Rimi Tomy has a major fangirl moment meeting AR Rahman: 'This is not a normal day for me’

Rimi Tomy, who has been actively working in films as a playback singer for more than two decades, was absolutely starstruck meeting the Oscar-winning composer. She met the music legend when she boarded the flight from Mumbai to Calicut. “This is not a normal day for me…” she said, in a post shared on Instagram. A popular playback singer, Rimi Tomy is best known for her song 'Chingamasam' in the Dileep-Kavya Madhavan blockbuster 'Meesha Madhavan'. For Rimi Tomy, who has always admired AR Rahman’s body of work, and meeting him in person was a surreal experience for her. She managed to click a couple of selfies with him. “I don’t know whether a selfie can ever be more valuable than this moment in my lifetime.”Recalling the chance encounter, Rimi said, “From childhood, I dreamed of seeing him one day — but never imagined it would happen like this. As soon as I got on the flight and took my seat, one person spoke to me and said, ‘My name is Karthik, I’m A. R. Rahman sir’s assistant. I’ve heard your song Kannalane which you sang in one TV show, and I want to tell you that Rahman sir is sitting here.’ When I saw him, right there near the window, I was shocked… happy… and literally in tears.”“From take-off to landing, almost two hours — I was in another world. My heart was racing, hands trembling… I kept asking myself again and again: Is this real, or am I dreaming?” she added. ID@undefined Caption not available.The singer expressed that it is ‘one of the best moments’ of her life. Meanwhile, on the work front, Rimi Tomy has teamed up with award-winning musician Hesham Abdul Rahman for the upcoming Malayalam film ‘Madhuvidhu’. She has crooned a song in the film.