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Anurag Saikia: We’ve used minimal instrumentation
Updated On: 20 March, 2023 07:13 AM IST | Mumbai | Sonia Lulla
In his fifth collaboration with Anubhav Sinha, Bheed composer Anurag Saikia on employing folk music that can have a pan-India appeal
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Anubhav Sinha and Anurag Saikia
Anubhav Sinha’s upcoming drama inspired by the events that transpired during the pandemic, marks his fifth collaboration with composer Anurag Saikia. The Assamese musician, who has worked on Sinha’s outings, including Thapad and Anek, calls the Bheed soundtrack an attempt to musically showcase the “help and love” that Indians got to witness from one another during one of the most trying times of our history.
“There are two songs in this album, both of which are moving. One is a traditional song that has been sung for ages in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Both the numbers belong to the local language of the area this film is set in. The folk song is called Chanda mama, it is a traditional song, and we’ve added lyrics to align with the narrative. The sound is rooted in our culture and has minimal instrumentation. The idea was to keep things as real as we could. There’s no unnecessary orchestration,” he says, adding that the folk instrument employed has been created to appeal to a pan-India audience.
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