Overview

• In a new PTI interview, the Oscar-winning composer says listeners are craving good music and poetry and argues that music can influence society for better or worse.
• Rahman describes a more culturally open landscape where Indian notes can sit on Turkish instruments and diverse sounds find receptive audiences.
• He details discovering collaborators via radio, streaming and reels, recently connecting with a Turkish string player, a Pune-based dhol artist and a classical vocalist from Lucknow.
• Calling himself first a listener, he welcomes remakes of his songs and says he is fine with recreations as long as he is not ignored.
• Rahman has scored the dialogue-free film Ufff Yeh Siyappa, which he found challenging as music drives the narrative, with a soundtrack spanning Indian, orchestral and jazz styles; the G Ashok-directed film, produced by Luv Ranjan and Ankur Garg and featuring Sohum Shah, Nushrratt Bharuccha and Nora Fatehi, is slated for theatrical release on September 5.