Someone pinch me please…
It was the shooting of the final episode of the TV program “Ooh… la.. la.. la..“. My brother-in-law Girinandh [Link to one of the news articles on the formation of their band] leads a band called ‘Oxygen’ which has entered the finals. A R Rahman was the judge for the final round. After Oxygen’s performance, Girinandh and his band members went to Rahman to get a group photo done. Apparently, Girinandh had asked my wife to call me [while he finished with his group photo] so that he could introduce me to Rahman. [Can you imagine being introduced to A R Rahman?! As compared to meeting him as yet another guy on the road!] My wife ran up two flights of stairs to call me and I will be eternally grateful to her for the physical strain she undertook at 3AM in the morning.
As soon as I came to know what was happening I dashed downstairs and was standing next to the stage in a jiffy. Girinandh was still involved with the group photo. A R Rahman presented them [all the band members of all the finalists] with an autographed “Pray For Me Brother” DVD. And the band members dispersed after thanking Rahman. On his way back from the stage Girinandh spotted me and waved asking me to come onto the stage. I ran.
I was standing next to ARR. Girinandh introduced me to him, “He is a great fan of yours and blogs about you regularly”
ARR needn’t have reacted at all. But he did. He turned to me and asked (with a smile), “Nice. Which blog?”
I said, “Mysorean”. I was out of my wits and couldn’t even complete my one word answer of ‘mysorean dot com’.
ARR, in fact continued the conversation, “What did you write about me?” [I didn’t notice if he had any tongue-in-his-cheek because I was like Oooohhh… is this really happening?]
“About the Bangalore concert” [Link]
ARR said, again, “Hmm….”. He meant it in a way that he remembered reading about it sometime.
I said, “You even commented on it”.[Link]
ARR said, “Oh yeah yeah…” vigorously nodding his head this time. He was being just so nice. He didn’t have to be.
I said, “Can I have one snap with you please?”
“Sure”
Girinandh clicked:
And Girinandh had clicked one more before, while we were conversing:
16 responses so far ↓
nivi // Sep 19, 2007 at 6:11 am
MANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!
I’m so happy for you! Now you’ve become a big celebrity!
Now I’m going to go shout it to the world…
MY BROTHER RUBBED SHOULDERS WITH GOD!!!!!!!!
I’m shocked. Nanna turn yavavga??? ;)
nivi // Sep 19, 2007 at 6:17 am
I’m even surprised you pulled your self together to be able to talk to him man!!! I’m so proud of you… What kind of a person gets commented on his blog by A.R.Rahman! You are simply superb…punya madidya bidu…
Life ella Rahman “worshipper” aagiddu saarthka ayithu!
I’m putting up your pic as my orkut display pic!
Thulasiram // Sep 19, 2007 at 7:30 pm
this is amazing.. awesome writing. obviously this should be a great experience for you.. keep up this enthusiasm and remember these moments for your lifetime.
ARR rules and let ARR be in ur heart forever..
Venkat // Sep 19, 2007 at 9:29 pm
I think u r blessed. Very few ppl get opportunities like this. Hats-Off 2 u. Gr8 2 c it. Congrats. u r very very lucky.
THE MAN..THE MUSIC..THE MAGIC..THE LEGEND..THE MASTER..THE ASIAN MOZART.. THE BOSS.. A.R.RAHMAN..LONG LIVE BOSS..
Resourceful // Sep 19, 2007 at 10:18 pm
Congrats Adi! What a moment!You must be still dazed.
Vamc // Sep 19, 2007 at 10:30 pm
You are blessed my dear!!!!
Am very happy for you………..you better frame those pics :)
Pixie // Sep 19, 2007 at 10:44 pm
oh WOW!!!
How incredibly awesome!!! :-)
Post the pics too…
Man! What an experience to remember and cherish!!!
Yogesh // Sep 20, 2007 at 10:06 pm
Congrats Adi. :) Where are the pics?
Nrithya // Sep 20, 2007 at 10:45 pm
My God!!! unbelievable….with the legend ARR!! Congrats Adi…I’m so happy for you cos i’ve heard from Kithu wat a gr8 fan u r of ARR..
PizzaDude // Sep 22, 2007 at 12:24 am
Whoa man!!! That must have been one heck of an awesome experience :D
Lisa // Sep 22, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Congratulations !!!
What an amazting tale you now have that will be yours to tell forever. I am very happy for you :)
Jeevan // Sep 28, 2007 at 6:43 am
WOW!! Its a dream come true for you :) you have to thank ur brother-in-law for this great opportunity, very nice photos.
S Ganesh Kumar // Sep 28, 2007 at 6:50 am
My fav. hero’s album released recently:
http://sganeshkumar.blogspot.com/2007/09/hurrahthe-guest-has-arrived.html
Ganesh Kumar // Sep 29, 2007 at 5:46 am
I’ve responded to your comments.I’ve also extended the post.
By the way,please comment on my blog:
http://jokerbalayya.blogspot.com
Mysorean // Oct 3, 2007 at 11:32 pm
Nivi:
Well, you see I have a brother-in-law who meets Rahman quite often. And it was just one of those days when he decided to take me along too, that’s all. Next time you are here, let’s hope things turn out for the best.
Thulasiram:
Thanks! :)
Venkat:
Thanks! :)
Manjula:
Thanks! :)
Vamshee:
Thanks! :)
Pixie:
Thanks! :)
Yogesh:
Sent them via email. Hope you got them! :)
And yeah, thanks! :)
NRI:
Thank you so much! :)
PizzaDude:
Oh sure it was amazing! Thanks! :)
Lisa:
Thanks! Yeah and what a tale that too! :)
Jeevan:
Of course! Thanks to Girinandh for all the chances that I have got in meeting ARR! EVer grateful to him! :)
Ganesh Kumar // Dec 11, 2007 at 4:39 am
You’ve not been writing anything recently.Probably,waiting for the next A.R.Rehman album to release?
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