Rahman, who is composing music for the upcoming movie "Pele", met him at an event in Kolkata.

Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman said meeting Brazilian football legend Pele for his biopic was like “a dream come true” moment for him.

Rahman, who is composing music for the upcoming movie “Pele”, met him at an event in Kolkata.

“Pele is a big legend in sports, and doing his movie is such a big honour. Meeting him was a bigger honour... It was fantastic and a dream come true. I also met the Chief Minister of West Bengal [Mamata Banerjee]. Meeting ‘Prince of Kolkata’ Sourav Ganguly was an icing on the cake,” he told reporters.

Rahman said the music of the biographical film will be “edgy” and it has “Brazilian influence”.

“It’s very edgy I would say, from the making, it’s from the school of Danny Boyle [’Slumdog Millionaire’ fame], but it’s very Pele. It has a Brazilian influence and I loved it,” the 48-year-old musician said.

Written and directed by Jeff Zimbalist, ‘Pele’ stars Kevin de Paula, Vincent D’Onofrio, Rodrigo Santoro, Diego Boneta and Colm Meaney.