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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:

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• From: C~P (@ 61.1.200.179) on: Tue Dec 9 11:42:12 EST 2003
  
  Naate Aamai = Village Duck??!! .... ennapa ithe!! ... Paran, can u clarify?! ;-)
  
  btw y is the villageduck bothered when IR doesnt seem to be doing the right thing?!
  
  rajasaranam,
  don't u realise that ARR is making a mark in all the areas? ... isnt that something great by itself? ... i dont think Daler and Sukhwinder are as popular as ARR is ... he is global now! ... and that should make us proud i feel
  
  
• From: dinesh (@ 210.186.42.33) on: Tue Dec 9 12:14:04 EST 2003
  
  vivek's dialoug in Dum dum dum!
  
  
• From: * (@ 161.114.64.71) on: Tue Dec 9 12:16:54 EST 2003
  
  Nattamai = bug = ambleen = 202.56.186.2 = 207.54.144.35 = 216.127.82.97
  
  Ippo ellarum veetukku poi homework pannungo!
  
  
• From: C~P (@ 61.1.200.179) on: Tue Dec 9 12:47:41 EST 2003
  
  dinesh,
  havent watched Dum Dum Dum ... so dunno wat ur talking abt! ... hehe ... all i know is literal converting it to english definitely doesnt result in Village Duck!
  
  *,
  oho ... i have some important things to do ... naalaikku observation submission ... thanks for reminding! ;-)
  
  
• From: x (@ 209.47.143.226) on: Tue Dec 9 13:36:33 EST 2003
  
  fyki,
  aamai is not duck. It's turtle. Vaatthu is duck. Enna thitromnu kooda theriyaama thittakkoodadhu.
  
  
• From: * (@ 161.114.64.71) on: Tue Dec 9 14:02:29 EST 2003
  
  x, adhu expatriate licence! Kandukaadheenga, tamizh pesaraangenu santhosha padunga! :)
  
  
• From: Nattamai (@ 207.44.154.35) on: Wed Dec 10 00:28:09 EST 2003
  
  It is stupidity to call IR king of indian pop. This is as stupid as calling arr 'mozart of east', just like the white stupid said. So don't degrade him by calling pop king or anything.
  
  
  village duck?? hahhaha, that's funny ...
  
  
• From: ARRfan (@ 61.11.78.2) on: Wed Dec 10 01:58:04 EST 2003
  
  PITHAMAGAN HAD ONLY A SALES OF 1230 cassettes while BOYS AND E20U18 had a sales of 37340 cassettes together .
  Where from is this info?Even i can quote some number and say some nonsense.Please discuss abt ARR and his pop skills.Not some invalid details.
  
  
• From: V (@ 24.59.74.246) on: Wed Dec 10 02:18:33 EST 2003
  
  Hahahahahah
  
  I am sure I can come here for the next few weeks to see some imature imbeciles post stuff like IR is King of Pop in India.
  
  Hahahaha. please keep the wild entertainment and humor going
  
  
• From: x (@ 203.200.195.2) on: Wed Dec 10 02:52:02 EST 2003
  
  IR is class apart.
  Then don't compare him with the 3rd grade pop artists like ARR....sound engineers and key board palyers..etc....
  
  
• From: mir (@ 220.247.247.202) on: Wed Dec 10 03:08:26 EST 2003
  
  i dont understand why ...some IR fans waste there valuable time to come here and type craps. See who opened the discussion as soon as this thread was started with usual bashings against ARR. Unless there are bashings against IR there is no need to come to this thread and pollute it. There are many indian artists conduct such concerts.Iam sure IR fans dont bother waste time in criticising such artists. Then why they get allergic only when ARR does something (a concert, an international project etc).Why cant IR fans maintain their maturity.
  
  
• From: dinesh (@ 210.186.42.76) on: Wed Dec 10 08:23:18 EST 2003
  
  easy brother,they cant take the facts that ARR took over IR,from the day rahman 1st bashed IR with his Roja,untill now,they cant take it,as IR is lost when ARR is in,u know,they feel angry when someone praises Rahman,when IR still exists (for them),but we ARR fans respects IR,as me,i still love,take that,LOVE his 1980's composition like Sindhu Bairavi,punnagai mannan,etc etc,but his latest one are all his copy & paste from his previous tunes,u can simply easyly link them when u listen to any IR songs now days,but Azhagi was standing out,with good compositions,but IR fans arent like that (not all),they over do it ,like pretend IR compose a 10 sec music,they will say WOW,now thats maestro & all,but we ARR fans arent like that,we do have some dislike of rahman songs,as for me,love bird is that album i couldnt digest untill now (except Malargale),others r crap for me!but now days Rahman is doing good music but IR fans r bashing him coz they dun praise anyone except IR,i just dun get that point!!
  
  
• From: V (@ 24.59.74.246) on: Wed Dec 10 12:52:44 EST 2003
  
  x
  
  pls continue
  
  and come on man. dont make less prolific statements. make statemens ike IR is best in POP. IR is MJ of India orsomething like that which u did in the beginning.
  
  
• From: xml (@ 128.148.68.110) on: Wed Dec 10 20:14:30 EST 2003
  
  What is that INDIAN POP.
  
  First of all POP belongs to western.There was no pop music in INDIA since begening.
  
  Many of our MD's lift that and claim as they made on their own.People who don't know anything will say that INDIAN POP.
  
  Any way it should be called as King of Indian Pop (lifted from pop).
  
  
• From: Shridhar (@ 165.21.154.9) on: Sun Dec 14 23:47:17 EST 2003
  
  Hi Guys,
  Any one out there knows how far is this "Shah Alam Stadium" from the KL Airport?
  Is there any site where we can buy tickets online for the A R Rehman's concert as we are in Singapore?
  
  

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