‘You can be anywhere, yet make music’
Holed up inside his urban den, composer-singer Shekhar Ravjianii is making the most of his time by doing what he loves the most — creating music. His latest offering is a rendition of the Mahamrityunjay Mantra, which he churned out in four days flat.
Speaking about it, he says, “The best part is I didn’t put too much effort into it. There wasn’t even a second take, I did it in one go. Generally, the thinking process is like ‘what will happen, yeh song yahan jaayega, wahan jaayega’. But this time, it was like me sitting and praying for things to become okay.”
The availability of an in-house studio setup made things easy for Ravjianii, 41, who explains that unlike actors, musicians aren’t having much difficulty in pursuing their passion amid the nationwide lockdown.
“I have written most of my tunes till now in the middle of the night, when I would wake up and sit on the piano, or get one line while taking a shower. Us, musicians, can do it anywhere. Indeed, I miss going to my studio and my farmhouse. It’s a boon to be a musician, you can be anywhere yet make something,” he says.
When asked his views on the discussion around the recreation of the hit song Masakali from Delhi-6 (2009), which didn’t seem to impress the original team, Ravjianii shares that “other things don’t matter anymore” as “globally, there is so much stuff going on”.
“I think we should rise above all those problems. It used to be our life, when we used to have issues with something, now it’s all about togetherness and being kind to each other. That’s the way we can get out of this,” he opines.