Oscar-Grammy winner A R Rahman has expressed disappointment over many attempts to create remakes of his original songs. He has posted the link of the original version of Masakali song on Twitter asking everyone to listen to it. He then said, “No short cuts, properly commissioned, sleepless nights, writes and re-writes. Over 200 musicians, 365 days of creative brainstorming with… Continue reading "A R Rahman disappointed with song remakes"
Launched with an aim to provide a platform to aspiring music composers to promote original English music, NEXA Music has unveiled its much awaited music video by A.R. Rahman. Titled “You Got Me”, this music video is about celebration of music and new indigenous talent in English Music. NEXA Music, Lab: ‘NEXA Music, Lab’ was instituted to provide an English… Continue reading "A R Rahman’s new partnership to promote young talents"
Dolby Laboratories, Inc, a leader in immersive entertainment experiences, is embarking on a new and exciting journey to bring Dolby Atmos Music to India. To mark this announcement, Grammy and Academy Award winner AR Rahman, in his debut as Producer-Writer of the film 99 Songs, directed by debutant VishweshKrishnamoorthy, announced that tracks from the film have been mastered in Dolby… Continue reading "Rahman becomes first Indian musician to create album in Dolby Atmos"
Superstar Rajinikanth has emerged the top celebrity from south cinema and overall 13th across India in the Forbes Top 100 celebrity list for 2019 released this morning. Forbes India tweeted, “Thaliava’ @rajinikanth is the richest celebrity from South cinema on the #ForbesIndiaCeleb100 list, which includes actors from Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam film industries. With an estimated earnings of Rs 100… Continue reading "Rajini, Rahman, Vijay, Ajith in Forbes list"
We had recently reported that Mani Ratnam had dropped Vairamuthu from Ponniyin Selvan after the lyricist faced serious allegations in the #MeToo controversy. Now it is learnt that Mani Ratnam and the film’s composer AR Rahman roped in Kabilan to pen two songs for the film and they have also completed the recording. Once the director returns from the ongoing… Continue reading "Mani Ratnam finds replacement for Vairamuthu"
To mark U2’s first-ever visit to India, Island Records has announced the release of a new track titled ‘Ahimsa’ from U2 and legendary composer A.R. Rahman. Credited to U2 on digital storefronts the single is now available to stream on JioSaavn. With a library of over 50 million songs and award-winning original content, refreshed frequently, JioSaavn presents wide-ranging audio experiences… Continue reading "A R Rahman takes Ahimsa route"
At last, after much delay, Oscar-Grammy winning composer A R Rahman’s production venture 99 Songs is done and the film is getting ready for release. Rahman wrote on social media, “I am very excited to announce the release of my very first film as producer and writer,’99 Songs’, a young, passionate love story, with music at its soul. 99 Songs… Continue reading "A R Rahman announces release date of his film, 99 Songs"
Music maestro A R Rahman, who is composing music for Vijay’s 62nd film, has completed two songs for the movie directed by A R Murugadoss. Out of the two, the first was said to be a peppy number and it was shot on the sets near ECR. Sridhar master choreographed the peppy song featuring Thalapathy Vijay and Keerthy Suresh, sources… Continue reading "Rahman done with 2 songs for Vijay-62"
Oscar winning music composer AR Rahman is likely to perform live at the grand audio launch of ‘Thalapathy’ Vijay’s Mersal on August 20. “It’s going to be a grand audio launch and Rahman sir may perform. He is yet to give his final nod but the makers are hopeful that he will accept the invitation and at least perform briefly,”… Continue reading "Rahman to perform at Mersal audio launch"
Hindi speaking fans of music maestro AR Rahman were disappointed that the composer preferred to sing Tamil songs over Hindi numbers at his recent concert at Wembley’s The SSE Arena, UK. Many took to their micro-blogging page and some even asked for refunds for the ticket. Meanwhile, coming to Rahman’s support, singer Chinmayi posted on her micro-blogging page, “When Rahman… Continue reading "Fans slam Rahman, Chinmayi comes to his support"