AR Rahman team react to 'c****ya' remark for Bowl show
Indian
oi-Kalyani Prasad Keshri
By Kalyani Prasad Keshri
Music
composer
AR
Rahman's
recent
show
at
the
Hollywood
Bowl
has
received
expletive
criticism
by
Shonali
Bose,
the
director
of
Konkona
Sen
Sharma's
Amu.
A
member
from
Rahman's
team
has
officially
reacted
to
the
director's
comment
on
the
social
network.
The
director
who
was
at
the
Rahman
concert
recently
at
the
Hollywood
Bowl
commented
on
her
social
networking
profile,
"Just
returned
from
a
most
c*****ya
concert
at
the
Hollywood
bowl
wrongly
advertised
as
an
AR
Rahman
concert.
Me
and
a
zillion
other
desis
who
were
there
felt
totally
cheated
and
want
our
time
and
money
back!
they
made
AR
an
announcer!
He
came
on
stage
and
read
out
the
synopses
of
his
(worst)
films
—
such
disasters
as
raavan,
mangal
pandey
and
robot!
and
then
we
had
to
hear
the
boring
score
played
by
the
la
philharmonic!
the
highlight
of
the
event
was
walking
around
in
the
beginning
before
the
show
started
and
finding
so
many
good
friends
there.
if
you
were
there
and
are
not
bubbling
with
gaalis
please
enlighten
me!"
Meanwhile,
Rahman's
office
has
reacted
to
this
comment.
Says
Vijay
Iyer,
a
member
of
Rahman's
team,
(TOI)
"It
was
always
publicized
as
an
orchestral
show
and
that
the
Los
Angeles
Philharmonic
Orchestra
would
perform
his
works.
Last
year,
the
London
Philharmonic
Orchestra
performed
a
similar
concert
in
London
which
was
well-received.
He
just
concluded
his
multi-city
Jai
Ho
tour
a
few
months
aho
and
also
performed
at
Nagpur
and
Bangalore
a
few
weeks
back,
which
was
a
different
format
complete
with
singers,
dancers
and
lots
of
fireworks.
This
was
a
different
format.
An
orchestra
is
always
led
by
a
conductor,
who
in
this,
happened
to
be
Matt
Dunkley.
Were
they
expecting
Rahman
to
stand
with
the
orchestra
for
the
full
duration?
The
show
has
been
very
well-received
and
we
have
been
flooded
with
compliments
and
requests
for
more
such
shows."