Life has a way of coming full circle. Composer AR Rahman was mentored by late Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan, and in a happy coincidence, today the musician has collaborated with the Padma Vibhushan awardee’s grandson Faiz Mustafa. The singer, 25, has lent his voice to Zara Zara, a track in Gandhi Talks that stars Vijay Sethupathi and Aditi Rao Hydari. 

For Mustafa, voicing a Rahman composition is always a matter of pride. He says, “When I first heard the composition, I was thankful to the Almighty that Rahman uncle chose me for it. After the recording, he asked me, ‘Are you the same little boy who sang Aao Balma?’”