It was a combination of many peoples suggestions and destiny working
it's charm that the genius was eventually approached, had all the
factors not been present Danny wouldn't be persistent enough in
chasing AR Bhai and this could have not had happened.
Be well and god bless,
Matthew
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On 30 Jan 2009, at 00:53, "ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala
acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni ." <[email protected]
> wrote:
But in one of the interview, AR himself said that it was Anil
kapoor's daughter who suggested his name to Danny. So which one is
true?!
..
I'd Love for Danny Boyle to have Rahman for all his upcoming movies.
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> *Have you met him?*
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> *What made you settle for an Indian backdrop?*
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> *The film which was to have a DVD release is now running to packed
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