The Face of Music - A R Rahman News & Updates - III

[sathya_1979]

pls vote for arr....to win in iifa awards this yr
http://iifa.com/web07/cntnt/iifa.htm

Raghavendran, trust me Thalaivar doesn't need campaigning at all to win

He has reached a stage where awards would mean much less to him

venaanga! Idha paathaa "Award mEl aasai illaadhor sangam" "Oscar = Maruti Car Sangam" pondra pala sangaththu aaLunga vandhu comedy seivaanga

[K2AL]

A.R.Rahman's Twitter Account got Verified

http://twitter.com/arrahman

[rajasaranam]

Excellent promo for Rahmans Indo-Australia Peace Concert
http://www.arrahman.com/v2/jiyasejiy...ert-video.html
Well composed and choreographed And of course LittleMasters' beautiful singing

[Appu s]

Excellent promo for Rahmans Indo-Australia Peace Concert
http://www.arrahman.com/v2/jiyasejiy...ert-video.html
Well composed and choreographed And of course LittleMasters' beautiful singing

If you don know the song composed for
Nokia connections album

[Thiru]

பிறப்பொக்கும் எல்லா உயிர்க்கும் -

பிறந்த பின்னர் - TMS

யாதும் ஊரே, யாவரும் கேளிர் - ARR

உண்பது நாழி உடுப்பது இரண்டே- Sowmya

உறைவிடம் என்பது ஒன்றேயென - Chinmayi

உரைத்து வாழ்ந்தோம் - உழைத்து வாழ்வோம் - Srinivas?

தீதும் நன்றும் பிறர் தர வாரா எனும்
நன் மொழியே நம் பொன் மொழியாம் - Hariharan

போரைப் புறம் தள்ளி பொருளைப் பொதுவாக்கவே - YSR?

அமைதி வழி காட்டும்அன்பு மொழி
அய்யன் வள்ளுவரின் வாய்மொழியாம் - Chorus

செம்மொழியான தமிழ் மொழியாம் - ARR, Chorus - YSR, AR Raihana

ஓரறிவு முதல் ஆறறிவு உயிரினம் வரையிலே
உணர்ந்திடும் உடலமைப்பை பகுத்துக் கூறும் 1 - Srinivas, 2 - P Suseela

ஓல்காப் புகழ் தொல்காப்பியமும்
ஒப்பற்ற குறள் கூறும் உயர் பண்பாடு - Benny Dayal

ஒலிக்கின்ற சிலம்பும், மேகலையும் - GV Prakash

சிந்தாமணியுடனே (Chorus) வளையாபதி குண்டலகேசியும் - ??

செம்மொழியான நம் தமிழ் மொழியாம் - ARR, alaap - Nityashree & her patti ?

The Blaaze & Shruthi/Tanvi? lyrics part is missing

செம்மொழியான நம் தமிழ் மொழியாம் (Chorus...)

அகமென்றும் புறமென்றும் வாழ்வை
அழகாக வகுத்தளித்து - PBS

ஆதி அந்தமிலாது இருக்கின்ற இனியமொழி - Naresh Iyer
ஓதி வளரும் உயிரான உலக மொழி - 1- Srinivas ? 2- Seerkazhi Siva Sidambaram ?

நம்மொழி நம் மொழி - அதுவே

செம்மொழி - செம்மொழி - நம் தமிழ் மொழியாம் - Shruthi/Tanvi? again.. ARR/Chorus
வாழிய வாழியவே வாழிய வாழியவே வாழிய வாழியவே - ARR

I doubt if porai puram thalli is by YSR alone. it sounds more like ARR to me..

sinthamaniyudane - valayapathi kundala kesiyum - T.L. Maharajan..

agamendrum puramendrum is definitely not by PBS... I think its T.M. Krishnan..

The last tamizh mozhiyaam engal thamizh mozhiyaam is by Raihannah/chinna ponnu...

[Scale]

I somehow figured out when I came to know the credits.

Initially I do felt it as ARR. But this is the only part I could guess YSR, sometimes they both sound same.

[rayan36]

is there gonna be any official release for the song?

[raghavendran]

arr stealing the show in ipl awards

[ajaybaskar]

Bollywood composer seeks global pop stardom

By JACOB ADELMAN, Associated Press Writer Jacob Adelman, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 5 mins ago

BURBANK, Calif. – With scores of dancers moving in unison atop trains, singing amid ancient ruins and running across cricket fields, the average Bollywood production is a grand spectacle.

Taking such a show on the road would seem to require significant downsizing. Not for A.R. Rahman, who garnered worldwide exposure with his Academy Award-winning score to "Slumdog Millionaire. "

The Indian film composer is trying to orchestrate his own rise to international stardom by making his production even bigger to dazzle audiences in massive concert venues across the Western Hemisphere with elaborate stage shows teeming with dancers, acrobats and high-tech lighting.

The tour begins June 11 at New York's Nassau Coliseum and wends through North America and Europe before ending at London's Wembley Stadium in late July, with ticket prices for the roughly three-hour-long shows ranging from $45 to $1,000.

Through the concerts, Rahman is attempting something many performers from outside the English-speaking world have tried and failed to do: transcend a regional, ethnic niche and become an international mainstream superstar.

