ICON VOICE O1=SHAMEER TANDON ( music director,Traffic signal )
ICON VOICE 01
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INT/JW MARRIOT LOBBY/EVENING
I am reading FOUNTAINHEAD …..cell rings.
Cell-Where r u ?
Me-in lobby…..just in front of reception.
Cell-ummm. …..oh in red t shirt. …..
We see each other with our cells in our hands.We place them down simultaneously.We both approach each other simultaneously.
He is active.I m nervous.
He is handsome.I forget my questions.
I m just coming within 10 min.
Its ok sir.
Thankgod I get few more minutes to revive my questions.What he will think about me when I will forget the question….get fummble…..get sweat drops on my face…..lets revive questions.
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HE comes after some time…..as soon as I see him again …..I foregt questions.Now I decide to open the diary…..rescue diary.He is busy on his cell …..
I gave my introduction as asst.director.He get impressed and I feel comfortable Ist time.my Ist question was abt his upcoming film.MAANG.
OH…..it’s a very nice subject but still in his very early stage so not be good to say anything sure abt this…..however conversations abt this project is going on…..lets see wat happens.but it’s a great subject.
I asked him abt UMAR N MANNA DAY’S SONG.
In fact there was a song to be sing by an old man……..using …..KK or SHAAN voice would not be justice with the song hence I decided to bring Manna Da on the microphone…..he is a brilliant singer with that depth which I expected to hav.[ Hey readers remember that last song sung by manna day was a prayer in PRAHAAR….after that he almost never sing for films ]
Wud you like to hav coffee or so.
I relpied-I wudnt mind.
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INT/COFFEE TABLE/EVENING
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I asked him about quawalli in his films.
SHAMEER
I REALLY LOVE THEM….IN FACT IN TRAFFIC SIGNAL SIKANDAR HAS THREE VERSIONS….1ST VERSION IS ABSOLUTELY PURE WITH NO CONTAMINATION….IT IS THE NATURAL FORM OF QUAWALLI…..HOWEVER THE OTHER TWO VERSIONS ARE WITH INTENTIONAL MIXING OF STYLES….IN ORDER TO BE LIKED BY EVEN IRREGULAR-QUAWALLI-LISTENERS.
ME
HOW JINGELS MUSIC IS DIFFERENT FROM FILM MUSIC ?
SHAMEER
VERY DIFFERENT.DEFINITELY DIFFERENT.JINGLE IS ALL ABOUT A STORY OF 30 SECONDS….FILM DURATION IS MUCH MUCH MORE…..IN JINGLES THE MUSIC SHUD BE LIKE A TEASER…..IT MUST INCREASE THE CURIOSITY ABOUT THE PRODUCT…..IN PORDUCT…..HOWEVER …IN FILMS MUSIC IS DIVIDED INTO TWO CATEGORIES……ONE IS MUSIC COMPOSITIONS N OTHER IS …..BACKGROUND SCORE……AS FAR AS I M CONCERN…. I ONLY MAKE COMPOSITIONS AND I HAVNO INTERST IN BACKGROUND SCORE….TAKE A BITE OF MUFFIN….BUT DEFINITELY IT’S ALSO A VERY IMPORTANT PART.
ME
IN CINEMATOGRAPHY LIGHTING IS MOST IMPORANT, IN EDITING SHORT DURATION IS VERY IMPORTANT,WAT DO U THINK IS THE ANALOGOUS IN FILM MUSIC ?
SHAMEER
UMMMMM….. ITS ARRANGEMENT.
ME
IN BOLLYWOOD , FILM MUSIC GIVEN BY A SOUTH INDIAN MUSIC DIRECTOR IS FOUND TO BE VERY DIFFERENT N SOOTHING THAN GIVEN BY OUR REGULAR OTHER MUSIC DIRECTORS.
[ WE R STILL WAITING FOR OUR COFFEES.BUT AS THE TIME REMAIN VERY LESS , WE DECIDE TO CANCEL THE ORDER OF COFFEE.WE CALLED UP FEMALE-VOICE-MALE-WAITER INSIST THAT… SIR COFFEE IS READY.]
SHAMEER
UMMMMM…….ITS TRUE …… IT MAY BE DUE TO THEY ARE INNOCENT ABOUT OUR TYPICAL MUSIC AND SO THEY TRIED MORE CREATIVE OPTIONS….THEIR APPROACH IS FOUND TO BE REFRESHING…..BESIDES THERE LIVE RECORDING OF VIOLINS AND STRINGS ALSO PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT FEEL IN MUSIC.
ME
ANYTHING WANTO SAY TO NEW MUSIC DIRECTORS
SHAMEER
LAUGH….. IM STILL VERY NEW…..HOW I CUD SAY ANYTHING TO UPCOMING M.D…….I INSIST……I WUD LIKE TO SAY THAT BE ORIGINAL.
