Will Rahman perform like Khan or Mangeshkar? Achary doesn’t see much
hope: “He is not coming with his musical troop. We can’t ask him to sing
just like that.”
Happy to see that some respect is given to ARR by the politicians. Really
felt bad how the politicians behaved when ARR was in Kerala.
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 11:03 AM, $ Pavan Kumar $ pawancum...@yahoo.comwrote:
Jai Ho to be screened in LS
Saubhadro Chatterji / New Delhi July 24, 2009, 0:54 IST
After the Budget, it’ll be time for some Bollywood entertainment in
Parliament. The Lok Sabha secretariat has arranged for a special screening
of Danny Boyle’s highly-acclaimed film, Slumdog Millionaire, on August 3 for
the MPs.
But the icing in the cake will be the presence of its Oscar winners—music
director A R Rahman, lyricist Gulzar and sound engineer Resul Pookutty—at
the special screening. This will be the first time when Rahman and the two
other Oscar winners will be felicitated by Parliament for their achievement.
The three had won the much-coveted US Oscar awards on February 23. The
Congress, meanwhile, had used Rahman’s award winning tune, Jai Ho, as its
campaign song during the run-up to the Lok Sabha election.
“As per the information available to us, A R Rehman and Resul Pukutty will
be present during the special screening in Parliament. We are inviting
Gulzaarsaab too,” Lok Sabha secretary-general P D T Achary told Business
Standard on Thursday.”We will felicitate them before the film is screened.”
It was actually Pookutty’s idea to bring the Oscar winners to Parliament.
When Achary contacted Pookutty, currently stationed in the US, about the
secretariat’s plan to show the film for the Parliamentarians, Pookutty
suggested bringing Rahman there. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Lok Sabha
Speaker Meira Kumar and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi are expected to be
present at the function.
The Lok Sabha secretariat had shown films for the MPs earlier as well but
this will be the first time when a commercial film will be screened because
of its worldwide fame. Last year, the secretariat screened Shyam Benegal’s
Bose: the forgotten Hero for the MPs. Benegal is currently a nominated MP of
the Rajya Sabha.
Earlier, stalwarts like Lata Mangeshkar (then a Rajya Sabha member) had
performed at the special programme held on 50 years of Indian independence
in 1997. A few years ago, shehnai maestro Bismillah Khan was also
felicitated by the Parliament.
Will Rahman perform like Khan or Mangeshkar? Achary doesn’t see much hope:
“He is not coming with his musical troop. We can’t ask him to sing just like
that.”
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