It’s back to basics for music composer duo, Meet Bros. Harmeet and Manmeet Gulzar aka The Meet Bros, used to be actors and first made a splash on the music scene as singers. With the due-for-release single, Party Animals (will be launched on May 9), they return to singing. Touted as one of the most expensive Indian videos ever produced, it sees the brothers being kidnapped by glamorous girls, who want them to get the party started.
The germ of the idea began last year at singer Tulsi Kumar’s wedding and what we will see in the video is a bevy of beauties thronging the boys, who shot at a virgin location in Thailand. We had a sneak peek at the teaser and we have to say the Mad Max: Fury Road-inspired sequences are actually looking quite good.
Planned by creative director Rajesh Pandey and shot by Bosco (of Bosco-Caesar), Manmeet tells us they went with a party song because that’s what people most relate with them. “It was an easy enough hook. besides it’s a very commonly used term. But mark our words, it will be a little different from our usual hit tracks and will be a slower party track with a different sound.”
In fact, the entire experience was quite easy for them, given their past as actors and in fact, says Harmeet, “We showed the video to our producer buddies Anthony D’souza (Azhar) and Gaurang Doshi (Aaankhen 2) and they said they wanted to make films, starring us. So yeah, we have two acting offers, even before this video has released.’
If one remembers, the Bros made their musical debut with two independent tracks — Jogi Singh Barnala Singh (in 2002) and the Mika-starrer Bhai Tune Pappi Kyu Li (in 2006). But, Manmeet reminds you, the independent (or non-film music) scene died with big singers’ careers failing and being resurrected later on, thanks to Bollywood. “It’s ironical. We started out making music for ourselves and ended up making music for actors and actresses.
With the resurgence of the independent music scene, people will now see us in our own light.”
Adds Harmeet, “Since our childhood years, we always wanted to sing. In the long run, we eventually got offers to make music for others. We kept getting asked why we weren’t singing our own songs. The composers in us got greedier than the singers in us. We realised we were losing focus. It’s high time we got back to what we were here for.”
Kyra Dutt (Calendar Girls and Ekta Kapoor’s XXX) features in the video. Explains Manmeet, “The video needed a hot performer. And Kyra looks absolutely stunning in Party Animal as the queen of the hot glam kidnappers.
She tells us to do what we do best. And what we do best is make people dance. And she gets cosy with us.’
Tell him that the scenes in the teaser look quite hot and he says, “We’ve not gone overboard. It’s sensually and aesthetically. We haven’t shot anything we can’t watch with our families.”
