If
an
Indian
film
is
compared
to
a
bird,
then
the
wings
belong
to
Vishal-Shekhar.
India's
most
popular
music
director
duo
takes
any
film
they're
given
to
an
all
time
high
with
their
indisputable
music.
So
if
hell
is
full
of
music
amateurs,
down
here
is
heaven.
Because
down
here
is
Vishal
Shekhar.
I
call
them
'the
truth'
because
their
music
doesn't
lie.
From
their
first
ever
musical
blockbuster
Jhankaar
Beats
to
the
unique
Bluffmaster
to
the
recent
most
popular
I
Hate
Luv
Storys,
the
duo
have
enthralled
us
all
since
a
decade.
This
correspondent
met
up
with
Shekhar
Ravjiani
to
know
more
about
their
association
with
Puneet
Malhotra's
debut
film,
rom-com's,
Vishal
and
Shekhar:
the
singers,
the
importance
of
background
music,
diminishing
live
orchestration,
his
partner
Vishal
Dadlani
and
an
indispensable
place
which
Shekhar
has
to
visit
twice
a
year
and
without
which
he
cannot
create
music
-
London.
Over
to
the
man
who
doesn't
create
music...he
simply
weaves
it.
Rom-Com
With
any
genre,
whether
it's
a
rom-com
or
a
thriller
or
a
love
story,
we
always
try
and
push
the
envelope
and
try
and
make
sure
that
something
new
happens.
It
should
excite
us
more
than
our
audiences.
If
that
happens,
audiences
are
going
to
love
it
to
the
core.
A
lot
of
it
comes
from
the
director's
vision.
Puneet
Malhotra
He
is
a
very
cool
guy.
It's
his
first
film
and
we
sat
through
the
narration
with
him
and
loved
his
idea
of
the
film.
He
has
worked
with
Dharma
Productions
for
many
years
now
as
a
chief
assistant
director.
He
knows
the
whole
game.
I
just
saw
the
film
a
couple
of
days
back
and
you'll
fall
in
love
with
it.
It's
a
lot
of
fun
exchanging
ideas
and
knowing
what's
coming
from
a
new
mind.
A
director
listens
to
a
certain
kind
of
music
and
we
give
him
exactly
that
in
his
film,
to
what
he
listens
to,
and
yet
it
sounds
different.
Vishal
Shekhar
-
Singers
When
we
compose
songs
and
put
down
our
scratch,
it
so
happens
that
our
voice
just
locks
with
the
song.
If
Vishal
has
sung
a
certain
song
and
it
fits
well
with
the
lyrics
and
the
way
he
sings
it,
we
don't
need
any
other
singer,
and
vice-versa.
We
never
think
as
music
directors
that
we
should
be
singing
as
many
songs
as
possible.
That
doesn't
happen.
The
song
chooses
us
more
than
we
choose
the
song.
BGM
-
Background
Music
In
the
West,
they
have
OST
(Original
Sound
Track)
where
a
lot
of
artists
come
together
and
do
a
lot
of
tracks.
Ninety
Nine
percent
of
the
films
in
Hollywood
work
on
Background
Score.
In
India,
our
industry
works
on
songs
which
form
a
very
integral
part
of
our
films.
Now
a
lot
of
people
know
the
difference
between
score
and
songs.
In
this
part
of
the
world,
people
think
that
the
music
directors
are
the
ones
who
have
done
the
background
music
for
the
film.
That's
not
true.
There
are
background
score
specialists
in
our
industry.
We
have
Salim-Sulaiman
who
are
very
good,
there
is
Sandeep
Chowta
who's
good.
Vishal
Bhardwaj
does
it
himself
too
which
is
a
rare
thing.
Orchestra
I
don't
think
that
the
demand
for
the
orchestra
in
India
is
diminishing.
It
has
gone
down
a
bit
due
to
the
different
samples
coming
in.
But
there
are
certain
songs
which
require
that
kind
of
a
live
orchestra.
For
example,
there
is
a
song
in
Om
Shanti
Om
called
'Dhoom
Tana'.
There
were
two
hundred
musicians
who
played
that
song
live
in
Mumbai.
That
song
was
arranged
by
Pyarelal
of
Laxmikant-Pyarelal.
We
got
drums,
chorus,
cellos,
etc.
That
song
required
the
magnanimous
sound
and
that's
what
we
created.
But
it
entirely
depends
on
song
to
song.
I
personally
prefer
organic
and
live
stuff.
Even
in
a
song
which
requires
guitars,
we
make
sure
that
we
live
record
that
guitar
piece.
Recent
favourite
sound
tracks
Delhi-6
was
an
outstanding
sound
track.
Rock
On
was
a
very
popular
sound
track,
Ishqiya
was
great.
I
specially
loved
the
song
'Dil
Toh
Bachcha
Hai
Ji'.
I
haven't
heard
a
song
like
this
in
a
long
long
time.
It's
an
unbelievable
song.
Kaminey
was
good
too.
Story first published: Monday, June 21, 2010, 17:18 [IST]