Dhanush is a multi-talented personality, and he has already proved his mettle in various areas of filmmaking that includes acting, direction, and singing. As a singer, Dhanush set the internet on fire after penning and delivering the voice for the song ‘Why This Kolaveri’ in 2012.

And now, Dhanush is all set to mesmerize music lovers again with his next song. Interestingly, the music of this song is composed by A R Rahman, and Dhanush will be lending voice for this track.

This is for the first time that Dhanush is joining hands with A R Rahman, and this union of talents has raised the expectations to new heights. This song will be featured in an untitled movie that will be directed by L Roy. The production work of this movie was kickstarted in January 2020, but the progress has been delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Dhanush is currently awaiting the release of his new movie ‘Jagame Thandhiram’. The film is being directed by Karthik Subbaraj, and this upcoming flick is expected to be a high-voltage action thriller.

Aishwarya Lekshmi is playing the role of the lady lead in this movie. The supporting star cast includes James Cosmo, Joju George, Kalaiyarasan, Devan, and Soundararaja.

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The High Court has issued a notice to Rahman to explain the charges levelled against him.

A division bench of Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice V Bhavani Subbaroyan had sent the notice to composer A R Rahman.

The IT department has found discrepancies in Rahman’s tax filing for the year 2011-12 . They stated Madras HC that A R Rahman had routed a remuneration of Rs 3. 47 crore to A R Rahman Foundation.
The huge sum was his salary for composing ringtones for a UK-based telecom company called Libra Mobiles. The incident is said to have happened in 2011.

Under the three-year contract, Rahman was to compose exclusive ringtones for the company. The IT department alleged that the music composer had instructed the company to make the payment directly to his A R Rahman Foundation.

The department said that since the charitable trust did not have a licence under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act at that time, the amount of 3.47 crore was taxable income and cannot be considered as foreign contributions.

The counsel of the Income Tax department said that the income for work has to be received in Rahman’s individual account and it is taxable. After the deduction of income tax, it can be moved to the charitable trust.

Earlier, in February, the Madras HC had granted an interim stay on the order passed by the Commissioner of Goods and Services Tax (GST) and Central Excise (CE) asking AR Rahman to pay a sum of Rs 6.79 crore as arrear and an additional penalty of Rs 6.79 crore.

The GST officials said that Rahman earned income by composing for movies and receiving royalties for his music work. According to the GST council, the services were taxable and accused the composer for failing to pay service tax for the same.

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The undeniable truth that music is the universal language is once again proved by the ever popular music group Black Eyed Peas.

Black Eyed Peas’ new music video, for their song “Action”, is dedicated to over-the-top action scenes in Indian movies. The lead member of the band, William Adams, better known as will.i.am, shared the music video on Twitter.

He wrote, “Check out our video for #ACTION inspired by #BOLLYWOOD…ive always loved music from india…#Elephunk and #MonkeyBusiness were inspired by Indian Culture…thank you india for your vibrancy and contribution to the world…”

In the description of the music video, Black Eyed Peas shares that they have been “inspired by Indian culture from the beginning of our career.” They add that artistes like Asha Bhosle and AR Rahman have been influential in their songs “on more than one occasion.”

The action scenes are similar to the original, except for the faces of the actors, upon which Black Eyed Peas members Will.i.am, apl.de.ap and Taboo have superimposed their own faces through deep fake technology.

Scenes from the Swedish movie ‘Kopps’ and ‘Maryada Ramanna’ also appear in Action’s music video.

Music Maestro AR Rahman applauded the music video and quote-tweeted will.i.am’s tweet, “The borders are blurring through art! #tamilcinema @directorshankar #rajnikant #india.”

The borders are blurring through art!#tamilcinema @directorshankar #rajnikant #india https://t.co/kbED926VqH

— A.R.Rahman (@arrahman) August 9, 2020

The music video is incredibly funny and entertaining. It features scenes from films like Rajanikanth’s ‘Enthiran’, Vishal’s ‘Aambala’, Ajay Devgn’s ‘Singham’, among others.

Earlier Will.i.am collaborated with A. R Rahman for the former’s single ‘Birthday’. The song had similarities with A.R Rahman’s popular 90’s track ‘Urvashi, Urvashi”.

Watch the video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCJWZw0p9LE&feature=emb_title

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