Anurag is like a guiding star: Amit

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Making waves with his unconventional music, Amit Trivedi is in a happy place with more than five projects lined up this year

If anyone missed his work in Aamir, Dev D could not have been ignored. The man behind Emotional Atyachaar, composer Amit Trivedi on all-time high with more than five upcomingprojects. The artist who recently bagged accolades for Teri keh ke lunga from Gangs of Wasseypur, Trivedi is quite a hit especially among young fans who love his unconventional tunes.

“I love experimenting with music. I like the rustic-to-rock fusion. People are accepting various genres of music and Bollywood is taking it up,” he says.
Although quite selective about the kind of work does, director Anurag Kashyap is one person Trivedi can never refuse. “He just asked me to do Teri keh ke lunga and there was no question of doubting him. He’s my brother and a guiding star,” he says.
Trivedi believes in bringing young talent to fore. Which is why the musician helped a voice from Punjab come into notice. Devender Singh, who accompanied Trivedi in Coke Studio was someone he found while scouting for the right talent for his film which never kickstarted. “I was making Cham-kila at that time. I was on a reconnaissance trip to to Punjab and was looking for a voice that would suit Chamkila. After many auditions, I met this guy Devinder. He was only 15 at that time and really talented. I decided to call him to Mumbai and got him to record a few songs for the film. The film didn’t take off, but I really wanted to do something with him and I though Coke Studio can give him the platform he should have.”
And although two of the films he was working on didn’t work out, he is not complaining. “In fact for one of the films we had even recorded a complete album but because of some rights issues it didn’t take off. But that’s how it is in the film industry. Somethings don’t work out the way you exactly want,” he adds.
Having said that, the composer talks about his upcoming ventures. He’s currently busy composing melodies for Trishna, a Michael Winterbottom film starring Frieda Pinto, Aaiya starring Rani Mukherjee Lootera, Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana, and Kai Po Che. And the genres are different for all of them. “Kai Po Che has earthy feel to its songs and I’ve used local instruments. For Trishna, since women are the central subjects in the movie, I’ve kept the music keeping the screenplay I mind. We’ve used Marwadi. I enjoyed working on this one. Aaiya has a blend of Marathi and South Indian tunes,” says Trivedi adding that in another film called Ghanchakar he has added funk rock vibe to his music.