A.R. Rahman - Revision history

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[[Category:India |R]]
[[Category:Music |R]]
[[Category:Cinema-TV-Pop |R]]
=The sources of this article are…=
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8490528.stm BBC] <>Amita Nair, Ravikanth3 [http://www.answers.com/Q/Who_is_the_first_Indian_singer_to_be_nominated_for_Grammy_Award] <>- Amann Khuranaa [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/english/music/Indian-winners-at-the-Grammy-Awards/photostory/46171886.cms ‘‘The Times of India’’]
=Grammy award =
2010: Rahman made India proud by wining two Grammys at the same time. For Slumdog Millionaire, the Chennai composer bagged one Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album (shared with sound engineers H Sridhar & P A Deepak) and the other one for ‘Jai Ho..’ in the Best Song Written for Motion Picture category (shared with singers Sukhwinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Vijay Prakash and songwriter Gulzar).

What makes A R Rahman more special than other Indians who have won Grammies is that A R Rahman collaborated with Indians unlike his predecessors who did with western musicians. Thus, his was a purely Indian Grammy.

Rahman won two Oscars, a Bafta and a Golden Globe in 2009 for his soundtrack to the multi award-winning Slumdog Millionaire.

"This is insane, god is great again," Rahman said as he accepted his award.

He later told the BBC it felt "so good, because the Grammies are meant to be the greatest music awards".

Rahman beat such rivals as Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds and rock star Bruce Springsteen in the soundtrack and best song categories respectively.
=Biography=
Also in 2010, Rahman was shortlisted for an Oscar nomination for his Tamil song NaNa from the Hollywood film, Couples Retreat. The song vied with 62 others for the nominations.

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	5. His first stop in any new city is either an electronic store where he likes to buy the latest equipment or a mosque		5. His first stop in any new city is either an electronic store where he likes to buy the latest equipment or a mosque
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		+	==Fatwa for “Muhammad: Messenger Of God”==
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		+	[http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Faced-with-fatwa-Rahman-stresses-belief-in-tolerance-15092015001056 ''The Times of India'']
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		+	''' Rahman stresses belief in tolerance '''
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		+	A R Rahman composed music for Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi's film “Muhammad: Messenger Of God”. In a post on his Facebook page, Rahman said his decision to compose the music for this film was made “in good faith and with no intention of causing offence“. “I am not a scholar of Islam. I follow the middle path and am part traditionalist and part nationalist,“ Rahman wrote in his onepage statement on his Facebook page. The statement had several quotes from the Quran like: “Nothing shall ever happen to us except what Allah has ordained for us.“
		+	Rahman said, “I didn't direct or produce the movie `Muhammad: Messenger of God'. I just did the music. My spiritual experiences of working on the film are very personal and I would prefer not to share these.“ He also sought to remind his detractors about the mutual tolerance for faith that existed among communities in the Indian sub-continent.“We are indeed fortunate and blessed to live in a country like India where religious freedom is practised and where the aim of all communities is to live in peace and harmony sans confusion and violence.“
		+	Mumbai-based Raza Academy initiated a fatwa against the Iranian film director, Majid Majidi, Rahman and other film co-workers. Rahman recalled an in terview given by Raza A cademy member Saeed Noorie who had said that “it was imperative for Muslims to do something about it...so that later when they face Allah, they would not be chided by Him for doing nothing to stop this from happening.“
		+	Rahman said the decision to compose music for the film was based on a similar point of view as expressed by Noorie.

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 His working style is more collaborative, allowing the musicians to jam together and interpret a piece of music the way they want to.
 It explains the layers and subtext to his songs.
 ''' The KM Music Conservatory: '''  Full-time foundation and part-time preparatory courses train youngsters in music.
 Three of the 40 full-timers who pay Rs 2.5 lakh each have already been signed on to apprentice with Rahman.“Investing in education is the best thing ever,” says Rahman.
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 ''' Publishing rights: '''  Rahman tries to retain the publishing rights of his music wherever possible so he can reuse it free of cost. His fee for a soundtrack is usually Rs 2 crore.
 ''' Endorsements: '''  He is the face of Airtel, has represented Worldspace for a year, and has a strategic partnership with Nokia. Global concerts are organised by long time promoter Deepak Gattani.The last one was in 2007.

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	=Biography=		=Biography=
	Also in 2010, Rahman was shortlisted for an Oscar nomination for his Tamil song NaNa from the Hollywood film, Couples Retreat. The song vied with 62 others for the nominations.		Also in 2010, Rahman was shortlisted for an Oscar nomination for his Tamil song NaNa from the Hollywood film, Couples Retreat. The song vied with 62 others for the nominations.
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		+	=Some information about Rahman=
		+	1. He sleeps from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., starting work only at 6 p.m. every day.
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		+	2. His mother could afford to send him to guitar lessons only after his elder sister Raihanah had to drop out. “I didn’t mind,” she says.
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		+	3. His first public performance was at the age of 11 in a church where his master Jacob John had taken him.
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		+	4. He changed his name to Allah Rakha Rahman on the credits of the soundtrack of Roja in 1992.
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		+	5. His first stop in any new city is either an electronic store where he likes to buy the latest equipment or a mosque

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 ''' Endorsements: '''  He is the face of Airtel, has represented Worldspace for a year, and has a strategic partnership with Nokia. Global concerts are organised by long time promoter Deepak Gattani.The last one was in 2007.
 =Contributions=
 The Golden Globe has only reiterated Rahman’s genius

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 [[Category:Music |R]]
 [[Category:Cinema-TV-Pop |R]]
 =The sources of this article are…=
-[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8490528.stm BBC] <>Amita Nair, Ravikanth3 [http://www.answers.com/Q/Who_is_the_first_Indian_singer_to_be_nominated_for_Grammy_Award] <>- Amann Khuranaa [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/english/music/Indian-winners-at-the-Grammy-Awards/photostory/46171886.cms  ‘‘The Times of India’’]
+. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8490528.stm BBC] <>Amita Nair, Ravikanth3
 =Grammy award =
 : Rahman made India proud by wining two Grammys at the same time. For Slumdog Millionaire, the Chennai composer bagged one Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album (shared with sound engineers H Sridhar & P A Deepak) and the other one for ‘Jai Ho..’ in the Best Song Written for Motion Picture category (shared with singers Sukhwinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Vijay Prakash and songwriter Gulzar).

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