The buzz around EXCLUSIVE: Adnan Sami talks about ‘Ishq Tamasha’, BLASTS society’s HYPOCRISY: “We glorify Devdas, Romeo-Juliet and Laila-Majnu, but MOCK people who fall madly in love…we call them ‘Devdas ki aulad’” refuses to die down. From social media chatter to box office projections, everyone in the industry seems to have an opinion — and the latest update only strengthens the conversation.
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Add as a preferred source on Google After wowing audiences with the quirky yet progressive ‘Lipstick’, Adnan Sami is back with the intense dance number ‘Ishq Tamasha’. The track combines the heartfelt depth of a romantic ballad with contemporary pop-rock production and expressive visual storytelling. The strikingly mounted video also evokes memories of Adnan Sami’s creatively filmed music videos from the early 2000s.
In an special interview with the publication, the legendary vocalist-music filmmaker spoke about ‘Ishq Tamasha’, his evolving musical sensibilities and a lot more. ‘Ishq Tamasha’ is quite intense and impactful and also completely different from ‘Lipstick’… I have a whole host of songs that are in the pipeline.
We started off with ‘Lipstick’ and it had a completely different vibe from whatever I have done in the past. ‘Ishq Tamasha’ is a completely different track from that. They don’t have any connection whatsoever, as you can tell.
This is a very intense romantic track. In the past, I have done a lot of songs from very different types of genres – songs like ‘Kabhi To Nazar Milao’, ‘Bheegi Raaton Mein’ and ‘Tera Chehra’ on one hand and also ‘Lift Kara De’, ‘Gela’, ‘Aye Udi’ and ‘Kiss Me Baby’ on the other. I have also done qawwali.
So, I have these different genres that are in me, and they reflect a lot of who I am as a musician and as a person. They also reflect my upbringing. You are what you listen to and what you are influenced by.
Since I have lived all over the world throughout my life, obviously there’s so much of influence that I have picked up wherever I lived. In the forthcoming future, I am going to be sharing all of that. The forthcoming songs would also stand out in terms of their arrangements, themes, texture, etc.
It is exciting for me as a musician. I finally got into a zone where I decided that I want to bare all (smiles). I don’t want to get stuck into any particular genre.
Why do you think this is the right time for you to bare all? Because even the listener has evolved. In the past, the listener was prepared to listen to very limited music.
There was movie music, which had its own texture and genre. Then there was a little bit of experimentation on the independent side. So, you needed to work around that perimeter of music.
Now, formats have changed and streaming has come in. Earlier, a listener would buy cassettes. You had a certain amount of money and you would walk into the music store.
Most of the people could buy just 1 or 2 cassettes based on their budget. As a result, the listener would buy only that record that he had heard on radio or seen its music video and was comfortable with it. Accordingly, the person would buy those two cassettes and listen to their songs to death (laughs).
There were a hundred other cassettes of other captures and albums. But the listener would not buy them, citing ‘Maine inke gaane nahin sune aur mere paas pais…
Whether this marks the beginning of something bigger or a standalone moment remains to be seen. What is clear is that the entertainment world is watching closely — and so are we. Follow TeraMovies for complete coverage.
