Lovely artcile describing the greatest achievements of the boss in a nutshell. Loved reading it.
Jai Ho!!! Kitcha --- In [email protected], "A.R.Rajib" <a.r.ra...@...> wrote: > > [image: rah1.jpg] > > Rahmania begins > By Ashanti OMkar > > AR Rahman literally commands a fan-base of Billions of fans, all over the > world, many of them call themselves Rahmantics. With this in mind, their > love for the music of AR Rahman and the man himself, is termed 'Rahmania'. > Embarking on the Jai Ho: The Journey Home world tour, his leigions of fans > eagerly anticipate seeing him on stage. > > With 2 highly anticipated films releasing this Summer, > Raavan/Raavanan/Villian and Rajinikanth's Endhiran and Sultan, Puli, > 1-800-Love, Rockstar and Shekhar Kapur's Paani, in the pipeline, his music > creates waves upon every release. > > This series brings some of his top hits, alongside snippets of interviews > with people who have worked with him through his incredible career, as a > musician, performer and humanitarian. His Tamil words at the Oscars: "Ella > pugazhum iraivanukke", saying that all praises go to the Almighty and his > humble line: "All my life I had a choice between hate and love, and I chose > love." touched hearts around the world. > > Whether he sits with Michelle Obama, M.I.A and John Legend, as part of TIME > magazine's most influential people in the world or performs for Barack Obama > and the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House, plays > loving father to his children, or gently coaxes the best out of the students > of his KM Musiq Conservatory in Chennai, AR Rahman's good nature and glowing > inner spirituality, guides his work. > > A true artist who has redefined contemporary Indian music, Academy-Award > winning musician and composer AR Rahman has been hailed by TIME magazine as > the "Mozart of Madras." Considered by many to be the pride of the Indian > nation and holding the designation of being one of the worlds top 25 > all-time, top selling recording artists, Rahman is a true icon in the world > of music and cinematic scoring. > > The son of RK Shekhar, a composer, arranger and conductor for Malayalam > movies, Rahman was born into a musically affluent family. Rahman began > playing the piano at a very young age. When his father died when he was only > nine, the family started renting out musical equipment to make ends meet. > Young Rahman then joined noted composer Ilaiyaraaja's troupe as a > keyboardist and computer programmer. After working with several renowned > composers, like Vishwanathan-Ramamurthy, Zakir Hussain and L. Shenkar, he > set out on his own to compose advertising jingles and scores for popular > Indian television features. Rahman has his own in-house studio called > Panchathan Record Inn, where his early works were created and his new state > of the art AM Studio, arguably one of Asia's most sophisticated and hi-tech > establishments. > > > AR Rahman captured the international spotlight for his work on Fox > Searchlight's lauded Slumdog Millionaire. Rahman received two Academy Awards > for Best Original Score and Best Original Song for "Jai Ho." He also became > the first Indian artist to win a Golden Globe®, for Best Original Score and > took home the Critics Choice Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Award and a > BAFTA for his Slumdog Millionaire score. He also won 2 Grammy awards for > Slumdog Millionaire, for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album and Best Song > Written for a Visual Media. > > Rahman's Slumdog Millionaire score and soundtrack also received critical > praise from several publications, including Rolling Stone, The Los Angeles > Times and The New York Times. Rahman was also honoured as one of "The TIME > 100: The World's Most Influential People" and was named one of Fast > Company's "100 Most Creative People in Business." > > Widely considered the man who single-handedly revived public interest in > Indian film music in the 1990s, Rahman scored the runaway hit, Roja as his > first cinematic outing. It was directed by noted Indian filmmaker Mani > Ratnam. The soundtrack earned Rahman the Indian National Award for Best > Music Composer, and was named by TIME magazine, as one of the Top Ten > Compilations of all time, and one of the 100 best movie soundtracks in the > world. > > Rahman followed up the Tamil film Roja with Gentleman, Thiruda Thiruda, > Kadhalan, Bombay, Minsara Kanavu, all of which were huge chart-busters and > were dubbed in Hindi as well. Signing an important album with Sony music in > 1997, it was for a much talked about re-working of India's National song, > Vande Mataram, in which he worked with the legendary late Nusrat Fateh Ali > Khan. In 2000, Andrew Lloyd Webber invited Rahman to compose for the > musical, Bombay Dreams. This marked the first time Lloyd Webber would > produce a musical he did not compose. Bombay Dreams opened to packed houses > in London's West End, and had an unprecedented two-year run. The show, and > Rahman's music, later premiered on Broadway. > > Some of Rahman's other hits include Alaipayuthey, Kandukondain Kandukondain, > Jeans, Mudalvan, Kannathil Muthamittal, Mutthu, Boys and Sivaji: The Boss. > His foray into Hindi movies started off with a big bang with Rangeela > followed by Dil Se, Taal, 1947 Earth, Pukar, Lagaan , Zubeidaa, Meenaxi, The > Legend of Bhagat Singh, Yuva, Tehzeeb, Swades, Bose: The Forgotten Hero, > Fire, Water, Earth, Rang De Basanti, Jodhaa Akbar, Delhi 6, Ghajini and > Guru, Raavan all of which have been critically acclaimed and well received. > > He has also featured British talents like Reena Bhardwaj, Rashid Ali, Ash > King, Lady Lush, Ember Pheonix, Bosnian singer Alma Ferovic, the inimitable > Kylie Minogue, the singing sensation Akon and is working with the likes of > Rod Stewart, Dido and Usher in the near future. Rahman also wrote the music > for the stage adaptation of JRR Tolkien's Lord Of The Rings, which premiered > in Canada in 2006 and in London in 2007. Last October, Rahman made his first > foray into scoring music for an American comedy feature with the #1 box > office hit "Couples Retreat" (Universal Pictures). > > To date, Rahman has won 25 Filmfare Awards, 3 MTV Awards, 4 IIFA and > National Awards, 6 Tamil Nadu State Awards, 6 Zee Awards, and 4 Screen > Awards. He has also been conferred the prestigious Padma Shri, and the Padma > Bhushan, 2 of India's highest civilian honours, by the Government of India > in 2000, for outstanding contribution to the Indian film industry. He was > also given an honorary award from Stanford University for contributions to > global music, while receiving 3 honorary PhDs from the UK and India. He is > also an honorary Fellow, of the Trinity College of Music, London, where he > was certified in the piano as a child. > > Rahman is also involved with charitable causes. In 2004, he was appointed as > the global ambassador of the Stop TB Partnership, a project organized by the > World Health Organization (WHO). As a producer on the single "We Can Make It > Better" by Don Asian alongside Mukhtar Sahota, Rahman donated all proceeds > of the singe, and his 2004 tsunami relief concert in India, to the victims > of the Indian Ocean Tsunami. More recently, Rahman launched the AR Rahman > Foundation, with the aim of eradicating of hunger and poverty. The > foundation provides education to the poor and equips them with knowledge and > skills needed to earn a living. Rahman's first single in the English > language called "Pray For Me Brother," released in early 2007. All proceeds > from sales were donated to the AR Rahman Foundation. He also is the > principal of the KM Music Conservatory, which he created to hone the skills > of the brightest musical minds in India. > > > http://www.b4utv.com/rahmania/ > -- > - Regards > > ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~ >
