Amit Trivedi makes a SHOCKING confession about Anurag Kashyap’s No Smoking: “Mujhe film dekh ke kuch samaj nahin aaya!”; reveals Shilpa Rao STRUGGLED to get him his Bollywood break

Amit Trivedi talked to Komal Nahta and shared how he became a music composer.He started by saying, "I used to do stage musical shows.Then I worked in advertising for 4-5 years, and also in television.I wanted to do something in the field of independent music, but making films was never my goal.Also, in my family, no one was really into films."  

He said, "While I was working in advertising, I met Shilpa Rao.

She used to sing a lot of ad songs in the studios.I really liked her voice.She was also a great person, and we became close friends.One day, I told her I wanted to work with her on an album.She agreed.The first song we made together was 'Dhol Yaara Dhol' (which later became part of *Dev D*, 2009).I wanted to make a music video for it and send it to MTV or Sony.But Shilpa was very ambitious.She took those songs to film directors."  

When asked if Shilpa Rao struggled to help him, Amit Trivedi laughed and said, "In a way, you can say that!"  

He continued, "One day, she called me and said, 'I met Anurag Kashyap sir and played some of our work.

Are you coming to meet him?' I replied, 'Why are you doing this?We were planning an album and wanted to go independent.Why are you getting involved with a film?This is not my scene!' I was not interested because I was naturally shy.The film world felt very overwhelming and scary to me.I thought I was doing fine in my small world!But Shilpa pulled me into it, and that’s how I first met Anurag sir."  

Amit Trivedi added, "I had some doubts, but Anurag sir made me feel comfortable.

It was around the time *Black Friday* (2007) had just come out, and *No Smoking* (2007) was in production.He even showed us a rough version of the film without the music or dubbing.However, I didn’t really get the film.I started thinking, what would I say to him if he asked, 'How did you like the film'?"  

*No Smoking* starred John Abraham in the lead, along with Paresh Rawal and Ranvir Shorey in supporting roles.