Music Composer A R Rahman was at the popular Wembley stadium in London for a concert. The music composer was to perform his top hit songs at the concert when an unexpected thing happened at the concert. Few groups walked out from the concert after knowing that the list of songs had majorly Tamil songs and no Hindi songs composed by him. The audience expressed their displeasure over that and walked out from the stadium which was totally unexpected by the organisers.
After the incident was reported by the media, netizens trolled A.R.Rahman for including only Tamil songs and no Hindi songs in the list of songs he was to perform in front of the huge crowd. While few were in support of A.R.Rahman saying he was an Indian first and a Tamilian later, few netizens had a different thought.
It was a huge debate online after the incident at Wembley Stadium and became a hot topic soon. Singer and dubbing artist Chinmayi Sripada had a strong message for those who were trolling A.R.Rahamn. Chinmayi wrote, “When Rahman sir wins 2 Oscars and creates history, he is “An Indian”, but 7-8 Tamil gaane kya gaa liye aap naraaz hote ho. What yaar? The show was called ‘Netru Indru Naalai’, had 65% Hindi songs (Set List is out there). Music knows no boundaries/language. Chase the American dream, your kids can Spanish; Live in the UK that once colonised India – but cry foul when a when you hear Tamil songs.”
A.R. Rahman hasn’t yet responded on this issue yet and the whole world now wants to hear him speak on this.
Comments
Anonymous
Hindi? National Language? Why is our national Anthem In Bengali?
Anonymous
Good that th e British left India early otherwise
music maestro A.R.Rahman’s recent saga would have given them a different form of migrane.
Anonymous
The title of the concert was in Tamil. Why would you expect Hindi songs in it? No southeners complained and walked out because there were more Hindi songs! You wouldn’t go to an event with a title in Spanish and then complain there was no English in it. Some small minded, bigoted and intolerant Hindi supremist twits.
Anonymous
Why would anyone go to a madrasi consert anyway ?? We all know what is sounds like dont we ,?? Take some rocks and shake them in a container!!! All tamil/telgu/malyali/kannanda etc….people sound the same.
Anonymous
All these years I have been foolish trying to rationalize with the stupid Hindians who don’t understand India is a diverse country with many languages and cultures and there is no place for for Hindi hegemony. Then I figured out I cannot be rational with irrational people. So all I can say is f..k Hindi and its imposition.
Anonymous
All I can say is F@$&K southie niggers and their idli dosa language.
Anonymous
Music is music irrespective of language. To walk out on some one just because they are not singing in your mother tongue is disrespectful to the artist.
Anonymous
Pinkvilla, it’s shocking that you distort the truth and come up with a blatantly false heading to misguide people. Your statement makes it seem that Rahman sang only Tamil tracks at a concert!! That is absolutely false. He sang 16 full Hindi tracks and 12 full Tamil tracks and one mixed medley in both languages. In spite of Tamil being his mother tongue, he sang more Hindi songs to appease his Hindi speaking Bollywood fans. It’s sad that a small section of his disgruntled fans chose to walk out because they could not ‘tolerate’ him singing twelve tamil songs! Music transcends language barriers and it’s sad that the Hindi speaking crowd displayed such blatant language chauvinism . Some of his best works are in Tamil and it’s sad that his ‘so called’ fans were not willing to listen to his Tamil songs! How narrow minded can people be?
Anonymous
One of my best friend is from south. when his other southindian buddies show up they always kind of ignore me and start blabering in their language. Even at his home I dont feel welcomed. In my case its totally otherway around.
Anonymous
Oh thats typical southindian thing.to do. They always make you feel left out when they are with their “own” people.We’d never do that.
Anonymous
I have similar experience at my north Indian friends home. So?
Anonymous
South indians women are only good at trapping nothindian men so they can have better future with better looking offsprings.
Anonymous
Lol. As if North Indian people look any better. Hahahahaha
Anonymous
At they dont look like kaloo atma…jaja
Anonymous
At least they dont look like southie kaloo atma…jaja
Anonymous
Obsession with fairness continues.
Anonymous
South indians are actually Indian niggers.
Anonymous
Racist pig
Anonymous
Honey, you haven’t really been south have you? There are far more handsome, genuine, well-educated, rational men down south. Women are treated with respect and many households are run by the matriarchs. For the rest of the ignorant fools – South India consists of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andaman & Nicobar, Pondicherry, Telangana, Lakshwadeep, Andhra Pradesh. Hindi is not a national language it is the official language of the Union government. India chose not to have a national language for the same reason we have a nonsensical debate about it.
Anonymous
In sort they are all kaloo Madrasis for us. Cuz they all look same,eat same ,sound same and not to forget they all behave like animals.
Anonymous
Who is “us”?? Don’t generalize ur racist, animalistic behavior.
Anonymous
Well he should have sung a few songsin Hindi too for his fans. Not everyone can undersand idli dosa language. My 2cents.
Anonymous
He sung 16 songs in Hindi. And not everyone understands ur Beef language. By the way, I am a Maharashtrian, not South Indian.
Anonymous
Last time I heard keralites eat beef. Your gk is very poor. Don’t just watch stupid movies.
Anonymous
South India comprises of Kerala alone? You need to brush up ur GK. Go to school and study about India. And North Indians eat beef, in case you didn’t know. Lol
Anonymous
Just be Happy India, you have musician like AR Rahman who won you Oscar, Grammy, Golden Globe and Bafta. Least you can do is respect him.
Anonymous
My mother tongue is Marathi and it’s true that the Indian constitution doesn’t recognize Hindi as the National language of India.
