Tamanchey team got its groove
October 8, 2014 by admin
Filed under Choosing Lingerie
They’ve Got The Look
Babu (Richa Chadha) A lower middle class girl of Delhi, Babu loves the world of crime. Throwing light on her fashion sense, Nital says, “On her assignments, Babu is dressed in comfortable denims and canvas shoes, but she doesn’t hesitate in using her sexuality to make her way to the top. That’s why we gave Richa sexy outfits like halter tops, hot pants with fishnet stockings and sexy lingerie in certain scenes. Her dressing leans towards garish and cheap.” Richa and the designer went shopping together in Delhi, to pick up the right outfits for her character.
Munna (Nikhil Dwivedi) He’s a small-time gangster from eastern UP who loves guns, shy girls and Hindi films. Nital Ganatra, the costume designer for the movie directed by Navneet Behal, says that Munna’s character sketch was drawn first. She bought Chinese silk fabric for his shirts and matched them with flaming red pants. The canvas shoes that Nikhil sports in the movie were purchased from an army canteen. About Munna’s look in the movie, Nital says, “While he thinks he’s fashionable, in reality, his dressing is very gaudy. But that’s what is funny about him.”
The Bad Guy Damandeep Singh Siddhu, a Delhiite who has done substantial work in theatre, plays Rana, a Haryanvi don in the film. Turns out, casting director Mukesh Chabbra was struggling to find the right actor to play the villain till the nth hour. He says, “We stumbled upon Damandeep by sheer providence and I feel after the film’s release, Damandeep will not have dearth of work.”Tamanchey, produced by Wild Elephants Motion Pictures and FashionTV Films, releases October 10.
Musical Notes
Krsna, the music composer of Tanu Weds Manu, was brought on board to compose two songs for the film — the title song, which also includes the tag line ‘Pyar Mein Dil Pe Maar De Goli’ and Khamakha, a romantic number rendered by Mohit Chauhan.Creating the title track was a challenge for the young composer because the original had been composed by the legendary RD Burman, and was picturised on Amitabh Bachchan and Zeenat Aman for Mahaan. Krsna had to make a new tune, weaved out of the old classic. While the song was penned by new lyricist Puneet Sharma, the music composer had the task of choosing the singer.
Considering the original number had vocals by Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle, the new version had to do justice to it. Krsna felt Bappi Lahiri would be an apt choice.For Khamakha, Mohit Chauhan and Krsna rehearsed for a week before recording it. The composer says, “Mohit had been my first choice for this song. Although Khamakha was the first tune that was composed, it was recorded last because Mohit was constantly travelling.”Arko Pravo Mukherjee was roped in to compose another romantic song, Dildara, which has been rendered by Sonu Nigam. Nikhil recalls hearing Arko play the tune on his guitar at a small gathering. “That very moment, I knew it’s a special song and asked him not to give it to anybody,” says the actor.
Arko adds, “Once Sonu heard the song, he wanted to record immediately.” What’s more, the singer didn’t charge any fee for it.Adding to the soundtrack is In Da Club by Intense, the flamboyant composer from Canada, who was recommended by producer Suryaveer Singh after stumbling upon his music. Suryaveer says, “Intense flew down to India to meet the crew and introduced us to Ikka, a talented desi rapper.”
