Tuesday, August 25, 2009

JINGLES by A R RAHMAN

Before becoming a Movie composer Rahman has shown his glory in Non film music field and ads and jingles. That time he was A. S. Dileep. A R Rahman's first break in advertising field came through when he was asked to compose the jingle to promote Allwyn's new Trendy range of watches, in 1987. This ad invited attraction towards Rahman's talent. More and more offers came in his way.Rahman became favorite composer for the well-known brands like Boost, Titan, Hero Puch and Asian Paints. The jingles that he composed for the Leo Coffee ad starring Aravind Swamy and the Asian Paints ad directed by Rajeev Menon also won him awards and recognition. He also won an award for composing the theme music of the Madras Telugu Academy's Spirit of Unity Concerts. During his stint in advertising, he released his first ever complete music album, of Islamic devotional songs, titled 'Deen Isai Malai', in Tamil. This was later followed by 'Set Me Free', an album of English songs which was the launch album of singer Malgudi Subha, by Magnasound, where Dileep set the songs to tune. Subha had earlier sung for Dileep in many jingles. His career graph began to take the upward path, and as the result of his music's growning popularity he was invited by the famous director Maniratnam to compose tunes for his new film Roja. From then a new era of music has started. Full credits goes to the world renowned Music composer Rahman. He still makes his impression on both film and non-film field through his enchanting music.

Some of his Ad jingles are:

AirTel.... Live Every Moment.
(starring A R Rahman himself)
Allwyn Trendy Watches
Asian paints
(dir: Rajiv Menon)
Boost
(featuring Sachin Tendulkar and Kapil Dev)
Chirakukal serial in "Asia-Net"
Hero Puch
Jeenic Chocolates
JJTV
Leo coffee
MGM Disney World
MRF Tyres
Murugan Textiles
Parry's Kasthuri Tea
Permier Pressure Cooker
(Tilda Basmati has the same music)
Prince Jewellery
Remanika sarees (Cochin).
Springz Mineral Water
Sun TV
Tata Chola Tea
Theme of "Young World"
(The Hindu publication)
Title music for "Asia-Net"
the Malayalam TV network
Title music for Madras Telugu Academy's "Spirit of Unity concerts" on Doordarshan
Titan watches
INDIA - NDTV Hindi Channel Theme
Cinthol Soap - Starring Arvind Swamy
Non-Films

Jaya He

The International Fleet Review is an event of great National importance where for the first time India will be hosting 30 other Navies of the world on a very grand scale. BharatBala Productions have created a film for the Indian Navy in English and Hindi to be telecast on all television channels including Doordarshan. The soundtrack for the film is composed by A R Rahman and the voice is rendered by Amitabh Bachchan.


Desh ka salam
A Timeless moment
India came to a standstill

Desh ka salam was an effort to salute the martyrs of India. 960 million indians came together for a ten minutes to pay a tribute to them and their heroic act.

A dynamic statement on india's last independence day of this century.

Desh ka salam - a 10 minute film - a musical tribute by the greatest music maestros of India, also featuring Lata Mangeshkar's 'Ae Mere Watan ke Logon', specially re-rendered for this film.

This film was telecast across all television networks national and satellite, its audio was broadcast on all the networks of All India radio and web-cast on the Internet - simulataneously at 8 p.m. on August 15, 1999.
This brainchild of Bharatbala's created unprecendented and unparalleled media history in India...

3.70,119 internet users across the globe logged on to the web at 8:00 pm on August 15, for the 'live' webcast of 'Desh ka Salaam' on http://www.deskasalaam.com.

Telecast on 43 television channels at the same time, across India and worldwide.

Reached 90 million viewers and Radio audience across the country.

Broadcast on every radio network of All India Radio.


India on IMAX

A R Rahman in Bharat Bala Production "India on IMAX" film premeired at the launch of the first IMAX theatre in Mumbai. In keeping with their pioneering spirit in filmmaking, BharatBala Productions (BBP) has once again taken on the role of the leader in technological innovativeness in India, by producing the first Indian film on the IMAX format. The film made by Bala and Kanika is the first Indian production in the large format and will be screened at every film show at IMAX Adlabs, Mumbai. This film is of seven minutes duration depicting the magnificence of India, making an extraordinary impact on the IMAX screen.India on IMAX - the first ever film made worldwide about India on the large format. The film that shall bring to India the magnificence of an IMAX experience. The forerunner to many more Indian IMAX experiences in the future.


