A.R Rahman discusses working with young artists, the threat of AI to music & his favourite breakfast
A.R. Rahman answers questions from the Oxford Union audience about he creates his music, how he maintains his mental health and his thoughts on AI in the music industry.
He is an Indian musical artist, composer and record producer who has worked with the likes of The Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson & Andrew Lloyd Webber. He won a Golden Globe and two Academy Awards for the music he wrote for the 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire.
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I remember, he said “All my life I have had a choice of hate and love. I chose love and I am here.” ❤
ARR the G.O.A.T 👑❤️
A.R.R God of indian music.the one who entirely changed indian music..1st movie national award to oscar award.. is not a simple thing or joke...no one can come nerar him...He and His Music is popular without social media from 90s, unlike Present Era Music composers ....Few of the jealousy fans still compare him with others .Then why the other music composers are still sitting on the same chair till nowl .many came many went he is still ruling.'HE REACHED MARS' . proud to say he is one of the gretaest best music composer in the world...as we all know ....he is the inspiration for all music composers..he is the only one who give chance to all new talents, like singers and musicians..The OSCAR , BAFTA, GOLDEN GLOBE, award winner, BRITISH Academy of Film and Television Arts, New York: After Markham, a city in CANADA honoured AR Rahman by naming a street in his honour !! 7 times Hollywood used his music in their movies.The only man from Asia, who have entered most times at the ACADEMY AWARD. .He has composed for 12 Hollywood movies..His Movie which is Produced and Directed by Himself "LE MUSK" Nominated for 2023 Producers Guild of America ( PGA) .He is the only Indian celebrity popular all over the Globe. A.R.RAHMAN is not a name its a BRAND....A.R.R the name is enough.|| JAI HO |||...A die hard fan from DELHI || kzread.info/dash/bejne/daZk0rSjo9SZqcY.html
A R Rahman...the real legend❤❤
King of music ARR ❤
2:19 "If u r not comfortable with something u'll always end up doing something different"
Thanks so much for sharing! The Aron Ralston incident and subsequent movie 127 Hours means a lot to me personally. Your music ties it all together and I am forever grateful for your work, Mr. Rahman❤
Inspirational as always. Thank you ARR Sir 😊
Rahman is down to earth and that makes him go higher and higher.. Huge respect to you sir ❤
I am a great fan of his 90s songs, speeches, and interviews. His speeches and activities motivate me. For me, he is a great motivator.🙏 Music creation, Leadership and Teamwork with love and respect. 🙏
favorite song is yet to come ....wow what a statement of humbleness
He still looks young
19:05.. AR Rahman always respects his Gurus and Seniors.. Loyal son of India.. Very proud to be your fan..
Naushad, khayam, Ar rehman, pancham, Laxmikath pyarelal, illaya Raja,,,,,,, are the master of musics and the bestest musicians alltime
mr AR Rahman is always a great inspiration....
He is not just genius musician more than humble human being i really wanted to meet him.
A.R.Rahman: I am still learning.🙏
0:58 that ‘Aahh’ was also musical😊
Love you ARR sir ❤
A R Rahman sir ❤❤❤
ARR ❤
why does everyone sit like a boss around him, except himself
@pkswiss_2002
6 ай бұрын
he already is boss🔥😎
@fz4yn1
6 ай бұрын
Good observation.. I respect to your thought
A. R Rahman, Illyaraja and R. D Burman are the best composers from India.
@prattyj5j5
6 ай бұрын
Totally agree 👍
@jponline79
6 ай бұрын
what u think of Anirudh? very popular last decade and now doing Hindi.
@miztag3554
6 ай бұрын
@@jponline79wasted
@nature5002
6 ай бұрын
U haven't listened to other composers ..
@jponline79
6 ай бұрын
@@nature5002 so just say no . only asking opinions. People said same on Rahman in 90s
Thank you Oxford union ❤
Beautiful session to know about ARR
Great wisdom from a great man. Just his vibe is so peaceful apart from the humility. Just wish the host was a little interested in the interview too.
As always a treat to watch his interviews 😊
Thankyou soo much Sir ! Thankyou soo much! 🙌🙌🙌🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕
We should encourage more of such simple interactions in India also … celebrities taking questions in a simple way without much fanfare
I like all his answers! So thoughtful and deep. My favourite song is yet to come! This is powerful.
