RAJIV VIJAYAKAR in conversation with Alka Yagnik, whose rendition of Ba khuda, has won her many hearts.
>From Hema Malini to Katrina Kaif, she has sung for four generations of heroines. Alka Yagnik is now in a phase where playback singing is not everything in life. And she's enjoying this phase even as she is basking in the accolades following her latest hit from Kismet Konnection. *Sure, because you are singing much less... *I have sung so much since the late '80s despite trying to be choosy, but now I have realised that to be heard, less is good. It's nice to be a little exclusive as that creates a kind of hunger in you as an artiste. This year, I have sung only for Anu Malik's Love Story 2050, Ismail Darbar's Mehbooba and Ada, a small film with good music by A R Rahman and Sajid-Wajid's God Tussi Great Ho, and I sang even less last year. *What about you? *I am not cribbing because now I get songs that are meant for me and not for just any singer. Secondly, I have been brought up to vibe well with every generation of composers, so while institutions like Kalyanji-Anandji and Laxmikant-Pyarelal were like teachers, and Anu Malik, Nadeem-Shravan, Jatin-Lalit, Anand-Milind and Rajesh Roshan were friends, I also get along famously with A R Rahman, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Himesh Reshammiya. Rahman's songs in particular get a lot of mileage and one Rahman number gets me more attention than four songs of other composers! *And in which films will we get to hear you now? *I am singing for Rahman in Yuvraaj and another international project, for Nadeem-Shravan in Dharmesh Darshan's film, for Jatin Pandit and Lalit Pandit separately, and for Himesh Reshammiya in the film, Milenge Milenge, starring Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Oct122008/enter2008101194571.asp -- regards, Vithur ARR in my Heart; His Music in my Blood;
