Saturday, February 21, 2009

A.R Rehman.. "Tansen" of new era...

A.R Rehman
A.R Rehman is probably the best music composer India has and now the world is at his feet with Academy Awards nominating him for three Oscars. But AR Rahman is also, undoubtedly, the most humble achiever in the industry. “God has been really kind as I didn’t expect this,” Rahman said after his nominationMusician, composer and winner of Golden Globe Award for the music of the film Slumdog Millionaire.



"Our scintillating sounds have moved billions for ages. Our musical gurus could make the oceans throb and the skies pour nectar to quench mother earth's thirst. But we have waited for eight decades for this sort of recognition," Rahman.

Only two Indians have ever won an Oscar – costume designer Bhanu Athaiya for Gandhi (1982) and arthouse director Satyajit Ray who received a lifetime achievement award in 1992. However, with three Academy Award nominations this year for Slumdog Millionaire – one for overall score and for two songs – Chennai-based composer A R Rahman looks likely to be the third. He's also up for the Best Music award at Sunday night's Baftas


Allah Rakkha Rahman (Tamil: ஏ.ஆர்.ரகுமான்) (born January 6, 1967 as A. S. Dileep Kumar in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India), is an Academy Award nominated film composer, record producer and musician.Early Days Rahman was born in a musically affluent family and he started playing the piano at a very young age. His father, R K Shekhar was a composer, arranger and conductor for Malayalam movies. Unfortunately, his father died when he was only 9 and the family started renting out musical equipment to make ends meet. Young Rahman then joined noted composer Ilayaraja’s troupe as a keyboardist and computer programmer. After working with several renowned composers like Ilayaraja, Vishwanathan-Ramamurthy, Zakir Hussain and L Shankar, he set out on his own to compose jingles and scores for popular Indian television features. During this period, he also obtained a degree in western classical music from the Trinity College of Music, London and went on to set up his own in-house studio called Panchathan record- inn at Chennai which is arguably Asia’s most sophisticated and hi-tech studio.


A. R. Rahman is married to Saira Bano. The couple have three children, Khadijah, Rahima, and Aman.




In 1991, noted film maker Mani Ratnam offered Rahman a movie ‘Roja’ which was a run-away success and brought nationwide fame and acclaim to the composer. The movie also led Rahman to receive the Indian National Award for the Best Music Composer, the first time ever by a debutant. Time magazine rated the soundtrack of ‘Roja’ in their top ten compilations of the all time 100 best movie soundtracks of the world.



Rahman is the 1995 recipient of the Mauritius National Award and the Malaysian Award for contributions to music. He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for his first West-End production. A four time National Film Award winner and conferred the Padma Shri from the Government of India, Rahman has received six awards for Best Music at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and eleven awards for his scores at the Filmfare and Filmfare Awards South each. In 2006, he received an honorary award from Stanford University for contributions to global music.[31] For his score of Slumdog Millionaire, Rahman won the 2008 Critics' Choice Award, the Golden Globe[32] and the British Academy Award. He has also received three Academy Award nominations in 2009—Best Original Score and two different Best Original Songs.
He was also nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award (The Hilton Award) for Best New Musical of 2002, “Bombay Dreams,” performed at the Apollo Theatre, West End, London, and on Broadway in New York City.


"I am already deliriously happy about the nominations. But the happiness will be manifold if and when we get at least one Oscar," Rahman


1995 - Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent
1996 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Rangeela
1999 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Dil Se
2000 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Taal
2002 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Lagaan
2003 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Saathiya
2003 - Filmfare Best Background Score - The Legend of Bhagat Singh
2005 - Filmfare Best Background Score - Swades
2007 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Rang de Basanti
2008 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Guru
2008 - Filmfare Best Background Score - Guru

MTV Awards;-
MTV Video Music Awards 1999 - International Viewer's Choice Awards (MTV India) - Dil Se Re - Dil Se MTV Asia Awards 2003 - MTV Asia Award for Favorite Artist India MTV Immies 2003 - Best Music Composer (Film Category) - Saathiya - Saathiya

for airtel vedio go to link:-
http://www.indyarocks.com/videos/Rehaman-Airtel-Vedio-62590


Recent Releses:-

yuvraj,Slumdog Millionaire,ghajini,jane tu ya jane na... delhi6.
new release
:- Sultan The Warrior


sources:-
http://www.arrahman.com

pictures have been taken from different sites.




