A dream that has remained unfulfilled for AR Rahman

AR Rahman has accomplished a lot as a musician in his 17-year career thus far but he has one dream unfulfilled.

"I am a great fan of ace director K Viswanath, and wanted to work with him. Since he has stopped making films, my dream could not turn real", Rahman said when asked about his unfulfilled dream.

Rahman was here today to attend a function, and also announce his live concert slated for October 24 at the GMR Arena.

Viswanath is known for making classics like Sankarabharanam, Sagar Sangamam, Swatimutyam (Easwar in Hindi) and Swarnakamalam that glorified Indian art forms and traditions.

Sankarabharanam, the story of a classical musician, won many national awards for the music score composed by the legendary KV Mahadevan.

Rahman wanted to compose music on the lines of Sankarabharanam and wanted Viswanath to make yet another film on Indian classical music. Viswanath, however, turned down the proposal saying there were no takers for his kind of films anymore.

"That was eight years ago and the project never materialised. Since, then I have moved to other things", Rahman told reporters here today.