AR Rahman Drops Selfie With Shankar Mahadevan, Zakir Hussain And Selva Ganesh: 'It's Raining Grammys'

Shankar Mahadevan and his fellow members from Shakti made India proud at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards. Shakti, a collaboration featuring John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain, Shankar Mahadevan, V. Selvaganesh, and Ganesh Rajagopalan, was awarded the Grammy Award for their work, The Moment. The album has won Best Global Music Album. Shankar and his team members were present at the Grammys to accept the award. Now, AR Rahman has congratulated the team.

Former Grammy winner AR Rahman took to the microblogging site X, formerly known as Twitter, to share a selfie with Shankar Mahadevan, Zakir Hussain and V. Selvaganesh from the awards show. He captioned the photo, “It’s raining #GRAMMYs for India Congrats Grammy winners Ustad @ZakirHtabla (3 Grammys), @Shankar_Live (1st Grammy) and #SelvaGanesh (1st Grammy).” Here post here:

In a video that went viral, Shankar was seen thanking India for the win. “John Mclaughlin is missing today, we miss you John ji,” Shankar said, addressing John who couldn’t make it to the awards show. “Thank you boys, and thank you, God, family, friends and India, we are proud of you India,” he said, which resulted in a massive roar. “Last but not least, I’d like to dedicate to award to my wife to whom my every note of music is dedicated. Love you,” he added.

Indian music composer and Grammy winner also Ricky Kej congratulated the band by sharing a video of their acceptance speech on stage. Posting the video on his official X account, Kej wrote, “SHAKTI wins a Grammy!!! Through this album 4 brilliant Indian musicians win Grammys!! Just amazing. India is shining in every direction. Shankar Mahadevan, Selvaganesh Vinayakram, Ganesh Rajagopalan, Ustad Zakhir Hussain. Ustad Zakhir Hussain won a second Grammy along with virtuoso flute player Rakesh Chaurasia. Brilliant!!!! #IndiaWinsGrammys.”

Besides Shakti, India’s Rakesh Chaurasia also won two awards — Global Music Performance and Contemporary Instrumental Album.