¡®He Was Underrated, Wanted To Quit Music¡¯, AR Rahman Heaps Praise On Padma Shri MM Keeravani

Veteran music composer MM Keeravani recently got conferred with Padma Shri, India¡¯s fourth highest civilian award. His recognition came days after the RRR composer won a Golden Globes Award for his song Naatu Naatu and then even won an Oscar nomination for the same.

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AR Rahman who¡¯s himself a two-time Oscar winner called MM Keeravani¡¯s life an example to others and revealed he wanted to quit music.

Rahman told News18, ¡°First of all, Keeravani is a great composer. He was underrated. And, the irony of what life is like¡­ it¡¯s such a great case study. I believe, I don¡¯t know if it¡¯s true, that he wanted to quit music and retire in 2015 and that¡¯s exactly when his career started. We noticed for what he is.¡±

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¡°So anyone who thinks their life is over, maybe that is a point where you have to start to live your life. This is a great example. I keep telling my children, ¡®That gentleman, who¡¯s been working for 35 years, wanted to quit but then his career actually started at that point,¡± he added.

Returning home after receiving 4 international awards for RRR including Golden Globe - with gratitude to Ramojirao garu & all the mentors who¡¯d enriched my music by making me cross the boarders of Telugu states. Balachander sir, Bharathan Sir, Arjun Sarja and Bhatt Saab ?

¡ª mmkeeravaani (@mmkeeravaani) January 16, 2023

Talking about Naatu Naatu, MM Keeravani told Deadline that he felt the song was his baby in a cradle yesterday which is now grown up and going places.

¡°It was just a song when it was born, when I saw my song on the screen after the [scene] was done with the choreography, I said, ¡®Oh my God! This is my son.¡¯ This was my infant son and now my son became big. He became a major [player]. Now he¡¯s driving cards, he¡¯s dancing, and he has a girlfriend. Yesterday, he was an infant in my cradle. And now my son is going places and bagging a good name for me. I¡¯m like a proud father.¡±

RRR¡¯s director SS Rajamouli felt that Keeravani who also happens to be his cousin had his recognition due for a long.

Rajamouli tweeted, ¡°Like many of your fans feel, this recognition indeed was long overdue. But, as you say the universe has a strange way of rewarding one's efforts. If I can talk back to universe, I would say. Konchem gap ivvamma. Okati poorthigaa enjoy chesaaka inkoti ivvu. MY PEDDANNA. MM KEERAVAANI. RECIPIENT OF PADMA SHRI AWARD. PROUD!!!¡±

MY PEDDANNA.
MM KEERAVAANI.
RECIPIENT OF PADMA SHRI AWARD.
PROUD!!!

¡ª rajamouli ss (@ssrajamouli) January 26, 2023

On being honoured with Padma Award, Keeravani thanked his parents for their blessings.

He tweeted, ¡°Much honoured by the civilian award from the Govt of India. Respect for my parents and all of my mentors from Kavitapu Seethanna garu to Kuppala Bulliswamy Naidu garu on this occasion.¡± For the unversed, On Republic Day, MM Keeravaani was also felicitated by the Telangana government for bringing laurels to the state.

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