music maestro ar rahman is all set to turn writer and producer with his upcoming project titled 99 songslisa ray shared on her social media that she and manisha koirala will be a part of the project she wrote so honoured to have played a small part in this beautiful project you can bet not only the music but the story is soulful 99songs ar rahman to make debut as writer producer with film starring lisa ray manisha koirala sic rahman too announced the good news on his social media and released a note that states i am very excited to announce the release of my very first film as a producer and writer 99 songs sic adding that the film will be a love story he wrote a young passionate love story with music as its soul sic the music composer even wrote on his social media that he even has the first single of the film ready just mixed three language versions of one the most important songs we have ever made this decade for 99songs need your love releasing in a few days are you ready offjiostudios jiosaavn 99songsthemovie ellapugazhumiraivanukke sic the filming for 99 songs was reportedly done in february this year apart from lisa ray and manisha koriala newcomers ehan bhat edilsy varghese and tenzin dalha will be seen in key roles with the lead pair casted after close to a 1000 auditions composerdrummer ranjit barot and indian oeans rahul ram will also star in the film which will be directed by vishwesh krishnamoorthy 99 songs is slated for release in telugu tamil and hindi on june 21 this year