A. R. Rahman

Danny Boyle has said that he chose Rahman because "not only does he draw on Indian classical music, but he's got R&B and hip hop coming in from America, house music coming in from Europe and this incredible fusion is created." Rahman won the 2009 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and won two out of three nominations for the Academy Award s, including one for Best Original Score and one for Best Original Song for Jai Ho. The song "O... Saya" got a nomination shared with M.I.A. , and the song "Jai Ho"

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Bachchan wrote: "I feel this win by Rahman and Rasool is most deserving and feel extremely proud to be an Indian." The author of the song "Darshan Do Ghanshyam"

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" and "Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na were superb then just listen to Delhi 6 once. Rahman beats his own score with Delhi 6 which would easily go down as one of his best scores till date." PlanetBollywood.com said, "One would think that Rahman couldn't raise the bar any higher.

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"Couple's Retreat" soundtrack veers from the South Indian Carnatic harmonies of "Undressing" to the hip-hop inflected "NaNa." Shyam Benegal, an award-winning Indian director - he also got the Padma Shri - who hired Rahman to make music for two of his films, says Rahman has created "a musical bridge." "He has bridged the musical distance between the way the Western ear responds and the way the Indian ear responds," he said. "It's very difficult to say how."

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"Chiggy-Wiggy. " All other tracks on the album were composed by Rahman. When learning about the digital release through Saavn's and its partners, Rahman said, "I was very excited when I heard about the digital release of the music. "By working with Kylie, I was able to create something truly unique for fans-the music fuses the cultures of mainstream pop, Hindi, and Bhangra."

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"Tanha Tanha and Rangeela Re were chartbusters. She and Rahman went on to record more hits like Mujhe Rang De (Thakshak), Radha Kaise Na Jale (Lagaan, duet with Udit Narayan), Kahin Aag Lage (Taal), O Bhanware (Daud, duet with K. J. Yesudas), Venilla Venilla (Iruvar,1999). Rahman once said, "I think of them (Lata and Asha) only when I feel I have composed something that fits their stature".

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"The music might be subtly mixed in the film, but it serves the purpose perfectly," says Rahman about his experience, "My primary aim while composing the music was to bring out the spirit of the island the couples go to.

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"The makers wanted something exotic to suit the spirit of the island," recalls Rahman, "It could have been African, Indian or anything else. But then, Tamil can be exotic too! "

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"It is one of my few scores that was not well released," Rahman says. "The songs were well used in the film but they did not reach the listeners in significant numbers."

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"The songs were well used in the film but they did not reach the listeners in significant numbers." The numbers were sung by Sukhvinder Singh (who also wrote couple of lyrics) and Sadhana Sargam among others. "She is one of the few singers who has surprised me at every turn," Rahman says. "Many singers do a very good job of doing exactly what I tell them to do but she somehow goes beyond instructions. She takes a song to another level effortlessly, and she is so good at it that I am surprised every time I work with her."

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