Nakul Abhyankar is busy with a Kannada film titled Love Mocktail 2. Centred around love, the sequel to last year’s Love Mocktail, is releasing a song, ‘Ninadene Januma’ on Valentine’s Day. The lyrics are penned by Raghavendra Kamath and the film features Krishna and Milana Nagaraj, who will be tying the knot on Valentine’s Day and the happy couple will play the song at its wedding. Excerpts from a quick interview with Nakul:
What are the challenges of composing songs for a film?
There are plenty (laughs). We start by listening to the story and discussing what the director has in mind. Once we are familiar with the situation we decide the song placement. A song cannot be added in randomly. It has to be introduced in a manner that it adds to the story and narration. There are four songs in the film, and each one comes at a crucial moment and have a story to tell. Composing songs for films is a tricky task; they have to be liked by the team and the audience. The song has to…