Last Minute India’s new monitor ‘Main Sach Kahun’ is uncooked, actual and emotional. The song is a heartfelt reflection of songwriter and composer Subodh Gupta’s emotional and psychological battles with alcohol habit.
Subodh, the founder of Last Minute India, and likewise the songwriter and bassist of the band, makes use of storytelling and music to relate his previous journey with alcohol. The song depicts an habit that led him to isolation and remorse but in addition gave him braveness to inform the reality, settle for issues and a need to alter. The emotions conveyed within the song are private however resonate with a common feeling, he says.
Of actual tales
Subodh Gupta
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“These songs are situations, stories that are real,” says Subodh over a telephonic dialog. He was working as a knowledge scientist for Microsoft in 2023 and likewise balancing a ardour to make music. Due to his consuming behavior, he started to make excuses and deceive keep away from awkward conditions. “It was a tough phase,” he recollects. “When you cannot control your habits, people tag you as a drunkard, cheater or someone who manipulates but the words in the song gave me the power to accept, tell the truth and also willingness to change.”
Feeling low after a combat along with his associate, he strummed a tune and wrote an e mail to her with a few traces. That tune and song stayed with him and he confirmed it to the band just lately and mentioned, “I want the world to hear this story.”
The story of Last Minute India started throughout Subodh’s engineering days. He along with his two associates Bhumit Gor (rhythm guitarist) and Austin Furtado (lead guitarist ) participated in school rock competitions however didn’t have a identify for the group. After six wins, the seventh music occasion was a turning level when the host was saying the names of taking part school bands and earlier than their flip got here, Subodh advised his associates: ‘‘This is sort of just like the final minute of our lives and we’ve got to resolve.” In the 100 school competitions that Last Minute India performed in seven months, they gained 68.
Be trustworthy and actual
Playing soul-stirring compositions
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While speaking about his school undertaking turning into a passionate musical exploration, he can not however recollect his mom’s ‘be honest and real’ mantra. “When I mentioned I need individuals to be there, engaged with my songs, she mentioned, ‘Rather than dumbing the content down, serve them what you feel is good. People will get acquainted with it one day.’
Passionate to create songs that replicate ‘real emotions and lived experiences’ he stop his job in 2023 (now freelancer at Netflix) and co-founded the band with Bhumit. Besides Austin, the lead guitarist, the opposite band members are: Abdul Shaikh (vocalist) Samaksh Namdev (drums).
Inspiration
Subodh Gupta throughout a efficiency
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From being recognised as one of the best rising artists in 2023 by Spotify India to taking part in in faculties and music festivals throughout the nation, Last Minute India has made a identify within the impartial music circuit.
Although they play a mix of covers and originals in reveals, their focus is on creating unique melodies. Be it Subodh’s first song ‘Yaadein’, written in 2015 however launched in 2022, and others reminiscent of ‘Kaagaz Ki Naav’, ‘Rehnuma’ or ‘Jaane Anjaane’, his songs stem from private journeys of love, heartbreak, self-reflection, and the trials of life.
With nearly 50 reveals deliberate for the yr, Subodh hopes the band will proceed to create songs which might be ‘felt and not just heard.’
Published – May 08, 2025 12:29 pm IST
