“I’ve always had a great love for organic, roots music like blues, folk, punk, gypsy music, 70’s funk. Now, when I signed this movie, it was a one song film, but I realised that Delhi Belly gave me the perfect opportunity to explore these rootsy genres, as the film itself is quite raw, so I kept composing songs based on characters from the script & I decided to tie all the disparate genres together with the theme of heartbreak, so my working title for the album was, ‘Delhi Belly - Sounds of Heartbreak & Hipshake’.
We weren’t trying to force any panga, but there is a strong sense of irreverence to the soundtrack. Sheer boredom with the current scenario was one strong motivation. Few people try to be honest and fun at the same time and that’s what we were aiming for. I think our audiences today are spoilt for choice and much more discerning. It is the industry that needs to catch up.
One big change that I can see is that we’re not afraid to get grimy and gritty. The influence of classic rock and heavy metal is also pretty evident. Outside of that, I think the points of reference are still quite superficial and narrow. We still think putting a flamenco guitar on a hip-hop beat makes it ‘flamenco hip-hop’. To put a positive spin on things, there’s a lot of room for innovation!
When you work with great lyricists, it’s great! All of them have a very sophisticated sense of humour. I just had to point them in the right direction. Aamir helped out a lot in that department as well. He helped us focus our ideas.
I have absolutely no direct connection with Delhi whatsoever, but two of my current favourite bands are from Delhi - Advaita and Them Clones.”
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