Singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya in a recent interview with ANI had slammed AR Rahman for “overusing” technology while creating music. The singer also accused the Oscar-winning composer of relying more on digital tools and, thus, leaving traditional instrument players jobless.

Now, Rahman has reacted to Abhijeet’s comments. In an interview with India Today, the composer said that it’s “nice” to blame him for everything and that he “still loves Abhijeet.”

"It's nice to blame me for everything. I still love Abhijeet, and I would send cakes to him. Also, it's his opinion, and there's nothing wrong with having one," he said.

In the ANI interview, Abhijeet had also said that Rahman is responsible for the decline of live instrumentation. Rahman refuted the claim and said, "I recently set up an orchestra with 60 women in Dubai. They are being employed every month and are being paid insurance, health, and everything. In every movie that I do, be it Chhaava or Ponniyin Selvan, there are close to 200-300 musicians involved, and some songs have more than 100 people working on them. I don't show off or post photos with them, and thus no one gets to know about it."

Rahman’s latest projects were Chhaava in Hindi and Kadhalikka Neramillai in Tamil.  He is set to compose for Aamir Khan's production Lahore 1947, Mani Ratnam's Thug Life and Aanand L Rai's Tere Ishk Mein.