Mumbai, September 14: Come 16th October, Bollywood will see Akshay Kumar and AR Rahman coming together for the first time in any movie. A Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision’s venture, multi-starrer ‘Blue’ is one the most awaited release of the year.
With the movie just about to release, it seems Rahman has found a true admirer in Akshay as both celebs keep eulogizing each other!
Talking about Akshay, Rahman said, “My first memory of Akshay is his grooving to Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast with Raveena Tandon in ‘Mohra’. The year was 1994 and I had just completed the music of ‘Rangeela’.’’
On the other hand, speaking about Rahman and his music, an enthusiastic Akshay extolled lavish praise on the former and said, “And my all-time favourite Rahman album is ‘Roja’. I listened to it continuously for two months when I was shooting a film in Shimla. And though the music had a soulful feel, I would still exercise only to that track.’’
Incidentally, ‘Blue’ is the first album for the Mozart of Madras post his two Oscars for the celebrated ‘Slumdog Millionaire.
’ Well, ‘Blue’ has quite a few records on its sleeves as it is the first Bollywood flick whose music is being launched on memory cards and pen drives. While talking to a news daily on this novel concept, an elated Rahman said, “Any music that I lay my hands on, I first rip it apart on my computer. I repeatedly listen to a new album because I wish to grab all the finer nuances of it.’’ With the music availavle on pen drives and memory chip, Rahman exclaimed, “This is fantastic. What one must ensure is that the sound is of the highest quality.’’
Well, taking a cut from Rahman, Akshay jovially says, “After the pen drive, we’ll perhaps have the music album in an injection form. All you need to do is to prick the needle and you’ll break into song.’’
Yet, with Rahman signing international projects, we won’t hear Rahman as frequently as we used to because ‘Blue’ will be Rahman’s last movie in this season. Speaking on his overseas projects, Rahman mused, “I love all filmmakers but there is only that much work I can do. I have taken on a couple of major assignments overseas and I’m also committed to building my music school. I wanted to do something different hence I chose to associate with Tony’s Blue.’’
Speaking about the music of ‘Blue’, Rahman said that the move is an amalgamation of Indian sounds with international feel.
—–Agencies