'Khosla Ka Ghosla' Composer Dhruv Dhalla Has New Music and a New Perspective

The keyboardist and composer’s next song will appear in Bollywood film ‘Mr. & Mrs. Mahi,’ with singer Kavita Seth and lyricist Devendra Kafir

- ANURAG TAGAT

Film music and ad jingle composer Dhruv Dhalla took his own path to learn about the importance of doing work that satisfies one’s soul. Known for composing “Chak De Phatte” for the cult Hindi film Khosla Ka Ghosla and creating the background score for Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Dhalla says that after the two films got him on the radar, he was often only asked to recreate the formula for the next projects.

In 2010, Dhalla – New Delhi-raised and once enrolled in the Western composition course at Musicians Institute in Los Angeles – composed music for Tere Bin Laden for director Abhishek Sharma. The composer says, “At that time, I remember telling him, ‘I want so many films and songs.’ He looked at me and smiled. He said, even if you do one or two brilliant things in your life, that is more than enough. Doing a hundred mediocre things is not going to help you. That made a lot of sense to me later.”