When it comes to audio, is autotune the equivalent of applying a filter?
Autotune is something that people somewhat use as a derogatory term on the internet. But autotune is part of the vocal processing system which is used on everybody, all the singers that you know today. And there is nothing wrong with it. If using autotune is making my song better, I will definitely use it.
If you could frame one post from your social media, which would it be?
The picture with AR Rahman.
Which is your favourite Rahman album?
I’ll go with Saathiya (2002).
Which movie is your guilty pleasure?
Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam (2002).
Name the films that have deeply influenced you.
Johnny Gaddaar (2007) has been my all-time favourite. There’s Wake Up Sid (2009), I started wearing t-shirts like Ranbir Kapoor after watching that film and suddenly got interested in photography. The Dark Knight (2008) is another film which really influenced me. After watching it, I started trying to walk like the Joker. And the Hangover series…it’s one of the best comedies I’ve seen. I really love Inside Out (2015).
How long can you go without checking your phone?
Depends on how much you’ll pay me to not check my phone.
Sharing a meal with who will keep you from looking at your phone?
I had that conversation when I met Amit Trivedi sir. That was a one-hour conversation, it was the first time I was meeting him after years and years of admiring him. We were standing on the footpath outside a Starbucks.
What’s a rabbit hole you went down recently?
Horror films and AI-related reels where they explain how we are living in a simulation.
What would your ideal simulation look like?
I would not have to travel at all. There’s teleportation and I can move in the snap of a second.