About recreating his father's music for
Veer Zaara (2004): "It was unbelievable.
Such a big film's score with the biggest producer and director of India
and with the biggest star cast assembled in recent years - on my
slender shoulders. It was daunting, but I kept on, employing his
trademark sitar and string arrangements as much as the screenplay
permitted. But I had to remember that this was not a tribute to Madan
Mohan but the soundtrack of a film traversing 22 years over two diverse
cultures. It was a filial duty, and through this entire endeavor I have
rediscovered my father - as well as some of what I inherited from him -
and I know I didn't let him down: I saw his name up there on billboards
at the Empire in Leicester Square and at the Loews on Broadway. What
more could a son ask for?"
