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Indraadip finds Gumnami music challenging

Music director Indraadip Dasgupta is quite busy with three projects at the moment, but it is Srijit Mukherji’s Gumnaami, which is proving to be the most challenging one for him. He said that that there are four songs in the film and all are patriotic. “It has large orchestral sound and flavours of typical patriotic music. However, more than the songs, the background music is a challenge,” he said.

When asked about the reason, Indraadip said that it is quite difficult to combine the place where Gumnaami baba lived and where his roots belong. “Along with that, we are creating pro-Independence as well as post-Independence sounds and combining that with patriotism. It is a very challenging task,” he added. Besides Gumnami, Indraadip is also working on the background score of two films – Bornoporichoy and Porineeta.

On the 123rd birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, the first poster of Gumnaami – The Greatest Story Never Told was released. Prosenjit Chatterjee will be playing the titular role in the film. The project was announced on August 18 last year, the fateful day when Netaji’s plane reportedly crashed in Taiwan. The upcoming thriller is set to explore the myth of the mysterious sadhu often addressed as Gumnaami baba, whom many believed to be Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose himself in disguise. Srijit was recently seen doing the recce for his dream project in Ayodhya.

There are many rumours and conspiracy theories on Netaji’s return to India after his supposed death in the Taihoku plane crash. Srijit’s upcoming film’s plot is one of those rumours that apparently set the crux of the film.