Though I appreciate him for correcting the facts, still I found his tone having quite a trace of anti-ARR. He should be proud even on that that ARR is the second Indian to win the award, that too, after a gap of half a century, that too the first indian music director to win it.
His tone brings a color to his otherwise good and useful article, that he is not just correcting the facts, but rather using his information to hit at all at large. -- Rawat On 1/18/2009 3:26 PM India Time, _Thulasi Ram_ wrote: > > AR Rahman "NOT" the first Indian to win a Golden Globe > > > > http://www.radiosargam.com/films/archives/30525/ar-rahman-not-the-first-indian-to-win-a-golden-globe.html > > > Published by shobhit > <http://www.radiosargam.com/shobhit> at 02:44:00 am on January 17, 2009 > > > > > > I am honestly sick and tired for the entire industry drooling over AR > Rahman. His achievement is nothing short of great, but lets not take > away the achievements India has had in the past. Frankly, I am disgusted > at the fact that most of the Indian media doesn't even bother to check > its facts before printing the news > <http://www.radiosargam.com/films/archives/30525/ar-rahman-not-the-first-indian-to-win-a-golden-globe.html#>. > > It is disrespectful, inappropriate, and frankly quite insulting to Mr. > Rahman as well. > > The first Indian to win a Golden Globe was the Producer/Director Mr. V. > Shantaram, for "Do Ankhen Barah Haath" which won the Golden Globe, for > the special Samuel Goldwyn Award in the year 1959. V. Shantaram is one > of the most highly regarded directors in the history of Indian cinema. > He was not only a master craftsman > <http://www.radiosargam.com/films/archives/30525/ar-rahman-not-the-first-indian-to-win-a-golden-globe.html#> > and > technological innovator, but also an artist > <http://www.radiosargam.com/films/archives/30525/ar-rahman-not-the-first-indian-to-win-a-golden-globe.html#> > of > conscience who dedicated himself to using the film arts > <http://www.radiosargam.com/films/archives/30525/ar-rahman-not-the-first-indian-to-win-a-golden-globe.html#> > as > a means to further social causes. is one of the most highly regarded > directors in the history > <http://www.radiosargam.com/films/archives/30525/ar-rahman-not-the-first-indian-to-win-a-golden-globe.html#> > of > Indian cinema. Yes, we have made films of that caliber way back in 1959 > - something that Aamir Khan has been trying very hard to achieve. > > So please lets stop the nonsense of "first Indian to win a Golden > Globe", and just appreciate Mr. Rahman for bringing such honor to the > film industry.
