Music composer A.R. Rahman on Friday assured the Supreme Court that he would acknowledge the song Veera Raja Veera, featured in the Tamil film Ponniyin Selvan II, as being inspired by the traditional composition Shiva Stuti of classical vocalist Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar’s family.

A R Rahman agrees to give credit to Dagar Brothers

Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Rahman, informed the apex court that the composer had agreed, as an interim arrangement, to acknowledge the performance of the late Ustad N. Faiyazuddin Dagar and Ustad N. Zahiruddin Dagar — popularly known as the Junior Dagar Brothers.