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Making a splash

‘Slumdog Millionaire’ has left a resounding trail. Any production with a whiff of Hollywood in it is now destined to be a talking point. Singer-composer Shibani Kashyap knows that. It is with a tingle of excitement that she plunges into a repertoire of symphonies for ‘Blood Money,’ a Hollywood production.

“I am excited about our film. I have already composed one song, and there are three more to go,” says Shibani. ‘Blood Money’ will mark an important milestone for the singer who came along with ‘Ho gayi hai mohabbat tum se’ in the 1990s, and who now wants to carve a niche as a composer. Women music composers are still unseen specks in Hindi filmdom. Breaking in was not easy, admits Shibani, though she is beginning to make little dents. After a clutch of negligible movies, ‘Zinda’ created murmurs, and now she is banking on ‘Blood Money’ and ‘Osama.’

Shibani, takes multi-tasking to a different plateau. Music, live shows with her band ‘Sojourn,’ mulling over a musical movie script and an album with her band, and cameos give her no spare time. She has already completed her dose of reality television as a judge on ‘Bathroom Singer.’

Music and its infinite opportunities are Shibani’s life-breath. “I want to write the script for a musical. I already have about 15 songs ready. The idea is to promote music, because individual music is suffering today.”

For someone who loves the tomes of William Dalrymple, a good round of shopping and films, Shibani still nurtures a wish: “It was my dream to attend a music school abroad. However, at that time, it was very expensive and tough to get in. Even now, at some point, I just want to stop everything and go and re-learn,” she concludes.

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