Words matter. These are the best Jeet Gannguli Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
People often compare me and Srikant Mohta with the legendary Raj Kapoor-Shankar Jaikishan jodi. They say, when ever we work together on a project, it turns into gold.
My childhood was full of Salil Chowdhary, R.D. Burman and Madan Mohan sahab. My father used to play with them and I used to play my guitar on their notations.
Sajid-Wajid has been signed on for ‘Rowdy Rathore.’ Sajid and Wajid are great friends of mine. I am happy that they are scoring the music for this film.
Indian classical music is in my blood.
Perhaps the number of new hits is not being noted the way it was done in the era of records or cassettes with the emergence of Internet.
Initially, when I started working in Tollywood, there were only three or four releases in a year. But after 2010-11, the figure went up to three-four releases per month. It’s impossible for one music director to work simultaneously in so many films.
It should be a singer’s quality to know what a composer wants and sing accordingly.
Singers who are dependent on digital audio pitch correction software cannot last more than two-three songs.
Songs and lyrics should be subtle. They can be fun, but not vulgar.
I hail from a family of musicians for the last 18 generations. My grandfather was a classical singer; his father was a sitar player.
I’ve been greatly influenced by the music of R.D. Burman and Sudhin Dasgupta, and I took it as a challenge to bring back the golden days of Bengali music.
The lyrics of ‘Ekla Akash’ brought tears to my eyes.
My biggest pride is that Bollywood called me because of my work in Bengal.
I came back to the Mumbai music industry after 10 years.
As film composers, what we essentially do is fusion.
I feel independent music is a true expression of art, whereas in movies the songs are based on various situations and each has a lot of say from the industry people who are associated with the movie.
I have grown up singing Rabindra Sangeet and when I was 16, I started training in jazz.
I don’t follow any particular musical trend.
I am against vulgar lyrics. No one should feel ashamed while listening to a song.
It is very challenging to work with the Bhatt Camp as they have great sense of music.
I also want to sing the lyrics penned by poets like Srijato.
According to me, one composer should do one film.
With ‘Ekla Akash,’ I have sought to re-capture a different feel and mood, I will also explore other realistic films through music.
While composing the music for ‘Romeo,’ I will be very versatile.
Manoj Muntashir is a fantastic lyricist of this generation and he has penned my indie number ‘Ae Mere Dil’ very nicely.
