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A still from the Oscar-nominated film Writing With Fire, directed by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh

How would you define your sound?

I have never been a fan of brackets, genres, or being categorised.

In fact, every time that happens, I want to break free in my next project, I want to try something new, which I have not done before. I’m a kid in a toy store, where I’m only exploring what the 12 notes of music has to offer, and then realise there are notes, hidden stories, in between the notes.

So, 12 notes give birth to 12 million notes, and I’m looking out for these hidden stories.

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Same with instruments, this instrument (Ronroco) will have its own purpose in Mukti Bhawan, and serve a different purpose in my album Dastaan (2013), the music from it was used in Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s film. I want to just fly; I can’t be restricted.

It’s great fun to combine different worlds together. I’ve been curious as a musician, and hav