Renowned Sitarist Anoushka Shankar set to compose music for Subhrajit Mitra’s ‘Avijatrik’

While Anoushka Shankar had a fabulous India Tour with her concerts in Delhi and Mumbai, here is a news that will make her India connect even stronger. The sitar player and composer has agreed to compose music for the opening song of Bengali film Avijatrik. The film produced by Gaurang Jalan also marks filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar’s foray into Bengali cinema with him on board as a co-producer of the film.

For those unaware, Avijatrik directed by Subhrajit Mitra is based on the concluding part of the Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay’s epic novel Aparajito on which Apu trilogy was based and Anoushka’s father legendary Pandit Ravishankar had composed music for those Satyajit Ray’s films.

Speaking about composing for a film for the very first time, Anoushka said, “I wouldn’t say I am giving music but I’ve made a very small contribution to the soundtrack playing my Sitar for the opening which was really lovely to get to do on this really special project.”

On asked why she agreed to get associated with Avijatrik, Anoushka said with a laugh, “Well! They asked me to...”

“My father contributed such iconic music to the original Trilogy that is kind of remembered the world over as some of the best music for film ever written. So I’ve obviously grown up knowing and loving that music. To play a small part with the continuation of that story feels beautiful,” she added.