Sukhvinder is in the limelight once again with a fabulous soundtrack for Subhash Ghai's [Images] Black & White. Recently, he also composed music for Raj Kumar Santoshi's [Images] well made but ill fated Halla Bol.

The singer had composed for close to 12 films without making an impact, but with the Halla Bol and Black & White soundtracks, he could be taken seriously. Of the two, his work is better in the Ghai film, and it is not hard to guess why. Santhoshi has never really inspired his composers to come out with anything out of this world.

 

For Ghai, however, more often than not the music comes first. As A R Rahman, who has worked with Ghai on two earlier films and is now composing for the director's upcoming Yuvraj, has said having Ghai around is like having a collaborator who is also like a composer.

 

Sukhvinder also said that he considers Shah Rukh Khan his lucky charm. Though the Khan-starrer Dil Se flopped in India (it was quite a hit abroad), its Chaiyya Chaiyya number became an international hit. Hollywood A-lister Spike Lee was so impressed he used the song for the opening and closing credits of Inside Man, an edgy heist movie that starred Denzel Washington, Clive Owen [Images] and Jodie Foster.