Hi Rajith Ram Nivas awesome post. Am moved by your devotion for ARR. You are not a fan, but a devotee ( if I can say )
Your sincere yearning has blessed you with an opportunity with ARR. I read each and every word of your mail. Very touching. Hope, God willing, you get to meet ARR many a times. God Bless On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 3:35 PM, rajithramnivas600 < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please read this big incident happened in my life if you have little > time…… > > I'm a silent member in this group. I'm Rajith 29 years, married, > working as a Sales executive in a Glass company here in Sharjah. I > know that I'm too late to post this, but coz of my busy schedule in > my job I couldn't post this, sorry. I'm a crazy fan of Rahman Sir > and always I listen his music with my MP3 player which I carry out > always with me. I cant sit without his music for a minute. Mostly I > will be in my car and I can play his CD. My wife always says with a > smile that I love his music more than her. She also loves his music > allot. My big aim in my life was to meet Rahman sir. When Roja > released I was studying in 8th std. I love those songs and I planned > to meet him or to get a job there as a driver or something else. I > know driving very well since very young age. Let me start the story…. > > 4 days before the Sharjah concert there was a contest started in a > well known radio station Hit 96.7 FM Duabi. It named as `Meet and > Greet A. R. Rahman.' It is very easy for all rahmaniacs to answer > their question, but luck should be there also. But to qualify as a > contestant they will ask a preliminary question. We have to answer > it by sending msg. and they will select 2 people from the right > answers and will start the contest with them. They will play a music > bit from a Rahman song and we have to recognize it as which song and > which movie. Whoever knows the correct answer they have to say their > name and he or she has to answer it. If it is not correct then > chance goes to the other person to answer the right one. Like this 5 > bits they will play and minimum 3 have to answer. This contest was > going on in 3 shows for 3 days. So they will select the 9 winners > from them and they will enter to the lucky draw. The lucky draw mega > winner name will be announced on the day before concert (17th Apr). > I tried from the first day itself, but I didn't have luck, 2nd day > also passed. Third day is the last day for the contest, they already > have had 4 winners with these 2 days. No one answered 5 questions. I > was praying to God that atleast I want to participate the contest. > Prayer answered, I got a call from the radio station and the show > was going on `Fun at 1' Arjun was the RJ and he called me and told > that be ready for the contest. I was so sure that I can answer all > his questions. I answered the 5 and I was the only one who answered > the 5. Now tomorrow is the lucky draw and only 5 people qualified > for that. I thought they will announce my name as the mega winner, > coz I answered all the 5. But they want to select the winner through > lucky draw only. My mind was still saying that I'm the winner and I > will meet Rahman Sir. UNFORTUNATELY, the winner was not me, it was a > Smitha. They said congrats to her on-air and I became too much > upset. I couldn't eat or sleep, coz I was expecting that much. But I > thought anyway I will meet him. I was having the VIP tickets for me > and for my wife which I purchased on Mar 19th through online for > seeing his performance without any obstacles. On the day of the > concert, I told my wife that I want to buy a bouquet for him. She > discourage me from that coz if I couldn't get a chance to give that > then I will be more sad than now. But I told her we will meet him. I > purchased it and I told that guy make it special this is for Rahman > Sir. He asked me, are you sure? I replied yes. By collecting that I > wanted to go to see the cricket stadium what is going on there, > maybe sir will be there also. We both went there and no one was > there some banner works only was going on there. I saw the VIP area > where we have to sit, but it is a little bit far away from the front > stage. Anyway we spend there 30 minutes and returned home. I didn't > sleep last night and didn't eat also. This morning also I skipped my > breakfast. When I reached home I prayed allot. The only way to see > Rahman Sir now is through something like a miracle to happen. I > started posting msgs to our group says that we will meet eachother > before the concert and together