Amaal Mallik Praises Pritam As Mentor, Hero

MUMBAI-Music composer Amaal Mallik has expressed admiration and gratitude for National Award-winning music composer Pritam, calling him his inspiration and a guiding force in commercial Hindi film music.

He wrote, “Bollywood and the Indian film industry must celebrate you for truly holding fort and tirelessly giving us timeless music over the last 3 decades. My life as a listener was blessed and our journey together as student and teacher in the music world will always be cherished and respected.”

The composer added, “All the composers of my generation would be lying if we didn’t state that point blank you are our idol, we are all closeted #pritamfans & we learnt how to make simple yet new age music only and only through your world and heart. Thank you for bearing it all. Thank you for constantly growing into a beautiful feral beast of the film music scene since 2004. 22 crazy years of unexplainable versatility.”

Amaal also referred to his song ‘Mere Dholna 3.0’, which he recreated from Pritam’s track ‘Mere Dholna’.

Pritam has been part of the Hindi film music industry for more than two decades and has delivered several chartbusters that helped shape the soundscape of the 2000s. (IANS)