Nevada
(ANI):
Oscar
winner
A.
R.
Rahman
will
write
the
score
of
ar
rahman,bille
woodruff,casanova,david
a
stewart,street
dancing
with
Golden
Globe
winner
English
musician
David
A.
Stewart,
according
to
reports.
Directed
by
Bille
Woodruff
(Beauty
Shop)
and
scripted
by
David
B.
Harris
(American
Dreams),
this
pop-cross-cultural
movie
around
cutting-edge
dance
competitions
of
New
York
and
Singapore
will
star
Cindy
Gomez
(Tribulation
Force).
With
funding
from
Singapore
and
Abu
Dhabi,
Ashok
Amritraj
(Raising
Helen)
will
produce.
Aimed
at
global
audiences,
this
music-heavy
movie
will
bring
East
and
West
closer
through
music-culture-lifestyle,
reports
suggest.
Acclaimed
Indo-American
statesman
Rajan
Zed
has
applauded
Rahman
for
creating
a
bridge
between
the
music
of
east
and
west
and
for
strengthening
the
worldwide
market
and
stature
of
Indian
music.
East-West
cultural
collaboration
was
“a
step
in
the
right
direction",
Zed,
who
is
chairperson
of
Indo-American
Leadership
Confederation,
added.
Rahman,
who
has
reportedly
recorded
sales
of
over
300
million,
was
called
“Mozart
of
Madras''''
by
Time
magazine.
Rahman
sees
music
“as
a
way
to
connect
to
spirituality
and
embrace
it" and
for
“creating
harmony
in
troubled
times".