Composer Pritam Chakraborty of "Dhoom machale" fame is in a fix as he wonders how he will create yet another smashing number in the sequel "Dhoom 2".

"How am I going to create another song which is that successful? I'm in a fix! You can't design a hit like 'Dhoom machale'. When we were working on that song, we hardly thought it would become such a craze. Now for 'Dhoom 2' I've already done three songs. Any of them could be the chartbuster. Who knows?"

Pritam's career is at a crossroad now.

"Though I've done a lot of soft melodies, my career has become synonymous with 'Dhoom'. I needed to go beyond that, and I've got a chance to do that in Meghna Gulzar's 'Baat Pakki'. When Pritish Nandy Communications, with whom I've done 'Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena', was unsure of whether I could do a subject that didn't seem like my forte, I said 'let me try'.

"And here I am, working with Gulzar saab so early in my career. It's a dream come true. I grew up listening to his songs with R.D. Burman. In college I was a member of the R.D. Burman fan club and that's where I became a fan of Gulzar saab. I dreamt of working with him one day. I didn't know it would happen so early in my career."

Pritam finds working with Meghna Gulzar challenging and yet fun. "She has written a really amusing script and the song situations are unlike anything we've seen or heard before."

The composer burst into tears when he heard one of Gulzar's love lyrics. "I don't know what happened to me. A flood of memories came to me when I heard Gulzar saab's words. I just couldn't stop myself."

Pritam is arguably the youngest music director in Bollywood today and Gulzar is undoubtedly the most experienced lyricist.

Gulzar Saab is all praise for Pritam.

"It's virtually like a honeymoon for me. When Meghna told me I'll be writing lyrics for Pritam. I didn't know who he was. I hadn't heard his 'Dhoom'. But I trust my daughter's judgement implicitly. So I happily met this young man. And he turned out to be a very interesting character."

Said Gulzar: "You can't see eye to eye with Pritam while working for the simple reason that he wears his hair all over his face. His eyes are just not visible from underneath all that hair. I'm surprised by Pritam's talent. Bosky (Meghna) asked me to write songs that are tongue-in-cheek. That's exactly what I'm doing."

The poet-lyricist says he's not had so much fun before. "I like writing tongue-in-cheek lyrics like 'Kaisi kaisi ram milaye jodi'. That could be a song describing my collaboration with Pritam."