Bombay Velvet

Bombay Velvet

Album Category: Hindi, Film
Year: 2015
Music Director: Amit Trivedi, O.P. Nayyar, Mikey McCleary
Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya, Majrooh Sultanpuri
Label: Zee Music Company
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Album Credits: PRODUCED, ARRANGED & PROGRAMMED BY: Amit Trivedi. CO-ARRANGED & PROGRAMMED BY: Sovon Mukherjee. BIG BAND SESSIONS PRODUCED BY: James Fitzpatrick; FOR: Tadlow Music. BIG BAND ORCHESTRATIONS: Nic Raine. PRODUCERS: Krutee Trivedi & Aashish Narula; FOR: A T Studios. BIG BAND RECORDING STUDIO: Smecky Music Studios, More...
 
Film Credits: DIRECTOR: Anurag Kashyap. PRODUCER: Vikas Bahl, Vikramaditya Motwane. STORY: Gyan Prakash - III. SCREENPLAY: Gyan Prakash - III, More...
 
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Hey Aam Hindustani Teri Kismat Kharab Hai
Singer: Shefali Alvares
Music Director: Amit Trivedi
Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya
Genre: Jazz, Classic Pop
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Mohabbat Buri Bimari (Version 2)
Singer: Neeti Mohan
Music Director: Amit Trivedi
Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya
Genre: Jazz, Classic Pop
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Mohabbat Buri Bimari (Version 3)
Singer: Shefali Alvares
Music Director: Amit Trivedi
Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya
Genre: Jazz, Classic Pop
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Ka Kha Ga Gha
Singer: Neeti Mohan
Music Director: Amit Trivedi
Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya
Genre: Jazz, Classic Pop
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Dhadkanen Goonjti Dhadaam Dhadaam
Singer: Neeti Mohan
Music Director: Amit Trivedi
Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya
Genre: Classic Pop, Jazz
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Naak Pe Gussa (Hai Naak Pe Jo Gussa)
Singer: Neeti Mohan
Music Director: Amit Trivedi
Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya
Genre: Classic Pop, Jazz
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Yeh Kya Kiya Sylvia
Singer: Neeti Mohan
Music Director: Amit Trivedi
Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya
Genre: Classic Pop, Western Folk, Jazz
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Bas Darwaze Pe Ek Darbaan Hai
Singer: Papon
Music Director: Amit Trivedi
Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya
Genre: Classic Pop, Jazz
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Dil Bola Shut Up
Singer: Shefali Alvares
Music Director: Amit Trivedi
Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya
Genre: Classic Pop, Jazz
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Behroopia Yeh Dil Tune Bas Mein Kiya
Singer: Mohit Chauhan, Neeti Mohan
Music Director: Amit Trivedi
Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya
Genre: Filmi, Pop
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The Bombay Velvet Theme
Music Director: Amit Trivedi
Genre: Filmi, Pop
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Conspiracy
Music Director: Amit Trivedi
Genre: Filmi
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Tommy Gun
Music Director: Amit Trivedi
Genre: Classic Pop, Jazz
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Mohabbat Buri Bimari (Version 1)
Singer: Shalmali Kholgade
Music Director: Mikey McCleary, Amit Trivedi
Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya
Genre: Pop, Classic Pop, Jazz
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Fifi (Jaata Kahan Hai Deewane)
Singer: Suman Sridhar
Music Director: O.P. Nayyar, Mikey McCleary
Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri
Genre: Pop, Classic Pop, Jazz
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Jaata Kahan Hai Deewane
Singer: Neeti Mohan
Music Director: O.P. Nayyar, Amit Trivedi
Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri
Genre: Filmi
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    Album

