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It was the 54th annual filmfare awards function the other day. The house was charged with affection and love for the best music director of the year - A.R. Rahman for Jodha Akbar. Glittering stars from the Bollywood - Amitabh Bachan, Aishwarya Rai to Abhishek Bachan, Hritik Roshan , Priyanka Chopra, Preity Zinta and many many more were all there to land a kiss on their favorite mascot these days. For his part, Rahman was cute and humble when he received the award. And the anchor host Ranbir Kapoor was seen falling at Rahman’s feet! So much for their adulation.

They couldn’t believe their eyes that their son from Madras had won not one but 2 Oscars this year. The Cine Musicians association comprising of thousands of members from Madras had gathered on March 1st to celebrate their hero. And they did it in style. A. R. Rahman had achieved what no musician in Madras or India had ever done before. There were garlands and bouquets from all over the city. The poor fellow got so embarassed that he just did not know how to react to their violent love. In his reply to the praises that went on for more than 3 hours, Rahman revealed that Slumdog was just an accident when Danny Boyle asked him if he could do the sound and songs for the film. As he was busy hechucked what he was doing and worked and finished Slumdog in just 17 days. When it was over he then thought of submitting the music score for the oscars through an agent as the movie was made by a foreigner. He still remembers how the Americans made fun of him at first. An Indian winning the oscar for music? What happened later is something which all of us are still talking about. We thank God for A. R. Rahman.

Pakistan is now the most dangerous place on the earth. Imagine being shot by terrorists from the same country while travelling in a bus. It only goes to show all along what I have said ” Pakistan is the epicenter of terrorism anywhere in the world.” Why were the terrorists not shot at by any policeman? How and why could they escape. They were seen walking into a hostel after committing the crime. You can get away with anything in Pakistan. want to know who did this one? The LTTE in Lanka collided with the ISI and Lashkar in Pakistan to create a situation tat would bring the army back to rule in Pakistan. The LTTE would have a little revenge for th killings of the tail terrorists. Tank God for the players’ escape

I still haven’t recovered from the haunting experience last night. I heard the original soundtrack of all the songs from Delhi- 6, the newest Bollywood stuff to have landed these days. Every song number is a masterpiece. It captures the essence of the shot sequence with a song and sound blend that comes across alive in all its original glory. Remove the dialogue and still you can make out what is going on just by listening to the sound. Rahman is the greatest music and sound talent to have landed in recent times. Take a look at Slumdog Millionaire. Remove the songs and the sound and replace tham with some mediocre stuff. You will see the difference. The film was such a great success only because of A. R. Rahman. We thank God for him. I had the previge of knowing intimately one of his guris in carnatic music…T.V. Gopalakrishnan.