A.R. Rahman

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Allah Rakha Rahman ( Born on January 6, 1967 as A.S. Dileep Kumar in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) is a hugely popular Indian film music composer. He is a now based out of Chennai, Tamilnadu. He made his debut in 1992 with Mani Ratnam’s Tamil movie, Roja (Rose), which was subsequently dubbed into many languages. Ram Gopal Verma’s Rangeela was the first Hindi movie to have Rahman as the music director. He is a recipient of the Padma Shri. To date he has sold over 250 million albums worldwide making him one of the biggest selling artists of the last two decades.

His more unknown works include the AIRTEL jingle and lately the WORLDSPACE jingle.

Rang De Basanti (2006), Bombay, Dil Se and Roja are amongst his more popular works. He was also the music composer for the movies Lagaan (which was nominated for the Oscars for the Best Foreign Movie) and Yuva.

Three of the maestro’s songs have been added to the 56 song Oscar list. Khalabali and Lukha Chuppi from movie Rang de Basanti and Chan-Chan from the movie Water are included in the Oscar short list of songs.

A.R Rahman in the West:
His recent works Include “Bombay Dreams” with Andrew Lloyd Weber, as well as a Mandarin movie, Between Heaven and Earth.

The movie “Inside Man” opens with the Hindi song “Chaiya Chaiya” composed by A.R.Rahman for the film “Dil Se”.

Café del Mar: Volumen Cinco
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Best Of Cafe Del Mar
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Between Heaven and Earth
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Top Tracks

1	Mumbai Theme Tune full track	496
2	Kabhi Kabhi Aditi Zindagi full track	71
3	Tu Bole Main Boloon full track	43
4	Bombay Awakes	41
5	Saathiya full track	38
6	Mera Yaar Mila De full track	33
7	Maa Tujhe Salaam	26
8	Khwaja Mere Khwaja	21
8	Pappu Cant Dance full track	21
10	Bombay Sleeps	20
10	Jaane Tu Mera Kya Hai (Aditi) full track	20
12	Bombay Theme Music	19
13	Nazrein Milaana Nazrein Churaana full track	18
14	Chaiyya Chaiyya	16
14	Dil Se Re	16

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gobinathm wrote:
Tuesday morning

I love ARR Tunes

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itzsuresh wrote:
last week

one of the few music directors in India who are actually original, and arguably the best, IMHO

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liverach wrote:
last month

AWESOME music director. Aboslutely love his style, and he's made some unforgettable music. I'm currently still hanging on to the Jaane Tu album. Kahin Toh, Kabhi Kabhi Aditi, and Tu Bole are amazing!

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GuitarAbuse wrote:
last month

You know that LOTR was released after the Mumbai Theme Tune right?

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Cheedillow wrote:
last month

Mumbai Theme Tune is excellent, but am I the only one who hears some similarities to music from the Lord of The Rings?

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kvkalidindi wrote:
last month

One of my favorite tracks. Ever !! It's a shame that this song is not always included in many CDs of this movie's soundtrack - in Tamil, Telugu or Hindi. Thanks Last.fm! :)

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viciousoul wrote:
last month

Waw I been trying to find this song for ages, because one of the Tv program always uses this song to show pictures, Great combination! My one of the favorite song ever!

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afroz674 wrote:
last month

A.R.Rehman Is The Best.........

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nil2312 wrote:
August 2008

A.R.Rahman is "The man,The music,The magic".

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sjthakkar wrote:
August 2008

"Tu Bole" and "Mumbai Theme Tune" are THE best!

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sipoflife wrote:
August 2008

Amazing musician.....sooo many classics....love ya man !

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gocool wrote:
August 2008

One music director cannot be compared with other... Well... Opinions differ...!

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bhandu007 wrote:
August 2008

He is definitely achieved "GOD" status in india.....there is no other better than him in india

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gocool wrote:
August 2008

Definitely he produces excellent music!!! But Plzz don't use "GOD" n "ONLY ONE"... There are other good composers too who have different music styles.. Respect them too...

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hibernative wrote:
July 2008

his instrumental compositions are of an epic scale. i love em.

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rajvalai wrote:
July 2008

Awesome guy.. seriously. He's so so so so awesome. Can't think of a single artist who makes music that good...

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xen0ny wrote:
June 2008

He's god. No questions asked.

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Carla_bruni wrote:
June 2008

I like O Humdum Suniyo Re.

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chaarfudwe wrote:
May 2008

jaane tu ya jaane na... 4/5 .. very mainstream music.. glad to see a very fresh change from SIR

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sykaos wrote:
May 2008

next to god....his own genre

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