The
crew
members
of
Aamir
Khan's
Laal
Singh
Chaddha
who
stayed
for
two
weeks
at
Panchgani's
home
told
a
tale
of
"the
extraordinary
journey
of
an
ordinary
man".
The
brief
given
to
score
composer
Tanuj
Tiku
was
simple.
"It
was
a
slice-of-life
film.
Aamir
sir
likes
Panchgani,
which
is
why
we
worked
there
with
a
bunch
of
musicians.
We
played
live,
jammed
together,
and
created
the
thematic
music
there.
Within
two
weeks,
all
the
thematic
material
and
character
motifs
were
readied,"
says
Tiku,
further
crediting
Aamir
Khan
and
the
director
Advait
Chandan
for
cultivating
an
environment
of
creativity
to
a
leading
daily.
"The
culture
at
[Aamir's
production
house],
and
Advait's
relationship
with
him,
is
noteworthy.
There
is
always
a
plan
in
place,
but
the
process
is
organic.
We
watched
the
film,
and
immediately
decided
to
jump
into
the
score
composition.
My
team
and
I
began
to
ideate,
and
we
[primarily
used]
the
violin,
piano,
and
guitar.
We'd
perform
the
themes
to
him
live,
and
the
first
few
days
were
simply
spent
in
sampling
these
[chunks],
listening
to
music
and
creating
different
colour
palettes
for
different
characters
and
themes,
based
on
the
brief."
Tiku
was
certain
that
he
wanted
orchestral
influences
to
be
apparent
in
the
score
in
keeping
with
its
theme.
He
admits
that
generating
a
score
of
over
19
minutes
posed
a
set
of
challenges,
especially
since
it
had
to
be
recorded
live.
"But
the
story
is
beautiful,
and
we
wanted
the
score
to
complement
it.
The
harmonic
language,
and
the
simplicity
of
the
character
is
at
the
film's
core.
There
are
musical
layers
that
help
narrate
the
story.
Over
150
people
have
worked
on
the
score,
including
75
musicians
from
the
orchestra.
The
music
for
the
trailer
was
recorded
in
Budapest."
Laal
Singh
Chaddha,
produced
by
Aamir
Khan
Productions,
Kiran
Rao,
and
Viacom18
Studios,
also
stars
Kareena
Kapoor
Khan,
Mona
Singh,
and
Chaitanya
Akkineni.