Rahman dons a new hat for 99 Songs

After two decades as composer, the movie is the Academy Award winner’s debut as writer-producer

“I usually get great tasks from amazing filmmakers I've worked with, who helped me shape my musicality. But there are certain things I’ve wanted to do as a musician and give to the people,” said music maestro A.R. Rahman, on how being a writer for the upcoming film 99 Songs helped him push boundaries as a musician. After nearly two decades as a music composer, 99 Songs is the Academy Award winner’s maiden film as a producer and a writer. The musical-romance, which is set to release on April 16 in Hindi and has been dubbed in Telugu and Tamil, stars newcomers Ehan Bhat and Edilsy Vargas and is directed by Vishwesh Krishnamoorthy. “I feel that when I push myself to do interesting work, people also learn with me. There are certain situations which I created to challenge myself and while they were easy on paper, it did take time for me to execute those ideas musically,” said the composer.