Blockbuster Tamil film composer Santhosh Narayanan has been hard at work over the past couple of years and has several big projects lined up ahead among which the Telugu venture Dasara starring Nani and Keerthy Suresh is set to be launched in theatres on March 30. The hit music director also has the Telugu-Hindi biggie Project K with Prabhas, Deepika Padukone, and Amitabh Bachchan, which will come out for Sankranthi 2024. Currently busy with the works on his first tour in Malaysia, Santhosh Narayanan with National Award-winning film critic Baradwaj Rangan, the Editor-in-Chief of Galatta Plus, in an exclusive interview to talk about his various projects, including his next big Tamil film with Karthik Subbaraj, Jigarthanda Double X (the sequel to Jigarthanda released in 2014), starring Raghava Lawrence and SJ Suryah in the lead roles.
Speaking about his association with Karthik Subbaraj over the years and their upcoming film, Jigarthanda Double X, Santhosh Narayanan said, "He always says that if we are doing Part Two of anything, we have to be so true to our soul because it is so easy to get carried away with the success and doing something that borderlines on just business or the commercial aspects of it. But, he has always told me that if we do Jigarthanda 2, we have to do it right. Then, he brought me the script (Jigarthanda Double X) and I loved it. And, Lawrence sir can own it. Like, how SJ Suryah sir can own certain roles. This combination was terrific and it has a very wide sound range and it also has the elements from Part One. I'm super excited to be part of this."
Delving into the music in Jigarthanda Double X, Santhosh Narayanan said, "It will have music from Part One and it will also have a big portion of new music in it." He further revealed that the flavor of the music will be tribal and along the lines with Black Panther. The composer said, "There is a there is a element of fantasy in it. In Black Panther, there is a world. But, then there is some rootedness to it and that is the kind of sound that I want to explore." Santhosh Narayanan also revealed the recording process for the Jigarthanda Double X announcement teaser stating, "In the glimpse that was released, I recorded with a Chennai-based band and they did amazing work with the percussion. There's no click. They just played and I did the whole thing about their music and it brought a new dimension to what I do."
Watch Santhosh Narayanan talk about Jigarthanda Double X in the video below:
