Monday, Sep 28 2009
The man with the silken voice – Sonu Niigaam has worked with umpteen composers in Bollywood but he maintains that his favourites are Annu Malek and A.R Rahman because they explore his versatility.
“My favourite composers are Annu Malek and A.R Rahman because they have given me the most versatile catalogue of songs. Because of the [...]
Monday, Sep 21 2009
Mumbai, Oscar winning musician A.R. Rahman is set to compose music for his first full-fledged Hollywood project “Couples Retreat” and he is determined not to create anything similar to the “Slumdog Millionaire” tunes. He also stressed that while there wouldn’t be any Indian sounds, there would be a touch of Indianness.
Apparently, there were numerous brainstorming [...]
Monday, Sep 14 2009
India's double Oscar winner A.R. Rahman returns with another hit musical score in underwater film "Blue". The album boasts of both racy and slow songs and brings forth contemporary sounds that generate a lot of interest.
Thursday, Jul 02 2009
Washington, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited India’s music maestro A.R. Rahman and four other Oscar winners associated with the Academy award sweeper “Slumdog Millionaire” to join its roster of voting members.
Rahman has been invited for his music in “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”, while the film’s British Director [...]
Monday, Jun 29 2009
London, Pop legend Michael Jackson, who died Saturday, was reading poetry by Indian Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore during the last days of his life, and had commissioned Oscar-winning music maestro A.R. Rahman to create a unity anthem for his new album.
Rahman got the job after his Academy Award success courtesy Danny Boyle’s multiple Oscar winning [...]
Thursday, Jun 18 2009
Mumbai, Composers Vishal and Shekhar were pleasantly surprised when they opened the morning newspapers to find A.R. Rahman appreciating their work. Not just that, the Oscar winner mentioned Michael Jackson as the only other artist whose work he liked.
“Frankly speaking, I am speechless,” states Vishal Dadlani, who couldn’t believe when informed about acknowledgment coming from [...]