It is natural for people to go overboard and question everything after the news about corruption in CWG. I don't think 5 crore is just for song composition alone - I read somewhere that it also includes his appearances and live performances as well. I have also read that more than one song was composed. Can Gopal or Vijay confirm this please?
I wish CWG games a rousing success but I guess our media is hell-bent in belittling the event as much as they can and sad to see our ARR caught in this act. Awaiting for Jhoota Hi Sahi's music release... so we can move on. Cheers ________________________________ From: Rivjot <riv...@yahoo.com> To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed, September 1, 2010 10:22:04 AM Subject: [arr] Kailash Kher about CWG Theme Kaliash Kher writes on Twitter Heard Rahman's cwg song, its convinient to judge someone as long as you don't need to be in his shoes. would love to seec his judges deal with half of the pressure he deals with. Aaj bhi hum itne hi educated hue hai, ki log shakira ko Rahman se compare kar rahe hai, wah re India! Published by TOI 5 crore for just a theme song? It is a bit slow, and I wonder how much it will connect with the audience. It is shocking to hear that the government has spent 5 crore on it. How can they spend so much on just a theme song? Chalo, Rahman ek badaa naam hai aur logon ki expectations bhi badi hain. Every artiste has to go through such comparisons – Kailash Kher You can just see the contrast in these 2 comments.. media is just making up the stuff PS: His account on Twitter is real one, I know as I have met him personally.