'You know what your problem is AR Rahman? You got Oscars': Shekhar Kapur slams Bollywood

Veteran filmmaker Shekhar Kapur opined on AR Rahman's account of Hindi film industry's practice of 'gangism' and took a dig at Bollywood in his latest tweet. He responded to a report, tagged music maestro AR Rahman, and said that winning an Oscar for his work is root of his troubles. Kapur hit home with his words "An Oscar is kiss of death in Bollywood" by furr adding that Rahman is troubled because he has "more talent than Bollywood can handle".

Oscar-winning music composer AR Rahman made a sensational revelation in conversation with a regional radio station about his personal experience with Bollywood's alleged 'gangism'. He revealed that he works more frequently in Tamil cinema than in Hindi films because certain people in Bollywood have been spreading rumours about him and minimizing his chances of getting good work.

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AR Rahman had won Oscar in year 2003 for Danny Boyle's film Slumdog Millionaire in  Best Original Score and Best Original Song (for "Jai Ho") categories. He was also minated in same categories for Boyle's film 127 Hours in 2010.  ace music composer has been winning acclaim for his latest score in Sushant Singh Rajput's last film Dil Bechara, directed by Mukesh Chhabra. Rahman realized lack of offers from Bollywood when Chhabra approached him and narrated allegedly false "stories" about him that have been circulating in industry.

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Rahman's account of groupism in Bollywood supports narrative that irrespective of talent of any artist in industry, a select few allegedly powerful people in Hindi film industry control fates of artists. 

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