A.R. Rahman's music to Mukesh Chhabra's film 'Dil Bechara' - New Asian Post

A.R. Rahman’s music to Mukesh
Chhabra’s film ‘Dil Bechara’
Composed by the Oscar-winning legend, A. R. Rahman, the entire
music album of Mukesh Chhabra’s upcoming film, Dil Bechara,
released today as a celebration of the legacy of the late
actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who will be seen starring in the
film along with debutante, Sanjana Sanghi.

The soundtrack to Dil Bechara comprises a diverse mix of songs
with the film’s eponymous title track, sung by Rahman himself.
It is a vibrant celebration of life’s ups and downs, diving
into the soul of a generation that wears its heart on its
sleeve. Maskhari, a lighthearted song about friendship,
features Sunidhi Chauhan and Hriday Gattani on the vocals,
while Shreya Ghoshal and Mohit Chauhan’s Taare Gin plucks at
the strings of new love. On Khulke Jeena Ka, an adaptation of
Rahman’s unreleased Tamil track Kannil Oru Thali, Arijit Singh
and Shashaa Tirupathi sing about the adventures of youth. Main
Tumhara, sung by Jonita Gandhi and Hriday Gattani, is a
pivotal song on the film’s soundtrack; a revelatory track tied
to the film’s mystery. Originally incomplete in the story,
Kizzie (Sanjana Sanghi) and Manny (Sushant Singh Rajput)—the
protagonists of Dil Bechara—are on a quest to complete this
very song.

Says A.R. Rahman, “Composing music doesn’t have any formula,
it is a thing of the heart. When I write songs, I let them
breathe for some time and then present it to the director. It
was a great experience collaborating with Mukesh Chhabra on
this film; his enthusiasm is infectious. This whole album is
carefully curated because the film has so much heart, and now,
memories of Sushant. It was a pleasure to work with lyricist
Amitabh Bhattacharya on this soundtrack of love. The songs are
eclectic and feature an amazing lineup of India’s top singers
and musicians. I hope you will like the album.”

Director of the film, Mukesh Chhabra says, “Befitting the
story of the film, its music album is an emotional
rollercoaster of romance, friendship and the odds pitted
against two young people in love. Having A. R. Rahman aboard
for the music of my directorial debut is a dream come true.
What’s amazing about the genius of Rahman in this album is
that it beautifies the narrative and takes it forward.”

A Hindi adaptation of John Green’s The Fault In Our Stars, Dil
Bechara is a story of Kizie and Manny, two ordinary people who
fall in love as a tragic turn of events close in on them.
Produced by Fox Star Studios, directed by Mukesh Chhabra and
starring Sushant Singh Rajput and Sanjana Sanghi, Dil Bechara
will be streaming on Disney Hotstar on the 24th of July,
2020. Released by Sony Music India and composed by A. R.
Rahman, the music album of the upcoming film is available to
listeners now.

Notes   of   a  Dream:   The
Authorized Biography of A.R.
Rahman
Who really is A.R. Rahman? We know the music. But do we know
the man? For the first time, a nation’s pride-winner of
National Film awards, Oscars, Grammys and hearts – opens up
about his philosophies: hope, perseverance, positivity and
love. From his early days as a composer of advertisement
jingles to his first big break in feature films, from his
keenness to integrate new technology with good old-fashioned
music scores to the founding of his music school, from his
resounding entry on to the international stage to his

directorial debut, from his philanthropy to his inner life,
Notes of a Dream captures Rahman’s extraordinary success story
with all the rhythm and melody, the highs and lows, of a
terrific soundtrack by the man himself.

Featuring intimate interviews with the soft-spoken virtuoso,
as well as insights and anecdotes from key people in his life,
this balanced, uplifting and affectionate book is the
definitive biography of A.R. Rahman–the man behind the music
and the music that made the man.

          Notes of a Dream: The Authorized Biography of A.R.
          Rahman
          by Krishna Trilok
          Publisher: Viking (29th August 2018)
          Format: Kindle Edition
          Language: English, 385 pages
ASIN: B07GT3KYH2
Guide Price: £16.99
Click here to buy Kindle Edition

Krishna Trilok

Krishna Trilok is the author of the fantasy novel Sharikrida
published in 2017. A student of commerce and marketing, his
fascination for European and Asian history and mythology,
combined with his love of movies and fairy tales, led him to
writing. Notes of a Dream is his second work. He lives in
Chennai.

