Harris Jayaraj on World Tour

It has been years when many sponsors and program producers wanted Harris Jayaraj to go on world tour. But the music director maintained a low profile feeling that he has to work on more promising projects before taking off for global concert. Naturally within short span of time, the music director has churned out some big chart busters.

Finally he has Okayed the tour with some big brands and talks are going for the show to be held in grandeur.

The world tour will commence on October 2 with the high-profiled singers and film celebrities taking part…

Music directoer has planns to travel Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Singapore, Kaulalampur, Dubai, Doha, Durban, Cape town and Johannesburg in 1st Phase.

A R Rahman Shocked With Oscar Awards

Ismail Darbar who is a Bollywood music composer made many allegations against A R Rahman while speaking to the media in Nagpur. He said, “ I have a feeling that A R Rahman has paid money to get the Oscar Awards for the film Slumdog Millionaire. If A R Rahman has real talent, he should have got the Oscar Awards for the film Roja or Bombay. I know that he has purchased these awards.”

When asked Ismail Darbar if he has got any proof for his statement, he was not able to give a fitting reply. Bollywood people condemned and lambasted Ismail for his irresponsible fabricated statement.

Bollywood music composer Lalith Pandit while commenting about this said, “ A R Rahman is a person who brought name and fame to India by winning the Oscar Awards. It is not right to speak bad about him.”

When asked A R Rahman about this allegation, he said, “ Nobody can purchase Oscar Awards. Three thousand people vote for this award. How is it possible to buy this award.”

A R Rahman's International Dhamaka On The Way

A.R. Rahman quest for musical thirst always remains unceasing. The musical genius keeps working on different standards and wins the laurels. Be it his jingles for commercial ads or the Hollywood films, he has streaked with abundant success. A.R. Rahman has now collaborated with some of the world’s finest singers and musicians of big brands like Dave Stewart, Mick Jagger, Damien Marley, Joss Stone and others.

Speaking about his collaboration with these big personalities, Rahman says, “18 months ago Dave Stewart, Mick Jagger, Damien Marley, Joss Stone and me experimented at a studio in Los Angeles, trying to write songs which had meaning...We had a couple of more sessions after that tying to perfect every song that was written and presently we have around 16 to 18 songs and all the songs have a world sound by contributions from all of us. Dave's and Mick's incredible musicality and Joss' soul singing, Damien Marley's Jamaican influence and philosophies and me bringing musicality from my world.

It's all too early to talk about this but I guess you guys should know something at least…”

Harris Jayaraj clarifies on ‘Karikalan’

The ace music director who gave us some great numbers in K.V. Anand’s ‘Ko’ is busy in Bangalore at the moment. He is working the final touches for the remake of the Gautham Menon film ‘Khakka Khakka’ in Hindi titled ‘Force.’ The film stars John Abraham Genelia in the lead and is directed by Nishikanth Kamath. Sources close to the music composer reveal that he is recording the final song for the film.

Meanwhile, the music director revealed that he has not been roped in to do the music for the Vikram starrer ‘Karikalan’ which is believed to be a contemporary film with a dash of period drama. The film sees Zarine Khan pairing up with Vikram, there by making her debut in Tamil. She earlier shared screen space with Salman Khan for the period film ‘Veer’ in Hindi.

Harris Jayaraj will also be working on the music for an untitled Telugu film, come August. The film will be directed by Selaraghavan and will have Allu Aravind and Shruthi Haasan playing the lead. Also the director is composing music for the upcoming Suriya Sivakumar flick ‘7am Arivu’ which is touted to be a sci-fi thriller.

AR Rahman, Yuvan Win the Honors

No need for a cliched introduction as Vijay TV’s high-profiled uniqueness over leaping with newfangled shows has been very much evident. Especially over the musical vistas, it has been showcasing a vast range of adeptness to the core.

