superb quote! btw, Alka is singing for ARRs international project? what could that be? marmayogi?
On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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; > > >
