If not for “Jai ho” ..

… Rahman deserves the award for the unbelievable other scores he has produced over the years, which I am sure the westerners wouldn’t have chanced upon.. OK, that is just to say, if Oscar is the prime that an artist can get, there are other better songs to represent Rahman than “Jai Ho”..

My all time favorites of Rahman in Hindi and Tamil :

“Pyar ye Jane kaisa hai” from Rangeela and “Nahin saamne yeh alag baath hai” from Taal

“Minnale nee vandhadhenadi” from May Madham and “Evano oruvan” from Alaipayudhey

There are a lot more other songs that are close to my heart but the ones above are stand outs..

Heres wishing Rahman on his success!