imageAR Rehman, the musical maestro, creates songs that soothe our soul and this time the music director is challenging himself by composing record breaking number of songs for an upcoming movie. In addition to Rahman's successful soundtracks, he is known for his innovative backgrounds music and is considered one of the finest-ever background composers.

The music director AR Rehman has a lot of fans across the world which helped him build a strong base in Hollywood as well. Rahman's songs in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ is still remembered and cherished, that's the unique selling point of this musician. His songs are evergreen and can be heard anytime, anywhere. AR Rahman is known to be picky about who he works with. Some of the names in the industry he frequently collaborates with include film-maker Mani Ratnam, actor Aamir Khan and director Imtiaz Ali.

So for all his fans who are eagerly waiting for this musician’s next album or composition, he will be composing a record breaking number of ‘16 songs’ for an upcoming movie. This movie is none other than Anil Kapoor and his daughter, Rhea Kapoor next production. The movie is about seven youngsters and the various ‘firsts’ in their lives.

The source added, “Rahman agreed to do the film as he wanted to connect with the youth, and as a first for him, Rahman will compose 16 songs for the project. This is the first time Rahman would be composing that many numbers for a single film”.

A source close to the production house reveals, AR Rahman and Anil Kapoor were part of ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ (2008).The two had apparently struck a friendship then. Rhea had planned the film as a musical, and wanted to have the best possible compositions for the film, which is how Rahman came into the picture, media reported.

Speaking about his upcoming projects Rahman said in an interview, “It's very important for me to not get bored with the work that I'm doing. That's why after doing a series of epic/period films; I did something young like the song ‘Khalifa’ in ‘Lekar Hum Deewana Dil’. After that I've only said yes to Shekhar Kapur's ‘Paani’ and Imtiaz Ali's ‘Tamasha’. And I've also said yes to Rhea Kapoor, Anil Kapoor's daughter's film. That's about it for now”.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2014

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