Another nomination for ar rahman.

The International Film Music Critics Association announces its list of excellence in musical scoring for 2009. Ar rahman have received nomination for the award of best composer for a comedy film for his stint in Hollywood comedy film couples retreat. Couples retreat is his first holly wood film after his academy award winning slum dog millionaire. He is also shortlisted for Oscars this year for his original score in couples retreat.

Ar rahman not confident of grabbing grammys..........?

Academy award winner ar rahman is seems not bothered with Grammy awards which is scheduled to take place at Los angels this Sunday. “I may not even go for the Grammys,” said Rahman in an exclusive chat with HT City.he added “I have a few work commitments, so (I am) not even thinking about the Grammy Awards,”.

Though you lose hope, we can't. We are sure that Grammy will also be yours this Sunday.

Jai ho rahman........!

Ar rahman meets chief minister mr. karunanidhi.

Music hurricane ar rahman met chief minister mr. karunanidhi at his residence in chennai yesterday. He had just got his name in the padma bhushan award list released earlier this week ( refer that here arr padma bhushan). It is said that he discussed with the chief minister about the song he is writing for world tamil conference for which ar rahman is composing music (see here- arr wtc).

Then ar rahman briefed chief minister about his grammy nomination “I will be leaving for Los Angeles tonight to take part in Grammy proceedings,” he said. Mr. karunanidhi greeted him to bring the glory again.

Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin, Karunanidhi’s wife Rajathi Ammal, daughter and Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi and Sun Television Network chairman Kalanithi Maran were present during the meeting.

Vinnai thandi varuvaya goes to red giant movies

Red giant movies udaya nidhi stalin bought the movie vinnai thandi varuvaya film from gautham vasudeva menon's escape artists motion pictures and RS infotainment for a undisclosed huge amount. The music for this movie directed by gautham menon is composed by double oscar winner ar rahman. This is his first tamil film after winning oscars. Ar rahman's magic worked again. the music of the film vinnai thandi varuvaya is a huge hit. The brand name ar rahman has also increased the hype for this film. There is also a huge expectation for the back ground score of vinnai thandi varuvaya. Vinnai thandi varuvaya is set to hit the screens on february 19 th

Ar rahman to get padma bhushan

Year 2010 starts well for ar rahman. Academy award winner for slum dog millionaire ar rahman is all set to receive padma bhushan, country's third highest civilian honour. Ar rahman is awarded along with bolly wood super star amir khan. Ar rahman has already got padma shri, country's fourth highest civilian award.

Ar rahman rocks muscat

 Ar rahman rocked muscat city in his live in show 'jai ho' organised there as a part of his world tour. About 15000 rahmaniacs gathered there to take a holy dip in the music ocean which just flown there.

Billed as the biggest musical concert of the Middle East, the ‘A R Rahman Live In Concert Jai Ho’ show captivated the audience as Rahman rendered his signature melodies and songs from some of the best music he has composed over the years. The three-hour show, which left the audience asking for more, had Rahman and a 90-member troupe which included some of the best singers, musicians, and dancers like famed drummer Sivamani and singer Hariharan.

Already a jai ho concert in qatar was planned, but due to some unforeseen circumstances it was postponed to a later date. this is as it was told by a rahmaniac there at qatar. Who got his tickets reserved for that historic show.The concert was part of Rahman’s Jai Ho world tour which began in India in October 2009 following his double Oscar award for Slumdog Millionaire, whose theme song was Jai Ho.

Ar rahman to get another oscar...........?

Another great news for rahmaniacs. Latest buzz is, Academy award winner for the film slum dog millionaire, ar rahman is shortlisted for his contribution to the hollywood comedy film couples retreat.
Still no official announcement came about this matter. However according to some web sources,  nana song from couples retreat is one of the 63 shortlisted songs for the oscars. Let's hope that he brings the glory again..!
"I like comedy. Lots of movies were offered but I felt this one wanted to use me genuinely as a composer", says AR Rahman. The number is composed by AR Rahman, while it is sung by his son. The album is a good mix of English, African, Tamil, Hindi, Spanish and Sanskrit tracks.

