Did A R Rahman take a dig at Ranveer Allahbadia’s controversy at Chhaava music launch? Music composer quips, “In the past week, we saw what all happened when the mouth opened”
The music launch of Chhaava was held in style at the iconic Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in Mumbai and was attended by Vicky Kaushal, Rashmika Mandanna, director Laxman Utekar, producer Dinesh Vijan and music maestro A R Rahman. A R Rahman and his team performed on all the songs of the film and moreover, the interaction that he had with Vicky in between was also a major highlight of the evening.
At a later point in the show, Vicky Kaushal briefly interviewed A R Rahman. The actor began by saying, “Somedays back, I met him for the first time. I rarely have a fanboy moment. But when I met him, after a long time, I asked somebody for a picture. He was quite gracious and kind.”
A R Rahman was in a rare fun mood. He joked, “We took 50 pictures!” Vicky added to it, “Yes, because neither of us were happy with our double chins!”
Vicky Kaushal then asked the first question, “Do you know what are emojis?” A R Rahman gave a deep answer to it, “It indicates laziness. When you can’t think of a word, you select an emoji and send it across!”
The actor asked the music maestro to describe his music in three emojis. While answering, Rahman referred to the Ranveer Allahabadia controversy, raising a lot of laughs. Rahman quipped, “One would be the one with mouth closed. In the past week, we saw what all happened when the mouth opened!” When asked about the other two emojis, he said, “Even the other two would be the same.”
Vicky Kaushal, at this point, told the attendees, “I once asked him about his favourite instrument. His reply made me realize why he’s the A R Rahman. He said, ‘The voice’!” He continued with his question, “If you compose the soundtrack about your life, what would be its title?” A R Rahman took a long pause and then said, “Samarpan!”
Finally, A R Rahman was asked by Vicky Kaushal, “What’s your playlist? Because our playlist has our songs!” He smiled and answered, “When I am working, I don’t listen to anything. I go home, shut down everything and sleep. But when I am travelling, it has to be classical music. I also listen to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan or Kumar Gandharva’s songs.”
Vicky Kaushal joked, “I want to take that playlist just to know how it feels to relax like A R Rahman.” Rahman, however, replied, “Or you can just listen to the radio!”
Chhaava releases in cinemas on February 14.
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