Re: [arr] Google Trends-A R Rahman

[Praveen Peter]

Good to know abt fans in Colombo!

btb, Mahape is in the New Bombay Area (Navi mumbai), so Mumbai could be
leading the list!

On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 10:30 PM, Imthaz Ahamed wrote:

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> Colombo, Sri Lanka ranking higher than Bombay...ARR got great fans in SL
> too :)
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> On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 10:21 PM, Kansis wrote:
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>> Found something cool, goto google.com/trends and search for a r rahman-
>> interesting to see that the top city was trivandrum! high time rahman
>> compose for a malayalam film.
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Re: [arr] Google Trends-A R Rahman

[Praveen Peter]

Wow! Trivandrum leads Chennai by a considerable margin!!!

http://google.com/trends?q=a+r+rahman

On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 10:30 PM, Imthaz Ahamed wrote:

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> Colombo, Sri Lanka ranking higher than Bombay...ARR got great fans in SL
> too :)
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> On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 10:21 PM, Kansis wrote:
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>> Found something cool, goto google.com/trends and search for a r rahman-
>> interesting to see that the top city was trivandrum! high time rahman
>> compose for a malayalam film.
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>



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[arr]: Only one

[Arian AR]

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloids/only-one-167
Only oneApril 4th, 2010Tags: A.R. Rahman, Himmesh Reshammiya
The other day when I was travelling, A.R. Rahman was my co-passenger. Once I 
realised he would be sitting beside me, I switched off my iPod. He was in a 
chatty mood so I decided to strike up a conversation and asked him, why does he 
sing only one song in every film that he composes the music for? For a moment I 
thought the man was going to snap, but he politely replied, “Because I do not 
want people to ask me why I sing all the songs!” (No, that was not a dig at 
Himmesh Reshammiya, was it?) Rahman also confessed that he loved working at 
night because that is when he gets inspired to be at his creative best. He also 
told me that though his kids are learning to sing, he isn’t sure whether they 
will follow in his footsteps later on. Maybe they secretly want to be actors.I 
must tell you I never thought he would be so interesting to chat with. I can’t 
spill all the beans about our conversation cos he will label me a snoop. I 
can’t risk that cos he invited me to the IPL closing ceremony where he will be 
performing with international artistes. 






  
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Re: [arr] hosanna prelude

[Karthik A]

Can any one get the Xylophone part of hosanna , it comes as a bgm when she
says simbu is her brother

On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 1:18 AM, murali ramakrishnan <
dippytheja...@hotmail.com> wrote:

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> included below]
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> guys check this out,when simbhu meets trisha and wonderful bgm by arr
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> murali
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Re: [arr] Food Distribution - Sunday - April 4, 2010

[Rakesh R]

3rd year and running strong.. :)

On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Vithur  wrote:

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> Kodambakkam , Chennai
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[arr] Raavan audio in April!

[Ganesh Subramanian]

Raavan audio in April!



 
 


By galatta 
Tuesday Mar 30 4:50 PM It's official! The audio of ace director Mani Ratnam's 
much-awaited Tamil-Hindi bilingual Raavan will be launched in April. Sources 
say the director has retained the title Raavan for all the versions. There is 
no need of any introduction when it come to Mani Ratnam, because his very name 
pulls crowds to theatres. Raavan, said to be the modern adaptation of the epic 
Ramayana, revolves around Raavana, the ruler of Lanka, who kidnapped Sita. The 
story culminates with Sita supporting Raavana instead of Rama, who suspects her 
chastity after having spent so much time in Raavana's custody. Vikram plays the 
villain. Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai are the lead pair in Hindi, while 
Vikram will play the lead opposite Aishwarya in Tamil. Music is by Oscar winner 
A.R. Rahman. The film is expected to grace theatres in June. 
 
http://in.movies.yahoo.com/news-detail/83944/Raavan-audio-in-April.html


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[arr] A music wizard casts his spell - Hariharan @ Dhaka

[A.R.Rajib]

 A music wizard casts his spell *Live performance by Hariharan at
Bangabandhu International Conference Centre*
Left:
Runa Laila (left) introduces the artiste. Right: Hariharan (second from
left) performed ghazals, fusion and film songs at the concert. Photo: Neloy
HossainNazia Ahmed

If there is a singer who is beyond all the barriers between north and south
Indian music, it is none other than Hariharan.