Ekam Satyam - Munich Concert

Melodious strains of 'Satyameva Jayate' (Truth alone shall Triumph) by music wizard A.R.Rahman provided an appropriate icing to an enchanting concert by pop king Michael Jackson in Munich on Sunday night in aid of the world's poor children. In the fusion experiment promoted by the Hinduja Family Rahman and his fellow artistes including Shobana and Prabhudeva, rung the curtains down on the nine-hour open air concert after Jackson electrified a 55000 strong audience with his famous numbers including 'We are the world' at the gigantic Olympic Stadium. The song Ekam Satyam was sung by A R Rahman & chorus and lyrics by Kanika Myer.


Hey Jawan Tujhe Salaam

A.R.Rahman was one among many cricketers, filmstars and other entertainers who participated in the Kargil Benefit Evening organised by Sahara at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on 11-07-99. The proceeds of the evening will be donated to the Central Defence Relief Fund. The evening featured a football match between filmstars and cricketers and an entertainment show. ARR rendered the Maa Tujhe Salaam number with the phrase 'Maa Tujhe Salaam' changed to 'Hey jawan Tujhe Salaam.' .The song was 'Hey Jawan Tujhe Salam' and was performed by A R Rahman & chorus. Mehboob wrote the lyrics


Oh Bosnia

The ARR concert in Malaysia in November 2, 1996 was in aid of Bosnian victims and called the Aid Bosnia Concert for the Bosnian Relief Fund. The concert was organised by the Malaysian Ministry of Welfare. For this occasion ARR specially composed and performed a song that went 'Bosnia Oh Bosnia'. The song had a choir of children singing it, with A R Rahman accompanying them on the piano. The lyrics were in Malay written by S S Omar.


Zindagi Se Pyar Karo

A. R. Rahman performed at the AIDS Awareness Concert organised by Mukti, A Smita Thackeray Foundation in association with the UB Group at the Andheri Sports Complex in Mumbai on the 24th of Dec 1998. A. R. Rahman's performance was the finale of the concert which had a turnout of nearly 60,000 people.

A. R. Rahman performed a song specially composed for the occasion, "Zindagi Se Pyar Karo" which was the theme song of the campaign.


Colours - Golden Krithis

A. R. Rahman has assisted Ustad Zakir Hussain and Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan on thir World tours as Keyboard player.At that time his name was Dileep. Later this concert was converted to album named "Colours-Golden Krithis".C Jeyasekar was the music director.



Violin : Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan
Tabla : Zakir Hussain
Music Orchestration, Arrangements, Conducting : C Jeyasekar
Keyboards : A. S. Dileep
Drums, Percussion : Sivamani
Mridangam : Srinivasan
String section : Kalyan

Songs were

  1. Quest for music (Maaya Malava Gowla)
  2. Valli Naayagane (Shanmugha Priya)
  3. Evolution (Maaya Malava Gowla)
  4. Samajavaragamana (Hindolam)
  5. Abharaama Bhakti (Bandhuvarali)

Friday, August 21, 2009

BOLD AND MIGHTY OF INDIA 2009:

A.R.RAHMAN,THE MUSICAL MAESTRO:
Ranked 4 OF 25
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Known as 'Mozart of Madras', Allah Rakha Rahman has sold more than 100 million records of his film scores and soundtracks worldwide, making one of the world's all-time top selling recording artists. In 2009, for his score of Slumdog Millionaire, Rahman won two Academy Awards for the best original music score and best original song at the 2009 Oscars. His first soundtrack for 'Roja' was listed in Time's '10 Best Soundtracks' of all time in 2005.

THE LITTLE MASTER
Ranked 21 of 25
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'If cricket is religion, then Sachin is God', is enough to describe what Sachin Tendulkar is to his fans all over the world. The Master Blaster has been the pioneer of cricket and arguably one of the best batsmen in the world of cricket. He is the highest run-maker in both the One-Day Internationals and Test version of the game with highest number of centuries and he is raring for more. The little master has been the nemesis for bowlers all over the world and continues to haunt them on any surface. His ability to play according to the situation makes him almost perfect.

