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Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy can be brought to TFM

Topic started by Jay (@ 203.124.234.166) on Tue Jan 28 01:28:13 EST 2003.
All times in EST +10:30 for IST.

Remember the Music Director trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, the music directors of Kamal Hassan's Alavandhaan. They seem to be missing in the Tamil scene for the last 2 years and they are doing really good in the Hindi field. They have given solid musical hits in Hindi such as; Mission Kashmir, Dil Chahtha Hai. I think they can be brought to the Tamil films again. I feel they are definitely better than Deva and a few others. I think they are the best as far as Hindi Film Music goes after A R Rahman.

I would like healthy comments who listen to Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and have a fair knowledge of Hindi Film Industry.

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Responses:

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• From: selrocks (@ 61.247.246.117) on: Thu Feb 19 12:16:59 EST 2004
  
  plz tell us about revati's next film??...wuts the title??..in which language?? and what kinda music can we expect??
  
  
• From: paran (@ 203.123.16.169) on: Thu Feb 19 21:04:51 EST 2004
  
  yea Ehsaan...that "F**K arts, lets dance" is kinda unsuitable for our Indian culture...
  
  isn't music an ART in the first place?..
  please ask the web designer to change it please....
  
  just a humble request...coz u guys have the cleanest image in the industry...eventhough this 4-letter word is not referring to any specific person..but it is directed to a field (ART) which is highly regarded in India...please think abt it..
  
  
• From: BruceWillis (@ 61.1.88.79) on: Fri Feb 20 04:17:41 EST 2004
  
  Thanx God. Atleast on this issue everyone is agree. BTW controvercial homepage is already deleted from the web.
  Webdesigner must be a sickminded psycho.
  
  
• From: Ehsaan (@ 202.68.132.48) on: Fri Feb 20 06:23:53 EST 2004
  
  ha ha ha ha my fault i should not have talked about the website the designer is a good friend and the website is turning out quite nice
  
  
• From: BruceWillis (@ 61.1.88.167) on: Fri Feb 20 06:29:34 EST 2004
  
  i already knew through whois.com that the domain shankarehsaanloy.com was registered by you (E. Noorani). Sorry for cursing your friend! ;)
  
  
• From: somuda (@ 65.234.23.1) on: Sat Feb 21 11:29:44 EST 2004
  
  Congrats ESHAAN and SEL for winning the FF award.
  I am half sad as my favorite KS did not win. Congrats for best music and congrats for your song for best male playback singer award
  
  Somuda
  
  
• From: Ehsaan (@ 202.68.132.48) on: Sat Feb 21 15:21:13 EST 2004
  
  Thanks Somuda !!!!
  
  
• From: te (@ 24.70.95.206) on: Sat Feb 21 20:34:02 EST 2004
  
  test
  
  
• From: Saravanan (@ 217.165.74.3) on: Sun Feb 22 03:14:25 EST 2004
  
  Congrats, Ehsaan! You guys richly deserved the Filmfare Award!
  
  
• From: Vijoy Shekhar (@ 193.188.97.152) on: Sun Feb 22 08:53:11 EST 2004
  
  Congrats Ehsaan on wining the filmfare...So whats life after the filmfare???
  
  
• From: Ehsaan (@ 202.68.132.48) on: Sun Feb 22 14:19:16 EST 2004
  
  Thanks a lot
  
  
• From: Vijoy Shekhar (@ 193.188.97.152) on: Mon Feb 23 02:34:17 EST 2004
  
  Dear Ehsaan,
  Btw, I personally feel that Kuch Na Kaho had better music than Kal Ho Na Ho. But unfortnautely it did not get nominated.
  
  Congrats for the FF and hope you get more...
  
  
• From: mir (@ 220.247.213.175) on: Mon Feb 23 04:30:35 EST 2004
  
  Hi ehsaan
  First let me congrat you,shankar and loy for winning the FF award. Then back to my question.
  What is the ultimate vision/dream that you think a musician (like u guys)should achieve in his life time as a musician? Is it conducting a grand sympony??
  
  
• From: JK (@ 66.28.42.140) on: Wed Feb 25 10:27:08 EST 2004
  
  Ehsaan,
  Got a Q. How do you guys go about composing a song?
  I believe you use Logic and ProTools?
  
  I guess one way to do is:
  -->Sequence a rough cut in Logic.
  -->Record to ProTools.
  -->Add more live instruments.
  -->Record Vocals.
  -->Add/Change instrumentation to match vocals.
  
  Is that the way to do it?
  Do you oversee the mixing process too?
  
  Will be great if you could give me an idea. I'm an aspiring musician..got a small set up at home with Cubase SX.
  
  
• From: dilip (@ 210.210.34.112) on: Wed Feb 25 23:20:07 EST 2004
  
  Where to send tapes Ehsaan??
  