Ar rahman's jai ho concert at sydney 2010 videos

Today, when i just surfed you tube for arr's video i found these videos from sydneyy concert.
Thanks to those who have shared.........!  
First, rahman is giving a short speech and starts singing jai ho........


Next blaze starts blasting......


Next it's ar rahman who sing khwaja mere khwaja...
my favorite song.....

Ar rahman's jai ho concert at sydney

Ar rahman rocked sydney audience at his free concert at parramatta park. 70000 rahmaniacs gathered there to enjoy his concert. Audience were charged up. Rain drizzle also didn't deter that true rahmaniacs. I am very sad that i was not there. though the concert was tele casted in Australian network.
Ar rahman called this concert as a historic concert.
Enjoy some photos:

                                                                                                                                                     

          

Ar rahman to perform in tamil conference

Oscar award winning tamilian Ar rahman is set to compose theme song for world tamil conference which is going to be held this year at coimbatore. Tamilians from all over the world are expected to attend the conference which will be presided by our chief minister mr. karunanidhi. Mr. cheif minister was very glad with the suggestion of ar rahman as the composer for the theme song for the conference.

See ar rahman day on BBC

The BBC Asian Network will dedicate a whole day of programming to the celebrated composer, A.R. Rahman on Thursday 14 January.Ar rahman's overseas fans increased with some of the successful projects he did in Hollywood.

A.R. Rahman first came to the attention of Western audiences with his film music for ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE and stage shows BOMBAY DREAMS and THE LORD OF THE RINGS, however, it is for SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE that the composer has received international acclaim. Since its release in January 2009, he has won several awards, including two Oscars, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA and is nominated for two Grammy Awards at the end of this month.

On A.R. Rahman Day, the BBC Asian Network will be honouring this success by telecasting programs based on him. some interviews about him and some  from him too..

Husain Husaini, Head of Programmes, BBC Asian Network, comments, 'The BBC Asian Network has played A.R. Rahman's brilliant music long before his recent fame in the West with SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. We have known for years that he creates some of the best music ever to come from India. We are delighted to have him on the station and to be able to celebrate his unique musical gifts across our programs.'

For true rahmaniacs like us it will be a great treat. This is a recognition for his achievements  for a deserving musician.

Vinnai thandi varuvaya is here........!

Mozart of madras makes record again......!

Vinnai thandi varuvaya which was released today makes record sales all over India. Maestro AR Rahman and Gautham Vasudeva Menon have created audio history as there had been a terrific advance booking for theirVinnai Thandi Varuvaaya (VTV) audio!

A spokesperson of Sony Music said: "For the first time ever even before the release of the album, Amazon.com has overwhelming pre-release response for CD orders of VTV audio. The CD has already been marked as number 1 in the category of 'Music World Music FarEast & Asia.' It clearly means before the release it is already the top seller in Far East and Asia category. No other product has got such a response on Amazon."

VTV is ARR's first composition after the success of Oscar Winning Slumdog Millionaire. The album features singers Karthik, Naresh Iyer, Benny Dayal, , Blaaze, Devan Ekambaram,Vijayprakash, Shreya Ghoshal, Chinmayi, Suzaane, Alphonse, Kalyani Menon and Rahman himself. The album's lyrics have been penned by Thamarai. The album has six songs in Tamil, one in Malayalam and a theme track by the academy award winner himself.

Meanwhile the first ever rocking song from VTV, Hosanna… sung by Blaaze, Vijayaprakash and Suzaane will debut on all FM stations in Tamil Nadu today (January 9). On Tuesday (January 12), AR Rahman, Gautham Vasudeva Menon and Sony Music will officially launch the soundtrack.

Amazon link for vinnai thandi varuvaya is here..... Buy vinnai thandi vauvaya songs online

Spielberg wants to work with ar rahman

Noted film maker, mr. spielberg wants to work with ar rahman in the near future. In a recent interview, he was asked about the Oscar winning composer ar rahman. For that, he said that he wish to work with ar rahman in any of his films. He also said that he liked his compositions.
He was quoted as saying, “I have heard interesting compositions of Rahman and would love to work with him in the near future though my all-time favorite is John Williams.”

Three albums to watch out for............!

