MUSIC MAESTRO: A R Rahman

Breaking barriers      For those in doubt of Oscar winner A R Rahman's knoledge of Telugu, here's a resounding reply from the man himself?           The composer's latest tweet reads, "Nenu A R Rahman Matladtunnanu", perhaps keeping in mind the target audience for his latest Telugu album Puli Despite going global in every sense of the word, the humble man has managed to stick to his roots, which was clearly evident when he used the now-famous Ellapughazhum Iraivanukke....line when he received the Oscar awards, The ace composer has sung a number Maaralante... in Puli. "It's my favourite song in the alnum, "says the composer in an interview on the music company's official web poage, "It's about Gandhiji's philosophy that if you do good to one person, your're doing good to the whole world. It has verses from various ancient texts too."