Home > Entertainment > Report

AR Rahman performs for US president Obama

Prithwish Ganguly / DNA
Thursday, November 26, 2009 23:59 IST
Email Email
Print Print
Share Share

Mumbai: AR Rahman is scaling one milestone after another. The 'Mozart of Madras' performed at the White House in front of President Barack Obama and Indian PM Manmohan Singh to mark the latter's three-day visit to the US.

Sings two of his hit tracks from Slumdog Millionaire at the White House.

He sang two tracks -- Jai Ho and Dreams on Fire -- from his Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire.

As part of an initiative by the government authorities, Rahman performed with Indian and western artistes to welcome Singh in the US.

A source said, "It was an electrifying performance celebrating brotherhood between India and the US. Rahman set the mood for Manmohan Singh's three-day visit to the US. High level government officials of both countries witnessed this performance."

Rahman has a great fan following in the US. "He was the best person to have during this crucial meeting of the two country's heads. There were bhangra performers too at the event. Rahman also teamed up with musician Taku Hirano with whom he had performed at Time magazine's gala event that had crowned the 100 Most Influential people of the world in New York City."

Double click an English word for Macmillan Dictionary definition
Copyright permission mandatory to republish this article.
For reprint rights click here
digg reddit google Facebook MySpace delicious

Talking heads
The inaugural session of the FICCI Frames conference was moderated by Karan Johar and also had Yash Chopra, Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif.
As Gudi as it gets
Mumbaikars celebrated the Maharashtrian New Year on Tuesday with traditional dances and costumes blending with socially relevant messages of today.

Get daily news in your inbox and read it at your convenience.

D