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A.R.Rahman wins four awards at Mirchi Music Awards

A.R.Rahman wins four awards at Mirchi Music Awards 

 

Mumbai, February 10th, 2010

The finest talent in Hindi film music was saluted at the second edition of the Airtel Mirchi Music Awards 2009 held last night with Radio Mirchi announcing the winners.

Delhi 6 won the best song award for Masakali, best album, Mohit Chauhan won the best male vocalist for Masakali, Rekha Bhardwaj won the best female vocalist for Genda Phool. AR Rahman won the best music director award for Masakali Delhi 6 while Prasoon Joshi won lyricist of the year for Masakali. Rahman also won the best song arranger and programmer for Masakali. H Sridhar, S Sivakumar, Deepak P A and Vivianne Chaix got the best song mixing and engineering for Delhi 6.

The Airtel Mirchi Listeners’ choice for best song went to Iktara from Wake Up Sid and Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani took the award for Airtel Mirchi Listeners’ choice for best album. The special jury award for exceptional non-film music achievement went to Saeen bina darad kareje haye sung by Rashid Khan. Raju Singh won the best background score award for Raaz- The Mystery Continues.

Gulzar won the lifetime achievement award and the jury award for outstanding contribution to Hindi film music went to Kersi Lord. Manna Dey won the KL Saigal Sangeet Shehenshah Award.

There were performances by singers KK, Sunidhi Chauhan, Rekha Bhardwaj, Himesh Reshamiya and Usha Uthup while Shahid Kapoor and Katrina Kaif performed on the best tracks of the year.

Speaking at the event, Prashant Panday, CEO, ENIL, said, “The integrity and dedication behind Mirchi Music Awards is what makes it unique. The Awards salute the hard work, passion and the immense creative talent of our music industry.”

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A.R.Rahman in "We Are the World' re-recording to raise funds for Haiti earthquake relief "

Los Angeles, Feb 3 (PTI) Grammy award winning Indian musician AR Rahman joined voices with some of the biggest names in the music industry like Celine Dion, Lionel Richie, Barbara Streisand and Kanye West to record a cover of Michael Jackson's peace anthem 'We Are The World'.

The 44-year-old singer-composer who picked up two golden gramophones over the weekend, headed straight to the studio afterwards to record the song which will help raise money for the victims of the Haiti earthquake, along with 80 other artistes .

"At the re-recording of 'We Are The World' to raise funds for the Haiti earthquake," tweeted Rahman.
Legendary producer Quincy Jones and singer Lionel Richie invited Rahman, who won two Oscar awards last year for the soundtrack of the hit movie 'Slumdog Millionaire', to participate in the new charity single, reported Los Angeles Times.

Proceeds of the song will go straight to the people of Haiti, who are recovering from the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake on January 12.

The star-studded group also included Akon, Usher, Jeff Bridges, Miley Cyrus, Will.I.Am, Natalie Cole, Toni Braxton, Nicole Scherzinger, Jason Mraz and Brian Wilson.

The charity single comes 25 years after the song was originally composed by Jackson and producer Quincy Jones to raise money for Live Aid.

Interestingly the 'King of Pop' had expressed a desire to work with Rahman just two months before he died in June last year.

courtesy of yahoo

Rahman snags 2 Grammys for Slumdog Millionaire

Following up on his success at the Academy Awards, where he picked up two Oscars, The Mozart of Madras, AR Rahman, scored a double yet again, winning two Grammy Awards for his music in the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire.

Rahman won the Grammys for the best compilation soundtrack and the best motion picture song.

At the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night (Monday morning in the eastern part of the world), Rahman struck the first gold at the pre-event.

His score in Slumdog Millionaire won the best compilation soundtrack for a motion picture category.

Moments later, Jai Ho - the song composed by Rahman, penned by Gulzar and sung by Sukhvinder - won the Grammy for the Best Motion Picture Song, beating competitors like Bruce Springsteen.

