Top 10 compositions of A R Rehman IMHO

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Indradhanush

@Indradhanush

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Posted: 16 years ago

It is difficult to pick up top 10 scores of a mastero like ARR, neverthless here they are IMHO:

1. Thiruda Thiruda: Putham Puthu, sorry for this Tamil song in a Hindi list but this deserves to be here.

2. Love birds: Malargale, another Tamil song, oops, but this is too good based on raag Hamir.

3. Dil se: jiya jale, while this was sung by aging Lata ji I think song could have had even more devastating effect in Kavita ji's voice. A complicated song on bhairavi.

4. Taal: kariye na wada kisi se, very soulful based on kalyan raag.

5. Rut aa gayi re, very melodious based on intense raag puria dhaneshree

6. Zubieda: mehndi hai rachne wali, wow...! is the only word for this song.

7. Saathiya: chalka chalka re kalsi ka pani , again what a masterpiece...!

8. Swades: ye jo des hai tera, doesn't matter how many times you hear this, always brings tears.

9. Kisna: hum hai is pal yaha, the only song done by ARR in Kisna otherwise composed by Ismail Darbar.

10. The legend of Bhagat Singh: mitane se nahi mitate/des mere : on raag des: this is so surprising that most of the patriotic songs are based on raag des lead by unsurmountable vande mataram.

which are your top 10 of ARR ?

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HalleNJ

@HalleNJ

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Posted: 16 years ago

Most of ARR songs are my favourites especially the melodious ones......here is the list of my favourite ARR songs......

-Ore Chori (lagaan)

-Chalo chale mitwa (nayak)

-mahive (legend of bhagat singh)

-Yeh Rishta (meenaxi)

-Hai Na & mehndi hai........(Zubeida)

and lately I've 'fallen in love' with the song Hawa sun Hawa from the movie Ada..Way of Life....

tamil songs.........

- nila kaigirathu - (Indhra) this is one of the most beautiful song

composed by ARR

-ennavale (Kadhalan)

-munbe vaa

-amma song (from the movie New)

I think my list will go on and on if I don't stop here......😆

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Indradhanush

@Indradhanush

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Posted: 16 years ago

Originally posted by: niruba
Most of ARR songs are my favourites especially the melodious ones......here is the list of my favourite ARR songs......

-Ore Chori (lagaan)

-Chalo chale mitwa (nayak)

-mahive (legend of bhagat singh)

-Yeh Rishta (meenaxi)

-Hai Na & mehndi hai........(Zubeida)

and lately I've 'fallen in love' with the song Hawa sun Hawa from the movie Ada..Way of Life....

tamil songs.........

- nila kaigirathu - (Indhra) this is one of the most beautiful song

composed by ARR

-ennavale (Kadhalan)

-munbe vaa

-amma song (from the movie New)

I think my list will go on and on if I don't stop here......😆

yes I try to listen to most of his Tamil songs, here I havent listened to the nila kaigirathu, munbe wa is too good. I am surprised you like mahive, it is a beautiful song but based on a carnatic raag that s why it sound s slightly South Indian composition, but look at RDB there is no string of SI composition at all thats why I say ARR is some one who is always evolving.

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HalleNJ

@HalleNJ

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Posted: 16 years ago

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yes I try to listen to most of his Tamil songs, here I havent listened to the nila kaigirathu, munbe wa is too good. I am surprised you like mahive, it is a beautiful song but based on a carnatic raag that s why it sound s slightly South Indian composition, but look at RDB there is no string of SI composition at all thats why I say ARR is some one who is always evolving.

Yes please listen to this paticular songs.....there are two version, one sung by harini and the other sung by Hariharan........

Mahive, Hai na and even Hawa Sun Hawa have south indian touch in it ......I wish to see Saregamapa contestants singing these songs........

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200467

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Posted: 16 years ago

Thnaks for posting the gems here, folks. Always a pleasure listening to the hindi songs listed here😊 ARR is simply out of this world. I love his Pappu Can't Dance Sala too along with above listed numbers😃

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HariOm

@HariOm

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Posted: 16 years ago

Sorry to say this... But ARR is one of the most overrated music directors... He gets a Filmfare whever he gets nominated... Saathiya, Guru, and so many when he did not deserve an award..

He himself sings so much besura...

Some people are plain lucky...

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Indradhanush

@Indradhanush

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Posted: 16 years ago

@ Hari OM here is list of award which is more than Filmfare

This page presents a list of awards and nominations awarded to film composer and instrumentalist A. R. Rahman.

2000 - Padma Shri (India)

National Film Awards

(

India

)

1993

National Film Award for Best Music Direction

Roja

1997

National Film Award for Best Music Direction

Minsaara Kanavu

2002 - National Film Award for Best Music Direction - Lagaan
2003 - National Film Award for Best Music Direction - Kannathil Muthamittal

Filmfare Awards South

(

India

)

1993

Filmfare Best Music Direction

Roja

1994

Filmfare Best Music Direction

Gentleman

1995

Filmfare Best Music Direction

Kadhalan

1996

Filmfare Best Music Direction

Bombay

1997

Filmfare Best Music Direction

Kadhal Desam

1998

Filmfare Best Music Direction

Minsaara Kanavu

1999

Filmfare Best Music Direction

Jeans

2000

Filmfare Best Music Direction

Mudhalvan

2001

Filmfare Best Music Direction

Alaipayuthey

2006 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Sillunu Oru Kadhal
2007 - Filmfare Best Music Direction - Sivaji

Filmfare Awards

(

India

)

