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MUMBAI: Overwhelmed after winning two
Oscars for his score in 'Slumdog Millionaire', music maestro A R Rahman on
Monday said that one has to work
without expectations and he had never thought
that the music would go so far.
"When you have strings attached, you
only want to please certain people...I feel it is a corruption in the mind. I
believe that you have to work without any expectations. I feel that you have to
be true to the film and its emotions," said Rahman through an audio conferencing
from Los Angeles.
On the Oscar-winning song 'Jai Ho', penned by
veteran lyricist Gulzar, Rahman said, "Words have the power. Words formed action
and intention of life. I often argue with lyricists not to use words that have a
negative impact."
The idea of 'Jai Ho' came from Subhash Ghai when
he was working on the music of his last film 'Yuvraaj', the music director
said.
"I am very excited and grateful to the good wishes, prayers and love
of Indian people and Americans who voted for me," he added.
Responding to a question on whether winning two Oscars for his music
would mean bidding goodbye to Bollywood, Rahman said, "I do not know. I have
taken advances from my producers in India and I have already spent it. So I am
committed to completing all my projects."
On whether Indian talent
is being treated on par with Hollywood, Rahman said, "everybody treated me as an
equal. Hollywood stars like Angelina Jolie, Steven Spielberg and Penelope Cruz
came up to me and congratulated me for wining these awards."
"Only
we feel that the Hollywood does not recognize our efforts," Rahman said.
Meanwhile, director Danny Boyle described the film's clean sweep at
the Oscars as "absolutely thrilling". Danny said that he made the film because
he loved making it, regardless of what happened to it.
"India is a
reservoir of talent. Talent is indisputable and it will open its own doors to
international opportunities," said Danny replying to a question on whether the
film's run at Oscars was a window of opportunities for Indian talent on the
global platform.
Danny said he hopes to return to Mumbai to make a
thriller. "I am already in talks with a couple of people on this project," he
added.
