Will be soon composing in Malayalam: AR Rahman

The Mozart of Madras, AR Rahman has been shuffling between Bollywood, Kollywood and international projects. Music lovers across the country are waiting for his album for Mani Ratnam’s upcoming movie Kaatru Veliyidai.

However, the Academy Award winner has not yet composed for a Malayalam movie after 1992. He has worked only in one Malayalam movie, Yodha directed by Sangeeth Sivan. Recently, during a media interaction in Dubai, AR Rahman said that he will soon be composing for a Malayalam movie.

We had earlier reported that Rahman is being considered as the music director for Randamoozham, which is speculated to be one of the most expensive movies in Indian cinema. Mohanlal has already committed for this movie which is based on legendary writer MT Vasudevan Nair’s novel of the same name. There are speculations about superstars like Amitabh Bachchan, Vikram, Shivraj Kumar, Aishwarya Rai, Nagarjuna, Manju Warrier and Prabhu starring in the movie.

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Popular ad filmmaker Srikumar Menon will helm this project which will be made as a multilingual in all major languages in India and English. Mohanlal is playing the lead role of Bheemasenan in this epic movie which is based on the Kurukshetra war from Mahabaratha. According to reports, a popular production company from Mollywood will collaborate with biggies like Reliance Entertainment and Warner Bros for funding this movie.

AR Rahman has meanwhile committed for Vijay’s upcoming movie with director Atlee. This is the third time Rahman is working for a Vijay movie after Udhaya and Azhagiya Tamizh Magan.

Last year, he once again entered the nomination list of Oscars in the Best Original Score category for the film Pele: Birth Of A Legend. Also, the song Ginga from the same film, wad shortlisted in the Original Song category.