"A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence"
Following the success of Slumdog Millionaire at the 81st Academy awards,one man who is totally out of this celebration is its award winning composer A.R. Rahman.Despite winning the the oscars in 2 categories he seems to be very composed and doesn't let success go into his head.He seems to very humble and even feels that he has a long way to go and it's a small milestone in his voyage of life.
Born and brought up in Chennai, India, he entered the ad industry as a jingle-composer.He composed not less than 300 jingles for various ad companies for a brief periodspanning for almost 3 years (1988- 1990).Some of his famous jingles include the award winning jingle of Leo Coffee directed by ace director and cinematographer Rajiv menon and the jingle which he made for MRF tyres directed by his childhood friend Bharatbala.
He aspired to become an Electronics engineer but god had something else in store for him.He had the opportunity to meet Ace director Mani Ratnam at an ad film awards function Through Sharada Trilok,a veteran in the field of advertisements.
Mani ratnam gave a break to ARR in his his upcoming movie "Roja"starring Arvindswamy and Madhubala and produced under K.Balachander's "Kavithaalaya" banner.The film became a rage all over and went on to sweep all awards that year.A.R.Rahman won his First National award for his mindblowing compositions.In particular,the song "Thamizha Thamizha" sung by Hariharan spread the feeling of patriotism all over the country.
Music is what life sounds like.Its language is a language which the soul alone understands, but which the soul can never translate.
A.R.Rahman revolutionized Indian music and made it to spread beyond the horizons an has made it an International icon.
Above all,Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.Though he doesn't speak much he makes his music do all the talking.
Jai ho !
His award winning jingle "Leo coffee"
