I have been singing since I was a child, and I am a trained Hindustani classical singer.
I had to decide if I wanted to be a singer or an actor. I was always singing. I thought if I could be an actor, I could do all of it.
I am a trained singer in Hindustani and classical music.
I always enjoyed singing and working with the late Kishore Kumar. He was a legendary playback singer, an actor, and a producer/director.
I have been trained for three years in Hindustani classical music. I keep humming and many Bollywood co-stars have been victimized by my relentless singing.
It's very important for singers to feature in their videos because when we do playback for Bollywood, we tend to become the voice of the character - whether it's the actor or a situation that we are singing for.
I wanted to try everything. I learnt a lot from playback singing. But at heart, I'm a pop rock singer; I'm a stage performer.
I've watched other people singing, I've become a much better singer. I've become a singer that plays the piano instead of a piano player that sings.
There are two things that I hold close to my heart. One is that I got the opportunity to playback sing for actor Mr. Amitabh Bachchan and second was working with playback singer Lata Mangeshkar.
As I grew older, I realised that I could be versatile. I decided to try out a variety of singing styles by becoming a playback singer.
I was brought up by my mother, and she is my guru in classical singing. I have trained primarily under her.
I was not reluctant to become a singer. Singing has been an activity I've done my whole life, without thought.
I only know acting. But had I learnt singing earlier, I would have become a singer.
My mother's brother is a very good singer. My grandfather took up classical singing lessons and learnt to play the harmonium.
I didn't become an actor because I wanted to act. Actually, I wanted to become a marine biologist. But most of all, I wanted to be accepted.
There's also been a time when I had become the highest paid TV actor of all time. I could have stayed in my comfort zone, making crores with serials. But I always wanted to act in films.