Statutary warning: This will be my most biased blog ever :-D . I promise i wud be neutral in any other subject but in case of a.r.rahman i m sorry, i cant help but be biased. Infact i love to be biased in this case. ;-)
This is a special post for a very special person. His birthday is on the 5th of jan and i cudnt hav found any more proper occasion to write for him. I had always wanted to write him and whenever i had thought of topics for my blog, the first subject that came to my mind was my maestro A.R.Rahman. Each and every person has an idol or an inspiration to look after. For me its a.r.rahman. I never think for writing a post. I just write what comes to my mind instantly. But here i want to think and
then write out of my respect for him. I cant be careless in writing about my idol.
My fascination with rahman sir's music began when i was around 10. Roja's sound track had released around that time. The music hit me immediately. So peaceful, so calm and so divine at the same time. The music that takes u to the another world. I was eager to know the music dir but there was no need to search as the name instantly hit upon newspapers, channels. Then followed Bombay,rangeela and the admiration for him cemented. A special characteristic in his music is that most of the time his music would have a part in song that would blow u out. In novel "Godfather" there is a term called "thunderbolt" for an experience in which u get blown out by watching an exotic girl. If there is anything equivalent for that in music, i would say this is that.
Now till these movies i was his fan but not die hard maniac that i m now. Other movies followed and in between there was a dip in my admiration towards him. But then followed dil se, taal and lagaan. Everybody knows how popular are these tracks. But the movie that made me a crazy person who started worshipping his music was "The legend of bhagat singh". With this movie i came to know of one more quality of this genius. He is so extraordinary in giving background music. Watch the movie and u will come to know that an excellent background music is waiting for u. After listening the songs and then watching the movie, everything was over for me. It descended to me that this guy is a genius and blah blah blah(plenty of words there to explain his music). The only thing left for me was now to keep waiting for his more and more movies.
Now in between i would like to share my experience to show his excellence in producing divine music. It was the time when saathiya's trailer was aired for the first time. I distinctly remember that the time trailer was being shown, i was not in good mood due to some reason. But when the tune of the song saathiya began to play, i forgot everything and all of sudden, all the positive thoughts came to me and i started feeling so relaxed. That incident just made me realize how powerful his music is.
Still there were more qualities of ARR that i hadnt discovered till then. After some time i realised that he is such a great singer too. Now this feeling came to me when in some of movies, he didnt sang at all. U realise the importance of something only when it lacks. But the most important thing that struck me was this person's honesty and humbleness. Ever after winning so many accolades,awards and wooing the world all over, he feels that he is just doing his work and credits GOD for his
success. He is a great human being at the same time. We see a lot of music directors speaking a lot without meaning anything and here is he silently doing his work but his work speaking the most.He gave rebirth to VANDE MATARAM despite several reservations of some people. A patriot by heart, it shows by default in the movies he does.
Now that i have said that i m a maniac, dont feel that's it. Its over. No sir. The madness is just raising his head.;-). Movies like rdb,guru,jodha akbar,jaane tu,yuvvraaj,ghajini have just helped me climbed one step more in this madness. Have just started listening his tamil songs too though i dont understand a single word. I just keep torturing my friends by talking a lot on his music.:-) Again one more experience:- i never had the feeling of trance, but after hearing his "khwaja mere khwaja" of jodha akbar, i had the pleasure of experiencing this feeling too. So pure. I can write endlessly about this maverick, but will have to stop bcos now i m tired of typing. ;-)
Still i would write two more paras. One thing that is said about his music is that nowadays his music doesnt match that of his roja days. My answer to that would be the same people said the same thing before the release of rang de etc. Now they say that his music doesnt match to that of guru,rang de etc. His each and every album is a benchmark. Its just people realise that after his next album arrives.
All can i say in the end is that i just want to hear more and more from him. After havin a teaser of delhi 6 and connections(his album), the future looks brighter. I cant recall if in last 3 or 4 months i hav heard any song on my pc apart from his. That shows his variety,his magic. I used to feel i m his big fan but after going on his fans' community on orkut, i realised i m nothing(forunately). They are so dedicated for him and do so much for causes that he has advocated for. My salute to all of them. On the behalf of them i can just say for his music "KAISE HAME TUM MIL GAE JINDAGI PE AAEIN NA YAKEEN" (I know it sounds melodramatic but cudnt think of anything else.;-)) HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIR.
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