EXCLUSIVE: Blockbuster filmmaker Ali Abbas Zafar | Indian Movie News
Ali Abbas Zafar started his journey as a director with Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (2011) and went on to ship memorable movies like Gunday (2014), Sultan (2016), Tiger Zinda Hai (2017), Bharat (2019), and many others. At one level, he was the only filmmaker in addition to Rajkumar Hirani to have two movies in the coveted Rs. 300 crore membership. He also made his writing debut with Mere Brother Ki Dulhan and ventured into manufacturing with Khaali Peeli (2020). His latest manufacturing, Parivarik ManuRanjan, launched on Sony LIV on November 13. Interestingly, with this slice-of-life entertainer, starring Pankaj Tripathi and Aditi Rao Hydari, Ali has added another feather, or slightly, feathers, to his cap.
With Parivarik ManuRanjan, Ali Abbas Zafar has made his debut as a music composer. He has composed the track ‘Jingle Bell’ and is also one of its lyricists. For ‘Sir Sir Sir’, Ali has gone a step additional – he’s the only real composer and lyricist, and has also lent his voice to the track alongside Vishal Mishra.
Bollywood Hungama solely spoke to Ali Abbas Zafar to perceive what prompted him to take the musical plunge. Ali explained, “I have liked listening to music since childhood. Over a period of time, I have worked on films where music has been an important part of storytelling. So, I had some ideas in terms of tunes. And as they say, necessity is the mother of all inventions! The budget of this film (Parivarik ManuRanjan) was very tight. Meanwhile, I had composed a few tunes by humming or playing them on the guitar. So, I suggested a few tunes for this film. Our director, Varun V Sharma, reacted very positively to them. All those songs are now in the film.” He added, “There are three songs that I have composed.”
‘Jingle Bell’ seems at a essential juncture when Ranjan Dubey’s (Pankaj Tripathi) life modifications for the better following the entry of Manu (Aditi Rao Hydari). ‘Sir Sir Sir’, meanwhile, is a foot-tapping quantity that performs during the birthday celebrations of Ranjan’s boss.
Interestingly, during the promotions of Gunday (2014), Ranveer Singh, in his trademark entertaining model, had revealed that Ali Abbas Zafar had a behavior of repeatedly saying “Sir Sir Sir”. When reminded of this amusing anecdote, Ali laughed and said, “Yes. It was a code word between Ranveer, Arjun Kapoor and me.”
He then explained the context behind ‘Sir Sir Sir’, saying, “And yes, I used to say that. Go to any government office and you’ll see this jargon used by employees while addressing their bosses. They don’t simply say ‘sir’ when the boss instructs them or tells them something. They repeatedly say it. So, if the boss says, ‘Tomorrow, we’ll have lunch together’, instead of saying, ‘Yes, sir’, the employee would say, ‘Sir, sir, sir’! If the boss instructs, ‘Shukla ki file leke aao’, the reply would be ‘Sir, sir, sir’ instead of ‘Sir, I’ll get the file’.”
He added, “So, it’s a part of the local context. When people in central India watch this film, particularly the ‘Sir Sir Sir’ scene and song, they’ll understand and enjoy it. This is how the whole system works.”
Ali also had phrases of reward for the movie’s director, Varun V Sharma. He said, “Varun has always been very close to me as he was my assistant and co-writer on Bharat.”
Varun V Sharma reacts to AAZ’s musical debut
Parivarik ManuRanjan’s director, Varun V Sharma, also spoke solely to Bollywood Hungama about Ali Abbas Zafar’s musical contribution. He revealed, “During the editing process, we insert temporary music to establish a rhythm in the scenes. Similarly, I had put some music in an early scene, where ‘Jingle Bell’ was eventually used. Now, Ali sir has a great sense of music, which is why his films like Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, Gunday, Sultan, etc. were peppered with memorable songs. He also keeps composing tunes for his own interest and can even play the keyboard.”
Varun continued, “So, when he saw the said sequence, he suggested that we could insert a tune that he had thought of. He even had the hook line ‘Dil Mein Baj Gayi Jingle Bell’ ready. Joel Crasto, who has composed the background score, was called in and he helped us create a scratch version. We inserted it into the scene and realized that it was fitting perfectly.”
He additional said, “Similarly, he also had the tune of ‘Sir Sir Sir’ and that, too, fit perfectly. That’s when I told him, ‘Sir, mubarak ho! You have debuted as a composer with this film’!”
Interestingly, Gunday featured the favored track ‘Dil Mein Baji Ghantiyaan’, while Parivarik ManuRanjan has ‘Dil Mein Baj Gayi Jingle Bell’. Pointing out this amusing coincidence, Varun V Sharma joked, “Ghanti bajane se Jingle Bell bajane tak, life has come full circle for Ali sir!”
Also Read: EXCLUSIVE: Pankaj Tripathi reveals he told Aditi Rao Hydari at Parivarik ManuRanjan screening, “Film achhi aur kamaal lag rahi hai, aapne kamaal kiya hai”; jokingly seems back at his Agneepath days saying, “I had forgotten I did such a film”
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