Singer Shreya Ghoshal interview on music trends

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Maestro Ilaiyaaraja’s first film recording was filled with drama. Back in 1976, even the composer gathered his music team to record the first song of his first Tamil film ‘Annakili’, the power shut down.

Shreya Ghoshal’s first film recording was also no less than crazy. He had no clue that his first song (in ‘Barry Piya’ Devdas) It was being recorded. “It was a blessing in disguise,” she remembers, “she (director Sanjay Leela Bhansali) listened to me on TV and some albums, and I had chosen to sing for my film. I just singing songs Testing, and it was recorded.

Since Shreya Ghoshal has come a long way. After two decades and five National Awards, his chartbusters have gone to rule the playlist of several listeners in India and abroad. In Chennai on 1 March, she will present – as part of her current All Hearts Tour – some of those numbers.

Bollywood Hits, of course, but Shreya will also detect some of her memorable Tamil tracks. “I have a special relationship with Chennai; This concert will be an Ode for the city and there are many amazing music cooperation done by me. ,

She is constantly mentioning her songs with prominent Tamil musicians like Ilaiyaraja, R Rahman, Emman, Anirudh and GV Prakash to name some names. “Ilaiyaraja sir is one of one million, which can compose a beautiful song within 10 minutes. And R Rahman… whatever he creates is divine. It is as if it is a direct WiFi connection with Almighty. “She says,” In the Tamil industry and the entire South industry, it is not enough if a musician makes great songs. He is also working on the entire background score. No longer exists in Hindi; An album sometimes consists of separate musicians and styles, so that it becomes a mixed bag of single. Once Hindi film music was a golden time, but Tamil film music continues even today. They appreciate the singers who are skilled, not only singers who vibe, “Shreya says, which is known for Tamil tracks ‘Munbe Via’, ‘Anna Vida’ and ‘Kandangi’.

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language barrier

Shreya loves the north in the south, as she has a capacity to sing almost like a native speaker. Despite being more comfortable in Bengali and Hindi, how did he manage to master language barrier and difficult regional languages? “Karthik Raja gave me his first break in Tamil (‘Chelum Chelam’ from the 2002 film, Album,, They prepared me for this journey. As music and song have great prosperity and depth, I realized that it was important to express the words properly. If I did not do so, it would be a lot of injustice for the makers of the song. I took it very seriously, and I am lucky that the teams I have worked with has supported me. It is very difficult to give Malayalam songs. I am trying to sing them … but as time passed, I got hanging it. ,

The other aspect on which she focuses, understands where her song is kept in the film she sings. MistakeHe sang a line in a certain way because “the character in the film was hallucinations during that sequence”. In detail, she says, “I have heard stories of legends like Rafi SAAB It included; He looked different for each actor of his song. I wish to be like him, because this was the best time for music. For me, it is always important to ask what the situation is, who is the actress, what is her character. The film has a little understanding of his position in the film, and what is the effect of the song to tell the story … When you are singing for films, all these things matter. ,

With the changing music landscape, where single and independent songs are competing with film songs for popularity, the traditional concept of a ‘playback singer’ has changed, believing. “Time is changing rapidly. Young listeners today want to know what a singer represents and what story he wants to tell through music. I always believe that a musician sings his song best. But when a certain song requires skilled singing, you need good singers. Even if AI is involved, emotions cannot be rebuilt. For example, left in a certain phrase in ‘My Dolna’, which you mentioned, is the result of a singer’s natural urge. AI cannot do this. ,

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Shreya Ghoshal with Divya Abhishek, President of Flow Chennai, and Pianoist Anil Srinivasan