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2. Then he sees the actor/actress and accordingly determines the singer.

3. Rahman asks the director to give the exact situation of the song and why it is needed. If he is satisfied, then he proceeds.

4. Then Rahman sits and composes the song on his own and in his voice records every song.

5. Calls the singers after 12 am in the night [Mark it only after 12 am] and makes them hear the tunes.

6. Recording starts . He never modifies the song as per the singer but he modifies the singer as per the song .

7. Every sound in the studio is recorded even if a singer sneezes or coughs it is recorded and it is edited . If u remember in Kadhal Virus there is a song by Mano~ O Kadhale. There he coughs at one part. He had coughed it in the first day and then Rahman never got any realistic cough after that so he simply included the original cough.

8. A song recording goes upto 3-4 days . Sometimes male and female singers are recorded differently and then successfully mixed

Ayaan is starring in Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na as well. And when asked what was so special about the young lad, this is what the ace music composer had to say. “He’s perfect for the character that he is playing in the film. It’s good to see new actors who have different nuances than main stream actors.

Rahman who’s also composed the music of Ayaan’s film Ada is confident that the music will hit the popularity charts. It took him almost seven years in the making and has competition from his own film, Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na. “Some of the tracks for Ada were composed way back in 2001, some of the tracks were done in 2005 then everything stopped for a while. I composed the last song, Meherban, this year,” says he

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The most celebrated musical address in Chennai lies beyond a partly corroded gate whose colour has so far eluded consensus. It’s purple, said the first samaritan who attempted to guide me through the maze of bylanes that is this part of Kodambakkam. The second kind soul said lavender, and a third leaned towards mauve. Ten minutes later, standing in front of this entrance of apparently indeterminate hue, I decide to go with mauve. Mauve. It feels nice to roll around the tongue. It sounds sophisticated.

This mauve runs through the most unexpected spaces in Allah Rakha Rahman’s recording studio. It’s on the borders of the doors in the waiting room, doors whose signs indicate that they open out to Studio 3 and Studio 2. (Studio 1 is invisible from where I sit.) It’s on the ceiling, on the yards of gauzy material diffusing the light from lamps overhead. It’s on the fabric of the ergonomic chair in front of the keyboard behind me, a Fender Rhodes Mark II Seventy Three Stage Piano. Perhaps Rahman will complete the theme. Perhaps it’ll be on his person when he walks in.

But Rahman enters in a maroon kurta that’s as rumpled as the hair on that boyish face. Once you’ve sold over a hundred million albums worldwide, you can apparently dispense with combs. And hearty pleasantries. The mumbled greeting almost doesn’t make it, fighting its way out through a smog of sleep.

A R Rahman was conferred the Life Time Achievement award by Rotary Club of Madras for his contribution to Indian music. Man of simplicity and nobility, Rahman said, ‘ I still have a long way to go’.

The man who carved a niche for himself coming out with back to back hits ever since he was introduced in Mani Ratnam’s Roja was at his usual best. ‘If you can start playing the piano at four, you can accept a Lifetime Achievement Award at 40,’ said Indra Subramanyam, President, Rotary Club of Madras, summing the musical lifespan of the genius, thus far.

A God-fearing individual, Rahman said, ‘ Whenever I’m confident about something, I know I am wrong. It is when I’m insecure that I produce something special.’ Rahman said he listens to music from different genres, from The Carpenters to M S Vishwanathan and compositions of Kannadasan and Naushad.

The music genius added that he did a lot of research for ‘Jodhaa Akbar’ and didn’t use any of it in the end.

Whenever India celebrates Independence day, the first song that plays all over the radios and televisions will be that of Rahman’s Vande Mataram. Talking about Vande Mataram, two people redefined the sound of patriotism. And the names we thank is Bharath Bala and A R Rahman. Hardly, when the new generation of Indians seems to forget the great lines of Rabindranath Tagore, it was Bharath Bala who felt that it must not happen. So he brought up the idea and Rahman gave complete justice to it.

Though not for the entire song, A R Rahman hummed up with his enchanting tune for a song rendered by Madushri. Rahman has also adopted two songs from his earlier movie to Sakarakatti. The two hit songs will be adopted from the movie “Meenaxi”. The song “Chinnamma Chilakamma” and “Yeh Rishta” will be converted to tamil. It is really good to know that two unnoticed songs from Meenaxi is being used in this movie by the maestro. Hopefully we can also expect some peppy numbers on the other tracks too.

The director is on a location hunting spree while Rahman is busy composing the tunes. With Rajinikanth having completed the shooting for ‘Kuselan’, it looks certain that ‘Robot’ will begin this August. ‘Robot’, produced by Ayngaran International, will have Aishwarya Rai playing the heroine. The mega-budget movie will be shot in various locations across the globe.

The movie tells the story of freedom fighter Nairsan (Mohanlal) who fought against British colonialism in Japan. Jackie Chan will be seen fighting along side Nairsan in his war against colonialism.

The movie, which will be conceived in a historical fiction format, will feature two Japanese and one Mongolian song. A R Rahman, one of India’s greatest composers of all time, will be handling the music department. Though a period drama, the movie will be made keeping the commercial aspects in mind.

Production cost is estimated to cross INR 60 crores ($15 million). Director Albert who made the critically acclaimed Indian cinema “Kanne Madanguka” will handle the story and direction. Actor Mohanlal is said to be very much thrilled about his character.

The GURU of music swept away a hand full of awards in IIFA held in Bangkok on June 8th Sunday. A R Rahman was named the best music director for his score in Guru.

Earlier IIFA has announced AR Rahman as “Outstanding Indian Contributing to International Cinema”. Now, comes the double treat with the Best Music Director award for Guru as well. Shreya Ghoshal won the honors for the best playback singer Female for “Barso re” from Guru, which film earlier bagged awards for the best background score and best song recording for H. Sridhar.