Happy That This Man Has Got So Many Awards!Īgainst this backdrop, this genuine music composer evokes a sense of self pride within with his creativity. Worse, it’s so humiliating when foreign composers make allegations that Indian music makers totally copied their compositions in the name of inspiration! A reason why film music sounds so mechanical and jarring to the ears. Today Bollywood is dominated by musicians who first don’t know what music really means, and second, they are not musicians but technocrats depending on arrangement of music done by the computers. He has received National Award for his music in Ishkiya and Godmother. In fact, even in movie meant for kids like Makdee you can notice the variation he introduced in his music. At the same time, movie versions of Ruskin Bond’s “Susanna’s Seven Husbands” and “The Blue Umbrella’ also left the lovers of cinema spellbound. The cinematic versions of Shakespeare’s Othello, Macbeth and Hamlet really impressed all film-goers. This very highly conscious music director, dealing in experimentation and improvisation in unorthodox manner, loves to introduce best of the literary works, which until now remained unexplored by Indian movie-makers.

are the ones which bear testimony to the fact he knows what treatment very sensitive verses of Gulzar actually need. The chartbusters like ” Yaaram”, “Naina Thag Lenge”, “Darling”, “Chod Aaye Hum Wo Galiyan”, “O Saathi Re”, “Dil To Bachcha Hai Ji”, “Raat Ke Dhai Baje”, “Matru Ki Bijli Ka Mandola” and “Sapney Me Milti Hai” etc. Thanks to the arrival of Vishal Bhardwaj, which allowed Gulzar to breathe a sigh of relief. Only RD Burman had that capability to lend perfect musical notes to newsy type lyrics penned by Gulzar. Gulzar after demise of his best friend RD Burman felt a great sense of loneliness. However, Vishal managed to create magic with his “Yaaram” song. It was a theme which had not much scope for a romantic number. Very recently I watched “Ek Thi Daayan” which dealt with supernatural elements. If we analyze deeply the happenings inside Bollywood’s musical landscape what prevails is recycling of works of others in most blatant manner with no credits to original composers who composed these compositions in the first place. In my eyes he is a music director par excellence, who still have guts to introduce original compositions in Bollywood given way to borrowed tunes. We are well aware of his directorial skills, having seen his ability to deal with complex themes in movies like Omkara, Maqbool, Kaminey and Saat Khoon Maaf, to name a few. One needs a great musical mind to appreciate the music of Vishal Bhardwaj. ( Also published in Northern India Patrika, Decem) Vishal Bhardwaj: A Truly Talented Filmmaker And Music Composer

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