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

INDIA'S MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSONS ARR and MASTER

Arts and Entertainment: A.R. Rahman

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Arts and Entertainment: A.R. Rahman

Age: 43
Musician and Composer

Long the voice of modern Indian pop music, Rahman this year earned international recognition as the Oscar-winning composer of the soundtrack for Slumdog Millionaire. He has brought an urban sophistication to Bollywood soundtracks, mixing jazz, rock, and reggae influences with Indian classical music, and using electronic sound-editing, initially uncommon in India, to complement lyrics from some of India's best-known poets and songwriters. His songs have often catapulted even lackluster films to box-office success.

Sports: Sachin Tendulkar

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Sports: Sachin Tendulkar

Age: 35
Cricket Star

India's most revered cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar broke onto the world stage at 16 and since then has become the highest scorer ever in both forms of the game. Picked as the second-best batsman in history by Wisden, the renowned cricketing almanac, Tendulkar often walks out to the batting pitch to the roaring expectations of hundreds of millions of Indian cricket fans. But off the field, he has become the largest sports brand in India, signing promotion deals that are reported to be close to $45 million over his lifetime.







Thursday, August 13, 2009


SECOND BEST EVER:::

THE WISDEN ANNOUNCES THE ALL TIME BEST::

MASTER U r Awsesome!!!

Test Batsmen:
Don Bradman
Sachin Tendulkar
Viv Richards
Garry Sobers
Allan Border [ Images ]
Jack Hobbs
K Barrington
Sunil Gavaskar
Greg Chappel
Brian Lara

Test Bowlers:
Mutthiah Muralitharan
Richard Hadlee
S Barnes
Shane Warne
C Grimmett
Glen McGrath [ Images ]
Dennis Lillee
Malcolm Marshall
Imran Khan [ Images ]
Courtney Walsh

One-day Batsmen:
Viv Richards
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Dean Jones
Michael Bevan
Sourav Ganguly
Mark Waugh
Zaheer Abbas
Jaques Kallis
Saeed Anwar

One-day Bowlers:
Wasim Akram
Allan Donald
Waqar Younis
Glenn McGrath
Joel Garner
Saqlain Mushtaq
Mutthiah Muralitharan
Shaun Pollock [ Images ]
Shane Warne
Dennis Lillee



THE ASSETS:


