Recently I did a five-city tour with my band and had a superb experience. Creating something new in the studio from nothing is a superb high simultaneously performing live with my band is another brilliant high. Recording in a studio or experimenting with live bands, what do you prefer and why? I am greedy I want to do both. I love the fact that I can experiment and try something new with each song I sing. In short, we are tending to lean towards global music and this is what is keeping me going. Our music and films are fast changing, ranging across many genres, experimenting with sound design and taking challenges with musical styles.
What is it about film music that keeps you going? The pace and tempo of the song made it fun to record. Malang is unique and sets itself apart because of the blend of high energy and a Sufi touch. I’ve always wanted to do different genres of songs. Since Malang was an uptempo number, was it a challenge?Īctually, it was perfect. It has an interesting blend of energy with soul and this combination was so attractive for me that I just sang the song with total surrender. It had a rhythm and a swing that one can trip on. What about the song appealed to you? The song has an energy by itself from the word go. Pritam was chilled out and trusting which made my job so much easier.
I didn’t think, and just went with the flow of the music and lyrics. It’s a high energy track and the word Malang itself means surrender, so that’s what I did. Malang on the other hand had to be sung with no holding back. Working with Amit and Amitabh feels like home, we’re friends and have very similar tastes in music so we work with ease and understanding. It’s one of my favourites I’ve sung till now. Manmarziyan is a song that I had to hold close and sing with all my heart and soul. Talk about both the tracks and how was it working with Amit Trivedi and Pritam.īoth these tracks are diverse from each other and that made them even more challenging and fun to work on. The year 2013, had Manmarziyan (Lootera) and Malang. I am fortunate to have worked with the best people in the music fraternity and have learned tremendously from each one of them. I have taken each day and every project as if it were my first. From Khuda Jaane (Bachna Ae Haseeno) to Malang (Dhoom:3), how has your journey been so far? Any turning point in between that may have inspired you?