Well well, list time again. And the two people who do look at this blog every now and then, you already know it is all about Bollywood. And thanks to small mercies like YouTube, year-end lists have become quite a non-strenous task. Well, I didn't say non-time-consuming. Coz if you have ever just "surfed" through arguably Google's best investment, ( Read more... )

This is probably my favorite AR Rahman song EVER - New York Nagaram from his 2006 tamil album Jillendru Oru Kadhal. There is depth in the song, there is pathos in ARR's voice and the background singers don't try too hard to be heard ( Read more... )

I WAS THERE.

AR Rahman finally made it to Hollywood, quite literally this time around. In front of a packed crowd that was braying for his arrival for well more than 3 hours, Rahman walked in with the ease of a man that was enjoying his job - quite unlike many other international artists that have played at the Hollywood Bowl before. For it is quite a huge ( Read more... )

I have been humming "Roobaroo Roshni" for a good couple of months now, ever since the RDB album released. Being an ARRahman fan is a full-time job. You have to look for small nuggets in every album of his, they always tend to be the most interesting piece in the entire album. There have been exceptions in the recent past - forget the crumbs, I am ( Read more... )