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unusual facts about A.R. Rahman



Hariharan – Down the Years

It includes 7 tracks, 6 of them compiled from earlier ghazal albums of Hariharan and the famous patriotic song Bharath Humko Jaan Se Pyara Hai, composed by musician A. R. Rahman for the 1992 film Roja.

Isai

The project was announced by S. J. Surya in 2004 shortly after the release of New, when he revealed that A. R. Rahman would also collaborate for three of his future ventures titled Anbulla Nanbane, Aezhumazhai vs Chitra with Silambarasan and Asin and Isai.

La Caution

"Pilotes Automatiques," their French rap remix of the Tamil song "Ottagathai Kattiko" from the Tamil film Gentleman composed by A. R. Rahman was a huge underground success in France .

Lebara Group

In November of that year it signed a global deal to distribute Nokia handsets, with Lebara branding including a ringtone by Indian composer A. R. Rahman.

M. S. Viswanathan

He has done playback singing for 500 songs composed by himself and has sung over 200 songs of composed by music directors like V. Kumar, Sankar Ganesh, Ilaiyaraaja, Gangai Amaran, Deva, Bharathwaj, A. R. Rahman, Yuvan Shankar Raja.

Matt McCorkle

Matt has worked with numerous mainstream artists including John Legend, A.R. Rahman, Fabolous, Angel Taylor and Laura Izibor.

Nahin Samne

A. R. Rahman bagged a number of awards for the soundtrack he scored for Taal including Filmfare Best Music Director Award, IIFA Best Music Director Award and Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director.

Palnati Pourusham

Score and soundtrack for the film was composed by A. R. Rahman with lyrics by Sivaganesh (debut), D. Narayanavarma, Vennelakanti, and Jaladi.

Rollo Armstrong

He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Original Song for his work with A.R. Rahman and Dido on 'If I Rise', featuring in the 2010 Danny Boyle film 127 Hours.

Sajni

The official soundtrack contains six songs re-used from A.R. Rahman's Jodi soundtrack, which itself reused some songs of his earlier film Doli Saja Ke Rakhna.

The film's soundtrack was composed by A. R. Rahman for the first time in Kannada film.The compositions were re-used from Rahman's Tamil film Jodi, of which this film is a remake of.

Shankar Pamarthy

His caricatures on prominent people like Barack Obama, Gandhi, Mother Teresa, A. R. Rahman, Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Mike Tyson, M. S. Subbulakshmi, Abdul Kalam, Charlie Chaplin, Dalai Lama, Saddam Hussein, Fidel Castro, Luciano Pavarotti, Yasser Arafat, Aung San Suu Kyi etc., received wide accolades and prominence to him.

Suneeta Rao

Her first and only association with A. R. Rahman was "Adi Paru Mangatha", from 1994 Tamil film, May Madham.


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K. J. Singh

He has and worked on many A.R.Rahman films, starting with Rang De Basanti and recently Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na and Delhi-6 and also been FOH Sound Engineer for many of his concerts.