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A.R. Rahman volition beryllium collaborating with filmmaker Shekhar Kapur for Masoom: The New Generation, a modern reimagining inspired by Kapur’s 1983 classical Masoom. Rahman volition beryllium composing euphony for the movie arsenic good arsenic joining the task arsenic a co-producer, said the makers done a property release.
The duo person worked unneurotic connected aggregate projects including Kapur’s Elizabeth - The Golden Age, successful summation to the philharmonic theatre productions Bombay Dreams and Why? The Musical, among others.
Sharing his thoughts connected the collaboration, Rahman said successful a statement, “Working with Shekhar has ever been a profoundly enriching experience, helium has been a mentor and a originative unit successful galore ways. When helium shared the imaginativeness for this film, I felt compelled to beryllium progressive beyond the music. There’s thing timeless astir Masoom, and reinterpreting that affectional satellite for a caller procreation feels some breathtaking and necessary.”
Kapur added, “For a agelong time, I’ve felt that the themes of Masoom deserved to beryllium revisited done the lens of today’s world. Families, relationships, identity; these ideas person evolved truthful much, and cinema indispensable germinate with them. Rahman has ever had the uncommon quality to make euphony that speaks straight to the psyche of a communicative and its audience. Having him arsenic some composer and originative spouse connected this travel makes it adjacent much meaningful.”
The movie brings unneurotic an ensemble formed featuring Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Manoj Bajpayee, Nithya Menen, and Kaveri Kapur.
Currently successful pre-production, Masoom: The New Generation is slated to spell connected floors aboriginal this year.
