thanx aravind for the share... On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 7:15 AM, Aravind AM <[email protected]> wrote:
> Parents will be so elated even if their kids win a prize in just a small > competition in school. How happy will Rahman's mom feel as he has got 90 > awards till now, including Golden Globes and other international awards? To > know all this, we visited Rahman's house, and spoke with his mom Kareema > Begum. She too is reticent, just like Rahman! > > "Rahman must've been 5 years old at that time. Me and my husband visited a > friend of his, a leading composer. The composer told us playfully "You > mentioned that your son plays harmonium.. let's see if he can play what I > play now"... He payed, and ARR listened to it immediately played it, much to > the surprise of everyone. The composer was so impressed. That incident made > it clear to us that, music was the field in which Rahman would shine. > He always used to have a small harmonium with him. He'd compose new tunes > and show it to us. Since he was playing well, we put him in proper music > training. Being supportive of him from the beginning is my only contribution > to his success". > > Kareema mentions that her favourite song is Snegithane (Alaipayuthey). How > many ever times you listen to it, you can't get bored of it, she says! > > "It is difficult to break into film music. Rahman's plus point was that he > retained and succeeded in the first film chance that he got because of God's > grace. At first, he composed the background score for Roja for 15 days > continuously without proper sleep. I cried seeing my son suffer so much! I > wondered if I'd pushed him into the very tough field of Film music. But all > my sufferings and worries vanished as he won the national award for his > first film itself! > > Even before he'd got film music opportunites, he always used to be busy > composing some tune or the other! Right from his childhood, Rahman had no > interests other than music. He never had fun like chatting with friends or > going for movies. He always used to stay inside the locked room and compse > music! I used to ask him, why he was straining so much. He used to reply "We > should keep working hard! That is the effort from our side. Some day, we > will get rewards (oppourtunites) for all our efforts!" > > Rahman's mom has just one worry - he is so busy with work that he doesnt > eat properly! The motherly love!! > > "My son doesnt even have time to eat properly. Even if it gets delayed till > 3 am, I wait for him, serve the food and then only go to bed. Otherwise, I > can't sleep properly! How many ever awards a son may get - a mom feels happy > only when the son eats properly!" > > Abt Oscars: > "When Rahman was 9 years old, he played with 3 keyboards at the same time > in the show called 'wonder balloon' in Doordarshan (in DD tamil network). > After that program, everyone in our locality started talking about him. > Likewise, the whole world is talking about the Oscar buzz for Slumdog > Millionaire! But, Rahman is busy working on his next film project, without > thinking about the awards or participating in big celebrations. This > maturity is what I learnt from Rahman. I'll be happy, if Rahman gets the > Oscar, by God's grace!" > > > > Aravind > > > http://arrahmaniac.blogspot.com > > Download Rahmania show interviews at http://rahmania.4shared.com > > ------------------------------ > Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Invite them > now.<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_messenger_6/*http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/> > > >
