Let me clarify that i'm not trying to compare AR & MJ or their music -
I would never do that. What I meant in my earlier note is to point out
that they don't have the same celebrity status. 'Jai Ho' the song has
an universal appeal but I don't know if it's the same for Rahman, the
brand.
From a non-Indian public point of view, they all love the song but i
wonder how many might recognise Rahman yet. I have had few experiences
where people have said they love Chaiyya Chaiyya, but they didn't know
it was composed by Rahman.
It's gonna take a few more collaborations and few more Jai Ho's before
Rahman looses the liberty to take those early morning walks in LA
which he can afford now :)
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Srini
Begin forwarded message:
From: Srini Santhanam <saint.si...@gmail.com>
Date: 5 February 2010 3:14:13 PM GMT+08:00
To: "arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com" <arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [arr] LIVE CHAT WITH ARR
Personally I think AR is not yet there in terms of 'Universal
appeal'. He is probably 2-3 more Jai Ho's away from
reaching there.
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Cheers,
Srini
On 05-Feb-2010, at 1:23 PM, kishore parayath <kishore.paray...@gmail.com
> wrote:
My qouting did not compare ARR's music with MJ's music..both are
unique.
But, I was talking about their celebrity status. ARR certainly is
on his verge of reaching it.
