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Shots of nostalgia The Olive band’s music video ‘Tharattin Sangeetham’ depicts the student lives of the band members and their passion for music.

Written, composed and produced by the nine-member band, the music video depicts their own story – of their student lives at FISAT-Angamaly and their passion for music.

“We were in different classes, it was music which brought us together,” says Deepak Yathindradas, one of the band members.

“My friends – Vishnudev, Harikrishnan, Vivekanand, Charles Harris, Srikanth, Binoj Thomas, Chandlu and Vaisakh – and I used to give performances on fusion music during our student days. The album was done as a memoir. Our courses are over and we are now posted at different places, so we thought of making something we could cherish. That was when Titto, a friend, came in.”

Titto Sunny, an upcoming digital video filmmaker, was the one who visualised the songs in a unique manner.

“I had worked on advertisements before, but this is my first attempt at a music video. The task was to weave in a story line with the band’s evolution as a sub-text. The visual rhythm, transitions, and colour tones were done in tune with the song. It was a conscious decision to keep off the usual track of campus albums with lots of colours, bikes and girls. The basic intention was to bring in some nostalgia, hence the decision to use black and white images,” says the director.

According to Vishnu, videographer of the song, shooting in monotone was a challenging experience.

“One might think that it is an easy task to work in monotone as you have a number of filters which you can apply in post production. Well, it is not so if you are trying for an original black and white imagery with perfect contrast. Every shot has to planned and lit up accordingly. It is even more difficult when you work outdoors,” he explains.

The whole album was shot in a single day at a friend’s one-room office, Vishnu adds.

“We plan to have a reunion shortly and would probably make another album then. That would focus mainly on fusion music. By then we hope, we will have enough pan-India experiences to make a perfect east-west blend,” hopes Vishnu.

But for now, the gang is dispersed, but their music, visuals and story will live on, in our memories, for a long time. ‘Tharattin Sangeetham’ is one of the most popular Malayalam music videos on YouTube.

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