“When I did the music of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (HDDCS, 1999), people thought I’m a 60-70 year old man”, Ismali Darbar quipped, pointing on the movie’s timeless compositions.
In a chat with us, Darbar seemed again on the blockbuster, which additionally marked his entry into Bollywood as a full fledged music composer. “Sanjay and I fought in every recording. But we also managed to strike a long lasting friendship,” he stated.
In his phrases, HDDCS wasn’t a straightforward mission. The first time he met Bhansali was via singer Kunal Ganjawala. “Truth is I wasn’t even Kunal’s friend. We were just acquaintances. He randomly recommended my name to Sanjay,” Darbar stated. A preferred violinist, Darbar had performed all of the songs of Bhansali’s Khamoshi (1996).
The 59-year-old music director shared that Bhansali requested for a music sitting. “I had composed an album which never came out,” Darbar shared. He made Bhansali hear these tunes. Then, Darbar needed him to listen to a music he appreciated. That was the title monitor.
“Sanjay was the first director who complimented the title song, otherwise every big filmmaker had previously called it ‘dheela and thanda‘,” Darbar revealed, lauding Bhansali’s robust sense of music.
But Bhansali refused to formally get Darbar onboard even after 4 months, leaving the music director impatient. “After four months, I gave Sanjay an audio tune which he heard nine times and even cried. That song was Tadap Tadap Ke. Sanjay said ‘today I’ve completed my film’. It was such a powerful song. According to Sanjay, he now knew the film’s interval and the end,” acknowledged the musician.
The director lastly signed Darbar after six months, when he composed the classical quantity Albela Sajan.
Looking again, Darbar feels Chand Chupa would possibly sound like a easy composition, “but even today people can’t sing it correctly.”
HDDCS was a threat for Darbar as a result of that was the period of AR Rahman supremacy. Though he believes, “if I had thought AR Rahman’s style would work, this album would’ve never been made,” giving credit score to Bhansali’s confidence in him. “He might fight with you but he’ll listen to you too. We had a different kind of madness which I’ll always cherish,” Darbar added.
Darbar revealed that the movie was initially titled ‘Duvidhaa‘ which he did not like. When he questioned Bhansali, the filmmaker modified it to ‘Afreen‘. Darbar once more level out that for a movie primarily based in Gujarat, having an Urdu title did not work. Upon his suggestion, the film received its last title – Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam.
Source web site: www.hindustantimes.com
