40 Quotes by Jeet Gannguli

I consider my music edgy, urban and with an earthy element.

Singers who are dependent on digital audio pitch correction software cannot last more than two-three songs.

For the regional film industry, it's a great feeling that a Dev film is being seen as a competition to a Salman movie.

I've been greatly influenced by the music of R.D. Burman and Sudhin Dasgupta, and I took it as a challenge to bring back the golden days of Bengali music.

My father, Kali Gannguli, is an arranger, composer and accordion player who has worked with Salilda whose songs I had grown up hearing.

It was a major turning point in my career when Anup Jalota invited me to accompany him on his various world tours. I was in two minds whether to pursue a music career in Mumbai or to stay back in Calcutta. Being the only son, it was a tough decision.

Manoj Muntashir is a fantastic lyricist of this generation and he has penned my indie number 'Ae Mere Dil' very nicely.

Initially, when I started working in Tollywood, there were only three or four releases in a year. But after 2010-11, the figure went up to three-four releases per month. It's impossible for one music director to work simultaneously in so many films.

I hail from a family of musicians for the last 18 generations. My grandfather was a classical singer; his father was a sitar player.