A R Rahman to join Pele in Kolkata tour

Brazilian football great Pele will be joined by Academy and Grammy award-winning Indian musician A R Rahman during his three-day sojourn in Kolkata, organisers said here on Thursday.

The Mozart of Madras, who’s composing music for the three-time World Cup winner’s biopic ‘Pele: Birth of a Legend’, has confirmed that he would join him in the ‘Legend’s Tour of India’, Satadru Dutta, chief strategist of Multicon Group who are one of the organisers said.

Rahman will join Pele, former India captain Sourav Ganguly and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee in the Legends Night to be held at Netaji Indoor Stadium on October 12 and also be part of the programmes lined up in the next day.