AR Rahman who has attained the status of a global music icon says there are times when artistes are pushed to follow a certain trend and that leads to mediocrity. He was on Mega Icons Season two on National Geographic this Sunday. “If you have a song and then somebody wants you to make that kind of a song again, then it becomes mediocre.” 
Rahman, however, says he respects different points of view of the people in the film industry as they all share the same goal of making people happy. He believes the industry gives different mindsets a space to coexist and there is no “elitisim”. “I respect that there are various people and they make the whole industry colourful with different mindsets, but all of us have one goal – to make the person who is watching or listening, happy. Everything coexists, there’s no elitism. It is a great thing and I admire that in everyone I meet. I respect everybody equally, not that this person is smaller or this work is smaller. So, I feel like my part is done in the world and I’ve made people happy.” The composer, who started his journey in movies with Mani Ratnam’s 1992 film Roja, went on to create memorable soundtracks for films Bombay, Rangeela, Daud, Dil Se, Taal and Lagaan, Saathiya, Swades, Yuva, Rang De Basanti and Rockstar among others.
AR Rahman on National Geographic’s Mega Icons
