A.R.Rahman & Sachin Tendulkar - Destiny' twins?

[MADDY]

A startling but very logical coincidences between 2 of the gr8est men of 90's/......they characterised the 90's and were icons of the youth at that time(including me)......just see the startling similarities between these 2:

Comprehensive similarities between A.R.Rahman and Sachin Tendulkar:

Entry into their respective fields:
A.R.Rahman: 1992
Sachin Tendulkar: 1989

They were an instant hit because:
A.R.Rahman: Blasting music, classical songs at a very young age
Sachin Tendulkar: Swashbuckling batting and a great cricketing sense at a very young age

How they stood out from others?
A.R.Rahman: First to bring digital touch to Indian music and compose fusion that no one else dares to think off
Sachin Tendulkar: First to explore the first 15-over restriction, score centuries at bouncy, tough tracks like Perth.

As time moved on:
A.R.Rahman: Stopped producing blasting music, instead delivered Classical melodies like Taal & swades out of maturity.
Sachin Tendulkar: Stopped going over the top to bowlers, instead played exquisite drives and late cuts and produced innings with a lot of maturity

Character similarity:
A.R.Rahman: Shy towards media and lets his keyboard answer his critics
Sachin Tendulkar: Shy towards media and lets his bat answer his critics

Media point of view:
A.R.Rahman: Darling of Mumbai and London press
Sachin Tendulkar: Darling of Mumbai and London press

International attention:
A.R.Rahman: Admired by Andrew Lloyd Webber , Micheal jackson ( who wore a t-shirt having Rahman's photo on it) and many other international music reviewers who want him to compose for Hollywood films.
Sachin Tendulkar: Adored by the man himself the "DON", Mike atherton( who compared sachin to W.G.Grace) and a never ending list of Australian,English,Kiwi,Westindian players.

Earnings:
A.R.Rahman: Draws 1 Crore/ film, ambassador of Bharti telecom, sizzled with the Airtel ad
Sachin Tendulkar: unimaginable money on contracts with big commercial giants and sizzles in Pepsi ads

Records:
A.R.Rahman: 4 national awards, 16 filmfare awards, his music sold 200 million copies around the world and success rate of 80%+ album sales in Indian movies.
Sachin Tendulkar: Look at this for a record: 37 ODI centuries, 35 TEST centuries, 13,000+ runs in ODI's, 44+ average in ODI's and 58+ average in Tests. What else u can ask for?

Popularity:
A.R.Rahman: Has a huge fan following in India and in south he is a demi-god and captures the imagination of NRI's throughout the world
Sachin Tendulkar: According to a survey, he is the most popular man in the Country edging out Prime minister and Shah-rukh-khan. He is popular in places like U.S where even the game is not that popular (featured in an exclusive article in an American sports magazine)

Career Graph & Present form:
A.R.Rahman: Had fabulous nineties with all his albums doing well in this time. Reached dizzying heights during this period. Have had flops with major banners since 2001, which got the critics interested. Had a great 2003 within this lean patch with Boys creating sales records. His fans base however is intact, proved that with success of A Ah album.
Sachin Tendulkar: The star of 90’s, his batting propelled him into a youth icon status in India and was concurred with many awards from the government. Being pressurized by the detractors for a imaginary loss of form and injury worries since 2001. Had a great world cup 2003 scoring runs at will. Recently has had a good innings in a one-day match to prove that he is still fit.
(Their career-graph is one of the most fascinating things I have ever noticed, they always seem to have good times together. Bad times also coincides for both of them)

Fans:
A.R.Rahman: Die-hard fans want him to go back to 90’s style of composing
Sachin Tendulkar: Never say die fans want him to take up 90’s style of swashbuckling batting.

Successors:
A.R.Rahman: His successors like Yuvan shankar raja and himesh reshammiya are more successful than him right now but no way near to him in terms of class
Sachin Tendulkar: Yuvraj Singh, Mohammed Kaif are more popular with people than him right now but as the old west-Indian saying goes: FORM IS TEMPORARY BUT CLASS IS PERMANENT.

Duplicates:
A.R.Rahman: Has a duplicate called Harris jeyaraj who not only copies his music and composing style but also his hairstyle and way of speaking in interviews.
Sachin Tendulkar: Virendar sehwag, a natural duplicate of sachin with looks and batting style similar to him called “Najafgarh ka Tendulkar”. (Najafgarh is Virendar sehwag’s hometown.)

Where will they end up?:
A.R.Rahman: Probably will put India into the world map of music and create records which upcoming Indain M.D's can just dream off
Sachin Tendulkar: It would probably take an android or a special species of human being to erase his record in Cricket. Will always be remembered as the greatest ever Batsman of modern era.

post ur comment guys

[kumaranmani]

"Sachin Tendulkar: First to explore the first 15-over restriction, score centuries at bouncy, tough tracks like Perth"


It was Srikanth who introduced pinch hitting to the world and not Sachin!!

[j.chenkalvarayan]

Career Graph & Present form:
A.R.Rahman: Had fabulous nineties with all his albums doing well in this time. Reached dizzying heights during this period. Have had flops with major banners since 2001, which got the critics interested.

couldn't resist drawing a similarity between this and downfall of popular music sharing portal napster.

just kidding :P

[krishnan]

"Sachin Tendulkar: First to explore the first 15-over restriction, score centuries at bouncy, tough tracks like Perth"


It was Srikanth who introduced pinch hitting to the world and not Sachin!!

FYI, It's NZ's Mark Greatbatch who explored the fielding restrictions first on 92 world cup.

[MADDY]

"Sachin Tendulkar: First to explore the first 15-over restriction, score centuries at bouncy, tough tracks like Perth"


It was Srikanth who introduced pinch hitting to the world and not Sachin!!

FYI, It's NZ's Mark Greatbatch who explored the fielding restrictions first on 92 world cup.

nope, Srikanth and Greatbatch used to play like that with or without fielding restriction but it was sachin who was puposefully promoted to opening slot to xplore the restrictions.......

[Querida]

have no comments on your comparison but would like to contribute this one:

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.
Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both were shot in the head.
Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln.
Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners.
Both successors were named Johnson.
Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy was born in 1939.
Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are comprised of fifteen letters
Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse.
Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.
Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

[Shakthiprabha.]

have no comments on your comparison but would like to contribute this one:

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.
Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both were shot in the head.
Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln.
Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners.
Both successors were named Johnson.
Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy was born in 1939.
Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are comprised of fifteen letters
Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse.
Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.
Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

hmmmmmm! Interesting!
hmmmmmm! Queer!
May be....spooky!

OR May be...

Kennedy was rebirth of Lincoln
oswald was rebirth of Booth
lyndon johnson was rebirth of Andrew johnson!!!!

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Comprehensive similarities between A.R.Rahman and Sachin Tendulkar:
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post ur comment guys

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[MADDY]

have no comments on your comparison but would like to contribute this one:

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.
Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both were shot in the head.
Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln.
Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners.
Both successors were named Johnson.
Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy was born in 1939.
Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are comprised of fifteen letters
Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse.
Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.
Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

both of them are not Indians and i dunt care about Americans...