I vaguely remember Gulzar telling somewhere that AR has worked on Sadma as an assistant to Ilaiyaraja.
- On Dec 12, 2007 9:52 PM, Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The master's voice > > Flautist Ronu Majumdar reminisces his days with George Harrison & mentor > Zakir Hussain. > > He has played with the top most musicians in the world and now conjures > his experience of > playing with some of them in an album. Flautist Ronu Majumdar plays with > some of his closest > friends on 'Journey- Ronu Majumdar & Friends'. > > According to him till date it's the most emotionally loaded work he has > composed. "I have > collaborated with Taufiq Qureshi (percussion) who is a long time friend, > Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt > (Mohan Veena), Bombay Jayashri (vocalist), Kadri Gopalnath (saxophone) and > more," he says. > > Ronu has also been a part of George Harrison's musical projects and > recalls working with him in > his house. "George Harrison was a saint and donated a lot of money to the > Hare Krishna temple. > He was very unassuming and modest," he reminisces. > > The musician considers Zakir Hussain as his mentor. "I worked with him on > 'Mr & Mrs Iyer' and > absolutely I think is a great human being," he says adding that in > Bollywood it's always Vishal > Bhardwaj and AR Rahman he loves working with. > > "We used to call AR Rahman, 'Dilip'. He is a true genius and we could see > that even in the > earlier days. I worked with him on 'Sadma'. It's great that people like > Vishal and Rahman give > all the musicians credits which was not the case in the olden days," he > explains. > > http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1138460 > >