  • The film was based on a story written by historian Gyan Prakash. He had first discussed the story's idea with director Rohan Sippy, who had asked him to write it for a film. When Prakash wrote the story and came to Bombay in 2004, Sippy was busy with other films. Historian Ranjani Mazumdar then asked Prakash to meet Anurag Kashyap. Kashyap was excited about the story and decided to make a film based on it. Other than the story, the film used a lot of Prakash's research for his non-fiction book "Mumbai Fables" (2010). He was also involved in writing the film's script.[1][2]
  • The film was a long time in the making. Anurag Kashyap had decided early on that it would be a big-budget film. In order to justify the budget, he needed a big star to play the film's lead role. In 2006, when he first decided to make the film, he wanted Saif Ali Khan in the lead role. He then went to Aamir Khan and Hrithik Roshan before landing on Ranbir Kapoor.[3]
  • While filmmaker Karan Johar had made cameo appearances in films before, this was his first film in a key role. He played the villain and sported a moustache for the role. Johar said that he found the fake moustache "annoying and irritating" but was emotional about it since it reminded his mother of his father. It was reported that Johar took only 11 rupees for his work in the film.[4][5][6]
  • Manish Chaudhari's role in the film was modelled on Russi Karanjia, the editor of the popular 1960s tabloid, Blitz. Chaudhari's character in the film was named Jimmy Mistry and his tabloid was called Glitz.[7]
  • Raveena Tandon made a friendly appearance in the film. This was her first film in four years. Her last film appearance prior to this was for "Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap" (2011). There was some confusion about her role in the film. At one point, it appeared that she had exited the film. However, she later said that she had been misunderstood and that she was very much a part of the film.[8][9][10]
  • The film featured a few unusual casting choices in minor roles. These included music director Amit Trivedi, singer Neeti Mohan, lyricist, writer Varun Grover, musician Remo Fernandes, lyricist, writer Niranjan Iyengar, and producer Vikas Bahl.
  • Based on Anurag Kashyap's brief, Amit Trivedi designed the film's music as a full-blown jazz soundtrack customised for the Indian audience - a genre he termed as "Hindi jazz". Most of the film's big band music was recorded by session musicians in Prague. However, the producers developed cold feet at the last moment. Concerned that the film's unconventional soundtrack might not find acceptance, they had a couple of remixed songs included as well as a contemporary film song, "Behroopiya", which did not conform with the rest of the soundtrack. The film's promotions largely focussed on the remixed songs. The film raised a lot of expectations but failed at the box office. As a result, its music, while critically acclaimed, did not do well either.[11][12]
  • While the film's story was set in the Bombay of the 1950s and 1960s, it was shot mostly in Sri Lanka. A large set was built in Sri Lanka to re-create the Bombay of this period.[13]
  • Anurag Kashyap acknowledged filmmaker Danny Boyle in the film's opening credits. Boyle had kept close tabs on the film and its progress. At one point, it looked like Boyle might be officially associated with the film.[14]
  • The Oscar-winning film editor Thelma Schoonmaker was one of the editors of the film. For the international version of the film, the editing was done entirely by her. Schoonmaker's involvement in the project was said to be at the behest of the legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese, her long-time collaborator. The first name in the list of acknowledgements in the film's opening credits was Martin Scorsese's.[15][16]
  • Anurag Kashyap dedicated the film to Samita Sinha, a jazz singer he met in New York in 2006. In his own words, he was "completely smitten by her". However, according to him, "there could never be anything more". It was her music that inspired the music of the film.[17]
  • Neeti Mohan sang seven songs in this film. Music director Amit Trivedi chose her as Anushka Sharma's voice because of their previous association in A.R. Rahman's "Jiya Re" ("Jab Tak Hai Jaan", 2012).[18]

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  • Dhadkanen Goonjti Dhadaam Dhadaam - A lot of preparatory work went behind the recording of this song. Amit Trivedi spent time with the singer Neeti Mohan. One day, he asked her to sit in a dark room thinking about all the challenges she had faced and overcome. When she emerged from the room, Trivedi gave her the song and asked her to put the emotions she experienced in that dark room into the song.[19]
  • Fifi (Jaata Kahan Hai Deewane) - This was one of the film's two cover versions of a song composed by O.P. Nayyar for the film "C.I.D." (1956). This version was recorded by Mikey McCleary and the other version was Amit Trivedi's. The original song was sung by Geeta Dutt and written by Majrooh Sultanpuri. While the rest of the film's soundtrack was released by Zee Music Company, the two cover songs were released separately by Saregama.[20]



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