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NOW MARCH 29, 2016

ASIA 304 KRISHAN SHARMA

WHO AM I? • Second Year in Faculty of Arts • Major: Asian Area Studies • Minor: Law and Society • American born Indian soul • Why 304? Field of interest

MUSIC IN HINDI FILMS • An essential necessity • Over time there has been many successful artists (Laxmikant-Pyareal,

Shankar-Jaikishen, Anu Malik, Pritam) • Today: mostly modernized (Yo Yo Honey Singh) and some traditional (Sanjay

Leela Bahansali)• Two that made it a benchmark: • R.D. BURMAN (Panchman Da)• A.R. RAHMAN

WHO IS R.D. BURMAN AND WHY SHOULD WE KNOW?

• Full name: Rahul Dev Burman • Born June 27, 1939 in Kolkata (Calcutta)

• Son of S.D. Burman (music director from 50’s-70’s) • Exposed to world of music at young age • Studied sarod by Ustad Ali Akbar Khan • Studied Tabla under Samata Prasard • Composed first tune at age 9 (later used in Funtoosh) • Nickname: Panchman Da (fifth note)

EARLY STAGES• Worked under father as assistant: Kaagaz Ke Phool (1960,) Tere Ghar Ke

Sammne (1963) • Got his first crack as composer in 1961 with Choote Nawab • Did some acting on the side Bhoot Bungla (1965)• Major breakthrough was in 1966 with Teesri Manzil (energetic and fresh

beats) • Padosan (1968), Kati Patang (1970) and The Train (1970) presented diverse

skills

ROCKING 70’S • Burman: Unique style sound, voice, and introduced world music• “Chura Liya Hai Tumne Jo Dil Ko” (1973) • “Duniya Mein Logon Ko” (1972) • “Do Lafzon Ki Hai Dil Ki Kahani” (1979) • “Dum Maro Dum” (1971) • “Mehoooba Mehooba” (1975)

COLLABORATIONS• Asha Bhosle (1933) (wife) • Kishore Kumar (1929-1987): personal favorite • Lata Mangeshkar (1929): goddess of female playback singing• Mohd. Rafi (1924-1980): god of male playback singing)

BURMAN, KUMAR, AND KHANNA (BACHCHAN) TRIO

• Rajesh Khanna (1942-2012): considered to be India’s first superstar • Kishore Kumar was rising to popularity late 60’s early 70’s • Khanna considered Kumar as lucky charm, (songs today are classic) • Mere Jeevan Saathi (1972) and Aap Ki Kasam (1974) • Followed by the magic of Amitabh Bachchan: megastar (1942) • Sholay (1975), Shaan, (1980), Satte Pe Satta (1982)

COMPETITORS• Laxmikant-Pyarelal: although composed many melodious tunes mostly Indian

(influenced by ragas), • Kalyanji- Anandji: although longer in music industry didn’t create any type of

revolution

LOST IN THE 1980’S • 1984 Burman won Filmfare best Music award for Masoom (1983) • Rise of the Disco era: Bappi Lahiri (1952) • New talent: Anil Kapoor Sanjay Dutt, Sunny Deol • Literally forgotten• Made comeback with Vinod Vidhu Chopra’s Parinda (1989)

PANCHMAN DA IS IMMORTAL • January 4, 1994 Burman passed away due to heart attack (age 54) • Just completed 1942 a Love Story (1994) • Today many of his songs are remixed or new songs copying style • Current singers view him as in influence (Sonu Nigam, Shankar-Eshaan-Loy

Himesh Reshammiya) • 1995 R.D. Burman Award for Music Talent (first recipient was none other

than)…………….

A.R. RAHMAN (ALLAH RAKHA RAHAMN)

• Born January 6, 1967 in Madras (Chennai) as A.S. Dileep Kumar • Started learning piano at age 4 • Age 11 joined Ilaiaraaja’s musical troupe playing keyboard • Studied music at Trinity College of Music at Oxford University • Converged to Islam in 1987 thus changed his name

THE BEGINNING OF A MUSICAL JOURNEY

• Discovered by legendary Tamil director Mani Rantam • Debuted in Tamil Film industry with Roja (1992) • Roja was considered turning point in Tamil Film industry • Dubbed in several languages (Hindi, Telugu)• Made Bollywood debut in 1995 with Rangeela • began his cloud nine journey

BEGINNING OF MUSUICAL JOURNEY

• Bombay (1995) • Rangeela (1995) • Dil Se (1998) • Taal (1999)

THE RISE OF A GLOBAL TALENT

• 2002 Rahman won several awards for Lagaan (2001) • 2003 won several Filmfare awards for Saathiya (2002) • Received critical acclaim for the following three • Swades: We the People (2004) • Rang De Basanti (2006) • Guru (2007) • 2002 composed own musical Bombay Dreams

2008• Considered to be major turning point for Rahman • India released 4 successful Hindi soundtracks: Jhooda Akbar, Jaane Tu.. Ya

Jaane Na, Yuvvraaj, and Ghajini • Won the hearts of music lovers with ”Jai Ho” from Academy Award winner

Slumdog Millionaire

THE PRESENT • 2011: started off Rockstar (album for everyone) • 2012 wowed audience with Jab Tak Hai Jaan • Recent works: Highway (2014) and Tamasha (2015) • Started composing for American movies • 127 Hours (2010)• The Hundred Foot Journey (2014)

COLLABARATIONS

• Udit Narayan (all time favorite) • Alka Yangik • Sonu Nigam • Sukhwinder Singh • Shreya Goshal • Mohit Chauhan

RAHMAN’S COMPEITTION • Anu Malik: 90’s-presnet • Nadeem-Sharvan: 90’s-2005• Shankar-Eshaan Loy: 1997-presnet• Pritam: 2004- presnet • Particular taste

WHAT MAKES THESE TWO STAND OUT?

• Think outside the box • Burman: one of the pioneers of infusing western rhythms but used his own

creativity, relate to the stars’s persona and image • Rahman: brought international flare • Would I consider Rahman the next Burman? NO • Both brought something special that will only remained with them