Popular contemporary musician Neel Dutta, having national awards and other honours under his belt, doesnot think Tollywood movies have ever touched the musical benchmark.
Neel, who affirms having evolved as a musician in senior Dutta's last work Sesh Boley Kichhu Nei, told PTI, "While I love to hear many Bengali playbacks, our films never made the cut to musical."
Neel, who said doing the musical scores in Sesh Bole Kichhu Nei was a refreshing change from any type of work he did previously, said, "I consider Oliver in Hollywood as the best musical I had ever watched."
About working under the Dutta senior, he said "Since father knows exactly what he expects from me, in what way he expects from me, and pens lyrics often fitting me as the music director, it becomes more instinctive."
"With other directors, they mostly explain the situations to me and when they are not so sure I chip in with my creative inputs."
"With Moinak Bhowmik in Aami Aar Amar Girlfriends being of same age and long time friends our thoughts merged. With Abhijit Guha-Sudeshna Roy, It is their trust which matters. They give me as much freedom as I want," Neel said.
He termed Biye Not Out more as a new age comedy, with Bengaliness in core, than a wedding film of Bollywood.
