Rahman's hot air balloon ride in Las Vegas

Project Kural Balloon just got bigger. The hot air balloon dedicated to Thirukkural, which is all set to make its debut at the next edition of the Tamil Nadu International Festival in Pollachi, got a major shot in the arm when none other than Academy Award winner AR Rahman expressed his interest in the project.
The composer, who is in North America for his Intimate tour, took some time out of his hectic schedule and went up in the air on a hot air balloon to understand the Kural Balloon project on Tuesday.Benedict Savio, the organizer of the fest and the brainchild behind the project, tells us, ���It was wonderful to have composer AR Rahman coming forward to experience a hot air balloon flight. We took off on a hot air balloon in Las Vegas and spoke to him about the Kural Balloon and its impending world tour. He was quite excited about the project that would promote Tamil as a language on a global scale. It was really great of Rahman Sir who made this happen despite his tight schedule of concerts throughout North America.���
Kural balloon will have all the 1,330 Thirukkural couplets printed on it along with the English translation. The balloon will be unveiled in Pollachi on Thiruvalluvar Day (January 26, 2016) and will be taken across countries that have a huge Tamil population. It is a crowd-funding project.