Rahmaniac World: August 2014

Sunday 31 August 2014

Haricharan Talks About AR Rahman

Moments with the maestro | A.R. Rahman

* Rahman works in the night. A typical recording evening would begin at 7 p.m. The actual recording, after our discussions, would begin at 1 a.m. and end at 3 or 4 a.m.

* His discovery of a song is a process sometimes. He may start with the bone of a song and decide to flesh it out with the singer. The decisions are all his, of course.

* He identifies the strength of a singer quickly, and accentuates it. He encourages singers to do research and bring their unique flavour to their songs.

* After some songs are composed, he takes a minute or two by himself. He comes back with changes, and suddenly, as a singer, you are amazed at how different and better the songs sound. It is at such moments you are awed by his genius.

* His knowledge of classical music is exhaustive. Sometimes, he would mention a rare raga and ask me to sing a little-known variation of it. Even for a trained classical singer like me, it would sometimes take a minute to recognise what he was referring to

Saturday 30 August 2014

AR Rahman Music CD's

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AR Rahman - The Musical Storm Book

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Some Facts and Trivia about AR Rahman from This Book...

• K.M. Conservatory, Rahman's music school, is named after Khalishah Mastan, a sixteenth century Sufi saint while AM Studios is named after Arifullah Mallik, his current Sufi guru.

• Was man of his house from the age of 9, after his father's untimely death.

• At Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, Chennai, where he studied, he lagged so badly that he had to drop out. The school felicitated & took pride in him however after he became a celebrity

• Composed 300 ad jingles in 5 years.

• He likes to be called AR or ARR or AR Rahman or Allahrakka Rahman or Abdur Rahman (which means Servant of God) or Isai Puyal but not Rahman, Mozart of Madras, Beethoven of Bollywood or by his old name.

• He prays a lot

• He has two forms of recreation - meditation and the Internet

• He puts his money into music and charity.

Book Review: A.R.Rahman, The Musical Storm

A.R.Rahman is a national icon whose chartbusting songs are popular throughout India & abroad. You don't get to see much of him on TV or read about him in the newspapers. Of course, now he is on Facebook and Twitter but his soulful songs will make his fans wonder how he churns out music that is always path-breaking and make them want to know about A.R.Rahman - the person.

In her book A.R.Rahman, The Musical Storm, Kamini Mathai has attempted to tell the story of India's most commercially successful musician. It is the author's first book and it shows. You have to be a committed ARR fan to oversee the flaws, monotonous and disorganized writing to gather bits & pieces about him that you haven't already read elsewhere. The author takes liberty with facts; some of the bloopers are so shocking you'll suspect if she knows much about Indian Cinema and if some of the details that she writes confidently about, are correct.

Writing about Ram Gopal Varma's Rangeela, the author says he was "at that point a videocassette-shop owner, newly turned director". RGV at that point of time already directed 8 movies by then and won a State & Filmfare Award for Best Direction. She writes off Shankar's Kadhalan as having "no story-line whatsoever".

Ad Jingles By AR Rahman

Airtel Express Yourself & Love
Airtel Live Every Moment
Airtel Street Dance (2010)
Allwyn Trendy Watches
Asian Paints
Bombay Dyeing
Boost
Cinthol
Craze Biscuit
Garden Sarees
Genic Chocolates
Hero Punch

Hero MotoCorp
JBL (2012)
Lebara Mobile (2010)
Leo Coffee
MGM Dizzee World
MRF Tyres (with Sameer Nair)
Murugan Textiles
Parry’s Kasthuri Tea
Premier Pressure Cooker
Prince Jewellery
Regaul (First advertisement)
Remanika Sarees
Springz Mineral Water
Tata Chola Tea
Titan Industries
Toyota Etios (2010)
TTK Industries (vests and briefs ad; jingles were used in "Thee Thee" song from Thiruda Thiruda)
Wall’s Magnum Ice Cream
Young World

Friday 29 August 2014

I told Michael Jackson India adores him: Rahman

Happy B'Day MJ

Music composer A R Rahman talks to CNN-IBN's Entertainment Editor Rajeev Masand on life after winning two Oscars, his music and meeting Michael Jackson.

