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I heard rumours that there was an attempt on ARR's life refcently by irrate producers. Can anyone enlighten me on this?

Topic started by Guru (@ proxy.unicentre.edu.au) on Wed Sep 17 01:12:53 EDT 1997.
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• From: Aravind (@ 202.42.152.9) on: Wed Sep 17 04:04:06 EDT 1997
  
  If this news is true then it is a rumour started by ARR himself - another way of publicity. Other ways include allowing Udit Narayan etc to howl in his songs, release albums with names like Vande Mataram, allowing NFAK to sing......
  
  ennathaan erichchal vanthaalum, namma producers kolai seyyum aLavukkup pOga maattaargaL.
  
  
• From: NOV (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Wed Sep 17 05:16:35 EDT 1997
  
  Guru - From what little I know, I can shed some light on this. Recently a producer from Bollywood was murdered by some Indian "mafia". Following this there has been several other threats in the North and this has now come to the South. Besides ARR, another name mentioned was Rajni Kanth! Police, however, have dismissed this threats as mere rumours. More knowledgeable, please continue...
  
  Aravind - I suppose it's alright to be a little biased, athukkunu ippadiya?! Anthe manushen (ARR) appedi yenna thaan senjittaaru - ungalukku ivvalavu koabam varuvatharkku? :-)
  
  
• From: Ravy (@ eagle.vapower.com) on: Wed Sep 17 07:46:31 EDT 1997
  
  Welcome back Guru! Did you get busy with your studies?
  
  
• From: pg (@ igw2.merck.com) on: Wed Sep 17 08:59:14 EDT 1997
  
  Every day some guy is killed : in RMIM. (rec.music.indian.misc). From Shah Rukh to Shakti Kapoor to Anil Kapoor and to Kamal, Rajni somebody or the other is being killed. As of today the only guy who was killed is Gulshan Kumar of T-Series and Nadeem (of Nadeem-Shravan) is being accused.
  
  
• From: Aravind (@ 202.42.152.9) on: Thu Sep 18 01:06:06 EDT 1997
  
  NOV
  
  romba drama pOdaRaar ARR. Creates news just to show off and pull the crowd. He says that the first word of his child was 'Allah'. What do you say? vetti show!! As if this guy is a hard core Muslim. He was a Hindu till 5-6 years back and now wants to show off.
  
  It is true that people like something different. athukkaaga intha aLavukku stunt adikkak kUdaathu.
  
  
• From: NOV (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Thu Sep 18 03:51:18 EDT 1997
  
  Aravind - Please be careful, as you are treading dangerous grounds, especially where religious sensitivities are concerned.
  Condemning him for his religious beliefs, IMO, is hitting below the belt.
  Then again, if he is a convert, I would think he would be strong in his convictions, especially since he discovered it and was not merely born into the religion like most of us. (Please e-mail me if you want to expand further on this.)
  I find it hard to believe that what he says/does are publicity stunts, because he is an extremely shy person (one trait he shares with IR!) But then again, if I am wrong, you got to agree he has excellent PR, and that is the basis for any good business!
  I reproduce an excerpt of what Kavita Krishnamoorthy (Hindi Singer) said about him in one interview, for your reading pleasure:
  AR: Is it true that Udit Narayanji didn't attend the party that Kumar Shanu threw for both of you in honor of your filmfare award?
  Kavita: Uditji didn't come. There's a reason for that because we didn't know about the party very much in advance, in fact only about 48 hours in advance, and Uditji had to go to Madras to sing
  for Rahman. Rahman is a very big music director, one can't miss the chance to sing for him. His wife couldn't attend the party in behalf of him because Aditya (his son) had measles and there was no way that she could have left the child. So she couldn't attend the party on Udit's behalf either. It is just unfortunate that the press played it up. I don't think Udit meant to hurt Shanu, if he was in town he would have come.
  
  
• From: Aravind (@ 202.42.152.9) on: Thu Sep 18 22:45:35 EDT 1997
  
  NOV
  
  We will continue our discussions on religion separately.
  
