“Language is never an issue for me. Tamil, Telugu, Hindi or Swahili, I am game for any and every cinema in any language,” the RRR composer says. Oscar winner composer M M Keeravani is back in a Hindi film Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha after a hiatus of six years. His music was last heard in Hindi cinema in Mukul Abhiyankar’s 2018 thriller Missing starring Manoj Bajpai and Tabu.
Keeravani opens up on his first foray into Hindi cinema in 6 years; says, “Language is never an issue for me”
Says the softspoken supplier of sonority. “My connections with Hindi cinema run deep. I’ve worked with Mahesh Bhatt in several of his films. He made me realize that my weak command over Hindi is no impediment to composing music for Hindi films.”
Keeravani has over the years, been heard sporadically in Bollywood. He now returns to score music for Neeraj Pandey’s film. “It is a romantic subject with plenty of scope for music. I enjoyed working with Neerajji again. In Hindi cinema, I have a comfortable work relationship with Neeraj Pandey. I did music in his Special Chabbis and Baby. When he offered this Ajay Devgan film, I accepted without hesitation.”
Keeravani says he has no reservations about scoring music in Bollywood cinema. “I was very active in Hindi cinema in 2000-2002. The Bhatts, Mahesh and Mukesh invited me to do several scores. I enjoyed doing music in their films. Some of their songs like Jadoo hai nasha hai and Banjara became popular. After that I got very busy in Telugu cinema. I couldn’t focus on Bollywood. The offers too were not exciting.”
Now, Keeravani says he is open to good offers from any part of India. “And why only India? Anywhere in the world is equally welcome for me. I have done several Hindi film soundtracks in the past. I’ve shared a terrific rapport with Mahesh Bhatt and also Neeraj Pandey.”
Keeravani laughs off all suggestion that his lack of command over the Hindi language is an impediment to his uninterrupted career in Bollywood. “I can’t write in Hindi. But I understand Hindi. Language is not a problem. The Westerners were dancing to my ‘Naatu Naatu’ song from RRR. Do they understand the words in the song?”
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