Three Ar rahman compositions are going to hit the screen this year. they are,

1. vinnai thandi varuvaya

 Though the music preview was held last month in London, this album is not yet officially released in India. However some pirated versions are available over the net. As a good rahmaniacs we always hate them.

2. raavan

This is a huge budget film for which music is scored by Ar rahman. This film will be released inHindi and Tamil. Raavan is special as Ar rahman joins again with his mentor Mani ratnam.

3. Endhiran

This is the most awaited film all over India. Super star rajni kanth and aishwarya rai are playing the lead roles. Ar rahman is doing music, shankar is directing the film and other greats of tamilcinema joins in this mega budget project.

Ar rahman bio-graphy

                                                       Ar rahman biography

A.R. Rahman was born in Chennai to a hindu family. His father mr. shekhar was a music conductor for Malayalam movies . He even had worked with illayaraja. Rahman lost his father at a young age and his family rented out musical equipment as a source of income. He was raised by his mother Kareema (Kashturi). Since his early age he developed a huge passion for music . During these formative years, Rahman served as a keyboard player and an arranger in bands such as "Roots", with childhood friend and percussionist sivamani, John Anthony, Suresh Peters, JoJo and Raja. Rahman is the founder of the Chennai-based rock group, "Nemesis Avenue". At the age of 11, he joined, as a keyboardist, the troupe of illayaraja, famous tamil music director. one of many composers to whom musical instruments belonging to Rahman's father were rented. Rahman has also worked for m.s viswanathan, kunnakudi vaithyanadhan and many more. He then got a scholarship from trinity college of music where he graduated with a bachelor degree in music. Due to some personal crisis, Dileep Kumar embraced Islam and came to be known as A.R. Rahman.

His mother helped rahman to take the major decision in chosing the career. Unlike other mothers, she gave life to his ambitions. Rahman chose music as his career. Rahman set a small music recording studio called panchathan record inn. And started producing ad jingles and small tracks. Now this studio is developed into a state of the art music recording centre. He has such recording studios at Mumbai, Chennai and constructing one at u.s  for producing Hollywood films.

Ar rahman met mani ratnam in an function and played some samples to him. Mani ratnam was so impressed that he offered ar rahman a movie called roja. This was his debut in cinema world. Roja album was a great hit and also included in the times magazine’s 10 best tracks. Then he gave a series of hits in tamil film industry. Then he entered malalyalam film industry with yodha which was also a hit. He then entered hindi film industry with rangeela which was a huge hit. Then he did many hindi and tamil films. You can get the whole discography of ar rahman here with pandbar.

Ar rahman went on to release some albums with sony and bharat bhala. To commomerate 50 years of Indian independence he released an album called vande mataram which reunited the Indians with the feelings of patriotism and brother hood. Then he released albums like, national anthem, pray for me brothers, e.t.c.  he also composed for ‘bombay dreams’ which increased his international audiences.

Ar rahman have also worked in some foreign language films. In 2008 he scored music for ‘slum dog millionaire’ which won a golden globe, BAFTA, two academy awards, and many awards and recognitions. He has worked in mandarin, English, tamil, telugu, Malayalam, hindi, and kanada films. His mandarin film was warriors of heaven and earth. He did music for some English films like couples retreat, passage ( short film) and elizebeth the golden age. He is currently scoring music for 2 japanese films, 3 english films and some tamil and hindi films.

Ar rahman has won many awards, titles, rcognition, e.t.c.  List of the awards he won is below.

ACADEMY FOR MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES (OSCARS)

Best Achievement in Original Score for a Motion Picture - Slumdog Millionaire (2009)

Best Achievement in Original Song for a Motion Picture - Jai Ho, Slumdog Millionaire (2009)

                                                        BAFTA

Best Music(Slumdog Millionaire)

                                            GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS

Best Composer(Slumdog Millionaire)

                                                   CIVILIAN AWARDS

Padmashree (Jan 2000) Title awarded by the Government of India

Awadh Sammaan (May 2001) awarded by Uttar Pradesh government

Al-Ameen Education Society Community Award (2001)

Amir Khusro Sangeet Nawaz Award (2002)

