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Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani are the hottest new duo of music directors out there. Although they´ve been together making music since Pyar Main Kabhi Kabhi, they have received recognition with their "Chod Na Re" from Kaante. Besides working alongside Anand Raaj Anand for Sanjay Gupta´s Kaante, they have recently released Jhankaar Beats and Supari (alongside Sandesh Shandilya). Avinash Ramchandani sits down with Vishal as they speak about Vishal and Shekhar´s views, opinions and their work.

AR: Vishal, you are a rock singer, and Shekhar is a classical musician. Quite a strange combination! How did you two meet? And how did Pyar Main Kabhi Kabhi come through? How about Chod Na Re? And Jhankaar Beats?

Vishal: I sing with a rock/electronica band called Pentagram, actually. We’ve put out a couple of albums and still play a lot. Shekhar is a pop artiste with an album called ‘First Love’ to his credit. He’s also a classically trained vocalist, and a Trinity College pianist. You could say that he’s really the qualified one, while I write songs and make music more from instinct.

We met when a guy we both knew was putting a band together to play a gig. We were the opening act for this fashion show, and we were only there for the girls. I sang, Shekhar played keyboards, we had a blast. This was in 1993.

We met again 1n 1998, when we were both working independently on different songs for Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi. I had jut recorded ´Woh Pehli Baar´ and ´Musu Musu´, he had just recorded ‘Dil Se Mere’ and ‘Humne na Tumse’. Each of us was really impressed with the others work, so then and there we formed ‘Vishal & Shekhar’, and did the title track together. We’ve been working together since.

We met Sujoy Ghosh through a common friend, he liked our vibe and offered us his film. We, of course, jumped at it. It was the opportunity to do something out of the ordinary. It seemed like the format of the film and it’s music was going to be unique, even then. Plus, the opportunity to create new songs within the RD style of music is a great chance at learning.

Then Padam Kumar called. We did the title track for ‘Champion’, our first mainstream bollywood track. It was called ‘Hai Aisa Champion Kahaan’. Sunidhi sang it and she really gave it everything she had. It did pretty well and we got to meet and work with Mr. Sunny Deol, which was great.

We also did tracks for Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai (Title song, sung by Shekhar), Rehna Hai Terre Dil Mein (Churaya Re, sung by Preeti and Pinky).

AR: How do you feel transitioning from Rock music to filmi music?

Vishal: I truly feel that all music is just music. There are no limits or boundaries. Especially with film music in India, you can make six different genres of music for the same film project. Which is a beautiful thing, since it keeps you on your toes, musically. I have also dabbled in musical theatre, which is again a totally different genre from both rock and film music.

Also, I love the thought that a billion people are going to hear and understand my music. I love the thought of music being what I do for a living. Beats working, right!?

AR: Definitely! The music of PMKK and Jhankaar Beats were very different. What inspired you for both films?

Vishal: For us, every soundtrack/song comes from an idea that the director gives us. PMKK and Jhankaar are different because the directors have very different tastes. At the end of the day, we are only there to help create a vision that the director already has in his head. Each director has his own requirements towards that vision, each guy wants a different sound, a unique style. We always try to keep the focus on the director and film.

AR: Obviously RD Burman’s music has a lot to do with the music for JB. Would you say that you two are inspired by Panchamda in your work (except for JB, which is obvious)?

Vishal: He was a genuine genius, a truly complete musician. He has always and will always inspire us.

AR: You have worked with many singers now, who have you enjoyed working with so far?

Vishal: Shaan and KK are good buddies and great singers, Sunidhi is great and lots of fun. Mahalaxmi Iyer is a treat to work with. Uditji is an awesomely talented person, and yet humble to the point of being self-effacing. Mr. Jagjit Singh was relaxed and informal, with a great sense of humour. We’ve worked with Abhijeet (on ‘Plan’) just once, and he seemed very dedicated to his craft. Sonu Nigam was quite chilled out, and a total perfectionist. Basically we’ve had a blast recording with all these guys.

Most memorable, though, was Mr. Amit Kumar. While we were recording for the songs on Jhankaar Beats, he had us in splits with his humour. His energy and enthusiasm would give any fifteen year old a serious complex. Plus, he was so professional, and so well honed as a singer. He needed virtually no retakes, he sang two of the songs (Ruk Ruk and Boss Kaun Hai) in real-time!

AR: Who else would you like working with?

Vishal:We would give anything to record Mr. Kishore Kumar, but we came too late. Lataji, Ashaji, Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik are others who we’d be honoured to have sing our songs.

We would also love to work with a lot of newer voices like Shreya Ghosal, or Bombay Jaishree.

AR: For the first time in Jhankaar Beats you worked with Amit Kumar, how and why did you choose him?

Vishal: We had never worked with him, but Sujoy is truly his biggest fan. Since he’s the director, we took his suggestion and went to Mr. Kumar’s house to meet him. His voice just blew us away!! We will work with him as often as we possibly can!
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AR: It seems that most of the singing is done by men in PMKK, Chod Na Re and JB, is that just a coincidence or do you feel like you work better with male singers?

Vishal:No such thing at all. It’s just that since the films have had male protagonists, the songs have been from their point of view. ‘Dil Se Mere’ and ‘Humne Na Tumse’ were duets, ´Churaya Re´ was entirely Preeti and Pinky, ‘Champion’ was only Sunidhi. In fact Sunidhi is one of our favourite singers.


AR: You guys have also worked alongside many other music directors in other films, Salim in PMKK, Lucky Ali and Anand Raaj Anand in Kaante, Anu Malik and Anand Raaj Anand in Champion, and Lucky Ali and Sandesh Shandilya in Supari. How do you feel the music of a film turns out with multiple music directors compared to a single music director?

Vishal: It’s all about the director and his vision. Whatever works in that context.

AR: Jatin-Lalit had many insulting comments about Aadesh Shrivastava because he composed music in KKKG and Aankhen without their knowledge. Do you feel the same towards the music directors that you have worked with?

Vishal: No. Anu Malik, Anand Raaj Anand are very big names, we’re honoured to share platforms with them. Sandesh Shandilya is a truly gifted musician, we loved ‘Piya Basanti’ and his work on K3G.

AR: Why do you elect to do such films? Why not just do films that are solely your own compositions?

Vishal: When a director comes to us and asks us to provide music for his film, we are respectful enough not to question him or his methods. He knows his own requirements best. Plus, if you look at any OST of an international film, you will find music from many names and places. Nothing wrong with that.

As far as doing only films that feature us as solo music directors, we’re doing those too.

AR: You two also created the music for Vadh which was not as appreciated as PMKK and Kaante, how do you feel about making music for movies like Vadh?

Vishal: Vadh was a good script, and featured Mr. Nana Patekar. It seemed like a good choice at the time.

AR: What are projects you are working on and tell me a little bit about them.

Vishal: Currently we have recorded for Plan with Hriday Shetty directing. We have Waisa Bhi Hota Hai, a film by ad-genius Shashanka Ghosh. We are working on a film for Sidharth Sengupta, a first time director for White Feather Films

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