A.R. Rahman posing with models

Fans of Rahman got the shock of their lives on seeing Akon’s new hit ‘Beautiful’. The music video has a 3-second shot of A.R. Rahman smiling and posing in front of beautiful models who were dancing behind him. The video also features American pop singer Colby O'Donis and Canadian hip hop artist Kardinal Offishall. A.R. Rahman, after winning two Oscars, is in no mood to rest as he is already making his presence felt. With

the Oscars in the kitty, a Grammy is not far away. From behindwoods.com we would like to wish the Mozart of Madras all the very best and greedily ask him to go International and grab all the possible awards he can lay his hands on. Rahman makes an appearance at 2:28 minutes into the video.

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Akon-A.R. Rahman to collaborate?

Looking at his fame in Asian countries, especially in India, Akon has decided to release a special album which would be a conglomeration of bhangra and hip-hop. And to accomplish this, he is rumoured to have contacted A.R. Rahman.

Kollywood grapevine says that Akon had sent his manager to contact A.R. Rahman and discuss this idea. It also confirms that Akon's manager and ARR had a positive round of discussions and agreed to work together to release an exclusive album which will be a mixture of Afro-American and Indian music.

Akon is also said to have contacted Sonu Nigam, famous Bollywood playback singer who is touted as the "next Mohammed Rafi", for a similar project. Well, if this project takes off, it would be lovely to hear Sonu's mesmerizing voice serving as the background to Akon's rap.

Akon rose to fame in India with the song 'Mr. Lonely', an international chartbuster featured in his debut album Trouble and this magic was repeated in 'Smack that' (Konvicted). His 'Belly dancer' from his debut album 'Trouble' did well too, making Akon an international symbol of hip-hop music.

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