Bandook’s interesting music mix

Director Aditya Om’s Bandook has an interesting mix of singers in his debut venture. Late ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh recorded his last song for them.
Says Aditya, “The words of the song that Jagjitji sang are in shudh Hindi which he said was very rare nowadays. He had asked me for a screening but unfortunately that did not happen.” National Award winner Rekha Bharadwaj has rendered an election song.
Bandook also marks the comeback of Pakistani singer Altaf Raja who sang for a film in 2010. “It’s a qawwali of a different kind,” Aditya reveals, adding, “Our film needed a blend of rustic and realistic music. I toured rural interiors and researched folk forms like kajri, thumri, chaiti and poorvi qawwali. Music director Nikhil Kamath reworked on them to widen its appeal while retaining its original flavour. Besides direction, creating the right music was the biggest challenge I faced and I am happy that the songs have a universal appeal.”