Rahman to stage ‘peace’ concert in Australia

September 30th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood star Will Smith will host this year's Nobel Peace Prize Concert with his actress wife Jada Pinkett Smith. The couple said hosting the show would be an awe-inspiring experience.

September 25th, 2009 For those who yearned to catch the sensational moment of live concert of ‘Madras Mozart’, here comes the grand fiesta. MARG in association with Shakthi Foundation brings A.R.

September 20th, 2009 MUMBAI - Oscar winning musician A.R. Rahman is set to compose music for his first full-fledged Hollywood project "Couples Retreat" and he is determined not to create anything similar to the "Slumdog Millionaire" tunes.

September 20th, 2009 HAVANA - Hundreds of thousands of Cubans gathered at the Revolution Plaza in Havana Sunday for a "Peace Without Borders" concert headlined by popular Colombian singer Juanes. An estimated 650,000 people attended the concert making this the biggest event in Havana since Pope John Paul II's visit in 1998, CNN reported.

August 13th, 2009 If it’s true that music washes away sins from soul, the dust of everyday life: here comes Maestro A.R. Rahman with his attempts on proving it.

August 12th, 2009 MUMBAI - Oscar winner AR Rahman is all set to host a music show on Doordarshan to mark the leading Indian network's golden jubilee. The show called 'The Big Band' will have close to 40 music bands from countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Singapore, and Sri Lanka competing with each other.

July 31st, 2009 A.R.Rahman’s six year old son Alim has sung a full song for the film Couples Retreat for which Rahman is going to set the music. Couples Retreat is a romantic comedy Hollywood film which is directed by Peter Billingsley.

July 28th, 2009 ‘Language creates barriers; but music has no language’– it’s a famous quotation marked by ace musician Ustad Amjad Ali Khan. But actor Radharavi discords from this statement, as he strongly condemned A.R.

July 23rd, 2009 After winning two Academy awards for his score in Slumdog Millionaire, music maestro A R Rahman has captured the world’s attention and has made India proud on the international platform. This Oscar-winning music composer is now expected to sign a multi-million dollar deal with Universal Music Publishing Group pretty soon, through which he aims to bring out his music to people across the world.

July 23rd, 2009 Gowthan Menon is a disappointed man, after hearing the recent media stories regarding his conflict with music maestro A R Rahman on financial basis relating to the music to be composed by the music director of his upcoming flick Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya starring Salimbarasan and Trisha in lead roles. Speaking to the media, Gowtham puts his point of view, expressing his point of view, “not me, but even Rahman himself was completely disappointed on reading such gossips.

July 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - On July 22, DJs Aaron James from New York and MoCity Abood from Baghdad will come together to spread the message of love, peace and happiness from two countries that have gone to war against each other twice in the recent past. They will hold the Drop Beats Not Bombs - From New York to Baghdad concert in the capital.

June 11th, 2009 MUMBAI - The much-hyped 'authorised biography' of A.R. Rahman by author Kamini Mathai has kicked up a storm even before its release because the music maestro says there is "nothing authorised" about it.

June 5th, 2009 A R Rahman have become an international figure after winning the Oscars for Slumdog Millionaire and various Indian and International institutes are competing with each other to honour this music maestro and invite him to give a guest lecture. On 7th of June, A R Rahman will be honoured with a doctorate by the Aligarh Muslim University.

May 27th, 2009 ALIGARH - Oscar winning composer A.R. Rahman will be conferred an honorary doctorate by Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).Rahman shot to international fame with his compositions in Danny Boyle's underdog drama "Slumdog Millionaire" and won two golden statuettes for that.

May 9th, 2009 Music maestro A R Rahman would be a guide to US talk show host Oprah Winfrey when she plans to visit India soon. Recently Winfrey and Oscar winner A R Rahman were rated among Times annual list of the year’s 100 most influential people.