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Indian classical music is in my blood.
I don't follow any particular musical trend.
According to me, one composer should do one film.
The lyrics of 'Ekla Akash' brought tears to my eyes.
As film composers, what we essentially do is fusion.
I came back to the Mumbai music industry after 10 years.
I consider my music edgy, urban and with an earthy element.
I also want to sing the lyrics penned by poets like Srijato.
While composing the music for 'Romeo,' I will be very versatile.
I love composing music and it's like a breath of fresh air for me.
Songs and lyrics should be subtle. They can be fun, but not vulgar.
I took a vow that I would see a Bengali film song playing at a nightclub.
My biggest pride is that Bollywood called me because of my work in Bengal.
I am against vulgar lyrics. No one should feel ashamed while listening to a song.
Producer Shrikant Mohta of Venkatesh Films that made 'Josh,' is like my godfather.
It should be a singer's quality to know what a composer wants and sing accordingly.
It is very challenging to work with the Bhatt Camp as they have great sense of music.
Singers who are dependent on digital audio pitch correction software cannot last more than two-three songs.
For the regional film industry, it's a great feeling that a Dev film is being seen as a competition to a Salman movie.
Manoj Muntashir is a fantastic lyricist of this generation and he has penned my indie number 'Ae Mere Dil' very nicely.
Because a composer's soul goes into a film, they should do the entire film, even the background score. If not, then don't do it.
With 'Ekla Akash,' I have sought to re-capture a different feel and mood, I will also explore other realistic films through music.
I hail from a family of musicians for the last 18 generations. My grandfather was a classical singer; his father was a sitar player.
My father, Kali Gannguli, is an arranger, composer and accordion player who has worked with Salilda whose songs I had grown up hearing.
Perhaps the number of new hits is not being noted the way it was done in the era of records or cassettes with the emergence of Internet.
There are very few people, like Mukesh and Mahesh Bhatt, Bhushan Kumar, and even Yash Chopra, with whom I have worked, who understand music.
Sajid-Wajid has been signed on for 'Rowdy Rathore.' Sajid and Wajid are great friends of mine. I am happy that they are scoring the music for this film.
I've been greatly influenced by the music of R.D. Burman and Sudhin Dasgupta, and I took it as a challenge to bring back the golden days of Bengali music.
I've more than 50 hits in Bengali cinema and it's a great feeling to have them released separately in the form of albums that are independent of the movies.
This trend used to exist in Bengali playback where singers and composers would have their own hit series. I am thrilled that Bengal is seeing a revival of that trend.
People often compare me and Srikant Mohta with the legendary Raj Kapoor-Shankar Jaikishan jodi. They say, when ever we work together on a project, it turns into gold.
I have been doing Bollywood movies for a while, but my fans back home are always with me. They support me irrespective of whether I am working in a Bengali or a Hindi movie.
I feel independent music is a true expression of art, whereas in movies the songs are based on various situations and each has a lot of say from the industry people who are associated with the movie.
I am overwhelmed by the reaction to my songs. At Mitra, people went crazy dancing to Paglu's songs. Naveena, which hardly ever screens a Bengali movie, is screening 'Paglu.' I got mobbed at the theaters and lost my watch and shades.
Initially, when I started working in Tollywood, there were only three or four releases in a year. But after 2010-11, the figure went up to three-four releases per month. It's impossible for one music director to work simultaneously in so many films.
It was a major turning point in my career when Anup Jalota invited me to accompany him on his various world tours. I was in two minds whether to pursue a music career in Mumbai or to stay back in Calcutta. Being the only son, it was a tough decision.
I don't subscribe to the view that only puja numbers recorded during the '60s-'90s are enjoyed by the present-day listeners. Definitely the songs of that period are very popular even now, but the songs recorded afterwards are equally lapped up by the audience.
'Barsaat' is a romantic love song penned by Rashmi Virag. It is a song very close to my heart - that's why we plan to release it first. Actually over so many years, whenever I used to make a composition it would get selected for a movie. This time I was very determined to release it as an independent album and didn't give it for movies.