from the album in my father ’ s voice . The composition , lyrics , energy , and vibe blew me away and I thought that obviously a big singer would lend his vocals to it . The track stayed with me and one fine day , soon after that , my father asked me to come to the studio as the film ’ s director , Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra , wanted to try my voice out . I ’ d sung some ad jingles for Rakeysh Uncle in the past so he was familiar with my voice texture . I entered the studio and recorded the song with my father in a relatively chill external environment … but , I was nervous on the inside knowing what was on the line and the magnitude of the film . I wasn ’ t even thinking whether
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14 highonscore . com it would get approved or not . I just wanted to go behind the microphone and give it my all . I put all my energy into it and only found out that my voice was selected when the teaser was launched with it ! And , it was such an incredible feeling to hear my own voice with this big banner film … with Farhan Akhtar running on the street and recreating the amazing life and times of the great Milkha Singh . It was a surreal experience that left me excited for days for as a young artist to make his Bollywood debut with such a massive film was a dream in itself .
The Indie music scene has become very big now . What ’ s your take on the Indie scene ? Are you working on original music that we can listen to soon ?
I think it is the best time for independent artists and independent music . And , I ’ ve been focusing extensively on this avenue for the last year and a half … all through the Pandemic and the lockdown . My cousin and music partner , Souumil , just locked ourselves in the studio and focused on creating a lot of original content . We ’ ve made around 30-35 original songs and are just waiting to finalise the distribution channels so everyone can sample what we ’ ve been cooking up for months . It ’ s a tremendously exciting time for us to take our labours of love and effort to the masses . All those hours in the studio , working on and perfecting our own sound … putting it out there for the world to listen to and enjoy … the anticipation is amazing . We hope that audiences will love our music .
Talk to us about your upcoming projects .
I ’ ve produced a soon-to-be released Marathi film , while also composing the music for two other Marathi films . I ’ ve worked on a Bollywood film project that should hit the screens later this year . And , this is merely the tip of the iceberg ! I ’ m also working on a bunch of other exciting projects and corporate songs that will give me the ongoing opportunity to exercise my creative vision and grow further as a musician .
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Film Music or Indie Music ?
I would like to say Indie Music
Go-to microphone
It ’ s the Neumann M 149 Tube Microphone
Favourite food item
There are too many but “ The world ’ s best burger ” or butter chicken
A raag you would be always challenged to sing
There was this ‘ Varnam ’ I used to sing as a child , it was in nine raags , it ’ s called “ Navaraga Varnam ”.