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King of Indian Pop - A.R.Rahman

Topic started by Dinesh (@ 210.186.42.94) on Tue Dec 9 01:46:28 EST 2003.
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The best of Rahman

SOUTH INDIAN music maestro A.R. Rahman will be hitting town with his famed World Tour 2003 that is set to roll at Stadium Shah Alam on Dec 20.

The concert can be considered “the event of the year” as it will feature performances by top Indian artistes like playback singers S.P. Balasubramaniam, Hariharan, Shanker Mahadevan and the sultry Vasundhara Das.

Also joining the entourage are bhangra singer Sukhwinder Singh, Blaaze, Sadhana Sargam, Sunidhi Chauhan plus a strong crew comprising 15 back-up singers, 60 musicians, 20 Bombay model dancers and 10 technical crew-cum-engineers.

For the concert, the gifted instrumentalist-cum-singer will be performing songs from the latest blockbuster movies like Boys, Ennaku 20 Unnakku 18, Hindi songs from Taal and Satiya and his latest music score from the Chinese film Warriors of Earth and Heaven.


A.R.Rahman will perform his hit songs at Stadium Shah Alam on Dec 20.
According to concert organiser Naushad Ahamad, Rahman will be performing about 40 songs during the three and a half hour show. Rahman will also be belting Vanthe Mataram, a crowd-pleaser that showcases his talent as a singer.

“This is his second concert in Malaysia and we are expecting about 35,000 to 40,000 fans at the event. His debut concert, held in 1996, attracted a staggering 30,000 fans and we foresee a bigger crowd now as Rahman is an acclaimed international music director.”

Famed as one of India’s foremost musical artistes, Rahman’s infectious music compositions have won him much praise in India.

Even the late Pakistani musician Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, who performed a duet with Rahman in the song Vande Mataram hailed him as a musical genius.

Rahman, 36, was born A.S. Duleep Kumar, but adopted the name A.R. Rahman when he embraced Islam.

He comes from a richly musical family with K.A. Sekar, an acclaimed music director in South India, for a father.

Rahman started playing music from his early childhood and performed on the keyboards for various music directors in the South Indian film industry including Ramesh Naidu, M. S. Viswanathan and Illaiyaraja.

He earned a scholarship to the Trinity College in London and upon returning to his hometown, spent six years composing jingles before moving on to creating music for movies.

Rahman shot to stardom after composing some tantalising tunes for Roja, a box office hit 10 years back which starred Arvindswamy, Madhubala and Naseer. His mesmerising compositions earned him the Best Music Director award in the National Film Award (similar to the Oscars) from the Indian Government.

Since then, he has not looked back, coming up with mesmerising hit songs from movie soundtracks like May Madham, Gentleman, Karuthamma, Puthiya Mannargal, Kizhakku Cheemiyelae, Puthiya Mugam and Duet.

His 1995 soundtrack for the touching love story movie, Bombay, surpassed the five million mark and earned him the title “King of Indian Pop”.

Following that, it has been an exhilarating uphill ride for the brilliant performer. To date, he has a string of esteemed awards under his belt.

Awards accorded by magazines to industry accolades include Rajat Kamal, Filmfare, Cinema Express, Telegu Academy Purashkar, Bommai Nagi Reddy, Sumu, Rajiv Gandhi and Padmashree Award to name a few.

After more than two-dozen hits, countless prestigious awards and an impressive array of films in progress, there is little that Rahman needs to prove to anybody today. His stint with Andrew Lloyd Webber on Bombay Dreams and the recent soundtrack for Warriors of Heaven and Earth are merely the starting points for his international credentials.

Two month ago, Rahman was commissioned to produce music for the West End version of Tolkien’s epic The Lord of the Rings due to open in the spring of 2005.


A.R. Rahman World Tour 2003 is set to heat up Stadium Shah Alam at 7.30pm on Dec 20. Tickets are priced at RM30, RM50 and RM100.
In the Klang Valley, tickets are available at Venga Textiles (03-6092 0366/6120 6264); Gayathree (03-4044 8334); Raja Video Centre (03-4041 3432); Saradhas Textiles (03-2693 9898); Alai Osai Production (03-2274 3023); Maran Cash & Carry (012-660 7612); Melody Audio Video Centre (03-2072 6797), Pusat Video Malar (03-5882 4470); As Video Shop (012-364 2986); Vasu Music Centre (03-3373 7512); Restoran Shajahan Maju (03-4260 1162); Al Maju Restoran (03-4149 5082), Maju Curry House (03-4143 5082); Restoran Maju Terus (03-4142 1162); Restoran Ali Maju (03-2093 4163); Maju Curry House (03-2284 1162/2072 1162/7955 6162/012-686 5045/7806 1162/4044 1162 ); Restoran S Maju (03-5635 9730); Hare Krishna Textiles (03-3187 1230); Gem Restaurant (03-7783 4345/2260 1373) and Srin Maju Enterprise (03-7725 2080).

Alternatively, tickets can be picked up at Kapitan Restaurant in Penang (013-606 1611).

For more details contact 03- 2260 4048/2260 2540 or fax 03-2260 4048/2261 1356.

http://star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2003/12/9/soundnstage/6855246&sec=soundnstage

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Responses:

• From: Nattamai (@ 207.44.154.35) on: Tue Dec 9 02:19:16 EST 2003
  
  Good to know that he has time for his concerts atleast. And yes, instead of wasting time on new albums that will bomb at the sales counters, he is doing the right thing!
  
