Anurag Saikia, born on 21st December 1988, is an Indian composer music director and instrumentalist from Assam, India. He is one of the youngest composers to be awarded with Rajat Kamal for Best Non-Feature Film Music Direction for the film Yugadrashta. He also known for his work in the Assamese film industry. Anurag won the National Award for his work on the periodic film Yugadrashta directed by Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta. His movie credits include Mayong: Myth/Reality, Mumbai Varanasi Express , Dikchow Banat Palaax , Maj Rati Ketaki , Xhoixobote Dhemalite , High Jack , Karwaan , Mulk and Article 15.
00:14 Introduction to Anurag Saikia, National award winning composer and singer, Born in Moran, Dibrugarh, Assam, Musical atmosphere at home, Studied at Cotton College, Guwahati, Studied music production at Swarnabhoomi Academy, Chennai, Rajat Kamal Samman for 'Yugdrushta' at 61st National Film Awards, Youngest musician to get this award, 'Dangal', 'Highjack', 'Karwaan', apart from Assamese films, 'Mulk', 'Article 15', Composed the Bor songs of Shrimant Shankar Deb and Madhab Deb of15th and 16th century on symphony orchestra
02:56 Interview begins
03:30 Getting interviewed with Guftagoo is a dream come true, Wanted to be a musician forever, Not scared of big names, Read poetry, Seen parents struggle as musicians, Aspire to make myself better
05:23 Father Anil Saikia, Mother Deepali Saikia, Father's expertise in folk songs and music of Assam, Sankari Kala Kristi of Shrimant Shankar Deb and Madhab Deb, College Principal, Mother works at Radio Center
06:27 Training with parents at home, Born at Moran, Assam, Learnt with ______ Sir, a radio artist at Dibrugarh, Learnt piano, Cotton College Guwahati, Diploma in Piano and composition at Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music, Chennai
07:35 Learnt in those 6 months at the Academy that I have to learn so much more, Learning process after that, Exposure to many things doesn't allow to learn completely
09:22 Assistant to few music composers in Bombay, Already working in Assam, Stopped getting work after the National Award in 2013, Call from Anurag Basu after 7-8 months for 'Stories of Rabindranath Tagore', Met him through Pritam Chakraborty, 16 assignments in last 2-3 years, Started Hindi films too
12:12 Consider himself a method composer, Different ways of working with directors of Assam and Bombay, Aakaash Khurana, Anubhav Sinha, Story called 'Toba Tek Singh' by Ketan Mehta
14:25 Lucky that things happened to me, Pritam Chakraborty, Anurag Basu, Bimal Oberoi introduced him to Anubhav Sinha, Aakaash Khurana introduced by Anurag Basu, 100% to my work
15:50 Attracted to symphony despite being from folk background, Project Bor Geet, Nowadays music composers also have to audition/ give a demo
17:44 Lengthy process of creating music, 'Mulk', No connection between Assam and qawwali, Heard a lot of qawwali at Nizamuddin, Connection with divine important to making a qawwali, Ghazal like song ('Mohtarma' by Papon) in 'Karwaan', Beautiful things come out in the excitement to learn new things
21:01 Not much of Assamese musical tones in Bollywood, but in 'Stories of Rabindranath Tagore', Ad film's, Local flavour in the music for Uttarakhand Tourism, Assam Tourism
22:31 Making music for 30 seconds more challenging than film music, TV 10 seconds only, Uses live instruments only, Computers and programs help save time but 2-3 live instruments can also do magic
24:18 Experiences with Ad Films, Radio Mirchi, Personal creative satisfaction more important than bad work
27:42 Enjoy the film as a complete whole, No advice to audience, Listen to a song 2-3 times before making an opinion
29:16 Sings a song and explains the lyrics composed by Bishnu Prasad Rabha
31:15 Sings a folk song sung by his mother
32:31 Live instruments based on requirements, Project Bor Geet with 85 piece symphony orchestra, 16 piece choir recording in Shillong, A flute and guitar at least in all pieces
35:26 Shankar Mahadevan, Hariharan, Arijit, Freshness may not be there now, but much variety sound wise, Much experimentation, Vipul Shetty, Lomajhau, Albona, S P Balasubramaniam, Sid Sriram, Prateek Kuhad, A book on Bihu dance by a great scholar in the 1980s, Good work happening
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