A          R           Rahman’s                   Humma

Song becomes the anthem of
2016
The makers of OK Jaanu have released the film’s first song,
which a reprised version of A.R.Rahman’s Humma Humma from the
1985 film Bombay. Featuring Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha
Kapoor, the two are seen bonding as they dance to the beats of
Humma Humma. The Humma Song has been recreated by Tanishk
Baagchi with additional rap by Baadshah. The original lyrics
of the song have been retained with vocals lead by singers
Jubin Nautiyal and Shashaa Tirupati.

OK Jaanu is a millennial love story. Shraddha Kapoor plays
Tara, an ambitious girl who hopes to study architecture in
Paris while Aditya Roy Kapur too intends to fly off to the US
and make it big there. The much-in-love couple decides to live
in and make the most of their time together until their
ambitions take them on their respective paths. What starts off
as an easy, breezy relationship soon blossoms into deep love.
Will they sacrifice their ambitions to share a life together?
Or will it be logic over love? The love story delves into the
joys, emotions and confusions of today’s youth as they grapple
with relationships.

OK Jaanu is the official remake of the Tamil blockbuster OK
Kanmani that was helmed by Mani Ratnam. The Hindi version has
been directed by Ratnam’s protégé Shaad Ali and hits cinemas

on 13th January 2017.

Academy    Award                             winning
musician     A.R.                             Rahman
announces UK Tour
The renowned composer, musician, singer and record producer A
R Rahman is to bring his live show to the UK in September
2016. The A.R. Rahman UK Intimate Tour will showcase his
inimitable style and mix of eastern classical music with
modern electro, world music and traditional orchestral
arrangements. The tour kicks off at London’s SSE Arena Wembley
on 22 September 2016, then heads to Birmingham Barclaycard
Arena on the 24th and for the first time ever, A.R. will be
performing in Leeds on the 29th and Manchester on the 30th of
September 2016.

A.R. commented “After the successful 18-date ‘Intimate’ tour
in the US last year, we really wanted to bring it over to the
U.K. The show has all kinds of songs, some are Hindi, some
Punjabi – there’s a lot of music to hear! ‘The Intimate Tour’
is all about music, it’s all about intimacy and seeing you
face to face, and I look forward to seeing you all very soon.”

One of the world’s most prolific and respected composers and
musicians, Rahman has enjoyed an extraordinary career since
the 90s and was already a massive and highly sought after
talent in his native India. The enormous success of his first
Hindi venture was followed by the chart-topping soundtrack
albums of films such as Bombay (1995), Dil Se.(1998),Taal
(1999), Zubeidaa (2001) and the Oscar nominated film Lagaan –
Once Upon A Time In India (2001).

His rise to international prominence came when he captured the
world’s spotlight with his work on the film score for Danny
Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire. The rapturous score and
accompanying title track earned him a Golden Globe, two

Academy Awards and two GRAMMY’s. Other notable film
soundtracks include; Pele – Birth of a Legend, Million Dollar
Arm, 127 Hours and The Hundred Foot Journey.

As a touring musician, composer and performer, Rahman has long
been filling arenas with his elaborate and stunning live
performances. He has collaborated with everyone from Mick
Jagger and Will.I.Am to Andrew Lloyd Webber, Shekhar Kapur and
Baz Luhrmann, as well as many of the world’s most respected
orchestras. Rahman remains one of the few mainstream artistes,
whose works have been classically interpreted by the likes of
the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra, Babelsberg Film Orchestra and the Birmingham
Symphony Orchestra.

In Summer 2012, Rahman composed a Punjabi song for the London
Olympics opening ceremony as part of a medley showcasing
Indian influence in the UK. Among his many accolades are two
Academy Awards, two GRAMMY Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden
Globe, four National Film Awards and six honorary doctorates.

