New Delhi:
Ace Bollywood singer-musiccomposer Shankar Mahadevan's son Siddharth has composed a songfor Deepa Mehta's much awaited film Midnight's Children.
The 19-year-old has combined three national anthems forthe track, which he has composed alongwith his cousin SoumilShringarpure.
"Me and Soumil have produced a track for director DeepaMehta's upcoming film based on the Salman Rushdie's novel. Itis a combination of three national anthems. She approached usfrom Toronto via email and we still interact through the samemedium. It was a good experience," Siddharth told PTI.
Midnight's Children features an ensemble cast ofShabana Azmi, Seema Biswas, Shahana Goswami, SamratChakrabarti, Rahul Bose, Soha Ali Khan, Siddharth Narayan,Anupam Kher, Darsheel Safary among others. It is scheduled torelease in late 2012.
Siddharth has previously teamed up with cousin Soumilfor Marathi film Swapna Tuzha Aani Mazha for five songs andthe background score. The duo have also worked together forvarious jingles.
Siddharth has been nominated for a GIMA this yearalongwith his younger brother Shivam for their album GanarajAdhiraj directed by Gulraj Singh.
"The album is about Lord Ganesha. It is a modern take onGanesh vandana. Lyricist Manoj Yadav and Gulraj Singh haveworked together as a team for over seven years and this albumis very soulful. Dad (Shankar) told us about our nomination.He is very proud," Siddharth said.
"It is a great feeling to be nominated among the musicgreats like Sharat Chandra Srivastava, Manoj Pandya. We bothhave been working hard and the nomination gives us the impetusto do better. But we realise that we have a long way to go."
The young singer-composer also said that the nominationgives them a sense of responsibility towards the musicindustry.
"It has given us a huge sense of responsibility. Fromhere on, both Shivam and I want to go forward," Siddharthsaid.
The 19-year-old has combined three national anthems forthe track, which he has composed alongwith his cousin SoumilShringarpure.
"Me and Soumil have produced a track for director DeepaMehta's upcoming film based on the Salman Rushdie's novel. Itis a combination of three national anthems. She approached usfrom Toronto via email and we still interact through the samemedium. It was a good experience," Siddharth told PTI.
Midnight's Children features an ensemble cast ofShabana Azmi, Seema Biswas, Shahana Goswami, SamratChakrabarti, Rahul Bose, Soha Ali Khan, Siddharth Narayan,Anupam Kher, Darsheel Safary among others. It is scheduled torelease in late 2012.
Siddharth has previously teamed up with cousin Soumilfor Marathi film Swapna Tuzha Aani Mazha for five songs andthe background score. The duo have also worked together forvarious jingles.
Siddharth has been nominated for a GIMA this yearalongwith his younger brother Shivam for their album GanarajAdhiraj directed by Gulraj Singh.
"The album is about Lord Ganesha. It is a modern take onGanesh vandana. Lyricist Manoj Yadav and Gulraj Singh haveworked together as a team for over seven years and this albumis very soulful. Dad (Shankar) told us about our nomination.He is very proud," Siddharth said.
"It is a great feeling to be nominated among the musicgreats like Sharat Chandra Srivastava, Manoj Pandya. We bothhave been working hard and the nomination gives us the impetusto do better. But we realise that we have a long way to go."
The young singer-composer also said that the nominationgives them a sense of responsibility towards the musicindustry.
"It has given us a huge sense of responsibility. Fromhere on, both Shivam and I want to go forward," Siddharthsaid.
