AR Rahman is famous not only in the country but all over the world. As soon as the audience hears his songs, their feet start dancing automatically. He is one of the best music composers in the world. Today we are going to tell you an anecdote related to AR Rahman, who has won many awards as well as an Oscar, about which you might have heard very little.
In 2008, the film Slumdog Millionaire was released, whose song Jai Ho became very popular. This song was praised not only in India but also abroad. AR Rahman won the award in the Best Music Director category for ‘Jai Ho’, but he also apologized to Sukhwinder Singh for this song.
Actually, when AR Rahman was receiving the Oscar award for the song ‘Jai Ho’, he thanked many people by name and gave them credit. But, he forgot to take the name of singer Sukhwinder Singh. Many years after this incident, AR Rahman apologized to Jai Ho singer Sukhwinder Singh during an interview. He said that while receiving the award, so much was going on in his mind that he forgot to take the name of his singer.
Let us tell you, AR Rahman and Sukhwinder Singh have worked together for many songs. This duo together created the evergreen song ‘Chaiyaan Chaiyaan’. This song from Shahrukh Khan’s film ‘Dil Se’ is still very popular.
FIRST PUBLISHED : September 22, 2024, 11:01 IST