Gourov Dasgupta, who composed music for films like Chehre, speaks with SHALINI SAKSENA about his solo compositions and other upcoming projects
Bhuj: The Pride of India is a war movie. How is composing different here?
It was extremely challenging to compose it. I went to Amazon and ordered myself a Khaki shirt and pants, an army jacket, a helmet and a toy gun. I took my guitar, sat on my balcony and made Hanjugam. Later I got in touch with my lyricist Devshi Khanduri, she wrote the most incredible lyrics and Jubin Nautiyal sang it. vYou have released two singles this year Saiyyonee and Dream Main Entry. How different is the experience working on an independent track then a movie track?
Indie music is at par with Bollywood and in some ways has actually surpassed it because in the last two years due to the lockdown Bollywood has taken a back seat to a great extent, which breaks my heart completely. But independent music is at an all time high and Saiyonee was my last song with Sony music, I did eight singles with them.
Dream Main Entry is my first association on the independent music front with Saregama. I have done film Total Dhamaal with them and it was really huge. I was surprised at the way Saregama handled and executed this song as I personally did not expect the song to be as big as it is.
Your track from Chehre is receiving a lot of love? How was the overall experience while working on the track?
Composing for Chehre was really challenging because to be working with Emraan Hashmi, you can’t fool him with an average song. He is someone who goes hand in hand with good music since the time I can remember. He understands his music. When a song works, you already know it in your heart so, this is one song I am very proud of.
How tough has it been since the pandemic?
It has been tough, we didn’t see it coming. It has been tough on the entire industry, especially the music industry because so many artists were dependent on the shows and gigs for livelihood. But there has been a complete blast on the digital forefront as far as music is concerned. Hopefully there will be a filter soon where we will know what is good and what is not.
What are your upcoming projects?
I have a few very interesting films and a couple of singles coming out soon. Just that in our industry till you finally see your name on the list, you really don’t know what is happening anymore. Those times are gone when you would verbally commit to a film and then it would just sail through. Now, anyone can be replaced on the 11th hour. So, I am a little superstitious about that but I will definitely keep my fan posted as there are a lot of interesting releases this year.
