Sanjay Leela Bhansali turns full-fledged music composer with his next film, Guzaarish

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Sanjay Leela Bhansali is turning into a full-fledged music composer for his next directorial venture Guzaarish, for which he starts shooting in Goa this July. The film stars Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai.

There have been several instances in the past when illustrious filmmakers notably Raj Kapoor, Raj Khosla and Subhash Ghai have ghost-composed songs for their films. Then of course, there was the legendary Satyajit Ray, who composed the background music for all his films since Teen Kanya in 1961. He chose to do so as he had too many musical ideas of his own, which professional music composers refused or were unable to accept and execute.

For reasons almost identical to Ray’s, Bhansali decided to turn into a full-fledged music composer for Guzaarish. Bhansali decided to be the director as well as music composer, only for the creative enhancement of his own cinema.

Vishal Bharadwaj, is today, perhaps the only other director who composes music for his own films, though they have been greats like Kishore Kumar in the past who did so.

A close friend of Bhansali said, “Sanjay has been toying with the idea for a long time. Even in his earlier films, he allowed professional composers to do the needful while he provided inputs that he thought would heighten his creative vision in musical terms. For Saawariya, which had music by Monty Sharma, Sanjay took credit as the composer for one song Hamari jaan ho tum. Entirely composing his film’s music was just a step away.”

Bhansali has already readied four out of the proposed eight tracks in the film. Those who have heard his compositions swear he will give professional composers of Bollywood a run for their money.

One of the actors from Guzaarish said, “The songs Bhansali has recorded for Guzaarish have an old-world charm but at the same time are fiercely original. They redefine contemporary film music.”

A tad reluctant to talk about his transition from direction to music composition, Sanjay Leela Bhansali said, “I’ve always been a musician at heart. I learnt how to convey human emotions on screen by listening to Lataji’s (Mangeshkar) voice. I feel I’d be more complete as a filmmaker by personally interpreting the musical emotions of my characters.”

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manoj16_391 12 May 2009
02:32:02 am

There’s no doubt that SLB has a good music sense.All his films from Khamoshi to Saawariya had great music and this should also be something special.

Also,there is definitely some truth in SLB ghost-composing his songs.Ismail Darbar has composed music for 9 films so far though he is known for his work in only 2 of his films -HDDCS and Devdas.Jatin-Lalit too could not repeat the magic of Khamoshi again.

RAJ 12 May 2009
03:31:17 am

“”Jatin-Lalit too could not repeat the magic of Khamoshi again.”"

“Khamaoshi” is defintely not Jatin lalits best…the duo have composed far better music than “”Khamoshi”"..Yes SLB might have a positive influnce on Ismail Darbar..

manoj16_391 12 May 2009
03:32:57 am

Raj,
Most of the people rate Khamoshi as their best by a mile.

Rocky 12 May 2009
08:09:08 am

Re.-Sanjay took credit as the composer for one song Hamari jaan ho tum.
Did not know that !!

Rocky 12 May 2009
08:13:07 am

I really liked Sonam Kapoor in Delhi-6

Rocky 12 May 2009
08:17:13 am

Liked D-6 as a movie to watch on DVD in my home,minus the Climax
But I can see people getting restless in the theatre..

Aarohi 12 May 2009
08:27:23 am

Tedium in store.

Rocky 12 May 2009
08:30:37 am

Aarohi- hamare comments tumhe tedium lad rahe hain????
LOL!!

A C H I L L E S 12 May 2009
09:41:10 am

I remember Khamoshi mostly for its music … one of the few salman movies i really liked.

neelu 12 May 2009
09:50:04 am

Jatin Lalit composed a lot of music that was very nice – Khamoshi ranks high up there, but it is by no means an aberration for them. Ismail Durbar was certainly at his peak with HDDCS and Devdas. The Devdas BGM is hypnotic.

Aarohi 12 May 2009
09:25:05 pm

LOL, Rocky. I am referring to SLB’s debut as a composer. Somehow, Saawariya’s music had a strange effect on me. I started hating the music of SLB’s films retrospectively

A C H I L L E S 12 May 2009
09:32:49 pm

Saawariya indeed was the worst music among all bhansali movies … that mite be a reason behind him taking up the job of music director.

Som 12 May 2009
09:44:19 pm

Saawariya’s music was not that bad but yeah in comparison to other SLB’s films, It was not up to the mark.

Arun 12 May 2009
10:18:03 pm

Saawariya was pretty decent, IMO. SLB turning composer should be interesting, he certainly has a strong music sense.

Agree with Neelu. Khamoshi was very good but hardly an aberration for J-L.