India, Oct. 26 -- A R Rahman, who has composed the score for Namit Malhotra’s Ramayana alongside Hans Zimmer, said he was amused by people criticising the film’s songs and later apologising, and recalled that he once let go of an earlier chance to collaborate with Zimmer because he was in “chill-out mode.” Rahman made the comments in an exclusive chat with Hindustan Times, in a report updated on Oct. 26, 2026.
Ramayana music and languages
Rahman said Ramayana came to him three decades into his career and that he felt he had to do something different for a story of “epic proportions.” He said that after his first 10 years, people told him to do what he did in those years, but he could not “stay on old glory like Rockstar or Slumdog Million...