It wasn’t easy for Shashaa to set up a team from scratch for the video production of the song, residing in Canada. “I was far away from all the people that I used to work with in India. So, I had to put up a team here in Vancouver and make my DOP fly here from Goa. He also then flew back to Bombay to shoot Abhay’s portion.” However, releasing her independent work in an audio-visual format was quite important for Shashaa. “We consume everything in audio-visual format today. Even for streaming platforms like Spotify, you require a visual representation of the song. That said, our idea wasn’t to make an extravagant music video. We wanted to be honest to the vision of the song, with available resources.”
The National Film Award-winning singer, who has collaborated with AR Rahman for many chartbusters, says the musician inspired her to break the norms and find magic in the minute details. “Rahman sir’s music has been like pollen. We cannot praise the extent of pollination his music has created – there is a component of his music in the work of musicians in every corner of the world. Having spent so much time with him in his studio, I’ve learnt from him to find beauty in the most mundane sound and make something amazing out of it.”