Arr ❤🎉🎉
Thank you Sir... Your words 🤝 👏👏👏
Great conversation 🎉
Music runs in his genes. Rahman did not randomly pick music as a career. His father, RK Shekhar, also had a keen interest in music and even composed songs in Tamil and Malayalam. Mani Ratnam was the first person to spot the talent in Rahman and got him to compose the music for his Tamil film Roja in 1992. He got a sum of Rs 25,000 for the project, and he became the recipient of the National Film Award along with huge success, popularity and admiration. Rahman is the first Asian to have won 2 Oscars in the same year for ‘Slumdog Millionaire’. The Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri recipient has also won 4 National Awards....
#ARRahuman ❤❤❤
So humble
Proud of you sir ❤
ThalaivARR❤
amazingggggggggggg
Legend
Great effort 🙏 keep rocking this planet 💯👍✌️🤘👌👊💗🕊️✨
Great Man in India
His signature is .In most of his songs Mr AR has the first to words repeated ....like ...anbae anbe...Dil... urvashi..
Nice interview... wonderful personality... All great musicians have bought technology into music...there is no point in continuing with your Illayaraja Bashing...focus on music...not creating news... A hit is long due from you...
Related to AI - Creators will still exists in fact more creators will come. May be in the area of instrument players, they may find it difficult.
Isaipuyal Mozart of madras melody maestro oscar nayagan ❤
Thamizhanin perumaii rahman anna ❤
Must watch interview for all teens Thirukural mentioned as favourite book
Arr❤
💐💐💐🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
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Why are the questions from this bunch of audience so lame?
33:02 Adopt. Answer for conflicts. Conflicts exist in everything whether god made or man made. like day and night, cool and hot. without conflict only empty can exist. when in conflict adopting brings peace, happiness, life.
@suradi100
3 ай бұрын
Actually it is dichotomy and it will always be there
Ilayaraja ❤️🔥 and ar Rahman saying ❤ guru
இசைக்கு மொழி கிடையாது எல்லையும் கிடையாது என்பதை நிரூபித்து விட்டார் ஏ ஆர் ரகுமான்
When was this recorded?
I wasn't expecting such a behaviour of the students... So pale... Even Mr Rahman could possibly gauge this about them. They are so undeserving of this great man who is known but not limited to his passion... Much much more to him...
the anchor is in deep sleep mood😂
very good,, but ur audio level is too low.. plzz increase ur audio work,
Please cut the speech about suicide thinking as shorts .👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
What's happening with Host...
@fun4santy
5 ай бұрын
Yea.. I too noticed it.. she is sitting there as the most disinterested person ever..😕
A. R. Rahman or A R Rahman, but not A.R Rahman
No straight questions, no straight answers.
@chandrus825
6 ай бұрын
Metaphor. When I first started listening to A R R's interviews, I noticed this about him. He is now direct in his speech and transparent. If you want to learn more about his sentiments and thoughts, investigate. His interviews are high intellectual. Peace
Feeling Bad for the Yollow hoody guy at right !😢
hi agiiii
Music created by human has Soul in it whereas not in music created by AI
Seems like Kids not knowing his discography and reporttaire are in the audience, generation change obvious here
I wish he comes out and opens up about the sounds that he’s adopted from other musicians. Pat Metheny, Mr. Mr. Snoop. There’s so many similarities and yet unique with his sounds and style.
சமீபத்திய காலத்தில் தரமற்ற குரல்கள், தரமற்ற ரசனை, தன் குரலையை பயன்படுத்த வேண்டும் என்னும் எண்ணம் அத்தனையும் சேர்ந்து ஏ ஆர் ரகுமானின் இசை வீழ்ந்து கொண்டிருக்கிறது. மீண்டும் நல்ல குரல்களை பயன்படுத்த வேண்டும் என்பது எங்கள் ஆசை.
@sridharkarthik64
5 ай бұрын
அதற்கு முக்கிய காரணம் தரமான திரைப்படங்கள் இப்பொழுது வருவது மிகவும் குறைந்து விட்டது.
@jazeelmohamed3351
5 ай бұрын
Blood shed and drugs mafia movies no need best music only noisy and danga daga music is enough
@amshe2464
5 ай бұрын
Deepan say this to aniruth
What is his breakfast ? 26:36
It's Oxford and I see only Indians or NRIs ?
Unpopular Opinion: Honestly, Rahman’s output has really dipped so much in quality in the last 10 years that I secretly think he has outsourced his music to AI already.
@arunbakt
6 ай бұрын
You are so wrong my friend, checkout so many of his tamil movie releases in the last year 10 years you won't say that
@coolanandsn10
6 ай бұрын
U must not be listening properly then. He’s in the business for 30+ years now. If you are judging him with his 90’s music and latest, he is evolving every day and some people are still stuck in the 90’s .