  Kavitha's interview is no big deal. Anyone would say the same about ARR today. There is nothing special in her statement.
  
  
• From: Guru (@ proxy.unicentre.edu.au) on: Fri Sep 19 01:05:46 EDT 1997
  
  To Ravy,
  
  Yes, I was a bit busy with work and had to go down to Melbourne. Didn't have access to a terminal with Web facilities during that time. Miss me?
  
  Thanks for the enlightenment on this matter guys/gals. I too feel that all this hullabaloo are just publicity stunts to get some limelight.
  As for the Bollywood 'drama', real-life is beginning to look film stroylines down there. Puts the view of somewho say that watching moves will sonner or later make you want to act like that in a new perspective.
  
  
• From: Ravy (@ eagle.vapower.com) on: Fri Sep 19 07:57:50 EDT 1997
  
  Guru:
  
  Missed your rather lenghty and detailed discussions. Also some of your IR criticisms.
  
  Yesterday in one of the News digests that I get on a daily basis, the headlines said 'Actress Meena is dead'. But in the detail news it turned out to be a 50+ malayalam actress Meena.
  
  
• From: indian (@ 1cust119.max29.cleveland.oh.ms.uu.net) on: Wed Sep 24 13:38:40 EDT 1997
  
  Aravind:
  
  Pl enlighten me on ARR's religious background. I thought he was a born muslim. I am surprised to hear this news. i think it is very interesting. I know that he is a hardcore tamil and indian despite his religious preferences.
  
  
• From: Aravind (@ 202.42.152.9) on: Wed Sep 24 22:28:00 EDT 1997
  
  Disclaimer
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  This posting is just meant to clarify Indian's doubts. They are hard-core facts which are just reported by me. They are not a product of my imagination. They are not meant to degrade any religion.
  
  Hi Indian
  
  Original name of ARR is S.Dilip. His father, Mr.Sekhar, is a Palghat Brahmin and was associated to cine music in some way. Dilip spent most of his life at Madras. Was into music very early. Did a lot of ad jingles. Worked with many MDs. Played keyboard for IR in 'punnagai mannan' (1986) and for the Kunnakkudi Vaidyanathan - Zakhir Hussain album 'Colours'. The credits mention his name as Dilip. This was in early 90s, before Aug 1992.
  
  He also did an album with Shubha titled 'Set me free' which was never heard off. Shubha still refers to ARR as Dilip. (I saw her doing it in an interview in Sep 1996).
  
  He then changed his name as A.R.Rehman (or was he re-christined by Manirathnam, a novelty-lover?) and was introduced in Aug 1992 and was accepted instantly by TFM. The same album, 'Set me free' was re-released with ARR on the lable and the album was a success.
  
  So SDilip became ARRehman (how did the initials change?!!). He has now married a Muslim.
  
  
  
• From: Ravi (@ greed.cs.umass.edu) on: Wed Sep 24 23:43:15 EDT 1997
  
  Aravind: Isn't Dilip's mother a musilm?
  
  
• From: NOV (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Thu Sep 25 03:09:21 EDT 1997
  
  Aravind - AR Rahman is actor Raguman's brother-in-law. They are married to two sisters.
  
  Aravind, to be fair, you should now tell how Ilayaraaja was a born Christian and became a hardcore Hindu! :-)
  
  
• From: pg (@ igw2.merck.com) on: Thu Sep 25 10:01:05 EDT 1997
  
  TO NOV :
  
  I think IR was not born a Christian. He was born a Hindu (some SC), converted to Christianity in his early days and later became a Hindu again.
  
  About ARR : That is another thing that confuses me : How did his initials change ? Did his father also convert and change his name ? That is the only possibility.
  
  
• From: cp (@ 208.206.24.27) on: Thu Sep 25 11:27:14 EDT 1997
  
  NOV:
  Why are you also pulling IR in discussions where ARR and his personal life is discussed?
  
