friend to me ever since we made Kalakkal( Club mix). I called him one day and said, " we need to make one video for me." He said, " Smita, just tell me the dates and we ' ll plan it, but it has to be kickass." That ' s when I thought why not we make a music video in a gibberish language. It need not have a meaning. Why not make something fun with nice phonetic sounds? We made this song then. Just then, Bahubali released. It was truly a larger than life experience for those who made it or was watching it. So we said, " why not have a nice tribute in a language that first came out in
SONG
' Ondra Renda ' from ' Kaakha Kaakha '
IDOL Asha Bhosle Ji
IF NOT MUSIC
Something artistic and creative, which lets me produce and create
EATING Macaroon
MUSIC AND LOVE
Music can make anybody fall in love all over again.
that movie, which was Kiliki." I didn ' t know Karky( the writer) at all then. I said let me make contact and maybe he ' ll help us build the song in that language. One phone call later, he said, " how much time do you have?" I said 2 3 days and he said, " Okay." I sent him the tune in the gibberish language. He wrote the song in 3 days, I went and sang it and we shot the video. For the song, he even created the number system in the language. To my surprise, my 4 year old daughter started singing the song in Kiliki so well, even before it released. That ' s how her version also happened.
Artists you’ ve loved to work with
I have to mention about Sameer Reddy, who has done the cinematography all the way from Ishana to Kiliki to my latest Nirvana Shatakam. He has been such a support system to me and has always believed that whatever I did was coming out of my heart. He always wanted to be a part of it. He was one great technician I have worked with. Definitely Bosco. He is my friend, philosopher and guide in Bombay ever since 2004.
Madhan Karky the writer of Kiliki is also one person who I think will always stay with me. I connected very well with him and his family.
In fact, when I said to Deva, " Do I really need to make a pop album?" He was the one who said," Yes, you have it in you." and he pushed me to do it. These are people who I will always be thankful and grateful to for being in my life and career.
Lastly, do you want to tell anything to your fans through The Score Magazine?
There are a lot of times i felt carrying the label of a celebrity is a burden. There was this one time, in 2004 or 2005 when Richard Gere was in India doing fundraisers for Aids foundation. He travelled to South India and was raising funds for the people who were affected. Everybody, every single artist went on stage and performed. That was more because he was Richard Gere. I felt having a celebrity tag was what made him do so much more than what he could have done by not being one. That ' s one thing that made me strongly feel that I need to retain the tag.
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