A.R. Rahman’s name is recognized worldwide! His humble beginnings and passion for music have led him to dominate the charts, win many prestigious awards, and gain international acclaim.
A.R. Rahman began his career creating music for Tollywood. He then went to Bollywood and this year he dominated Hollywood, walking home with two Grammys.
But despite his Hollywood success, A.R. Rahman continues to compose for Bollywood films, so let’s take a look at A.R. Rahman’s top 5 Hindi soundtracks to this date.
In 1995 Urmila scorched the screens with her sexy moves in “Rangeela.” Of course Urmila was moving to the sounds of A.R. Rahman. Urmila plays the role of Mili who hopes to become an actress. The soundtrack for “Rangeela” was actually A.R. Rahman’s Hindi debut.
Shahrukh Khan and Manisha Koirala starred in “Dil Se.” The movie told a unique story and was shot beautifully. It was also Priety Zinta’s theatrical debut. The music, created by A.R. Rahman, was powerful and carried the story beautifully. One of A.R. Rahman’s most memorable songs is from this film. “Chaiyya Chaiyya” shows Shahrukh and Malaika Arora Khan dancing upon a train and just loving life.
“Taal” is a movie about a musical family, a daughter’s musical career, and a love saga! Aishwariya Rai Bachchan is our leading lady in this film, while Anil Kapoor is the supporting actor, and he went on to win three awards for his performance. With so much emotion and musical drive, who better than A.R. Rahman to compose the soundtrack? A.R. Rahman won three awards as well for his musical composition and singer Alka Yagnik won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback singer for “Taal Se Taal Mila.
“Lagaan” made Bollywood proud as it was nominated at the Oscars! Aamir Khan and Gracy Singh gave amazing performances. The story is set in the Victoria era. As the villagers at this time want to fight Britain’s imposed taxes, they settle their differences over a game of cricket. With a slightly traditional and once again moving force in the film, A.R. Rahman created a masterpiece! This folk soundtrack won A.R. Rahman another Filmfare award for his accomplishment and Kumar Sanu won the award for Best Male Playback singer for the song “Mitwa.” Check out this fun number.
A.R. Rahman won yet another Filmfare Award for his music direction for the film “Delhi 6” last weekend. Abhishek Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor make a sweet couple in this movie. The soundtrack contains less dance and flowery number and more earthy and fold sounds. The songs “Gendha Phool” and “Masakalli” both caught on with music listeners despite its departure from the dance and urban sounds.
