'Amar Singh Chamkila': Did AR Rahman and Imtiaz Ali feel pressurized post 'Rockstar'? Deets inside
AR Rahman and Imtiaz hit the headlines ever since they announced their movie and album ‘ Amar Singh Chamkila ’ starring Diljit Dosanjh and Parineeti Chopra . But this is not the first time that we have seen Imtiaz Ali and AR Rahman collaborate over a project. They worked together earlier for the blockbuster album ‘Rockstar’ starring Ranbir Kapoor .
So, did the duo feel pressurized post ‘Rockstar’ album?
Here is what AR Rahman and Imtiaz Ali had to say.
Both AR Rahman and Imtiaz Ali interacted with Pinkvilla where they talked about the album of ‘Amar Singh Chamkila’. During the conversation, the two discussed whether there was any pressure, given the success of their previous outing. The duo also revealed if they ever had any creative conflicts while working. Sharing their thoughts, they said, “No, I think we’ve our own expectations. Right now, there is a comment about everything, like how we have done the musical about all the gossip in a song. If we have to do a gossip song about ourselves, it will be like multi - maybe 50 songs. It’s always an opportunity with Rahman sir to work that’s the most fulfilling and most rewarding part to be able to work. It never comes to my mind what people are going to think. At least for some time, it doesn’t. It’s like this is an opportunity for me to really dive into something, and I know that he is watching. So, I really want to enjoy myself first in the making of music and that reflects if we enjoy, people enjoy. If we feel it’s great, people feel it’s great. Creative conflict will only come when somebody is saying this is it. I am not going to make, I feel this is right, and there is something no, no I want something better, but here it is not about individual egos; it’s about what will be good for the film so that many times where he has not liked the song, yeah I’ll do something else, and there are many times he has liked the song, and I didn’t, and I tried (making something different).” Imtiaz Ali further added to it, “That’s what usually happens like there are many, many cases where I’ve already liked the song, certain piece or a certain part, and he says no no, I’ll do something else and because and I usually don’t argue also because I feel that within the song like he can hear a music which I can’t. He has the full picture in his mind, and actually, with him, also when he is playing the first note of something, I think there is some whole 3-D map that is already there of the song that exists, but I can’t see it. You might think I am also hearing the whole thing, but it’s only you.”
Here is what AR Rahman and Imtiaz Ali had to say.
Both AR Rahman and Imtiaz Ali interacted with Pinkvilla where they talked about the album of ‘Amar Singh Chamkila’. During the conversation, the two discussed whether there was any pressure, given the success of their previous outing. The duo also revealed if they ever had any creative conflicts while working. Sharing their thoughts, they said, “No, I think we’ve our own expectations. Right now, there is a comment about everything, like how we have done the musical about all the gossip in a song. If we have to do a gossip song about ourselves, it will be like multi - maybe 50 songs. It’s always an opportunity with Rahman sir to work that’s the most fulfilling and most rewarding part to be able to work. It never comes to my mind what people are going to think. At least for some time, it doesn’t. It’s like this is an opportunity for me to really dive into something, and I know that he is watching. So, I really want to enjoy myself first in the making of music and that reflects if we enjoy, people enjoy. If we feel it’s great, people feel it’s great. Creative conflict will only come when somebody is saying this is it. I am not going to make, I feel this is right, and there is something no, no I want something better, but here it is not about individual egos; it’s about what will be good for the film so that many times where he has not liked the song, yeah I’ll do something else, and there are many times he has liked the song, and I didn’t, and I tried (making something different).” Imtiaz Ali further added to it, “That’s what usually happens like there are many, many cases where I’ve already liked the song, certain piece or a certain part, and he says no no, I’ll do something else and because and I usually don’t argue also because I feel that within the song like he can hear a music which I can’t. He has the full picture in his mind, and actually, with him, also when he is playing the first note of something, I think there is some whole 3-D map that is already there of the song that exists, but I can’t see it. You might think I am also hearing the whole thing, but it’s only you.”
Imtiaz Ali earlier interacted with Gaana exclusively where he talked about the “magic” that AR Rahman creates while song recording. He said, “You know, Rahman sir has this magical ability that when he is recording a singer, he can play something on the keyboard aur unke dimaag mein aa gaya. His playing is like reacting to the singing. He then records a live instrument on what he has played. So, it is a very creative process recording with Rahman”.
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