Here comes the first edition of Vijay Music Awards that was held recently in Chennai. The occasion honored the most potential musicians and singers. Doubtlessly, it can be regarded as one of the year’s best event. Out of 149 movies that were released in 2010, the best ones in various categories have been selected completely by public through the poll that was conducted.

Popular Song of the year 2010 was given to ‘Kilimanjaro song from the film Enthiran composed by A.R.Rahman.

Popular Male Singer 2010 was given to Playback singer Karthik for Usurae Poguthae from the film Ravannan.

While Popular Song of Masses went to Kadhal Vandhalae from Singam composed by Devi Sri Prasad, Popular Album of the year 2010 was given to A.R.Rahman’s musical Vinnaithandi Varuvaya.

Popular Duet of the year 2010 went for ‘Adada mazhaida’ from the film Paiya composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The duet was sung by Saindhavi and Rahul Nambiyar. Popular Melody of the year 2010 also went to the same film for Thuli Thuli song. Yuvan won yet another award for the Popular Song sung by a Music Director of the year 2010 – En Kadhal solla from the film Paiya.

Are you excited to know about the event? Don’t miss to watch all the excitement of this fun filled entertaining evening which would be aired in two parts on Vijay TV - May 27th & 28th, Friday – Saturday, 7pm.

Popular Music director turns villain!

We have heard of directors turning actors and vice versa but have you seen a music director turn villain? Yes, music director Dhina whose latest offering is Seedan is acting as a villain in an upcoming film. But news is that he did not take up that role because he wanted to but because of persuasion.
Senthooran, the director of the film titled Soozhnilai, has come to meet the music director with a sole intention of narrating the story and asking him to compose the music. But as the narration was going on, the director seemed to realize that the character of the villain can be portrayed perfectly by Dhina and the music director’s long locks will be adding value to the role. Will Dhina strike the chord as a villain? Only time will tell!

Harris Jayraj to handover 6 lakhs

The Madras Cosmopolitan Round Table 94 organized the Super Car on October 9 and 10 last year and the finds collected through this event will now be utilized for their project Sanjeevi Nala Nilayam, a community health initiative held jointly by Ford India and MCRT 94.
The funds, amounting to 6 lakhs, will be donated to Mahesh Memorial Trust and it will be used to upgrade the medical equipments at the paediatric wing in the Adyar Cancer Hospital.
Noted music composer Harris Jayraj will handover this cheque to the beneficiaries.

Rahman Happy on losing Oscar

His defeat in the Oscars this time has not made Rahman upset. The music maestro is in fact happy that Randy Newman bagged the honour for his work in ‘Toy Story 3’.

Interestingly, Rahman’s son Ameen, who is a budding singer too, actually wanted Randy’s track to win. And this has been revealed by none other than the Mozart of Madras himself.

“My son Ameen and me saw ‘Toy Story 3’ a couple of months back. When the Academy Award nominations for songs came in, he said he wanted Toy Story’s song to win. It came so naturally from him,” Rahman wrote on his social networking page.

Meanwhile, sources have it that Rahman is now getting ready for ‘Rana’, Superstar Rajinikanth’s next film, to be directed by K S Ravikumar and produced by Ocher Studios in association with Eros International.

Rahman loses to Social Network and Toy Story-3

Maestro of Madras Rahman who was nominated by the Academy Awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song (If I Rise) for the Danny Boyle’s film 127 hours has lost both the awards. The Best Original Score was bagged by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for the movie Social Network and Best Original Song trophy was lifted by Randy Newman who did the music and lyrics for the song ‘We Belong Together’ in the animated film Toy Story-3.
Though Rahman was the Indian’s favorite to win, he missed it by inches for the awards are extremely competitive and having a nomination itself is an honor.  Behindwoods.com along with our readers wish Rahman to scale greater heights in future.

