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What better than the symbol of love, the Taj Mahal, as the backdrop to the launch of a romantic music album for the film “Ek Deewana Tha”, says Oscar-winning music composer A.R. Rahman. “The movie has so many romantic songs, so what can be the perfect way to project my songs with Taj as a [...]

Oscar winning composer A.R. Rahman’s dedication to work has left filmmaker Yash Chopra amazed. The veteran filmmaker, who has signed up Rahman for the first time for his next directorial, is wonderstruck at his genius. “Rahman is a genius. I am working on a film with him, and his way of working is fantastic… he’s [...]

Oscar winning composer A.R. Rahman roped in Orianthi Panagaris, lead guitarist of the late king of pop Michael Jackson’s team, to play for the song “Saadda Haq” in Imtiaz Ali’s forthcoming film “Rockstar”. “While Rahman and Imtiaz had short-listed several Indian and international musicians, they had Orianthi on the top of their list, given her [...]

Music maestro A.R. Rahman got a little nostalgic remembering his old days, during the launch of his biography “A.R. Rahman: The Spirit of Music” in Mumbai Wednesday night. The book has been penned by renowned writer Nasreen Munni Kabir. The launch was also attended by Rahman’s family, including his wife, sister and mother and filmmakers [...]

Indian music maestro A.R. Rahman could not get second time lucky. He lost out on the trophy for the best original score – motion picture for Danny Boyle’s “127 Hours” at the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards to Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross who won it for “The Social Network”. Rahman, the double Oscar-award wining [...]

A. R. Rahman’s international career which has taken off in a big way after Slumdog Millionaire, keeps encountering snags, thanks to long-pending assignments back home. According to sources Rahman has to keep interrupting his international plans to be home for various pending assignments. The harried composer is now seriously thinking of putting all home-made assignments [...]

Bollywood director Abbas Tyrewala’s latest film 1-800 Love, which has been reportedly rechristened to Call Me Dil, will make the hot hunk John Abraham dance to the tunes of ‘dandiya’. The movie stars Abbas’ wife Pakhi opposite John. Initially, the director recorded another song with music maestro A.R. Rahman to picturise on the lead pair. [...]

Till just a few days back, the industry was smiling with the blockbuster success of ‘Rajneeti’. However, the smiles have vanished all over again with ‘Raavan’ turning out to be disaster at the box office. Wait, before we delve into the box office fate of the film, let’s also talk about the film by itself. [...]

New Delhi, Britain has become the top country to download Bollywood music abroad while A.R. Rahman has been declared the most downloaded Indian artist, according to a new research. Bollywood tracks have found particular favour with listeners in Britain, where over one in four tracks downloaded from Nokia’s Ovi Music Store is a Bollywood song. [...]

Mumbai, Katrina Kaif and A.R. Rahman launched a music album for children and the music maestro says his students have done a good job. The compositions in the album “Rhyme Skool”, released by music label Saregama, have been given by Rahman’s students. “I have a lot of expectations from my students and I am confident [...]