A R Rahman currently in the charts for his haunting ballads “Tu Muskura” and “Tu Meri Dost Hai” in Salman-Katrina starring Yuvvraaj is very happy about the international sucess of Danny Boyle’s flick Slumdog Millionaire (SM).
He says, “The success means something positive for Indian tourism. It is brought Indian to the cultural map again”.
Though Pyarelal, the surviving half of the legendary Laxmikant-Pyarelal duo do not know yet, but Subhash Ghai knows the big secret. The controversial chart buster “Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai” which Laxmi-Pyare composed for Subhash Ghai’s Khalnayak is now part of Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire.
A R Rahman says, “The song fitted the mood of the movie. It represents that period in the early 1990s. The colour, the swirl and the frenetic pace. So I have re recorded it in the same two voices Alka Yagnik and Ila Arun, though in a totally re worked form”.
The song will feature in the Slumdog soundtrack when it releases in December. Why is the soundtrack being released after release of the movie? A R Rahman having to live down the not unfairly earned reputation of being tardy in delivering the complete score. He sheepishly says, “As usual we took a little more time on it than we thought we needed to produce the album properly. The soundtrack is being released on 12 December”.
He is very excited by the impact that his sound in Slumdog Millionaire have made on Westerners. He says, “They released it on a small scale and are gradually increasing the prints. Slumdog releases in America next month. I will be in the USA for the promotion”.
Besides the background score, A R Rahman has done four songs in Slumdog Millionaire. He says, “I have also collaborated with the rap artiste Maya. We co wrote a song called Oh Saya. She wrote the English lyrics.
There is also a version of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy’s Aaj Ki Raat in the soundtrack”.
SM is A R Rahman’s second big Western movie score after Shekhar Kapoor’s The Golden Age. He shares, “But that was a period movie, a genre that I have been unconsciously associated with the most. Slumdog Millionaire is contemporary”.
The year has been plush with projects for Rahman. They year has been plush with projects for Rahman. He says, “I have worked with three generations of directors, and in as many continents. I can tell what they like and not like. Working with Abbas Tyrewala in Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na was rewarding experience. Yes, I will be doing Abbas’s next. I am as proud of Pappu Can’t Dance Saala as Tu Muskura”.
He says, “The success means something positive for Indian tourism. It is brought Indian to the cultural map again”.
Though Pyarelal, the surviving half of the legendary Laxmikant-Pyarelal duo do not know yet, but Subhash Ghai knows the big secret. The controversial chart buster “Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai” which Laxmi-Pyare composed for Subhash Ghai’s Khalnayak is now part of Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire.
A R Rahman says, “The song fitted the mood of the movie. It represents that period in the early 1990s. The colour, the swirl and the frenetic pace. So I have re recorded it in the same two voices Alka Yagnik and Ila Arun, though in a totally re worked form”.
The song will feature in the Slumdog soundtrack when it releases in December. Why is the soundtrack being released after release of the movie? A R Rahman having to live down the not unfairly earned reputation of being tardy in delivering the complete score. He sheepishly says, “As usual we took a little more time on it than we thought we needed to produce the album properly. The soundtrack is being released on 12 December”.
He is very excited by the impact that his sound in Slumdog Millionaire have made on Westerners. He says, “They released it on a small scale and are gradually increasing the prints. Slumdog releases in America next month. I will be in the USA for the promotion”.
Besides the background score, A R Rahman has done four songs in Slumdog Millionaire. He says, “I have also collaborated with the rap artiste Maya. We co wrote a song called Oh Saya. She wrote the English lyrics.
There is also a version of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy’s Aaj Ki Raat in the soundtrack”.
SM is A R Rahman’s second big Western movie score after Shekhar Kapoor’s The Golden Age. He shares, “But that was a period movie, a genre that I have been unconsciously associated with the most. Slumdog Millionaire is contemporary”.
The year has been plush with projects for Rahman. They year has been plush with projects for Rahman. He says, “I have worked with three generations of directors, and in as many continents. I can tell what they like and not like. Working with Abbas Tyrewala in Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na was rewarding experience. Yes, I will be doing Abbas’s next. I am as proud of Pappu Can’t Dance Saala as Tu Muskura”.
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