With a fine balance between unadulterated compositions and colorful crowd pleasers, one involving the services of fellow composer Yuvan Shankar Raja, AR Rahman completes yet another year at the top. Maryan dominated the airwaves and emerged as the best performing album on iTunes this year. With his silver screen debut, Bharat Bala has indicated that he’s yet another promising director who can dig out gems from AR Rahman's musical treasure trove.

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