very nice feelings to see all these responses. seeing from another musician
Vishal Dhaldani is especially nice. i appreciate this guy, he sounds honest and
happy with other people's successes.
and also interesting to see Madhur Bhandarkar praising him but never getting
him for his movies :)
/Jahanzeb
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gopal Srinivasan <catchg...@...> wrote:
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> *It's insane: Rahman after Grammy win*
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> 'Insane' is how AR Rahman has described his twin Grammy win on his Twitter
> page. Rahman won best compilation soundtrack for a motion picture at the
> 52nd Grammy Awards and 'Jai Ho' won best motion picture song. Rahman shares
> the Grammy with lyricist Gulzar who penned 'Jai Ho' for the film *Slumdog
> Millionaire*.
>
> Admitting that he had 'never even dreamt about winning all these awards..',
> Rahman has thanked his well wishers for inspiring him to greater success.
> "And all my well wishers from the world who keep me going... Jaiho
> India...!"
>
> Besides his spiritual Sufi teacher Ameen Peerullah Malik Sahib, the
> music<http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?Section=Movies&ID=ENTEN20100128601&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&keyword=bollywood#>
> maestro
> has also expressed his gratitude to *Slumdog Millionaire* director Danny
> Boyle, the film's creative team and cast. Others who find mention in his
> tweets include sound engineer Resul Pookutty (he won the Academy Award for
> Best Sound Mixing for the film *Slumdog Millionaire*), lyricist Gulzar and
> 'Jai Ho' singer Sukvinder Singh.
>
> According to Rahman, he owes his success to a number of people, among them
> some noted personalities from Bollywood and Hollywood. "My mentors
> Maniratnam, Shekhar Kapur and Subhash Ghai, and mentor in the west, Andrew
> Lloyd WebberFolks at id-PR, Allison and Courtney," he tweets.
> Rahman has not forgotten his family in the excitement of the moment. "y
> extraordinary musicians from Chennai and Mumbai, My mother, My father, my
> Sisters and my lovely wife and children," he writes on his Twitter page.
>
> Meanwhile Twitter is abuzz with Rahman's latest triumph. "Jai Ho" Rahman for
> the Grammy!! One more feather in your cap :)" tweets 'ananthnaag'. According
> to 'deeptinischal' Rahman "rocks". And 'Shankarnb @arrahman' tweets that
> Rahman's win symbolises "the success of aspirations of every Indian".
>
> Celebrities<http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?Section=Movies&ID=ENTEN20100128601&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&keyword=bollywood#>
> are
> also using the micro-blogging site to congratulate Rahman.
>
> "And to A.R. Rahman...CONGRATULATIONS!!love the track from couples
> retreat..." (Deepika Padukone, actor)
>
> "AR rahman goes beyond Slumdog and takes over hollywood ! Two grammies. I
> will send the best tweet to him personally." (Shekhar Kapur, filmmaker)
>
> "CONGRATS A.R.!!! CONGRATS INDIA!!! Jai hoooooooooooo!!!! Ssso proud:-)
> @rojajimmy @arrahman JAI HO SIR. Awesome. 2 Grammys." (Mallika Sherawat,
> actor)
>
> "@arrahman Congratulations!! That's a fantastic achievement! We wish u many
> more!! God bless!" (Lara Dutta, actor)
>
> "What great
> news<http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?Section=Movies&ID=ENTEN20100128601&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&keyword=bollywood#>
> to
> wake up to this morning. Double grammy:) this is just the beginning sir. So
> proud of u. hearty congratulations @arrahman." (Shreya Ghoshal, singer)
>
> "2 Grammys. RAHMAN, congratulations! God is great, and
> India<http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?Section=Movies&ID=ENTEN20100128601&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&keyword=bollywood#>
> is
> truly proud." (Vishal Dadlani, Music composer)
>
> "What fabulous news this morn tweeps! Rahman wins 2 Grammys!!Yaay!Jai ho!
> Have a super day!Can't believe Jan 2010 over. The year is flyin by!" (Sophie
> Chaudhary, actor)
>
> "Wake up to hear Man U trash Arsenal and Rahman win a grammy.. Prefect start
> to a very busy week ahead." (Mahesh Bhupathi, tennis player)
>
> "@arrahman congrats.. You make us extremely proud time and time again.."
> (Mahesh Bhupathi, tennis player)
>
> "bravo rahman!!! two Grammy's!! Jai Ho!!" (Kajol Devgan, actor)
>
> "@arrahman congrats dear once again u made india proud..." (Madhur
> Bhandarkar, filmmaker)
>
> "Morning world.And Congrats a r rahman for winning 2 grammies. Jai ho
> rahman." (Eesha Koppikhar, actor)
>
> Interestingly, the euphoria doesn't stop Shekhar Kapur from touching upon
> the debate that has surrounded *Slumdog Millionaire*, the film that has
> brought such accolade for Rahman's musical genius.
>
> "Was slumdogmillionaire an indian
> film<http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?Section=Movies&ID=ENTEN20100128601&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&keyword=bollywood#>.
> And if not, why not?" he tweets.
>
> *Jai Ho* has won Rahman a number of prestigious international awards
> including two Oscars, the British Academy of Film and
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> Arts
> (BAFTA), Critics Choice Award and the Golden Globe.
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