On Day 90, they have exactly 2,002 songs. They delete two—both love songs Karan wrote for an ex who left him for a software engineer in Bangalore. “Too soft,” he says.
Heartbroken, Karan stores the tapes in his mother’s loft in Pune. The band disbands in 2001. Karan becomes a jingle writer for detergent ads. Zakir returns to classical music. Meera moves to Berlin. Diesel opens a garage. Baaghi 2000 Songs
No label will touch it. “2,000 songs? That’s 200 albums. Are you insane?” one executive laughs. Another calls it “audio diarrhea.” On Day 90, they have exactly 2,002 songs