Filmmaker Imtiaz Ali and music maestro AR Rahman came together and created magic with Rockstar. Now, in an interview, the ace filmmaker opened up about some interesting behind-the-scenes anecdotes from the time they collaborated and revealed a hilarious yet innocent incident from their visit to Pahalgam, where Rahman decided to record a song for the film — and a group of girls mistook him for an electrician.

Imtiaz Ali recalls recording song with AR Rahman in Pahalgam

While talking about their trip to Pahalgam for Rockstar, in an interview with O2India, Imtiaz said, “Rahman sir set up this recording console in the reception of the hotel. He was wearing a black T-shirt paired with grey trousers. These girls came in to sing chorus and suddenly asked who the music director was. Now, these people were not really exposed to cinema or its people, so they didn’t know me or Rahman sir. When they asked, ‘Who was the music director?’, I gestured at them to be quiet and showed them where they had to be for the recording. Rahman sir came out from under the table, and one of these girls was bold and she asked again, ‘Who is the music director?’ I finally pointed towards Rahman and told them, ‘Here he is, AR Rahman.’”