Rajeev Masand: There is a popular perception even among your greatest fans that Jai Ho and the music of Slumdog Millionaire isn't your best work?

A R Rahman: It's not that they gave me an Oscar for my life, they game the Oscar for the particular film and how different the music and theme was for the film. so, I'm really proud of Slumdog Millionaire's music and of Jai Ho. This stood apart from every other film that came out in its message, direction, scriptwriting and everything.

Rajeev Masand: You have always said that healthy arguments with your directors, lyricists has often resulted in the creation of some very good music. I'm guessing after the Oscars no one really argues, disputes your suggestions anymore?

A R Rahman: I don't know if it really works that way. In the interest of any big film, there are always arguments because there is a vision which is always the director's. If you are sensible you will go with the vision. You can't say that I've made a beautiful song so fit it in your movie.

Rajeev Masand: So do they argue with a two Oscar winner?

A R Rahman: No they don't out of respect, but we need to follow the dharma (philosophy) of the art.

Rajeev Masand: You met Michael Jackson shortly after the Oscars. You have said he has had an influence on you and Thriller was the first cassette you owned. Tell us what that meeting was like?

A R Rahman: Every musician would wait for a Michael Jackson album to come out. It comes once in five years. We get hooked on it so much that it stays with us for the rest of our lives. I was supposed to me Michael during a concert in 1999 for helping Africa. He had a mishap on that concert, so I couldn't meet him.

After nine years when I went to Los Angeles, my agent said I'm going to meet Randy - who manages Michael - so I asked if I could meet him? My agent mailed Randy asking if he wanted to meet me, three days before the Oscars we got an email saying Michael wants to meet me.

So I met him after the Oscars finished, won the Oscars and went to meet him. We thought the meeting would be five minutes, it lasted two hours. We just sat and he spoke about the chord progression of what I've written. I told him that India adores Michael Jackson. I told him how we all grew up on his music and he said 'you're very kind'. I met his children, he introduced me to them.

He called me three-four times when I was in Chennai. When I met him again he asked me to do a song on the lines of We are the world for him. He said I could conduct the whole thing. I was shocked. But before we could get into that he started going to the rehearsals. The next thing I get to hear is that he's dead. It was a real shocker.

AR Rahman Musics in Hollywood

These are some Hollywood Movies that used ARR music without credits..

1. Divine intervention (2002) - Bombay - Theme music
2. Lord Of War (2005) - Bombay - Theme music
3. INSIDE MAN( 2006) - Dil Se - Chaiyya chaiyya
4. Accidental husband (2008) - Thenali - Swasame , Alaipayuthey - Yaro Yarodi , Thakshak - Rang De

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A.R Rahman weaved his magic wand yet again last year (2013), with two musical blockbusters, Kadal and Maryan. Winning an award is no new thing to him as he has always been hit with an avalanche of awards and accolades. However the musician was humble and gracious to make his presence felt at the Behindwoods Gold Summit 2014 and accepted the Behindwoods Gold Medal for Best Music Direction.

A.R Rahman (ARR) got his medal from M.S Viswanathan (MSV), the Mellisai Mannar, whom ARR considers as one of his music idols. This is the first time ever that the Mozart of Madras is receiving an award from the legendary MSV.

“Whenever I look at him, I see music. I see melody,” Rahman said about the evergreen melody king.

“His influence has definitely lasted as an extraordinary fragrance for four to five decades and will continue to be so. This is a great honor. Ella Pughazhum Iraivanukke. (All praises to the Lord)
I would like to thank Bharath Bala, Dhanush, Mani Ratnam, Kutti Revathy, Vairamuthu, Karky and all the others. Wishing Behindwoods a very good start.”

FilmFare Awards Of AR Rahman

Fans Creation

By : Ajmal Sulaiman Rahmaniac

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By: Vicky Rahmaniac

Mirchi Awards For Best Music Director

“Awards come with the blessings from God and it

encourages you. At the same time it is not the end

and it’s a promise and you feel ashamed and ask yourself

“What have I done to get this?”

-ar rahman