1995

Filmfare Best Music Director Award

Rangeela

1998

Filmfare Best Music Director Award

Dil Se

1999

Filmfare Best Music Director Award

Taal

2001

Filmfare Best Music Director Award

Lagaan

2002

Filmfare Best Music Director Award

Saathiya

2002

Filmfare Best Background Score

The Legend of Bhagat Singh

2004

Filmfare Best Background Score

Swades

2006

Filmfare Best Music Director Award

Rang de Basanti

Roja'

2007 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Guru
2007 - Filmfare Best Background Score - Guru

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Tamil Nadu

State Film Awards

1993

Roja

1994

Gentleman

1995

Kadhalan

1996

Bombay

1997 - Best Music - Minsaara Kanavu
2000 - Best Music - Sangamam

Zee Cine Awards (

India

)

2000

2002

Zee Cine Award Best Music Director

Lagaan

2007

Zee Cine Award Best Music Director

Rang de Basanti

2008

Zee Cine Award Best Music Director

Guru

2008 - Zee Cine Award Best Background Music - Guru

GIFA Awards (

Malaysia

)

2006 - GIFA Award for Best Music - Rang de Basanti
2006 - GIFA Award for Best Background Music - Rang de Basanti

IIFA Awards (

India

)

2008

Guru

2008

Guru

2007

Rang de Basanti

2002

Lagaan

2003 - IIFA Best Music Direction - Saathiya
2000 - IIFA Best Music Direction - Taal

Star Screen Awards

2002

2007

Rang de Basanti

2007 - Best Music - Rang de Basanti
2008 - Best Music - Guru

Vijay TV Awards

2006 - Best Music- Sillunu Oru Kaadhal , Varalaru - The History of the Godfather
2007 - Best Music- Sivaji

Swaralaya Yesudas Award (India)
- 2006 - Swaralaya-Kairali-Yesudas Award for outstanding performance in music field

Screen-Videocon Awards Kadhal Desam (South - Tamil; 1997) Minsara Kanavu (South - Tamil; 1998) Vande Mataram (Non-film; 1998) Taal (Hindi; 2000) Other Awards was (The Hilton Award) for "Best New Musical of 2002" - Bombay Dreams Musical

Sangeet Awards 2005 Best Music Director (Film music - Swades)

The Mahavir-Mahatma Award (Instituted by the Oneness Forum)

National Lata Mangeshkar awards for 2004-05 ( The awards instituted by Madhya Pradesh government )

Sangeet Awards 2004 Best Music Director (Film music - Yuva) Best music arranger (Critics award) for 'Yeh Rishta' - Meenakshi 2004 American India Awards R D Burman Award at the SuMu Music Awards (1993) Madras Telugu Academy Puraskar (1992 to 1994) Bommai Nagi Reddy Award (1995/96) Lux-Kumudam Award for Kadhalan (1995) Mauritius National Award (1995; for contribution to music) Malaysian Award (1996; for contribution to music) Sanskriti Award from Delhi based Sanskriti foundation (1994) Kalaimamani Award from Tamil Nadu Government (1995) Thangapillai Award Rajiv Gandhi Award 3rd Channel [V] Awards - Coca Cola Viewer's Choice Award 1998 The Channel [V]-IMI Award for Best Producer for Vandemataram 1998 Fanta Award in 1999 Stardust Cine Honours Taal (2000) Filmgoers's Award Taal (2000) First Bollywood Music Awards (Best Music Director and Best Song) Taal (2000) V Shantaram Award: Taal (2001), Best Music(Guru)2006-2007 Bollywood US Awards (2003) Best Music Director : Saathiya 8th Annual Planet-Bollywood Awards (People's Choice Awards! - Best of 2002) Best Music Direction : Saathiya, The Legend of Bhagat Singh Star Screen Award - Best Background Score - Rang De Basanti

Dinakaran Cine Awards Minsara Kanavu (1998) Jeans (1999) Mudalvan, Kadhalar Dhinam (2000)

MTV Awards MTV-VMA Award for Dil Se Re song from Dil Se.. 1999 MTV Asia Awards 2003 for Favourite Artist India MTV IMMIES 2003 - Best Music Composer - 'Saathiya' - Saathiya ( Hindi )

A. R. Rahman has been nominated for the following awards:

Laurence Olivier Awards (UK)
- 2003 - Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best New Musical - Bombay Dreams

Dora Mavor Moore Awards

(

Canada

)

2006 - General Theatre Division - Outstanding Musical Direction - The Lord of the Rings musical

MTV youth icon award in 2006

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Kumar

@trishancku

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Posted: 16 years ago

There are lot of songs of ARR which i like and the songs provided by both Indra & niruba contain many of my top favourites. So i'm going to list some of those which are missing top ARR songs(it is again my own choice for reasons known or unknown to me and not in any particular order).

1. Chale chaiyya chaiyya from Dil se
My room mate used to wake the whole neighbourhood early morning by playing this song full blast on two big boom boxes connected to a ripped car stereo.

2. Nahi saamne along with Kariye na from Taal

3. Oruvan oruvan mudalali from Muthu

4. Pudhu vellai mazhai from Roja (Yeh haseen wadiya in Hindi)

5. Yunhi chala chal from Swades

6. Ishwar Allah from 1947 earth

7. Uyire(Tu hi re) from Bombay

8. Thee Thee Thithikum Thee from Thiruda Thiruda

9. Many songs of Rangeela

10. Margazhi poove from May Madham(Amazing song)

PS: After putting the list i again feel i somehow left out many more deserving songs, hehe this is the effect of quality output from a genius like ARR.

Edited by trishanku3 - 16 years ago

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Indradhanush

@Indradhanush

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Posted: 16 years ago

chaiyya chaiyya: If it had been any other composer he would use audio sample for train sound or choo choo effect but ARR has recreated whole thing by using percussion instrument have you noticed this?

Reminds of a song from kitab :dhanno ki aankho me by R D Burman and he used only tabla and flanger over guitar to produce train effect.