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Amit Mishra
Amit Mishra, the voice behind the song Bulleya
from Ae Dil Hai Mushkil spoke to us about his music
journey, favorite instrument, and his plans for the
future in an interview.
Your latest song Bulleya from Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is topping the
charts in Bollywood. How does it feel?
Of course it feels very good, people are appreciating it and
the song is touching so many hearts all across the world.
It's a joint effort and the whole team is very happy with the
feedback. Ofcourse it feels really good as not only your fans,
but people from the industry are appreciating the song as
well.
We've heard that you are also a trained classical vocalist. Tell
us about how you started out as a musician?
Yes I am a classically trained vocalist, I have studied from
Lucknow and my musical career started from a core team
in school. And later I started learning music and I was
very fond of vocals. That was my favorite subject. Later, I
participated in many competitions and all. Post that, I came
to Mumbai to do something in the music industry and today
here i am :)
Which is the one instrument that you absolutely love playing
and why?
I love exploring new instruments, my major subject as a
musician is vocals but my favourite instrument is Guitar.
I love playing guitar as a vocalist, I love playing tabla as
well, as I think it’s a fun instrument. Apart from this, I like
playing keyboard but I will say guitar and drums would be
my ultimate favourite.
Who do you look up to the most in the musical space and why?
I look upto every singers, right from Mukesh ji, Kishore
Kumar, Rafi sahib, Jagjit Singh sahab and living legends
like Sonu Nigam sir, Mohit Chahuhan, Arijit Singh, KK sir
so I follow all the singers and I love listening to them.
If there is one composer you would love to sing for, who is it and
why?
I would love to sing again and again for Pritam da because
he is my favourite composer and I am lucky enough that I
have already got an opportunity to work with him. Apart
from him, I would love to get associated with all the biggies
like Rahman sir, Shankar Mahadevan sir, Vishal-Shekhar
sir, Salim –Sulieman sir, Mithoon sir, Amit Trivedi sir.
It is a dream of every singer to sing for these composers.
Eventually, it all comes down to great work and it is always
a team effort in the end.
Your plans for the future?
Lots of songs in the pipeline, but i dont want to jinx it by
talking about it now. Will share the details when the time is
right:)
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