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Roja

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["National Film Award Best Music Direction (A
R
Rahman, debut)","Filmfare Award Best Music Director South","National Film Award Best Direction (Mani Ratnam)"]

About

Roja (1992) is Mani Ratnam's landmark Tamil film about a newly married woman searching for her kidnapped husband in Kashmir. A.R. Rahman composed his debut film score for Roja at age 25 — a groundbreaking fusion of classical Indian, folk, and electronic music that changed Bollywood music forever. The film won the National Film Award for Best Music Direction. The title track Roja Jaaneman and Chinna Chinna Aasai remain classics of Indian cinema.

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Music

A.R. Rahman
A.R. Rahman Composer — Film Debut

A.R. Rahman composed his breakthrough debut score for Roja at age 25, winning the National Film Award for Best Music Direction and changing Indian film music forever.