A.R.Rahman (Fan Club)-Part2 - Page 62

"I had come to the music of AR Rahman through the emotional and haunting score of 'Bombay' and the wit and celebration of 'Lagaan'. But the more of AR's music I encountered the more I was to be amazed at the sheer diversity of styles: from swinging brass bands to triumphant anthems; from joyous pop to West-End musicals ('Bombay Dreams'). Whatever the style, AR Rahman's music always possesses a profound sense of humanity and spirit, qualities that inspire me the most."

"A.R. RAHMAN may be a Muslim but his voice echoes in the soul of all Indians, of whatever faith, when he sings Vande Mataram. The greatest danger to our sense of unity and our sense of purpose comes from those ideologists who seek to divide the people. It is when we accept India in all its splendid glory that, with a shared past as a base, we can look forward to a shared future of peace and prosperity, of creation and abundance. Our past is there with us forever. It has to be nurtured in good faith, not destroyed in exercises of political one-upmanship. The developed India will not be a nation of cities. It will be a network of prosperous villages empowered by telemedicine, tele education and e-commerce. The new India will emerge out of t combination of biotechnology, biosciences and agriculture sciences and industrial development. The political leaders would be working with the zeal born of the knowledge that the nation is bigger than individual interests and political parties. The most important and urgent task before our leadership is to get all the forces for constructive change together and deploy them in a mission mode. India is a country of one billion people with numerous religions and communities. It offers a wide spectrum of ideologies, besides its geographic diversity. This is our greatest strength. However, fragmented thinking, compartmentalized planning and isolated efforts are not yielding results. The people have to come together to create a harmonious India."

He is a great music composer. It is always a pleasure to work with him. Quite typical to New , he has come out with six scintillating numbers for Ah Aah . He is an ocean and directors have to swim deep to get what they want.

from Curtain goes up on Bombay Dreams
Published: June, 2005

from Hostile takeovers good for economy Article By EDITORIAL
Published by :TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2005 10:08:14 PM]

I make myself comfortable in a chair close to him and listen to the strains of some heavenly music and I keep listening to it and I slowly f1eel my battered body recovering and growing healthy in a very strange way. Then I see A.R. Rahman at work like a man possessed by the power of God within him. - Ali

Source: KAILASH KHER'S AWARGI IS FINALLY OFF THE BLOCK. Jingle-Jangle MAN
artcle by Baisakhi Roy

He occupies the slot in the music world that Amitabh Bacchan once did in Bollywood-from one to 10, CD jackets carry him on their cover with stars and Allah Rakha Rahman, 36, straddles Hindi filmdom as he easily as he composes ringtones for cell phones. The country's highest paid music director-he reportedly charges Rs 2 crore per film-is shy and reclusive, works through nights, sometimes for 18 hours at a stretch, in a sprawling recording studio in Chennai. Michael Jackson, with whom he has worked, once wore a T-shirt praising him. Year 2002 has been special for Rahman, having opened up India's auto-bahn to the West. For even if the British newspapers skewered Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Bombay Dreams, Rahman's score was a winner-the ecstatic British tabloid hailed him as "the Asian Mozart from Madras". The man is now working on a new Hollywood musical

His music transcends all barriers - linguistic, geographical and chronological. He is a phenomenal success. He is incredibly talented. He is Allah Rakha Rahman, popularly known to music lovers world over as A.R.Rahman.