The Marvel franchise enjoys great popularity in India. As part of the promotional strategy for the upcoming Avengers: Endgame (2019), Marvel Studios joined hands with acclaimed composer and singer AR Rahman to create a ‘Marvel Anthem’ for Indian audiences. The track has been written and composed in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu, as the film will be dubbed in … Read more
Hollywood film Avengers: Endgame will hit the screens on 26 April. For the India market, Marvel Universe has tied up with music composer AR Rahman to create the Indian Marvel anthem for dubbed versions, the film’s publicists revealed in a press note. Rahman will compose the track in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. The track will … Read more
Lydian Nadhaswaram, a student of AR Rahman’s musical school KM Music Conservatory in Chennai, has won a million dollars for his piano performance in the American reality show called The World’s Best on CBS channel. Lydian’s mentor, obviously, is delighted by his achievement. Rahman specially went to Lydian’s residence to congratulate him. His student welcomed … Read more
AR Rahman might have composed some uplifting spiritual songs, but religion has dragged him into some unwanted talk on Twitter. The composer posted a picture of himself with his wife and daughter at a recent event celebrating 10 years of his Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire (2008) score. While Rahman himself posed in a sherwani, his daughter’s choice of wearing a naqab (veil) … Read more
Vijay and director Atlee — best known for films such as Theri (2016) and Mersal (2017) — have joined hands for the third time for a project currently dubbed as Thalapathy 63. Last December, a formal pooja was organized to mark the beginning of the film’s regular shoot in Chennai. To be bankrolled by AGS … Read more
Vijay and director Atlee – best known for films such as Theri (2016) and Mersal (2017) – have joined hands for the third time for a project currently dubbed as Thalapathy 63. On Sunday, a formal pooja was organized to mark the beginning of the film’s regular shoot in Chennai. To be bankrolled by AGS … Read more
Grammy and Academy Award-winning musician AR Rahman has racked up an impressive list of accomplishments. Now, the music maestro, who turned 52 on Sunday, 6 January, feels the “desire” to give back and nurture “some of the younger generations”. Rahman has delivered multiple chartbusters in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, English and Persian films. The founder of … Read more
It is no secret that AR Rahman saves some of his best work for spiritual songs. From ‘Khwaja Mere Khwaja’ in Jodhaa Akbar (2008) to ‘Kun Faya Kun’ in Rockstar (2011), the Oscar winner has made it a habit of leaving a mark with his spiritual songs. In The Fakir Of Venice, Rahman transforms Kabir … Read more
They worked together in Dil Se… (1997) and Swades: We The People (2004). Now Shah Rukh Khan and AR Rahman are teaming up once again. Khan made an appearance alongside Rahman on his new anthem, ARRived. The song, a promotional composition for the first YouTube original reality show, ARRived, was launched on 5 November, and … Read more
AR Rahman, the Mozart of Madras, is arguably one of the most iconic composer in the last two decades. His music has appealed to both desi and global audiences. However, Rahman has always been a recluse. His just-released biography, Notes of a Dream: The Authorized Biography of AR Rahman, will shed more light on Rahman’s … Read more