--- On Tue, 3/8/10, jayram <jayram...@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: jayram <jayram...@yahoo.com>
Subject: [arr] Re: Rahman is a Yogi:Rajinkanth
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, 3 August, 2010, 1:14 AM
Friends,
I think it is always better if we just talk about ARR's spirited music and its
beauty.
Jai Ho,
Jayram
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Bivin Chandra <bivinchan...@...> wrote:
>
> The Music Launch ofEndhiran, a movie touted to be one of the most ambitious
> Indian films yet, took place at Kuala Lumpar. The venue was jam-packed, and
> understandingly so! The presence of Super Star Rajinikanth, double-Oscar
> winner A.R. Rahman, Former Miss World Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and popular
> filmmaker Shankar, under one roof, is a once in a life-time occurrence.
> The Endhiran music CD was released by the movie's producer Kalanidhi Maran,
> M.D. of Sun Pictures. Everyone was given an opportunity to share with the
> eager and enthused audience their experience making the film. But the speech
> that was most longed for came last!
> When Rajinikanth ascended the stage, the auditorium exploded in applause and
> one could almost touch the anticipation and excitement that spread through
> the hall. “When I was going to sign on Sivaji, I asked Kamal (Haasan) what
> kind of a maker Shankar was. He told me, he is a very intelligent man, but a
> very demanding man as well. And now, before Sun Pictures came on board, I
> told Mr. Kalanidhi Maran that Shankar is a like a wild, race horse ��" he
> wild surely get to the destination, but we must hang-on tight, to keep up
> with him,” Rajni said of Shankar. Adding that the director was a true
> visionary and would won day direct a fabulous Hollywood movie.
> Talking about A.R. Rahman, he said, “Spiritual books tell us that there are
> three important aspects that differentiate a normal man and a yogi. A true
> yogi has no ego. He is someone who follows the path of love. And above all he
> surrenders himself unto God, by putting Him before all else ��" success,
> power, money. Considering these things, ARR is a yogi. He has all these three
> qualities that spiritual gurus say make a yogi. He's the best proof that you
> don't have to go to the Himalayas to find yogis!”
> Rajni went on to say that Aishwarya Rai is no ordinary girl. She combines
> beauty and brains. “She is the most beautiful Miss World of our times. Even
> in a scene in the movie where she wore hardly any make-up, she looked
> stunning! She's the kind of woman, who is charming in every way,” he
> added.Coming to the unconditional affection his fans have for him, Rajni was
> humble in saying they treat him like a baby. “Parents dress up their child in
> fancy clothes, and rejoice when they see that child sing and dance.
> Similarly, you all dress me up in different get-ups, make me look younger,
> ask me to dance and sing, and praise and applaud me when I do that. It's all
> your doing. I do nothing,” he quipped. Wrapping up him speech, like the true
> philosopher and spiritualist he is, the star insisted the happiness and
> success are not permanent. “Sometimes you will have to come down before you
> achieve something that will take you to the top. If you succeed
once
> and think, that you're successful, you will be in for a rude shock. Ups and
> downs in life, are inevitable. Learn to accept both and move,” he said and
> returned to his seat, amidst resounding applause.
> http://hindi.galatta.com/entertainment/hindi/livewire/id/Rahman_is_a_Yogi_Rajinkanth_Endhiran_Music_Release_40816.html
>
