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Shankar Mahadevan first collaborated with AR Rahman when they were working together of the soundtrack of Bombay. Mahadevan worked a vocalist for the background score of the film that was being composed by Rahman and in a recent chat, Mahadevan recalled that Rahman’s process wasn’t traditional in the recording studio.
Shankar said that it was a very “organic process where things happened in the studio.” He said they would try different things and experimented a lot but in the end, it was Rahman who made the decision as to what was working best for the film.
Shankar mentioned that in the 28 years since, Rahman has not changed much as a person, but is not as self conscious anymore as he used to be. “He is the same, down to earth, very modest.” But he added that the musician has become more “courageous” while talking because he “used to be very conscious.” “Even on stage his confidence has grown tenfold. Otherwise as a person, he is the same lovely Rahman, modest Rahman, the same god-fearing Rahman and the same musically charged up person. That is very special about him,” he said.
Talking about his evolution as a composer, Shankar said that “he is always a student of music and you can see how beautifully he is growing as a musician, as a technical person.” He added that Rahman’s “sense of harmony has completely changed especially after collaborating with all the international people.” “You can see that change in the harmonic content and the use of harmonies and the use of western classical orchestra, the use of modern arrangement,” he said.
Rahman’s music for Bombay was a hit all over the country. At the time, it was ranked by the Time magazine as one of the 10 best scores in the world.
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