India, Nov. 13 -- Music composer Shashwat Sachdev finds himself in the middle of a creative high. Fresh off the success of Ba***ds of Bollywood and now with Dhurandhar already making waves long before its release, the National Award-winning composer finds himself in a rare creative rhythm - one where instinct leads, and the story decides everything else. For him, the core of composition isn't about grandeur or genre, it's about truth.

"For me, it's always been about being true to the material. Sometimes that means enhancing the story, sometimes filling in emotional blanks. I think I'm just a storyteller who uses sound instead of words," he says.

That philosophy shapes everything he touches - from his recent collaboration with Aryan Khan...