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| Mentor’s
magic words and AR Rahman’s hit songs |
April
05, 2006 |
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There is a story that before AR Rahman composed
a hit song, he would visit his late guru Karimulla
Kadri Khan in Ponneri and wait on him. His guru
would go into meditation and then give him a
word. If Rahman used the word in his song, it
would become a big hit. That is how Rahman got
words like Mustafaa Mustafaa, Muquabula Muquabula
and Chaiya Chaiya. Well, the words still ring
in his fans’ minds and now it has started
ringing in Hollywood.
Filmmaker Spike Lee’s Inside Man, a Denzel
Washington, Jodie Foster and Clive Owen starrer,
features Rahman’s Chaiya, Chaiya song
both in the opening and closing scenes.
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song, of course, has drawn critical notice. Digvijay
Singh, a Los Angeles based Indian filmmaker feels
it doesn’t gel with the movie. However,
the song written by veteran Gulzar and the music
composed by Rahman have touched a vibrant chord
with mainstream American moviegoers.
One executive from a production company in Hollywood
had asked his Indian assistant to get him a CD
of the song right away. A senior journalist on
the Wall Street has said that the influence of
Indian movies on Hollywood is greatly increasing.
It ought to for India, today, is the largest producer
of films in the world and it has some of the finest
filmmakers, directors and music directors. Is
Rahman the vanguard? |
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