Those who love Bollywood songs would be familiar with the name Amit Trivedi — the maestro behind countless hits like Iktara (Wake Up Sid), Sawaar Loon (Lootera), Jugni (Queen) and Ikk Kudi (Udta Punjab) and the most recent album of the movie Shaitaan.
“The journey was nothing short of extraordinary,” Trivedi said, in an exclusive interview with Indulge, while talking about his latest project Shaitaan.
“Working alongside Vikas Bahl has always been a pleasure, especially since our careers took flight together. From Aamir to Dev D, Chiller Party, Lootera, Queen, and Udta Punjab, we've worked on countless films side-by-side. When he calls me for a project, it's like returning to a place of comfort and familiarity," he added.
Not just in films, but Amit Trivedi is rocking the live concerts scene as well with one of his most recent performances at the Signature Green Vibes Pune event, where we chatted with him about the rising wave of indie music in India.
“Indie music is the way to go. Right now, even Bollywood has got onto this wave, and they are using indie songs in films. Indie is everywhere because it's a beautiful democratic medium. Each and everyone, whoever has a talent, whoever has a great song, great writing, poetry, singing, composition, whatever, it leads to a good packeged song that finds its place and audience in today's day and age,” he said.
But just having a great song is not enough now, is it? Trivedi recalls how when he was growing up, the only way to listen to any artiste was to go to a CD or cassette shop and buy the album and that used to be completely dominated and managed by a label, because artists never had the power to create their own CDs or cassettes.
“Now, that's not the case. It's all in the cloud. It's all in the air. And it's all streaming in the digital world that we are living in. So, there is no middleman, there is no label or company any artist needs today. Whatever they want, they can just create in their bedroom or in their home. They can create and just put it out on YouTube, put it on streaming, tie up with a distributor and just put it out there in the world. It's the artist and the audience now directly. So, the audience will decide everything," he shared.
