Music composer AR Rahman made history at the Academy Awards for his composition in the Danny Boyle’s film Slumdog Millionaire. His award acceptance speech is often misinterpreted by people in India, to which the composer have given the justified the meaning of it.
The video was posted by the Academy on Twitter, which featured the glorious experience of Rahman in 2009. He recounts the time when his name was called for the award, he expressed his gratitude in Tamil which translated to, “All perfect praise belongs to God alone.”
The artist shared, “The second time when they announced my name for the best song, I had said in the speech that the essence of the film is optimism and hope, because the world was going through that economic depression, and Slumdog Millionaire was done in a way that anybody who sees it would feel high.”
In his speech, Rahman had stated, “All my life, I had a choice of hate and love. I chose love and I’m here. God Bless.” Reminiscing the moment, Rahman mentioned in the video, “Some people have misinterpreted that statement over some religion and this and that, which is not true. This is the state of every artist in the world and that’s what makes them the artist. They want to give and love is about giving, not taking.”
