I think the reason why ARR said that is because he is out of TFM. Now he is ruling HFM so why shouldn't he praise the MDs in TFM. He is just composing for Tamil Music now just because he is Tamil otherwise he wouldn't even look to TFM anymore. Same to Mani Rathnam he is only directing Hindi movies and he is only dubbing them into Tamil because he is Tamil.
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