Thursday night couldn't get any better when I got the ticket in my hand and
made my way into the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre for the
show. I figured the concert wouldn't start at 8pm sharp (major shows in this
city usually start late), but it turned out I was April fooled and late. The
organisers kept their word.

Looking from a distance, the master vocalist did not look the way he does on
TV but that heavenly voice sounded just the same. After he was introduced to
the audience by another star singer, Runa Laila, Hariharan started the
performance with ghazals -- "Tum Haqiqat" and "Kaash Aisa Koi Manzar." His
chaste pronunciation of words -- whether it was Tamil, Telegu, Urdu or Hindi
-- with precision and pause left a great impact.

The vocalist worked his magic with what he calls "Urdu Blues." With "Ye
Aaine Se Akele" and "Masti Hai," he demonstrated blues with chromatic notes.
The guitar solos with the blues legatos reverberated with his each note. He
even switched to a completely different raga midway -- music enthusiasts’
senses were in heaven.

His charismatic presence was evident when there were minor sound problems;
the seasoned performer tackled the issue with grace and humour. "Mohey Apni
Hi Rang Me Rang De" was the Sufi kalam that demonstrated complex gamak
(ornamentation that is used in the performance of Indian classical music)
and swara (scale).

*After a short interval there was the much-awaited moment. The flute played
the familiar notes of the timeless "Roja Jaaneman," the AR Rahman
composition (from the film "Roja") that introduced Hariharan to the mass
audience. As he sang, the audience fell in love with the song all over
again. "Ji raha hu iss liye, dil mein pyar hai tera...zulm seh raha hu kyun,
intezar hain tera..." blurred my vision with tears.*

His next rendition was the famous "Naghme Hai" (from the film "Yaadein").
Following that were the Tamil version of "Khili Chandni" and "Thoda Thoda
Pyar" (from "Indira"); "Nahi Saamne" ("Taal"); "Dheemi Dheemi" ("1947:
Earth") and the delightful "Chanda Re" ("Sapnay").

His pitch ranged remarkably in a single song and also he switched from one
style (classical) to another (western) effortlessly. Although he seemed to
have forgotten a few lines from his songs, it was excusable (I am guessing
its the temperature that got to him).

"Krishna," a fusion number of 'Colonial Cousins' and "Tu Hi Re" ("Bombay")
were his last numbers.

Thursday night's show was brought to the Dhaka audience by Papyrus
Communications Ltd. The Daily Star, Shomokal, Channel 1, bdnews24.com, Radio
Today and Anondo Alo were the media partners.

*The writer is a student of classical music.*

*http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=132706
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*Hariharan ji said ... he is been following Runa laila's work from 1970s ...
and being an Bangladeshi I cant remember one single song sung by her !! that
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the stage as u can see...only a few musicians involved and such a short
stage ... i will upload the audio version of his Roja janeman performance !!
There was hardly  2000 Audience with so many VIP /VVIPs present there !!
I've requested him to sing "Pachai Nirame" , Azahigiya Cindrella and jiv
Rangala - Jogwa ... but got no response from him :-( may be he cant perform
these songs with such limited number of instruments and musicians !!*

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- Regards

~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~

Re: [arr] Google Trends-A R Rahman

[Imthaz Ahamed]

Colombo, Sri Lanka ranking higher than Bombay...ARR got great fans in SL too
:)

On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 10:21 PM, Kansis  wrote:

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> Found something cool, goto google.com/trends and search for a r rahman-
> interesting to see that the top city was trivandrum! high time rahman
> compose for a malayalam film.
>
>  
>

Re: [arr] The Week interview

[Anil Nair]

Quite a decent one this ...

-A

http://week.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/theWeekContent.do?BV_ID=@@@&contentType=EDITORIAL§ionName=TheWeek%20Entertainment&programId=1073754907&contentId=6990355


Music to all ears
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Two good: Rahman and lyricist Gulzar, after being felicitated by Lok Sabha
Speaker Meira Kumar for winning Oscars for Slumdog Millionaire
*PERSONALITY

A.R. Rahman opens up to THE WEEK about ?his work, life, international
projects and much more

By Nikhil Raghavan*

A. R. Rahman. What more to say?
Right from his arrival with Roja in 1992 for which he won the National
Award, so much has been written—at times ad nauseam—about Rahman. But one
just can’t help it. News keep unfurling along with his life. And the maestro
started 2010, too, with a bang.
On January 6—his 44th birthday—Rahman received a doubly sweet gift: two
Grammies for Slumdog Millionaire. The Padma Bhushan followed. They joined
his list of over 50 major awards and titles, including four national awards,
six state awards, two Oscars, a Golden Globe and 25 Filmfare awards. His
sister and composer Reihana aptly puts it: “It’s a way of life now.”

