When AR Rahman's rejected track for an ad with Saif was later reused for Roja

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Director Rajiv Menon revealed that a track composed by AR Rahman for a suit ad featuring Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and Saif Ali Khan in the 90s was bounced..

AR Rahman made his feature film debut with the music of Mani Ratnam's Roja (1992)...

Before he went on to become one of the top composers in India and win two Oscars for Best Original Score and Best Original Song, AR Rahman started out composing scores for documentaries and making jingles for advertisements..

One score that he composed for an ad in the 90s featured Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Sharmila Tagore and their son Saif Ali Khan..

The caption for the posts states, "Filmmaker Rajiv Menon shares an amazing anecdote about how A.R.Rahman's music for a Gwalior suiting ad in early 90s, which also technically marked the screen-debut of Saif Ali Khan, was rejected at last minute."..

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