AR Rahman adds Bollywood touch to Spielberg’s next

Taking Indian music to a global stage, AR Rahman is once again weaving his musical magic in a Hollywood film — Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey’s next The Hundred Foot Journey.
Toplined by Om Puri (who plays the role of Mr Kadam) and Helen Mirren (Madame Mellory), the film showcases a contrast between Indian and French cultures, for which Rahman has remixed a host of Bollywood melodies and old Indian classics.The Kadam family plays these songs in their restaurant, creating a din in the neighbourhood and leaving Madame Mellory, the owner of a Michelin-starred French restaurant annoyed. The two families clash and are in conflict, but through the course of the film discover their compassion through gastronomical delights.
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Speaking from the US premiere of the film, Puri told us, “We Indians love our music and when we play it, we make sure that our neighbours hear it too. A sequence like this is beautifully portrayed in the film which actually establishes the clash aptly.”
The Hundred Foot Journey, a Reliance Entertainment and DreamWorks production, releases worldwide and in India on August 8.
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