AR Rahman Reacts As Shubhash Ghai Reveals Composer's Fees For Taal: Let’s Not...

Subhash Ghai's timeless romance Taal was released in 1999 and has completed its 25 years recently. The film is a classic love story about class division and also starred Alok Nath, Amrish Puri, Mita Vashisht, Saurabh Shukla, Sushma Seth, Manoj Pahwa and others in crucial roles. In honour of this milestone, the cast of the movie gathered for the celebration where Subhash Ghai shared some little-known fun BTS insights, that have quickly gone viral online.

“Let’s not go there!” - AR Rahman on Taal’s 25th anniversary

For the 25th anniversary celebration of the musical Taal, a special film screening took place in Mumbai, where many attendees such as Subhash Ghai, Anil Kapoor, AR Rahman , producers Ramesh and Kumar Taurani, Udit Narayan, and Shiamak Davar, among others came together. At the event, hosted by Radio Nasha, Subhash Ghai discussed the film's music and added, “He( AR Rahman ) was paid minimum fees in Taal!” In response, AR Rahman chuckled and replied, “Let’s not go there!”

Subhash then said that ‘not everything is about money’ and that after 25 years we are all here to celebrate the film is proof of that.

Subhash Ghai on AR Rahman -Anand Bakshi's collaboration

Subhash Ghai also shared trivia about his musical romantic drama Taal. He recalled about the unique partnership between AR Rahman and the late lyricist Anand Bakshi during the film's production. In an interview with Radio Nasha, Subhash revealed that a communication barrier existed between the composer and the songwriter, as one of them couldn't speak English while the other was unfamiliar with Hindi.

Reflecting on the early difficulties caused by this language barrier, he said, “When I first made Anand Bakshi and AR Rahman meet, Anand ji didn’t know English and Rahman didn’t know Hindi. I placed a harmonium between them, thinking there might be some jugalbandi. They asked each other, ‘No, you play something,’ ‘No, you play something.’ But after 15 minutes of silence, I realised there was a communication gap.” He emphasised, “One didn’t know English and the other didn’t know Hindi.”

Despite these initial hurdles, Subhash noted that the two artists eventually discovered a way to collaborate effectively.