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ARR's 10th Anniversary in TFM - A Decade of Fans

Topic started by A Constellation of ARR Fans (@ 12.234.180.182) on Tue Aug 20 11:40:13 EDT 2002.
All times in EST +10:30 for IST.

It is a known fact that with Baba, ARR has marked his 10th year in TFM in a Big Way.
The beneficiaries of this prodigy's talents, tat’s us the fans, have decided to call for Celebrations in a Big Way.
Hence, a Constellation of ARR Fans from the newtfmpage Forum got together and took a walk down memory lane, through each year of A Decade of Rahmania.

The fruit of our labour saw the creation of a whole new Website, "10 Years of Universal Conquest", in Dedication to ARR.

Rahman - The Indian Music Wizard - A Composer's view - by UV
http://www.armedd.com/arr/rahman.html

1992 - The Dawn of a New Age - by ROTFL
http://www.armedd.com/arr/1992.html

1993 - His Best Year in the Tamil Film World - by Bharath
http://www.armedd.com/arr/1993.html

1994 - En mel Vizhuntha Malai Thuli - by OISG
http://www.armedd.com/arr/1994.html

1995 - His Second National Conquest - by Cosmician
http://www.armedd.com/arr/1995.html

1996 - Western namakku Vilaiyatu - by Cosmician
http://www.armedd.com/arr/1996.html

1997 - Rahman captures Poo Pookum Osai - Joint effort
http://www.armedd.com/arr/1997.html

1998 - Sandhosha Kaneere - by WN
http://www.armedd.com/arr/1998.html

1999 - The Magician's Spell - by CP
http://www.armedd.com/arr/1999.html

2000 - The Magic Continues - by CP
http://www.armedd.com/arr/2000.html

2001 - The Right Recipe for the New Millennium - by Are Yaar
http://www.armedd.com/arr/2001.html

2002 - Inspiration for a New Generation - by Magix
http://www.armedd.com/arr/2002.html

We invite all of you to join us in the celebrations.
We’d also like to thank newtfmpage admin, RR & bb, for their support.

If you wish to add your contribution to any of these pages, you can send them in by email to the website coordinator.

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• From: . (@ 193.188.97.152) on: Mon Nov 4 05:24:09 EST 2002
  
  Rehman is among the TOP TEN
  
  http://dinamalar.com/index.asp
  
  
• From: Are Yaar (@ 203.197.141.186) on: Tue Nov 5 08:10:42 EST 2002
  
  Rahman among top ten Asian pay earners in UK
  
  PTI [ MONDAY, NOVEMBER 04, 2002 08:10:54 AM ]
  
  LONDON: Indian music director and composer A R Rahman is among the
  top ten Asians who figure in this year's Sunday Times Pay List of
  the United Kingdom, with an annual income of two million pounds.
  
  
  Famous for his scores in south Indian and Bollywood movies, the 36-
  year-old Rahman hit the international circuit after Andrew Lloyd
  Webber chose him for his latest musical Bombay Dreams which has
  become a hit and money spinner.
  
  
  Rahman, who has scored for 60 films is now paid one million pounds
  per movie, has sold over 100 million albums. A graduate of Trinity
  College, Oxford, he qualifies for the Pay List because he has lived
  in London for most of the last two years, the newspaper said.
  
  
  The top ten Asians in the list are Gurchait Chima (9.5 mn pounds),
  business; Gurnaik Chima (9.5 mn pounds), business; Naguib Kheraj
  (five mn pounds), finance; Manish Chande (4.11 mn pounds) business;
  Raj Kumar (four mn pounds) business; Rana Talwar (3.2 mn pounds),
  benefits; Tom Singh (2.87 mn pounds), business, Ranjit Boparan (2.76
  mn pounds) business; Baljinder Boparan (2.5 mn pounds), business and
  A R Rahman (two mn pounds), music.
  
  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/xml/comp/articleshow?
  artid=27234715
  
  
  
• From: WN (@ 203.24.100.133) on: Sat Nov 9 21:35:35 EST 2002
  
  A Big Thank You to admin for cleaning up this thread.
  
  This has been a problem for ARR fans for such a long time yet no one cared till Are Yaar gave a taste of how it cud feel like. Some people simply butt into every ARR thread, totally Unprovoked and will copy and paste comments which are a month old, choosing to do so only when there is peace & some good discussion in the ARR threads.
  I hope we can maintain this peace for some time.
  
  Good work Are Yaar. Looks like at least a part of ur "Are Yaar" mission has been fulfilled.
  
  Adding to the article above, ARR was also the highest tax paying music director in India last year...meaning the highest paid MD as well I spose. And wasnt it a joke that I had lengthy arguments in this DF with some people who insisted that ARR was no longer the commercially no1 MD anymore and tat his time was over.
  
  
• From: WN (@ 203.24.100.133) on: Sun Nov 10 05:37:28 EST 2002
  
  I will be posting translations I did of ARR's Deepavali interview on KTV (Sun Network). I have split it into 10 parts and will be posting them in a few different threads. The interview was conducted by the girl who hosts Sun TV's Ilamai Puthumai show. This interview was part of the Kadhalar Virus Kannottam and the focus was on the musical score of the film. ARR was interviewed first, afterwhich Director Kadhir was interviewed.
  Here goes...
  
