A.R. Rahman, the music wizard of India, has denied the charge that he has been declining the offers for small budget movies. "Chakkara Katti is a small budget movie with full of new comers. I am doing music for the movie", said Rahman while meeting the media persons at the end of his concert held in New Delhi last week. The criterion is the time involved in each project, clarified the genius.

He also defended the choice of singers. Some critics use to blame Rahman for his "excessive usage" of north Indian singers for Tamil songs. All that he had to say was, "I go by the need of the song. I choose singers accordingly".

He shared his concern over the depth of the knowledge of the newcomers. "We see many newcomers but some of them think that it is enough if they know to play the keyboard. They don’t know how to play other instruments. This situation is a cause for concern and this should change", was his reflection of the current scenario.

We hope that the aspirants would pay heed to the advice by the maestro.