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In the glittering world of cinema, some bonds transcend the ordinary. One such extraordinary relationship revolves around A.R. Rahman, his mother’s spiritual healing, and his profound friendship with producer Kalaipuli Dhanu.
My doctors told me that my wife is alive today and she is being gifted with some bonus days in her life. That was the time when Rahman’s mother came to my home. She had come to know through Rahman that my wife was suffering from Liver Cancer. She came and didn’t stop by just consoling me. She did prayers in line with Islamic Traditions.
She told me to change the color of the lights to red color. She told me to change even the screens in our house. After she finished the prayers, she told my wife to drink the Holy water. My wife was on her deathbed, and it was because of the prayers of Rahman’s mother, that my wife got an extended bonus life of another 1¾ years.
The friendship between Dhanu & A.R. Rahman is something very true. It’s without falsehood. If Dhanu says something, people in the Cine Industry say, it’s like a prophecy. It happens thus! There can be many examples to quote the same.
It was he who gave the title to Rajnikanth as “Super Star”.
Dhanu had predicted and prophesied the Awards of A.R. Rahman. In January, it was the Golden Globe Awards and in February, it was the Oscar awards. On November 27, on the 100th day of Sakkarakatti, Dhanu had given the advertisement that Rahman had won these awards. In the advertisement, it was stated as:
“For tomorrow’s Oscar awards and today’s Golden Globe Award-winning A.R.Rahman, we are greeting him, and letting his musical journey continue.”
Dhanu was very sure that Rahman would be winning all these awards in the very future.
On the day before the Oscars Ceremony, Dhanu had told one of his intimate friends of Rahman that he would win two awards for sure. After winning the awards, Rahman called upon Dhanu and reiterated his prophecy of winning the Awards. Their friendship is like Adhiyaman – Avvaiyar’s friendship (Both are big-time friends of age old times. Both are Tamil Scholars).
Walt Disney has had talks with Rahman about tying up for a movie. They had requested Rahman to let them know of any producer in Chennai, who could be laid faith on, and Rahman immediately showed hands of that of Dhanu. Walt Disney believes in Rahman and Rahman believes in Kalaipuli Dhanu.
