not to make some vairamuthu fans happy but really vairamuthu has been one pillar of strength for rahman.......Vairamuthu is a vital element in taking rahman to the ordinary thamizhan - without vairamuthu, rahman could have been dismissed as a in and out guy with only western sensibilities.........vairamuthu's unrelenting support for rahman in his initial days and the amazing works that he brought out together with rahman completely nullified any arguments against rahman in terms of his tamil identity.......
obviously, there are some 2-3 friends in HUB, who use tamil for their convenience bash rahman but their argument is just surface level and its a manifestation of their support to some other artistes......