AR Rahman took to social media to share pictures with India’s Grammy 2024 winners and said, ‘It’s raining GRAMMYs for India.’
PM Narendra Modi exuded good sportsmanship as he congratulated the Grammy winners from India, despite his song ‘Abundance in Millets’ losing at the famed awards. He took to X (Formerly Twitter) to share his heartfelt message congratulating the five winners–Rakesh Chaurasia, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Shankar Mahadevan, Selvaganesh Vinayakram, and Ganesh Rajagopalan–for making India proud.
The 66th Grammys was held at the Crypto.com arena in Los Angeles, and this year India won big with five musicians from the country winning eight awards.
Modi wrote, “Congratulations @ZakirHtabla, @Rakeshflute, @Shankar_Live, @kanjeeraselva, and @violinganesh on your phenomenal success at the #GRAMMYs! Your exceptional talent and dedication to music have won hearts worldwide. India is proud! These achievements are a testament to the hard work you keep putting in. It will also inspire the new generation of artists to dream big and excel in music (sic).”
Congratulations @ZakirHtabla, @Rakeshflute, @Shankar_Live, @kanjeeraselva, and @violinganesh on your phenomenal success at the #GRAMMYs! Your exceptional talent and dedication to music have won hearts worldwide. India is proud! These achievements are a testament to the hard work…
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 5, 2024
Two-time Grammy Award winner AR Rahman also rejoiced in the multiple wins by Indian musicians at the iconic awards this year. The actor shared a selfie with the winners Zakir Hussain, Shankar Mahadevan, and Selavaganesh, and wrote, “It’s raining #GRAMMYs for India Congrats Grammy winners (sic).”
It’s raining #GRAMMYs for India 🇮🇳 Congrats Grammy winners Ustad @ZakirHtabla (3 Grammys), @Shankar_Live (1st Grammy) and #SelvaGanesh (1st Grammy) 🔥
#RakeshChaurasia pic.twitter.com/mlXMvdXBxy
— A.R.Rahman (@arrahman) February 5, 2024