Mani Ratnam, A.R.Rahman and Sachin Tendulkar work together in a Short Film

Mani Ratnam, AR Rahman and Sachin Tendulkar are to work together in a short film for Shakthi Foundation. The three legends are considered as demi-Gods in the fields of film, music and sport, respectively, and they have joined hands for a worthy cause that addresses the rights of people suffering from disabilities.

The Shakthi Foundation is a non-profit organization that helps people achieve a higher quality of life through alternate healing that is holistic and healthy. The three legends have agreed to make the film and draw attention towards the achievements of the Foundation and to help with donations. It is praiseworthy that these great men are devoting their time and effort for a noble purpose.

Five Beautiful songs compossed by A.R.Rahman for Ponniyan Selvan

Ponniyin Selvan of Mani Ratnam is going to have great and outstanding music than ever by AR Rahman. Both Mani Ratnam & AR Rahman together gave many outstanding songs so far by continuing the same AR Rahman has completed five songs for this magnum opus.

Rahman gave all the five songs to Mani and the directed is elated with the tunes as they were simply outstanding. Mani approved all the five songs and he will commence the shoot for the songs very soon.
Right now Mani is busy with the pre production of the film. Ponniyin Selvan has Vijay, Mahesh Babu, Arya, and Sathyaraj in lead roles while sizzling beauty Anushka will be seen opposite Vijay. The rest of the cast are yet to be finalized.

A R Rahman Second Opportunity To Have Won Nomination For Golden Globe Awards

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This is the maestro’s second opportunity to have won the nomination, after he had been honored during the ace director Danny Boyle’s flick Slumdog Millionaire. The movie 127 Hours is reportedly a biopic on the mountaineer Aron Ralston. The great escape of the mountaineer while he was trapped in a canyon for five whole days has been explored in the film.

The storyline then follows the trials and tribulations of the mountaineer when a huge boulder fell on his arm while he was still stuck in the canyon and how he had to ultimately amputate his arm in order to get out of the life threatening experience. This dare devil act in the movie is something which is bound to send a chill down the spine of many people.

The film‘s music has been put in the Original Score for a motion picture category. The other nominationations that competing for the Golden Awards in the same category are Danny Elfman for Alice in Wonderland, Alexandre Desplat for The King’s Speech, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross for the Social Network, Hans Zimmer for Inception. The 127 Hours soundtrack has a number ‘If I Rise,’ which is collaboration between A.R Rahman and the extremely adored pop star Dido.

A R Rahman Second Opportunity To Have Won Nomination For Golden Globe Awards

A.R.Rahman

This is the maestro’s second opportunity to have won the nomination, after he had been honored during the ace director Danny Boyle’s flick Slumdog Millionaire. The movie 127 Hours is reportedly a biopic on the mountaineer Aron Ralston. The great escape of the mountaineer while he was trapped in a canyon for five whole days has been explored in the film.

The storyline then follows the trials and tribulations of the mountaineer when a huge boulder fell on his arm while he was still stuck in the canyon and how he had to ultimately amputate his arm in order to get out of the life threatening experience. This dare devil act in the movie is something which is bound to send a chill down the spine of many people.

The film‘s music has been put in the Original Score for a motion picture category. The other nominationations that competing for the Golden Awards in the same category are Danny Elfman for Alice in Wonderland, Alexandre Desplat for The King’s Speech, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross for the Social Network, Hans Zimmer for Inception. The 127 Hours soundtrack has a number ‘If I Rise,’ which is collaboration between A.R Rahman and the extremely adored pop star Dido.

Will A R Rahman win a Golden Globe Awards?

Will A R Rahman win a Golden Globe Awards?: A R Rahman has won a Golden Globe assignment in the Best Original Score distinction for his music in the picture 127 Hours.

The Indian musician had previous won a Golden Globe and several Oscars in 2008 for his score in Danny Boyle's picture Slumdog Millionaire. Incidentally, 127 Hours, for which Rahman has now sacked the Golden Globe selection, is additionally steered by Boyle.