Celebrities offer their condolences to the legend

'Malaysia' Vasudevan who passed away on Sunday (20th February) saddened the world of music and cinema. Social networking sites are abuzz with celebrities offering their condolences and last respects to the legendary singer. Maestro A.R.Rahman, apart from offering his condolences, said that it was 'Malaysia' Vasudevan who had belief in his abilities and gave him his first break as a music producer for the album 'Disco Disco' way back in 1987. Several others such as director Venkat Prabhu, singers Krish and Chinmayi, actor Siddharth, Yuvan Shankar Raja fondly addressed him as uncle and prayed for his soul to rest in peace. 'Malaysia' Vasudevan whose most popular numbers were Podhuvaaga En Manasu Thangam (Murattu Kaalai), Thenkizhakku Cheemaiyila among many others is known for his 'kelvi gnanam' like his daughter and singer Prashanthini said in an interview. His body and soul might have passed on but he as a legend will continue to live for the days to come.

Vijay Antony happy about ‘Nakka Mukka’ in World Cup

To say Vijay Antony is on cloud nine would be a downplaying statement, for the music composer is in fail of words to explain his happiness on his ‘Naakka…Mukka…’ being played during the inaugural ceremony of World Cup cricket.

“The ICC World Cup is one of the very few events which is expected by the whole world. I feel honoured that my song was played during the opening ceremony in Dhaka on Thursday,” he says.

“At a time such kuthu songs are being neglected by the elite, it was a happy moment when Naakka..Mukka…which had local instruments in full flow, played at the international event,” he adds.

Currently busy playing the lead role in a film titled ‘Naan’, Vijay Antony says he would continue to provide quality music in the coming days too. “Music is always my first priority,” he says.

GV Prakash and Yuvan – Ultimate 'Nanbenda'

Both Yuvan Shankar Raja and G.V. Prakash have become the most successful musicians of this younger generation. But they are proving to be such friendly and have been helping their friends a lot by taking up projects at a lesser remuneration.

When Sabapathy narrated the story of ‘Pathinaaru’ to Shiva, he was looking for a low-profiled music director. But Shiva managed to convince Saba saying that he’ll request Yuvan Shankar Raja for the project. Yuvan accepted to work on it at a very lesser remuneration and did it for the sake of friendship he shares with Shiva.

Similarly, G.V. Prakash’s recent album ‘Narthagi’ is receiving good response. The film doesn’t have even a single brand as its USPs. GVP has done a tremendous job with his musical score based on carnatic genres.

AR Rahman No 1 at Wikipedia

Wikipedia had recently conducted Wiki Project Indian Music based on popular pages amongst which A.R. Rahman has been awarded as No.1 position. According to the official reports from Wikipedia, the rank is based on Wikipedia squid server logs.

A.R. Rahman page has a view of 1, 47,731 views with a record of 4765views of per day average. The next name is Bhimsen Joshi that has a per day view of 2529. Yuvan Shankar Raja holds No. 3 position with a record of 2035.

A.R. Rahman discography holds 1396 page view with an overall record of 43303 views.

AR Rahman loses to The Kings Speech

It is very unfortunate that AR Rahman had missed the BAFTA award for best music this year. He was nominated under the Best Original Movie Music category for 127 Hours and was a hot favorite among the Indians to win the coveted award. However, award went to Alexandre Desplat for The King’s Speech and he received the honor from Sir Paul McCartney.
The Outstanding British Film was bagged by The Kings Speech pushing behind 127 Hours, Another Year, Four Lions, and Made in Dagenham. Interestingly, the Best Film Award also went to The Kings Speech.
David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin won the Best Director Award and Best Adapted Screenplay Award respectively for The Social Network.
The Best Actor Award went to Colin Firth for starring in The Kings Speech and Best Actress Award to Natalie Portman for Black Swan.

GV Prakash scores music for 'Joker'

Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha starrer 'Joker' which is director by Shirish Kunder. Day by day the director confirmed cast and crews of the film. Now the director confirmed that the southern music director GV Prakash will score music for the film.

