The famous composer said that a good movie transcends all borders, including languages AR RahmanIn a career spanning 32 years, he has scored films in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam industries. Musicians attend 70th annual event in national capital national film award He will receive an award at the ceremony best background score For people who often collaborate Mani RatnamThe Tamil movie “Ponnyin Selvan I”.
“A film belongs to everyone. East, West, North or South. A good film is a good film. Be it Tamil, Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali or Malayalam Language. There are no borders,” Rahman told PTI.
This is Rahman’s second National Award and seventh time in the Background Score category.
The 51-year-old said he was happy that Ratnam’s film had won the National Award for the seventh time. The director gave Rahman his breakthrough with 1992’s Roja, for which he won his first National Award for Best Music Direction.
“This is the seventh National Award and I am very, very grateful to God and all the filmmakers who have helped me win these National Awards, especially Mani Ratnam sir,” he added.
Rahman and Ratnam have produced several films including Thiruda Thiruda, Bombay, Dil Se…, Alaipayuthey, Guru, Raavanan and O Kadhal Kanmani. They will reunite in the upcoming film Thug Life, starring in Kamal Hassan.
“My first award was for ‘Roja’, which was given by them. This is the seventh award, which was also given by him for ‘Ponniyin Selvan I,'” he said.
Rahman’s most popular songs across languages include “Roja”, “Minsara Poove”, “Veerapandi Kotayyile”, “Dil Se Re..”, “Chhaiyya Chhaiyya”, “Nadaan Parindey”, “Tere Bina”, his Oscar winning track “Jai Ho”, and most recently “Ishq Nachaye”.
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