ACADEMY FOR MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES (OSCARS)
Best Achievement in Original Score for a Motion Picture - Slumdog Millionaire (2009)
Best Achievement in Original Song for a Motion Picture - Jai Ho, Slumdog Millionaire (2009)
BAFTA
Best Music(Slumdog Millionaire)
GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS
Best Composer(Slumdog Millionaire)
CIVILIAN AWARDS
Padmashree (Jan 2000) Title awarded by the Government of India
Awadh Sammaan (May 2001) awarded by Uttar Pradesh government
Al-Ameen Education Society Community Award (2001)
Amir Khusro Sangeet Nawaz Award (2002)
Lata Mangeshkar Samman, awarded by Madhya Pradesh Government 2005
Mahavir Mahatma Award Awarded by the Oneness Foundation, April 2005
Stanford University Award for Contribution to Global Music Jan 2006
NATIONAL AWARDS
Roja (1993)
Minsara Kanavu (1997)
Lagaan (2002)
Kannathil Muthamittaal (2003)
FILMFARE AWARDS
Best Music Roja (Tamil, 1993)
Best Music Gentleman (Tamil, 1994)
R D Burman Award for Best new musical talent (for Roja, Hindi; 1995)
Best Music Kadhalan (Tamil, 1995)
Best Music Rangeela (Hindi; 1996)
Best Music Bombay (Tamil, 1996)
Best Music Kadhal Desam (Tamil, 1997)
Best Music Minsara Kanavu (Tamil, 1998)
Best Music Dil Se.. (Hindi; 1999)
Best Music Jeans (Tamil, 1999)
Best Music Taal (Hindi; 2000)
Best Music Mudhalvan (Tamil, 2000)
Best Music Alai Payuthey (Tamil, 2001)
Best Music Lagaan (Hindi; 2002)
Best Background Score Technical Award The Legend of Bhagat Singh (Hindi; 2003)
Best Music Saathiya (Hindi; 2003)
Best Background Music Swades (Hindi, 2005)
Best Music Rang De Basanti (Hindi; 2007)
Best Music Sillunu Oru Kadhal (Tamil; 2007)
Best Music - Guru (Hindi, 2008)
Best Background Score - Guru (Hindi, 2008)
Best Background Score - Jodhaa Akbar (Hindi, 2009)
Best Music - Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na (Hindi, 2009)
SCREEN AWARDS
Kadhal Desam (South - Tamil; 1997)
Minsara Kanavu (South - Tamil; 1998)
Vande Mataram (Non-film; 1998)
Taal (Hindi; 2000)
Best Background Score Rang De Basanti (Hindi, 2007)
Best Composer Guru (Hindi; 2008)
Best Background Score Guru (Hindi; 2008)
Best Music - Guru (Hindi, 2008)
Best Background Score - Jodhaa Akbar(Hindi, 2009)
Best Music category - Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na(Hindi, 2009)
DINAKARAN CINE AWARDS
Minsara Kanavu (1998)
Jeans (1999)
Mudalvan, Kadhalar Dhinam (2000)
TAMIL NADU STATE AWARD
Roja (1993)
Gentleman (1994)
Kadhalan (1995)
Bombay (1996)
Minsara Kanavu (1998)
Sangamam (2000)
CINEMA EXPRESS AWARD
Roja (1993)
Gentleman (1994)
Kadhalan (1995)
Kadhal Desam (1997)
Jeans (1999)
KALASAAGAR AWARD
Roja (1993)
Gentleman (1994)
Kadhalan (1995)
Bombay (1996)
FILMFANS' AWARD
Roja (1993)
Gentleman (1994)
Kadhalan (1995)
Bombay (1996)
CINEGOERS' AWARD
Roja (1993)
Gentleman (1994)
Kadhalan (1995)
Bombay (1996)
ZEE AWARDS
Zee Cine Awards (2008) Best Composer and Best Background Score Guru
Zee Sangeet Awards (1999) Dil Se.. Zee Cine Awards (2000) Taal
Zee Gold Bollywood International Awards (2000) Taal
Zee Fairglow Awards (2002) Best Music Lagaan
Zee Gold Bollywood Awards (2002) Lagaan
Zee Cine Awards (2003) Best Music Saathiya
Zee Gold Bollywood Awards (2003) Best Music Saathiya
Zee Cine Awards 2003 Best Background Music The Legend of Bhagat Singh
Zee Cine Awards 2007 Best Composer Rang De Basanti
INTERNATIONAL INDIAN FILM AWARDS (IIFA)
Best Music Taal (2000) Best Music Lagaan (2002)
Best Music Saathiya (2003)
Best Background Score Saathiya (2003)
Best Background Score Rang De Basanti (2007)
Best Song Recording Rang De Basanti (2007)
Best Composer Rang De Basanti (2007)
Best Music - Guru (Hindi, 2007)
GLOBAL INDIAN FILM AWARDS (GIFA)
Best Background Music Rang De Basanti, 2007
Best Music Rang De Basanti, 2007

BIOGRAPHY OF A GLOBAL INDIAN:
A. R. Rahman is the man who has redefined contemporary Indian music, is the pride of the Indian nation and a role model for millions around the world. Rahman, hailed by time magazine as the ‘Mozart of Madras’ is one of the most successful artistes of all time and according to a BBC estimate, has sold more than 100 million albums of his works comprising of music from movies.

Early Days Rahman was born in a musically affluent family and he started playing the piano at a very young age. His father, R K Shekhar was a composer, arranger and conductor for Malayalam movies. Unfortunately, his father died when he was only 9 and the family started renting out musical equipment to make ends meet. Young Rahman then joined noted composer Ilayaraja’s troupe as a keyboardist and computer programmer. After working with several renowned composers like Ilayaraja, Vishwanathan-Ramamurthy, Zakir Hussain and L Shankar, he set out on his own to compose jingles and scores for popular Indian television features. During this period, he also obtained a degree in western classical music from the Trinity College of Music, London and went on to set up his own in-house studio called Panchathan record- inn at Chennai which is arguably Asia’s most sophisticated and hi-tech studio.

The Musical Journey
In 1991, noted film maker Mani Ratnam offered Rahman a movie ‘Roja’ which was a run-away success and brought nationwide fame and acclaim to the composer. The movie also led Rahman to receive the Indian National Award for the Best Music Composer, the first time ever by a debutant. Time magazine rated the soundtrack of ‘Roja’ in their top ten compilations of the all time 100 best movie soundtracks of the world.

