It is music that brought the duo together in college in Delhi and it is music that continues to be an intricate binding part of their lives. While each has carved their own niche, they have together produced some of the most memorable Hindi film music of the past two decades
When Rekha and Vishal Bharadwaj speak about their work, it is an effortless ebb and flow of ideas and words, their sentences complementing the thoughts of the other, their pauses like unspoken cues for the other to speak. Whether it is a recollection of their early days in music, their visits to jazz clubs in London, or their process of making music together, they barely miss a beat in the easy and calm conversation.
As Rekha puts it: “When Vishal is speaking, my mind works, and when I am speaking, Vishal’s mind works.”
(This story appears in the 29 December, 2023 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)