Bhushan Kumar: Why Not 4 Music Directors For A Film When 1 Can't Handle Responsibility Alone?

A few hours ago, we told you that T-Series head honcho Bhushan Kumar was in a talkative mood when we caught up with him at his Andheri office on Saturday. Well, the conversation veered towards the fact that several films which release today have 3-4 music directors handling their music.

Why? Wouldn't melody be better if one person (or jodi) is on top of the game, like the days of S D Burman, R D Burman, Shankar Jaikishan, Laxmikant Pyarelal, Kalyanji Anandji, Bappi Lahiri or for that matter even Nadeem Shravan and Jatin Lalit?

Kumar had an explanation. He revealed that most directors do not give sufficient time to the films they take up. According to him, often they are running behind shows which offer lucrative money and he would instead prefer that they give more man-days if they want the film to come exclusively to them.


Bhushan Kumar

Kumar said that this is actually a debate. "Today, mostly, one solo music director is not able to deliver. Gone are the days when music directors had 100 sittings and dedicated themselves wholly to one film. Every second day they are doing shows. When can you sit with them? We are told by their agencies that they are booked for shows which are offering them more money, so you see their priorities have changed. I am not blaming them, that's how their business runs. But surely, we can't delay films for that. Besides, that music director should be extremely talented to churn out 6-7 songs to make a complete album.

I am not referring to anybody, but say if Pritam or Sachin Jigar are doing a film, they are no doubt extremely talented but they should give sufficient time na?

Okay, now let me tell you that 3-4 music directors on one project doesn't necessarily mean that we can't have a complete album or a hit album. Take the example of Aashiqui 2. We were thinking of signing Pritam solo for that, but he was doing 10 films at that time. We went ahead with Mithun, Ankit Tiwari and Jeet Ganguly--- and didn't we dish out many good tunes in that?"