Hello, We as Indians, witnessed a tragedy in the last 5 days - the Terrorist attacks in Bombay in which many innocent civilians lost their lives and so did many of the best cadre cops and commandos. We, as A.R.Rahman fans, received one more tragic news - that of the untimely demise of H.Sridhar. We might not have only expressed it, but H.Sridhar's craftwork has been so much entwined with Rahman's music and we all have been H.Sridhar's fans as well, all along. We only never expressed it exactly in that way. but i strongly believe that all ARR fans would have been and are fans of H.Sridhar (and Sivakumar too) because he was responsible for the sound of ARR songs. His demise means immense loss, not only to Rahman, but also to all of us. At this juncture, I only request Rahman to, IF POSSIBLE, release a personal album (private album), dedicating it to all those who lost their lives in Bombay tragedy and H.Sridhar too. An album which is all about peace. I know my wish seems to be far fetched, but then, i think it would be a humble gesture, to pay tribute. The reason i am suggesting or proposing this is because i am sure that Rahman himself might have been terribly moved by these tragedies. Probably he can do it with "Connections" album too, provided the theme and mood of the songs in this album are in-line with sentiments i or rather we all feel, in a time like this. My message might or might not reach ARR. But i am still trying,by posting it here, only because we have a huge fans base and if many of the fans here share the same thoughts as i do, probably it might reach Rahman through some channel. I hope he reads this or atleast someone from this group can pass this to him. Just hoping.
Regards Kamal Aakarsh Vishnubhotla. http://kamal-aakarsh.blogspot.com
