I love to hear fresh voices: AR Rahman
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maestro AR Rahman smiling during the launch of the new edition of Limca
Book of Records in New Delhi on Tuesday, March 13, 2007.
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First Published: 16:03 IST(15/10/2007)
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Although he hasn't slept for nearly 40 hours, he wears a his trademark
smile. Over to the Chennai maestro.. A R Rahman:
Are you ready to select new talent in the Fever 104 FM Voice Hunt?
I'm
not selecting them. I feel bad when you say that. I love to hear fresh
voices. I'm sure even people will be excited. It'll be great to have
Delhi's talent while we perform there. We did that in the US too, and
it worked very well.
You're accustomed to working late in the night. What makes you look tired now?
I'm jet lagged. I'm coming straight from a flight from the UK. I just finished
recording the album of The Lord Of The Rings. Working on a stage musical is
time and energy consuming.
Are films better than musicals?
I
like the instinct of films. You finish them and move on. In musicals,
you do your thing, you rewrite and do it till it's perfect.
Any recent movies you've worked on?
Elizabeth II and Jodhaa Akbar. Come to think of it, it's strange but both are
15th century historicals. They're not dry subjects though. Jodhaa sounds fine
to me. There are lots of songs in it.
Weren't you approached to compose the songs of Om Shanti Om?
I
love to hear fresh voices. I'm sure even people will be excited. It'll
be great to have Delhi's talent while we perform there. We did that in
the US too, and it worked very well.Farah (Khan) came to me but something went
wrong in the contract. I appreciate what Vishal Shekhar have done.
Of late, you've also made an informal foray into some aspects of filmmaking.
True?
Oh!
Who spilled the beans? Well, it's a great responsibility. Initially, I
used to leave a song to its fate. But now, I feel a sense of
responsibility. People trust you and you have to live up to their
expectations. A song's placement or treatment means a lot to the
composers.. you can't let it go wrong. So, I've become an alarmist.
But, I've no plans to act. I just can't do it.
Any angst regarding the industry?
Sometimes
we are pushed. People want to release films on a festival day or on a
particular date. Then your creativity gets affected. I don't
compromise, nor do I stop working with them because I can under stand
their situation too.
A lot of artistes complain about the way you make them record on a dummy track.
(Laughs)
Who told you that? You have to tell me. Actually, I know some of them
are angry with me. I think, I don't know what I'm doing. It all comes
together in the end. But that process works for in a pop situation, not
in the classical. When there is melody, you need to have everything
done traditionally.
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