I don't claim to have any knowledge about their closeness. I cannot comment on things I don't know. Rekha Bharadwaj is a renowned artist on her right. Using her doesn't necessarily mean that ARR is close to Vishal. That wouldn't be doing justice to her talent.
Warm Regards ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vinayak http://www.flickr.com/photos/rightplacerighttime/ On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 2:17 PM, mohd noor < freshprince_2000_2000...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Arr is close to Vishal................they have had a very cordial > relationship, Arr even used Vishal's wife's vocals for one of the tracks in > Delhi 6............................. > > --- On *Sun, 3/14/10, AJ <purev...@yahoo.com>* wrote: > > > From: AJ <purev...@yahoo.com> > > Subject: [arr] ARR not mentioning Vishal B at Filmfare award > reception......... > To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com > Date: Sunday, March 14, 2010, 10:37 PM > > > > Guys, > > http://www.youtube. com/watch? > v=Qig0xHh3me8<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qig0xHh3me8> > > It was so awesome to see ARR winning the filmfare award so graciously and > amidst bollywood's finest with great ovation given. Very nice of SRK to > point out "one of the greatest talents in this country and the world" and > request another ovation. That was classy on SRK's part. > > One small observation. ....when ARR received the award, he as always spoke > very down to earth and unassumingly. I loved that he mentioned the other > nominee composers of Pritam, Shankar, Amit, and he said that he liked their > works. > > However, I noticed that he did not mention Vishal Bharadwaj's name, who was > also a nominee for best music. Now, I interpret that as a simple oversight > on AR's part and I'm sure AR likes Vishal's music, but I just hope that > Vishal didn't feel too bad or hurt. Vishal is a classy, down to earth guy > too, so would think that he too thought as an oversight. Perhaps AR went to > Vishal later and said, "Oops, sorry, forgot to mention your name too" and > perhaps they had a joke about it. > > Any thoughts about this? I'm always curious about the relationship between > AR and Vishal, since they are both so supremely talented, both geniuses in > their own sphere. I have a feeling they both very much admire and respect > each other's works. > > > >