KJ Yesudas and AR Rahman meet up in Dallas: 'Jai Ho' singer calls him his "childhood favourite"
A R Rahman
at his home in Dallas, Texas and shared the photos on his social media handles for fans to see.
Rahman
reportedly invited singer Yesudas to his home and shared a few words with him over his love for Carnatic music. He shared a photo of himself with KJ, with the caption, 'Met my childhood favourite at his place at #dallas #yesudas …amazed at his research work and love for Indian classical (Carnatic) music!!"
He was accompanied by many other singers at the gathering.
Rahman is currently in the US for one of his biggest North American tours ever, the 'The Wonderment' tour.
Shweta Prasad
, another famous singer who also went to visit KJ Yesudas, also shared photos with the two musical legends. She shared a couple of photos from the gathering with the caption, 'A blessed and cherishable morning in Dallas #shwetamohandiaries #TheWondermentTour.'
Rakshita Suresh, known for her songs 'Nanage Neenu' and 'Omane', also shared photos online celebrating the gathering of iconic musicians.
She shared, 'What a blessed morning! Met the living legend, Yesudas sir, at his house along with @arrahman sir, and sang a few lines. Still shaking'.
About KJ Yesudas
Yesudas is one of the most prolific singers in the industry. He is credited with more than 50,000 songs and, over the course of his career, has worked on songs in different languages like Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Odia, Telugu, Bengali and Tulu. Not only this, but he has won many accolades over the course of his career, and even has the world record for singing and recording around 16 new songs in four different languages, all of it in a single day!
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