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...mouth days: unlike many of his peers, Rahman pays his musicians on time and refuses to recycle earlier recordings, instead ordering fresh takes?and thereby creating more jobs?with each new score.) His big break came in 1992, when Madras-based director Mani Ratnam wanted a new sound for Roja, a film set in violence-ridden Kashmir. Kumar took the commission with one, unusual condition: he wanted to be credited using the Muslim name Allah Rakha Rahman. When Roja's soundtrack became a runaway success, A.R. Rahman was born...
...Rahman's lyrical prodigality was evident from the score for his first film: Mani Ratnam's Roja, the tale of a woman whose lover is kidnapped by terrorists. Through this grim political parable, Rahman laced some spectacular melodies that not only serve the drama, they create their own?as in the duet ballads Yeh Haseen Vadiyan and Roja Janeman, which first are grounded in recitative, then soar into celestial melody. The soundtrack parades the composer's gift for alchemizing outside influences until they are totally Tamil, totally Rahman. He plays with reggae and jungle rhythms, runs cool variations on Ennio...
...earlier films (Roja, Bombay, Dil Se) Ratnam has set personal stories inside the cataclysmic events that have marked India's past decade. Here he suggests that no one, not even a bright, questing child, is safe from their taint. But this being a Bollywood-style musical?though with a Southern accent?a war-torn world can still sing, dance and hope. In that sense, A Peck on the Cheek suited the festival perfectly. It is an art film that is also tender entertainment. It shows people coping with national tragedies. And, like Toronto, the movie is?in the very best...
...enthusiasm could be contagious. In 1994, Toronto Film Festival audiences gave a rapturous reception to the films of top Tamil auteur Mani Rathnam, including Nayakan (1987), a terrific gangster epic in the Godfather style, and Roja (1992), a terrorist Love Story. The song lyrics alone could easily attract camp followers: imagine an American star crooning, "Your sexy appearance triggers procreation in the earth...Life's a cactus without you," or "On your beautiful body, sweat never tastes salty...
...Rojas, who had beaten Buckley in an earlier outing at Northeastern's track, started out in the lead, but hit a slow quarter mile time of 64 seconds. He maintained a slim lead over Buckley with a half mile time of 2:08, but fell a stride behind shortly before the three-quarter mark. Buckley picked up a stride in succeeding lap and Roja's kick wasn't enough to make up the difference...