Lata Mangeshkar Samman, awarded by Madhya Pradesh Government 2005

Mahavir Mahatma Award Awarded by the Oneness Foundation, April 2005

Stanford University Award for Contribution to Global Music Jan 2006

                                                  NATIONAL AWARDS

Roja (1993)

Minsara Kanavu (1997)

Lagaan (2002)

Kannathil Muthamittaal (2003)

                                                    FILMFARE AWARDS

Best Music Roja (Tamil, 1993)

Best Music Gentleman (Tamil, 1994)

R D Burman Award for Best new musical talent (for Roja, Hindi; 1995)

Best Music Kadhalan (Tamil, 1995)

Best Music Rangeela (Hindi; 1996)

Best Music Bombay (Tamil, 1996)

Best Music Kadhal Desam (Tamil, 1997)

Best Music Minsara Kanavu (Tamil, 1998)

Best Music Dil Se.. (Hindi; 1999)

Best Music Jeans (Tamil, 1999)

Best Music Taal (Hindi; 2000)

      Best Music Mudhalvan (Tamil, 2000)

Best Music Alai Payuthey (Tamil, 2001)

Best Music Lagaan (Hindi; 2002)

Best Background Score Technical Award The Legend of Bhagat Singh (Hindi; 2003)

Best Music Saathiya (Hindi; 2003)

Best Background Music Swades (Hindi, 2005)

Best Music Rang De Basanti (Hindi; 2007)

Best Music Sillunu Oru Kadhal (Tamil; 2007)

Best Music - Guru (Hindi, 2008)

Best Background Score - Guru (Hindi, 2008)

Best Background Score - Jodhaa Akbar (Hindi, 2009)

Best Music - Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na (Hindi, 2009)

                                                           SCREEN AWARDS

Kadhal Desam (South - Tamil; 1997)

Minsara Kanavu (South - Tamil; 1998)

Vande Mataram (Non-film; 1998)

Taal (Hindi; 2000)

Best Background Score Rang De Basanti (Hindi, 2007)

Best Composer Guru (Hindi; 2008)

Best Background Score Guru (Hindi; 2008)

Best Music - Guru (Hindi, 2008)

Best Background Score - Jodhaa Akbar(Hindi, 2009)

     Best Music category - Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na(Hindi, 2009)

                                                    DINAKARAN CINE AWARDS

Kanavu (1998)

Jeans (1999)

Mudalvan, Kadhalar Dhinam (2000)

                                                    TAMIL NADU STATE AWARD

Roja (1993)

Gentleman (1994)

Kadhalan (1995)

Bombay (1996)

Minsara Kanavu (1998)

Sangamam (2000)

                                                        ZEE AWARDS

Zee Cine Awards (2008) Best Composer and Best Background Score Guru

Zee Sangeet Awards (1999) Dil Se.. Zee Cine Awards (2000) Taal

Zee Gold Bollywood International Awards (2000) Taal

Zee Fairglow Awards (2002) Best Music Lagaan

Zee Gold Bollywood Awards (2002) Lagaan

Zee Cine Awards (2003) Best Music Saathiya

Zee Gold Bollywood Awards (2003) Best Music Saathiya

Zee Cine Awards 2003 Best Background Music The Legend of Bhagat Singh

Zee Cine Awards 2007 Best Composer Rang De Basanti

                              INTERNATIONAL INDIAN FILM AWARDS (IIFA)

Best Music Taal (2000) Best Music Lagaan (2002)

Best Music Saathiya (2003)

Best Background Score Saathiya (2003)

Best Background Score Rang De Basanti (2007)

Best Song Recording Rang De Basanti (2007)

Best Composer Rang De Basanti (2007)

Best Music - Guru (Hindi, 2007)

                                 GLOBAL INDIAN FILM AWARDS (GIFA)

Best Background Music Rang De Basanti, 2007

Best Music Rang De Basanti, 2007

He was also awarded honorary doctorate degree by Aligarh muslim university, anna university, uttar Pradesh university and middle sex university. To know about the doctorate degree awarded to ar rahman, click the link.

He also got fellow ship from the trinity college of music recently. to know about this, click this link.
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