After reports of molestation and injuries came in from AR Rahman's Chennai concert, the Oscar-winner aologised to his fans and wrote, "Some people call me G.O.A.T. (Greatest of All Tiime) Let me be the sacrificial goat this time for all of us to wake up".
AR Rahman's recent Chennai concert titled Marakkuma Nenjam turned into a chaos with people sharing photos and videos of horrific planning and crowd management on social media. Iniially slated to happen in August, the concert was postponed due to bad weather conditions and took place at the Adityaram Palace City on Sunday, September 10.
Apart from blaming the organisers, i.e. ACTC Events, some people also slammed AR Rahman on social media as the singer wasn't aware of the grusesome incidents happening outside the venue and continued to sing in his concert. "The fan in me died today AR Rahman, thank you for that", wrote one netizen while another added, "Ladies molested, children’s injured in the stampede, elderly collapsed due to suffocation while AR Rahman was still singing with a closed eye".
Amid this negativity against the Oscar-winning composer, actor Karthi has come out in Rahman's support on Tuesday, September 12 morning when he took to his X (previously known as Twitter) account and posted, "We have known and loved Rahman sir for more than 3 decades now. What happened during the concert was unfortunate. However, knowing sir he would be immensely affected by it. My family too was at the concert amid the chaos but I stay with #ARRahman sir and I hope the event organizers take responsibility. I request all the fans to choose love over hate as Rahman sir always gave his love to all. #LoveAboveHate'.
On Monday itself, Rahman had apologised to his fans and wrote, "Some people call me G.O.A.T. (Greatest of All Tiime)...Let me be the sacrificial goat this time for all of us to wake up". He also added that those who couldn't enter the concet venue will be given entire refund. "We will face this and fix it, because every soul is important to me. We will, hopefully, not let this happen ever again", he told The Hindu.
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