  
• From: WN (@ 203.24.100.133) on: Sun Nov 10 05:38:55 EST 2002
  
  PART 1: INTRODUCTION
  
  Opening statement by Interviewer:
  
  Before, during & after Deepavali, many new movies are released. Alongside, many audio releases occur. If Tamil film songs have a good reachout throughout the world, an important reason behind this is IsaiPuyal AR Rahman.
  [Taal Se Taal Mila music]
  Among the many directors who combine with him to give hit movies, director Kadir is a key figure. In the making, as a result of the alliance of this duo, is Kadhal Virus.
  [Vaan Nila opening music]
  The recently released Kadhal Virus audio cassette has been enthralling audience.
  For this Deepavali, let us quiz Director Kadir and Isai Puyal AR Rahman.
  
  Interview with AR Rahman begins.
  
  Interviewer: Vanakkam (Greetings) Sir. How are you doing?
  ARR: I am ok.
  Interviewer: Has it been a long time since you came to Madras?
  ARR: No, it's been a month since I came.
  Interviewer: How's the place?
  ARR: Nice...as usual.
  
  
• From: WN (@ 203.24.100.133) on: Sun Nov 10 05:40:33 EST 2002
  
  PART 3: ON ARR'S MOVIE SELECTION
  
  Interviewer: You work with big banners and big directors like Shanker, Mani Ratnam and Kadhir. What is the particular reason for this?
  
  ARR: If you take Mani Sir, he gave me my first break. We have shared a good relationship and so far and hope we will share in future. If you look at Shanker, his first movie was Gentleman. Then, we never knew whether he was big or small. Only a person's work will determine if he is big or small. That's what I believe. Nowadays, the time factor is becoming less as I am travelling. I'd quite like to work with experienced directors. As a commitment to my Tamil industry fans, I want to do some which has quality. And as the time factor is less, I prefer to do very few films.
  
  
• From: WN (@ 203.24.100.133) on: Sun Nov 10 05:42:02 EST 2002
  
  PART 5: ARR ON NEW MUSIC DIRECTORS
  
  Interviewer: For each time period, there was a Music Director. First, it was MS Viswanathan-Ramamoorthy. Then came Illayaraja. Then you came. Now, there are many youngsters adventing. In fact, there are even movies with five Music Directors. What is your opinion about this?
  
  ARR: I think it is a very good thing. People get to hear different kinds of music. They all have an outlet. And they all have an encouragement and support from people. And each person has a particular following and that's what we need actually. Once they get an encouragement, we as a whole team, can go break into the international market. Which is my dream. If you look at the world, our place is out there. We can go and assume that place. I think we should do that.
  
  
• From: WN (@ 203.24.100.133) on: Sun Nov 10 05:44:09 EST 2002
  
  PART 7: ON ARR'S TRENDS
  
  Interviewer: In Kanathil Muthammital and Baba, the songs were very emotional, melody based songs. And all the songs were situational based for the movies. But what we, the general public expect from AR Rahman is peppy music like Humma Humma, Oorvasi or Shakalaka Baby. What do you think about that?
  
  ARR: If we look at young films, Kadhalan, Kadhal Desam, Kadhalar Dinam are all young films. The songs will also be like that. Prabhu Deva featured in alot of those films. After that, I consciously decided to do some emotional subjects. It was a journey. But now, in Kadhal Virus, Boys, Jyothi Sir's movie...title is Enaku 18 or something...(laughs), everything has this young feel back again.
  
  PART 8: ABOUT HIMSELF
  
  Interviewer: Are you a very emotional person?
  
  ARR: Everybody is emotional. If you look at musicians, we have all kinds of emotions.
  
  Interviewer: But what is that emotion that is around the background?
  
  ARR: When I am working on a song, I try to knock off all the emotions. It is difficult and we cannot have one emotion and compose a different kind of tune. So be neutral rather.
  
  
• From: WN (@ 203.24.100.133) on: Sun Nov 10 05:45:19 EST 2002
  
  Interview ends and Kadhir's Interview begins. Picturisation of Sonnalum is also shown during Kadir's interview, among others.
  
  
• From: WN (@ 203.24.100.133) on: Sun Nov 10 05:49:51 EST 2002
  
  Let me summarise where I have posted what:
  
  PART 1: INTRODUCTION
  In this thread
  
  PART 2: ON KADHAL VIRUS
  http://newtfmpage.com/forum/7792.06.29.48.html
  
  PART 3: ON ARR'S MOVIE SELECTION
  In this thread
  
  PART 4: FUTURE EXPECTATIONS
  http://newtfmpage.com/forum/20092.10:23:15.html
  
  PART 5: ARR ON NEW MUSIC DIRECTORS
  In this thread
  
  PART 6: ON BABA
  http://newtfmpage.com/forum/16882.23.27.21.html
  
  PART 7: ON ARR'S TRENDS
  In this thread
  
  PART 8: ABOUT HIMSELF
  In this thread
  
  PART 9: ON HOLLYWOOD
  http://newtfmpage.com/forum/20092.10:23:15.html
  
  PART 10: FUTURE RELEASES
  http://newtfmpage.com/forum/20092.10:23:15.html
  
  
• From: Kupps (@ 203.197.133.4) on: Sun Nov 10 06:52:10 EST 2002
  
  any interviews by ARR on BD? could anyone post it here?
  
  

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