[A FAMILY SEEMS TO BE COMING FROM NORTH EAST ZONE COME TO MEET HIM.SHAMEER MEET THEM IN VERY WELCOMING WAY.I AM THINKING THAT HE IS SO NICE.STILL I CANT BELIEVE THAT I HAV COMPLETED MY 50%QUESTIONS….HE IS SO SUPPORTIVE….HE COMES BACK.]
ME
NEW PROJECT
SHAMEER
RED SWASTIK……A FILM BY VINOD PANDEY……..VERY NICE MAN…..HE IS ALSO THE WRITER OF THE FILM…….BRILLIANT SUBJECT.
ME
YOUR FAVORITE SOUND RECORDISTS
SHAMEER
KJ AND ERIC…..STILL I HAVNT WORK WITH ANY OF THEM…..BUT THEY R BEST.
ME
FAVOURITE SINGERS
SHAMEER
LATA,ASHA,BHUPINDER N JAGJIT SINGH
ME
DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAKING REMIXS
SHAMEER
NO…..NEVER…..BUT I REQUEST TO REMIX MAKERS THAT AT LEAST….PLZ… MENTION THE NAME OF ORIGINAL COMPOSER N ORIGINAL SINGER ………N……..ALSO GIVE THEM SOME MONEY .
ME
ANY SONG U WANTO COMPOSE BUT ITS OF OTHER M.D.
SHAMEER
YA….THERE IS ….TERE DAR PE SANAM CHALAE AAYAE…
ME
ITS FROM……PHIR TERI KAHANI YAAD AAYEE
SHAMEER
ITS ONE OF MOST BEAUTIFUL SONG BY BHATT CAMP.
ME
LAST QUESTION…..HOW A THEME TRACK IS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER SONGS OF THE FILM ?
SHAMEER
IT IS THE MOST DIFFICULT N TOUGH SONG…..WE CANT ACCEPT ITS WORDS EASILY.EACH N EVERY WORD SHUD ADD FORCE TO THE SITUATION ON SCREEN.BESIDES WORDS ITS TEMPO ALSO GET VARY.IT TELLS THE PSCHOLOGY OF THE CHARACTER OR SITUATION IN FRONT OF PROTAGONIST….YES ITS MOST IMPULSIVE SONG OF THE FILM……..NO DOUBT.
ME
THANKS A LOT SIR FOR ALL THE ANSWERS….IT WAS REALLY A NICE EXPERIENCE.
SHAMEER
JUST EMAIL ME THIS INTERVIEW ….I WUD LIKE TO READ
ME
OK !
SHAMEER
WAT OK??? DO U HAV MY EMAIL ID.
ME
OH NO !
SHAMEER
ITS THIS .. THIS….THIS….
I AM COMING OUT OF JW MARRIOT , WITH A PRIDE THAT I DIDNT MAKE FUMBLE AND ALSO GET ANSWERS OF ALL MY QUESTIONS…. I AM HAPPY … I AM FEELING CONFIDENT….PLEASENT….I SHOCKED…. WHN I CAME OUT FROM IRON GATE….MY BIKE WASNT THERE,WHERE IT SHUD BE….GATE KEEPER TOLD ME THAT U HAV TO GO TO JUHU POLICE STATION…CRANE HAD TAKEN AWAY UR BIKE….MY PRIDE BECAME….FRUSTRATION OF MY FAULT…BUT YES I WAS SMILING.
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END CREDITS
SUDEEP NANDI
RAAJ ASHOO
THOMAS STEVEN
ISHIKA DEV
Anurag Kashyap
Abhay Deol
Dibakar Banerjee
Hansal Mehta
Khalid Mohamed
Kundan Shah
Anish Kuruvilla
Jaideep Verma
Manish Gupta
Navdeep Singh
Bhavani Iyer
D. Santosh
Onir
Ashvin Kumar
Ramu Ramanathan
Sudhir Mishra
Pankaj Advani
Revathy
Saurabh Shukla
Shilpa Shukla
Sujoy Ghosh
Suparn Verma
Santosh Sivan
Shashank Ghosh
Shivajee
Pavan Kaul
Partho Sen-Gupta
Prroshant Naryannan
Sam Langoria
Satish Kasetty
It is difficult to read text with all C-A-P-S. On internet, it is tantamount to shouting. Can you please fix the formatting?
shammir tondon n icon voice!!! give me a break guys. he hasnt composed any decent song so far!! m sure u can get better icon than this kind of loser!!!
:-?? wallah! is this a transcript of an interview, param ji??
@fanatic: Shammir Tandon may not have done anything great but that’s no reason to call him a loser. Let’s have constructive debate and discussion here instead of resorting to shallow comments that are just uncalled for.
No decent songs? I thought “O Sikander” was a very decent… so decent it was good…
he is just a decent composer, nothing special about him, to be honest. that Manna Dey (he is one of me favorite singer) song, frankly speaking, sounded like a Bar (Club) song.
i do like his compositions from Page 3, though.