Even After Its Release, Pritam Remains Obsessed With ‘Metro…In Dino’ Music
MUMBAI (IANS)- Music composer Pritam, known for consistently delivering chartbuster music for over two decades, has revealed he’s still working on the soundtrack of ‘Metro…In Dino’ even after the film’s release.
Those who have worked with Pritam know he becomes deeply obsessed with his songs, often continuing to refine them long after the film unit and producers deem the music perfect.
“I am still working on everything. I haven’t deleted the folder of ‘Metro…In Dino’,” Pritam said. “‘Metro…In Dino’ as a soundtrack is still on in my mind.”
Despite the film’s release over a week ago and the urgent need to deliver the soundtrack for the upcoming big-ticket entertainer ‘War 2’, Pritam still isn’t over ‘Metro…In Dino’. He hopes to make some minor tweaks to its soundtrack before its OTT release.
He shared, “I still haven’t moved on to ‘War 2’. I urgently have to deliver for Ayan Mukerji. Once the folder of ‘Metro…In Dino’ is deleted from my mind, it will be permanently deleted. Once I’m satisfied that the album is done, I won’t even listen to it again. I still hope that I can change some music pieces for the film’s OTT release. For that, I will have to work very hard, and I’m looking forward to it with excitement.”
Pritam also discussed the legacy of the ‘Metro’ franchise, the baggage that ‘Metro…In Dino’ carried, and pointed out a common misconception about KK’s vocals in ‘Life in a Metro’. He noted that the “hangover of ‘Life in a Metro’ sits heavily on ‘Metro…In Dino’.” Since the music release of ‘Metro…In Dino’, an entire generation has expressed missing KK’s vocals, with the late singer having passed away in June 2022.
Addressing this, Pritam clarified, “A lot of people have written, ‘We went to the movie, the music is undoubtedly very good but, we missed KK’s voice in the movie. We wanted to hear KK in the movie’. OK, what if I tell you that KK’s voice was not in ‘Life in a Metro’? It’s in your memory.”
He further explained, “If you go back and watch ‘Life in a Metro’, and hear the songs in the film, it is James’ voice. Because it is supposed to be the band singing. ‘Alvida’ was sung by James in the movie, ‘O Meri Jaan’ was sung by Suhail Kaul in the movie. Similarly, ‘Baatein Kuch Ankahein Si’ was sung by Suhail in the movie and not Adnan Sami.”
He continued, “Even if you open Netflix today and see ‘Life in a Metro’, it will be James’s voice and Suhail’s voice, not KK. KK and Adnan Sami lent their vocals in the album version of ‘Life in a Metro’ and not the film. The album version of the songs became a mammoth over the years, and that’s how people associate KK with ‘Life in a Metro’.”
The music composer shared that ‘Life in a Metro’ became a cult over 18 years. “That’s almost two decades; give some time to ‘Metro…In Dino’,” he remarked.
“I promise you, it will also get love of epic proportions,” he added.