A.R.Rahman – UK Intimate Tour 2016 dates
22   September   2016   –   London, The SSE Arena Wembley
24   September   2016   –   Birmingham, Barclaycard Arena
29   September   2016   –   Leeds, First Direct Arena
30   September   2016   –   Manchester Arena

Tickets     priced          from   £35   –   £100   are   available   from
Ticketmaster.co.uk and Robomagiclive.com

Imtiaz                  Ali,             A     R      Rahman            &

Irshad Kamil collaborate for
new film ‘Tamasha’
Music maestro A R Rahman and lyricist Irshad Kamil have
collaborated on director Imtiaz Ali’s new film ‘Tamasha’,
which is released on 27th November 2015. Presented by UTV
Motion Pictures & Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment Pvt. Ltd,
the film stars Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone. The trio
have collaborated to aptly capture the mood of the baithak
(music sitting) for ‘Tamasha’s music’ that had director Imtiaz
Ali, composer A R Rahman & lyricist Irshad Kamil recount their
experiences of creating this album. Transiting from the
regular music launches, ‘Tamasha’ music baithak was a
celebration of Irshad’s lyrics melting into Rahman’s melody to
create the magic of a song. Refreshingly, the baithak also had
Ranbir Kapoor welcome it’s participating guests over a
surprise skype chat.

‘Tamasha’ features nine tracks, each one distinctly different
from the other. In ‘Tamasha’, this team has used colloquial
words in traditional poetic forms to tell hummable stories
with each song. Lyricist Irshad Kamil stated that never before
has he had such freedom to write lyrics that present human
emotions in such different flavours. But the icing on the cake
is Rahman’s whimsical yet outstanding compositions. This album
surprises with a Mika song for Rahman (Heer toh badi sad hai),
makes you hum with a local vocal number (Wat wat wat) &
elevates your mood with the operatic, grand Sukhwinder song
(Chali Kahani) and “the soul of the film” in Rahman’s own
voice (Tu koi aur hai).

Synopsis of Tamasha

Exotic island, youthful abandon, far far away, Ved and Tara –
a story begins. Ved has grown up among stories. As a kid in

Simla, he would collect money, even steal money so that the
old storyteller would tell him stories. Ramayan, Helen of
Troy, Laila Majnu, Heer Ranjha, Aladdin, Romeo Juliet. The
storyteller would also say that all stories are the same. Ved
wants his story with Tara to be different. So they decide to
not tell each other who they are, to only lie about themselves
and after returning from the island to never meet each other
again. But they do meet again. The question is whether they
will be able to shape their story in the way they want. Will
the muse be able to make an artist of a common man, will Ved
be able to break the shackles of ordinary existence, escape
the corporate rat-race and become the way Tara sees him – the
exuberant story-teller? Corsica, Simla, Delhi, Calcutta, Japan
– all the world is a stage – as the drama of Ved and Tara
unfolds. Frolic, rage, quirk, laughter. Defeat, victory.
Tamasha.

Produced by Sajid Nadiadwala & Directed by Imtiaz Ali, Tamasha
releases worldwide on 27th November, 2015.

India’s most powerful support
the Global Goals Campaign
Some of India’s most powerful voices – Anand Mahindra, Tina
Ambani, Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif and A R Rahman, among
others – have come together to support the Global Goals
campaign which aims to raise awareness of the new Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) which were agreed by 193 world
leaders on 25th September at the UN General Assembly. If these
goals are met, we could eradicate global poverty, remove
inequalities and reverse climate change by 2030. Founded by
charity champion and renowned British filmmaker Richard Curtis

(Love Actually, Notting Hill), The Global Goals campaign is a
15 year project which kicks start with a 7-day launch to reach
7 billion people in 7 days following the day the Goals are
launched at the UN (26th September till 2nd October 2015).

Media Partner Hello! India supported with the campaign with a
special issue titled The Power of Giving, featuring interviews
with the world’s most powerful change-makers. The main focus
of the special edition explores the power of every person to
create change through their skills, talents, influence, and
social and financial capital. Gracing the cover was Mrs. Tina
Ambani, Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif and A R Rahman, who are
each known for their influential philanthropic work in various
fields.

Speaking about the partnership with Hello! India, Founder of
The Global Goals campaign Richard Curtis said: “The Millennium
Development Goals halved extreme poverty across the world. The
new Global Goals for Sustainable Development give us the
opportunity to end it for good. There’s no point in going half
way. By making the Global Goals famous we can give them their
best chance of working around the world – and help make us the
first generation to end extreme poverty, the most determined
generation in history to end injustice and inequality, and the
last generation to be threatened by climate change.”

