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A young Bengali is melding folk music and Rabindra Sangeet with the double bass to create new sounds

Debjit Mahalanobis was just another name in Quashik Mukherjee’s Facebook friends list. That is until the Bengali filmmaker popularly known as Q came across a video of Mahalanobis playing the double bass in jugalbandi with the sitar in November 2018. Q was intrigued. He was searching for theme music for his web series Taranath Tantrik. “I always try to work with whatever is available around me,” he said. “I was thrilled to find out that someone plays the double bass this well in Calcutta.”

Two weeks later, they met at a studio in Keyatala Road in South Kolkata – Q’s “usual spot”, where he has recorded almost all the music for his films. “He was generally fiddling with the instrument when he played what is now the main melody of the title track,” recollected Q. “We recorded it right there.”

The teaser trailer of Taranath Tantrik, released on January 7 on YouTube, gives a glimpse of the title track, which is heard every time the protagonist Taranath, an occult practitioner, appears on screen. “It’s the track that announces that Taranath is embarking on an otherworldly expedition,” said Q…. Click here to read the full story