Farhan, Shankar Mahadevan began bonding when he, Zoya helmed ‘Breathless’ video

Mumbai Feb 14 Farhan Akhtar directed movies at all times have one factor as fixed – good music. The broad vary of the songs from earworms, pacy tracks, romantic numbers, the melancholy, the inspirational tracks or the dance numbers, his movies at all times have every little thing by way of a consolidated soundtrack.

How does he handle to include such brilliance in his soundtracks? Well to say that the musical workforce of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy are one of many strongest pillars of Akhtar’s movie, received’t be improper.

Be it the brand new age ‘Koi Kahe’ from ‘Dil Chahta Hai’ that exploded on the golf equipment in 2001, the Sonu Nigam crooned ‘Tanhayee’, the phrases of which (written by Farhan Akhtar’s father, the legendary Javed Akhtar) may ship a shiver down your lonesome backbone, ‘Kandhon Se Milte Hain Kandhe’ from ‘Lakshya’ that fills you with delight for our nationwide heroes or ‘Zara Dil Ko Thaam Lo’ from ‘Don 2’ which oozes flamboyance completely in sync with Shah Rukh Khan’s attraction, the soundtracks of his movies have one thing for everybody.

When Farhan Akhtar directed the video of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ alongside together with his sister, filmmaker Zoya Akhtar, he didn’t know that he was about to strike a friendship with Mahadevan that may change the face of Hindi movie music.

Farhan Akhtar instructed IANS, “Shankar and I first met when Zoya and I directed the music video of ‘Breathless’, this was somewhere around 1998 and that’s when a friendship that would go on for decades formed”.

Farhan Akhtar teamed up with Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy for the music of his directorial debut ‘Dil Chahta Hai’, a movie that modified the panorama of Hindi cinema within the early 2000s with its city storytelling, styling and naturally the music which has stood the take a look at of time even after 22 years now.

The director-musician-actor additional talked about, “Shankar and I have been working together for 23 years now and I must say that I think of him and his family as an extension of my own. I have so much respect for him as a person and as a musical genius that he is”.

“And with him, it never feels like working, it’s fun to jam with him because he brings so much to the table”, he added.

Farhan Akhtar, who is thought for lending his voice to tracks similar to ‘Tum Ho Tum’, ‘Picchle Saat Dinon Mein’ and plenty of others, might be acting at this 12 months’s VH1 TremendousSonic music pageant.

When requested about what’s the most effective factor about performing in entrance of a reside viewers, he mentioned, “There’s nothing better for an artist than engaging with a live audience and performing in front of them. There is so much active give and take between the performer and the audience in that moment that it can hardly be put into words.”

He added, “It’s an experience that only the stage can bring. I love to see the expression of joy and happiness on the faces of my audience at something that I live to see as an artist. When I’m on stage I don’t put excessive thoughts into my performance. I just go with the flow, I mould my performance according to the mood of the audience and that’s what appeals to me as I said, to gauge the mood of the audience, their emotions and the space that they are in.”

Sharing with IANS the set record for his gig, he mentioned, “We will be playing songs from ‘Echoes’ the album that I released three years ago. There will also be new tracks as well there will be other additions to the list which will be more spontaneous going by the mood of the crowd.”

The director-musician-actor additionally feels that the Internet has largely helped the artiste group although there’s much more that may be achieved.

“The Internet has helped the music community to bypass the struggle of going through music labels. You log into any audio streaming platform and you will be surprised to explore such a large pool of talent who are not associated with any label but their music has the power to move the audience across physical borders. So the Internet has really empowered the art and the artistes, more so the independent artistes though we still have a long way to go”, he signed off.

Farhan Akhtar might be performing reside on the VH1 TremendousSonic music pageant together with different abilities similar to Anne-Marie, CKay, Prateek Kuhad and others. Vh1 Supersonic 2023 might be held at Mahalakshmi Lawns, Pune from February 24 by February 26. Fans in Bengaluru can watch two of the headliners from the principle pageant on February 24.