THE EIGHTH DUBAI International Film Festival (DIFF) will honour Indian music composer A. R. Rahman with its Lifetime Achievement Award.
Hailed as the ‘Mozart from Madras’, the 45-year-old has won a huge array of laurels previously, including two Grammys and two Oscars for his work on Slumdog Millionaire.
His award at DIFF, held from December 7 to 14, will see him become the festival’s young-est ever recipient of the prize – with past recipients including Sean Penn, Amitabh Bachchan and Oliver Stone. Among Rahman’s other scores are that of 127 Hours, which screened at last year’s festival, Bollywood releases such as Ghajini, Delhi-6 and the recent Rockstar, plus collaborations with Mick Jagger, Joss Stone and Michael Bolton.
An Honorary Fellow of the Trinity College of Music, Rahman is a recipi-ent of India’s high civilian honour, the Padma Bhushan, and was named as one of the ‘World’s Most Influential People’ by Time in 2009. Credited with redefining Indian film music, Rahman’s soulful compositions blend the intricacies of Western and Indian classical with folk sounds, Qawwali and symphonic orchestral themes. “
R. Rahman is an inspiration for countless musicians and composers, and has brought a fresh infusion of tal-ent to the Indian film industry,” said Festival Chairman Abdulhamid Juma.
“Through his international foray, working with some of the world’s most accomplished musicians, he demon-strated the power of music to cross all barriers and connect with a global audience.
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