Guftugu With Sneha Khanwalkar | Indian Music Composer & Singer | Rekhta

Born on 28 April, 1983 in Indore, Sneha Khanwalkar is an Indian music director who works in Hindi films. She is best known for her score for the film, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, and Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1 and Part 2.
00:43- Intro Video
04:09- Interview Begins
4:45- Loved music since childhood, Did not consider herself singer, Music was her dreamland, Also liked films, Found this combination in composing
5:58- Parents shifted to Mumbai, Wanted to become an animator, came close to film industry and explored it, Mumbai was liberating

7:07- Did not choose animation because could not sit on a desk for hours, Wanted to give chance to music, Music was like an unknown adventure

8:23- Animation is a source of inspiration, Doodling around is her tendency, Animation could prove an expensive and complex decision so did not pursue it
10:31 – Parents are sweet and accepting, Father has confidence in Sneha, Father is an engineer, Sneha`s Familly, Two Sibilings
11:52 – How Sneha begun her career, Music India Directory, Approached Sukhwinder Singh, Sukhwindar liked Sneha
13:06 – Sings Rahim ke Dohe
13:51- First meeting with Sukhwinder in his studio, Faked it till she made it, learned everything on go, Suggests others to not choose this path
15:43 – Initial days in industry, Was choosy about music, Understood music and the value of people`s works over the time, Called Tigmanshu Dhulia, Introduction to Piyush Mishra, Piyush Mishra introduced Sneha to Theater, Swanand Kirkire, Anurag Kashyap, Diwakar Bannerjee

19:00 – Journey towards finding herself, Watched Maniratnam`s films because of A. R. Rahman`s music, Piyush Mishra asked her to watch Maqbool, Met and understood some icons in film industry, Making of Gulaal, Refused being an arranger, Suggests novices to follow the work of their favourite directors
23:25- Her meeting with Diwakar, Realised she knows very less, Was eager to work with Diwakar, Diwakar asked to find the folk song Tu Raja ki Raj Dulari, Her struggles in finding these, Wanted to meet Lucky in jail, Was trying to be at power in knowledge, Wanted the respect of people she was meeting, was heartbroken at the moment, Went to Bhopal with two friends by train for research, won the chance to work in Oye Lucky Lucky Oye,

29:31-Her travel tales for research became famous after the music went hit, She travels just to do her job better, Does not have high expectations before the music is created, Wants to search the unknown, Tries to create universal emotions through music, Innocence in Bihar`s folk music, Takes it as a challenge to bring simplicity into her music

32:52- Tries to stay away from appropriation, Interested in Human emotions
34:40- Sings Oye Lucky Oye`s Jugni

35:40 – Sings I can`t hold it any longer

36:30 – Music from Gangs of Wasseypur

37:26- Sings Taar Bijli se Patle Hamaare Piya

38:50- People she has met on her music tours and given chance to sing, Rekha Jha, Noora Sisters, Dilbahaar

40:13- Surprised on how Womaniya became a hit, Audience reaction is surprising, Has kept her life interesting, Does not want to be a part of Rat-race

42:54 – More committed towards exploring music rather than career, Keeps constantly thinking and creating music

44:10- Her contemporary musician, Amit Trivedi, Rappers – Divine, Badshah, Neha Kakkad, There are people who are out there doing their job, Nature of their job is difficult to understand

46:26 – A Maharashtrian from MP, Likes semi classical melodies, moved towards folk melodies later, wants to explore melodies without region and fixed emotions, an unbiased melody, sings, Music of nature can be such a music

49:48- The process of arranging a song.

50:40- Sings Teri keh ke lunga, explains its making
53:19 – The making of Kala Rey
53:35- Sings Kaala Rey
55:41- Working for OTT these days, Raat Akeli Hai came recently, change after Covid and her motherhood period, wants to work more

57:25- Songs being made these days
58:30 –Keeps doing romance with music
59:16- Sings Dil hum hum kare

Anchor - Producer: Syed Mohd Irfan
Sponsor : Bank Of Baroda

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