Sachin & Rahman

it was early 1990, i am school kid ..loves to watch cricket and likes music...

Ceylon aka Srilankan Broadcasting corporation our one of favorite radio service in the tamilnadu. the local aakashavani never broadcasts latest songs . but srilankan radio always broadcasts the latest tamil hits and more over its 24 hour service.

dont remember when i first heard the song..chinna chinna aasai from the movie roja..it was the first song from A R Rahman something stroked at mind..new sound new instruments and everything was fresh...

but my heart did not accept that fact..ilayaraja one of the master in indian music dominated the tamil music world for years..i am one of the adamant fan of ilayaraja could not able to accept the fact is ilayaraja's days are going to end..

srilankan radio used to air the all the songs from Roja except tamila tamila song ( it has few obvious reasons) ...slowly the our gang started praising the rahman and we started sending request letters to air the song again & again...

Roja songs were such a massive hit .....and it created thunders not only in tamilnadu but in through the country also.

Sachin..also started his carrier at the same time when rahman started....

Doordarshan our only resource for live telecast , we don't have any work other than watching cricket match...we have our own reasons...watch the cricket match at night time ( india Vs south africa matches) and proudly claim among the school class mates..

it was indian Vs Australia match... Sydney ..all the major players rushed to pavilion as early as possible.. but one small man stood roughly and punishing the Australian bowers hardly.... all the players in the indian team failed badly on that series.except sachin.....but this time also heart did not able to accept the fact...how come our great hero kapil dev could not able to perform a small boy able to do??

world cup (1991) started ...sachin one of the star performer ..india could not able to enter to semi final..but we could able to see a one small man fighting in the crease until the last moment..

soon the boost advidisements starring kapil & sachin were published in the tv ...okie our great hero kapil is a friend to sachin..so we did not have any problem in accepting sachin by this time..:)

Pudhiya Mugam.. A R Rahman's second movie...this movie is not a commercial hit but songs were exceptional...at the same time comments started flouring from all the ends...this guy did not have any talents..his music is repetitive.. Rahman answered in such a nice way.. Gentleman...the third movie from A R Rahman...again the new trend..new music ... rocking...

Rahman did not turned back after that..

1993 toughest period for the indian cricket team, all the old folks were retired from the international cricket team..more new faces....sachin first time started opening the match against New Zealand..suoerb fifty....narrated exceptional batting skills... moved from middle order to opening batsman ..changed his batting style...and still he is restless..

Rahman and Sachin both are favorite icons for me...

i have music collections of the all the A R Rahman albums released untill this date..i rarely missed sachin's matches untill this time..

i dont bother about movie director, language or anything...whenever i see Rahman's name in the album i never used to miss...

like a normal indian i never used to watch match further if the sachin leaves the crease..

best time of sachin & Rahman also touched at same time...

for Rahman its oscar for sachin its 200 * in ODI..

every year both these guys keep on creating records and entertaining the entire world...

best thing of them is they are really very humble and honest.. best example for hardwork.

i really proud to live in this world where sachin & Rahman also lives :)