Awesome. Good to hear!
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 6:01 AM, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Nakheeran Issue Dated April 23, 2008 > > Saregama Padha nee - Sattamilladha Udhavi ( A help rendered without > publicity) > > A.R. Rahman has done a service without making any publicity. Film cirlces > are buzzing about this help done by Rahman. There is a society formed > amongst the Tamil Film Cinema circle. It is a very old society. When it was > started, all musicians from Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, andhra were > members of it. At one stage, it got disintegrated, and people from other > states other than Tamilnadu got seperated. And so, only musicians from Tamil > Nadu stayed in the end. > > There were people who had Music Knowledge and experience, but as people > became old, the society couldnt function as before, and slowly stopped > functioning. All the musicians also became debt ridden. > > Amongst those musicians, 100 people above 50 years were selected, Rahman had > given them Rs 25,000 each. By doing this, Rahman has not only supported the > musicians, but also music. When asked some musicians, they replied , " > Without His permission, we cannot give a public interview on this, which > would be like tarnshing the service done by Rahman". Thus saying they > stopped giving the interview. > > When contaced the Chennai Light Musicians Leader Raghuraj chakravarthy, he > said , " Senior Musicians, that too people who have dedicated themselves for > music have been suffering in life. Knowing this, and being unable to bear > this pain, He has supported them, which is a very proud effort. We could > have arranged a very big function for this. But, if we would have done like > that, the very purpose of he doing this would not have been served. He has > done this without any propaganda which is a very big deed". > > " Rahman felt very bad, when he heard about about these musicians, who have > been hit badly in their lives. He wanted to help them in some way or the > other. So, he decided to initially assist 100 people, ( people who are old > enough), and thus putting faith on his close associate he dediced the list > of people to be helped. He drew a cheque of Rs 25,000 /- on each and every > person out of that 100 list. He called the people concerned and distributed > to them. He had done this so that the monies will reach the right people, at > the right time, with the right amount. He had clearly told them, not to > publicise this, and had even requested about this. > > ( Scanned Article in Tamil will be uploaded in flicr soon) > > > > > -- > regards, > Vithur > > Whatever God wants to give, no one can deny; Whatever God wants to deny, no > one can give. Be happy always > >