we will meet our BOSS. I was sure > that he will allow our group members to meet him, as we all know. > Some group members started calling me. You will not believe this….. > It was about 12:30 pm I received a call from Hit FM radio station > says that can you please come to Sharjah Cricket Stadium at 2 pm. I > asked them why, they said that the winner Smitha for meet and greet > con test can't participate for that. Because, this meet and greet > was planned after the concert but Rahman Sir has to fly back to > Chennai next day and he will be tired after the concert, and he > himself changed this plan for 2 pm (Before concert). The winner > informed Hit FM that she cant reach there by 2 pm and they asked her > weather they can give this opportunity to somebody else, she said ok > and they chosen my name as the lucky person to meet and greet Rahman > Sir. I just couldn't believe what they said. I was out of control > and soon got ready to go. I reached there with my wife at 1:45 and > was waiting for Jean (He is an RJ from Hit FM who takes me for meet > and greet). Jean reached there before 2. And we all were waiting for > Rahman Sir. At 2:30 pm one member from Oasis promotions (They are > the sponsers), her name is Sangeetha, came to us and said sorry, we > can't meet him now he is busy with rehearsals and all and the > program again changed after the concert. I was like I'm not sure > maybe Rahman Sir will say he don't have time after the concert. > Sangeetha also asked me that which category ticket I am having, I > said VIP she told me that we will upgrade your ticket as VVIP. I was > like what is going on? I forgot to take my mobile from my home coz > of this big surprise. Show started exactly by 8:30 pm and I had my > handy cam with me to take videos. When the 1st song played `Jaage > hain…' when I saw him for the first time in my life in real, Oh > God….. my hands were shivering and shaking and I couldn't even focus > my cam properly and my heart started beating higher and higher I do > not know what all things were happening to me. He is really a great > person, he can only make people heart like this. I enjoyed the > concert with my wife very well and it was a great event. When the > concert finished Sangeetha told us to come `behind stage' and there > we will meet and greet him. I was going `behind stage' and coz of > the crowd we couldn't reach soon. Sangeetha asked me where were you, > he is asking you. Oh my God!!! Sangeetha told me you can go to this > room he is there. Infront of the door his Manager was there and he > asked me you are the one who won meet and greet, I said yes and he > told me go inside….. Oh God…. I knocked the door and opened it. God > God… I just couldn't believe my eyes, it was a big room with some > Sofas. On one of them the great man is sitting and drinking water > from a small bottle. When he saw me he said come come… God promise, > I couldn't control myself I gave bouquet and I fallen down on his > leg and caught his leg and cried allot. I told him by crying, I love > you so much sir, and he said I know I know. His face also little bit > changed when he saw me with cry. He stood up and slowly hold me like > a support to get up. I hug him after I stood up. (No one else will > allow to hug, that is Rahman Sir) I became speechless and I couldn't > ask anything to him. He asked me are you in Yahoo group (Coz I was > wearing our t-shirt), I said yes and he asked from where you got > this t-shirt, I replied I got it through one of my friend Hakkeem > from Kerala. Also he asked me where I am working, how long I have > been married and what is my wife's name etc. I couldn't reply all > coz I was not hearing anything, I was in another world and my wife > she said me he is asking reply him. Then I started replying one by > one. I was like I'm in a dream. Then Hit FM people and Sangeetha > took photos of us. Most of the photos were shaky coz everybody > became out of control when we saw him. My hands were shivering too > much. He is having that divine power, when I touched him I realized > it. He is very simple, no big talks he knows very well bout him. AND > I LOVE HIM ALLOT!!!! Am I that much lucky to meet him?? > > Sorry to post this longer one. I got little time to share my > experience and love to Rahman Sir. I thank to God first and then to > Hit FM to gave me an opportunity to meet and greet him and to > Sangeetha too. Who knows that you will be next luckiest to meet > Rahman Sir…. > > > -- regards, Vithur Whatever God wants to give, no one can deny; Whatever God wants to deny, no one can give. Be happy always
