When the ace director Sriram Raghavan was looking for someone to score the background music of his movie JOHNY GADDAR, a common friend introduced him to Daniel B George. Sriram invited him over to his studio and asked him to watch the movie to get his perspective. 1/n After Daniel finished watching the two-hour movie, Sriram asked him for his opinion on what kind of background score this movie should have. 2/n

Have you ever wondered about that little chuckle Madhushree added in the second line of 'Kabhi Neem Neem' (Yuva)? It happens at 0:34 in the following video: There's a funny little story behind that chuckle. Madhushree lives in W Bengal from where she travelled to Chennai to record this song with #ARRahman. Usually this would take just a few days, but with 'Kabhi Neem Neem', it took a while! She was in Chennai for as many as thirteen days for this one song!

A R Rahman has been often called the 'Mozart of Madras'. I have always felt that this comparison, between ARR and Mozart, has something amiss. However, there are some similarities (some real, some speculative) that I think are interesting. (MEGA!) THREAD 1/n Both were born in musically rich families, and they both were child prodigies. Mozart composed his first piece, a Minuet and Trio in G Major (KV 1) when he was merely five years old! 2/n

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In ‘Hawa Hawa’ song from Rockstar, the director Imtiaz Ali wanted to (a) use some elements of a Czeck folk story called ‘Sleepy John’ and (b) retain some gibberish that A R Rahman had used while composing the tune. THREAD 1/n It took Irshad Kamil 10 days — which is a “long time” according to him — to complete the lyrics of this song. 2/n