Friday, February 5, 2021

A R Rahman grand 2021 B'Town entry and K'Wood moves

 

A R Rahman ( ARR) scoring music for Ronnie Screwala – Siddharth Roy Kapur’s Hindi film Pippa and the two recent announcements that he has come on board for the STR- Gautam Menon film and another STR film directed by Krishna are signs of the Madras Mozart picking up connections that got knotty or stuck in faulty airwaves. These three announcements carry a meaning as the three people involved with these projects had at one time joined hands with ARR to give music that is still fresh. Rahman has worked along with the producers of Pippa earlier as well. The collaboration has resulted in some of the most iconic albums such as Swades, Rang De Basanti, Jodhaa Akbar and Delhi-6, amongst others. Producer Ronnie Screwvala of RSVP said, “Patriotic and inspiring music has been A.R. Rahman's forte since the beginning of his iconic career. We are happy to welcome the maestro onto team Pippa. Collaborating with him has always resulted in spectacular albums and I'm inclined to believe that his music will be the beating heart of our film”. As ARR rightfully makes his 2021 entry with a patriotic pitch in Bollywood, lets take a look at his home turf.

Over a period , ARR  to those watching his career moves ,  came across as a person moving away from the home turf – Tamil film music Though one could explain it as moving to greater pastures like the International arena , his hard core fans – lovers of Tamil film music yearned for a `Roja’ or a  VTV .

The spat over the nepotism in play at Bollywood and how it turned difficult for ARR came out in the open after the Sushant suicide . The feeling generally by those who swear by  Madras Mozart was that he sort of neglected Tamil film music , which he should not have and saw it as the return of the prodigal as news come in of him signing films coming out from our backyard.  

The news that Gautam Menon-  ARR magic is coming back together is music by itself. This would be the trio's third-time collaboration after the 2010 box office blockbuster, Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, and Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada in 2017.  The reunion of Director Krishna with ARR is special as the Mozart has waived his policy that he does not score music for remakes. Krishna – ARR comes together after Sillunu oru kadhal in 2006. The songs of the film starring Suriya – Jothika- Bhumika recently send netizens in a tizzy when cricketer Suresh Raina ( CSK) posted on Insta     a few lines of the song Munpe …that he sang for an interview. Gautham Karthik – STR film Pathu Thala is remake of Kannada film  Mufti. Last time that ARR scored for a remake was Aamir Khan’s  Ghajini ( 2008) in Hindi. He does not score music for a remake film that has music by a different music director, Krishna reveals that the Oscar-winner agreed to come on board after a narration. "I have made many changes to the original narrative. Rahman sir heard the narration and felt it was an interesting script," reveals Krishna. 

While Pathu Thala marks the third collaboration between AR Rahman and Simbu after Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya and Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada, it marks the composer's second film for Gautham after Kadal.  It also marks the coming together of Production house Studio Green ( who produced Jillunu..). The production house has now become one of the big names in Kollywood.

 

 

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