Music is the 7th character in ‘7 Roshan Villa’
In the midst of love stories crowding Marathi movie world, a completely different genre film is about to hit big screen, ‘7, Roshan Villa’. It’s a welcome move for the betterment of Marathi cinema that producer Abhijit Prabhakar Bhosle is opting to go a different route in the form of suspense thriller, in his first movie itself.
At Music release function of the film, ‘7, Roshan Villa’, Mr Saundattikar, Chairman, Ichalkaranji bank, did the honours of releasing the music of the film. Smita Gavankar was the hostess for the evening. Music director duo Abhijit-Vishwajit happens to be music arrangers for Shreya Ghoshal as well as Bela Shende for over a decade. Also they are amongst well known music composers of Marathi movies. There are only two songs in the film and Shreya and Bela have lent their voices to one each.
Both the songs screened at the event looks promising. “In suspense thriller movies more than acting, camera and music play pivotal parts. In fact in our film Music is the 7th character. And our producer had given a free hand so that good quality music is created” Prasad Oak was saying. Tejaswini Pandit opined that in all art forms, music is the blessed one. She congratulated producer for daring enough to go against the wave in Marathi cinema. Sonali Khare was also present at the venue. Abhijit said “We, as composers, love suspense thrillers. And songs in this movie do not interrupt, but instead take the narration and storyline further”.
Bela’s (Shende) inputs have made the song very effective’. Bela Shende expressed that she loved experimenting in the song, like inserting whispers, husks, growls and happy with the end result. Vishwajit explained nuances of background musical and explained the concept of Vocal Collage. India’s one of the top two violinists, Jitendra Thakur was present and played violin, live. Lyricist Satyajit Ranade thanked composer duo and said ‘both of them narrated the situation and made me think like film’s character so as to get proper emotions in the wordings’.
‘7, Roshan Villa’ is produced under ‘Abhipriya Productions’ and directed by Akshay Yashwant Datt.