R Rahman's concert in Pune was halted mid-way by police officials on Sunday, March 30, as the Oscar-winning composer exceeded the deadline of 10 pm issued by the authorities. The audience, who gathered to attend the music maestro’s live concert at the Raja Bahadur Mills in Pune, was left disappointed and enraged.
Meanwhile, several pictures and videos of the same have surfaced the internet and a video also featured a police officer was seen walking on the stage and interrupting Rahman’s live performance, asking him and other artists as well as the organizers to stop the show as it was already past 10 o'clock.
Several users were left irked at how the Padma Bhushan awardee was treated as they feel that the police officials should have gone backstage and talked to the organisers instead of walking directly to the stage and pointing fingers at AR Rahman. ALSO READ | What! AR Rahman’s Pune-Concert Halted By Police; Cops Climb The Stage To Interrupt The Singer; Here’s Why!
Amid the outburst, #DisrespectOfARRahman has been trending on the micro-blogging platform Twitter on Tuesday, May 2.
A Rahman fan tweeted, "Okay he was strict in his rules, But this was not the way he should've been handled. They could've at least contacted the backstage org, producer or show manager, stage manners? Planned politricks from Pune police #DisrespectOfARRahman."
A Twitter user wrote, "#DisRespectOfARRahman This shouldn't happen to any artiste. Of course, I respect the law but performers sometimes lose the sense of time. The cop should have gone backstage & informed the manager that it is 10 pm & with that they would have wound up. What do u get by disrespecting an artiste?". Another tweet read, "If talents and stalwarts like AR Rahman are treated in this way then nothing can be said. #DisrespectOfARRahman." ALSO READ | PM Narendra Modi VIBES On AR Rahman’s Vande Mataram As He Celebrates Diwali With INDIAN Soldiers In Kargil; Singer Retweets The VIDEO With SPECIAL Caption-WATCH!
Meanwhile, AR Rahman has called the entire incident a ‘Rockstar moment’ as he shared a glimpse of his Pune concert on his social media handles and wrote, "Did we all just have the “Rockstar” moment on stage yesterday? I think we did! We were overwhelmed by the love of the audience and kept wanting to give more. Pune, thank you once again for such a memorable evening. Here’s a little snippet of our roller coaster ride."