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Javed Saab talking about working with Himeshji…

What is special about the album Namastey London? What should the audience look forward to?
You know when Vipul Shah and Himesh Reshammiya came to me and they said they want me to do a film for them, for a moment I was rather apprehensive because Himesh Reshammiya is doing extremely well with a certain brand of music he is identified with. So I wondered how much room I’ll get in that kind of music to participate or contribute. But to my relief and as a matter of fact and happiness, Himesh opened with a remark which was very consoling. He said that I have come here not because I want just another film song but because I want the kind of writing you do. You don’t have to bother what the music director wants or the Film Company expects or what distributors would want and so on. You just forget about it, and write songs the way you want to write. That was very comforting and it was really a pleasure working with him. He is a person who is tremendously enthusiastic about his work. He is on a high and wants to experiment, he wants to do new things and I think his music is doing extremely well. It is a good combination of writing and hardcore beat at the same time. The music and the tunes are mostly from shastriya sangeet but they are treated in such a way that you won’t realize it.

This is the first time you and Himesh have been paired for a project. How did this happen?
Only the producers can tell you that, but because we have come together I think it has brought good results. I was very comfortable working with him.

Tell us something about the mehfil mix, what is it?
Again this is Himesh’s brainchild, I’m sure it is his brainchild. He has made three versions of the song. One for the film, another the club version, what you call jhankar beat, and the third version is only live instruments with very few traditional Indian live instruments and my poetry which I have recited during the interlopes and sometime in the prelude. I think we have done five songs like that.

Which is your favorite song?
All of them are good. It’s a good album. Im quite convinced that it should do extremely well. But perhaps if you force me to choose one song that I like the most I think it’s a tough competition between Dil-e-bekaraar and Teri Yaad Saath Hai.

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Javed, who enjoys working with new music directors, teamed up with Himesh Reshammiya for the first time in Vipul Shah’s ‘Namastey London’.

‘Reshammiya has gone back to making music the old way. The tunes are all done in the bandish tradition that the ustads of music used to sing in, in the olden days. Taking the bandish, he has tuned it in a modern way. The songs are so catchy that listeners can’t stop humming them. I enjoy working with new composers.’

Credits: http://www.indiafm.com/features/2007/02/27/2310/
& http://www.musicindiaonline.com/n/i/top%20stories/2196/

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