I wl remain a musician Vishal Bhardwaj

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Posted: 18 years ago

'My style of composing didn't get me... '
By: Subhash K Jha
October 14, 2006

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Vishal Bhardwaj

If I wasn€™t a filmmaker, I would€™ve been a music composer (which, in fact, I still am). And if I hadn€™t been so interested in music, I€™d have been a cricketer. In fact, for a long time in my younger days, cricket remained my single biggest passion, even more so than cinema or music. I spent hours honing my skills in the game. I was quite sure that one day I€™d play for India.

But then music took over as my father was a musician. Blood runs thicker than cricket, I guess. I left my hometown, Meerut, for the land of dreams to become a music director.

But I continued to be passionate about cricket. One of the things that brought me close to my musical idol, Lata Mangeshkar, was our mutual passion for cricket. I remember while composing melodies like Paani paani re, Tum gaye sab gaya, Geela geela pani and Chai chap chai chapaak chai, we€™d spend hours talking about the game. Lataji is really into cricket, and I€™d often be stumped by her knowledge.

Though Maachis became a super hit, my unique style of composition didn€™t get me very far. That€™s when my love for filmmaking surfaced in a big way. I took a tentative step into cinema with Makdee, then Maqbool happened. There was no looking back.

But at heart, I still remain a musician. To be honest, I became a filmmaker only so I could employ myself as a music composer. I remember how I€™d record incidental music on my mobile while hunting for locations for Omkara. Am I that passionate about filmmaking? I am. Today, my calling card proudly reads Film Director. But I remain a music composer at heart. Cricket? I still time to play whenever I can, though obviously not that regularly. Today, when I see my son Aasman being equally passionate about cricket and music, I wonder if he€™ll end up becoming a filmmaker like me too!

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Posted: 18 years ago

Thanks. Good to know he'll always remain a musician. His songs from Maachis and Hu Tu Tu are wonderful. He doesn't compose for too many films but hey, its quality that counts.

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Posted: 18 years ago

Tfs. Gosh, he is so talented. He makes amazing films, my favorite current director. And he composes some great music, very rooted like Maachis, Omkara, and Maqbool. Though I honestly loved the underappreciated Paanch, which you can find on Raaga. Shows how he experimented a ton in the mid 90s with a new sound.