AR Rahman Performs For Obama And Manmohan Singh http://bit.ly/5Mkg6l
The Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh is on an official trip to Washington and met U.S. President Barrack Obama which had turned out to be a successful meet. After this meet, a State Dinner had been arranged for Manmohan at the White House. Delightful news is the widely popular AR Rahman after his double Oscars will perform live at the venue along with Jennifer Hudson to entertain the guests. Some of his best numbers would be crooned while White House sources say Obama is excited to see the musician in person after he heard much about his feat in the recent past. First Lady Michelle Obama made the announcement at the Dinner festivity and the videos of their performance will be released later, it is said. Along with AR Rahman and Hudson, many other prominent celebrities will share the dais on the day including Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahari, Filmmaker Steven Spielberg among others. Rahman fever His Music ~ My Mother Tongue ________________________________ From: Sreekrishnan R <[email protected]> To: "We, the fans !" <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, 25 November, 2009 12:35:27 PM Subject: [arr] More news on ARR's White House performance and attendance http://bit.ly/ 8qBFER The after-dinner entertainment opened with the National Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Marvin Hamlisch, playing "Summon the Heroes," by composer John Williams. The lineup also included award-winning singer-actress Jennifer Hudson and jazz vocalist and composer Kurt Elling, both from the Obamas' hometown of Chicago, and Indian musician and singer A.R. Rahman. Rahman won two Academy Awards for the music in "Slumdog Millionaire. " Guess who came for Obama-Manmohan dinner? | http://bit.ly/ 8NPtdp Actors Alfre Woodard and Blair Underwood, legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg and Indian-American auteur M. Night Shyamalan, musician A.R. Rahman, who composed the Oscar-wining score for blockbuster “Slumdog Millionaire”, competed for attention with writer Jhumpa Lahiri, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, author Thomas Friedman and new age guru Deepak Chopra. Rahman fever His Music ~ My Mother Tongue ________________________________ The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/
