Sachin Sanghvi: Serve character to serve genre

Until a few years ago SachinJigar appeared to have become for music composers what Akshay Kumar has been for actors mdash a name associated with every other movie that hits the screen The duo that tackled 11 films in 2017 admits to have learnt to say lsquonorsquo more often than they would What remains a staple on their resume however is a Dinesh Vijanoffering In this interview Sachin Sanghvi talking on behalf of the duo discusses working on Abhishek Bachchanrsquos DasviEdited excerpts from the interviewConsidering the number of films yoursquove done with Vijan what does an onboarding session for a new movie look like now What is the winning recipe that you have cracked with himHe trusts our talent and we trust his instincts We adopt a process of elimination and selection of tunes suitable for the film When you trust the process you can work together successfully What touches our heart has been able to touch peoplersquos hearts as wellWhat was different about working on a comedy especially with an actor like Abhishek who has phenomenal comic timingWhen yoursquore trying to serve a character you serve the genre Abhishek does have amazing comic timing but he is an intense actor Behind the camera he is funloving But as soon as he is before the camera he transforms And that makes us transform too The filmrsquos music justifies his characterrsquos transformation Tushar Jalota director has great taste in music so it was a team effortCan you take us through the songs of the filmThere are four songs each of which comes at a turning point Macha is a funloving number It has an lsquoIcaretwohootsrsquo kind of vibe It has been sung by Mika paaji Singh and penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya who we know can create magic with his words Ghani trip is a song that is worth discovering It has been written by Ashish Pandit I hope it holds true for every listener regardless of which trip he is on It is a quirky one Nakhralu is a delicate song about being pampered The last one Hain thaan liya is most dear to me because it is about putting in effort Success and wishful thinking are only differentiated by the first attempt Itrsquos a beautiful song Along with Sukhwinder Singh my daughter Tanishkaa has also sung it She is our lucky charmWhat has been the biggest learning for you in the last two yearsListeners are listening to the whole world with a single annual subscription That has led to the growth of music We are proud to have been able to deliver to varied sections How does one define Bollywood music Anything palatable is Bollywood If things as diverse as Badshahrsquos music and that of legends like Lata Mangeshkar can fall under the same umbrella itrsquos tough to define this canvas We feel lucky to have been able to work on different films We are glad to have been appointed for entire albums Look at all the great albums and yoursquoll notice that each is a oneteam show The multicomposer format works for popcorn films For an album to make a place on a playlist forever it must be the work of one team alone