Who is shankar ehsaan loy

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We fight, disagree and even shout at one another, all in the cause of making a good song. He put a loop down that was heavy on classical music. It is like this scene in Sholay where Amitabh Bachchan is casually sipping tea while Dharmendra threatens to commit suicide.

When he moved to Mumbai in , he got together with Ehsaan and they worked on jingles, for which Shankar used to sing. Since then, they have scored for over 50 films in five languages, including blockbusters like Dil Chahta Hai , which gave them their first major break, Taare Zameen Par , Rock On!! Although a few of their musical scores in films like Bhopal Express and Kuch Naa Kaho have been duds, by and large, the trio has enjoyed immense success.

It is no mean achievement that they have remained relevant for 25 years in an industry known for its tough competition. You have to create something that stands out. Another song they pick is Tere Naina from Chandni Chowk to China , which, again, just nobody watched. These songs will last for a long time without a movie, without context. Sounds like Kishore and Rafi together, with the yodelling, and then the hook comes, and it becomes an alt-rock song.

Ehsaan: Rakeysh Omparakash Mehra told us to be prepared to fail. He said he was going the whole hog in terms of experimenting so we could do whatever we wanted. We got singers from across the border, a trumpet player from Chicago. Having the CD in your hand is like having a musical encyclopedia.

Loy: Also the expanse of the film, caught between earth and sky, reflects in the music, both grounded and then transcending. Shankar: Ehsaan developed the opening riff randomly while we were shooting for the cricket world cup song De Ghumake. He suddenly played the riff and we thought it could be used for a good Punjabi rock song.

We instantly recorded it. Shankar: We had the song ready in 25 minutes, as long as it takes to reach Mahim from Bandra. Sriram Raghavan narrated the film and had just left in his car when Ehsaan came up with the riff and within minutes we had it ready.

We called Sriram and got him to return to the studio immediately. Ehsaan: When I do Instagram lives, all the people from the South still mention it. And the director, whose name is Kishore Kumar, really understood good melodies. The thing with Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam industries is that they are untouched by the single and cover business, holding its own. Working with Kamal Haasan on Vishwaroopam was equally fab.

He let us take it to the edge, incorporating kathak and all. What have been the biggest changes in the Hindi film music industry on your watch?

Ehsaan: The first big change: AR Rahman. The second big change: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. With Dil Chahta Hai , we showed that Bollywood music could be cool. Shankar: I really wish the power of the music composer once again becomes what it used to be. The power should remain with the creator, not the marketer or businessman or whatever. If Rakeysh enters the studio, we know we have a huge ground to play in, for example.