --> Another internationally acclaimed album by ARR which showcaused his > talent in handling sensitive subject. Deepa Mehta once again proved that her > team up with ARR is unarguably a classy best. The soundtracks proved the > classical expertise of seasoned singers Sadhana Sargam and Sukhwinder Singh! > --> ARR almost had a chance of winning the Academy Awards when his Chanchan > was nominated for the Best Original Song! > > 2006 > > 1) Rang De Basanti (Hindi) > --> In came RDB, and ARR silenced all critics who were going over the board > claiming ARR has lost his touch! A massive hit soundtracks backed with a > rock strong script made RDB a classic wonder! > --> ARR swept away accolades and awards such as > Filmfare Award for the Best Music Direction > GIFA Award for the Best Music Direction > IIFA Award for the Best Music Direction > Star Screen Award for the Best Background Music > Zee Cine Award for the Best Music Direction > Planet Bollywood's People's Choice Best Music and Best Background > Music Awards > > 2) Sillunu Oru Kadhal (Tamil) > --> ARR bounced back to the kollywood music generating a teenage love > anthem thorugh the soundtracks of this flick! Though the movie was not wery > widely accepted, the audio tracks created a rage across the nation! > --> ARR won Filmfare South Award for Best Music Direction > > > 3) Varalaaru (Tamil) > --> It was a great year for ARR with back to back superhits. Varalaaru > created a history in both music and script! A perfect blend of classical, > folk, Melody and peppy songs made all masala lovers go bersek and love them! > > --> ARR won an unsual award at the Just Plain Folks Music Awards for the > best music direction > > 4)The Lord Of The Rings Musical (English) > --> A Prestigious project for ARR which propelled his growth in the western > cinema! The audio sales were super impressive and ARR became a household > name across the west. > > 5) Guru (Hindi) > --> The Guru of Movie makers and the Guru of Music directors united again > for this big blockbuster roping in the Bachchan clan in the lead roles. The > most versatile album of the year made Rahman stand all among all his > contemproaries! > --> Yet again, ARR swept accross all the leading awards for both the songs > and BGMS for the year! > Filmfare Award for Best Music Direction and Best Background Music > IIFA Award for Best Music Direction and Best Background Music > Star Screen Award for Best Music Direction and Best Background Music > Zee Cine Award for Best Music Direction and Best Background Music > V.Shantaram Award for Best Music > > 6) Pray For Me Brother (English) > --> The album showed the generosity side of Rahman who made a charity song > for the street children suffering from diseases. Since it was not > commercialized to the greater extent, this work of ARR remains to be hidden > for many people! > > 2007 > > 1)Provoked (English) > --> A hollywood production house flick with Aishwarya Rai Bachhan in the > lead had many instrumentals composed by ARR. Surprisingly, the music did not > make any news and it was moderately received! > > 2) Sivaji -The Boss (Tamil) > --> A grand Mass entry by ARR in Tamil for the year. Owing to the mass > subject for Rajinikanth, ARR belted out mass entertainers which was > considered as the year's blockbuster album! > --> ARR was showered upon the accolades and awards for the album > Filmfare South Awards for the Best Music Direction > Sunfeast Tamil Music Awards for the Best Music Composer of the Year > Star Vijay Award for Best Music Director > > 3) Elizabeth: The Golden Age (English) > --> A Shekar Kapur - ARR combo that made little news both pre and post > release! ARR composed only Four tracks sung by himself for the movie! > > 4) One Love (Multilingual) > --> Just to popularize TajMahal, ARR made this album in many languages like > Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Bengali. The result was so > enormous that many people voted for the Taj and squeezed it into the list of > new 7 wonders of the World! > > 5) Azhagiya Tamil Magan (Tamil) > --> Sweetly remembered as ATM, the music of the album rocked the airwaves > across southern india and became a massive hit! Vijay - ARR combination that > failed in Udhaya, bounced back with this album! Many young singers had the > priviledge to croon the songs for ARR. > > 2008 > > 1)Jodhaa Akbar (Hindi) > --> A grand mighty epic based on emperor Akbar and princes Jodhaa Bhai that > thronged the box office right after its release. ARR, the musical emperor > propelled the film to look more classy and majestic! The very feel of the > music haunts all the people till date. > --> And the obvious results was...Raining awards > Filmfare Award for Best Background Score > IIFA Award for Best Music Direction > IIFA Award for Best Background Music Score > Star Screen Award for Best Background Music Score > V.Shantaram Award for Best Music > > 2) Al-Risalah (English) > --> Rahman composed and sang this haunting sufi number for the movie The > Mesaage. Not promoted well and hence fall flat without a notice! > > 3)Aasmaan (Hyderabad Airport Signature Tune) > --> Hyderabad enjoyed the cake by roping in AR for a signature tune for its > grand launch of International Airport! Naresh Iyer crooned to this lovely > song. However, it did not create much impact on rest of the states! > > 4) Sakkarakatti (Tamil) > --> ARR's last Tamil release yet, Sakkarakatti turned out to be a dampener > at the box office. But the music made an everlasting impact that recorded > the most frequently played song in the Chennai airwaves!ARR was the main > attraction for the movie with the posters showing life sized cut outs of > him. > > 5) Yuvvraaj (Hindi) > --> Much anticipated ARR - Subhash Ghai combo flick after a long gap since > their successful Taal, Yuvvraaj certainly did not live upto the expectations > and movie turned out to be a flop! Nevertheless, ARR was much appreciated > deservingly for his heavenly orchestration with less trendy and more melody! > > 6) Ghajini (Hindi) > --> A mega blockbuster Aamir Khan - ARR movie that stormed the screens big > time! Even though a remake of a tamil flick by the same name, Ghajini > managed to get a great opening and became ultimate success! Major part of > the success however goes to ARR for his action packed romance compositions! > There were however unavoidable comparisons drawn between ARR and Harris > Jayaraj for his composition in the original! > > 7) Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Naa (Hindi) > --> A teeny bopper album which instantly ruled the chartbox, JTYJN was > simply the best teenage anthem of India! All the songs were equally liked > and adored by the youngsters. ARR showered his compositions keeping only > youngsters in mind! > --> For this teenage sensational hit, ARR was awarded > Filmfare Award for the Best Music Direction > Also won IIFA for his Outstanding contribution by an Indian > > 8)Ada - A Way of Life (Hindi) > --> The most unfortunate film that ARR has so far done! It has never seen > the light of its day till date! Due to the production hassles, Ada was > pushed for many years and there were periodic rumours of its release but in > reality, it never did! ARR has belted out his career best melodies in this > movie which has a greater concern of getting ignored by the audience! > > 9)Slumdog Millionare (English / Hindi) > --> A mammoth project which broke all records at the box office and made > Rahman an international celebrity. It was just like how Roja made him > country wide popular, SDM made him worldwide popular! The BAFTAs, Golden > Globes and finally the mighty Oscars couldn't help but felicitate the > musical wonder with their honours! ARR bagged two Oscars creating a history > of sorts! No Indian acheived this feat so far and its such a pride that ARR > is the poineer! > --> After getting nominated in almost all different award ceremonies of the > world, the music managed to grab almost all awards! 2 Oscars, BAFTA,Golden > globe and many more! > > 10)Connections ( Multilingual) > --> A relatively lesser known album which promoted only Jiya Se Jiya and > left out the rest!Wish this album was rightly released and widely promoted! > > 2009 > > 1) Delhi 6 (Hindi) > > --> Rakesh Omprakash Mehra teamed up with ARR again for this critically > acclaimed flick! ARR has given gems and diamonds through his compositions > with each of them worth to be preserved! There is no doubt that he will > fetch all awards for the music in this year! > > 2) Blue (Hindi) > --> Touted to be the costliest movie of India, Blue boasted to be the first > underwater movie with huge starcast. The music, though criticized initially, > was widely accepted after the movie released. The much hyped Kylie Minogue > presence could not save the movie though! Blue, still remains one of the > stylish compositions made by ARR! > > 3) Passage (English) > --> With 4 fantastic instrumentals, Passage album , again because of the > weak marketing, bore the brunt and was limited only to the hardcore > Rahmaniacs! > > 4) Couples Retreat (English > --> Rahman Sir's first official full fledged hollywood movie raised his > standards further and the movie found its moderate success primarily because > of its stunning music. With this, ARR's long time dream to do a hollywood > comedy musical was fulfilled!! > > So..that's it folks! Rahman became an undisputed emperor of Indian Music in > this entire decade. The future appears to be even more brighter for this > whizkid with many interesting projects lined up in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, > Hindi and Hollywood ofcourse! > To Summarize, Rahman Sir is "The Man Of the Decade" of the Indian Film > Music Industry!!!! Salutations to you Sir!! > > PS: If any missouts or corrections to be made..please put forward! > > >
