Ace Bollywood composing trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy are back at making music, this time for Toofaan
Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa have been together since 1997, composing Bollywood scores and they added another feather to their collective cap with the music for the forthcoming film, Toofan, which features Farhan Akhtar in the lead role opposite Mrunal Thakur.
The film by Farhan’s production house, Excel Entertainments, is directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy share a good relationship with Rakeysh, working with the director since his advertisement days before composing the music for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, another film based on sports.
“Rakeysh is pure love. It’s a delight to just be with him in the studio. He is a man of focus and no stress. He gives freedom to create whatever you want. As a director, he understands that every musician has their own depth and aesthetics and he respects that,†shared Shankar.
“The title song Toofaan has really picked up. For us, it’s been a musical release after one year. Our fans have been looking forward to it,†expressed Ehsaan.
The trio has composed six tracks in the film —Toofaan (title track), Star Hai Tu, Purvaiya, Ananya, Dekh Toofaan Aaya Hai and Ganpati Vandana. The lyrics of the songs were penned by Javed Akhtar.
“Toofaan is a sports film and the boxing element has been emphasised, but it’s also an emotional and beautiful love story. We tried to capture the human essence in the title song which was written by Javed saab. People who are hearing it seem to like our work very much. It is a good feeling to realise that our music has touched a chord,†said Shankar who sung the song Purvaiya while Arijit Singh lent his voice to Ananya.
“The songs of Toofaan are almost like an emotional roller coaster. Purvaiya is a very pure-rock qawwali that talks about different aspects of life. Ananya is a beautiful romantic song with an acoustic guitar. Farhan sings this song for Mrunal’s character, Ananya, in the film. Star Hai Tu is about a small celebration happening in the bylanes of Dongri. Dekh Toofaan Aaya is a funky rap song. The album ends with the Ganpati Vandana,†elaborated Shankar
The trio is known to introduce new singers. And Loy shared, “The new voices which are featured in Toofaan belong to Himani Kapoor, Meenal Jain and Divya Kumar.â€
