A SMALL STATUETTE FOR RAHMAN, A COLOSSAL RECOGNITION FOR INDIAN MUSIC
Not long ago, in one of my previous posts, I had envisioned the scene of an Indian, occupying center stage at the Kodak Theater, holding an Oscar statuette in his hand. Finally that has become a reality, with Rahman winning not one but two oscars for the music he composed in slumdog millionaire. For many young Indians who have turned towards Rahman's unconventional scores to quench their thirst for quality and original (to the best extent possible) music, it is tough not to give a thought or two about what could have happened, if this south indian prodigy had encountered an earlier opportunity to showcase his captivating music on a
much larger international platform. Could he have runaway with oscars every year with the same certainty that he does with the Indian Filmfare awards? Among all the MJs, Madonnas and myriad stalwarts that enchant us through their eternal music beamed on a plethora of FM stations throughout the world, would we suddenly be listening to a Rahman score? Well, Rahman still has age on his side and the only challenge he seems to be facing at this point, is, to keep up with his innate urge to continuously innovate and to ensure that no form of redundancy ever creeps into his music. But only time will tell if Rahman would be remembered as this extremely talented Indian musician who managed to create minor ripples in the western music scene every now and then, or, if he would go on to cast his name in gold, in the who's who of World Music and be remembered as the Indian genius who, in addition to championing for the already well known classical genre of Indian music, expanded its horizons to encompass the interests of a much broader World Audience !
Not long ago, in one of my previous posts, I had envisioned the scene of an Indian, occupying center stage at the Kodak Theater, holding an Oscar statuette in his hand. Finally that has become a reality, with Rahman winning not one but two oscars for the music he composed in slumdog millionaire. For many young Indians who have turned towards Rahman's unconventional scores to quench their thirst for quality and original (to the best extent possible) music, it is tough not to give a thought or two about what could have happened, if this south indian prodigy had encountered an earlier opportunity to showcase his captivating music on a
much larger international platform. Could he have runaway with oscars every year with the same certainty that he does with the Indian Filmfare awards? Among all the MJs, Madonnas and myriad stalwarts that enchant us through their eternal music beamed on a plethora of FM stations throughout the world, would we suddenly be listening to a Rahman score? Well, Rahman still has age on his side and the only challenge he seems to be facing at this point, is, to keep up with his innate urge to continuously innovate and to ensure that no form of redundancy ever creeps into his music. But only time will tell if Rahman would be remembered as this extremely talented Indian musician who managed to create minor ripples in the western music scene every now and then, or, if he would go on to cast his name in gold, in the who's who of World Music and be remembered as the Indian genius who, in addition to championing for the already well known classical genre of Indian music, expanded its horizons to encompass the interests of a much broader World Audience !
1 comment:
I agree with you to some extent only. Music is an art which can not be compared between two artists. Recollect the music tune scored by MSV, S&S, Naushhad, they all have their own melody. Only thing is, there is no godfather to project their score ti Oscar!!!!
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