“We have composed some of our best tunes during the lockdown” : Anand – Milind

Music Articles - 06 Jul 2020

Anand Shrivastava and Milind Shrivastava, popularly known as Anand – Milind, are sons of legendary composer Chitragupt whose career spanned several decades right from the 40s till the 80s. Anand-Milind made their debut with the Pankaj Parashar directed film ‘Ab Ayega Mazaa’ in 1984 and made their way into the big league with the Aamir Khan – Juhi Chawla blockbuster ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’. They were two of the leading composers throughout the 90s and thered for generations to come.

In this exclusive interview, they talk about being a part of MX Player’s music reality show ‘Times Of Music’, what they feel about their songs being recreated, their issues with the functioning of the industry, underrated albums, why they never thought about splitting up and more.

You recreated Sajid-Wajid’s ‘Tere Mast Mast Do Nain’ for the ‘Times Of Music’ episode. The song has a very Indian sound, the kind which one associates with your music as well. Giving a new shape to somebody else’s composition must have been a unique experience.

Milind: We were happy to be paired with Sajid-Wajid for the episode. They had done a great job with producing the original song. We just tried to reinterpret it in our own way.

Anand: We found the concept of the show really interesting. Getting two composers to collaborate and rearrange each other’s songs is a very exciting idea. We had heard the ‘Tere Mast Do Nain’ many times and really liked it. When it was decided that we would work on this song, we heard it again. It is not easy to reinterpret an already popular song. We decided to think of it as a newly composed tune which we have to work on. We changed the entire structure of the rhythm and the overall arrangements.

Milind: There are certain music pieces which we have used in our songs and whenever people listen to them, they realize it is an Anand – Milind song. You will get to hear those music pieces in this song as well. The arrangements are very Indian but the rhythm has a modern touch to it.

In the last several years, we have not got the opportunity to hear your compositions. Among your last releases, there were some good songs in films like ‘Jaana…Let’s Fall In Love Again’ and ‘Yeh Khula Aasmaan’. Can we expect to hear your music in films again?

Milind: We keep creating new music all the time. In fact, we have composed some of our best tunes during the lockdown. When you are sitting at home, the best thing to do is to keep yourself immersed in music. If we get a good project, we will definitely take it up. The problem is that there is too much interference today from so many people. The one good thing that has happened is that the digital market has really opened up.

Anand: Before the lockdown, we were supposed to record some songs for digital platforms. Once things open up, I hope we can record them and they are picturised too.

 

 

 

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