Jodha Akbar's music will satisfy all sections: Rahman
New Delhi (PTI): Often considered as the 'Mozart of Asia,' musician Allah
Rakha Rahman has done everything from classical to reggae and now with Shekar
Kapur's 'Elizabeth: the Golden Age' awaiting release, where he pairs up with
Hollywood actor Craig Armstrong, he is very excited. "It has been really a
wonderful experience working with Craig. We travelled a lot in places like
Glasgow...remotely working with the guys in London," says Rahman who was in the
capital recently. The singer-composer has his hands full with a lot of films,
the latest being Ashutosh Gowarikers 'Jodha Akbar' starring Hrithik Roshan and
Ashwariya Rai Bachchan. "Jodha Akbar is a romantic story about a king falling
in love with a princess and I have tried to keep the music contemporary so that
it satisfies both critics and the music lovers," he says. "The music of the
film is very much what is required for the film. We have celebration songs and
quawallis," he adds. Rahman, who composed the
music of Subhash Ghei's 'Kisna' is once again paring up with the director in
his latest flick, 'Yuvraaj'. "Yuvraaj is a very challenging project. We had a
hard time composing the first two songs but now as those have been cracked, we
hope we will be able to wrap it up quickly," he says. "We have a very
unlikely combination in this film as we have Gulzar saab, Subhash Ghaiji and me
in this venture," he adds. Rahman who was in the city to mark the one year
celebration of an FM channel, will be performing live in the capital in
November for the first time. "I was planning to perform in Delhi for the last
10 years and now I have got the chance to perform and I am very excited about
it," he says. Rahman had composed the tracks of 'Shivaji-The Boss,' which
struck gold at the box office in India and abroad and now since the film is
being dubbed in Hindi, Rahman is a little apprehensive about it. "After a
long time, I have decided to dub my songs in Hindi. I had almost
stopped dubbing in Hindi but this time I am convinced that it will do well.
The music is ready and will be released soon," he says. While other music
directors of tinsel town have already started cashing on their popularity by
joining the small screen and also vying for the big screen, Rahman is
unperturbed and says he is a musician and would love to remain so. "I have
enough musical commitments to fulfill and I love to be a musician and would
love to continue the good work. And anyways, I am not well versed in acting so
it doesn't matter to me," he says.
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