Archive · 20 Sep 2026
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan Fulfills Late Grandmother’s Wish With AR Rahman
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan is an actress in the Netflix movie Best of the Best.
The movie is about friends who join a competitive Bollywood dance team.
It was directed by Lena Khan and premiered on September 18.
Famous composer and singer AR Rahman made a new Tamil song for the film.
The song is called Aamaasee.
It plays near the end of the movie.
Maitreyi said her late grandmother wanted her to work with Rahman.
Her grandmother died before the movie was released.
Maitreyi hopes her grandmother somehow knows that the wish came true.
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan stars in Netflix’s Bollywood-focused film Best of the Best.
The Lena Khan-directed film premiered on September 18; the year is not specified.
Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman wrote and sang the original Tamil song Aamaasee.
Aamaasee plays during the film’s climax, alongside several popular Bollywood songs.
Ramakrishnan said the collaboration fulfilled her late grandmother’s wish that she work with Rahman.
- Who
- Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and AR Rahman are central to the story; the film also stars Priyanka Kedia.
- What
- Ramakrishnan worked on Best of the Best, which features Rahman’s original Tamil song Aamaasee.
- When
- The film premiered on September 18; the year is not specified.
- Where
- Best of the Best was released on Netflix and is set around UCLA’s Bollywood-fusion dance team.
- Why
- The collaboration fulfilled Ramakrishnan’s late grandmother’s wish, while Rahman’s song was described as an homage to Ramakrishnan’s Tamil heritage.
- Film
- Best of the Best
- Platform
- Netflix
- Director
- Lena Khan
- Premiere date
- September 18; year not specified
- Song
- Aamaasee
- Song language
- Tamil
- Songwriter and singer
- AR Rahman
- Song placement
- The film’s climax
