After live concerts and albums, Bangla band Chandrabindoo is ready for its brush with the big screen. The boys are on a high, having landed Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury’s Antaheen and Kaushik Ganguly’s Brake Fail — writing lyrics, composing music and doing playback for the first time.

For Antaheen, Chandrabindoo has penned six songs that Shantanu Moitra has set to tune. “The lyrics are a little different. They vary in mood and you’ll find solitude, romance and city life in the songs,” says Anindya, singer-songwriter of the band. One of the tracks is the popular Bhindeshi tara that Moitra has rearranged for the film.

For Brake Fail, Chandrabindoo members Anindya, Upal and Surojit have sung the playful, reggae-laced number Jhingalala, written by Kaushik and composed by Neel Dutt. “This is the first time we’re doing playback for a film. Singing someone else’s compositions and lyrics is a new experience for us, but the songs are typically Chandrabindoo,” promises Anindya.

In the film, garage mechanics Parambrata and Saswata break into the Jhingalala song on their way to delivering a car. “The song is in keeping with the fun elements of the film. Once it was written and composed, Kaushik felt that Chandrabindoo was the right one to do justice to the film’s music,” says Arindam Sil, the executive producer of Brake Fail.

“Bengali film music is lagging behind. Bangla bands have moved ahead. We wanted to take advantage of the huge fan following Chandrabindoo has in the city as well as in the suburbs,” adds Sil.

Next up is Aniruddha Bhattacharya’s comedy Box No.1313, for which Chandrabindoo has written, composed and sung two tracks. “We have punched shehnai strains with techno to create a fun wedding flavour in the title track. The other song is called Strange, which is a serious, slow rock number,” adds Anindya.