Rahman has teamed up with music label Phat Phish Records to do a reality series where they will give a variety of bands a chance to get their music released as well as perform worldwide. With the objective of hunt for potential singers in all forms of music, the Big Band show will cover a pan Asia hunt irrespective of physical, ethnic, and cultural boundaries from India to Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore.

The winner band will be awarded a prize money of Rs 1 crore and a three-year recording contract with Phat Phish. The contract also includes releasing three albums, six music videos, tours and concerts across the globe besides mentoring from leading musicians.

A R Rahman’s tie up with Phat Phish Records aims to find not one but a few bands from across the subcontinent that thrive on originality and give them a mainstream release. Bands from across genres can send in their entries to Phat Phish Records over the next month and will be judged in three categories. Namely, their remake of a popular folk or mainstream tune, their rendition of a tune composed by Rahman for the series and one of their original tracks.

So here is a door opening for all those who are in search of lime-light in the Music World.