Rahman lauds God and his mom at Oscars

Monday, February 23, 2009, 15:47 [IST]
"Ella pugazhum Iraivanukee" is what A.R. Rahman said in Tamil after accepting his first Oscar award from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences 81st edition for the best original score in Slumdog Millionaire.

Translated it means "May all praise be for the Almighty" and this is what the music maestro always says after receiving an award.

After thanking God, he turned to his mother, who had accompanied him to the ceremony there and said,"There is a dialogue from an old Hindi film - "Mere paas maa hai" - which means I have my mother. My mother is here, I have her blessings. I am glad she could be here."

Rahman picked up two of the coveted awards for the best original score and the best original song "Jai ho..." from the film with lyrics by Gulzar and Sukhwinder Singh as the lead singer.

The state legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu has praised Rahman as the proud son of the Tamil Nadu. The Cheif Minister of Tamil Nadu M.Karunanidhi has also hailed Rahman as a rare genius of the country who deserves many more awards like Oscar.



Congratulate A.R. Rahman on winning Oscar Awards
User Comments
slk 24 Feb 2009 02:25 am
Dee - What rubbish? He created and owns the music? If you are Sukhwinder or Punjabi music fan then you should be hoping that he creates a good song and piggy back on A.R.Rahman creation. Sukhwinder was not even nominated. As for Gulzar, though song writers are important but you have to accept that the best song award had nothing to do with the lyrics in this case.
dee 24 Feb 2009 01:00 am
First of all congratulations to A.R. Rahman and others of Slumdog Millionaire team for the success at Oscars. However, I must say that I didn't expect such cheap-shot from A.R. Rahman when he promoted himself over the lead singer of 'Jai Ho', Sukhwinder Singh, to sing at the Oscar and take all the credit and limelight for himself. Now that the details are emerging of this incident, it's time for A.R. Rahman to publicly apologize to Sukhwinder Singh and Gulzar and prove to all of us who always thought so highly of A.R. Rahman and expected him to be a consummate professional and role-model.
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