Rahman is widely considered as the man who single-handedly revived public interest in Indian film music in the nineties. Rahman followed up ‘Roja’ with ‘Gentleman’, ‘Thiruda Thiruda’, ‘Kaadhalan’, ‘Bombay’ and ‘Minssara Kannavu’ all of which were huge chartbusters and were dubbed in Hindi as well. Some of the other hits in Tamil include ‘Alaipayuthey’, ‘Kandukondein Kandukondein’, ‘Jeans’, ‘Mudalvan’, ‘Kannathil Muthamittal’ & ‘Boys’. His foray into Hindi movies started off with a big bang with ‘Rangeela’ followed by ‘Dil Se’, ‘Taal’, ‘1947 Earth’, ‘Pukar’, ‘Lagaan’ , ‘Zubeida’, ‘Meenaxi’, ‘The Legend of Bhagat Singh’, ‘Yuva’, ‘Tehzeeb’ ‘Swades’, ‘Bose: The Forgotten Hero’, ‘Water’ and ‘Rang De Basanti’ all of which have been critically acclaimed and well received.

In 1997, to commemorate 50 years of Indian Independence, Sony Music signed up Rahman as its first artiste in South Asia. The result was ‘Vande Matram’, an album that instantly made Indian youth relate to it and succeeded in rekindling the spirit of patriotism.

Global Calling
In 2001, Andrew Lloyd Webber, the well known composer of musicals like ‘Phantom of the Opera’, ‘Cats’, ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ etc., invited Rahman to compose for the musical, ‘Bombay Dreams’. The first time he would produce a musical he did not compose for. Bombay dreams opened to packed houses at London’s West End. The show had an unprecedented run for 2 years and later premiered at New York’s Broadway. Rahman also composed the score for a Chinese film, ‘Warriors of Heaven and Earth’ and a piece for the award winning violinist/musician Vanessa Mae called ‘Raga’s Dance.

His most recent work was for the stage adaptation of J R R Tolkien’s ‘Lord Of The Rings’ that premiered in Canada in 2006 and in London in 2007.

The ‘Bombay Theme’ from the movie ‘Bombay’ features was most prominently noticed in the movie ‘Lord of War’ starring Nicholas Cage. The track, ‘Chaiyya Chaiyya’ from the movie ‘Dil Se’ features in the Spike Lee movie, ‘Inside Man’, starring Oscar winner, Denzel Washington. Recognition Rahman has won 18 Filmfare Awards, 3 MTV Awards, 4 IIFA Awards, 6 Tamil Nadu State Awards, 6 Zee Awards, 4 Screen Awards and lots more. He has also been conferred the prestigious ‘Padmashree’ ,the highest civilian honour in India by the Government of India in the year 2000 for outstanding contribution to the Indian film industry.

Philanthropy
Rahman is also involved with charitable causes. In 2004, he was appointed as the global ambassador of the Stop TB Partnership, a project by the World Health Organization (WHO).

As a producer on the single ‘We can make it Better’ by Don Asian alongside Mukhtar Sahota, he showed his charitable side with all the proceeds going to the tsunami victims, as did his 2004 tsunami relief concert in India.

More recently, Rahman launched the A R Rahman Foundation, which is a step towards eradication of hunger and poverty. The aim of the foundation is to tackle the issue of poverty by providing education to the poor and equipping them with knowledge and skills to earn a living.

An immediate outcome of this initiative was Rahman’s first single in the English language called ‘Pray for me brother’, which released in early 2007 wherein all proceeds from sales are towards the A R Rahman Foundation.

The ReaL MAESTRO!!!!!


A.R. Rahman to host free concert in Australia

Bureau News August 13th, 2009


If it’s true that music washes away sins from soul, the dust of everyday life: here comes Maestro A.R. Rahman with his attempts on proving it. With our Indian students being repeatedly harassed in racial attacks, the academy award winner has decided to express his anguished over it. Now, he has planned to stage a concert in Australia free of cost.


Interacting with media channels, Rahman has said, “I hope this musical concert will sort out racial problems and bring peace and harmony amongst everyone.”

A.R. Rahman has scheduled the concert on January 10, 2010. It’s remarkable to note here, that Rahman’s musical album ‘PRAY FOR ME BROTHER’ based on World peace was acclaimed universally.


