Udi baba, kuch toh serious gondogol hai.
Frontman of Mumbai hardcore act Scribe, Vishwesh Krishnamoorthy lends his voice to ‘Aami Shotti Bolchhi’, a song from Vishal-Shekhar‘s upcoming OST for the film Kahaani (2012), starring Vidya Balan. Usha Uthup, an obvious choice for songs based in and around the city of Kolkata, leads the vocal battery. In the recent past several scenesters have guested on vocals for the Bollywood music producing biggies as Indian indie peeps have made forays into Bollywood.
Krishnamoorthy tells us why it was an exciting project and he hopes to work more in the said space
I didn’t meet Usha Uthup, though I would’ve like to. But, I think I’m one of the first guys to bring metal to Bollywood, and I really hope a lot more comes through.
Uthup won the Best Playback Singer (Female) award at the recently concluded 64th Filmfare Awards for her song ‘Darling‘ from Vishal Bhardwaj’s film 7 Khoon Maaf (2011).
Over the last year, Monica Dogra of Shaa’ir + Func made her acting debut (and also received a nomination for the Best Newcomer (Female) at the 64th Filmfare Awards) in Dhobi Ghat and sang for Break Ke Baad (alongside Nikhil D’Souza and others), Raghu Dixit turned music director for Y Films’ Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge as did New Delhi electronica giants Midival Punditz and Karsh Kale for Soundtrack. Sidd Coutto (of Tough On Tobacco) contributed to the soundtrack of Shahrukh Khan starrer Ra.One (deets here).
A month into 2012, Nikhil D’souza has also contributed vocals to another upcoming release, Ek Main Aur Ek Tu, directed by Amit Trivedi (check it out here). Perhaps, the best indie contrib to Bollywood last year was in the film Shaitan where Suman Sridhar of Sridhar/Thayil sang for the hugely popular remake of ‘Khoya Khoya Chand‘, and Bhayanak Maut‘s ‘Habemus Papum’ was used as well.
Check out ‘Aami Shotti Bolchhi’ (which translates to ‘I’m speaking the truth’) below.
Krishnamoorthy was also the director of The Dewarists. More scene links to Bollywood here.
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