I played for Illayaraja for very long, but my name never figured on the screen or the cassette cover. There are so many talented people behind a film music score. The recognition that I enjoy today is because of Rahman. 'Our association began when we both were really young,' he recalled in an interview not long ago. Versatile drummer Sivamani who performed for Rahman at the June 16 concert in New York has known the 41-year-old singer and composer for about three decades. Jiya jale in Dil Se was recorded in 40 minutes." Rahman doesn't take long over his recordings. When an artiste shows such consideration for another artiste, it feels good. 'But he records with me during the daytime. 'Rahman is known to record only during the night time,' she said in an interview 2 years ago. Singer Lata Mangeshkar worked with Rahman for the first time in Mani Ratnam's Dil Se and later in Pukar, Zubeidaa and Lagaan. "Bappi flew in from Kolkata in the morning, and a few hours later, he was ready to fly back home." "When I recorded the song with Bappi Lahiri for Guru, we got it done during the day," he says. Though Rahman works mostly at night, he does make concessions.
He can discuss Ingmar Bergman's Autumn Sonata and Subhash Ghai's Taal, all in one breath." Reggae, folk, classical, he's got it on his finger tips. He finds the character's sur, raag, rhythm. He is the most brilliant film composer in India today and is in such demand that he has altered his normal working day to begin at six in the evening and go through the night, so that he can compose undisturbed by producers' calls. His music comes from the characters and is an extension of them. "And though some people may think of his work as ephemeral, many of his compositions are going to be around for a very long time. "I am convinced he is the most consummate composer that I know of in the world," she says. Mehta says she is looking forward working with Rahman after 3 films, in her next venture, the big-budgeted Exclusion featuring Amitabh Bachchan and John Abraham. Sukhvinder has not only sung for Rahman but also composed a few songs, especially for Deepa Mehta's Oscar-nominated Water. "Even if I don't include it in the show, I am sure the audiences will make sure that we include it." "I cannot think of a live show of mine without it," Rahman says. The song has to be part of Rahman's stage repertoire. About 30 million people saw the film worldwide.
Last year, director Spike Lee used the original and remix version of the phenomenal hit at the opening and closing credits of his The Inside Man. The exuberant Chaiyya Chaiyya was the highlight of the Andrew Lloyd Webber-produced musical Bombay Dreams that ran for over a year and a half in London and for 8 months on Broadway, New York, a few years ago. "We have a very good understanding, a rare kind of understanding." "With Sukhvinder, I can compose a tune in less than an hour and record it even quicker," says Rahman, with a hearty chuckle. They always look forward to working together, never mind how much pressure each is facing. Though A R Rahman and Sukhvinder Singh have produced over a dozen melodious songs in such films as Taal and The Legend of Bhagat Singh, they have not been able to match the vibrant magic of their Chaiyya Chaiyya song in the flop film Dil Se.
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