Interview with Bonnie Chakraborty
How did you meet Rahman? I left Kolkata in 1999 but I started singing for Rahman only in 2002. It took me some time to meet him and get to know him well. My friend Timmy was a singer from Chennai and I met Rahman through him. Rahman took a liking for my voice and I sang for Mangal Pandey and then Guru, Jodhaa Akbar and Delhi 6 followed. I consider Chennai my Mecca. Whenever I pass that place, I want to fold my hands in reverence. Rahman is more than a guru; he has taken our music to the world. He's such a big man but with no attitude. He mixes music easily and every moment comes up with a new tune. I consider myself lucky to spend time with him and work with him. You're now in Bollywood. Why did you quit bands after being a part of one or the other for so long? In Mumbai, 52 per cent of its people live in slums. In such a place, it's very difficult to push any parallel form of music and that's why Bollywood rules. And let's face it, no band can make music like Bollywood. You cannot compete with A R Rahman or Shankar Ehsaan Loy because the medium is monopolistic. It's the biggest money earning, entertaining business in India. To make a band and to form an alternate movement you need people who have time and, more than that, money to listen to different forms of music. Full Interview . . http://www.planetradiocity.com/musicreporter/interview.php?interviewid=295 Krish.. His Music ~ My Mother Tongue From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over India. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/citygroups/