  
• From: somuda (@ 65.234.23.60) on: Thu Feb 26 20:49:42 EST 2004
  
  Eshaanji
  
  Is this news true that Himesh won the award in ZEE cine award at Dubai? Also I heard Abhijeet has won the male singer award. It is sad in that case. Can you confirm that?
  
  Somuda
  
  
• From: Shama (@ 172.190.121.150) on: Fri Feb 27 16:36:12 EST 2004
  
  Dearest Ehsaan,
  
  Congratulations on your hat-trick !!!! Looking forward to your new music this year....
  
  From your proud sister,
  
  Shama
  
  
• From: MusicIsLife (@ 67.85.219.57) on: Fri Feb 27 22:56:13 EST 2004
  
  Ehsaan...
  Dude.. u look so cool.. congrats.. i just saw u on the Dubai -> Zee Awards show.
  
  
• From: BruceWillis (@ 61.1.88.221) on: Sat Feb 28 03:59:45 EST 2004
  
  Dear Ehsaan
  After Rudraksh, what will be next audio release from your team?
  
  
• From: Ehsaan (@ 202.68.134.125) on: Sun Feb 29 07:46:22 EST 2004
  
  hi all jk that is pretty much our way of working !!!
  hi somu himesh did win for best music and shaan got the best singer . what is not mentioned anywhere is that we got the dubai fm listeners choice award for the best album of the year for khnh !!!
  thanks a lot Shama !!!!!! hugs
  Thanks music is life !!!!
  Hi Bruce Willis the next relase is going to be either Lakshya or Kyo Ho Gaya Na i think its going to be the latter.
  
  
• From: OISG (@ 213.42.2.21) on: Sun Feb 29 09:09:07 EST 2004
  
  Staying in Dubai and going by Cab everyday to office I rarely miss your "Pretty woman" and "Mahi".Original and innovative stuff has to wait longer in the queue to get attention ....All the best SEL.Why don t u try some core carnatic/south ragas like Bilahari,Anandha Bhairavi in HFM?
  
  Himesh...If he is HFM's best then its future is sure as Somalia's and Burundi's.
  
  
• From: selrocks (@ 61.247.243.40) on: Mon Mar 1 02:42:32 EST 2004
  
  wut do u mean??..Mahive is ofcourse original!!..i dun get ur point reg. himesh.
  
  
• From: ram (@ 64.102.92.107) on: Tue Mar 2 10:12:20 EST 2004
  
  Hi Ehsaan,
  Could you please post the address to which we need to send demo cd's to ?
  
  
• From: Ehsaan (@ 202.68.132.168) on: Tue Mar 2 21:08:49 EST 2004
  
  please send the cd to shankar , ehsaan , loy
  c/o purple haze studio , 57 st. paul road , bandra , bombay 400 050
  
  
• From: BruceWillis (@ 61.1.88.84) on: Tue Mar 2 22:35:16 EST 2004
  
  Dear Ehsaan
  
  I must salute your willingness and efforts towards two way interaction with your fans. Certainly a rare combination of talent and graciousness.
  
  
• From: Vijoy Shekhar (@ 193.188.97.152) on: Wed Mar 3 08:45:38 EST 2004
  
  Dear Ehsaan,
  
  Do you have lots of Assistants?
  
  Did you assist any music director before becoming
  full fledged music directors?
  
  
  
• From: Mirage (@ 128.107.253.41) on: Thu Mar 4 01:13:56 EST 2004
  
  Hi Ehsaan,
  
  This is Mirage back after quite sometime.
  
  A guy from the Arr fan group posted that it was the 3 of u S-E-L, who composed the music for the latest Pepsi ad(The one featuring Shahruk and Saif in Hindi and Madhavan and Surya in Tamil).
  
  Is that true? I have watched it just once, so can not comment much on that. However it sounded cool :-)
  
  
• From: BruceWillis (@ 61.1.88.188) on: Thu Mar 4 04:59:59 EST 2004
  
  yeah! its quite possible 'coz the ad is created by Karan Johar and he has repeated the KHNH team. Anyways SEL are already giant name in ad industry.
  
  
• From: ram (@ 64.102.92.107) on: Thu Mar 4 12:53:27 EST 2004
  
  Thanks a lot Ehsaan... Will do...
  
  
• From: Karthik S (@ 164.164.82.29) on: Thu Mar 4 22:10:19 EST 2004
  
  http://filmfaremagazine.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/articleshow/articleshow/532173.cms?&right=1&fright=1&botlink=1
  
  Part 1
  
  Taal Tales: Chart talk with Shankar - Ehsaan - Loy
  
  It’s the time to disco. Partners-in-chime Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy are even more chilled out after the success wave of Kal Ho Naa Ho. But some things remain the same—Loy is as composed, Ehsaan is as obliging and Shankar is as difficult to pin down.
  
