Roja

A. R. Rahman's first film score, for Mani Ratnam's Roja, won India's National Film Award for best music direction. Rahman brought studio-built electronic textures, digital clarity and new rhythmic ideas into Tamil film song while keeping its melodic core. The songs travelled widely in dubbed versions, and the score marks the start of a career that changed how Indian film music sounds.

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