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--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gayathri Chandrakasan <gayathri_c...@...> wrote: > > I had the same doubt too. Even ARR has not mentioned anything about Ekam > Sathyam or having done a concert with MJ. And if it was true that ARR, Prabhu > Deva and Shobana had performed on the same stage as MJ, the whole event would > definitely had been in the limelight. But til' today I have yet to see any > videos in regards to the concert. > > --- On Sat, 6/27/09, pratap <pratap_elen...@...> wrote: > > From: pratap <pratap_elen...@...> > Subject: Re: [arr] Mrs. Bharat Bala remembers King of Pop , âEkam Satyamâ > To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com > Date: Saturday, June 27, 2009, 9:24 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't understand something. Why until now there is not even a single > video anywhere showing ARR performing in the concert or MJ dancing for this > song in that concert? > > http://indian- music-bgm. blogspot. com/Â http://www.facebook .com/elensar5233 > > > --- On Sat, 6/27/09, Sreekrishnan R <rahmanfever@ yahoo.co. uk> wrote: > > From: Sreekrishnan R <rahmanfever@ yahoo.co. uk> > Subject: [arr] Mrs. Bharat Bala remembers King of Pop , âEkam Satyamâ > To: "We, the fans !" <arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com> > Date: Saturday, June 27, 2009, > 7:06 PM > > > > > > > > > > > Many years ago, Michael Jackson had collaborated with A R Rahman > [Images] in a song called Ekam Satyam. The album was produced by Bharat > Bala and his wife Kanika Myer. > > Kanika goes back in time and recounts her memories of meeting with the pop > icon: > > Michael > heard A R Rahman's Vande Mataram -- which we had produced -- and wanted > to work with Rahman and us. He was good friends with S P Hinduja, > Chairman of The Hinduja Group, and got in touch with us through him. > > He > wanted to dance on an Indian song. So we recorded the song Ekam Satyam > and took it to to him. I met him for the first time in Paris. It was a > great honour to meet and produce a song for him. He was very humble and > creative. > > When he heard the song, he was very thrilled. In fact, > when he put on the headphones to listen to the song, he started tapping > his feet and tapping his band on his thigh in rhythm with the beats. He > was enjoying himself. It was nice to see the way he heard the song. > > He wanted us to take this song to Munich where a fundraiser concert was > organised for the Red Cross by Nelson Mandela in 1999. Michael Jackson > asked us to bring Indian dancers for the concert. So we took Indian > dancers, as well as Prabhu Deva and Shobhana. > > Before the concert, we met again to get his costume measurements. We wanted > him to wear Indian costumes and he readily agreed. > > On > the day of the concert, I wanted to take a video of him backstage. He > was very cool and not nervous at all. He was very passionate about what > he was doing. He loved music so much. > > One interesting thing > about Michael Jackson was that he was vegetarian, and loved Indian > food. He took an Indian chef to Munich. He loved Indian culture, Indian > food and the song and dance in our films. > > I love his songs but > my favourite is so You are not alone, They don't care about us, Heal > the world, Childhood, Thriller and Man in the Mirror. > > I miss him a lot. I cannot forget my first meeting with him till date. > > > http://movies. rediff.com/ look/2009/ jun/ 26/mj-loved- indian-food. htm > Â > Rahman fever > His Music ~ My Mother Tongue > > > > > > > ICC World Twenty20 England '09 exclusively on YAHOO! CRICKET >