In India, the Global Goals campaign is being supported by
various NGOs, media houses, organisations and corporates
including Reliance Group, the first Global Goals campaign
partner from India; Tata group; eBay India; Confederation of
Indian Industry; Hello! India Magazine; Hero MTB Himalaya
2015; Yash Raj Films; Magic Bus and Akshaya Patra. For further
information visit www.globalgoals.org

Hrithik Roshan adds his voice
to ‘We the People’ video
campaign
Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan, action hero Akshay Kumar,
music maestro A R rahman and icon Aamir Khan have all added
their voice the ‘We the People’; a crowdsourced film where
everyone is invited to join the world’s biggest cast in
support of the UN Global Goals campaign. The film will be
unveiled on the Google homepage when the Global Goals are
adopted on the 25th September 2015. They Indian stars will be
joined by other artists and activists such as Ashton Kutcher,
Bill and Melinda Gates, Cate Blanchett, Daniel Craig, Jamie
Oliver, Jennifer Lawrence, Jennifer Lopez, Kate Winslet, UN
Messenger of Peace Lang Lang, Malala Yousafzai, Her Majesty
Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan, Richard Branson, Robert
Pattinson and Robert Redford, among many others.

Written and directed by filmmaker Richard Curtis (Notting
Hill, Four Weddings and Funeral, Love Actually) and Mat
Whitecross (Spike Island, Sex&Drugs&RocknRoll, Road to
Guantanamo) and created by The Rumpus Room, people around the
world have the chance to co-star alongside some of the world’s
most famous people to help ‘Tell Everyone’ about the Global
Goals by adding their voice to the film. From today, people
can upload their footage of reading their lines from the
script written by Richard Curtis, outlining the ambition and
themes of the goals.

They can choose the goal they feel most passionate about –
whether that’s having access to good healthcare like Hrithik
Roshan, women’s rights like Jennifer Lawrence and Akshay Kumar
or life under water like Meryl Streep. Film yourself reading
the lines. And upload your footage.

Entries will be edited together into a final crowd-sourced
video using footage submitted by people all over the world.
The video will feature as many different faces and voices as
possible, and will be screened at the Global Citizen Festival
in New York on 26th September and included in a 1-hour special
TV programme to be broadcast globally in over 20 countries.

We the People is launching with a tutorial video written by
players from Get Lit, an education programme that engages
urban youth in classic and spoken word poetry in Los Angeles,
in a unique collaboration with Richard Curtis.

People can record their lines and submit their videos here
http://wethepeople.globalgoals.org

Hrithik Roshan & A R Rahman
join   The   Global   Goals
campaign
Indian Film Megastar Hrithik Roshan, Double Academy Award
Winner A. R. Rahman and India’s Largest FM Radio Station 97.2
BIG FM partner with Radio Everyone, as part of The Global
Goals campaign – partner of the Global Citizen Festival 2015

Indian film superstar Hrithik Roshan (Dhoom 2, Bang Bang,
Krrish) and music maestro A. R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire)
are the first two Indian personalities confirmed to take over
radio airwaves this September as they join Radio Everyone, the
lynchpin of a plan to reach 7 billion people in 7 days. Using
radio, the world’s most accessible medium, Radio Everyone will
shine a spotlight on the UN’s Global Goals for Sustainable
Development, a series of ambitious targets to completely end

extreme poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate change
for everyone by 2030. Hrithik Roshan will take on the role of
one of Radio Everyone’s Global Communicators.

Oscar award winner A. R. Rahman is one of the world’s most
renowned composers, singer-songwriters, musicians and
philanthropists. He is responsible for the critically-
acclaimed soundtrack to the multi award-winning film Slumdog
Millionaire and joins other Global Musicians for Radio
Everyone including Cody Simpson, D’Banj, Ice Prince and 2Face
Idibia. Radio Everyone will also feature a special segment
titled Global Superheroes where iconic figures from around the
world share amazing stories from everyday people. The
station’s soundtrack will be composed by Peter Gabriel and the
Soweto Gospel Choir.

