Has Rahman won another Oscar ? No. Then why again , Rahman ? For me it is just because he appeared on a music reality show which was recorded few weeks before it actually got aired. The music legend who appeared in a formal suit with ritualistic smile looked like an uncomfortable school boy attending a formal gathering. The ovation and adulation he got from the crowed and fellow musicians was very special. It was as though musicians them selves felt honored sitting ext to him . Beyond doubt the Oscars made him bigger. It still remains a matter of doubt whether it really changed his personality. Apparently not much. He looks the same socially awkward guy who feels embarrassed to face a crowd. Regardless of music scores for en-number of Hindi movies he finds it difficult to utter a Hindi syllable. Let alone Hindi talk, he finds it difficult even to utter a word. Karan Thapar who irritates and elicits from every body under the sun confesses that the most disgusting interview of his lifetime was with Mr. Rahman ! One movie flicker musician too can render few comments on a singer. But we don't see him judging or misjudging anybody . Best mantra on avail. He just doesn't speak.
But does that really make him smaller ? Big NO. His every composition sounds so unique and different. His genius hits us at least once in the midst of whole lot of blaring synthesized acoustics with his bold signature. Nothing seem to really drive him except his inner insatiable hunger and longing for music. Scores of Bollywood movies, live shows can draw him millions. Yet the Madras Mozart is not just simply another man who ignores his call. His lust, passion, for sounds is better called devoutness than compositions.
"He took six months to do this CWG messy theme . I just need half an hour to do this !" "Five crores to do one song ? I would produce 50 songs with this kind of money" blah.. blah.. blah.. We keep listening to all the stuff. If Rahman has spent six months to make a tune if he is not otherwise busy, he would have poured his soul into that. It might click or not. But it is by no means a small job. He is not just another hatch patchy musician who tracks his watch and weighs his valet. Rare artists are born once in a while to lit up the roads they walk. Nothing is paramount in their heart but the excellence in what they touch. Constant exploration, experimentation and innovation make them better and better. No wonder if he bags his second Oscar even before some one acknowledges his grandiose vision of music . It would be exaggerating to quote Beethoven, DaVinci, Milton in his context. But greats are not born every day. These gifted seek altogether different plane to express what is churning in their mind. This musician, Rahman never stops. Rags or riches should not really bother him. Next time do not get surprised if you find him running behind a Shepard to catch his simple tune in Andes or Alps !!
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