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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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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.

However, there will be peppy numbers which will make audience to dance in theatres.’ On Sivaji, Rahman says, `I am happy that all the songs have been well received. I heard from Shankar that Rajini sir was happy with my work. Adding to this, Latha Rajinikanth has sent a bouquet to me as a token of appreciation.

Superstar Rajinikanth saw two things when he watched the trailer of the animated movie ‘Sultan The Warrior’.For the first time he saw himself in a movie in which he did not act but still was able to enjoy Sultan as he is called in the film.

He also saw the talent and potential of his own blood in its full glory and splendor revealing in front of his eyes.The actor after watching the trailer was moved and appreciated his daughter Soundarya who is the creative force and director behind the first of its kind animation project in India where a film star is being featured in a full length animated movie as an 3D animated character.

As the name suggests, movie would be an absolute chill for the teen. It is the love of teens coming all the way through love at first sight, readily approaching the Girl Friend then comes the First Kiss and so on. Four guys who are friends since their childhood and similarly there is also Four Girls.

A R Rahman is back again with the magic. As the tagline indicates “The musical journey of A R Rahman” continues with ADA. The experiment of Rahman with Rashid Ali. Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik, Chithra,Sukhwinder Singh, Udit Narayan makes a come back in Rahman’s team. Sunidhi Chauhan, Viviane Chaix, Chitra, Sukhwinder Singh, Naresh Iyer, Udit Narayan, Parul Mishra & Jayachandran gets a chance in the album as well.

Ada (Male Version) – The maestro makes the title song always a masterpiece. ADA starts off very well. Rashid Ali continues his magic with Rahman. We’ve never heard of him. Maybe a new guy who’s gotten a chance to sing for the great maestro. Rashid does a great job and will be in Rahman’s favorites for long. The song after seems to be a slow poison that I will have to get use to and I know I will like it once I do get used to it. The chorus seems to be catchy. There are compositions that Rahman makes will you will instantly fall in love with, then there many which you will have to get used to. But once you do then you realize how great his work is.

Hawa Sun Hawa – Alka Yagnik makes a come back to the team and seems to be a great return with this song. She doesn’t sound stale like she has in past few songs. Alka seems to be fresh and very young. This one is a lovely, soft, feel-good song that I can really relate to. Watch out for the flutes in the middlle, amazing work by A R Rahman. The song backed up by a strong lyrics. Just close your eyes and get swept away by this great composition.

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Would it be Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak once again with the arrival of Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Naa? This is the first feeling one got the moment the first look of this Aamir Khan production was out. Marking the launch pad of his nephew, Imraan Khan, Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Naa seems to be another innocent love story in the offering sans any unnecessary mush, hence going truly with contemporary times. With pretty girl Genelia D’Souza opposite Imraan in this campus flick and A.R. Rahman as the composer, this Abbas Tyrewala debut directorial venture (he also doubles up as a lyricist here), JTYJN, is a promising flick arriving this summer. Does the music hold up to the promise? The answer is – Yes!

First things first – when the best of the best of 2008 would be written down, the number ‘Kabhi Kabhi Aditi Zindagi’ would definitely find a mention. Crooned by newcomer Rashid Ali who is being introduced by Rahman on Bollywood musical arena, the song is beautiful from the word GO, the moment guitar strings mark the song’s beginning.

Rashid’s voice is just perfect for an actor who is being launched in a youthful romantic entertainer and the singer utilizes the big platform to the fullest. While Abbas’ lyrics go truly with contemporary times, it is a nice change to hear a Rahman composition in a truly mainstream cinema rather than the historical/period/issue based films for which he has been creating music for quite some time now.

Veteran Malayalee Playback singer P Jayachandran is singing for a Hindi film.

Jayachandran has sung the song ”Milo Waham Waham” with Alka Yagnik for the film ‘Ada- A way for life’. The song is a melodious number set to music by none other than A R Rahman. Jayachandran has won national and state awards for the best playback singer. He has recorded songs in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu languages. Jayachandran is also affectionately called the Bhava Gayakan. This is the first time he is going to sing for a hindi movie. That to of the music of magician A R Rahman. Jayachandran has earlier mentioned in an interview that he is going to sing for the musical maestro and everyone was eager to know for which film. Not a bad start right ? We wish him the best of luck.

The movie directed by Thanveer Ahamed features ten songs by the ace music director. The film which was in the making from 2001 was much delayed due to some technical reasons.

The movie which also features Rahul Roy and Ayesha Jhulka will grace the theatres next month. Ace music director AR Rahman launched the music of Ada in Mumbai on April 28. He also launched a competition of remixing two songs from this film, with cell phone giant Nokia and music label Big Music. Two winners of this competition will get a chance to work as a music director with Rahman.

The shooting of Dhun will commence in February 2009. Since it is a music oriented film, Menon had roped in AR Rehman to compose the music of Dhun. Grapevine also buzzed that when Abhi failed to give dates, Menon approached Saif Ali Khan for the male lead. But Menon showed his ignorance about the matter. Mani Ratnam had also signed the happening duo for his next project.

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