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Fans upset with A.R. Rahman's UK concert for excessive Tamil songs

India Blooms News Service | | Jul 14, 2017, at 07:04 pm

#ARRahman # UKConcert # ExcessiveTamilSongs

London, July 14 (IBNS): Fans got furious after attending the UK concert of Indian musician A.R. Rahman in London on last Saturday for an excessive repertoire of Tamil songs, media reports said.

Reports suggested that the concert-goers walked out of the hall when the singer sang mostly Tamil songs and not the Hindi ones.

Supporting the songs sung by Rahman, Twiiter user @MusicAloud said: "Not saying the concert was perfect; it had its shortcomings. But
dissing it based on a setlist with more Tamil songs, is just ridiculous."

Not saying the concert was perfect; it had its shortcomings. But dissing it based on a setlist with more Tamil songs, is just ridiculous.
— MusicAloud (@MusicAloud) July 9, 2017

Twitter user Ailaa! ridiculed the fury of several concert-goers as she said: "People who were angry about the AR Rahman concert not having
Hindi, the name of the concert was Netru Indru Nalai. Did u expect despacito?"

People who were angry about the AR Rahman concert not having Hindi, the name of the concert was Netru Indru Nalai. Did u expect despacito?
— Ailaa! (@AaliaAilaa) July 13, 2017

Another user Selvam, however, linked the intolerance showed by people for excessive Tamil songs to the rejection of Hindi language by
Tamilians in South India. "They're d same people who come to South India for a living and get angry that people don't speak Hindi
#ARRahman "

They're d same people who come to South India for a living and get angry that people don't speak Hindi ðŸ˜€ #ARRahman https://t.co/pP3ILTRw4i
— Selvam (@Selvam_R7) July 14, 2017

Rahman, who was born in Chennai, got the Oscar award in 2009 for Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire. Apart from Bollywood, he also composed several Tamil songs.

The name of his UK concert was 'Netru Indru Naalai', which in English means 'yesterday, today, tomorrow'.

Image: Official Twitter handle of A.R. Rahman.

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