ya really great.. 25,000 per head for 100 persons.. 25 lakhs... OMG! Rahman's yet another tribute to music industry...
ARR.. carving the niche all the way |/\| On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 9:50 PM, Kalimuthu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Awesome. Good to hear! > > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 6:01 AM, Vithur <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]<vithurm%40gmail.com>> > 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 > > > > > >
