AR Rahman reveals ‘Rishi Kapoor didn’t like Rockstar’s songs’

Rishi Kapoor reportedly didn’t enjoy any of the songs from his son Ranbir Kapoor’s flick Rockstar, according to AR Rahman. He went on to describe what unfolded after that.

Music composer AR Rahman claimed that late actor Rishi Kapoor disliked all of the songs in the film Rockstar. On Thursday, the film completed ten years.

A virtual meet was held by Rahman, Ranbir Kapoor, Imtiaz Ali, and actor Sanjana Sanghi. On his YouTube channel, he posted a video.

AR recalled Rockstar’s filming in Kashmir when the team was shooting for a situation song and said that he asked people if they liked the songs throughout the shoot.

“(Imtiaz) said, ‘No, we all like it’. I said we all liked it but did you play it to anyone? Imtiaz said, ‘I played to Ranbir’s dad (Rishi Kapoor) and he didn’t like any of the songs’. I expected this, and I knew why also because everything was complicated,” the music director said.

AR Rahman then asked Imtiaz, “He didn’t like even one song?” Imtiaz replied, “No, he said, ‘I didn’t understand anything, couldn’t get the songs’.” After hearing this, AR Rahman replied, “So then I said I’m not going to compose what we are supposed to do. I’ll go back and do another song. So that’s how Nadaan Parindey was born. It was very important to get that comment, which changed my outlook towards this song.”