{"id":281835,"date":"2025-04-14T17:24:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T17:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/14\/gulzar-says-lata-mangeshkar-struggled-with-isolation-at-ar-rahmans-studio-while-recording-dil-ses-jiya-jale-who-am-i-singing-for\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T17:24:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T17:24:11","slug":"gulzar-says-lata-mangeshkar-struggled-with-isolation-at-ar-rahmans-studio-while-recording-dil-ses-jiya-jale-who-am-i-singing-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/14\/gulzar-says-lata-mangeshkar-struggled-with-isolation-at-ar-rahmans-studio-while-recording-dil-ses-jiya-jale-who-am-i-singing-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Gulzar says Lata Mangeshkar struggled with isolation at AR Rahman\u2019s studio while recording Dil Se\u2019s \u2018Jiya Jale\u2019: \u2018Who am I singing for?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Just when we think that there\u2019s nothing more to be said or written about Oscar-winning music composer AR Rahman<\/strong><\/a>, a new anecdote emerges from somewhere, offering something fresh about him, thus making us admire him even more. The tale becomes even more intriguing when shared by his fellow legends, thus underscoring why he is an absolute GOAT (Greatest Of All Time). Recently, renowned poet and lyricist Gulzar<\/strong><\/a> shared a fascinating detail about Rahman\u2019s working style, emphasising that he is a maverick who doesn\u2019t need many people to assist him in his work.<\/p>\n

Mentioning that Rahman mostly works alone, with just one assistant or so, Gulzar shared during a chat with O2india<\/em>, \u201cMost of the time, he would be the only person in the entire studio. He would be sitting with the huge recorder alone and would also do things on his own. He is an expert at it. He might, sometimes, have an assistant to help with plugging in the wires. That\u2019s all! Just two people in the big studio. I had never seen a recording being done like this before. It\u2019s very lonely.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He also shared that even ace playback singer Lata Mangeshkar<\/strong><\/a>, initially, struggled with the isolation at AR Rahman\u2019s studio when recording the song \u201cJiya Jale\u201d, penned by Gulzar, for director Mani Ratnam\u2019s Shah Rukh Khan and Manisha Koirala-starrer Dil Se<\/strong><\/a> (1998). \u201cIt was her first time working with Rahman. [In his studio,] the singer won\u2019t be visible from where he is recording. Usually, we stand right in front of the singer (in another room adjacent to the recording booth), giving instructions through gestures. Back then, unlike now, Rahman did not understand Hindi that well either. After some time, Lata ji<\/em> asked me in Hindi, \u2018I can\u2019t see anyone in front of me; who am I singing for? I feel very awkward because there\u2019s absolutely no contact (with anyone).\u2019 You cannot sing or even recite a poem alone,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n

\u201cI explained this to Rahman and told him that I will sit on a stool in front of the door, which is visible to both of them. Thus, she managed to get some sight of me, and that\u2019s how she completed recording the song,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, Dil Se became one of the most celebrated soundtracks in Bollywood cinema history, with \u201cJiya Jale\u201d earning special appreciation from all quarters.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n