Vishal Bhardwaj Sings A Song For Amole Gupte’s Sniff

We told you a few days ago that Amole Gupte will be marking his singing debut with a song titled naak, from his next directorial venture, Sniff and he has also made his friend, filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj croon a number for the movie.

The song titled ‘Aur Kitni Dur’ is high on emotional quotient. The soulful ballad has been composed on the same lines as Meri Maa from Taare Zameen Par, by Mujtaba Aziz. The video of the song shows the film’s protagonist, child artiste, Khushmeet Gill brooding, while going through an ordinary school-boy’s routine.

Talking about the song, Amole said, “Vishal is my dearest friend with whom I did Kaminey as an actor. He has been an inspirational person in my life. I got a kick off from Maachis, which he had composed. The whole album was a revelation. He went on to become one of the cutting-edge filmmakers. He has a lovely voice which is under-utilized. I just feel that the wisdom of a music director percolates into his voice — sometimes singers are self-obsessed about having a correct voice, the correct thing and it gets a little over-processed. When I heard Vishal sing, I was just floored and the best way to pay a tribute to a great voice like his is to use it in your film. It makes me believe that the song Aur Kitni Dur is in the range of Tare Zameen Par’s Maa sung by Shankar Mahadevan.”

Written and directed by Amole Gupte, Sniff will release on August 25.