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If music wakes you up, makes you think, heals you...then, I guess the music is working.
A. R. Rahman
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A. R. Rahman
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: January 6
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Film Director
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Madras
Allahrakka Rahman
Allah Rakha Rahman
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I didn't see it coming at all. I just wanted to have this new experience with this team of Danny Boyle, Christian (Colson) and Simon (Beaufoy). It was like an excursion for me from my normal routine and the Indian movies I do and that helped.
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Music is all about transporting people, speaking a language which languages fail to express.
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People Expect Something New From Me All The Time.And That's Good It Keeps Me On The Edge
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It's a very simple process. He [Danny Boyl] comes in the tube (subway) and then he sits with me for 3 hours every evening and then I work on something. Then later, if he likes something, I put it even more perfectly. I tweak stuff. So this happened for 3 or 4 weeks and the music was done.
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These are the Rad instruments that are dying out in India. So, it's going well and I think now we are increasing the number of kids we have taught and of course we are helping out with other things too. It's based in India now. [The idea is to] perfect it in one place and then we'll expand.
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The more you know the less you talk.
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No regrets. There is no time for that. Regret is boring.
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Since I worked with Danny Boyle before on Slumdog Millionaire, we have great success and everything. So, when I first got the script and the screenplay of Simon (Beaufoy) and I was reading it, even before the shoot, some kind of sounds came into my mind and I put some stuff [down] and sent it to Danny when he was cutting the movie.
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I love the voice - it’s the most perfect instrument ever heard. It’s God given.
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Music knows no barrier of age or culture. It isn’t about being politically correct or even making a statement. Music is what appeals to the ears and touches your soul.
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It had a language. It's a very emotional language that only exists in India, that part of [inaudible] so we wanted to use that. I had two versions - one with my voice and one with the girl's voice. But he preferred the girl's voice and he preferred my voice with an [inaudible].
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I love classical music. I love a lot of musicians playing together and the whole culture of that, whether it's Indian or it's Western.
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When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects the output.
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Be original and find your inner voice. The rest will follow.
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There have been predictions that the world will come to an end on 21.12.12. But I look around me and I see so much scope for hope.
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Success comes to those who dedicate everything to their passion in life. To be successful, it is also very important to be humble and never let fame or money travel to your head.
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There were basically three themes. One was the sun theme which is the guitar when he'd get sun on his leg and it comes again in the end. And there's of course the lullaby which Dido sang, If I Rise. And then there's this driving guitar which is the motivation theme.
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I want to go beyond the restrictions of language, religion and caste, and music is the only thing that allows me to do that.
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Rather than making money I believe in making people happy, all other things are secondary. Money isn't important, creative satisfaction is
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