But, what’s different now is that the humble and shy ‘Mozart of Madras’ is
opening up. “There is a popular saying—'What can’t be achieved through a
thousand rallies can be achieved through one song’. My aim is to do songs of
great value,” says Rahman.

And now, he is experimenting more and churning out unique compositions, like
the ones in the recent Tamil film Vinnai Thandi Varuvaya. “The songs are all
in a non-structured format. I sensed that the listeners wanted something
different. Everything was becoming beat oriented. I wanted to return to
melodious stuff with complex chord structures,” explains Rahman.

Teamwork is the key, he says: “I want my team to enjoy the work that we do.
Only then will there be more creativity and total satisfaction.”
With Slumdog, Rahman became a truly global name. He now travels abroad more
often, especially to the US. Indeed, Los Angeles is gradually becoming his
second home.

“Hollywood’s heart beats in Los Angeles. I did Couple’s Retreat [in 2009],
which I think has a lot of creative music in it. It has given me a new
direction towards international projects,” he says. “After the Grammy, the
producers of We Are The World asked me if I would be a part of it. Would
anybody in his or her right mind say ‘No’? I sang with Barbara Streisand,
Tony Bennett, Santana The song was conducted by the inimitable Quincy
Jones, and we recorded in the same studios where Michael Jackson did the
original version.”

immediate future
In India, Rahman is currently working on the theme song for the 2010
Commonwealth Games. “[Filmmaker] Bharat Bala and I want it to be something
which has never been attempted before,” he says.
He is also giving the finishing touches to Mani Ratnam’s Raavan, Shekhar
Kapur’s Paani, Shankar’s Robot (Enthiran).
In the US, Rahman is producing a song for Nicole Scherzinger, after the
success of the Jai Ho version sung by her band, the Pussycat Dolls. Also,
international studios such as Universal have been approaching Rahman to spot
talent and produce albums for them. “I am also talking to film production
companies for doing background scores,” he says.

As cool as ever
With a firm head on steady shoulders, Rahman has never got swayed by fame.
“I have never foreseen the future. I still don’t do it. Life is more
exciting that way. But, you should have a positive attitude towards
everything,” he says. “In a way, in a corner of your mind you should have a
vision. I am always 50 per cent positive and 50 per cent negative. Then, you
don’t get disappointed. If you have too many expectations, you would get
disappointed.

“Your cycle of life should never stop. Even if you lose everything, you can
be sure that there is something better coming up. And when you get
everything, you should be careful to not lose your reality.”
However, one can’t say he has not changed at all, admits Rahman. “I have
changed in certain things, about 180 degrees I would say. I lead an almost
Sufi life, unattached to things, though I am in a most attached world—the
film industry. Whether it is sadness or happiness, I try to separate it from
my being,” he explains. “Also, I never thought I would start a school, which
is the greatest responsibility now. These are the changes which I have never
perceived before. I feel very good and elevated.”

playing guru
Rahman is on a mission to unearth talent and teach organised music to
students through his KM Music Conservatory. “My role as a musician is
changing from that of a composer to a teacher. I am looking forward to the
day when we can have our own orchestra. My target is to be fully functional
within the next three years,” he says. “I

[arr] The Week interview

[Gopal Srinivasan]

In the April 4th edition...

[arr] Google Trends-A R Rahman

[Kansis]

Found something cool, goto google.com/trends and search for a r rahman- 
interesting to see that the top city was trivandrum! high time rahman compose 
for a malayalam film.

[arr] Blender magazine

[Gopal Srinivasan]

The Mar 2010 issue of Blender India magazine features AR on the cover. There
is a 8 page feature titled 'Man of destiny - A.R.Rahman'. But no, there is
no interview with AR. Instead it is a must-read interview with Gulzar who
analyses the '.. legend of the Grammy winning phenomenon'.

