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    He spent nearly three months working on "Couple's Retreat," first in London and then in L.A. "L.A. helped me hide ... I can walk on the streets, which I can't do in India. I can go to a coffee shop and sit there. I have so much freedom, whereas in India I get mobbed." But that somehow didn't translate. Full Article at The San Jose Mercury News
    L.A. helped me hide ... I can walk on the streets, which I can't do in India. I can go to a coffee shop and sit there. I have so much freedom, whereas in India I get mobbed.
    A. R. Rahman – A. R. Rahman SOURCE: The San Jose Mercury News 1 month ago
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Hollywood's calling 'Slumdog Millionaire's' A.R. Rahman
  1. His fees have gone up a lot ... He may be the most expensive composer in India today working on films. That he is. But what he gives to you, even in financial terms, the recovery is almost instantaneous.
    – Shyam Benegal SOURCE: The San Jose Mercury News 1 month ago
  2. He has bridged the musical distance between the way the Western ear responds and the way the Indian ear responds ... It's very difficult to say how.
    SOURCE: The San Jose Mercury News 1 month ago
  3. I don't have to prove again I can do this and that, and rather can just be cool about my musical statement.
    SOURCE: The San Jose Mercury News 1 month ago
  4. After 'Jai Ho' became No. 1 in 17 countries, they were very excited and said, 'Why don't you do a whole album?'
    SOURCE: The San Jose Mercury News 1 month ago
  5. If he charged me Hollywood rates
    – Shyam Benegal SOURCE: The San Jose Mercury News 1 month ago
  6. I was almost the breadwinner of the family
    SOURCE: The San Jose Mercury News 1 month ago
  7. Since the Oscars and all the appreciation, people come for what I am
    SOURCE: The San Jose Mercury News 1 month ago
  8. I had to work because we had the keyboards
    SOURCE: The San Jose Mercury News 1 month ago
  9. There won't be any doubts looking at me: Who are you? What are you doing here?
    SOURCE: The San Jose Mercury News 1 month ago

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