Last
month
while
A
R
Rahman
recorded
the
background
music
of
Jhootha
Hi
Sahi
at
the
world-famous
Capitol
Studios
in
Hollywood,
LA
(the
Mecca
for
everything
music)
he
had
an
unexpected
visitor.
It
was
none
other
than
the
dazzling
Monica
Mancini,
the
daughter
of
the
legendary
Pink
Panther
composer
Henri
Mancini.
Double
Grammy-nominee
Monica
Mancini,
whose
father
Henri
is
to
film
scores
what
Rahman
is
to
film
music,
wanted
to
meet
the
Slumdog
Millionaire
composer,
apparently
for
collaboration
in
the
near
future.
Monica's
interest
in
Rahman's
music
extends
beyond
the
academic.
Like
her
legendary
father,
Rahman's
background
scores
for
films
are
as
exemplary
as
his
vocals.
Monica
apparently,
wants
to
carry
forward
her
father's
legacy
through
a
collaborative
album
with
Rahman.
While
Rahman
refrained
from
talking
about
his
meeting
with
the
Mancini
heir
(apparently
Rahman
is
off
the
press
until
after
the
Commonwealth
Games)
the
Jhootha
Hi
Sahi
director
Abbas
Tyrewala
confirmed
the
meeting.
"Yeah,
Monica
Mancini
did
drop
in
to
meet
us.
Actually
her
husband
Greg
played
drums
for
our
score.
That's
how
she
got
to
know
about
Rahman's
presence
in
LA."
Abbas
said
he
was
unable
to
give
details
of
Monica's
conversation
with
Rahman.
Says
the
director,
"I
was
too
excited
about
recording
in
the
same
studio
where
everyone
from
the
Beatles
to
Louis
Armstrong
have
recorded."
Story first published: Friday, October 1, 2010, 13:09 [IST]