Ismail Darbar to make his Sandalwood debut?

Once he took Bollywood music industry by storm by composing music for films like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Devdas. Of late, Ismail Darbar is keeping a low profile and hardly working in any movies. But, the buzz is that the talented music director is going to woo Kannada music lovers by making his debut in Sandalwood with the movie Kabir.
The film Kabir is said be based on the life and times of the 15th century saint Kabir.The film will see century star Shivrajkumar donning the role of Kabir. The shooting of the film is likely to begin soon. The film to be directed by Narendra Babu of Kabbadi fame will feature Kabir’s famous Dohas.
Ismail, who hails from Surat, Gujarat has worked for several years as a session violinist for leading music directors Laxmikant Pyarelal, Kalyanji Anandji, Bappi Lahiri, Rajesh Roshan, Anand-Milind, Nadeem-Shravan, Jatin-Lalit and A. R. Rahman before taking his plunge into music direction.