  To All:
  I personally feel that these kind of discussions should be avoided in a tamil film music forum.
  Religion is an issue that is jolting India now and I think it is better not to continue the discussion on the lines of religion, caste, community etc. to avoid conflicts.
  
  
  
• From: aruLarasan (@ psiphi.umsl.edu) on: Thu Sep 25 14:07:40 EDT 1997
  
  ennAl mudintha kuttai kuzhappal.
  
  ARR's (previously dhilIp's) competitor (school and college days) who
  happens to be my room-mate now tells me that ARR became a moslem
  after some josiyar told him to embrace islam to achieve
  success in TFM-dom. Sounds too realistic to reject.
  
  
• From: Aravind (@ 202.42.152.9) on: Thu Sep 25 22:53:01 EDT 1997
  
  aRuLarasan
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  adRaa sakkai, adRaa sakkai, adRaa sakkai.
  
  
• From: Aravind (@ 202.42.152.9) on: Fri Sep 26 05:43:40 EDT 1997
  
  Ravi
  
  I do not know anything about ARR's mother.
  
  NOV
  
  I know that ARR and Raguman are co-brothers. And I do not know anything about IR's lineage. So I am unable to comment on that.
  
  
  
• From: pg (@ igw2.merck.com) on: Fri Sep 26 10:27:11 EDT 1997
  
  Has anybody seen a movie called paNNaipurathu paNdavargal ? I think the paNdavargal are IR, Gangai Amaran, Bhaskar, Pavalar Varadarajan (brothers) + Bhaarati Raja. (BR is not from paNNaipuram but from another village nearby where he was a Malaria Inspector !). He was a friend of Bhaskar and later became a friend of IR. Maybe thie movie is slightly autobiographical.
  
  
• From: pg (@ igw2.merck.com) on: Fri Sep 26 10:28:21 EDT 1997
  
  OOps !
  
  
• From: aruLarasan (@ newton.umsl.edu) on: Fri Sep 26 13:34:59 EDT 1997
  
  test.
  
  
• From: NOV (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Sat Sep 27 01:43:04 EDT 1997
  
  cp - You have echoed my sentiments. Please scroll up to see what I had said earlier. I don't think the problem here is ARR's religion. It's just the anger against him is being redirected in any possible manner. That is the reason why I raised the issue of IR's religious background (to serve as an irony.) Why is ARR's religious and other personal background raised here? It has no bearing WHATSOEVER with his talents (or if you must, the lack of!)
  aruLarasan - Would you change your faith for success in life? I don't think your statement is fair.
  Okay, shall we leave these issues to rest?
  
  
• From: GURU (@ proxy.unicentre.edu.au) on: Tue Sep 30 22:16:23 EDT 1997
  
  Hey..hey..hey...stop this bloody nonsense. I only asked if whether the title topic was true or false. Please get off arguing on religious lines. Every religion in the world today preaches good. It's the people who practice it which exaggerate things and give religion a bad name, whether it be a Christian, a Muslim or a Hindu. A clear example of what I am saying can be seen in the arguments above. With this said, I hope this discussion stops here.
  
  
• From: NOV (@ 202.184.134.10) on: Thu Oct 9 05:12:13 EDT 1997
  
  Latest in today's papers:
  
  A bouquet of flowers was sent to Sivakumar's house. Yenermo yeithonu neneichu bomb disposal units were summoned (reminiscent of Rajiv Gandhi?). Eventually it was found that the bouquet was for Sivakumar's son, Surya (One of the leads in Nerukku Ner)
  
  What exactly is going on in Inida's cinema industry?
  
  
• From: Puppy (@ ) on: Fri Oct 6 05:22:48 EDT 2000
  
  As regards ARR's conversion, the fact circulating around is that he was subject to a lot of black magic and an Islamic preist helped him overcome it.
  However his personal info is just for curiousity purpose only. Each and every indian loves his tunes irrespective of what his religion is.
  
  

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