Wednesday, February 11, 2009

The indian velentine king...Lord krishna


The word Krishna means the person who is attractive to everyone. The following qualities are considered especially attractive, and Krishna possesses them in full: beauty, wealth, fame, influence, knowledge, and renunciation.


The Radha-Krishna amour is a love legend of all times. It's indeed hard to miss the many legends and paintings illustrating Krishna's love affairs, of which the Radha-Krishna affair is the most memorable. Krishna's relationship with Radha, his favorite among the 'gopis' (cow-herding maidens), has served as a model for male and female love in a variety of art forms.Since childhood they were close to each other - they played, they danced, they fought, they grew up together and wanted to be together forever, but the world pulled them apart. He departed to safeguard the virtues of truth, and she waited for him. So great was Radha's love for Krishna that even today her name is uttered whenever Krishna is refered to, and Krishna worship is though to be incomplete without the deification of Radha



Krishna Janmashtami, also known as "Krishnashtami","Saatam Aatham" ,"Gokulashtami", "Ashtami Rohini", "Srikrishna Jayanti", "Sree Jayanthi" or sometimes merely as "Janmashtami", is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Krishna, svayam bhagavan.
Krishna is the Supreme Person, the Godhead. Krishna is the speaker of the Bhagavad-gita, which is recognized throughout the world as one of mankind’s greatest books of wisdom. In the Gita,




The rasa lila takes place one night when the gopis of Vrindavan, upon hearing the sound of Krishna's flute, sneak away from their households and families to the forest to dance with Krishna throughout the night,
His enjoyment in five loving moods: neutrality, servitude, friendship, parental affection, and conjugal love


Lord Krsna married many queens, the foremost among them being the extraordinarily beautiftil Queen Rukmini.








108 names of krishna:=

Achala- Still Lord
Achyuta- Infallible Lord
Adbhutah -Wonderful God
Adidev - The Lord Of The Lords
Aditya -The Son Of Aditi
Ajanma - One Who Is Limitless And Endless
Ajaya- The Conqueror Of Life And Death
Akshara- Indestructible Lord
Amrut- One Who Is Sweet As Nectar
Anaadih -One Who Is The First Cause
Anandsagar- Compassionate Lord
Ananta -The Endless Lord
Anantajit- Ever Victorious Lord
Anaya -One Who Has No Leader
Aniruddha- One Who Cannot Be Obstructed
Aparajeet -The Lord Who Cannot Be Defeated
Avyukta- One Who Is As Clear As Crystal
Balgopal - The Child Krishna, The All Attractive
Bali - The Lord Of Strength
Chaturbhuj -Four-Armed Lord
Danavendra -Granter Of Boons
Dayalu- Repositiory Of Compassion
Dayanidhi - The Compassionate Lord
Devadidev- The God Of The Gods
Devakinandan- Son Of Mother Devaki
Devesh -Lord Of The Lords
Dharmadhyaksha- The Lord OF Dharma
Dwarkapati -Lord Of Dwarka
Gopal - One Who Plays With The Cowherds, The Gopas
Gopalpriya -Lover Of Cowherds
Govinda - One Who Pleases The Cows, The Land And The Entire Nature
Gyaneshwar -The Lord Of knowledge
Hari - The Lord Of Nature
Hiranyagarbha -The All Powerful Creator
Hrishikesh -The Lord Of All Senses
Jagadguru -Preceptor Of The Universe
Jagadisha- Protector Of All
Jagannath -Lord Of The Universe
Janardhana -One Who Bestows Boons On One And All
Jayantah -Conqueror Of All Enemies
Jyotiraaditya -The Resplendence Of The Sun
Kamalnath - The Lord Of Goddess Lakshmi
Kamalnayan- The Lord With Lotus Shaped Eyes
Kamsantak - Slayer Of Kamsa
Kanjalochana - The Lotus-Eyed God
Keshava- One Who Has Long, Black Matted Locks
Krishna- Dark-Complexioned Lord
Lakshmikantam - The Lord Of Goddess Lakshmi
Lokadhyaksha- Lord Of All The Three Lokas (Worlds)
Madan -The Lord Of Love
Madhava - Knowledge Filled God
Madhusudan- Slayer Of Demon Madhu
Mahendra - Lord Of Indra
Manmohan- All Pleasing Lord
Manohar - Beautiful Lord
Mayur - The Lord Who Has A Peacock Feathered-Crest
Mohan - All Attractive God
Murali- The Flute Playing Lord
Murlidhar- One Who Holds The Flute
Murlimanohar -The Flute Playing God
Nandgopala- The Son Of Nand
Narayana- The Refuge Of Everyone
Niranjana- The Unblemished Lord
Nirguna- Without Any Properties
Padmahasta- One Who Has Hands Like Lotus
Padmanabha - The Lord Who Has A Lotus Shaped Navel
Parabrahmana -The Supreme Absolute Truth
Paramatma- Lord Of All Beings
Parampurush - Supreme Personality
Parthasarthi- Charioteer Of Partha - Arjuna
Prajapati- Lord Of All Creatures
Punyah -supremely Pure
Purshottam -The Supreme Soul
Ravilochana- One Who Eye Is The Sun
Sahasraakash- Thousand-Eyed Lord
Sahasrajit - One Who Vanquishes Thousands
Sahasrapaat - Thousand-Footed Lord
Sakshi -All Witnessing Lord
Sanatana -The Eternal Lord
Sarvajana- Omniscient Lord
Sarvapalaka -Protector Of All
Sarveshwar- Lord Of All Gods
Satyavachana -One Who Speaks Only The Truth
Satyavrata -The Truth Dedicated Lord
Shantah - Peaceful Lord
Shreshta- The Most Glorious Lord
Shrikanta- Beautiful Lord
Shyam- Dark-Complexioned Lord
Shyamsundara - Lord Of The Beautiful Evenings
Sudarshana -Handsome Lord
Sumedha- Intelligent Lord
Suresham - Lord Of All Demi-Gods
Swargapati -Lord Of Heavens
Trivikrama -Conqueror Of All The Three Worlds
Upendra- Brother Of Indra
Vaikunthanatha- Lord Of Vaikuntha, The Heavenly Abode
Vardhamaanah - The Formless Lord
Vasudev -All Prevailing Lord
Vishnu - All Prevailing Lord
Vishwadakshinah- Skilfull And Efficient Lord
Vishwakarma - Creator Of The Universe
Vishwamurti -Of The Form Of The Entire Universe
Vishwarupa- One Who Displays The Universal Form
Vishwatma- Soul Of The Universe
Vrishaparvaa- Lord Of Dharma
Yadavendra- King Of The Yadav Clan
Yogi- The Supreme Master
Yoginampati - Lord Of The Yogis





