Mehboob on A.R. Rahman, Rangeela, Ram Gopal Varma & the Art of Writing Lyrics | Cyrus Says

Podcast: Cyrus Says · IVM Podcasts

Opublikowano: 2026-09-02

Welcome to Cyrus Says! On this episode of Cyrus Says, legendary lyricist Mehboob joins Cyrus Broacha to look back at the stories behind some of the most memorable music of the ’90s and 2000s.Mehboob talks about how meeting Ram Gopal Varma changed his career, waiting two years before finally getting the call for Rangeela, and beginning a long creative partnership with A.R. Rahman. He shares what it was like writing through the night in Chennai, how Rahman reacts to words and phonetics, and why writing lyrics is very different from writing poetry. He als...