What to say of this man?..His heart is filled with love and love only. ..It's high time for us to follow him and stop bashing others; as we'r not going to gain anything form it.. He is truly 'Modern Day Swami Vivekanada'.."history repeates itself in some or the other way.."
-jiban --- In [email protected], Vithur <vith...@...> wrote: > > God chose me to collect the Oscars' : Rahman 2 Mar 2009, 0407 hrs IST, > Bhama Devi Ravi, TNN > Print<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid- 4209723,prtpage-1.cms> > Email <javascript:openWindowmail('/mail/4209723.cms');> Discuss > Share<javascript:void(0)> > Save <javascript:showdivlayer('4209723','t','close');> > Comment<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Chennai/God-chose-me-to- collect-the-Oscars--Rahman/articleshow/4209723.cms#write> > Text: > CHENNAI: "The Westerners should know the > musicians<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Chennai/God-chose-me- to-collect-the-Oscars--Rahman/articleshow/4209723.cms#>, > how will they vote for someone whom they do not know? So, I met an agent who > guided me," Oscar-winner A R Rahman joked at a felicitation ceremony held > by the Cine Musicians" Union and Trust on Sunday. > > "People used to smile at me after Roja' and Americans smiled at me the same > way (after the Oscars) and praised me for the good > music<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Chennai/God-chose-me-to- collect-the-Oscars--Rahman/articleshow/4209723.cms#>," > said Rahman, who won two Oscars for Slumdog Millionaire.' "God had selected > me to collect it," he said, "Ten years ago when Japanese, Chinese and > Italian films used to make it to the Oscars, I used to wonder why Naushad, > Ilayaraja, M S Viswanathan, Madan Mohan and many others did not get the > awards. But they have people's love, which is a greater honour than the > Oscars." > > Rahman devoted a great deal of time in thanking the classical > music<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Chennai/God-chose-me-to- collect-the-Oscars--Rahman/articleshow/4209723.cms#>fraternity. > "When film music makes it big, rarely do purists acknowledge it. > But I have been surprised by the goodwill," the composer told the gathering, > which included M Balamurali Krishna. > > If the presence of Ilayaraja at the event set to rest the speculation about > Illayaraja's resoponse to Rahman winning the Oscars, especially after he > garlanded Rahman and presented him a gold chain, the feverish competition > between the fans of the two came to the fore when Rahman pleaded with his > fans not to create hatred. "There are a set of fans for every musician, and > I have been seeing a lot of hate mail on the web. Please respect everyone, > and I request my fans to desist from sullying anyone," Rahman said. > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Chennai/God-chose-me-to-collect- the-Oscars--Rahman/articleshow/4209723.cms > > -- > regards, > Vithur >
