Anirudh Ravichander

I've always wanted to make music for films.

I would love to work in Bollywood.

I am so happy about the opportunity I got to direct music for my favourite actor, Rajinikanth.

If you compose a song from your soul, it will come out well.

The night we released 'Why This Kolaveri Di?,' I went home and played all the songs I had composed since I was in Class 6. I had a great time playing them and revisiting how much I had grown and evolved over the years as a musician.

I'm shy by nature, not just around girls but guys as well.

You have to keep proving yourself over and over again.

I've been a musician since my childhood.

I was told that the 'Kolaveri' kind of success happens just once in a lifetime. So, I just cherish it.

'Kolaveri' is one song that people feel connected to. While I am bored of the song, it seems people aren't. I really can't say what worked. But I can definitely say that the song made me what I am today.

As for singers, I'm fond of Mohit Chauhan.

No, I don't want to act.

I am basically a chilled out person.

When I'm working, I don't think about other things. I go into a zone.

I've never flirted with a fan.

'3' is a wonderful film.

It's good to see your songs breaking the barriers of language.

A musician's true talent is only tested through background music.

In the case of '3,' the makers let me be. That worked out really well.

In personal life, I'm quite a shy person and keep things to myself.

Music has no language. That's something I've come to believe in even more ever since 'Kolaveri Di' happened. I don't deliberately make separate Tamil, Hindi, or Telugu tracks.

I am not a very good singer.

I did sing a track for Dhanush's '3,' but that's because the track required a voice like mine.

#MeToo is a welcome change, and I would encourage women to call out sexual harassment issues in their workplaces.

'Indian' is a cult album. It is one of my most favourite Rahman sir albums.