A R Rahman to act in a Malayalam film?

Is the music maestro AR Rahman going to act in a Malayalam film titled Track with Rahman, directed by Jayaraj? 

Rahman might do a cameo which has Malayalam megastar Mammootty and Jayasurya doing lead roles.

In the film Mammootty would play the role of a police officer who is investigating the murder of a young man who had come to Mumbai to sing the track  in a film, along with a famous playback singer.

As per sources close to the director, Mammootty as the investigating police officer in the film would meet ARR in a scene.  However ARR is yet to confirm the news.

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AR Rahman promotes Enthiran in US!

Music director AR Rahman is busy with his Jai Ho tour in the US. He was in Los Angeles on Sunday for his show at the LA forum. Inviting everyone to his show, Rahman also urged fans to watch the Robot. "Friends, see you at the LA Forum tonight - come watch the Robot. If you are looking for tickets, the Forum box office has them", was his message to friends on Twitter.

 

With the trailer of Endhiran and Robot released, people are most anxious to watch the movie. Rahman's music has already topped the charts and is a rage among fans. With personal invite, fans must be rushing to get tickets for the magnum-opus.

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A.R. Rahman’s Jai Ho tour resumes this weekend!

Double Oscar winner A.R. Rahman kicked off his 'A.R. Rahman Jai Ho Concert: The Journey Home World Tour' began at the Nassau Coliseum in New York on June 11, 2010. This tour would span 16 major cities across the world. The organizer’s commitment was to give a 'theatrical experience' in each show utilizing new technologies in cities like New Jersey, Washington, Chicago and London. The Jai Ho crew hit a roadblock when an accident happened on the sets in Detroit during the initial prep for the show. Though no one was injured seriously, the tour was postponed to a later date.

Now, the news is out that the Jai Ho tour resumes this weekend (September 11) in North America. The dates for the shows in various cities are, Los Angeles (Sep 11th), San Francisco (Sep 12th), Vancouver (Sep 14th), Dallas (Sep 17th), Houston (Sep 18th), Boston (Sep 22nd), Newark (Sep 23rd), Detroit (Sep 25th), Toronto (Sep 26th) and Raleigh (Sep 29th). See you soon North America, Rahman says out loud.

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AR Rahman makes a new record

Creating records is not a new thing for A R Rahman. He did it once again on Saturday when the theme song composed by him for the Common Wealth Games was released at a glittering ceremony in New Delhi.

If one has to go by reports, within two hours of the song’s release, it was downloaded more than 7,000 times. As Rahman croons ‘Khelo, jeeyo, hey-o, let's go…’, the rousing chorus takes the song forward, thereby giving an emotional appeal.

On Saturday, the Oscar-Grammy winner sung the song for around five minutes in front of a gathering which included Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, her Haryana counterpart Bhupinder Singh Hooda and CWG Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi.

“I feel honoured to get the opportunity to compose the theme song for the mega-event. It was not an easy task. I had started composing it six months ago and finished just last night,” the Mozart of Madras said.

A beaming Kalmadi hailed the launch of the theme song as a good beginning to the hosting of successful Games. “A well beginning is the half job done. Now onwards you will listen this song day in and day out,” he said.

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Rahman to write autobiography?

Oscar winning music director A.R. Rahman will pen his experiences starting from Roja (his debut film) to the yet-to-be released Mani Ratnam's Raavan. Reportedly the book will be of a coffee table kind and will also contain photos of about 300 singers with comments from the Mozart of Madras.

Rahman began composing film music with Mani Ratnam's Roja (Tamil) in 1992 after assisting Tamil film maestro Ilaiyaraja for nearly a decade. He was awarded the Rajat Kamal award for Best Music Director at the National Film Awards for the film, the first time ever for a debut composer and after that, his career has shown an ever-increasing upward trend. Roja was also listed in TIME's Top 10 Movie Soundtracks of All Time. Rahman went on to win the National Award three more times, for his scores for Minsaara Kanavu in 1997, Lagaan in 2002 and Kannathil Muthamittal, the most ever by any composer. And he has won the Filmfare Award 25 times!

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Again A R Rahman gets nominated!

The music maestro is garnering nominations all the way, from all over!

Forbes India, one of the top business magazines, is bringing in the ‘Person of the Year’ Award, for which the mag will be including the nominee list in its upcoming edition. The edition which will hit the stands tomorrow (Dec 18), will include a list of 21 influential personalities of India for the nominations.

AR Rahman has found a place in this prestigious list along with several biggies; among which are Nandan Nilekani, Chetan Bhagat, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Rahul Gandhi.

Forbes India has conducted this poll in an effort to honour those people who have shown leadership, courage and enterprise and in many ways, exemplify the unique "Indian Way".

The award winner will be selected on the basis of public voting and the readers can cast their votes by logging on the magazine’s website.

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Rahman's son to sing in Tamil

A week after reports claimed that music composer AR Rahman's son Alim would sing in a Hollywood film, the Oscar-award winner today said his son would render voice for Tamil movies too.

Speaking at a function to release the album 'Sing along with rhythms', brought out by the students of KM Music Conservatory run by him, Rahman said, 'Alim is just six. He is learning music now and he will certainly sing in Tamil films soon.'

On the album he said, 'I am happy that my students have come out with an album. My prayers to Almighty for these students to go and rock in the world of music.'

Andrea, Shruthi Haasan and filmmaker Goutham Menon among others were present.

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A R Rahman gets London Critics Award

London Critics Award was given to A R Rahman for best music composer for the film “Slumdog Millionaire”. The film is based on Indian diplomat Vikas Swarup’s novel “Q&A”. Set in Mumbai, the film revolves around a slum kid who wins a jackpot on a quiz show called “Kaun Banega Crorepati”. “Slumdog Millionaire” received critical acclaim post its limited release Nov 12. Also, it wowed audiences at the Toronto International Film Festival as well as the Telluride Film Festival. The US’ National Board of Review has named Slumdog Millionaire the best film of 2008, while the film bagged the ‘Best British Independent Film’ prize at the British Independent Film Awards.

Rahman also received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score and two Critics Choice nominations - Best Score and Best Song for Jai Ho. This film has featured in Time magazine’s top 10 movies list of the year. Speaking about this award A R Rahman said,” “I have worked with different people. Most Westerners are generally reserved. But Boyle was different - like a friend, very helpful. It was like working for Mani Ratnam, Rakeysh (Omprakash Mehra). He was very excited about India. He loved India. He loved Mumbai. He loved everything,”

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