Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Slumdog not his (Rahman's) best music: Shekhar Kapur

Mumbai, Feb 1 : While India is singing 'Jai Ho' after AR Rahman won two Grammy awards at Los Angeles on Monday for his music in the Oscar winning film Slumdog Millionaire, filmmaker Shekhar Kapur said the score is not his best one.

"i am so prou of rahman, but slumdog is not his best music, he has and will do far far better, wait for his score in Paani," said Kapur in his tweet.
Meanwhile, social networking site Twitter flooded with messages congratulating the Mozart of Madras.
"Anyone who's lived in the U.S will understand iconic status of the Grammys and scale of rahman's achievement.Jai Ho indeed!" said Anand Mahindra, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd.
Actor Deepika Padukone's tweet read: "A.R. Rehman...CONGRATULATIONS!!love the track from couples retreat..."
"CONGRATS A.R.!!! CONGRATS INDIA!!! Jai hoooooooooooo!!!! Ssso proud:-) @rojajimmy @arrahman JAI HO SIR. Awesome. 2 Grammys. DAMN DAMN DAMN," tweeted Mallika Sherawat.
Lara Dutta's tweet read: "Congratulations!! That's a fantastic achievement! We wish u many more!! God bless!"
"What great news to wake up to this morning. Double grammy:) this is just the beginning sir. So proud of u. hearty congratulations," tweeted singer Shreya Ghoshal.
"bravo rahman!!! two Grammy's!! Jai Ho!!" kajol said in her tweet.
Music composer Vishal Dadlani tweeted: "2 Grammys. RAHMAN, congratulations! God is great, and India is truly proud."
"congrats.. You make us extremely proud time and time again," tweeted tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi.
However, the 'Man of the Moment' found his victory 'insane'.
"Insane eh ? I never even dreamt about winning all these awards," tweeted Rahman.
"I once again want to thank the Almighty, my spiritual Sufi teachers, Ameen Peerullah Malik Sahib, Danny Boyle, Fox and the whole slumdog creative team, all the awesome actors in the movie, MIA and Resul Pookutty, Deepak PA, Chetan, Vivianne Chaix, Aditya Modi, Sivakumar, Noell James, Ganesh, Faiz, Anne-Marie, Ranjit Barot and the folks at Nirvana..."
"And all my well wishers from the world who keep me going... Jaiho India...! A R R," read the maestro's tweet.
The ace music composer had won two Oscars last year for his score in Slumdog Millionaire.

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