Arjun Janya

“The song that starts with 'Neene Rama, neene Shama, neene Allah, neene Yesu,' is very profound. It exhorts people to stop looking for god everywhere and to instead look within themselves.”

“I won't deny it, but working on 'The Villain' has been quite a challenge, as Prem is not easy to please.”

“Moreover, if a song is a hit, film makers come to us with requests to score similar tracks. In the process, commercial songs sometimes sound repetitive.”

“I was used to people appreciating my songs without acknowledging me.”

“Everybody has their limitations and hence, we need to look for a range of voices more than the quality of singing in our local talent.”

“There is a regular format for songs in commercial films, such as a hero introduction song, but in 'Premier Padmini,' the songs and the background score aid the script.”

“In 'Barfi,' we have departed from regular commercial stuff and used the melody 'Bare Bare,' sung by Sonu Nigam as the introductory song for Diganth.”

“Most filmmakers give me the reference of my own songs; doing the same thing over and over again doesn't push you to do better.”

“When scoring music, the idea is to ensure that your song makes it to the playlist on your audiences' music player and stands out from the multitude of songs released every day.”

“Our job as composers becomes easy when directors have a good knowledge of music and know exactly what they want.”

“When I was composing for 'The Villain,' I looked at it as a fan and came up with tunes accordingly.”

“'Jigarthanda' will be the first in the Kannada industry to do this type of an experiment. All these days we use to do our recordings in Mumbai, Hyderabad, or in Chennai. But this time we have recorded in three different countries: Spain, Italy and the U.S. We have used around 50 foreign spring orchestra including violins, etc.”

“After a performance at Hosadurga, I was struggling with severe gastroenteritis, for which I took multiple injections to ease the pain. But when it wouldn't abate, I got hospitalized, and that is when the heart issues were found out.”

“Most film teams usually come with a tight deadline, which doesn't leave us much time to compose.”

“There is no denying that working with international artistes gives the music a different feel.”

“In most of his films, Upendra has a harsh and rough demeanor, and Sudeep also has a very massy commercial image. In 'Mukunda Murari,' though, their characters require them to be very different and near silent.”

“'Tarak' is a 'class' movie and a family entertainer, so the album sounds trendy and peppy.”