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Sunday, November 22, 2009
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Mohit Chauhan - Route to Success
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Mohit Chauhan's route into Hindi playback singing took him first through the lanes and by-lanes of Indipop and fusion music. Most of you will know him as the lead singer of the popular band 'Silk Route' who had created quite a craze with the visual melody of the album 'Boondein'. It is not surprising that at least a few of us would have to sit up straight when we are told that the soft coquettish voice behind the fame of 'Masakali' is that of Mohit Chauhan. It is not due to any lack of awareness but simply due to the fact while watching songs on television, we hardly get to watch the credits. Mohit has also done a number of advertisement jingles including that of 'Alpenliebe', 'Nescafe' and 'Parachute hair oil'. But popular as they are, ad voices are often recognized without associating a name to it.
'Silk Route', like many other bands, was not able to cash in on its initial success. Though 'Boondein' had a clean sweep in most music award shows in 1998, there was only one more album called 'Pehchan' before the band was finally dissolved.
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Pritam Chakraborty: The Trendy Music Director
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Pritam Chakraborty, better known as Pritam is one of the most successful music directors in Bollywood these days. Born in Kolkata, Pritam is the son of Prabodh Chakraborty, who runs a music school for children. Pritam gained his early training in music from his father and learned to play the guitar while still in school.
Pritam completed his studies from St. James School and residency college respectively and later joined the famous Bangla Band 'Chandrabindoo'. He joined the 'Film and Television Institute' in Pune to undertake a course in sound recording and sound engineering in 1993.
Having completed his education, Pritam moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in Bollywood. He started composind ad jingles and befriended some other struggling young artists like Shantanu Moitra, Rajkumar Hirani, Sanjay Gadhvi and Chandrajeet Ganguly, also known as Jeet. Pritam got his first break in the movie 'Tere Liye'. Though the music was well received, the film sank at the box office. However, in 2002, Pritam got the chance to compose the music for Yashraj Films' 'Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai'.
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A.R. Rehman : A Musical Legend
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A.R. Rehman has been a musical legend and thrilled audiences from round the world with his sense of melody.The film composer, record producer and musician needs no introduction.With his recent won Golden Globe nomination for the Best Original Score for his music in British director Danny Boyle's 'Slumdog Millionaire', Rahman and his music is being discussed once again all over the world.
Since his career began in the 1990s, Rahman's work has garnered considerable acclaim and a large fan base amonst the global audience. He has sold more than one hundred million records of his film scores and soundtracks, globally. Not without reason, he one of the world's top 25 all-time top selling recording artists and has sold over two hundred million cassettes!
But to know how A. R. Rahman became who he is today, one needs to go back in time. A. R. Rahman or Allah Rakha Rahman was actually born as A. S. Dileep Kumar on 6th January 1967. His father, K. A. Sekhar was a noted composer and conductor in Malayalam films. In a way, A. R. Rahman was born into a musically gifted family, and that shaped his initial musical sensibilities.
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