A. R. Rahman

...Rajini's death where Mamootty is based. With Thalapathi, Mani ended his association with music director Ilaiyaraaja, bringing in debutante music director A. R. Rahman to score his Tamil epic Roja. It turned out to be Mani's greatest...

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...Wednesday following breathing difficulty and dizziness. Ratnam was in Chennai working on a song for his film "Raavan" with Gulzar and composer A.R. Rahman when the health scare occurred. Filmmaker Shaad Ali, who is assisting Ratnam on...

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...jingles and music for popular Indian television features. Rahman's big break came in 1992 when he teamed with Bollywood director Mani Ratnam on the hit film, "Roja." Ratnam was looking for a new sound for the movie and he felt Rahman...

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...and music scores in documentaries, among other projects. In 1992, he was approached by film director Mani Ratnam to compose the score and soundtrack for Ratnam's Tamil film ''Roja''. The debut led Rahman to receive the Rajat Kamal award for...

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...of Music in London and took a degree in Western classical music. His break in India came when he was 23 and noted director Mani Ratnam asked him to score his film Roja. </p><p> Since then he s worked on more than 100 movies in India.

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...film Roja reignited his dreams of playback singing. Mani Ratnam had introduced composer A. R. Rahman with this movie, who then went on to change the music scene on the Indian film industry. Encouraged by the use of fresh voices in Roja,...

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...Priyanka Chopra, Shahid Kapoor, Vidya Balan, Lara Dutta, Niel Nitin Mukesh, Kareena Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Singer Peter Andre, AR Rahman and Saif Ali Khan. The star studded event will see the premieres of films- Hrithik Roshan's...

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...years as a low-profile playback singer. The turning point in his career came when he sang the song Puthu Vellai Mazhai from Mani Ratnam's award winning 1992 Tamil film Roja, composed by A. R. Rahman. He has frequently associated with A. R....

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...sees every move of mine and I too simply love working with a genius like him. I am so glad that I am working again with him on Mani Ratnam's new film," said Rahman. The multifaceted Gulzar donned the hat of a director with "Mere Apne" in...

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