Updated on: 26 July, 2021 11:32 AM IST |
Bollywoods Indie sound
Modern Mafia composed the music and provided vocals to the song Bandhay for Bejoy Nambiars David.
Fusion group Midival Punditz along with Karsh Kale recreated the iconic song Dum Maaro Dum by adding their own groovy tunes to the original track for Ramesh Sippys Dum Maaro Dum starring Abhishek Bachchan. The talented musicians also composed the background score for Deepika Padukone and Farhan Akhtar starring Kartik Calling Kartik.
Versatile singer Papon lent his voice to many Bollywood songs including Tu -Bobby Jasoos, Gol -Manjunath, Maula Sun Le Re -Madras Cafe, Kyun -Barfi and Jiyein Kyu -Dum Maaro Dum.
Delhi based rock band Parikrama made their Bollywood debut with the film Majunath. The film soundtrack is composed by Sonam Sherpa, Nitin Malik and Subir Malik.
Singer Monica Dogra, who formed the electro-rock group "Shaair+Func", along with guitarist Randolph Correia has provided vocals for "Dooriyan Bhi Hai Zaroori" composed by Vishal Dadlani.
Front man of Scribe, Indie artist Siddharth Basrur has sung for movies like Haunted 3D, Players and David.
One of the oldest rock bands of India, Indian Ocean have been a part of blockbuster films like Black Friday, Peepli Live, Gulaal and Satyagraha.
Joi Barua, lead vocalist of the band Joi has lent is voice to award winning movies like Udaan and Dev D. He also contributed as playback singer, vocal arranger and background singer for films like Jannat 2, Agent Vinod, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Jab We Met, Bhool Bhulaiyaa, Bhagam Bhaag, Munna Bhai M.B.B.S, etc.
Metal band Bhayanak Maut have lent a song from their album to Anurag Kashyaps film "Shaitan". Their song "Habemus Papam" was chosen by director Bejoy Nambiar.
Agnee is an Indian rock band based in Pune. They have composed for Prakash Jhas film Dil Dosti Etc. They also created Yaariyan for Homi Adjanias Cocktail. Barbaadi was sung by Mohan Kannan for the movie Aurangzeb starring Arjun Kapoor. Mohan also provided vocals for the song Shikayatein -Lootera, Khanabadosh -London Dreams, Kinare -Queen and Chaandaniya -2 States.
Bollywood has always depended on underground music since the 90s for their "different" and quirky sounds. In recent times, Bollywoods collaboration with independent artists has been increasing. Also, these musicians have been able to carve a niche for themselves in the tinsel town successfully. Heres a list of Indie artists who have made their mark..