Rahman’s compositions in the film have been described by critics as “haunting tracks” with “wonderful crescendos”.

Other nominees in the same category include: Alexandre Desplat for The King's Speech, Danny Elfman for Alice in Wonderland, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Social Network and Hans Zimmer for Inception.

Will A R Rahman win a Golden Globe Awards?

Will A R Rahman win a Golden Globe Awards?: A R Rahman has won a Golden Globe assignment in the Best Original Score distinction for his music in the picture 127 Hours.

The Indian musician had previous won a Golden Globe and several Oscars in 2008 for his score in Danny Boyle's picture Slumdog Millionaire. Incidentally, 127 Hours, for which Rahman has now sacked the Golden Globe selection, is additionally steered by Boyle.

Rahman’s compositions in the film have been described by critics as “haunting tracks” with “wonderful crescendos”.

Other nominees in the same category include: Alexandre Desplat for The King's Speech, Danny Elfman for Alice in Wonderland, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Social Network and Hans Zimmer for Inception.

Rahman Starts Working On 'Paani'

A.R. Rahman has got more than it was called for by his fans for this year. Lots and lots of musical manias and now it’s time for the Madras Mozart to offer an international touch. A.R. Rahman has joined hands with world renowned filmmaker Shekar Kapoor for the film ‘Paani’.

The fictional piece of work is based on imaginary take on futuristic war between rich and poor classes for ‘Water’.

The film produced by Academy Award Winning director Danny Boyle and Sharan Kapoor features Hrithik Roshan-Kristen Stewart-Christopher Waltz in lead roles. World renowned technicians Benoit Debie have handled cinematography and Jill Bilcock on editing.

A.R. Rahman is already working on an Indian-international film ‘Nair-San’ that will be simultaneously made in Malayalam, Hindi, English, Mongolian and Japanese. It is based on a Kerala based warrior, who fought for independence and on his journey to Japan, geared up for revolution.

Rahman Starts Working On 'Paani'

A.R. Rahman has got more than it was called for by his fans for this year. Lots and lots of musical manias and now it’s time for the Madras Mozart to offer an international touch. A.R. Rahman has joined hands with world renowned filmmaker Shekar Kapoor for the film ‘Paani’.

The fictional piece of work is based on imaginary take on futuristic war between rich and poor classes for ‘Water’.

The film produced by Academy Award Winning director Danny Boyle and Sharan Kapoor features Hrithik Roshan-Kristen Stewart-Christopher Waltz in lead roles. World renowned technicians Benoit Debie have handled cinematography and Jill Bilcock on editing.

A.R. Rahman is already working on an Indian-international film ‘Nair-San’ that will be simultaneously made in Malayalam, Hindi, English, Mongolian and Japanese. It is based on a Kerala based warrior, who fought for independence and on his journey to Japan, geared up for revolution.

AR Rahman's One More Magic

After continuous successes of ‘Raavanan’, ‘VTV’, ‘Enthiran’, ‘CWG Theme Song’ and ‘Puli’, A.R. Rahman’s next release ‘Jhootha Hi Sahi’ has made it bigger.

A.R. Rahman’s magical success with Abbas Tyrewala in ‘Jaane Ya Tu Jaane Na’ was a big blockbuster. Nearly after couple of years, the duo comes together for the film ‘Jhootha Hi Sahi’ (Lying is always right). Starring John Abraham and Abbas’ wife Pakhi, the film has 9 tracks that are delivered on a completely unparalleled style from his previous albums.

‘Cry Cry’ and ‘Maiyya’ have already become chartbusters and rests of the songs are haunting down the towns with its fever.

The film is about a compulsive liar, who knows nothing but just telling lies. In an unexpected manner, a girl enters his life and again constant lying gets him into discombobulated scenario.

