List of films directed by Mani Ratnam featuring A. R. Rahman

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This is a list of films made by the Indian director Mani Ratnam featuring the composer A. R. Rahman.[1]

History and significance[edit]

Mani Ratnam after his long relationship with Ilaiyaraaja, parted ways and introduced newcomer A. R. Rahman in Roja. He happened to listen and was impressed with Rahman's works, Ratnam visited his studio and listened to a tune that Rahman had composed long back on the Kaveri River water dispute.[2] Ratnam signed him immediately for the film, which was the first one in his terrorism trilogy. Rahman, in spite of his reluctance to seriously take up work in films, accepted the offer since Ratnam had the reputation of a director with a good taste for music.[3] Rahman later said, "I wasn't sure myself why I accepted Roja. I was offered ₹25,000[4] for it, a sum that I could make in three days composing ad jingles. I think it was the prospect of working with Mani that enticed me."[3]

Roja was released in 1992 to universal acclaim. It is considered a milestone in Tamil and Indian film music that heralded the start of a new era.[5] It was subsequently listed in Time magazine's World's "10 Best Soundtracks" of all time.[6] By April 2017, they had worked together in 15 films altogether (of which two are bilingual and hence refer to the same soundtrack twice with a change in the language), with every soundtrack having marked a phenomenal critical and commercial success in Indian cinema. Rahman won three of his six National Awards from his association with Ratnam. Bombay, the most significant work from their combination, is the largest selling Indian music album of all time, with unprecedented sales of 12 million records.[7]

List of films[edit]

Year Film Original Language Awards[B]
1992 Roja Tamil Cinema Express Award for Best Music
Cine Goers' Award for Best Music
Film Fans' Award for Best Music
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil
Kalasaagar Award for Best Music
National Film Award for Best Music Direction
SuMu Music Awards: R. D. Burman Award for Best New Composer
Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director
1993 Thiruda Thiruda Tamil MagnaSound Award
1995 Bombay Tamil Cine Goers' Award for Best Music
Film Fans' Award for Best Music
Kalasaagar Award for Best Music
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil
Listed in The Guardian 's "1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die"[8]
"Kannalane/ Kehna hi kya" listed in The Guardian 's "1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear"[8]
Sold 15 million soundtrack albums.[9][7]
1997 Iruvar Tamil
1998 Dil Se.. Hindi Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
MTV Video Music Award for Best Song (International Viewer's Choice) for "Dil Se Re"
"Chaiyya Chaiyya" was 9th in BBC World Service top 10 songs of all time[10]
2000 Alaipayuthey Tamil Alaipaayuthey
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil
Saathiya
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
IIFA Award for Best Music Director
Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director
Bollywood Movie Award for Best Music Director
MTV Award for Best Composer (Film Category)
2002 Kannathil Muthamittal Tamil National Film Award for Best Music Direction
2004 Aaytha Ezhuthu Tamil
Yuva Hindi Sangeet Award for Best Music Direction
2007 Guru Hindi Filmfare Award for Best Background Score
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
IIFA Award for Best Background Score
IIFA Award for Best Music Director
Screen Award for Best Background Music
Screen Award for Best Music Director
Zee Cine Award for Best Background Music
Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director
Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer for "Tere Bina"
2010 Raavanan Tamil Raavanan
Mirchi Music Award for Best Music Director – Tamil
Raavan Hindi Raavan
Nominated—Mirchi Music Award for Best Background Score[11]
Nominated—Screen Award for Best Background Score[12]
Nominated—GiMA Award for Best Background Score[13]
Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Background Score
Nominated—IIFA Award for Best Background Score
Nominated—Zee Cine Award for Best Background Score
Nominated—Mirchi Music Award for Best Song in Sufi Tradition – "Raanjha Raanjha"[11]
Nominated—Mirchi Music Award for Best Programmed and Arranged Song – "Raanjha Raanjha"[11]
2013 Kadal Tamil Norway Tamil Film Festival Award for Best Music Director
Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil
Vijay Award for Best Music Director
Radio Mirchi Song of the Year – "Nenjukkule"
Behindwoods Gold Medal for Best Music Direction
Nominated—MTV Europe Music Award for Best Indian Act
2015 O Kadhal Kanmani[14] Tamil Vikatan Award for Best Music Director
iTunes music award for best Indian album
iTunes Best Artist of the year- A. R. Rahman
iTunes Best selling album of the year- O Kadhal Kanmani
Nominated- Filmfare Award for Best Music Director -Tamil
Nominated- SIIMA Award for Best Music Director -Tamil
2017 Kaatru Veliyidai Tamil

