In R Balki’s soon-to-release Chup Amitabh Bachchan has turned music composer. Big B has donned many hats over the years and has also lent his voice to some iconic songs .
Explaining how it happened, Balki says, “It all happened very impromptu. I had asked Amitji to see the movie Chup. After seeing it, he called me over and he played me a tune on his piano and said that’s what the movie and the characters made him feel. He was very touched. I was ecstatic. I asked him if I could use the tune and he immediately gifted it to the movie. Today Chup is the first film that has got Amitji’s official composition as the score for the credits.”
Unofficially the Big B has contributed a number of songs to his own starrers including the chartbuster Jahan yeh teri nazar hai in the film Kalia. More recently he turned music composer with the racy Badumba track in the film 102 Not Out.
Reveals the Big B, “I have been composing several songs in the past too . In my 1981 film Kaalia(directed by Tinnu Anand), the song Jahan teri yeh nazar hai meri jaan mujhe khabar hai was given by me to Pancham(composer R D Burman) .Then Baghbaan had several of my compositions. Baabul too… I sang for Nishabd , did the Hanuman Chalisa with my late much-missed friend composer Aadesh Shrivastava.”
Though Mr Bachchan dismisses his singing and compositional abilities he reveals big musical plans. “My compositions are of no singing value .I am quite hopeless .There is no musical journey .It’s a wild ride off-track and off-note .Nothing special about it .I am no composer .Just an impromptu habit that I have.”
With the star cast including Sunny Deol, Dulquer Salmaan, and Pooja Bhatt, R Balki’s eagerly awaited Chup ‘s original story is by R Balki, the screenplay and dialogues have been co-written by R Balki, critic-turned-writer Raja Sen and Rishi Virmani.
