Hosanna
Movie : Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya (Tamil) ( eng – Will You Cross The Skies and come to me?)

A Gautham Vasudev Menon Film

music : A.R. Rahman

Singers : Vijay Prakash, Suzanne D’Mello, Blaaze

actor’s : Silambarasan Rajendar , Trisha Krishnan .

lyrics : Thamarai.

Release date(s) : February 12, 2010 ( yet to be released )

Language : Tamil

Russia will become the country with the strongest economy in Europe in 20 years and will be ranked 5^th on the world rating, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP specialists said in their recent report, Itar-Tass news agency said.

Russia’s economy in Europe will be the strongest by 2030, specialists of the world’s largest auditing and consulting company said. Germany and France will come next on the list.

The world economy is on the brink of experiencing a geopolitical revolution, the report said. The traditional leaders – the industrially developed countries of the West united in the Group of Seven (the USA, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Italy and Canada) – will be replaced with a new group – E7. The new association will unite the countries of the emerging market – China, Russia, India, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia and Turkey.

By 2019, the overall GDP of the E7 group will let it catch up with the G7. A decade later, by 2030, the E7’s GDP will take a 30-percent advantage of that of the G7.

By 2030, the list of world’s strongest economic countries will be as follows: China, USA, India, Brazil, Russia, Germany, Mexico, France and Britain.

It is worthy of note that Fitch Ratings downgraded the forecast of the rating of the Russian Federation from “stable” to “negative” on Friday, Jan. 22.

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Source / Courtesy : http://pravda.ru/

For the first time in history, Russian troops will be joined by the troops of former USSR’s World War II allies in a Victory parade on Red Square on May 9 (the World War II Victory Day). A preliminary agreement with military and politics official of France, the USA and Great Britain has been reached. Invitations have been sent to all heads of the CIS countries, except for the President of Georgia. The Kremlin chose not to invite the troops of the former Soviet republics.

Vladimir Kozhin, head of the department of Presidential affairs, announced earlier that for the first time in history of Victory parades on Red Square, Russia invited military contingents of NATO member countries, namely, France, the USA and Great Britain, to participate in the parade to celebrate the 65th anniversary of Great Victory. According to Kozhin, the preliminary agreement has been reached, and the final decision on the issue is to be made in the near future. He clarified that he was not talking about the war veterans who would participate in the parade as honorary guests, Kommersant reports.

As of now, only participation of the French contingent has been fully coordinated. The French government and Ministry of Defense accepted the invitation. The French contingent will include 70 air force soldiers (including three officers). They will march on Red Square under the banner of the legendary Normandie-Niemen fighter squadron of the French Air Force. Currently, the squadron is virtually disbanded and removed from active duty.

If the US government makes a positive decision regarding participation of its troops in the parade, its contingent will most likely include 70 people. British officials said that the final decision had not been made yet, but is expected in the near future.

It was earlier reported that the Kremlin would not send out official invitations to the world leaders. According to Kozhin, Moscow was expecting a visit from the French President Nicolas Sarkozy. He said that Barack Obama’s participation remained open, while a visit from Gordon Brown was expected unless he preferred to stay at home on the ground of a busy schedule and tense relations with Russia.

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source / courtesy :  http://www.pravda.ru/

Thaiyya Thaiyya

Movie : Uyire (Tamil) ( eng – My Life)

A Mani Ratnam Film

music : A.R. Rahman

Singers : Hariharan, Srinivas, Malgudi Shuba

actor’s : Shahrukh Khan , Manisha Koirala.

lyrics : Vairamuthu.

Location : TamilNadu

Release date(s) : 1 November 1998

Language : Tamil

En Uyire

Movie : Uyire (Tamil) ( eng – My Life)

A Mani Ratnam Film

music : A.R. Rahman

Singers : Srinivas, Sujatha

actor’s : Shahrukh Khan , Manisha Koirala.

lyrics : Vairamuthu.

Release date(s) : 1 November 1998

Language : Tamil

A.R. Rahman, the Tamilian music maestro, has brought the pride of the Golden Globes and the dream of the Oscars to India’s doorstep. Rahman started his musical journey at the age of 11 when he trained as a keyboardist. Rahman went on to play for M S Viswanathan, Ramesh Naidu, Zakir Hussain, Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan and L. Shankar on world tours. Rahman obtained a scholarship to Trinity College of Music in London, where he graduated with a degree in Western classical music.

Rahman began his own music recording and mixing studio in 1992. The studio, called the Panchathan Record Inn, was built alongside the backyard of his house. The studio has now been developed into India’s most advanced recording studio. He composed music jingles for advertisements and Indian television channels during the initial stage of his career. His first big break came in 1992 when film director Mani Ratnam approached him to compose the music for the Tamil film ‘Roja’. Rahman’s music in the film won him the Rajat Kamal award for Best Music Director at the National Film Awards. Rahman has won three more National Film Awards since then.

*   Following the success of ‘Roja’ Rahman started establishing himself in the Tamil film industry by successfully composing music for films like ‘Bombay’, ‘Kadhalan’, ‘Karuththamma’, ‘Minsaara Kanavu’ and ‘Love Birds’. He gained considerable notice in Japan with the success of the film ‘Muthu’. Rahman secured the top spot in the Tamil film industry by composing music for films like ‘Iruvar’ and ‘Kandukondain Kandukondain’.

*  Rahman debuted in Bollywood with Ram Gopal Varma’s film ‘Rangeela’. With a success rate resembling the 100% mark, Rahman pioneered the Bollywood music scene with films like ‘Dil Se’, ‘Taal’, ‘Swades’ and ‘Rang De Basanti’ under his belt.

*    In 2006, Rahman launched his own music label called KM Music. Its first release was his score for the film ‘Sillunu Oru Kaadhal’. Rahman also co-scored Shekhar Kapoor’s film ‘Elizabeth: The Golden Age’ in 2007.

*   He composed the album ‘Vande Mataram’ on the occasion of India’s 50th Independence Day.
In 1999, Rahman performed with Michael Jackson in Munich, Germany, for Jackson’s ‘Michael Jackson and Friends Concert’.

*   Rahman has bagged four National Awards and a Padma Shri from the Indian government for his contributions towards music.

*   Rahman also won the Mauritius National Award and the Malaysian Award for his contribution to music in 1995. Rahman has won six awards in the Best Music category at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and 11 awards for his scores at the Filmfare Awards and Filmfare Awards South each.

*    In 2006, he received an honorary award from the Stanford University for contributions to global music.
Rahman has sold more than 100 million records of his film scores and soundtracks worldwide during his career.

*    He has sold over 200 million cassettes making him one of the world’s all-time top selling recording artists.

*   The Time magazine has declared him the ‘Mozart of Madras’, while several other Tamil reporters call him a ‘Musical Storm’.

*   With the Oscars on the periphery in 2008, Rahman won the Golden Globe award in the category of Best Original Musical Score for the film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’. His performance in the film has assured him international acclaim and a large global fanbase.

Now, as millions of Indian hearts synchronize themselves to the rhythm of ‘Jai Ho’, the country awaits its first Oscar.

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Source / Courtesy : http://specials.msn.co.in/sp08/oscar/rahman.asp