AR Rahman's One More Magic

After continuous successes of ‘Raavanan’, ‘VTV’, ‘Enthiran’, ‘CWG Theme Song’ and ‘Puli’, A.R. Rahman’s next release ‘Jhootha Hi Sahi’ has made it bigger.

A.R. Rahman’s magical success with Abbas Tyrewala in ‘Jaane Ya Tu Jaane Na’ was a big blockbuster. Nearly after couple of years, the duo comes together for the film ‘Jhootha Hi Sahi’ (Lying is always right). Starring John Abraham and Abbas’ wife Pakhi, the film has 9 tracks that are delivered on a completely unparalleled style from his previous albums.

‘Cry Cry’ and ‘Maiyya’ have already become chartbusters and rests of the songs are haunting down the towns with its fever.

The film is about a compulsive liar, who knows nothing but just telling lies. In an unexpected manner, a girl enters his life and again constant lying gets him into discombobulated scenario.

AR Rahman's One More Magic

After continuous successes of ‘Raavanan’, ‘VTV’, ‘Enthiran’, ‘CWG Theme Song’ and ‘Puli’, A.R. Rahman’s next release ‘Jhootha Hi Sahi’ has made it bigger.

A.R. Rahman’s magical success with Abbas Tyrewala in ‘Jaane Ya Tu Jaane Na’ was a big blockbuster. Nearly after couple of years, the duo comes together for the film ‘Jhootha Hi Sahi’ (Lying is always right). Starring John Abraham and Abbas’ wife Pakhi, the film has 9 tracks that are delivered on a completely unparalleled style from his previous albums.

‘Cry Cry’ and ‘Maiyya’ have already become chartbusters and rests of the songs are haunting down the towns with its fever.

The film is about a compulsive liar, who knows nothing but just telling lies. In an unexpected manner, a girl enters his life and again constant lying gets him into discombobulated scenario.

A.R. Rahman's Common Wealth Song Is Highly Downloaded

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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.

A.R. Rahman's Common Wealth Song Is Highly Downloaded

A.R.Rahman

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.

Danny Boyle - A R Rahman To Rock With '127 Hours'

Danny Boyle - A R Rahman To Rock With '127 Hours'

The winning combo is at it again. Ace filmmaker Danny Boyle and Mozart of Madras A R Rahman, whose alliance in ‘SlumDog Millionaire’ fetched various international honours, including the Oscars, will work together again.

Though there is no official announcement in this regard yet, a teaser trailer of the film titled ‘127 Hours’, which was released recently, reveals that Rahman is the music composer of the project.

And not just Danny Boyle and Rahman, screenplay writer Simon Beaufoy, who was also part of the ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ team, is working in this film, which is expected to hit the screens November this year.

Meanwhile, circles close to Rahman say he is planning to take the music conservatory he is running in Chennai to the next level. “For that, he may move to a bigger campus which would accommodate more students,” they add.

Danny Boyle - A R Rahman To Rock With '127 Hours'

Danny Boyle - A R Rahman To Rock With '127 Hours'

The winning combo is at it again. Ace filmmaker Danny Boyle and Mozart of Madras A R Rahman, whose alliance in ‘SlumDog Millionaire’ fetched various international honours, including the Oscars, will work together again.

Though there is no official announcement in this regard yet, a teaser trailer of the film titled ‘127 Hours’, which was released recently, reveals that Rahman is the music composer of the project.

And not just Danny Boyle and Rahman, screenplay writer Simon Beaufoy, who was also part of the ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ team, is working in this film, which is expected to hit the screens November this year.

Meanwhile, circles close to Rahman say he is planning to take the music conservatory he is running in Chennai to the next level. “For that, he may move to a bigger campus which would accommodate more students,” they add.

A.R. Rahman not in Jackie Chan - Mohanlal film Nair San

Exactly two years before Mallustars reported about a Jackie Chan - Mohanlal film titled Nair San. Earlier, there were reports that A.R. Rahman will score music for the film but the Oscar winner has now said that he is not involved with the project.