Anonymous
India has unity in diversity. Don’t destroy with Common launguage Hindi.
Anonymous
We are tamilan since thousands of years ago. We have a many proof’s Eg. Tirukural.. You know the India history, We always first tamilan, then Indian. We don’t want Hindi. We can developed only because of Tamil. He has also grown only because of Tamil. If you learn Tamil then you will understand, Otherwise not.
Anonymous
Another arrogant fool calling himself/herself Indian second. Why dont you just you crawl back under your rock ??
Anonymous
Another arrogant fool calling himself/herself Indian second. Why dont you just you crawl back under your rock ?? Oh dont forget to take your entire Tamil first clan along with you.
Anonymous
Tamils are rather jingoistic and claim to be separate from the rest of the country. No spirit of unity.
Anonymous
Not tamilians! All of us south indians need freedom from UP bihar’s criminals
Anonymous
Yes pls leave India and never come back.
Anonymous
You north Indians leave India, and never come back. We are happy without you. And we comprises of Maharashtra, South India, North-east India.
Anonymous
Butthurt Madrasis are on fire…lol..go slurp on some more nasty rasam sambhar.
Anonymous
Lol.. But I am not a Madrasi, I am Marathi.. Go to school and study about India first.. Haha
Anonymous
No wonder scenes like these in Tubelight went over people’s heads. Salman asks Guo to speak Hindi in front of the Army officer to show that he is Indian. Guo speaks Chinese instead and later tells Salman that he is not a parrot who will do as told. Get it now?? Why should Indians have to speak Hindi to prove to other Indians that they are Indian?? India is a huge diverse country where a multitude of languages and dialects are spoken. There is no such thing as ‘national’ language! Hindi is the official language, meaning it is used for official purposes, also English.
Anonymous
There’s no such thing as ‘national language’ in the Indian constitution! There are official languages hindi English and other languages like tamil are officially recognized! Please respect the constitution and not your unfounded rabid pro-hindi sentiments ! It’s a free country you can’t impose your views on others! UP Bihar people should first focus on reducing crime rates and overpopulation in their states. Look at model states like tamil nadu, karnataka, kerala we are developed states, not overpopulated, relatively safe for women, creating jobs, paying taxes, no communal riots! South India should breakoff and become its own country so we can be free of the hindi obsessed illiterate northies!
Anonymous
Pinkvilla you censor so much. Yet you allow this kind of things?
Anonymous
Hindi is not our national language. Please get an education.
Anonymous
Don’t be acting like Jayalalita now. Also pls educate us about our national language.
Anonymous
You do know that jayalalitha spoke good hindi don’t know? She came to UP
Anonymous
Jayalalitha came to UP to campaign for amar singh! There must be videos on the Internet look for them
Anonymous
Well she always opposed Hindi in her state.
Anonymous
No wonder India is fckdup because of arrogant people like you . People like you don’t even want to accept Hindi as your national language. so called educated losers like you are disgrace to India.
Anonymous
My mother language is Marathi and it’s true that the Indian constitution doesn’t recognize Hindi as the National language of India.
Anonymous
Chnnamai bish ,stop licking his butt for new songs. You are one song wonder and noone even know you.If you are going to disrespect audince the by your cheap tectics you gotta pay for that. He was supposed to entertain all of his audines by singing in the languanges he had promised for . He was not there onlyfor his madrasi mallu fans.
Anonymous
‘Madrasi mallu’. Madrasis and Malayalis are tho different things. Not all people from the north are Biharis or Punjabis, are they? But you wouldn’t know would you. You myopics view and knowledge is only limited to yourself, I doubt you even know about your very own region.
Anonymous
Hindi is our national language and these southies must remember that. He is famous because of hindi his songs . These madrasi mallus na…I tell you….damn ahsanfaramosh !!! If you hate Hindi so mach you are free to leave Hindustan and go back to Srilanka or wherever hell you want to or just disappear noone wants to see your ugly black faces.period.
Anonymous
wow too much hatred for whtever reason….
Anonymous
You are too negative in life..I am North Indian too even I would have loved to here Hindi songs, but would never make judgement and discard all South Indians because of the language..
Anonymous
You don’t even seem to know the history of your country.
Anonymous
Hindi is the ‘official’ language of India, not the ‘national’ language! First off, that that right!! Secondly, India does not belong to Hindi speaking North Indians. Indian belongs to Indians!! It is sadly this very concept that hateful people like you fail to grasp! No wonder this country is in this state today. Really sad. Pinkvilla, I cannot believe you can post such a horrible hateful comment! Otherwise you guys censor stuff all the time. Going to not publish this either???
Anonymous
‘First off, get that right’. There is no such thing as the ‘national’ language of India. Morons.
Anonymous
We people are ready to leave hindustan and why should we leave our sub-continant we were here more than 2000 years. India formed only a few years back. And fools like you had origin from middle east so shut ur mouth and go back to your daddy in Pakistan.
Fools like you doesnt know INDIA has no National Language.
Anonymous
This proves Hindhi Walla’s are dumb creatures.
Even they don’t know meaning between official language and National Language.
Hindi is not India’s national language.
We people were here more than 2000years as tamils few decades as Indians why we should leave. U may go to your daddy home in Pakistan.
Im proud to be an Indian. And also im an tamilian.
Anonymous
My mother tongue is Marathi and it’s true that the Indian constitution doesn’t recognize Hindi as the National language of India
Anonymous
Indians, be happy that you are blessed with music maestro like A.R. Rahman who made you proud by winning Oscar, Grammy, Golden Globe and Bafta.