"Hey guys back in India. Awesome we got two Grammies again. God bless you all for your prayers. Your good wishes and love," said Rahman after receiving the awards.

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AR.Rahman Conferred Padma Bhushan

Oscar awardee musician A.R.Rahman and Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan have been selected for the 'Padma Bhushan' award on the occasion of 60th Republic Day.

Cricketer Virendra Sehwag and Badminton star Saina Nehwal have been chosen for the 'Padma Shri' awards along with yesteryear Bollywood diva Rekha and actor Saif Ali Khan.

Nobel laureate Dr Venkataraman Ramakrishnan and veteran theatre and film actor Zohra Sehgal have been chosen for the Padma Vibhushan award, the second highest civilian award in India.

44-year-old Aamir Khan, who made his directorial debut with the critically-acclaimed Taare Zameen Par in 2007, recently came out with 3 Idiots that has become the highest-earning movie in Bollywood.

Apart from this, music maestro Ilayaraaja has also been selected for the prestigious Padma Bhushan awards. Oscar winner sound recordist of Slumdog Millionaire Resul Pookutty has also been awarded with a Padma Shri.

Eminent journalist Fareed Zakaria and prominent hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal have also been selected for Padma Bhushan.

The Padma awards, India's highest civilian national honours after the Bharat Ratna are conferred every year on the occasion of Republic Day in recognition of distinguished service in the various fields of art, science, literature, sports and industry.

Courtesy: Rediff.com

A R Rahman goes unplugged in Delhi.

The Golden Jubilee celebrations of Doordarshan got off to a grand start here with a live concert featuring the Oscar-winning A R Rahman apart from popular singers Hariharan and Kailash Kher. ‘A R Rahman Unplugged’ was meant to be a curtain-raiser for the Golden Jubilee Celebrations which will commence on 15 September and continue for a full year.

Doordarshan had commenced telecasts on 15 September 1959 with a one-hour daily transmission. AR Rahman was felicitated, who won two Oscars for the music in the film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, with a shawl and a memento.

Earlier, Doordarshan Director General Aruna Sharma told a news conference that the opening event will be in Mumbai on 15 September and programmes will be held in different Kendras. There will also be a concert in Delhi . In addition, there will be several discussions looking back at the growth of Doordarshan, and the final one on 15 September 2010 will examine sports evens, in view of the Commonwealth Games. She claimed that with the help of DTH and satellite TV, Doordarshan was reaching the entire country. Rahman announced that he would shortly be doing a reality show based on music with Doordarshan. K R Harish, Managing Director of Phat Phish India which put the concert together for Doordarshan, also spoke on the occasion.

Kher had the nearly-full auditorium at the Sirifort Complex swinging to his songs as he rendered some of his own numbers and some which had been originally sung by others for Rahman. He was accompanied by his group Kailasa. Some of the numbers rendered by him included ‘Mangal Mangal Ho’, ‘Chak de Phatte’, ‘Maula’, ‘Yeh jo des hai tera’ and ‘Rang de basanti’.

He was followed by Sivamani, who enthralled the entire hall with his magical performance with percussion instruments, moving his hands from one percussion instrument to another and producing foot-tapping music.

Rahman performed on the piano as Hariharan and Sadhna Sargam sang some of the songs composed. Delhi was once again resonated with A R Rahman’s music as the Oscar winning masetro performed with acclaimed Bollywood singers at a concert here.

“It is for the first time that I am performing with such a small band and with almost no rehearsals,” Rahman said before the performance, organised to commemorate the golden jubilee celebrations of Doordarshan.

The performance began with a big bang with ‘Mangal Mangal’ song by sufi singer Kailash Kher. Kher accompanied by his band, ‘Kailasa’ performed a string of his popular numbers besides songs composed by Rahman including ‘Maula mere maula,’ ‘Rang De Basanti,’ and ‘Ye jo Des hai mera.’

During his performance Kher briefly mentioned his recent visit to San Francisco where he was asked to sing a song that would represent India.