Aamir stalls Ghajini's publicity

Shocked by the terror  attacks, the actor  suspends all promotional activities of his film Ghajini, reports  Prithwish Ganguly

Aamir Khan had written that he was ‘shocked’, heartbroken’, ‘helpless’ and ‘angry’ post the Mumbai terror attack that killed around 200 people. Now, the sudden death of his sound engineer H Sridhar has only added to his depression.

Reliable industry sources say, Aamir has temporarily suspended all the promotional activities revolving around the release of his forthcoming film Ghajini.

“Aamir was shooting the night when the terror attack happened. He went back home immediately. He was in front of the television looking at the tragedy unfold and obviously he got depressed looking at the gory massacre. He did not go to work the next day despite having lots to do as he was just not in the right frame of mind to work,” says an insider.

The source adds: “He doesn’t seem to have revived from the shock as he cancelled his official meetings on Ghajini. He was of the opinion that he cannot work and carry on his routine life when in one part of the city people were getting affected and there was pain in the air. For the next two days post 26/11 he did not get out of his home and kept watching news channels. He said all this was making him depressed.”

We have more news about Aamir. “He then cancelled a promotional event in which he was supposed to meet the press that was scheduled on Wednesday. He cancelled it saying he did not want to talk about entertainment in this sensitive environment. There were a spate of public appearances that he was supposed to make as a build up to the film’s release. But he is in no mood to do any of this.

All these events those were pre-planned now stands cancelled. All activities are on hold. Again, his sound engineer H Sridhar suddenly passed away. Aamir had worked with him in films like Rangeela and Mangal Pandey, among others. This has only added to his depression. It will take sometime before he is back out in the open,” the informer ends.

Aamir has written in his blog on December 2: “The sudden news of his (Sridhar’s) untimely death came to me yesterday morning when I was still trying to pull myself out of the depressive state of mind I had slid into post the attacks on Mumbai. It left me shattered.”

Courtesy: dnaindia.com

AR Rahman in a state of shock

AR Rahman left Chennai abruptly leaving behind all his assignment hanging in balance. The ace music director flew to New York to spend some time there and his return date remains uncertain. Sources in Kollywood indicate that Rahman was disturbed after his long time friend and sound engineer H. Sridhar's untimely demise.

Rahman has been finding it difficult to come to terms with Sridhar's death and his memories of working together at the recording studios seem to be haunting him. Rahman, apparently, wanted to stay off from his recording studio for a few days to get out of the shock. The music director was also not his usual self and has not been interacting with his colleagues.

Courtesy: behindwoods.com

A. R. Rahman's sound engineer dead

H. Sridhar, a popular Sound Engineer who has been involved in over a thousand songs passed away this morning at around 8 am due to a massive heart attack. The Sound Engineer had been part of A. R. Rahman's team right from the onset. He was 50.

Having been closely associated with director's Mani Ratnam, K. Balachander, Bharathiraaja, Shankar, Kamal Haasan, P. C. Sreeram, Priyadarshan and Ramgopal Varma, H. Sridhar was a towering icon when it came to mixing music.

H. Sridhar was the recipient of the prestigious President's Gold Medal (National Award for best Audiography) four times for the films 'Mahanadhi', 'Dil Se', 'Lagaan' and 'Kannathil Muthamilttal'.

Sridhar was so talented and was sought after by the likes of George Harrision (a member of the famous Beatles), Pandit Ravi Shankar, Zakir Hussain and John McLaughlin to mix music for their albums.

This true talent will surely be missed by the music fraternity.

Courtesy: indiaglitz.com