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- On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 4:33 PM, satish_srini <[email protected]>wrote: > It was heartening to see you in that suit and dark glasses thanking > India after the Golden Globe? > Thanks. I had no idea I would win considering it was an international > jury where each member had his or her opinion. I think they have been > very kind to the music of Slumdog Millionaire (SM). I just heard that > after Golden Globe, the music has become the number one in the US > charts. That is great news. > > • You looked very shy collecting your Golden Globe? > In that one week I received three awards in the US. The first was the > Critics' Awards. When I received the award, the American media wasn't > interested in me - they didn't want my solo photographs. `Can you > please stand next to Danny Boyle?' they would say. I think it was a > glamour thing. But by the time I came to pick up the third award - the > Golden Globe, they said, `Can we have your solo pictures, please?' > > • Whom did you hobnob with at the after-party? > I went for only 10 minutes. I don't drink. Not that I don't give > company to people who do. But after 10 minutes I get a headache in a > loud room. I would rather slip back to my room, watch a movie and go > to sleep. > > • How has the Golden Globe changed your life? > Everyone from Andrew Lloyd Webber to Danny Elfman, Craig Armstrong > (who worked with me on Elizabeth: The Golden Age) got in touch with me > to congratulate my win - that spoke volumes. Besides that, I am > feeling liberated as a musician - I feel that now I can have a lot > more freedom beyond film music. > > Now I can do my own thing. Hip-hop artiste Akon wants me to write > something for him and do a music video with him. But I just want to > compose or write, not be seen in his video. > > • Did you see a discernible change in the way people looked at your > music? > Yes. I remember when Roja happened there was a genuine smile on > people's faces. I sensed a déjà vu with SM. Steven Spielberg, Martin > Scorsese, (the musician) Sting… they all said they loved the film and > music. And they meant it. It was a great change for them. Change is > always welcome. > > • Why was there so much secrecy while you were working on the score > for Slumdog Millionaire? > I was working with Danny Boyle for the first time. I wasn't sure I > wanted to work with him. I wasn't sure of the sound. When two new > people work with each other, the output can go either way. > Fortunately, it worked. > > The main composition and mixing was done in 20 days. I had no choice > but to work fast. When you are doing something new, it is much easier > to speedup the process. It is when you are asked to bring in a > variation in the same format that you need more time. > > • Would you say SM is the most successful Indian music score outside > India? > It is not an Indian score, because it is not an Indian film. But it > certainly doesn't sell Indian poverty to the West. I know a lot of > people are saying that. But I don't agree. If I would have thought so > for even a second, I wouldn't have been able to do justice to the > music. There are so many films that I have refused because I objected > to them on ethical, moral or some other ground. I am so finicky about > these things. > > As I see it, SM clearly says India is developing fast and is no longer > a third-world country. And why should we hide our darker side? The > world is no more about the haves and have-nots. It's a global > community. We need to know about one another. In fact, the A R Rahman > Foundation is working towards eradicating poverty. And we need global > co-operation for that. > > • Has SM contributed to your Foundation? > I think the very fact that it has made my way into the West and > Hollywood easier, is contribution enough. The film has generated a lot > of interest in my music and Hindi music. > > • What work is pending back home? > I have to attend to the background music of Delhi 6 immediately. And > then there's Ashutosh Gowariker's What's Your Raashee?. > > • What about the Oscars? > Until I get nominated I have no plans regarding the Oscars. Right now > I am enjoying the Golden Globe. > > > http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/30/2009011720090117021629147d017e9c6/%E2%80%98The-press-in-the-US-didn%E2%80%99t-want-my-solo-pictures-until-the-Golden-Globe%E2%80%99 > > >