Vikatan Awards For Best Music Director

Vikatan Awards For Best Music Director

National Film Award for Best Music Direction

Vijay Award for Best Music Director

Nominated- Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil

Radio City Cine Awards Tamil – Favourite Music Director

Nominated – SIIMA Award for Best Music Director

Behindwoods Gold Medal for Best Music Direction

2018 Chekka Chivantha Vaanam Tamil Nominated- SIIMA Award for Best Music Director

Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil Nominated- SIIMA Award for Best Playback Singer Male[15]

2022 Ponniyin Selvan Tamil
2023 Ponniyin Selvan: II Tamil

See also[edit]

  • Dubbed Albums in Telugu[16]

Footnotes[edit]

  • A ^ Many of Mani Ratnam's movies are in the Tamil language and are released simultaneously or later in multiple languages, usually Telugu and Hindi.
  • B ^ Only the major awards won for Best Music Direction are listed here. Several featured artists from the films have won numerous other awards.
  • C ^ Alaipayuthey and O Kadhal Kanmani had Hindi remakes titled Saathiya and OK Jaanu respectively; those were scored by A.R. Rahman but direction credited to his assistant Shaad Ali. Story, screenplay and produced by Mani Ratnam himself.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Meera Srinivasan (14 March 2009). "Music of the soul". Frontline. Chennai, India. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Artist of the Month: AR Rahman". TFM. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
  3. ^ a b N. Ravikumar (10 February 2010). "Golden Grammy boy". The Tribune. Chandigarh. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
  4. ^ Note: Equivalent to US$500 at the time
  5. ^ Saraswathy Nagarajan. "Of rhythm and soul". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2006.
  6. ^ Corliss, Richard (12 February 2005). "Best Soundtracks – ALL TIME 100 MOVIES". Time. Archived from the original on 24 May 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
    - Corliss, Richard (2 June 2005). "That Old Feeling – Secrets of the All-Time 100". Time. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
    - ""All-TIME" 100 Movies". Time. 12 February 2005. Archived from the original on 24 May 2005. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
  7. ^ a b Das Gupta, Surajeet; Sen, Soumik. "Composing a winning score". Rediff. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2008.
  8. ^ a b "100 Best Albums Ever". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 February 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  9. ^ "The 'Mozart of Madras' AR Rahman is Performing LIVE in Australia". SBS. 14 February 2017.
  10. ^ "The World's Top Ten". BBC World Service. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
  11. ^ a b c "3rd Uninor Mirchi Music Awards 2010 – Nominations and Winners". 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  12. ^ "17th Annual Star Screen Awards 2011 Nominations". 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  13. ^ "Chevrolet Star GiMA Award Nominees 2011". 2011. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  14. ^ "Mani Ratnam begins new film, a Tamil-Malayalam bilingual". Hindustan Times. 10 October 2014. Archived from the original on 3 December 2014.
  15. ^ "Vijay Sethupathi, Nimisha Sajayan and others nominated for SIIMA awards". The News Minute. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
    - "SIIMA 2019 winners full list: Dhanush, Trisha, Prithviraj win big". The Indian Express. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  16. ^ "Albums in Telugu".