Music composer A R Rahman has claimed that  there is a "gang" in the Hindi film industry that  is preventing him from getting work. Rahman's comments come amidst a raging insider versus    outsider debate in Bollywood following actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s untimely demise last month.

During an interview with Radio Mirchi, the Oscar-winning music director was asked the reason for    doing less Hindi films.

Rahman said there has been "misunderstanding" between him and filmmakers as some people have  been spreading "false rumours" about him in the industry.

"See, I don’t say no to good movies, but I think there is a gang, which, due to misunderstandings, is  spreading some false rumours. So when Mukesh Chhabra came to me, I gave him four songs in two  days. He said, ''Sir, how many people said don’t go, don’t go (to him). They told me stories after  stories''," he said.

"I heard that, and I said, 'yeah okay, now I understand why I am doing less (work) and why the good  movies are not coming to me.' I am doing dark movies, because there is a whole gang working against   me, without them knowing that they are doing harm," the composer added.

Rahman has composed the music for Rajput's last movie Dil Bechara directed by Chhabra.

          New Delhi–Padma Shri recipient, Filmmaker Muzaffar Ali,-- he does not fit in the scheme of  things in contemporary Bollywood. “Though I still have a house in Mumbai and my son, Shaad Ali  works in the industry, I dont think I would be very comfortable working there right now. The whole  attitude and worshipping of icons, and they calling the shots just does not work for me. Not to  mention, content is very strangely driven in that industry now,”

At a time when directors from hinterland are bringing stories of the soil to Bollywood and erasing the  compartmentalization of mainstream and alternate cinema, Ali feels that the audiences have changed  rapidly over time and want things loud, asserted with a harsh language to wake them up. “Yes, things  are definitely changing, and like always there’s good and there’s bad. What I have noticed is that films  have become more conversational and user friendly.

           Oscar-winning sound designer Resul Pookutty has shared how he was on the verge of a   breakdown after not getting work in the Hindi.

I had gone through near breakdown as nobody was giving me work in Hindi films and regional cinema   held me tight after I won the Oscar… There were production houses told me at my face ”we don’t need   you” but still I love my industry,for it….”

There were a handful of people who trusted me and believed in me, they still do! I could have easily  shifted to Hollywood but I didn’t and will not… my work in India won me the Oscar, I got nominated six   times for MPSE and won too… again all that for the work I have done here… There will always people   to run you down but I have far more faith in my people than anybodyelse! and much later when I   discussed this with my @TheAcademy members friends they told me about #OscarCurse! It’s faced by   everybody! I enjoyed going through that phase, when you are on top of the world &when you know   people reject you, it’s the biggest reality check!”                                                                                                                                             - Courtesy to IANS