MUMBAI: One is a director, the other a composer. And together Imtiaz Ali and A R Rahman, the duo behind hit albums such as “Rockstar”, “Highway” and “Tamasha”, are just two music aficionados jamming together.
The two, back together for “Amar Singh Chamkila”, say theirs is a connection that goes beyond a simple director-composer equation. It’s one that started on a poetic note with Ali reciting Punjabi preacher-poet Baba Farid’s famous lines “Kaga Sab Tan Khaiyo” to the Tamil speaking Rahman during the narration of “Rockstar”.
“He didn’t know anything about my work,” Ali told PTI, recalling his first meeting with the Oscar winning music maestro.
