Snippets about ARR in the print media this week - ...He's just recorded a 60-piece string section live because the synth sound didn't satisy him. A.R.Rahman once laughed with amazement at Aamir's ability to locate an off-note in a track with 20 layers in it.
- 'Magic Moves', cover story on Aamir Khan in Tehelka, 22 Dec, 2007 The usually reclusive A.R.Rahman seemed quite happy to come out and promote The Golden Age with Shekhar. Calling Rahman a genius, he informs us, "Rahman and I have been very good friends and trusting each other helps. We worked on the Broadway musical Bombay Dreams together, then we did some ads and then of course Elizabeth: The Golden Age. Our next project will be A Suitable Cockroach which is an animation film." Shekhar adds that Rahman had composed a wonderful piece of music for The Golden Age, which actors would ask to be played so they could feel the emotion of the scene better. Unfortunately, the producers took it out because they thought it was too 'Eastern' for the film. - 'Man, I feel like a woman', an article on Shekhar Kapur in Filmfare, 15 December, 2007
