Posted on March 03, 2006?? This award was given out a year ago and ARR has already received it in Indore. Rawat from this group will stand witness to that.
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "esandesham_to_ramanujanmk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Lata Mangeshkar Sammaan for A.R.Rahman > > Posted online: Friday, March 03, 2006 at 0000 hours IST > http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=12102 > > > Rashtriya Lata Mangeshkar Sammaan from the Madhya Pradesh > Government for 2004-2005 has been awarded to A.R.Rahman this year. > This is one of the 15 National and 3 State level awards instituted > by the state to felicitate excellence in different artistic > activities. > > The award has been instituted in 1984 and the jury this year > comprised Suresh Wadkar, Anupam Kher and noted journalist Jayprakash > Chowksey from Indore. Rahman has been chosen for his special ability > to merge traditional melody with Western music. > > While Naushad won the first Rashtriya Lata Mangeshkar Sammaan award, > the later winners have included Kishore Kumar, Jaidev, Manna Dey, > Khayyam, Asha Bhosle, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Yesudas, R.D.Burman, > Sandhya Mukherjee, Anil Biswas, Talat Mehmood, Kalyanji-Anandji, > Jagjit Singh, Ilayaraja, S.P.Balasubramaniam, Dr Bhupen Hazarika, > Mahendra Kapoor, Ravindra Jain and Suresh Wadkar. > > The 1966-born Rahman made his debut in 1992 with Roja whose dubbed > version was also a huge hit in Hindi. Thiruda Thiruda, Kaadhalan, > Bombay, Indian and Padiyappa have been among his Tamil hits while in > Hindi he has scored Rangeela, Dil Se , Taal, Lagaan, Saathiya, > Swades and Rang De Basanti. > Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com Admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/