touching and scintillating... On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Mohamed Hashir <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is from arr biography by 'gops' > > *One very interesting incident that occurred that year, was at the annual > Screen-Videocon* > *Awards for cinematic excellence in Mumbai. Following the super success of > 'Rangeela',* > *everyone took it for granted that Rahman would win the award for Best > Music. Even the* > *organisers forced him to come all the way from Madras to Mumbai, saying > that he had got the* > *award and he had to receive it personally. On the night of the Awards > ceremony, everyone at* > *the event and those watching the show live on T.V. were shocked into > stunned silence when* > *the award for Best Music Score was given away to Rajesh Roshan for a > fairly popular though* > *largely copied score in 'Karan-Arjun'. Even the compere of the show Javed > Jaffrey was taken* > *aback and immediately rushed to Rahman in the audience and asked him for > his reaction. All* > *that Rahman said was 'God is Great!' which immediately won the hearts of > everybody. Such is* > *the humbleness of this man.* > * * > * > > *On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Vithur <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It was the Year 1996, and there was a function in Mumbai for giving >> Awards. It was in that year that Rahman's " Rangeela" was rocking the entire >> North India. There was no Hindi speaking person who was not humming the >> tunes and songs. All Tea Shops echoed ARR's songs. Everyone was expecting >> the Award to go to Rahman. The Organisers of the Function come down to >> Chennai and invite him personally for the Function. Rahman obliges and goes >> to the awards Function. >> >> When the name of the Music Director is announced, Rahman's name is not >> mentioned. The Award was given to some normal Hindi Movie, with music by >> some one else and which wasnt famous at all. At the last moment, dirty >> politics was played, and Rahman's name was eliminated from the stage. The >> Organiser comes and tells to Rahman that he himself doesnt know how this >> happened, and feels bad for the show. >> >> Rahman smiles at him and says, " God Is Great". >> >> In Reality, God is Really Great. Instead of giving some cheap awards to >> Rahman, God Has bestowed the One and Only Oscars to Him, and that too two in >> number .... >> >> ( Latest Kumudham ) >> >> Did anyone know of this news before itself ? >> >> -- >> regards, >> Vithur >> >> >> >> > >
