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By Our Correspondent Š2005 Bollyvista.com |
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Abhishek in 'Bluff Master' |
How many Trick Baby songs are original compositions for BLUFF MASTER and how many are modified existing tracks of Trick Baby?
So we did the re-mix of 'Sabse Bade Rupaiya', re-versioned a track called "Nine parts Of Desire" in Hindi especially for the movie. 'Indi Yarn' and 'Neela' are also in the film in their original form. Apart from Sabse the rest are on our first album "Hanging Around"
What was the brief that Rohan gave you?
Largely it was a "Just do what you do and have fun with it... In brief, he threw in a few reference points like James Brown, The Whispers, Parliament, Earth Wind & Fire that gave us a good indication of where he was musically. We knew he wanted big drama, horns, strings and fat bass, so that's exactly what we gave him!"
Comment on the large involvement of British-Asian composers in Bollywood - Bally Sagoo, Rishie Rich, Juggy D, etc.
While we are not in favour of the Indian Film Industry constantly re-inventing the old classic numbers in a re-mix style for their soundtracks (at the risk of losing our ability to write great new songs and nurture new writing and singing talent) we think it's great that British Asians and Asians World over for that matter are getting a look in and an opportunity to contribute to what is a significant part of our culture and heritage. We grew up on films like Mother India, Sholay, Silsila and Pakeezah.
Can you recall any memorable experience(s) in Mumbai while shooting for the video?
Our last visit to Mumbai was more than memorable it was life changing. We got stuck in the floods on infamous torrential Tuesday, weaving down Marine Drive that was a parade of bobbing umbrellas as far as the eye could see. We hung out with Jackie Shroff dreaming up TV formats, listening to Jethro Tull and Abida Parveen until 4 am, we danced with Abhishek and we even hooked up with the Big B. |
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