<p class="title">Pritam believes a well-recreated song is not a problem but it is unhealthy when the industry follows a "herd mentality" as it degrades the quality of the music produced.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Off late, Bollywood has churned out several remixes, with every film having one recreated track.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Anything done well is good. But if one recreation works, one thousand more follow. If anything becomes a hit, then everyone will blindly follow it. Herd mentality isn't healthy because then a lot of trash comes out. That's the problem.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"One or two recreations done well is nice but the tendency of following the herd doesn't really help the industry," Pritam told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The composer recently collaborated with international DJ, Marshmello, to create the track "Biba", for his three-city tour in India.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pritam said the team was clear on what kind of track they wanted, which was more of an "India original".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I was leaning towards a song which was romantic-trance, the kind which generally Marshmello does. But they wanted a fun track which also feels Indian. The entire process happened really fast, in a span of one month," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pritam, who previously worked with Diplo for 'Phurr' from "Jab Harry Met Sejal", said "collaboration is a learning process" but believes it would be better if musicians could jam together instead of coordinating over the Internet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"What becomes easier is if the artistes get to chat with each other. There should be a window of free collaboration. We didn't have the time to meet up and work together. Such collaborations should happen over meeting because then it's a lot of fun."</p>.<p class="bodytext">On the film front, Pritam will be composing the music for Anurag Basu's "Ludo", Shonali Bose's "The Sky is Pink", Kabir Khan's "83" and Imtiaz Ali's next among others.</p>
<p class="title">Pritam believes a well-recreated song is not a problem but it is unhealthy when the industry follows a "herd mentality" as it degrades the quality of the music produced.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Off late, Bollywood has churned out several remixes, with every film having one recreated track.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Anything done well is good. But if one recreation works, one thousand more follow. If anything becomes a hit, then everyone will blindly follow it. Herd mentality isn't healthy because then a lot of trash comes out. That's the problem.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"One or two recreations done well is nice but the tendency of following the herd doesn't really help the industry," Pritam told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The composer recently collaborated with international DJ, Marshmello, to create the track "Biba", for his three-city tour in India.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pritam said the team was clear on what kind of track they wanted, which was more of an "India original".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I was leaning towards a song which was romantic-trance, the kind which generally Marshmello does. But they wanted a fun track which also feels Indian. The entire process happened really fast, in a span of one month," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pritam, who previously worked with Diplo for 'Phurr' from "Jab Harry Met Sejal", said "collaboration is a learning process" but believes it would be better if musicians could jam together instead of coordinating over the Internet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"What becomes easier is if the artistes get to chat with each other. There should be a window of free collaboration. We didn't have the time to meet up and work together. Such collaborations should happen over meeting because then it's a lot of fun."</p>.<p class="bodytext">On the film front, Pritam will be composing the music for Anurag Basu's "Ludo", Shonali Bose's "The Sky is Pink", Kabir Khan's "83" and Imtiaz Ali's next among others.</p>