NDTV 24*7, Times Now, CNN-IBN and Headlines Today were focussing more on the awards, they had been covering the even from quite a few weeks. So no surprises there.
But 30 mins after AR won was when the Hindi channels started with their 'BREAKING NEWS', NDTV India though had been covering the event right from the start. Aaj Tak, India TV anchors pronounced the name of the Dir as Danny Boy. They absolutely no clue. Of all Times now - NDTV 24*7/India covered it BEST. --- In [email protected], $ Pavan Kumar $ <pawancum...@...> wrote: > > As soon as rahman walked off the stage, I switched over to news channels and it was great to see them appreciating rahman. > > The best was by Times now and another channel by name News 24. > > CNN IBN had rajeev masand speaking about rahman's music and praising him. > > Times now had telephonic conversation with Irfan Khan and Shabhana Azmi.Irfan was prasing rahman too.. When the anchor asked Shabhana Azmi that does it proves that Is India's best..She said..There is no question of Rahman being india's best, He is World's best composer. It was so heartening to witness all this live. > > News 24 was repeatedly playing the video of rahman on stage.. > > NDTV India had a special feature on rahman winning the golden globe within 10mins of his winning the award. They showed how a man from Roja till the slumdog has made indian's proud. They played Dil hai chotasa to start with, then moved on to movies like Bombay,Jeans,Dil se,Nayak, and then to Jaane tu.,.,,wow man..From dil hai chotasa to Kabhi Kabhi aditi..What a music ARR has given us..such haunting melodies all from a single man....am lost of words.. > > Aaj Tak & India Tv were late to start...but once they started..it was in there typical style..it was in full swing..it was celebration of sorts.. > > Even the headlines in most of the channels was rahman and sdm winning the awards, the 2nd story was of the satyam fiasco.. > > All these within 15-20mins after rahman won the award, i didnt watch the rest of the ceremony as i was hooked to these channels praising our boss..these type of moments dont happen often...and it made me feel proud and gave me the feeling of what exactly it feels like to be the happiest man on the planet... > > Everybody were praising rahman on how he is india's best...Thanks to the Indian media..I dont have any complaints..It took a award from hollywood to make you guys realize rahman's worth..bit late..but no complaints... > > This is going to lead to many more awards & recognition for rahman...there is no doubt that he would be sweeping all awards in our bollywood, I am sure government too would step in and recognize rahman¢s achievements > > Congrats to ARR...We are proud of you sir.. > > --- On Sun, 1/11/09, Bergin Roy <bergin...@...> wrote: > > From: Bergin Roy <bergin...@...> > Subject: [arr] Now Indian Media does the honor > To: "ARRahmanfans" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, January 11, 2009, 7:20 PM > > > > > > > > > NDTV, CNN-IBN honor ARR in the home page. >
