Celebrated musician AR Rahman says it was his work on Subhash Ghai's musical romance drama "Taal" that led him to compose for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Bollywood-themed musical "Bombay Dreams", which catapulted him to international recognition. The multiple award winning-composer said filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, who served as an executive producer on Webber's 2002 musical "Bombay Dreams", played the English impresario of musical theatre the soundtrack of "Taal" which clocked 25 years in August.

Rahman, who had already made a name for himself across India with Tamil movies such as "Roja" and "Bombay", said Ghai's film helped him reach out to a whole new section of audience. 'It was the soundtrack of 'Taal', which Mr Kapur played to Andrew Lloyd Webber, and hearing the songs of 'Taal', he wanted me to work on 'Bombay Dreams'. I was no longer called a 'South Indian, doing only Tamil music' and all that stuff.