Tamil
and Indian Film Music is among the richest in the World.
It is one genre of World music that has produced prodigious stalwarts
that has made a theatre personality from the West exclaim "With
the breaking up of the Soviet Union, I expected the next musical revolution
to come from there. Never did I expect it from India."
Before we embark on this tribute to this master craftsman of modern
music to whom the above remark pertained to, we first salute his illustrious
seniors who set the stage for world recognition with their genius output
which was nothing less than world-class.
Allah Rakha Rahman's avatar onto the Indian musical scene and national
consciousness was divinely timed in a troubled period when the secular
image of India was taking a severe beating in the comity of nations
due to ugly communal incidents.
His debut music transcended all human barriers of caste, creed, language,
religion and even nations and established the universality of music
as the language of love and peace. In short, it captured and soothed
a disturbed nation's imagination.
Here
you will find articles reviewing the experiences of fans for every year
of his reign on the world music scene.
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