Shirish Kunder has tweeted that "AR Rahman's nephew GV Prakash to compose music for 'Joker'. This will be his debut in Hindi and our initiative to introduce new talent".

GV Prakash tweeted that "Recorded two songs for my first Bollywood film 'Joker' directed by my good buddy Shirish Kunder".

Yuvan's Musical Extravaganzas in Vijay TV

Yuvan Live Concert proved to be a musical extravaganza drawing more crowds across various far-flung corners. The entire ambience was studded with 20,000 fans and the entire scenario was like a never-neverland. Well for those, who had missed the opportunity of experiencing the event, here’s a great chance to catch up with the contest in close-up. The program producers have decided to go airs on 11th and 12th Feb 2011, Friday-Saturday at 2000 hrs on Vijay TV.

The event will have coming together of most happening celebrities like Simbu, who crooned the sensational chartbusters like ‘loosu penne’ and ‘evandi unna pethan’, Arya, Jeeva, Vaibav, Krishna, Chennai 28 team, Directors Gautam Vasudev Menon, Vishnuvardhan, Lingusamy, Ameer Sultan, Venkatprabhu, Selvaraghavan, and Lyricist Na. Muthukumar all spoke on Yuvan accomplishments and wished him well for the future.

Super Star Rajnikanth and actor Suriya surprised the audience by appearing on the AV and wished Yuvan and the whole team a grand success of the event.

One More Honor for AR Rahman

Chennai maestro A R Rahman gets one more International Award. A R Rahman who is creating history in world music and arts is to be conferred with Crystal Award. The award will be given to him at World Economic Forum meeting which is to be held in Davos at Switzerland. The meeting which is to be held for five days will commence on January 26th. Around 2500 members comprising of business leaders, government leaders and academicians from 11 countries will participate in this meet.

From India, Home Minister P Chidambaram, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma, Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath and Heavy Industries Minister Praful Patel along with Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia will participate in the meeting. Apart from this 130 businessmen and industrialists including Mukesh Ambani will participate in this meet.

A R Rahman To receive Crystal Awards in WEF At Davos

Composer A R Rahman  will be attending the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, where he will receive the Crystal Award for his achievements in the world of art and music. Rahman will be in the company of over 2,500 participants from over 11 countries representing business leaders, heads of governments and states, academicians, artists and faith leaders. Home Minister P Chidambaram, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma, Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath and Heavy Industries Minister Praful Patel along with Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia will participate in the meeting. CII, a partner of the Geneva-based WEF, is taking a 130- member delegation which includes Mukesh  Ambani, Sunil Bharti Mittal of Bharti Enterprises and others. The five-day meeting will start from January 26.

AR Rahman misses the Golden Globe

Oscar winning AR Rahman has narrowly missed the Golden Globe award this year. The maestro was nominated for his second Golden Globe in the Original Score category for the Danny Boyle film ‘127 Hours’. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won the award for their music in The Social Network.

The 68th Golden Globe Awards ceremony was held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in LA on Sunday, January 16.

ARR had earlier bagged the best original song trophy at the 16th Critics’ Choice Awards for his number ‘If I Rise’ from the film 127 Hours.

 ‘127 Hours’ is about a real-life mountain climber Aron Ralston, who cut off his arm to escape from beneath a boulder after being trapped for more than five days. The music of AR Rahman had received good reviews for it’s “haunting tracks” and “wonderful crescendos.”

Rahman joins ‘Bend it like Beckham’ director

Its one more international project in AR Rahman’s kitty! AR Rahman and Gurinder Chadha will join hands for an animation film on monkeys. The Bend it like Beckham and the Oscar winning music director will work together for Monkeys of Bollywood, a film inspired by Ramayana.
Gurinder Chadha, who teams up with Paul Berges for this project, has worked with him in Bend It Like Beckham and Bride and Prejudice.