Posts Tagged ‘AR Rahman’

There were epic epic epiiicccc expectations for another AR Rahman masterpiece and WOW were they supassed! The album is filled with soon-to-be cult Rahman classics and with lyrics from Gulzar saab how can you possibly go wrong?! We loooove the tribal-heavy beats, the mix of electic singers (Ali, Karthik, Bharadwaj) and freshness of all the tracks.

Check out all the tracks below and tell us what your new fave is!!

Beera Beera featuring Vijay Prakash, Mustafa Kutoane and Keerthi Sagathi

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Behene De featuring Karthik and Mohamed Irfan

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Thok Di Killi featuring Sukhwinder Singh and Am0nico

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Ranjha Ranjha featuring Rekha Bharadwaj, Javed Ali and Anuradha Sriram

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Kata Kata featuring Ila Arun, Sapna Awasthi and Kunal Ganjawalla

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Khili Re featuring Renee Bhardwaj

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Eee! Finally!

A glimpse into the highly anticipated Mani Ratnam film starrring his faaave filmy jodi-Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan!

Check out the 40sec (too short!!) music teaser that was just released:

Finally

That’s Kailash Kher singing along with AR Rahman!

April 24th come sooners!!!

So it seems that perhaps Ciara was inspired by the whole Jai Ho! AR Rahman and The Pussycat Dolls song and decided to try remixing one of ARR’s songs.  She choose Kya Kehna from Rahman’s masterpiece Bombay.

There are no words to describe how awful it is, so you can just listen to it below yourself.

Oh and to make it worse it features Chris Brown (ick). Yeah so be prepared for an assault on your ears!

A.R. Rahman is as shocked as the world of Michael Jackson‘s untimely death and released the following statement:

I am shocked at the untimely passing away of Michael Jackson, one of the greatest musicians of our times. MJ, for most of our generation was an icon who made uncompromising music. He pushed the milestone of Pop music to unbelievable levels through the 80s and 90s. I am yet to find an artist with that energy, perfection and vision. I met him personally after the Oscars in Los Angeles and we vibed very well. He said that he loved India and the Indian people. He said he heard good things about me and he was praising the chord progression of Jai Ho’s chorus.

He was bursting with energy and told me that every dance move he did came from his soul and did a five second stunning example. It was like a lightning strike. He was concerned about developmental issues such as Global Warming and about wars and its damages to the human community. He asked me to compose a unity anthem on the likes of “We are the World” for him. I nodded in awe…!

He introduced me to his three lovely bright kids. The kids told him “I love you Dad”. And he replied, “I love you more” as a proud father. I wished him well for his concerts and he said “God Bless you”. After hearing the shocking news, I wished it was another rumor which would fade away soon. It took me time to believe that he is no more. I remember, my late sound engineer H. Sridhar had brought me a video of the premiere of ‘Remember the Time’ when I was recording ‘Kadal Rojave’ for my first movie Roja. Seeing it inspired all of us that afternoon.

Now, there is no Sridhar and no Jackson anymore. I hope all of us value people’s existence more and respect them when they are alive. LIFE IS SHORT…! Artists and their art live for ever. Jai Ho, MJ! We love you for your music, regardless of all the controversies!

AR Rahman
June 25, 2009