"My core audiences are from India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Middle East and all those people, so after 'Slumdog Millionaire, ' we wanted audiences from the U.S. and Europe," Rahman said, seated in a vast rehearsal hall in an industrial part of the San Fernando Valley.

In a music scene dominated by lithe 20-something songstresses and frenetic hip-hop collectives, the soft-spoken 44-year-old, with his squat, sparkplug-shaped physique and shaggy, brushed-back black coiffure, might seem an unlikely candidate for sustained Western pop stardom.

During an interview in a room dominated by a towering drum kit, Rahman cast longing glances at the piano beside him, looking like he'd rather be alone with the keyboard than at the center of this frantic pre-tour bustle.

"I'm an introvert, actually," he said, then corrected himself, "I was an introvert, rather."

He's also rowing against a tide that has capsized other non-Western stars who attempted to find a place in a global pop pantheon dominated by European and American performers.

The Japanese singing duo Puffy had big plans when they played their first U.S. concerts at the beginning of the decade, but they got little for their troubles beyond a cease and desist letter from lawyers for Sean Combs, aka Puff Daddy.

And does anyone remember Rain, the Korean pop idol who planned to take on America with a U.S. tour and a supporting role in the 2008 action film "Speed Racer"? (Does anyone even remember "Speed Racer"?)

But Rahman is off to a hopeful start.

His music is ubiquitous in his native India, where he is acclaimed for crafting moving movie music with global influences that appeal to contemporary Indian listeners for more than 100 films.

"He has supplied the soundtrack for a whole generation," TV chef Padma Lakshi wrote in an appreciation for Time magazine, which named Rahman one of the 100 most influential people of 2009.

India's Congress party even adopted the song "Jai Ho," from the "Slumdog" soundtrack, as the anthem for its 2009 campaign, from which it emerged as the election's top vote getter.

Outside India, Rahman has played sold-out shows in ethnic Indian enclaves, while his percussion-driven score of plaintive crescendo-climbing wails and sultry warbles lured some 150,000 North American viewers to the 2001 film "Lagaan," a nearly four-hour-long epic about cricket.

The success of the "Slumdog" soundtrack, which earned Rahman two Academy Awards and two Grammys and sold nearly 400,000 copies in the United States, has given him a platform to continue building his mainstream appeal.

"People from all over the world really respond and resonate to his music," said John Beasley, the concert tour's music director.

Beasley oversees the tour's 20-person coterie of flutists, cellists, tambura-strummers, singers and other music-makers, some of whom have played with Lionel Richie, Fleetwood Mac, Alanis Morissette and other Western pop stars. Beasley himself is a veteran of Miles Davis' musical entourage.

The musicians are elements of a stage show that also includes four troupes of dancers, each of which will strut the stage deploying an entirely different style of choreography.

All the while, a high-tech projection rig that's only been used before in standalone light shows will throw three-dimensional renderings of the Himalayas, the Ganges River and the slums of Mumbai onto the stage.

The shows will also feature Cirque du Soleil acrobats, including a Mongolian contortionist who has reworked her act into a display of extreme Indian yoga.

"It's a merging of cultures," said the show's artistic director Amy Tinkham, who has presided over tours for Britney Spears, Mariah Carey and other high-caliber acts. "It's very East-meets-West in a very spectacular way."

Ananda Mitra, a Wake Forest University communications professor and author of the book "India through the Western Lens," said that East-meets-West sensibility has always been a key to Rahman's success.

"He's able to create a sound which is appealing not only to those whose ears are attuned to traditional Indian film music, but also to ears that are attuned to Western pop," Mitra said.

Rahman's art grew in the petri dish of an increasingly internationally minded India, which began its rapid globalization during a series of economic reforms that began in the late 1980s, Mitra said.

Indians suddenly found it just as easy to buy ABBA or Bee Gees cassettes as it was to get sitar-driven Hindi classical music or folk-inflected film scores.

Mitra said Rahman has been particularly adept at fusing the two musical cultures, which puts him in good stead to be an international star.

"What Rahman is doing is saying, 'We don't have to think just about the Indians. There is an opportunity to globalize this music,'" Mitra said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100527/...lywood_on_tour

[ajaybaskar]

Bond with the best

Priyanka Pereira

When music and fashion get together, they can create some serious magic. Enchanting us this time around is Ritu Beri who has designed AR Rahman’s wardrobe for AR Rahman Jai Ho The Journey Home World Tour 2010, which commences on June 11 in New York. “It’s been my most thrilling experience to date,” exclaims Beri, who first met the musical genius when she was signed on to design his outfits for the tour. “Of course, I knew who Rahman was. But after meeting him, I have realised how humble and down-to-earth he is,” gushes Beri.

The designer, who had barely a month to get the costumes ready, had to design 34 different looks for Rahman and also his group of artistes, musicians and the dance troupe all of who will be travelling with him. Befitting the grandeur of the sets and the occasion, Beri has designed unique LED costumes for the team. “When I started working on the looks, I realised that Rahman was not the one for flashy colours,” she says. But Beri was clear in her head that she wanted Rahman to sport looks which he hadn’t so far. “This time Rahman has experimented. He has been more fun and more adventurous,” says Beri, who got him into ethnic wear for the song Khwaja Mere Khawaja from the film Jodhaa Akbar. For another number, Rahman is dressed like Michael Jackson, and this surely has been his boldest look, feels one of the country’s best couturiers.

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/bo...e-best/624218/