*It's insane: Rahman after Grammy win*
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Monday, February 01, 2010 (New Delhi)
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'Insane' is how AR Rahman has described his twin Grammy win on his Twitter
page. Rahman won best compilation soundtrack for a motion picture at the
52nd Grammy Awards and 'Jai Ho' won best motion picture song. Rahman shares
the Grammy with lyricist Gulzar who penned 'Jai Ho' for the film *Slumdog
Millionaire*.
Admitting that he had 'never even dreamt about winning all these awards..',
Rahman has thanked his well wishers for inspiring him to greater success.
"And all my well wishers from the world who keep me going... Jaiho
India...!"
Besides his spiritual Sufi teacher Ameen Peerullah Malik Sahib, the
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maestro
has also expressed his gratitude to *Slumdog Millionaire* director Danny
Boyle, the film's creative team and cast. Others who find mention in his
tweets include sound engineer Resul Pookutty (he won the Academy Award for
Best Sound Mixing for the film *Slumdog Millionaire*), lyricist Gulzar and
'Jai Ho' singer Sukvinder Singh.
According to Rahman, he owes his success to a number of people, among them
some noted personalities from Bollywood and Hollywood. "My mentors
Maniratnam, Shekhar Kapur and Subhash Ghai, and mentor in the west, Andrew
Lloyd WebberFolks at id-PR, Allison and Courtney," he tweets.
Rahman has not forgotten his family in the excitement of the moment. "y
extraordinary musicians from Chennai and Mumbai, My mother, My father, my
Sisters and my lovely wife and children," he writes on his Twitter page.
Meanwhile Twitter is abuzz with Rahman's latest triumph. "Jai Ho" Rahman for
the Grammy!! One more feather in your cap :)" tweets 'ananthnaag'. According
to 'deeptinischal' Rahman "rocks". And 'Shankarnb @arrahman' tweets that
Rahman's win symbolises "the success of aspirations of every Indian".
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are
also using the micro-blogging site to congratulate Rahman.
"And to A.R. Rahman...CONGRATULATIONS!!love the track from couples
retreat..." (Deepika Padukone, actor)
"AR rahman goes beyond Slumdog and takes over hollywood ! Two grammies. I
will send the best tweet to him personally." (Shekhar Kapur, filmmaker)
"CONGRATS A.R.!!! CONGRATS INDIA!!! Jai hoooooooooooo!!!! Ssso proud:-)
@rojajimmy @arrahman JAI HO SIR. Awesome. 2 Grammys." (Mallika Sherawat,
actor)
"@arrahman Congratulations!! That's a fantastic achievement! We wish u many
more!! God bless!" (Lara Dutta, actor)
"What great
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to
wake up to this morning. Double grammy:) this is just the beginning sir. So
proud of u. hearty congratulations @arrahman." (Shreya Ghoshal, singer)
"2 Grammys. RAHMAN, congratulations! God is great, and
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is
truly proud." (Vishal Dadlani, Music composer)
"What fabulous news this morn tweeps! Rahman wins 2 Grammys!!Yaay!Jai ho!
Have a super day!Can't believe Jan 2010 over. The year is flyin by!" (Sophie
Chaudhary, actor)
"Wake up to hear Man U trash Arsenal and Rahman win a grammy.. Prefect start
to a very busy week ahead." (Mahesh Bhupathi, tennis player)
"@arrahman congrats.. You make us extremely proud time and time again.."
(Mahesh Bhupathi, tennis player)
"bravo rahman!!! two Grammy's!! Jai Ho!!" (Kajol Devgan, actor)
"@arrahman congrats dear once again u made india proud..." (Madhur
Bhandarkar, filmmaker)
"Morning world.And Congrats a r rahman for winning 2 grammies. Jai ho
rahman." (Eesha Koppikhar, actor)
Interestingly, the euphoria doesn't stop Shekhar Kapur from touching upon
the debate that has surrounded *Slumdog Millionaire*, the film that has
brought such accolade for Rahman's musical genius.
"Was slumdogmillionaire an indian
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And if not, why not?" he tweets.
*Jai Ho* has won Rahman a number of prestigious international awards
including two Oscars, the British Academy of Film and
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Arts
(BAFTA), Critics Choice Award and the Golden Globe.
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