Musician

Shiva Nirvana's dedication and patience are adorable.

Just as the cultures, lifestyle and food differ vastly from our own, music for the Tamil/Telugu audience is vastly different from that of Mollywood.

You can't slot a time and a space and think 'ok now it's time to sit and compose.' It just doesn't work like that for me.

Gone are the days when the merit of a song was measured by the success of the movie.

I can work across all genres of music be it classical, hip-hop, western, traditional or folk.

Every song that I compose has to satisfy the music director in me.

Everybody should enjoy your final product.

As it is with anything, if you have tuned your song well, it will be appreciated whenever it is released, especially now that FM stations and television channels are there ensure that it reaches the audience.

I owe a lot to Rosshan, who literally plucked me from obscurity as a keyboard performer and handed me the background score of 'Notebook.'