Amit Trivedi makes a SHOCKING confession about Anurag Kashyap’s No Smoking: “Mujhe film dekh ke kuch samaj nahin aaya!”; reveals Shilpa Rao STRUGGLED to get him his Bollywood break

Amit Trivedi spoke with Komal Nahta and revealed how he became a music composer.

He began by saying, “I had done stage musical performances.

Later, I worked in advertising for 4-5 years, as well as in television.

I wanted to do something in the field of independent music, but working in films was never my aim.

Also, mere family mein duur-duur tak films se koi naata nahin tha.” He said, “While working in the field of advertising, I met Shilpa Rao.

She used to sing a lot of ads in the studios regularly.

I fell in love with her voice.

Also, she was a wonderful person and we became close friends.

One day, I expressed my wish of collaborating with her for an album.

She agreed.

The first song I made in collaboration with her was ‘Dhol Yaara Dhol’ (which later became a part in Dev D; 2009).

I wanted to create its music video and then pitch it to MTV or Sony.

However, she was very ambitious.

She took this and other songs to film directors.” When remarked that Shilpa Rao struggled on his behalf, Amit Trivedi guffawed and replied, “In a way, you can say that!” He added, “One fine day, she called me and said, ‘I met Anurag Kashyap sir and I played some stuff.