He says his collaboration with Bharadwaj is an extension of what he shared with legendary composer R.D. Burman.

'I saw the same spark in Vishal. Luckily, the hunger to explore new musical avenues remains alive within him although he's now a reputed filmmaker.'

Bharadwaj also sees Gulzar as integral to his cinematic and musical vision. The two were busy collaborating on Bharadwaj's bio-pic on 'Fearless Nadia' until the project got shelved and the director moved on to 'Kaminey'. In fact, Gulzar had already written some songs for the Nadia bio-pic.

'Every time Vishal and I get to explore a new facet in Hindi film music. 'Kaminey' is unlike anything I've written before. But I must tell you my favourite song is not 'Dhan ta nan', but the title song by Vishal. I've written some thoughtful words there. Unfortunately it's only the fast-paced rhythm-oriented numbers that work these days. And no one is listening to the words there any way,' he said.