Jasleen Royal prefers doing the full score of films
For composer-singer Jasleen Royal, it doesn’t matter if she is getting a chance to compose just one song on the film’s album or the complete score. “Something exciting” is the only thing that matters to Jasleen whenever she is approached for a project.
“After Hichki (2018), I did a single for an upcoming Zoya Akhtar film. I am happy to be a part of it, because you know something super exciting is coming your way,” she says.
“I [do] prefer doing the full score but it also depends on whether the project excites me or not . [After this single], my next project is Gulab Jamun for which I am doing the full score,” adds Jasleen, who is known for songs such as Din Shagna Da (2013; Phillauri, 2017), Peh Gaya Khalara (Fukrey Returns; 2017) and Laaj Sharam (Veere Di Wedding; 2018).
She is also looking forward to another single, which will be featured in the upcoming Akshay Kumar-starrer film, Kesari.
“I have been fan of Anurag Singh’s (Kesari’s director) work and had loved Punjab 1984 (2014),” she says. Talking about the single, she says, “This song takes me back to my childhood, when I used to toy around with my beeji’s (grandmother) harmonium.”
Jasleen is one of the few female music composers in the industry, and although she admits that it would be “nice” to have more women composers, she insists that she only looks at the positives.
“What I know is that I am a person who will always see the positive. There is a difference in proportion of male and female artists but we know that’s true for any field. We are also lucky enough to be living in a time when things are changing and more women have started following their ambitions,” she signs off.