Oscar
winning
composer
A.R.
Rahman
got
slammed
over
social
media
after
some
of
his
fans
reportedly
walked
out
of
his
concert
at
Wembley
Stadium
because
many
of
the
songs
he
sang
were
in
Tamil.
Rahman
performed
the
concert
"Netru,
Indru,
Naalai"(Yesterday,
Today,
Tomorrow)
at
the
London
event
on
July
8.
However,
according
to
reports,
fans
started
leaving
the
concert
after
Rahman
started
singing
Tamil
songs.
"A.R.
Rahman
concert:
Never
seen
so
much
disappointment
and
mass
walkouts.
Approximately
one
per
cent
of
songs
in
Hindi,"
one
fan
posted
on
Twitter.
Another
tweeted:
"A.R.
Rahman
very
disappointed
with
the
concert
tonight
(July
8)
in
Wembley.
Waited
for
a
very
long
time
to
be
disappointed?
Not
expected
from
a
legend."
"Lovely
to
see
A.R.
Rahman,
but
all
the
songs
are
in
Tamil!
What
about
your
Hindi/Bollywood
fans?"
After
the
reported
walkout,
a
statement
was
later
issued
on
a
Facebook
page
named
"A
R
Rahman
Live
-
UK" on
July
10
saying:
"Hi
London.
Thanks
for
the
tremendous
support
and
response.
However,
we
have
been
getting
few
complaints
on
language
bias
which
is
rather
unfortunate
as
this
was
an
Indian
show
and
music
doesn't
have
any
barriers."
The
Facebook
statement,
which
could
not
be
verified
immediately,
also
sought
to
put
the
controversy
in
perspective.
"We
have
posted
the
track
list
performed
at
The
SSE
Arena,
Wembley
to
prove
that
there
were
16
full
tracks
in
Hindi,
12
full
Tamil
tracks
and
one
medley
with
a
mix
of
Tamil
and
Hindi."
There
were
many
fans
who
supported
him.
"We
must
demand
refund
of
tax
paid
to
Indian
Government
as
we
don't
get
service
in
my
Langauge
#stopHindiImposition
#ARRahman," a
fan
tweeted.
"This
is
how
v
feel
when
Hindi
is
imposed
or
Hindi
songs
r
in
list
in
Yuva
Dasara
Mysuru
or
Hindi
is
heard
in
flight
announcement" said
another
tweet.
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is
currently
in
New
York
for
the
18th
edition
of
the
IIFA
Weekend
and
Awards
and
is
yet
to
directly
address
the
incident.
With
inputs
from
IANS.