It all started with "dil se..". Not that I hadn't heard him before. But this was the first Rahman album that caught my attention. I have heard it countless times. Papa bought this cassette when he bought the new music system. That was 97' and this is 08' now. 11 years and I have been an ardent Rahman fanatic the whole time. In all probability not a single week of my life has passed since the last 10 years when I haven't heard a single Rahman song. Be it "Taal" , the "Times top ten enlisted", "Roja" or the deep tunes of not so popular "Thakshak" nad a lesser known chinese film,"between heaven and earth" I have been engrossed in Rahman all the time.
It was the early nineties and Indian music industry was losing face in the international scene due to the word "inspiration". Mr. Anu Malik was inspired from Mr. George Michael , Mr. Bappi Lahiri was inspired from almost every disco artist and all music directors were deeply inspired someone or the other in Hollywood. Mind you these inspired songs were doing very well in the Indian market but at a very expensive cost of originality and cultural heritage. During this time Mr. Mani Ratnam was in search of a new talent for his upcoming "Roja". He approached Rahman. Little did he know that he was going to change the facet of the Indian music industry for ever.
Rahman scored the compositions for Roja and became a star overnight. People loved his style and got in him the long wanted fresh and original compositions. Rahman's music took this country by storm. But very few people actually understood the music. It was pleasant to hear but what was most important about the music was the fusion style. It wasn't copy paste orchestration like others were doing. It was a new genre of music.
Since then Rahman has influenced every person in Indian who listens to music. He touches hearts(swades), fights poverty(pray for me brother), is genuinely super patriotic (vande mataram & jana gana mana), has taken music to great heights(taal), has provided India with top dance tunes( chaiyan chaiyan), seldom fails to rise upto the expectations( jodhaa akbar) and in short is a national treasure.
I AM A RAHMAN FANATIC AND AM PROUD TO BE ONE... DIL SE
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