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Time of India
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
‘Ram Gopal Varma slept on the stairs, Subhash Ghai passed out on a swing': Lyricist Sameer Anjaan reveals how they met AR Rahman in a jungle at 3 am for recording
Many music directors, lyricists, and singers have spoken about A.R. Rahman's habit of composing and recording songs late at night. Lyricist Sameer Anjaan recently spoke about Rahman 's unconventional working hours and shared a rare, horror-like incident that occurred during the recording of The Legend of Bhagat Singh. Sameer Anjaan about AR Rahman's late night recording sessions AR RAHMAN–HANS ZIMMER SELFIE WITH RANBIR; 'RAMAYANA' TEASER SPARKS GLOBAL MUSIC FRENZY In a conversation on The Ashoke Pandit Show, Sameer recounted working with Rahman on the 2002 film The Legend of Bhagat Singh. They had to travel deep into a dense forest to meet the Oscar-winning musician at 3 a.m. According to Sameer, he was initially told that the music sitting would begin at 11 p.m., but the wait extended far beyond that. 'When we reached his house, we saw that Ram Gopal Varma had fallen fast asleep on the stairs, Subhash Ghai had passed out on the swing in the lawn, Asha Bhosle was singing inside, and Udit Narayan was just talking nonsense upstairs — but in all of this, Rahman was nowhere to be seen,' he said. Sameer opened up about a scary meeting with AR Rahman Rahman wasn't at his residence. Instead, his assistant directed Sameer, director Rajkumar Santoshi, and producer Ramesh Taurani to a second location. They were asked to follow a car, which eventually stopped on the side of a highway. There, they saw a man holding a lantern, who instructed them to follow him as they drove into a dense jungle. 'It felt like we were heading to a horror film session. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Boots is giving free 75-minute hearing checks in Llanrumney. Boots Hearingcare Undo The man walked ahead of us with a lantern, and we followed in the car. It was a dense jungle,' Sameer recalled. They eventually arrived at a remote cottage hidden in the forest. Upon reaching the place, Rahman was found sitting inside, wearing headphones and positioned in front of his keyboard. The tunes they heard that night were for The Legend of Bhagat Singh. The film starred Ajay Devgn in the lead role.
Indian Express
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
‘Ram Gopal Varma was sleeping on the stairs, Subhash Ghai was passed out on a swing': Lyricist Sameer recalls 3 am session with AR Rahman in a jungle
Stories of iconic music composer AR Rahman's unique working style are not new. Rahman is known for working at night and has made filmmakers, composers, and lyricists wait for hours during late-night sittings. Recently, lyricist Sameer Anjaan shared his experience of working with Rahman on the 2002 film The Legend of Bhagat Singh. During an interaction, Sameer spoke about how he, director Rajkumar Santoshi, and producer Ramesh Taurani were called into a forest at 3 am by AR Rahman to listen to the tunes he had composed for the film. Narrating his experience of working with Rahman on the YouTube channel The Ashoke Pandit Show, Sameer shared, that the session was initially planned for 11 pm, but kept getting postponed. Ultimately, at 3 am, he was called along with the film's producer and director. 'When we reached his house, we saw that Ram Gopal Varma had fallen fast asleep on the stairs, Subhash Ghai was passed out on the swing in the lawn. Asha Bhosle was singing inside and Udit Narayan was just talking nonsense upstairs but in all of this, Rahman was not there,' he recalled. Since Rahman wasn't at his home, his assistant asked the three artistes to travel to another location to meet the composer — a location that turned out to be in the middle of a jungle. Sameer recalled with a laugh, 'We were asked to drive to another location and follow a car. We stopped on the side of a highway and a man, holding a lantern, asked us to follow him. It felt like we were going for a horror film's session. The man walked before us holding a lantern, and we were driving behind him. It was a dense jungle.' After this bizarre experience, Sameer finally met Rahman. He said, 'When we reached the destination, Rahman was sitting inside a cottage on his keyboard and wearing headphones.' The lyricist recalled that it was in that hut where Rahman made them listen to the tunes he had prepared for the film. After this experience, Sameer vowed never to attend a session with Rahman in the middle of the night.
NDTV
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- NDTV
Did You Know Astronaut Rakesh Sharma's Son Is A Filmmaker?
New Delhi: Did you know that Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian to fly to space, has a son who chose a very different career path? His son Kapil Sharma is a filmmaker who directed the 2013 movie I, Me Aur Main, starring John Abraham, Chitrangda Singh and Prachi Desai. Kapil Sharma may not have followed in his father's footsteps, but space was very much a part of his childhood. In an interview with in 2011, Kapil recalled what it was like growing up as the son of India's first astronaut. "I was 10 and I remember everything. I knew by the age of four or five what a fighter aircraft was and what they did. I knew what my dad did," he said. He shared how fascinated he was seeing his father return from night flying missions: "For me, at the age of four or five, that was terrific when he came home with helmet and oxygen mask. I would wait for him to go on night flights just to see him in his clothes." Kapil said he was already familiar with sci-fi thanks to Star Wars, so when he learned that his father would be going to space, it felt surreal. He added, "For a kid, it was like going to an amusement park." While Rakesh Sharma was training for his space mission, the family lived in Moscow for a year-and-a-half. "The main launch took place in Kazakhstan. The family stays in Moscow, and when there is an opportunity to speak, mom would be taken to mission control in Moscow and she would speak to dad," Kapil recalled. When they returned to India, Kapil realised the scale of his father's fame. He shared, "In school, I was a star. I didn't always want that attention, but I got it by default." But it was cinema, not aviation or space, that captured Kapil's imagination. From a young age, he was drawn to theatre and backstage work. "In school and college, I was always interested in theatre and plays. I loved watching movies and everything about it, and somewhere in my middle teens, I wanted to know about the process of filmmaking," he said. Kapil studied environmental science at St Joseph's in Bangalore, but eventually pursued a master's in mass communication from Pune University, with a specialisation in video production. He began his career working in television, creating news features and fiction shows. Wanting to break into films, he then went to the US to study at the International Film and Television Workshop in Maine, where he learned skills like cinematography, direction and scriptwriting. Kapil returned to India in 2001 and, in 2013, made his directorial debut with I, Me Aur Main. Interestingly, before becoming a director, Kapil also had a brief stint in acting. He appeared in films such as The Legend of Bhagat Singh, Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo and Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro. Kapil's sister, Krittika Sharma, is a media artist. Meanwhile, Rakesh Sharma, now retired, has expressed his desire to be part of India's future space missions. Speaking to NDTV, he said he would like to fly in India's own manned mission Gaganyaan. The Gaganyaan mission, expected to launch in 2025-2026, is a key part of India's human spaceflight programme. Launched from Sriharikota on the Human Rated Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (GSLV Mk III), the Gaganyaan mission will send up to three astronauts into low-Earth orbit for up to three days. As the country waits for its next big leap in space, another Indian Air Force officer is getting ready to make history. Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, selected as one of ISRO's four astronauts for the Gaganyaan mission, is set to launch aboard the Axiom Mission 4. He and three other astronauts will travel aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station, scheduled for launch on June 10 at 8:22 am ET from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre. The Axiom 4 crew will orbit the station and carry out science experiments, outreach and commercial tasks, marking yet another milestone in India's growing space legacy, one that started with Rakesh Sharma's historic journey four decades ago.
