AR Rahman: ‘I said no to meeting Michael Jackson’

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At an exclusive meet and greet at the Majestic International Convention Centres at Menara PGRM on Monday, music director AR Rahman shares his side of the story of meeting the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson.  Story by: Terence Toh Shot by: Tinagaren Ramkumar Edited by: Selven Razz  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/leisure/2024/07/10/ar-rahman-enchants-over-1000-fans-at-meet-and-greet/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTLifestyle #ARRahman #MichaelJackson

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00:002009, the beginning I was in L.A. I was with my agent, so the agent introduced me to another person.

00:09So he's my friend, he manages Michael Jackson, I said.

00:12I said, can I meet Michael Jackson?

00:16He said, yeah sure, I'm sending you an email.

00:19So I said, if you want to go, you can come.

00:23I was just quiet for a little time.

00:27Then the nominations happened, I got nominated for the Oscars.

00:32Then the email came and said, Michael wants to meet you.

00:36So I said, no, I don't want to meet him now.

00:44So I said, I don't want to meet him.

00:47If I win the Oscars, I'll meet him, otherwise I don't want to meet him.

00:51So I was sure that I won't win the Oscars.

00:55So I won the Oscars.

00:57The next day, I went to meet him.

00:59He was in a house in L.A.

01:02My driver dropped me.

01:05It was almost 6.30 in the evening.

01:07The sun was just going down.

01:09And then somebody opened the door.

01:11I was in orange.

01:13I won two Oscars there.

01:16I'm the top of the world.

01:18So it was a nice time to meet him.

01:20So he was very kind.

01:22He said, oh, I love the song.

01:24What was your program?

01:26He was talking about world peace.

01:28Why don't we do the next few other world wars?

01:31So all that happened.

01:34He introduced me to his kids.

01:36And I was jet lagged.

01:38I was working day and night.

01:40I was waiting to go to India.

01:42So we had two hours.

01:44And he showed me when I danced.

01:46I danced with my heart.

01:48And suddenly, he hit me.

01:51And yeah, I just...

01:53I didn't forget to do it.

01:55Then I go back home.

01:57And I told...

01:59I was doing Indira.

02:01So Shankar said, oh, you met Michael Jackson.

02:03Why don't you guys do a song together?

02:05I said, I'm sorry.

02:07He said, come with us.

02:09So I called him.

02:11I called him and then he came.

02:13That week we spoke.

02:15And he said, whatever you say, we'll do it together.

02:17And then you know what happened.

02:19We met him again.

02:21But unfortunately he passed away.

02:23He was sick.

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