Bollywood Lives

AR Rahman on his childhood, music and personal faith

In a exclusive interview the legendary Bollywood music composer talks about his extraordinary musical journey, his struggling childhood and his personal faith in Islam and Sufism. He talks about his father's illness that forced him to work when he was a little child. He says: "I didn't want to take a big journey. I wanted Roja to be my last film... by then I was sick of working..." Rahman will soon be conducting the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, he begins by telling what he shall be playing there.