someone plz ask Mrs. Bala why aren't they releasing Ekam Satyam. - Jahanzeb
--- In [email protected], Sreekrishnan R <rahmanfe...@...> wrote: > > Many years ago, Michael Jackson had collaborated with A R Rahman > [Images] in a song called Ekam Satyam. The album was produced by Bharat > Bala and his wife Kanika Myer. > > Kanika goes back in time and recounts her memories of meeting with the pop > icon: > > Michael > heard A R Rahman's Vande Mataram -- which we had produced -- and wanted > to work with Rahman and us. He was good friends with S P Hinduja, > Chairman of The Hinduja Group, and got in touch with us through him. > > He > wanted to dance on an Indian song. So we recorded the song Ekam Satyam > and took it to to him. I met him for the first time in Paris. It was a > great honour to meet and produce a song for him. He was very humble and > creative. > > When he heard the song, he was very thrilled. In fact, > when he put on the headphones to listen to the song, he started tapping > his feet and tapping his band on his thigh in rhythm with the beats. He > was enjoying himself. It was nice to see the way he heard the song. > > He wanted us to take this song to Munich where a fundraiser concert was > organised for the Red Cross by Nelson Mandela in 1999. Michael Jackson > asked us to bring Indian dancers for the concert. So we took Indian > dancers, as well as Prabhu Deva and Shobhana. > > Before the concert, we met again to get his costume measurements. We wanted > him to wear Indian costumes and he readily agreed. > > On > the day of the concert, I wanted to take a video of him backstage. He > was very cool and not nervous at all. He was very passionate about what > he was doing. He loved music so much. > > One interesting thing > about Michael Jackson was that he was vegetarian, and loved Indian > food. He took an Indian chef to Munich. He loved Indian culture, Indian > food and the song and dance in our films. > > I love his songs but > my favourite is so You are not alone, They don't care about us, Heal > the world, Childhood, Thriller and Man in the Mirror. > > I miss him a lot. I cannot forget my first meeting with him till date. > > > http://movies.rediff.com/look/2009/jun/26/mj-loved-indian-food.htm > > > > Rahman fever > His Music ~ My Mother Tongue > > > ICC World Twenty20 England '09 exclusively on YAHOO! CRICKET > http://cricket.yahoo.com >
