Mumbai indeed...hahha...dont believe what the media says...its all hyped up and silly...yest on a channel called 7 (dunno if its telecast outside mumbai), it felt as if she was reading from a website...said a r r has worked with david bryne, karen david etc...his non film albums were vande matram, live in dubai (oh god !) etc...hahahahah forget it !
Cheers
Vij
Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This is the complete list of people who were investigated by the IT
department:
Apart from Rahman, others whose houses were raided were actors Vivek,
Vikram, Vijay, Trisha, Sneha, Silambarasan, Surya and `Jayam' Ravi,
financiers Sanjay Wadhwani, Subash Nager and Pankaj Mehta, directors
and producers 'Oscar' Ravichandran, T. Rajendran, S.A. Chandrasekhar
and S. Shankar, music directors Harris Jayaraj and Yuvan Shankar Raja
and playback singers Srinivas and Mano.
ARR is the only personality in this list who is renowned outside of
Tamil Nadu (or to an extent, AP), which is why his name was played up
so much in the national media. The Tamil media has been focussing more
on the likes of Vijay and Vikram.
At least two reports said that ARR was led away for a discussion after
he arrived from Mumbai at 5 40 PM, which seems rather unlikely, if
Vijay's post is to be believed.
To a question why mega stars of Tamil film industry remained
untouched, he said, "I reserve my comments." Dutta said
By most accounts, it appears that Rs. 1 crore has been listed as
unaccounted after raiding 20 people. No matter how low the quantum or
who the person, if guilty, it warrants no condonation, but its just a
pointer to the IT Dept's propensity to create publicity for
themselves, while the big fish get away.
Our faith in ARR remains resolute and lets wait for the facts to speak
for themselves.
--- In [email protected], "badrie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> It seems rather emphatic effort by the press to bring ARR under bad
> light. The raids were conducted in almost every other Top film stars
> in Chennai, but they decide to put ARRs photos in all the sites.
> Others who came under the raid included Yuvan Shankar, Vikram,
> Vijay, Trisha... and the list goes on. Arent they biggies in
> kollywood, y dont they write more about what happened there?
>
> All the major websites, press releases have been dogmatic in
> singling ARR and splashing his photos with headlines "IT scrutiny".
> Whats all this bad press all about? He was always their darling when
> he made waves in music. Just coz he is a popular figure they want
> his photos visible in the news so that ppl buy their stories.
>
> I know the Central Govt is only trying to do their job; and am sure
> in the next cple of days we will all be enlightened with their
> calculations and what each star owes. Well before the press start
> making judgements abt ARR or his earnings, I wud want them to also
> take into consideration his humanitarian efforts and contributions.
> He has conducted concerts all over the world and most of the
> proceeds have been donated to NGOs and Non-Profit Service
> Organizations.
>
> * I dont remember any other music director contributing something
> towards National Integration with an album like Vande Mataram, Jana
> Gana Mana
>
> * Innumerous concerts in an effort to support NGOs like Banyan
>
> * Spirit of Unity Concert series
>
> * Anthem to fight TB and not to forget a special status as UN
> Ambassdor to lead the fight against the disease
>
> * Concert for the families who were victims to the Tsunami disaster
>
> and his contributions keep going on....
>
> I was doing some research on the web and it looks like IT Dept is
> doing this as a relegious act every year around September /October,
> and all these raids on Film personalities. In 2000 they did the same
> thing with Bollywood biggies, and now they have turned their
> attention to the South. I dont know how genuine are their
> intentions, but in a country filled with plagiarism and corruption,
> their first target should be politicians and industrial big wigs,
> then those in the entertainment sector.
>
>
> As ARR fans we can all only hope that he is undeterred by all these
> bad press and continues to give us all the best in music.
>
> Talent cannot be Taxed!
>
> Outcries from a loyal fan
> Badrie
>
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