GAJENDRA PURI GOSWAMI
GURU
RANDHAWA
The 'High Rated Gabru' Guru Randhawa became the talk of town after a few smashing hit
songs. All of 27 years of age, this precocious artist has taken the Bollywood industry by storm!
One of the popular independent singers, who have had significant number of songs to his
credit, is Guru Randhawa.
In an interview with us, he spoke about his musical path, inspiration, his collaboration
with Pitbull, how he uses technology to reach his fans and a lot more.
Who were your early music inspirations and who
amongst them inspired your music the most?
It all began for me with listening to songs on
TV and singing it at an early age. Since, I
used to stay close to India-Pak border, I used
to listen to artist like Gurdass Mann, Babbu
Mann from Punjab and legends from Pakistan
like Sajjad Ali, Abrarul- Haq, etc. These were
my initial inspirations and developed my
interest to be in front of camera and on stage.
How did you get into music? Do you
remember the exact moment when you
know or did you realise gradually?
So, I come from Gurdaspur, Punjab which is
4 km from Indo-Pak border. Coming from this
small village, the satellite used to catch regional
channels along with DD national and others. I
used to listen to old folk and pop music that used
to come on TV then. I remember, if we moved
the antenna of radio on one side, so we used to
hear Punjabi legendary artist like Babbu Mann,
Gurdass Mann. Moving the antenna on other side
we could hear Pakistani artist like Sajjad Ali,
Abrarul- Haq, etc so we had best of both worlds.
I always had to dream to come on TV and by
god’s grace I was able to achieve that. My early
struggles were just like any other kid in village and
while growing up I decided to follow my passion
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of music. My parents were always supportive
of me and did everything in their capacity to
support us. Being from a village, definitely we
had limited sources but I always believed in
my music. I never gave up and kept doing
what I love. Even the songs that you hear
now mostly were written back then. I feel,
this was not a struggle. It was my journey
and God has always been by my side. It
was a lot of hard work, but if you keep
working hard and respect your parents,
things fall into place eventually
What is your writing and
composing process?
So the artist I used hear that time on TV
or radio used to compose write and sing
their own songs. As a kid I thought,
that is how it is be done. I write and
compose music taking inspiration from
everyday lives so that the audience can
easily connect with the essence of the
music that is being portrayed. I always
try to keep my songs very easy with
lyrics and catchy/young composition.
There is no fixed process, it just comes
to my mind and I take note of it. It
can be in car, on flight or in studio,
anywhere. Sometimes the hook comes
and then I work on the later part. After