[arr] ARR interview, article in The Guardian

[Praveen Peter]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/apr/01/ar-rahman-slumdog-millionaire



 Around the world with AR Rahman

Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman juggles the classical orchestra with the
tablas of Bollywood. But, as he tells Sarfraz Manzoor, the Indian essence
will always be key

 [image: AR-Rahman film composer]

Bollywood scores ... AR Rahman. Photograph: Sarah Lee

'I often meet couples who got married with my music," says AR Rahman. "Or
young actresses who tell me that when they were girls, their mothers would
put them to bed by playing my music." Rahman is a huge star in his native
India. Huge. His work on scoring more than 100 movies has produced sales of
more than 100m records and over 200m cassettes, making him the only Asian in
the list of the world's top 25 bestselling recording artists. Time magazine,
who dubbed him "the Mozart of Madras", placed him in its list of the world's
100 most influential people last year. He's won numerous awards, both in
India and further afield, but it was last year's Oscar win, for his
work on Slumdog
Millionaire,
that really changed things.

   1. Slumdog Millionaire
   2. *Production year:* 2008
   3. *Country:* UK
   4. *Cert (UK):* 15
   5. *Runtime:* 120 mins
   6. *Directors:* Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan
   7. *Cast:* Amil Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Azharudin Mohammed Ismail, Dev
   Patel, Freida Pinto, Irrfan Khan, Madhur Mittal, Rubina Ali
   8. More on this
film

 "Everyone dreams of winning an Oscar," he says. "It gave my work a new
level of recognition and legitimacy." Rahman's gongs, for best song and best
score, made him only the third Indian to win an Academy award. The success
of Slumdog Millionare brought other advantages – "I had the chance to meet
some of my great heroes," says Rahman. "I got to meet Barbra Streisand and
work with Celine Dion, and I was the first Indian to perform at the
Hollywood Bowl."

Today we're a long way from Los Angeles, in his north London base, a house
near Hampstead Heath. Rahman has been visiting and working in the UK for the
last 15 years, and later this month will attend the Southbank Centre's
Alchemy Festival ("exploring the culture of India, its diaspora and its
relationship to the UK today"), at which the London Philharmonic Orchestra
will perform some of his best-known works – from his Oscar-winning
soundtrack of course, but also from the likes of Elizabeth: the Golden Age,
the hit musical Bollywood  Dreams,
and some of his landmark Indian films, such as Lagaan and Jaane Tu … Ya
Jaane Na.

Rahman may have only achieved global fame recently, but he has been making
music for most of his life. He was born to a Hindu-Tamil family, in which
his father was a composer, arranger and conductor for Malayalam movies –
those made in the Indian state of Kerala, in the Malayalam language, which
are considered more serious and realistic than Bollywood films.

"I started playing music at the age of five," he says, "the piano and
harmonium, and after my father died when I was nine my mother was determined
that I was going to also be a musician." How did he feel about his mother's
ambition? "It wasn't as plain to me that I would be a musician," he says,
laughing, "but I also knew that I had a talent for it."

Rahman recalls listening to western music such as Jim Reeves and the
Carpenters alongside the work of Indian film composers including Naushad
Ali, Madan Mohan and Roshan (who wrote in Hindi), and Tamil composers such
as Vishwanatiian Ramamurthy and KV Mahadevan. He formed a rock band in his
teens and went on to study western classical music in London at Trinity
College of Music before beginning his musical career back in India writing
advertising jingles. His breakthrough came when he scored the 1992 Tamil
movie Roja. It was a hit, and Rahman's soundtrack led to him winning the
Indian national award for best music composer.

Rahman's great innovation for Indian movies was to introduce orchestral
melodies to the traditional Bollywood soundtrack's fondness for violent,
slashing violins and dramatic tablas. This earned him comparisons to Andrew
Lloyd Webber and Paul McCartney. "In India we love melodies in the
background of scenes," he says, "but in the west there is a sense that
soundtracks should not distract so there is a greater preference for more
ambient sounds and plain chords."

Indian cinema was once the preserve of a largely south Asian audience.
Rahman has been fortunate to work in an age in which Indian films have
become more global affairs. Not only are they now seen around the world,
they are also made around the world. Bollywood films are now routinely shot
in the US and Europe, and western stars – including Snoop Dogg, Akon and
Kylie Minogue – have put in appearances. The songs, once so quintessentially
Indian, now sometimes sound almost indistinguisha