grt it shows his dignity
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wrote:
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> Rahman snubs Yash Chopra
>
> (BM&C)
>
> 11 October 2008
>
> Music maestro turns down opportunity to work with the legenadary
> Chopra due to money matters
>
>
> Going by the recent fate of YashRaj Films at the box-office since
> his retirement, Yash Chopra decided to make a comeback for one
last
> time. However, Yashji's plans of pulling a grand casting coup
failed
> thanks to music maestro A R Rahman.
>
> Due to his friendship with the Bachchan family, Yashji signed
> Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan and even convinced them to
> work in the film with Shah Rukh Khan.
>
> But it wasn't the cast that Yashji was worried about; it was
getting
> his dream music director, A R Rahman that he was more concerned
> with. Says a YashRaj source, ìYashji is a big fan of Rehman but he
> never got to work with him because Aditya isn't too fond of
Rehman's
> brand of music. Since this is Yashji's last directorial film he
was
> adamant on fulfilling his dream by getting Rehman to score the
music
> of his romantic musical drama.î
>
> Yashji personally called Rahman for a meeting. Rahman was equally
> excited to receive a call from the legend, but what followed later
> was something that Rahman never expected. Reportedly, Yashji put a
> list of demands on Rahman which upset him so much that he walked
out
> of the meeting.
>
> A source close to Rahman reveals, ìRahman works only at night and
> Yashji was informed about this before the meeting. Despite knowing
> this, Yashji demanded that Rahman should work in the day because
> Yashji owing to his health could only work in the day. He also
> insisted that Rahman should record only at the YashRaj studios and
> even stay in the studios during the recording.î Apparently, Rahman
> agreed to all this but what transpired after this is what angered
> Rahman. When it came to Rahman's fee, Yashji offered him an
> extremely paltry sum and when Rahman protested Yashji reportedly
> said, ìYou should consider yourself lucky that you are getting to
> compose music for a Yash Chopra film. This is a privilege and not
> all music directors get this chance.î This angered Rahman, who is
a
> legend himself. He excused himself from the meeting and never
> returned. Later Rahman asked his office to tell Yashji that Rahman
> wasn't interested in his project.
>
> Yashji tried getting in touch with Rahman but the latter has been
> avoiding him. With little choice left, one last heard that Yashji
is
> in talks with the trio of Shankar-Ehsaan and Loy to compose music
> for this film.
>
> source:http://www.khaleejtimes.com/citytimes/inside.asp?
>
xfile=/data/citytimes/2008/October/citytimes_October77.xml§ion=ci
> tytimes
>