http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/feb-09-04/kamal-23-02-09.html
The entire Indian film industry has gone ecstatic over the clean sweep of
Slumdog Millionaire at the Oscar's today. The celebrities are now coming out
with their congratulatory messages and Kamal Haasan is one among the early
birds to wish the Mozart of Madras.
The actor had said he felt like he was walking along with A.R. Rahman on stage
to collect the award. According to Kamal Haasan, he always found Rahman to be
very simple and .
uncomplicated. The actor added that he was proud and happy as an Indian for
Rahman's fete
The Ulaganayagan, while talking about the musical genius's humility, recalled
an incident during the Marmayogi project. Kamal pointed out that while he was
going gaga over a song composition for the film, Rahman was calm and composed.
Kamal said that Oscars is not like Olympics because each entry is judged based
on American standards and not on universal standards. "It is good that Indians
are doing well and they cannot be ignored at the Oscars anymore", the star
added.
