Baba Sehgal is one of the most popular Indian rappers and is widely acclaimed as the first Indian rapper. Remember the iconic film, Roja from 1992, directed by Mani Ratnam? The 1992 film became a blockbuster, and Mani Ratnam earned the prestigious national acclaim. Besides winning three National Film Awards, Roja also made AR Rahman win many accolades, including the National Film Awards for Best Music Direction. However, in a recent interview, Baba slammed one of the iconic songs of AR Rahman from the 1992 cult classic.
Baba Sehgal recalls how he was approached for the Hindi version of AR Rahman’s song, Rukmani Rukmani from Roja
In a recent interview with Siddharth Kannan, Baba Sehgal spoke his heart out and shared an experience from the ’90s. Baba recalled how he was once approached for the Hindi version of Rukmani Rukmani from Mani Ratnam’s Roja. The song was originally sung in Tamil, and the singers were S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and K. S. Chithra. For the unversed, AR Rahman was the music composer of the song Rukmani Rukmani. Baba was approached by AR Rahman and his team at a show in Chennai. Recalling the moment, Baba said:
“I had a show in Chennai. Somebody from the organising team told me that some director wants to meet me. There was an assistant director who came and played Rukmani Rukmani’s Tamil version. I didn’t pay much attention to it and just said ‘yes’ to the song. AR Rahman was also there. He was very young at the time.”
