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When Alka Yagnik Confessed, “I Din’t Know AR Rahman Or His Caliber” & Refused The Music Director’s Golden Offer!

When Alka Yagnik Confessed, “I Din’t Know AR Rahman Or His Caliber” & Refused The Music Director’s Golden Offer!

Alka Yagnik Once Refused AR Rahman’s Offer To Sing For Him! ( Photo Credit – Instagram; Facebook ) Alka Yagnik and her magical voice are one of the blessings the Indian film Industry has! But so is a music director like AR Rahman, who has created magic with his compositions. Remember when the two came together for Pal Bhar Theher Jaao in Imtiaz Ali’s Tamasha and the world stopped? However, what if we tell you that the beautiful singer was once approached by AR Rahman for another magical and one of the purest music albums in Cinema, but she refused? Guess why? Because she wasn’t sure of Rahman’s caliber! We kid you not! Alka Yagnik, in one of her interviews with Radio Nasha once confessed how she was approached to sing the entire album of Roja along with Kumar Sanu but the two of them dicussed and rejected the project because none of them knew AR Rahman, who was starting his career in Bollywood! In her interview, the Baazigar singer said, “AR Rahman was a …

‘I focus on match rather that caliber of opponent’- Paddler Sreeja Akula

Indian table tennis star Sreeja Akula has started 2024 brilliantly with her first international title win and has entered the top 50 world rankings for the first time in her career. Sreeja won the WTT Feeder Corpus Christi 2024 and put on a strong show at the WTT Star Contender Goa in front of the home crowd. “I always wanted to do well in the international circuit and finally in 2024, I am doing that. I started the year on a high note and am very happy with my performance, this will boost my confidence for the coming tournaments,” Sreeja told The Bridge in an exclusive interview. On her way to the first international title and a good show in Goa, Sreeja defeated many higher-ranked players including three-time Olympian Lily Zhang in the final of WTT Corpus Christi. “I never think about player’s caliber whenever I play a high-profile player, I just want to focus on my play and give my best in that particular match,” said Sreeja. Sreeja, who is supported by the Dream …