India might soon be losing one of its most valuable assets… the talented musician A R Rahman.
Rahman is deliberately turning down big assignments in Bollywood because of copyright and royalty issues. Talking about the issue, Rahman says, “It’s too complicated. But, yes the issues do stop me from accepting more Bollywood offers. Those who want to work with me in Mumbai but won’t agree to my conditions, are going to other composers. At the moment, I’ve also cut down film assignments because I want to focus on creating a Western-classic music conservatory in India. With this I hope to bridge the gap between Western classical and Indian ragas.”
We would like your thoughts on this issue. Do you think that A R Rahman is right in working with the West and turning down home-work? Should the producers and directors work to his conditions just so that they can keep him in India? Or is it a good thing for him to go to the West to showcase Indian music? Please leave your thoughts in the comments section below.
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