On September 10, AR Rahman held a music concert in Chennai named Marakkuma Nenjam. But the overcrowded situation, the traffic jam, and the trauma that happened to women and elderly people made the concert land controversy. Several fans who faced trouble during the concert have been sharing their concern over the event organizer, and social media is loaded with criticism against AR Rahman. Actor, politician, and Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin has now responded to questions on criticism against AR Rahman.
Udhayanidhi Stalin has described that some people will be waiting for stars like AR Rahman to make a mistake, and unfortunately, the composer has gotten stuck with the concert controversy. Udhayanidhi then said that we must be careful that this does not happen again, and as a minister, he conveyed that the government will find out who is the real reason for the trauma happening and take appropriate action.
It is worth mentioning that AR Rahman scored the music for Udhayanidhi Stalin's last release 'Maamannan', and they duo share a great respect for each other.
Marakkuma Nenjam, which was already scheduled to take place on Aug 12, has been postponed to Sep 10, and it has been announced that the tickets purchased for the earlier-dated event will also go for the new one. But new tickets have also been sold for Sep 10, and the event managers have sold over 40000 tickets exceeding the 25000 seating capacity of the arena. Due to this, an excessive crowd came for the event, and it turned out to be the reason for the cause.
However, AR Rahman and the event organiser have apologized for the mishap and announced a refund of tickets for fans, who missed attending the event. They also started the refund process and responded to complaint emails sent by fans.