Source - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/First-reaction-from-LA-Please-dont-go-overboard/articleshow/4180033.cms
MUMBAI: "I have a simple request. Please don't go overboard about me," says the double-bill Oscar winner from his room no 704 in a Los Angeles Hotel. "I don't want people to say, `Oh no, not this guy again." Excited about his two Oscars, Rahman says, "I wasn't sure about winning. I had heard media reports saying that the music wouldn't win. So I was just concentrating entirely on my performance at the Awards function. When the first trophy came my way, it didn't sink in. But when I picked up the second trophy I was truly excited." "I am happy and indebted to the people of India whose good wishes won me this award. I also thank the American people and Academy Members for voting for me." Talking of India breaking the sound barrier in the west, Rahman says, "Earlier there was a kind of an aversion in the West when you played anything that didn't fit in with their culture. However, now they're open to our music; and the acceptance of the Slumdog Millionaire track is evidence of this." "Subhash Ghai is the one who asked me to use the words `Jai Ho' in a song. He said the words had a positive feel. It was like a prayer. I honestly didn't think the song would win me an Oscar though. But like the film Slumdog suggests, everything has its own destiny." Sharing his plans to come back and host a party for all lyricists, technicians and musicians who have worked with him from the days of Mani Ratnam's Roja, Rahman says, "When you trust God and do something it always works out for the best."
