The music maestro. The Mozart of the Indian music industry. The man who knows the knack and the art of juggling with sounds, beats, chords, tunes, notes, rhythms and weaving an intricate web of melody that no one can escape. This is the prodigious A R Rahman. His talent and output has one of the prime reasons for a movie’s success or even fame. His records have been sold even when the movie might not be doing too well at the box-office. Rahman has a very wide repertoire of music. Be it Bach, Beethoven, Reggae, Rock, Karnatic, Hindustani classical he fuses them so fantastically that the end product is simply fabulous.
Rahman has to his credit more than 2 dozen hit albums that have crossed a gross* 2.5 million unit sales each world over, a long list of movie albums, ad jingles, non film hit numbers, an enormous list of prestigious awards and is now making new waves internationally with the launch of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical *Bombay Dreams that is catapulting him to international fame.
Rahman has been instrumental in bringing about a remarkable technological sophistication in the recordings through his latest techniques. His studio is India’s most well equipped and advanced recording studio. His music is the new age music redefined-* digital, upshot, catchy and upbeat*.
Although it is just a decade since he has been present in the music industry, he has some soul stirring melodies.
10 of Rahman’s classics in no particular order.
- Song: Kay sera sera
Movie: Pukar
Singers: Shankar Mahadevan, Kavita Krishnamurthy
a beautiful toe taping dance number that keeps ringing in your mind for a long time.
- song: chaiyan chaiyan
movie: Dil Se
singers: Sukhwinder Singh, Sapna Awasthi
a different dance number with a slight tinge of train beats and a kind of folk rhythm,
song: kissa hum likhenge dil bekarar ka
movie: Doli Sajha Ke Rakhna
singers: M G Shreekumar, Anuradha Paudwa
movie: Takshak
singers: Asha Bhostle
a great dance number with tappy beats, a fast track
- song: mere dil ka who shehazada mera dilbar mera premi
movie: Kabhi Na Kabhi
singer: Asha Bhostle
music: Bombay
singer: Pallavi, Anupama, Shubha, Noel, Srinivas
a fantastic track. A great mix of some really different sounds. truly tantalizing
Song: kya kahe kya na kahe yeh kaise mushkil hai,
Movie: Rangeela
Singer:udit narayan
a superb song with a feel of youth and innocent love in it.
- song: kahin aag lage lag jaye
movie: Taal
singers: Asha Bhostle, Aditya Narayan, Richa Sharma
a beautiful beautiful(it is so nice, I say beautiful twice) song that portrays love and pain so explicitly
- song: awara bhaware
movie: Sapnay
singers: Hema Sardesai, Malayasia Vasudev
a lively tune, exuberant, filled with energy and a music that gets you on your toes.
- song: shakalaka baby
movie: Nayak
singer: Vasundara Das
- ohhh. an awesome track that sweeps you off your feet. Perfect for the dance floor
for the plethora or music created by this great musician it is impossible to pick just 10 here are a few other melodies.
sarfaroshi ki tamana aaj apne dil mein hain, The legend of bhagat singh
boondon se batein, Takshak
nahin samne who alag baat hain, Taal
roja janeman, Roja
chanda re, chanda re kabhi to zameen pe aa, Sapnay
khamoshiyan gungunane lagi, One two ka four
e ajnabi, Dil se
nazron ke milne se, Vishwa Vidhata
sunta hai mera khuda, Pukar
ghanan ghanan, Lagaan
A few simply mind-blowing tracks sung by the great maestro himself are the really intense ones with immense feeling and filled with dedication doing more than 100 percent justice to the songs.
maa thughe salam, Vande Mataram
humma humma, Bombay
piya haji ali, Fiza
dil se re, Dil se
Mustafa Mustafa, Kadal desam(Tamil)
Allah Rakha Rahman sure knows the pulse of the public and also how to keep his fans craving for more and I am surely one of them
I might have missed a lot of his compositions, but have attempted to at least mention the film titles. Do fill me in on the ones you think need a special mention.
His exceptional works include
Roja, Bombay, Vishwa vidhata, Dil se, Rangeela, Duniya dilwalon ki, Takshak, Sapnay, Fiza, Taal, Doli sajha ke rakhna, Pukar, Dil hi dil mein, The legend of bhagat singh, lagaan
His tamil contributions need a special mention as they are his primary works
Rhythm, Alaipayuthey, kandukondain kandukondain, tajmahal, jodi, thalam, thiruda thiruda, duet, Indian, lovebirds, minsara kanavu, padayappa, mr romeo, thenali and the latest
