You won the Asia Pacific Award for Barfi. Do you think this will act as a catalyst for more awards to come your way? Will you be disappointed if Barfi! doesn’t bag many more awards this year?
At the Asia Pacific Film Festival, the jury comprised people from all over the continent. At the after-party, jury head Christian Jeune told me that the jury’s choice for Barfi! was unanimous. I was touched. The music for Barfi was not composed with any award in mind; but when I am awarded, I feel elated, of course. Barfi is a beautiful story immortalised on celluloid; when you compose for a film like this, you are in a different zone altogether. You touch a chord, universally. But, even when awards don’t come my way, I take it in my stride. Every time you hear your song play is an award of sorts.