CHENNAI: A day after police stopped his concert in Pune for overshooting the ten pm deadline, celebrated composer AR Rahman stated he had a “Rockstar second” after he carried out for the viewers within the metropolis.
In a tweet posted on Monday night time, the double Oscar winner stated he and his band had been “overwhelmed” by the concertgoers’ love and wished to “give extra” to them.
“Did all of us simply have the ‘Rockstar’ second on stage yesterday? I believe we did! We had been overwhelmed by the love of the viewers and saved wanting to offer extra. Pune, thanks as soon as once more for such a memorable night,” Rahman stated.
The 56-year-old singer-musician additionally shared a video from the stay concert, held at Raja Bahadur Mills in Pune on Sunday night.
“Here’s a bit snippet of our curler coaster trip,” wrote Rahman alongside a wink emoji.
On Tuesday, a hashtag ‘#DisRespectOfARRahman’ began trending on Twitter.”We are with you Thalaivaa @arrahman #DisRespectOfARRahman,” a fan stated.
We are with you Thalaivaa @arrahman #DisRespectOfARRahmanpic.twitter.com/wCY245u23b
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“Shame on you MH authorities #DisRespectOfARRahman,” stated one other person.
“What they did to ARR is just not good in any respect; Stopping a concert in mid-song is extremely insulting.
Kudos to A R Rahman for being so respectful #DisRespectOfARRahman @PuneMetropolisPolice @cppunecity @Dev_Fadnavis @CMOMaharas (sic)” a fan wrote on the microblogging web site.
After Sunday’s concert, a video went viral on social media platforms wherein a police officer was seen strolling on the stage and asking Rahman, different artistes and organisers to cease the music present because it was already previous 10 o’clock.
In his earlier Twitter put up, Rahman thanked Pune for “all of the love and euphoria” throughout “a curler coaster concert” however didn’t tackle the incident.
“Pune! Thank you for all of the love and euphoria final night time! Was such a curler coaster concert! No surprise Pune is dwelling to a lot classical music! We shall be again quickly to sing with you all once more!” the Oscar winner had stated.
Did all of us simply have the “Rockstar” second on stage yesterday? I believe we did!
We had been overwhelmed by the love of the viewers and saved wanting to offer extra..
Pune, thanks as soon as once more for such a memorable night. Here’s a bit snippet of our curler coaster trip 😉 pic.twitter.com/qzC1TervKs— A.R.Rahman (@arrahman) May 1, 2023
An aide near Rahman, nonetheless, on Monday stated the police may have talked to the organisers as a substitute of pointing fingers at Rahman, a Padma Bhushan awardee identified over the world for his music.
“10 pm was the curfew time however they’ve stated it is the final track and solely a minute left.
The police official went to the stage and requested ARR (Rahman) on to cease, pointing finger at him.
Police ought to have talked to the organisers or different management cubicles,” the aide stated.
Event organiser Dr Heramb Shelke stated stopping the present on this method was disrespectful to Rahman, a composer admired and appreciated the world over, and it may have been accomplished in a “respectable method”.
“At the final second, this could not have occurred as your complete programme was nicely organised,” he stated.
