{"id":385993,"date":"2026-01-23T11:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T11:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/385993\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T11:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T11:50:08","slug":"ar-rahman-doesnt-understand-hindi-rabbi-shergill-says-poetry-took-a-backseat-in-rahmans-compositions-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/385993\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;AR Rahman doesn\u2019t understand Hindi&#8217;: Rabbi Shergill says poetry took a backseat in Rahman\u2019s compositions | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769169008_361_image.jpg\" alt=\"'AR Rahman doesn\u2019t understand Hindi': Rabbi Shergill says poetry took a backseat in Rahman\u2019s compositions\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> Singer Rabbi Shergill, best known for Bulla Ki Jaana and Tere Bin, has shared a candid view on working with Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman. While praising Rahman\u2019s musical brilliance, Shergill said that lyrics often become \u201csecondary\u201d in Rahman\u2019s compositions, largely because Hindi is not the composer\u2019s primary language.Speaking on Divas Gupta\u2019s podcast, Shergill said, \u201cI admire Rahman for his creative genius. He is a genius. There is no doubt about it.\u201d However, he added that \u201cRahman phase is not pro poetry or pro lyrics phase in Hindi film industry.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>AR Rahman Responds to Ramayan Controversy, Calls Epic a Story of Values Beyond Religion<\/p>\n<p> Explaining his concern further, Shergill said Rahman\u2019s arrival marked a shift in how Hindi film music treated lyrics. \u201cI feel after Rahman came, the lyrics in the Hindi film industry became secondary, and if lyrics become secondary, that means expression becomes secondary, it means that somewhere your humanity and existence become secondary, this is my issue with Rahman,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It is not his fault, he doesn\u2019t understand the language\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Shergill was quick to clarify that he does not blame Rahman personally. \u201cIt is not his fault because it is not his language. He doesn\u2019t understand it,\u201d he said. At the same time, he praised Rahman\u2019s work in the Tamil industry, calling it \u201canother ball game.\u201dThe 52-year-old singer stressed that his larger concern is with the industry\u2019s approach rather than with Rahman himself. \u201cIf somebody doesn\u2019t understand your language, I think it was your call. You need to explain all of that to him,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p>AR RAHMAN\u2013HANS ZIMMER SELFIE WITH RANBIR; \u2018RAMAYANA\u2019 TEASER SPARKS GLOBAL MUSIC FRENZY<\/p>\n<p>AR Rahman on learning Hindi and other languages<\/p>\n<p>AR Rahman has earlier spoken about learning new languages later in his career. He had revealed that he began learning Hindi, Urdu and Arabic nearly a decade after establishing himself in the Hindi film industry, following advice from filmmaker Subhash Ghai.\u201cI thought it was beautiful advice. I took it seriously and learned Hindi and Urdu,\u201d Rahman had said. He had also shared that he started learning Punjabi after being introduced to singer Sukhwinder Singh, highlighting his effort to connect more deeply with different musical traditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Singer Rabbi Shergill, best known for Bulla Ki Jaana and Tere Bin, has shared a candid view on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385994,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[109844,145874,145875,145867,145870,6491,96,145869,145872,145868,145871,145873,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-385993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ar-rahman","tag-ar-rahman-communal-comment","tag-ar-rahman-communal-remark","tag-ar-rahman-hindi-music","tag-ar-rahman-language-learning","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-impact-of-ar-rahman-on-lyrics","tag-rabbi-shergill","tag-rabbi-shergill-ar-rahman","tag-rabbi-shergill-interview","tag-tamil-film-industry-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}