Meet the 'Mozart of Madras'

The "Mozart of Madras", "an Indian Timbaland", "the world's greatest living composer": Bafta winner and Oscar contender AR Rahman has been called many things over the years. Here's another: the king of cheese. "Ha ha!" laughs the man behind the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack. "I've read worse descriptions on the blogs." When the Guide catches up with Rahman the day after his Bafta win, he tries to convince us that his favourite film score is Vangelis's synth soundbed for Cambridge athletes. "I w...

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