Rajinikanth bats for A R Rahman

Rajinikanth bats for A R Rahman

The Superstar caught up with his friend, the Oscarwinning composer after a long time…

Srinivasa Ramanujam

The two stars are great friends but they have got little opportunity to catch up with each other in recent months. The Superstar has spent the last few months recuperating, while the Mozart of Madras has been busy with his international musical commitments.
But on Thursday evening, the Superstar made it a point to attend the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg's Classic Incantations, a performance of songs tuned by A R Rahman. He also got time to bond with the music maestro. Soundarya Rajinikanth, who accompanied her dad, said that the Superstar was thrilled to hear about the event. Talking to CT, she said, "I'd told him casually that I was planning to go to attend the event and he immediately said, 'I'm also coming.' Appa is a fan of Rahman's music and is his well-wisher as well. In fact, it has been quite some time since they met and this was a good opportunity." Ace lyricist Vairamuthu, who has worked closely with the two, was also present on the occasion and interacted with the Superstar and the music composer.
Rahman has worked in several of Rajinikanth's films, the last being Endhiran. While he has finished all the tunes for Sultan and a couple of songs for the film-on-hold, Rana, he has now reportedly started working for Kochadaiyaan which will kickstart soon. When CT recently asked the composer if he'd be using any of the tunes that he's already composed, he said, "I'm not sure of that at this stage."

Rajinikanth and (inset) A R Rahman