  Together, they make a successful team. Farhan Akhtar’s Lakshya and Sameer Karnik’s Kyon… Ho Gaya Na will release soon. They have Aditya Chopra’s, Shaad Ali’s and Revathy’s next projects in their kitty. Life gets busier and more chaotic but the party goes on.
  
  How reassuring has the success of Kal Ho Naa Ho been, after flops like Armaan and Kuch Naa Kaho?
  
  Ehsaan : We did get a little worried about where we were going after our films failed. You do need successful films to survive; the music and the film have to work in tandem. Thankfully, both worked in Kal Ho Naa Ho.
  
  Shankar : We’re trying hard not to get affected by the success of the film! But what matters more to us is the fact that we were signed by a big banner like Dharma Productions. We had this image of being too Western, catering to a niche audience and not being part of hardcore Bollywood. The moment we signed Kal Ho Naa Ho, that changed.
  
  Loy : Armaan and Kuch Naa Kaho had great songs. Unfortunately, if the film fails, the songs fail. But that doesn’t mean the film or the music are bad.
  
  Is it true Shankar wanted to sing the title song of Kal Ho Naa Ho?
  
  Ehsaan : Well, he did sing the title song but at the scratch level. But we’d decided early on that either Sonu Nigam or Udit Narayan would sing it. We wanted a slightly more popular voice.
  
  Shankar : Every song is our baby. Since I am the singer in the team, I feel like singing all of them. It’s quite natural. But I consciously make an effort not to because it will put off other singers who will assume this music director sings his own songs!
  
  
• From: Karthik S (@ 164.164.82.29) on: Thu Mar 4 22:11:02 EST 2004
  
  Part 2
  
  Composing Pretty woman must have been difficult, considering you were altering a classic number.
  
  Ehsaan : It was very difficult. If we were going to just copy the original song, then why do it? We could have taken it the way it was. But we were asked to use the Pretty woman hook and nothing else. The song had to be composed around that. We also picked the antara from Pretty woman. The challenge was to put the song into an Indian groove and make it work. I think the bhangra beat flowed pretty well. It all fitted perfectly.
  
  You mentioned hardcore Bollywood. Have you gotten used to it now?
  
  Ehsaan : Yeah. We seem to have just slipped into the industry. I guess three of us are still what we were. That hasn’t changed. But what I like is that people have adjusted to our way of working. We have a different vibe and are not into the normal sycophancy that goes in the film industry—the hard-selling, “Waah boss, kya film banaya hai!”
  
  And we have a completely empty bank account. We start composing only after hearing the script. We don’t tell producers, “Boss, aapke liye pundrah hazaar gaane rakhe hain.” No, we are here to work and that is what speaks. Fortunately we’ve worked with the right people.
  
  Shankar : When Dil Chahta Hai came out, one music company said it would sell only in Malabar Hill. It was a huge success but we were still branded as Western music directors. The industry didn’t want to accept that we could do all kinds of music. We understand that they didn’t want to take a risk since a lot of money was at stake. Our thanks to Mr Ramesh Sippy who trusted us with a completely Indian score and gave us Kuch Naa Kaho. Now, Kal Ho Naa Ho has made life easier.
  
  How different is it composing for film-makers as varied as David Dhawan, Farhan Akhtar, Rohan Sippy and Karan Johar?
  
  Loy : Nikhil Advani!
  
  Okay, Nikhil Advani and Karan Johar?
  
  Loy : Nikhil Advani!
  
  Okay, Nikhil Advani?
  
  Ehsaan : We do have clashes at times but they’re harmless. Take Karan; he comes from a strong film background and whenever we’d stray from the brief, he would just pull us back a bit to a slightly realistic path. But that’s a creative argument, which helps create a better product in the end. It’s fun catering to different thoughts but one has to change one’s mindset. With David in Ek Aur Ek Gyarah, we couldn’t do anything subtle, it had to be in-your-face and upfront. For Kamal Haasan’s psychological thriller Abhay, it had to be bizarre.
  
  Shankar : Basically, we don’t believe in putting up a show for producers or directors, whether big or small. Whether it’s Subhash Ghai, Karan Johar or a small-time producer, they trust that we are working towards the betterment of their films.
  
  Ehsaan : We are working with Aditya Chopra and Shaad Ali for their new films and they’ve adjusted to us. Our composing sessions are not the sitting sessions they are used to. But they are enjoying themselves. We go straight into the studio, start feeding ideas into the computer and then get a song. Sometimes we go out of town, like we did for Kal Ho Naa Ho and Dil Chahta Hai.
  
  

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