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Ranveer Singh can't get enough of Hans Zimmer concert in Abu Dhabi; AR Rahman asks when he's coming to India
Oscar-winning music composer Hans Zimmer performed in Abu Dhabi for the first time on Saturday. He brought his 'Hans Zimmer Live' concert to the UAE capital and performed compositions from his most iconic soundtracks, including Interstellar, The Lion King, Dune, and more.
Several Indian celebrities flew to Abu Dhabi to attend Zimmer's historic concert. Among them was actor Ranveer Singh. In videos shared on the Instagram Stories of Abu Dhabi Events, Singh can be seen sitting in the audience and keenly engaging with Zimmer's performance on stage. Singh looks all charged up by Zimmer's renditions and even shakes his head in disbelief at the composer's talent unravelling before him and thousands others in Abu Dhabi.
Ranveer Singh today in Abu Dhabi attending Hans Zimmer concert with his best friends Navzar and Karan . He is attending the event as Abu Dhabi tourism brand ambassador.#RanveerSingh #HansZimmerLive #HansZimmer
— musk_melon (@Musk_19) May 31, 2025
Meanwhile, India's own Oscar- and Grammy Award-winning music composer AR Rahman also attended Hans Zimmer Live in Abu Dhabi. He took to his Instagram handle and shared a photo of Zimmer getting a wide round of applause after his performance in Abu Dhabi. The German composer, 67, was also seen running towards a teammate in excitement on the stage.
'Watched the spectacular @hanszimmer show at Abu Dhabi… when is he coming to India? (heart eyes emoji)?' Rahman wrote in the caption. Zimmer and Rahman will collaborate to score Nitesh Tiwari's adaptation of the Ramayana. While Rahman is tight-lipped about the same, producer Namit Malhotra confirmed the development and called it a 'dream come true.'
Backed by Malhotra and Kannada superstar Yash, the Ramayana adaptation stars Ranbir Kapoor as Rama, Sai Pallavi as Sita, Yash as Ravana, Ravi Dubey as Lakshman, Sunny Deol as Hanuman, Kunal Kapoor as Indradev, Arun Govil as Dasharath, and Lara Dutta as Kekayi among others. It will release in two installments, on Diwali 2026 and Diwali 2027 respectively.
Hans Zimmer had opened up on his Abu Dhabi concert in a statement recently. 'I am very excited to be performing for the first time in the city where Dune: Part Two was filmed and served as the inspiration for the score,' he said, referring to Denis Villeneuve's blockbuster sci-fi epic, starring Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya, which released in cinemas last year. Zimmer previously performed in Dubai in summer last year.
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Zimmer is an EGOT member, with four Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards, three Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. He's also composed for blockbusters like Christopher Nolan's 2008 superhero film The Dark Knight, Johnny Depp-starrer action franchise Pirates of the Caribbean, and Joseph Kosinski's 2022 aerial action entertainer Top Gun: Maverick.
