The Rahman-Filmfare AffairIndiaGlitz [Wednesday, March 03, 2010] He might have won the most prestigious award for music – the Grammys but do you know how many Filmfare awards has A R Rahman received so far?
A R Rahman, music’s very own child, has been receiving accolades from all parts of the world for his work. Perhaps he doesn’t have blood in him but music. He’s got the Oscars, Grammys and a couple of other Critics awards from the USA and the world over. One thing people didn’t realize is his recognition, way back home in India. Rahman was awarded the Tamil Nadu State Film award for Best Music Director for his first movie ‘Roja’ and later on he went on to be awarded the same title 6 times. Apart from the state noticing his talent, he received the National award for his first movie. He totally has four National awards for Best Music with him so far. Ever since he made his debut in ‘Roja’ in 1992, he had won the Filmfare awards for music 25 times - including Best Music director, New Music Talent and Best Background Score - Hindi and Tamil put together. Another more interesting part is, Rahman has won the Best Music Director Award, for 10 years in a row right from 1992 to 2002. After 2002, He involved himself with international projects. Again from 2006, the affair with Filmfare continued. He was awarded Filmfare Best Music Director for the Hindi blockbuster ‘Rang De Basanti’ and every year from then till ‘Delhi 6’ in 2009. In 2007, he won the Best Music Director award in Hindi for mentor Mani Ratnam’s ‘Guru’ and in Tamil for Rajinikanth starrer ‘Sivaji’. Just gets to show, he has affirmed his presence throughout the country. If that’s private sector, let’s move to the Government sector. The Government of India recently awarded him the ‘Padma Bhushan’, India’s 3rd highest civilian award. A R Rahman has a series of movies lined up for this year and the next. And these are only going to increase the count of those priceless awards. Keep counting! http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/54945.html - Regards ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~
