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Other than films, Bishwadeep Chatterjee has worked with indie artists such as Silk Route and Kavita Krishnamurthy. (Source: Express photo by Amit Chakravarty)

Of the many awards and praises heaped on him for his work in Madras Cafe, sound designer Bishwadeep Chatterjee remembers his father’s reaction the most.

Referring to a particular scene from the film when a bomb goes off, his father asked him if the ringing noise he felt in his ears was his imagination or one of his son’s aural tricks.

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It was of course, a well-executed piece of work by Chatterjee that simulated the real frequency of a bomb explosion. But what made it special is that sound designing, normally expected to just aid the narrative from the sidelines, took this all-important scene forward and made an impact on the average audience, like his father.

No wonder he won the National Award for his work in the film.

We are at his Khar studio, Mumbai, where Chatterjee, dressed casually, is sitting at his c