Broadcasters around the world are signing up to carry content
provided by Radio Everyone from 26 September to 2 October 2015
with India’s largest FM station 97.2 BIG FM being the first
radio station to sign-up in India. 92.7 BIG FM uses the power
of radio to not only entertain listeners but also positively
influence their lives. With a presence across 45 cities, 1,200
towns and 50,000+ villages and a weekly reach of 4.2 crore
(40,200,000) listeners across India, the multi-award winning
station will help Radio Everyone penetrate a broad cross-
section of audiences.

Radio Everyone launches on 26th September at Global Citizen
Festival, a free-ticketed event on the Great Lawn in Central
Park in New York City. Headline acts for this year’s festival
are Ed Sheeran, Coldplay and Pearl Jam. Radio Everyone will
take highlights from the six hour Central Park Global Citizen
Festival and share them with their global partners in the week
following the event. These highlights will run alongside
unique packages inspired by The Global Goals, with the aim to
“Tell Everyone” that the goals have been agreed.

Speaking on the festival and Radio Everyone Richard Curtis

said,    “Our aim is to gather an amazing volume of
extraordinary radio content about The Global Goals and then
pulse it across the world to everybody on the planet that
listens to radio. We want to do this in the seven days after
the Goals are adopted by 193 world leaders at the United
Nations. By getting The Goals into people’s hearts and minds –
and ears! – we can inspire the next generation of Global
Citizens to be the first generation that ends extreme poverty,
the most determined to tackle inequalities and the last to
live with the effects of climate change.”

The Global Goals Campaign

In September 2015, at the United Nations, New York, 193 world
leaders will adopt a series of ambitious targets to end
extreme poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate change
for everyone by 2030. The Global Goals campaign is a global
collaborative effort to ensure that these Goals are world
famous and that they are successfully acted upon. In order to
make the Goals famous Project Everyone, the brainchild of
Richard Curtis is on a mission to get the Goals to 7 billion
people in the 7days after they are adopted. Radio Everyone
forms one part of that ambition, alongside the World’s Largest
Lesson and the World’s First Global Cinema Ad.

The Founding Team of Project Everyone includes, Aviva, Getty
Images, Pearson, Standard Chartered and Unilever who have all
helped to make the campaign possible, along with action/2015,
Akshaya Patra, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Global
Citizen, Google, Huffington Post, ONE, Penguin Random House,
Reliance Group, Save the Children, SAWA, UNDP, UN Foundation,
UNICEF, Universal South Africa, Virgin, Vodafone Foundation,
WeTransfer and Wikipedia.

For information visit www.globalgoals.org.

A R Rahman – The Greatest
Hits Live, Saturday 15th Aug
2015
The double Grammy and double Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe
winner, A R Rahman returns to The O2 after five years, with a
one off greatest hits show on Saturday 15 August 2015. A R
Rahman will be joined by very special guests including;
Srinivas, Karthik, Shweta Mohan, Neeti Mohan, Javed Ali, and
many more. Discussing his forthcoming UK show of the year A R
Rahman said; “The UK always brings back fond memories of
working on landmark projects in my career and it’s good to be
back again after five years.”

Working in India’s various film industries, international
cinema and theatre with the hit show Bombay Dreams, produced
by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Rahman, has sold more than 100 million
records of his film scores and soundtracks worldwide, and sold
over 200 million albums. He is one of the world’s all-time top
selling recording artists, with consistent chart-toppers
across multiple continents.

In 2009 TIME magazine listed him as one of the world’s most
influential people and cited his first album, Roja among the
“10 Best Soundtracks” of all time. Best known for his score
and songs in Slumdog Millionaire, Rahman has worked on more
than 100 films, among them the Oscar nominated Lagaan, Bombay,
Dil Se, Rang De Basanti, Rockstar, Jab Tak Hai Jaan,
Raanjhanaa, O Kadhal Kanmani, Enthiran (Robot), Fox film’s 127
Hours by Danny Boyle, Disney’s Million Dollar Arm and The
Hundred-Foot Journey.

He is working on a composition for the film Pelé, a biopic on
the Brazilian football legend, as well as the score for
Disney’s Mohenjo Daro. His album Vande Mataram, released for
India’s 50th anniversary of its independence in 1997 remains a
firm favourite with patriotic Indians both at home and abroad.

For Tickets, visit http://www.axs.com