Jammu, April 19 -- A conversation with a renowned filmmaker has revealed an interesting behind-the-scenes story about the creation of AR Rahman's Oscar-winning song "Jai Ho" from the 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire. According to Ram Gopal Varma, the melody for this world-famous track was originally composed by singer Sukhwinder Singh.

The song "Jai Ho" was first intended for another 2008 film called Yuvvraaj, directed by Subhash Ghai. However, the track did not seem to fit the film's overall sound. Rahman then utilized the composition for Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire instead. But an untold part of the story is that Rahman was in London at the time and needed help delivering the album to Ghai on time.

It was then that Rahman asked his...