www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryqjTx8GmPs

source:
pictures have been taken from different sites:-
http://www.indif.net/nri/Names/krishnanames.asp

http://hinduism.about.com/od/scripturesepics/a/lovelegends.htm
picasaweb.google.com/.../dfPkfIYaWNPWz2L_BvoT1Q
arbhatnagar.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/08/imp..

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Pran...The villain who almost became the Hero.


Pran (born on February 12, 1920) is an Indian actor. his full name was Pran Kewal Sikand.Pran was so named because, in most of the movies that he acted in, his was the last name in the cast portion of the credits, with the words "...and Pran" and sometime "..above all Pran" He won multiple Filmfare award and BFJA award winning. He acted in over 350 films. He was honoured with the Padmabhushan, for his contribution to cinema. Contrary to the villainous characters he played in his early films, he is very social, a member of various organizations, and even has his very own football team.
Pran was born on February 12, 1920 in Delhi. He was educated at different places namely Meerut, Dehradun and Rampur. His father Lala Kewal Krishnan Sikand was a Government
Civil Contractor. He got married in 1945. He has two sons and a daughter. He started his film career with the movie Yamla Jat (1941). He starred as villain in most of the movies in his career. Upkar (1967) directed by Manoj Kumar gave him the chance to act as supporting actor and from then he starred in movies as a father, or friend of lead actors.
He wanted to become a professional photographer and joined A. Das & Co. as an apprentice, for which he re-located to Simla.
After 1948 he re-located to Bombay and launched his career in Bollywood with 'Ziddi'. In this manner 'villainous Pran' was born and went on to star in over 270 films, often as a villain, then in character roles, and is now unofficially called 'Villain of the Millenium'.


