Mumbai: Days after AR Rahman opened up about a "gang" in the industry working against him, filmmaker Shekhar Kapur opined that Bollywood is incapable of handling Rahman's talent.
He pointed out that Rahman's international recognition is a "kiss of death in Bollywood."
The 74-year-old actor took to Twitter and wrote: "You know what your problem is @arrahman? You went and got #Oscars. An Oscar is the kiss of death in Bollywood. It proves you have more talent than Bollywood can handle..."
Responding to the tweet, Rahman wrote: "Lost Money comes back, fame comes back, but the wasted prime time of our lives will never come back. Peace! Lets move on. We have greater things to do."
For the unversed, the music maestro recently revealed in an interview that multiple pieces of false news and rumours about him were doing rounds in the industry which dented the chances of his good work in movies.
In a recent interview to a radio channel, Rahman said: "I don't say no to good movies, but I think there is a gang, which, due to misunderstandings, is spreading some false rumours."
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"When Mukesh Chhabra came to me, I gave him four songs in two days. He told me, 'Sir, many people said don't go to him (Rahman). They told me stories after stories'. I heard that and I realised, yeah okay, now I understand why I get less (Bollywood offers) and why the good movies are not coming to me," he stated.
"I am doing dark movies, because there is a whole gang working against me. People are expecting me to do stuff, but there is another gang of people preventing that from happening, without them knowing that they are doing harm," Rahman told the radio station.
On the work front, the Oscar-winning musician is earning plaudits for composing heart touching tunes in Sushant Singh Rajput and Sanjana Sanghi starrer Dil Bechara.
