There have been predictions that the world will come to an end on 21.12.12. But I look around me and I see so much scope for hope.

How we approached this was I wanted this to be personal in a way. It's not a big, epic Hollywood score but really personal and intimate, and we thought guitar would be the perfect instrument for him because he's young and he has an undying spirit and all that stuff and we went on that feeling totally.

There have been predictions that the world will come to an end on 21.12.12. But I look around me and I see so much scope for hope.

Your inner voice is the voice of divinity. To hear it, we need to be in solitude, even in crowded places.

The search is more important than the destination

The music had to be rooted, and yet had to branch out,like the wild imagination of a child.

Since I worked with Danny Boyle before on Slumdog Millionaire, we have great success and everything. So, when I first got the script and the screenplay of Simon (Beaufoy) and I was reading it, even before the shoot, some kind of sounds came into my mind and I put some stuff [down] and sent it to Danny when he was cutting the movie.