Pritam Chakraborty On Bollywood Remixes: 'If One Works, Thousands Follow, Herd Mentality Not Good'!
Music composer Pritam Chakraborty believes that a well-recreated song is not a problem, but it is unhealthy when the industry follows a herd mentality as it degrades the quality of the music produced.
Pritam
believes
a
well-recreated
song
is
not
a
problem
but
it
is
unhealthy
when
the
industry
follows
a
"herd
mentality" as
it
degrades
the
quality
of
the
music
produced.
Off
late,
Bollywood
has
churned
out
several
remixes,
with
every
film
having
one
recreated
track.
"Anything
done
well
is
good.
But
if
one
recreation
works,
one
thousand
more
follow.
If
anything
becomes
a
hit,
then
everyone
will
blindly
follow
it.
Herd
mentality
isn't
healthy
because
then
a
lot
of
trash
comes
out.
That's
the
problem.'
One
or
two
recreations
done
well
is
nice
but
the
tendency
of
following
the
herd
doesn't
really
help
the
industry," Pritam
told
PTI.
The
composer
recently
collaborated
with
international
DJ,
Marshmello,
to
create
the
track
Biba,
for
his
three-city
tour
in
India.
Pritam
said
the
team
was
clear
on
what
kind
of
track
they
wanted,
which
was
more
of
an
India
original.
"I
was
leaning
towards
a
song
which
was
romantic-trance,
the
kind
which
generally
Marshmello
does.
But
they
wanted
a
fun
track
which
also
feels
Indian.
The
entire
process
happened
really
fast,
in
a
span
of
one
month,"
he
added.
Pritam,
who
previously
worked
with
Diplo
for
'Phurr' from
Jab
Harry
Met
Sejal,
said
"collaboration
is
a
learning
process"
but
believes
it
would
be
better
if
musicians
could
jam
together
instead
of
coordinating
over
the
Internet.
"What
becomes
easier
is
if
the
artistes
get
to
chat
with
each
other.
There
should
be
a
window
of
free
collaboration.
We
didn't
have
the
time
to
meet
up
and
work
together.
Such
collaborations
should
happen
over
meeting
because
then
it's
a
lot
of
fun."
On
the
film
front,
Pritam
will
be
composing
the
music
for
Anurag
Basu's
Ludo,
Shonali
Bose's
The
Sky
is
Pink,
Kabir
Khan's
83
and
Imtiaz
Ali's
next
among
others.