The first schedule of Nair San, featuring Malayalam superstar Mohanlal and Hong Kong super hero Jackie Chan, is all set to begin soon. The movie is a based on the life history of Ayyappan Pillai Madhavan Nair, who was known as Nair San in Japan. Mohanlal will play the title role. Jackie Chan has consented to do a cameo in the film. He has agreed to choreograph the fight sequences as well. Leading Japanese actress Shunsuken Matosuoka is expected to star opposite Mohanlal in this film depicting the era between 1920 and 1970.

Mohan Lal - A.R. Rahman - Jackie Chan

A.R. Rahman has already made it over the top of charts and has indeed gained international recognition with his Tamil albums. The actor has a big year ahead as he will be a part of some of the biggest projects from Rajnikanth’s ‘Enthiran’.

He will be joining hands with the most happening stars Mohan Lal and Jackie Chan for the international project titled ‘Nair San’. The film will be made simultaneously Japanese, Malayalam, Mandarin and Mongolian.

In fact, A.R. Rahman has decided to score various soundtracks for the different versions. For the first time, our academy award winner will compose songs in Japanese and Mongolian language.

The film is about Nair-San, who fought against British right from his School Days. He was banished to Japanese to stay along with his brother and mend his ways. But his arrival in foreign country had the same plans for him. He continued revolting against British rule in Japan. Jackie Chan plays a cameo role of helping Nair-San. The film is directed by Albert, who had taken a very long time to research even the minutest details of the historic legend.

This international project will take off shortly and the preproduction works are still on the process. The foreign language version has been titled as ‘Dauntless: Force – A’

Rahman’s daugther Contributed to ‘Robo’.

Oscar and Grammy award winner AR Rahman’s eldest daughter Khatija Rahman has lent her voice to the opening track ‘O Mara Manishi..’ in ‘Robo’.  While she sang this song with the legendary singer SP Balasubrahmaniam and D Srinivas in Telugu, the same was sung by her along with her dad AR Rahman and SPB in ‘Endhiran’ in Tamil. The lyrics for the Telugu song were written by Suddala Ashok Teja and for the Tamil song by Vairamuttu. This is Khatija’s first song as a play back singer and she will have a brighter future. Yes, indeed, it’s already starting.

A.R.Rahman re-schedules North American leg of Jai Ho concerts

After some super-successful shows in New York, New Jersey and Washington DC, Academy Award Winner A.R. Rahman was forced to cancel his show scheduled to take place on June 19 at Detroit following an infrastructure collapse at The Pontiac Silverdome. The incident occurred during stage construction prior to the show and fortunately no one was seriously injured. However, the sad news is that following this freak incident, Rahman has decided to re-schedule the North American leg of his Jai Ho - The Journey Home series of concerts.

Says the acclaimed music director, "As you may know, members of our tour miraculously escaped a big disaster in Detroit last Saturday, when part of the Pontiac Silverdome infrastructure collapsed on our set. All the artists, singers, musicians, dancers, technicians (myself included) have been almost given a second life. We are working to recoup all that has been lost (the lights, the sets) which will take us over three weeks to complete. The vision for the show includes beautiful choreography and circus acts and it feels less than not to include them. All the world over, the show has received a very positive response from those who have seen it, which makes it absolutely necessary for us to present a complete show and feature all the components that were lost due to the incident."

Rahman adds, "With that, we have decided to postpone the remaining dates of the North American leg of this tour and will reschedule them at a later date. We will go ahead with the concerts scheduled in Europe and UK. That is the best option we have, considering the circumstances."

He also had a word of consolation for his fans in US and Canada who have been eagerly waiting to see him perform live. Says Rahman, "While I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our friends in the US and Canada, maybe it's a blessing in disguise, as we will have the opportunity to perform for you with even more energy and perfection. Once again, let us all pray that we are alive and thank you in advance for your understanding, love and cooperation."

Rahman's world tour will now resume in Zurich on July 16 followed by a string of concerts across UK and Europe.

Courtesy: Bollywood Hungama