◇ image via WikipediaA.R. Rahman
A.R. Rahman is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Zakir Hussain, Rollo Armstrong, Alka Yagnik and K J Yesudas. Those roots explain a lot about how A.R. Rahman arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Karthik, Haricharan, Sachin-Jigar, Mohit Chauhan and Sadhana Sargam, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sanah Moidutty, Anweshaa, Srinivas, Benny Dayal and Dominique Cerejo, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around A.R. Rahman, reaching back through Zakir Hussain and forward to Sanah Moidutty. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Allah Rakha Rahman, also known by the initialism ARR, is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and philanthropist known for his works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films, with occasional forays in international cinema. He is a recipient of seven National Film Awards, two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, seven Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, fifteen Filmfare Awards, and eighteen Filmfare Awards South. In 2010, the Government of India conferred him with the Padma Bhushan, the nation's third-highest civilian award.
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A.R. Rahman connections
A.R. Rahman grew out of Zakir Hussain, Rollo Armstrong, Alka Yagnik and K J Yesudas, shares an orbit with Karthik, Haricharan, Sachin-Jigar and Mohit Chauhan, went on to shape Sanah Moidutty, Anweshaa, Srinivas and Benny Dayal. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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