![]() The cassette became a bestseller in no time. The Vande Mataram album released in August 1997, three days before the 50th Independence Day. The Tamil version, Thai Manney Vanakkam, was written by Vairamuthu. The Hindi lyrics for Maa Tujhe Salam, the title song from the album, were written by Mehboob, who’d worked with Rahman for albums like Rangeela and Daud. AR Rahman was the first artiste they signed for a three album contract.Ĭonceptualized, funded and directed by Bala and Kanika, Rahman came on board to make an album to commemorate 50 years of Indian independence. 1997 was also the year that Sony Music entered the Indian market and sought to promote local artistes internationally. The idea of making a patriotic album reportedly came from his school friend Bharat Bala, an ad filmmaker who is the son of a freedom fighter. ![]() ![]() At the time, Rahman, who had just turned 30, still had his flamboyant hairstyle and it had been only five years since he'd blazed into the national music scene with Roja.
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