  
• From: X (@ 203.200.195.2) on: Tue Dec 9 02:35:01 EST 2003
  
  ONE KING OF POP - MICHAEL JAKSON.
  AND NEXT IS IR....IN INDIA.
  NO ONE NEAR THESE ONES NEXT...
  
  
• From: BeN (@ 52.128.30.17) on: Tue Dec 9 03:04:49 EST 2003
  
  IR KING OF POP IN INDIA???????
  
  hehehe
  sounds funny to me...
  
  IR is KING OF FOLK MUSIC IN SOUTH INDIA...
  highlight ""SOUTH INDIA"" not whole of INDIA!!!
  
  but ARR is THE KING OF POP IN INDIA !!!!
  and ARR has proved it!!
  
  
  
• From: rajasaranam (@ 210.210.32.20) on: Tue Dec 9 05:57:11 EST 2003
  
  BeN,
  
  IR is the not only king of folk music in south india but he is king of film music in south india. but definetely ARR has never proved himself as the king of Pop music in India. he shuttles betn film music, dramas, tours etc., to be a truly the king of pop in India ARR shud leave film music to others and compose for Music albums and videos like wat MJ had done. that way he can prove he is the real pop star here. that way he shud compete with all sukhwinders, dalers etc and win over them.
  P.S. i do know pop music means popular music but it has totally different meaning here. i hope u understand.
  
  
• From: x (@ 128.88.255.35) on: Tue Dec 9 07:48:21 EST 2003
  
  IR KING OF POP IN INDIA .. YESssssssssssssssssssss
  
  
• From: x (@ 209.47.143.226) on: Tue Dec 9 07:50:42 EST 2003
  
  
  After the crappy U20E18 and KKS (what an achievement!), here he goes...Another performance by ARR... yet another cheating live show where singers will be libsyncing for prerecorded songs, fifty violinists standing there and pretending to be working with their violins for songs like kinjam nilavu,.... and the MC and people will go ga..gaa.. about it..
  Why dont you just rent his last years concert in video and watch it?? there's not going to be any difference this time anyway..
  
  No wonder, let him make all that money he can before his fans wake up and smell that he is full of bull$$hit.
  
  
  
• From: paran (@ 203.123.16.6) on: Tue Dec 9 07:51:26 EST 2003
  
  rajasaranam...
  if ARR concentrated only on one field..i am very sure u would say
  "look at ARR he only knows X, unlike IR knows everything. Ir is the king!"
  
  the final judgment of yours will always be IR better than ARR.
  Both are legends...they have achieved everythign in their boundary, give credit to both please.
  
  Thanks
  
  
• From: x (@ 209.47.143.226) on: Tue Dec 9 07:53:15 EST 2003
  
  yeppa, ethana 'x' pa kalambi irukkeenga?
  
  btw, I won't call IR as a king of pop. It's like calling Bach and Beethovan as king of pop.. got it? IR's class should not be compared with third grade pop artists.. He is above all that..
  
  
• From: ashwanth (@ 61.11.80.110) on: Tue Dec 9 07:54:39 EST 2003
  
  HEY X ,
  GO AND ACT IN BLUE FILMS YOU ARE NOT FIT TO TALK HERE.SAYING CHEAP THINGS SUCH AS "IR IS KING OF INDIA" and stuff ! HE IS NOT EVEN KING OF GUMUDIPOONDU IN ANYTHING ! ARR HAS DRIVEN HIM OUT !HE IS PUCCA NONSENSE !
  
  
• From: shaila (@ 61.11.80.110) on: Tue Dec 9 08:00:02 EST 2003
  
  ARR is the king of pop in india and now he is all set to prove that he is king of pop in the whole world.
  ARR atleast got a good cassette sales in BOYS.
  PITHAMAGAN HAD ONLY A SALES OF 1230 cassettes while BOYS AND E20U18 had a sales of 37340 cassettes together .this can only mean one thing.
  
  Illayaraja ARRda po**la kooda sappa mudiyathu.
  And "illayaraja is bach and beethoven" when he went to france great renowned french musicians used to call his music "music of fart" ! So dont chumma show your stupid tastes with class artists amongst the world.
  
  
• From: poornima (@ 61.11.80.110) on: Tue Dec 9 08:02:56 EST 2003
  
  do not compare mj with arr .mj can compose film music because no english films have songs in between like we do.therefore arr is doing a great job in the industry and his music is totally innovative unlike the bull$$shit illayaraja who refuses to change with the trend like arr does.ARR CAN PLAY MUSIC FOR ALL TRENDS WHILE IR CAN ONLY WATCH HIS DI*K AND SHAG !
  
  
• From: dinesh (@ 210.186.42.119) on: Tue Dec 9 09:05:16 EST 2003
  
  Natte Ammai,and more dumb as*ess,get ur facts right,none of ur facts make sence,u say rahman isnt a world class md,u r so blind,u cant take the facts,i get it,its hard for u to see rahman do so much achievment which ur IR & Hj cant do...pitty u only,go one bashing Rahman,but remember,he is doing GREAT,whether u wanna accept it or not..too bad for lifeless guys like u...pitty,i wonder how u feel when u see all the times that r supporting Rahman...KKS is already a hit,with its high sales...pitty u !
  
  
• From: * (@ 161.114.64.71) on: Tue Dec 9 10:28:49 EST 2003
  
  Good one Dinesh!! Nut Aamai getting bashed as usual ! :)
  
  
• From: dinesh (@ 210.186.42.33) on: Tue Dec 9 11:16:22 EST 2003
  
  sorry,it was suppose to be : NAATE AAMAI (Village Duck) vivek's dialoug in Dum dum dum!
  
  

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