Nevada
(US)
(ANI):
Oscar
winner
musician
AR
Rahman
(Slumdog
Millionaire)
will
perform
live
in
his
'Jai
Ho
World
Tour'
concerts
during
coming
summer,
according
to
reports.
To
be
reportedly
called
“Jai
Ho—The
Journey
Home",
these
concerts
expectedly
will
be
held
in
Europe,
Africa,
Australia,
North
America,
Middle
East,
South
East
Asia,
India,
and
United
Kingdom,
reports
suggest.
Besides
Rahman,
these
concerts
will
reportedly
include
few
dozen
artists/dancers
also.
These
shows
are
claimed
to
be
audiovisual
spectacle
involving
pyrotechnics
and
lighting.
Acclaimed
Indo-American
statesman
Rajan
Zed,
in
a
statement
in
Nevada
(USA)
today,
commended
Rahman
for
taking
the
Indian
music
to
new
heights
and
bringing
respect
and
international
recognition
to
Indian
film
music.
Zed,
who
is
chairperson
of
Indo-American
Leadership
Confederation,
urged
Government
of
India
to
launch
some
world-class
conservatories
in
collaboration
with
major
business
houses
to
channelize
the
abundant
musical
talent
of
India.
Rahman,
who
has
reportedly
recorded
sales
of
over
300
million,
was
called
'Mozart
of
Madras'
by
Time
magazine.
Rahman
sees
music
“as
a
way
to
connect
to
spirituality
and
embrace
it" and
for
“creating
harmony
in
troubled
times".