once upon a time during a movie shoot in allahabad with manoj kumar,when he went to his hotel after the shoot the people over there become uncontrolled to see him, some of them abused him then he came out of his room inhis own villain style and shouted who abused him his voice was so loud so that people over there become silent, then suddenly pran jee said "how is my acting" to calm down the situation,people were so astonied and atart clpping.

he acted in number of movies that are as:
Yamla Jat (1941), Sahara (1943/II), Mohini (1947),
Ziddi (1948), Grihasthi (1948) , Badi Bahen (1949) ,
Deodhar Lakeeren (1954) Bahu (1954) ,Devdas (1955)Chandramukhi's patron Jashan (1955) , Mr. X (1957),Madhumati (1958) ,Half Ticket (1962),Bluff Master (1963),Rajkumar (1964),Patthar Ke Sanam (1967)...Brahmachari (1968/I),Don (1978) ....and lots of more..






Awards that he Won:-
1967 - Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Upkaar
1969 - Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Aanso Ban Gaye Phool
1972 - Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Be-Imaan (Pran refused to accept)
1997 - Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
1973- Chitrlok Cine Circle Ahmedabad: "Best Character Award".
1976 - Bombay Film Award: Most Versatile Actor.
1978 - Bombay Film Award: Most Versatile Actor.
1978 - North Bombay Jaycees: Best Character Actor.
1983 - Kala Bhushan Award presented by Punjabi Kala Sangam.
1984 - Extra Ordinary Special Award as Wizard of Acting" by Bombay Film Award.
1984 - Viyayshree Award presented for enriching Human Life and Outstanding Attainments India Int. Friendship Society).
1984 - "Ars Gratia Artis" for excellence in emotive Art.



References:-
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/779639.cms
bollywoodfoodclub.wordpress.com/.../
www.tribuneindia.com/.../spectrum/main4.htm

Monday, February 9, 2009

shri Suresh Wadkar.

Suresh Wadkar (Marathi: सुरेश वाडकर, 1954) is a one of the Indian film industry's leading playback singers. He performs in both Hindi and Marathi language films.


Suresh Wadkar was born in Kolhapur, India. At the age of 10, he began acquiring basic music education from Pandit Jialal Vasant. He soon impressed his guru with the quality of his voice. He began performing on the stage at a very early age.

CAREER AS A SINGER:-

Though groomed for Indian classical music, he entered the Sur-Singar competition in 1976. Wadkar won the competition which was judged by composers from the Indian film industry including Jaidev. Jaidev later offered him the song "Seene Mein Jalan" in the film Gaman (released in 1978). He also performed in the film Paheli (released 1977).


.At the time, Lata Mangeshkar was so impressed with his voice that she strongly recommended him to film personalities including Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Khayyam and Kalyanji-Anandji.Laxmikant-Pyarelal, impressed with his voice, soon recorded a duet with Lata "Chal Chameli Bagh Mein" for Krodhi (released in 1981). Soon after, he was given the opportunity to perform for songs in Hum Paanch, Pyaasa Sawan ("Megha re Megha Re") and above all, his turning point in films - Raj Kapoor's Prem Rog (released in 1982).


Wadkar also produced the film Tanman.com. He was a judge on the Indian TV singing show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Little Champs International and for the 2005 Sanjeet Awards.


AWARDS:-

In 1976, Wadkar won the Madan Mohan Best Male Singer Award at the Sur-Singar competition. He also won the 2007 Maharashtra Pride Award which is given by the government of Maharashtra to citizens of note.

these are the some famous hit songs by Suresh Wadkar jee
  • "Surmai Shaam" (Lekin)
  • "Aye Zindagi Gale Lagaa Le" (Sadma)
  • "Tumse Milke" (Parinda, with Asha Bhosle)
  • "Lagi Aaj Saawan Ki" (Chandni)
  • "Ram Teri Ganga Maili Ho Gayi" (Ram Teri Ganga Maili)
  • "Huzur Is Kadar Bhi" (Masoom, with Bhupinder)
  • "Seene Mein Jalan" (Gaman)
  • "O Priya Priya" (Dil)
  • "Aur is Dil mein kya rakha hain" (Imandar)
  • "Chappa Chappa Charkha" (Machis, with Hariharan and Chorus)
  • "Pyar Yeh Jaane Kaisa" (Rangeela,with Kavita Krishnamurthi)
  • "Saanjh Dhale Gagan Tale" (Utsav)
  • "Goron Ki Na Kalon Ki" (Disco Dancer)

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