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*Kabhi Kabhi Aditi, live on rediff!* ** The song from this year's superhit -- *Jaane Na Ya Jaane Tu* -- has made the name Aditi very popular. What it also did was make the singer of this popular number famous. Meet *Rashid Ali* as he talks (and sings) to *Nithya Ramani* about his experience singing the song and working with ace music director, A R Rahman. *Where are you from and how did land up in Bollywood?* I was born in India but brought up in the UK. My mother is a *ghazal*singer. We have been taught both languages right from childhood so we are very conversant with Indian and Western music. *How did you learn music?* I did not have any formal lessons in singing. I have heard music all my life at home from my mother. I did not have any formal lessons on the guitar either. I have a fair knowledge of Bollywood music since I hear it all the time. I have grown up hearing Lata Mageshkar and Mohammad Rafi sing. *How did you meet A R Rahman?* He saw me during a concert. I mentioned to him about my mother being a ghazal singer and the fact that she had done a lot of concerts with Ustad Gulam Khan *saab*. Since he knew Usatad *saab* we kind of struck a dual note. It was a unique thing for him I guess, to find an Asian, an Indian who also knows western music which also he is into -- the cutting edge kind of music. *How did Jaane Tu happen?* I met him during a concert (prior to which I had sung a Tamil song from the film *Paarthale Paravasam*). *Why Tamil?* I don't know Tamil but I had to sing a single phrase at a time. ARR was looking for a fresh voice. I also sang Adnan Sami's part in the song *Boom Boom* from the film *Boys* in the Dubai concert with ARR. I sang *Ada* from the film (of the same name). Meanwhile he offered me *Aditi*. More on the above link
