So the inevitable has happened. After sweeping a litany of awards in the last 03 months, ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ has bitten off the most eclectic slice of an a la carte spread at the Oscar feast - zipping off an enviable 08 trophies in a treasure chest of honorifics. Even as the channels are choc-a-bloc with images of Danny Boyle and his effusive band cavorting in style, an unassuming character does a quiet promenade across the red carpet to collect his ‘twin tango delights’, to the wonder of the boisterous Hollywood glitterati. Allah Rakha Rahman, as Indian cinema’s true-blue composer creates history of epic proportions as he storms the international music bastion like none before. Here is one composer who has made world critics and jury members to sit up and take note of the unbridled magic that Indian composers can weave for an international audience. The hallowed fortress has finally been breached and how! Rehman has succeeded where all his predecessors somehow proved unsuccessful – to become the global face of Indian cine-music.
A.R. Rahman - One up on his predecessors
So the inevitable has happened. After sweeping a litany of awards in the last 03 months, ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ has bitten off the most eclectic slice of an a la carte spread at the Oscar feast - zipping off an enviable 08 trophies in a treasure chest of honorifics. Even as the channels are choc-a-bloc with images of Danny Boyle and his effusive band cavorting in style, an unassuming character does a quiet promenade across the red carpet to collect his ‘twin tango delights’, to the wonder of the boisterous Hollywood glitterati. Allah Rakha Rahman, as Indian cinema’s true-blue composer creates history of epic proportions as he storms the international music bastion like none before. Here is one composer who has made world critics and jury members to sit up and take note of the unbridled magic that Indian composers can weave for an international audience. The hallowed fortress has finally been breached and how! Rehman has succeeded where all his predecessors somehow proved unsuccessful – to become the global face of Indian cine-music.
Jay Subramanyam,
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