The interview which appears below, was originally published on Rediff in January 2007. ©The rights to this material are reserved to the owner. If you have any concerns or comments, please send an email to info@rahmaniac.com.
In an insightful conversation with Rediff, Kailash Kher opens up about his encounters with the legendary A.R. Rahman, sharing anecdotes that reveal the maestro’s humility and artistic brilliance.
“Very few people who are on top are so humble, and A.R. Rahman is one of them. I never dreamt of ever meeting him. When I first met him, the simplicity of his thoughts and dressing style surprised me.
He came up to me and complimented me for one of my songs. He had called me to his office for the music of Meenaxi. He was so impressed after meeting me that he immediately signed me for 3-4 of his films.
He is a person of few words but whatever he says is very meaningful. Once at a concert in Sydney where I was singing, he too joined me on stage to sing Mangal mangal and started dancing with me.
That was a rare occasion, where A.R. Rahman danced in front of 15,000 people! Most of the people took out their camera phones and started clicking Rahman dancing” – Kailash Kher
