|
|
|
|
| |
|
Information
about Music Director A.R.Rahman |
|
His first Tamil film Roja, fetched him the National Film Award, in 1992, and thrust him into the limelight. In the five years since Roja, he has created music for blockbuster Indian films, including Pudhiya Mugam, Gentleman, Kizhaku Seemaiyilae, Duet, Kadalan, Bombay, May Madham, Indian, Kadhal Desam and Love Birds. His 1995 soundtrack for Bombay crossed 5 million units and Rahman arrived as the “King of Indian Pop" with sales of more than 40 million albums over a period of 3 years. Allah Rakha Rahman popularly known as A R Rahman was born A.S. Dileep Kumar on January 6, 1966, in Chennai, to a musically affluent family. Dileep started learning the piano at the tender age of four. But at the age of nine, his father passed away. The pressure of supporting his family fell on Dileep. At the age of 11, he joined Illaiyaraja's troupe as a keyboard player.Rahman branched out into advertising in 1987, when he was asked to compose a jingle to promote a range of watches and Leo Coffee Powder. The ads were a success, and over the next five years, Rahman would compose more than 300 jingles.
|
|
|
|
In 1988, one of his sisters fell seriously ill and numerous attempts to cure her failed. Her condition progressively worsened. The family had given up all hope when they came in contact with a Muslim Pir - Sheik Abdul Qadir Jeelani or Pir Qadri as he was popularly known. With his prayers and blessings, Dileep's sister made a miraculous recovery. Rattled by the bad experience and influenced by the teachings of the Pir, the entire family converted to Islam. Thus A.S.Dileep Kumar became A.R. Rahman.He also played on the orchestra of M.S.Vishwanathan and Ramesh Naidu and accompanied Zakir Hussain and Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan on world tours. All this experience enabled him to earn a scholarship to the famed Trinity College of Music at Oxford University from where he obtained a degree in Western Classical Music.He was also a part of local rock bands like Roots, Magic and Nemesis Avenue where he performed with his future colleagues like Ranjit Barot and Sivamani. In 1989, he started a small studio of his own, called Panchathan Record Inn, attached to his house. This would later develop into one of India's most well equipped and advanced recording studios. In his established state of the art sound and recording studio he began experimenting in sound engineering, design and production. Rahman is well known for introducing several unknown voices into the main stream playback. He has shown an extraordinary flair for experimenting with untrained voices. Singers who have worked with him have repeatedly said that Rahman's open approach during recording sessions has spurred them on to giving their best. Suresh Peters, Shahul Hameed, Srinivas, Shankar Mahadevan, Harini, Anupama, Dominique, Minmini, Shubha, Febi, Hema Sardesai are some of the singers who have thrived after the advent of Rahman. Singers like Hariharan, Sujatha, Unnimenon have had successful comebacks in the industry after working with Rahman. Unnikrishnan, Bombay Jayshree and Nithyashree Mahadevan who are successful Karnatak classical vocalists have been introduced into film playback by Rahman. Rahman's first break with Hindi films came with Ram Gopal Varma's Rangeela.Mani Ratnam picked him for his first Hindi film, Dil Se, and the rest, as they say, is history. Impressed with Rahman's film songs, the famous musical composer and producer, Andrew Webber Lloyd, has signed Rahman to compose a Broadway musical titled `Bombay Dreams'. Webber was introduced to Rahman's style of music through the songs from `Dil Se..' and `Taal'. Joining Rahman in this musical would be Academy award winning lyricist Don Black
|
Cinema
Related Web Sites
.
Hindi
Cinema
.
Tamil
cinema
.
Malayalam
cinema
.
Pictures
/ Photographs of Actors & Actress
Cine
Stars / Singers / Music Directors
.
Aamir
khan
.
Amitab
Bachan
.
Anu
Malik
.
A
R Rahman
.
Asha
Bhosle
.
Bipasha
Basu
.
Bobby
Deol
.
Celina
Jaitley
In
General :
.
Acting
Workshops / Schools
Discuss
and Chat in Cine chance Forum
|
Become
a Cine Star !
Are
you looking for a chance as Hero , Heroine , Comedian ,
Villain or Character role in Bollywood, Kollywood ,
Tollywood, Malluwood or Kannada Cinema / TeleVision
Serial ?
Place
your Photograph & Profile
FREE
of Charge @ Cinechance.com
Click
Here |
|
| .
Latest
& Hot film news |
| .
Kollywood |
| .
Tollywood |
| .
Bollywood |
| .
Malluwood |
| .
Hollywood |
| |
|
International
Models |
| .
USA
Male Models |
| .
USA
Female Models |
| .
UK
Male Models |
| .
UK
Female Models |
| .
Europe
Male Models |
| .
Europe
Female Models |
| .
Canada
Male Models |
| . Canada
Female Models |
| |
|
Looking for |
| Looking
for new faces for your Film,
TV
serial or Ads ? Click Here |
|
|
| |
|
Cinechance on
PRESS |
|
|
| Click
here :
Article about us in 'The
Hindu' , 'Dinamalar'
& Rashtra
Deepika Online edition.. |
| |
|
Cine
Stars, Singers, Music Directors |
| .
Aamir
khan |
| .
Amitab
Bachchan |
| .
Anu
Malik |
| .
A
R Rahman |
| .
Asha
Bosle |
| .
Bipasha
Basu |
| .
Bobby
Deol |
| .
Celina
Jaitley |
| .
Aishwarya
Rai |
| .
Chiranjeevi |
| |
|
Chat
& Discuss |
| Discuss
about movies, models, actors, actress, singers, directors everyone
in Television, Films, or Modeling Begin
! |
|