@mohamedfaizan9844
6 ай бұрын
@@arunbakt I’m from Tamil Nadu only. I grew up listening to Rahman. I collected all his CDs when I was young and was his biggest fan. Not anymore. The last great Rahman album was Vinnaithaandi Varuvaya in 2010. After that I’m not even able to remember a single tune. He has been surpassed in the South by Anirudh a long time ago, and his Hindi music doesn’t even sell films like they used to. Anyway, that’s my personal opinion. There was a time when I used to watch a movie only because it had a Rahman score. Those days are long gone.
@dineshdk2498
6 ай бұрын
@@mohamedfaizan9844un mela paridhabam dhan pada mudiyum.... soooo sorry
@damomani6905
6 ай бұрын
True....his music is not popular any more.
எதைக் கொடுத்தாலும் மக்கள் ரசிக்க வேண்டும் என்னும் தான்தோன்றித்தனம் ரகுமானுக்குள்வந்துள்ளதுதெரிகிறது.
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Very suppressed and nervous ambience in this room. Uncomfortable silence.
Why all violins gitars play same note not different not Why fear ai music Need not reley on vairamuthu alone and iyers in chennai for words
My heart says ARR is the best My mind says ILLAYARAJA sir is the best
Anchor is in a hurry!😄
@ronaknanda6175
6 ай бұрын
Feels like she need to go to toilet, totally not interested
Great interview, but i cant help staring at that ugly stage, Gosh, how old is that? is that's the Oxford's standard these days? when they are charging quite high tuition fees in comparison to other institutions?
J'ai....
The Host was so disinterested in the conversation or maybe I felt it that way.
Talk about the target, not his hobbies.
23:24 very disrespectful to put the legs crossed like that in front of him
Past 10 years no award.because........
the anchor looks so dead.. like she is forced to do the interview.🙂
Why do these kids seated here look like they are forced to sit through this? Are they brought in to fill the seats? If they are, it is embarrassing. Just look at the few seated on the right of this screen. They look disinterested.
@Moviix-Music
6 ай бұрын
True.
@Dpkg07
6 ай бұрын
Even the interviewer seems disinterested. So annoying..
@TommyMartinezpt
6 ай бұрын
" come out of this bubble you live in".... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Yeah, me and everyone else are living in that bubble buddy .. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@PrasannaRAdv
6 ай бұрын
just a bunch of kids who r attention deficit and cant listen without scrolling thru the phone every few seconds
Dilip is his nama
@noorayanshaikh
6 ай бұрын
*was
@friday-lr3mp
6 ай бұрын
@@noorayanshaikh he should quit music as singing is haram in Islam.
The woman in the chair with ARR seems to be totally lost and out of place. 😄
What I find a bit 'strange' in these videos is, being an 'Indian' to the core, Mr. ARR is 'reachable face-to-face' and can be 'connected' in every other foreign countries.. but not in his own 'native' land..
Boring questions
Three monkeys policy is to avoid conflicts, one monkey dont see anything,another,dont say anything another one dont hear anything
Am I supposed to know him? 🤷♂️
@thiruram5675
6 ай бұрын
For good yes
@-RudhreshM
6 ай бұрын
yeah but whites being ignorant is nothing new.
@johns6256
6 ай бұрын
Come out of this bubble you live in, Tommy.
@gantamk
6 ай бұрын
Yes, if you love music.
@TommyMartinezpt
6 ай бұрын
@@gantamk this indian guy is music now?
The body language of the interviewer is so annoying. Looks as if she was forced to sit there.
Host is treating him very badly , this is not the kind of gestures in front of an Oscar Winner , no eye contact , no concentration, completely lost
You are wrong sir, ai will replace actors, cameramans, content creators, lyricists, music directors..... This field is becoming "FREE". Its time to leave 😭 earth for creators..... You dont know the power of ai.. its learning faster ×100 . 2 yrs from now . .... Sorry for negative comments, bit it is the reality.
@joeladis
6 ай бұрын
I doubt that not in music yet, He mentioned the perfect example on feeding the commands to CX5 how hard it is
I dont like him
Personally I don't love his songs for last 10 years. Rahman's songs of 90s and 2000s had an identity. Now in the name creating something new, his songs are ordinary. In 90s when other composers were doing similiar repetitive type of songs, he used to use raags along with technology and excellent musical arrangements used to create a new sound. Now that uniqueness is lost.
The Greatest Indian musician, a self obsessed interviewer and a lame audience.
தமிழ் ல பேச தெரியாதா ஆக்ஸ்போர்டு சங்கத்துக்கு
@dineshdk2498
6 ай бұрын
Yov..... England la edhuku tamil la pesanum