Music maestro A.R. Rahman has unwittingly earned the ire of Tamilians by giving his best wishes for Sohan Roy’s film DAM 999 in the Oscar race.
Tamil Nadu had banned the screening of the movie Dam 999 across the state saying it was creating unnecessary scare that Mullaperiyar dam might collapse.
But Rahman, an Oscar winner himself, became thrilled after hearing the news that Dam 999 was in the eligibility list of Academy Awards and three of its songs composed by Ouseppachan were also competing for a nomination in the best song category.
Soon, all hell broke loose in social networking sites.
“Tamils don’t want you in Tamil Nadu anymore,” started a tweet.
"Rahman does not remember the past,” posted another angry netizen.
“It was Tamils who gave him the platform to rise.”
Another netizen, Nikhil, tweeted angrily: “Rahman, were you blind to Mullaperiyar?”
Caught off-guard, Rahman tweeted on Friday “OMG!!