A R Rahman
Definitely, though it has been a good year for Bollywood lovers otherwise also with many movies doing great business, it has also been great year for Bollywood music lovers with the king of Hindi film music world A R Rehman coming out with as many as 5 albums for his fans.
The maestro started the year with songs like Azeem O Shaan Shehenshah and Jashn Baharaa from the melodious Jodha Akbarr which did doing very well on the charts. If that wasn’t enough, then came the sensational music of Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, which by all means was the most exceptional music created by this legendary composer in recent times. Unlike the usual compositions of A R Rehman, which do take a certain amount of time to get popular and noticed, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na had chart bursting numbers like Nazrein Mila Na Nazrein ChuraNa and Pappu can’t Dance, which became an instant hit equally with the masses and the classes.
Of course, when Rehman would look back at 2008, he will also think of the complex feelings that the year gave him. Just at the time when Rehman was being praised all over with the music of Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na doing so well, he had to suffer the failure of his album Ada. Though the expectations from A R Rehman are always sky high, after the sensational success of the music of Bombay Dreams, people await his non-film albums with the same amount of eagerness as they do for the film soundtracks.
But, as it has always been the case with his career, Rehman has bounced back with the music of Yuvraaj. Though the film might not be doing that well, but the music of the film seems to be catching up slowly and steadily. And, with the music of Ghajini catching up, there seems to be more in store for Rehman fans this year.
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