Just have look at the records held by Sachin Tendulkar. No wonder why British Prime Minister is suggesting him for the honor of Sir .......




1. Highest Run scorer in the ODI
2. Most number of hundreds in the ODI 41
3. Most number of nineties in the ODI
4. Most number of man of the matches(56) in the ODI's
5. Most number of man of the series(14) in ODI's
6. Best average for man of the matches in ODI's
7. First Cricketer to pass 10000 run in the ODI
8. First Cricketer to pass 16000 run in the ODI
9. He is the highest run scorer in the world cup (1,796 at an average of 59.87 as on 20 March 2007)
10. Most number of the man of the matches in the world cup



11. Most number of runs 1996 world cup 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of 87.16
12. Most number of runs in the 2003 world cup 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup
13. He was Player of the World Cup Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
14. Most number of Fifties in ODI's 91*
15. Appeared in Most Number of ODI's 425*
16. He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years.
17. Most number of 100's in test's 42.
18. He is one of the three batsmen to surpass 11,000 runs in Test cricket, and the first Indian to do so
19. He is thus far the only cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honor
20. In 2003, Wisden rated Tendulkar as d No. 1 and Richards at No. 2 in all time Greatest ODI player



21. In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman.
22. he was involved in unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli,
23. Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts
24. In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire
25. Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma Shri by Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them.
26. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODI's 7 times
27. Tendulkar has scored 1894 runs in calendar year in ODI's most by any batsman
28. He is the highest earning cricketer in the world
29. He has the least percentage of the man of the matches awards won when team looses a match. Out of his 56 man of the match awards only 5 times India has lost.
30. Tendulkar most number man of match awards(10) against Australia

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31. In August of 2003, Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the "Greatest Sportsman" of the country in the sport personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News.
32. In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes.
33. In December 2006, he was named "Sports person of the Year
34. The current India Poised campaign run by The Times of India has nominated him as the Face of New India next to the likes of Amartya Sen and Mahatma Gandhi among others.
35. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket
36. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 75 centuries in international cricket:79 centuries
37. Has the most overall runs in cricket, (ODIs+Tests+Twenty20s), as of 30 June 2007 he had accumulated almost 26,000 runs overall.
38. Is second on the most number of runs in test cricket just after Brian Lara
39. Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,271 runs in 128 matches
40. The 20 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly are a world record



41. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999
42. Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches - a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid
43. Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998
44. Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (41 Centuries and 87 Fifties)(as of 18th Nov, 2007)
45. the only player ever to cross the 13,000-14,000 and 15,000 run marks IN ODI.
46. Highest individual score among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999).
47. The score of 186* is listed the fifth highest score recorded in ODI matches
48. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major Cricketing nations.
49. Sachin was the fastest to reach 10,000 runs taking 259 innings and has the highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs
50. Most number of Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds



51. Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185
52. On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world
53. When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century
54. Tendulkar's record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record
55. Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side
56. Tendulkar has scored centuries against all test playing nations.[7] He was the third batman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten
57. Tendulkar has 4 seasons in test cricket with 1000 or more runs - 2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs).[6] Gavaskar is the only other Indian with four seasons of 1000+ runs
58. He is second most number of seasons with over 1000 runs in world.
59. On 3 January 2007 Sachin Tendulkar (5751) edged past Brian Lara's (5736) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home
60. Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings

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61. Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches
62. Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara.
63. Tendulkar is fourth on the list of players with most Test caps. Steve Waugh (168 Tests), Allan Border (158 Tests), Shane Warne (145 Tests) have appeared in more games than Tendulkar
64. Tendulkar has played the most number of Test Matches(158*) for India (Kapil Dev is second with 131 Test appearances).
65. First to 25,000 international runs
66. Tendulkar's 29,386* runs in international cricket include 16,684* runs in OD I's, 12,702* Tests runs and 10 runs in the lone Twenty20 that India has played.
67. On December 10, 2005, Tendulkar made his 35th century in Tests at Delhi against Sri Lanka. He surpassed Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 centuries to become the man with the most number of hundreds in Test cricket.
68. Tendulkar is the only player who has 154 wkts and more than 16000* runs in ODI
69. Tendulkar is the only player who has 42 wkts and more than 12000* runs in Tests
70. Only batsman to have 100 hundreds in the first class cricket