http://www.planetradiocity.com/musicreporter/news.php?newscatid=1newsid=1627
After winning couple of academy awards with Slumdog Millionaire, the
Mozart of Madras – A.R. Rahman has been approached with many Hollywood
offers. Although, his project Couples Retreat didn’t make it top on
charts, the musical album has been doing good business in audio markets.
Now
the latest reports have stated that A.R. Rahman will be consecutively
scoring music for more Hollywood films including Danny Boyle’s
tentatively titled 127 Hours. The film is based on real life of
mountaineer Arson Ralston and his unforgettable experience of cutting
his own forearm.
The film is produced by Christian Colson, who
produced Danny’s Slumdog Millionaire while Simon Beaufoy (won academy
award for best screenplay –Slumdog Millionaire) will handle script and
screenplay. A.R. Rahman will soon meet the Slumdog Millionaire team to
go ahead with the project.
Apart from this film, Rahman
has already signed deal for Ashok Amritraj’s Hollywood production
Street Dancing. The film is based on a dance competition set in
backdrops of Singapore and New York. Since, Street Dancing will include
varieties of dances across the World, closer sources of Rahman have
mentioned that he will be roping in various instrumentalists and
singers from various countries.
Rahman fever
His Music ~ My Mother Tongue
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