Rahman's music for Hollywood comedy

Oscar winning musician A.R. Rahman is set to compose music for his first full-fledged Hollywood project Couples Retreat and he is determined not to create anything similar to the Slumdog Millionaire tunes. He also stressed that while there wouldn't be any Indian sounds, there would be a touch of Indians.

Apparently, there were numerous brainstorming sessions during which the sound of Slumdog Millionaire kept cropping up repeatedly. And Rahman gently but firmly steered the music away from the expected.

"There's no point in doing something I've already done. I've reached a stage where I've to do new things.

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