A.R. Rahman ? The Bollywood Music Guru
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A.R.Rahman began his career in 1991 composing ad jingles in a small studio near his home, called Panchathan Record Inn. In the year 1992, he showed some of his samples to Mani Ratnam, who was impressed gave the boy his first break. A.R. Rahman won the National Award for the best music for his first ever film Roja, a feat that was never achieved by any music composer before. AR Rahman has won national music awards four times, a record in itself-Minsaara Kanavu (Electric Dreams, Tamil) in 1997, Lagaan (Tax, Hindi) in 2002 and Kannathil Muthamittal (A Kiss on the Cheek, Tamil) in 2003) apart from Roja.
A.R.Rahman debuted in Bollywood with the zingy music for Rangeela(1993) that redefined sound and music for Bollywood. His debut in Bollywood achieved him Filmfare Award for music in Rangeela. A.R.Rahman’s string of Filmfare Awards in Bollywood are as under:
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1994: R.D.Burman Music Debutant Award
1995: Rangeela
1998:Dil Se
1999: Taal
2001:Lagaan
2002: Saathiya
2002: The Legend of Bhagatsingh (Best Background score)
2004: Swades (Best Background score)
2006: Rang De Basanti
A.R. Rahman was also invited by the famous musical theater composer Andrew Lloyd Webber for his maiden stage production Bombay Dreams. AR Rahman has also won the Star Screen Award 2007 for his music in Guru. Apart from film, A.R.Rahman’s patriotic album Vande Mataram (1997) where he collaborated with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was widely appreciated. The publicity shy music composer also did an album for Jana Gana Mana(National Anthem) where leading exponents of Indian music have sung one line each.
