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Will an Ilayaraja song open London Olympics?
Naanthaan ungappanda (Tamil for I am your father), a song composed by Ilayaraja for the 1981 Kamal Haasan film Ram Laxman, and sung by S.P. Balasubramanyam, is reported to be …
The singer not the song. The singer and the song.
The musical genius of Dr Raj Kumar is one of the least appreciated bits of an actor whose only national award was for singing. The uncharitable view is that “The …
And, oh, we forgot that actress from the Punjab
A Tamil composer who cut his teeth under a Kannada baton-weilder. A Konkani-speaking Kannada actor/filmmaker who made his mark in Marathi theatre. A male Telugu singer with no training in …
Why A.R. Rahman is India’s first global rock star
S.R. RAMAKRISHNA writes from Bangalore: Many say A.R. Rahman‘s music for Slumdog Millionaire is “noisy but nice”. That phrase could come in useful when you look at his oeuvre as …
Yes, it’s true, Isai Puyal is the Mozart of Madras
A consistent criticism A.R. Rahman has had to face, including from fans and friends who mean well, is that he is more of a sound engineer than a music composer. …
A.R. Rahman: Our greatest music composer ever?
He defied the traditional force of film gravity and took South Indian music to the North. He gained acceptance among Hindi audiences despite not knowing the language himself. He created …
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