india
abroad Director
Shankar is known for his achievements in making megascaled, high-tech,
good-story-based Tamil movies.like 'Indian,' 'Jeans' and 'Mudhalvan.' -
august 2000
india
abroad
on
the brink of worldwide acclaim By
Lisa Tsering, India Abroad News Service - july 2000
ndtv
“...I
try to break the conventional way of having a track.” interviewed by
shreen, june 2000
rediff
news I
always live with a song. A man of few words, A R Rahman has always
preferred his music to do the talking. And how! From being touted as the
most exciting composer in India, he is now on the verge of receiving
international acclaim, with no less than sir Andrew Lloyd Webber rooting
for him. march 2000
rediff
news
Few
people realise that his
Phantom of the Opera has outgrossed the Titanic with revenues of $ 3
billion worldwide. With Cats having also grossed over $ 2.5 billion and
eight productions about to be on at the same time on the West End and
Broadway, Andrew Lloyd Webber is the hottest name in showbiz. That is
why everyone expects his Bombay Dreams to bring India centrestage.march
2000
msnbc
PaI
learnt from most of the music composers I worked with. Each song was a
learning experience."
Padma
Shri A R Rahman on his musical inspiration and influences. Music
composer A R Rahman received the Padma Shri in the civil honours awarded
this week. He's the musician and keyboard whiz who's just announced
plans for a stage musical in London with Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Rahman's father was Malayalam film music composer R K Shekhar. Rahman
won a scholarship to the Trinity College of Music in London. He then
worked with musicians like Ilayaraja and Shiva Mani before composing the
hit music for Mani Ratnam's Roja, which put his very original brand of
music on the film map. His biggest non-film hit is the memorable Vande
Mataram. dated
07.04.2000
rediff
news If
people want me, and they want my kind of music, they pay for it' 2000
chennai
news
Making
music with A R Rahman "I
am excited about working with Weber" 15.03.2000
the
week
dated:
2000. interviewed by E Vijayalakshmi, Chennai
Zee
Premiere interview
dated:
2000. interviewed by Zee Premiere, Subhash
K Jha
The
burden of genius
dated:
23.01.2000. interviewed by indiatimes
ARR`s
interview in kumudam
dated 18/11/99 and 25/11/99 -
Interviewed by Mr. V. Chandra Sekaran, Kumudham
is
duniya ka sitaare
- Interview appeared in 'Is Duniya Ke Sitaare' on Star Plus 26/01/99
- part 1
is
duniya ka sitaare -
Interview appeared in 'Is Duniya Ke Sitaare' on Star Plus 26/01/99 -
part 2
expectations
are scary -
Interview by Uma Maheswari appeared in Sun T.V. On 15/1/99 on Pongal
Night.
my
desire of peace -
Interview appeared in Junior Vikatan issue dated 25.11.98 with
questions asked by readers through letter.
rising
star - part
1
rising
star - part
2
rising
star - part
3
perfection
is his key to success-
S. R. Ashok Kummar interviews music wizard A. R. Rahman, who won his
second national award for ``Minsara Kanavu'' recently. Date: 04-07-1997
after
vande mataram
i
like doing fusion music
filmfare
interview
- Interview
with A R Rahman appeared in Filmfare magazine (in early 1996).
i
didn`t fund fundamentalist!
india
talkies interview
interesting
parts
from the interview with a r rahman
rediff
interview
rahman`s
tv interview
- There was a news segment profiling Rahman in the news magazine
India this week which was telecast over channel 56 in Washington DC here
(in 1995).
rider
on the storm
-
Exchanging notes with A R Rahman, the nation's snappy spice boy. A R
Rahman has just completed an album to mark the 50 years of Indian
Independence and is now tackling his ever-burgeoning list of film
assignments, including Mani Ratnam's first Hindi project.
screen
interview
stardust
interview
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