Music maestro AR Rahman, who has made his directorial debut with a multisensory virtual reality film, doesn’t believe that a grand war epic like Baahubali lends itself to the medium.
Rahman’s film Le Musk , starring actors Nora Arnezeder, Guy Burnet, Munirih Grace and Mariam Zohrabyan, revolves around the sense of smell.
“Grandeur is too overwhelming in VR. You feel tired after sometime. For example, a war scene (like in Baahubali ), you could feel the pressure. In 3D, the pressure is felt farther,” Rahman told PTI in an interview here.
The Oscar-winning musician says it would be too expensive for him to replicate what SS Rajamouli has delivered.
“I don’t want to make a film as grand as Baahubali because we have other grander directors who can make such films. Plus, I don’t have ₹200 crore.”
The musician says he wanted to create a beautiful world of visuals that don’t affect the viewers negatively.
“I want to create the music, the beauty, the visuals. I want to create a world for people, so that they would never want to come out of it. I have even tried to portray the negative aspects of the story poetically, so that it doesn’t bother you spiritually,” he says.
Le Musk is his maiden project as a filmmaker and Rahman says he was ecstatic when PVR gave a positive response about making a film in VR.
“When I had this idea of making the film, we met people at PVR. We presented the idea and asked them to have a look at it as VR is the future.”
Rahman says he does not take negative reviews to his heart as music is all about instincts.
“After a while you don’t care (bad reviews). You feel an instinct that (good) music will happen. If it doesn’t, you just go back. I believe that because I’m a spiritual person, there’s a force that is helping me. I have good intentions.
The people working with me have great ideas and that is the best we can do,” Rahman says.
With Le Musk , PVR is collaborating with YM Movies to bring the world’s first VR multisensory episodic feature film.