A. R. Rahman
29 statements across 1 episodes · 16 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 20, 2025 by A. R. Rahman · said 3 times in 2 episodes since 2023 · across every show →
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Nov 20, 2025 positive
Rahman: Film composition avoids monotony through unique multidisciplinary collaborations
“If a Western artist has to do an album, they have to think about it. I'm getting help from the script, from the director, from the screenwriter, from the lyricist. My part is just music, right? So each album is different because the different combination of di…”
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Rahman: Virtual reality will coexist as a personal medium alongside communal cinema
“It shouldn't be a replacement for cinema, but an alternate coexisting, right? So what you don't get in cinema, you'll get on this one. In cinema, you get the kind of community feel, like, you all whistle on the same thing. You all, all, all stack. I look at th…”
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Nov 20, 2025 bullish
Rahman: He invested three years developing global creative project Secret Mountain
“I'm looking forward to the success of Secret Mountain. If it deserves, and because we are putting all our hard work, and we want to create something extraordinary from India to the world, and because we put three years of a life in it, you want to make this th…”
Nov 20, 2025
A. R. Rahman: Releasing a subpar song mix causes months of self-torture
“I won't be able to sleep if I let a mix pass by or a song which could be better, and I didn't work enough for that, that'll be the biggest punishment or self-torture for me. For at least three to four months, I should have done it, but I should have done it. S…”
Nov 20, 2025 negative
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Rahman: Artists must intentionally impose constraints to disrupt formulas and innovate
“That's why they say, you know, like if you paint with the right hand constantly and you get comfortable with it, you know, tie your right hand and paint with the left hand. But then you will find a different way, because your mind wants to express, and the lim…”
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Rahman: Hollywood stars bluntly refuse fans, whereas Indian actors are more accommodating
“Whenever I've worked with rock stars abroad, they just straight on the face of, I don't do that, sorry. Whether it's Hollywood actor or, I've been with a couple of them, and they're straight on the face. That's why people don't come, because most of them are l…”
Nov 20, 2025 positive
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Rahman: Indian classical music succeeds when delivered with mastery, not condescension
“And if we put our energy in mastery in how we deliver the songs to people, definitely they'll like it. It should not be the, you know, I'm giving you classical music. Listen to it. It's good for you. No, give something good and make it masterful with the whole…”
Nov 20, 2025 positive
A. R. Rahman advised Mahindra on their electric car sound system uncompensated
“I got my Mahindra electric car. And there I have Why Mahindra electric car? I don't know. I just love it. For the first time, I felt like it's world-class quality, and I also worked on it. I was also constantly suggesting them, do this to them. The sound syste…”
Nov 20, 2025 positive
Rahman: Corporation school students from his foundation performed in Canada
“And then recently we went to Canada for the Glen Gold Foundation. They invited us, and they all played. It's such a great moment to see kids from corporation schools taking your flight, going to Canada, And playing for, you know, billionaires sitting there.”
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Rahman: Ed Sheeran promised to write songs for global band Secret Mountain
“And the lyricists, they're, I'm composing all this stuff, but then we have partners like, people like Ed Sheeran, they promised to write songs for this. He was hearing a couple of songs. I love this. I want to do something.”
Nov 20, 2025 positive
Rahman: Artistic self-validation is essential to withstand initial commercial failure
“When they say something is good, everybody says, oh, that's a hit song. Listen to it. If it's not good enough for me, then throw it out. It has to do something to my heart. It has to do something to my soul. And, That's why I don't care when some song, some of…”
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Rahman: Governments must impose strict operating rules on AI to prevent joblessness
“Now you're not shooting people, but you can pull the carpet off, make them jobless. It's like making families going into poverty. So it is the rules. Humans have to set the rules. You have traffic rules. You have immigration rules.”