A Quote by Javed Ali

I enjoy singing in different languages, be it Telugu or Bengali. I would like to sing in Malayalam too. — © Javed Ali
I enjoy singing in different languages, be it Telugu or Bengali. I would like to sing in Malayalam too.
I have sung some songs in Telugu and Malayalam. And I want to sing in Tamil, too.
Coming from the Malayalam sets, when I went to Telugu, people told me that I wasn't acting and that it felt dead. It was very subtle in Malayalam, while it is slightly dramatic in Telugu. It is quite fascinating to understand what each industry expects of you and work according to that.
I am not familiar with Telugu, Tamil or Malayalam and tend to feel they are foreign languages to me.
I learnt to sing in Bengali, my mother tongue, then went on to sing in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati and every possible Indian language.
I have acted in Tamil and Telugu, languages that were alien to me. It was then that I got the call to Malayalam.
I have worked in Telugu films. I found Bengali easier and sweeter than Telugu.
The pacing in Tamil and Telugu is very different from Malayalam cinema.
I have done 33 films in one year, for which I hold a Guinness Book World record. Plus I've done songs for all languages from Hindi to Malayalam, Punjabi to Telugu, and Kannada to Oriya.
I've done a host of Tamil and Telugu films, a Bengali one, too.
I am not really missing theatre as I get to act in films, that too in different languages, such as Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Marathi, my mother tongue.
Our idea to remake the Malayalam 'Premam' was not to make a better film than the original film or correct the mistakes they made or perform better than that hero. The soul of the Malayalam movie was taken and changed a bit to match with the Telugu sensibilities so that our audience can enjoy the movie.
Telugu and Tamil industries keenly watch Malayalam movies and are appreciative of the content, be it 'Ustad Hotel,' 'Premam' or 'Bangalore Days.' They've also been listening to our music. That's how I was approached for Telugu films.
Even in India the Hindi film industry might be the best known but there are movies made in other regional languages in India, be it Tamil or Bengali. Those experiences too are different from the ones in Bombay.
I respect Malayalam films the same way I respect Bengali films. I think Malayalam films have not compromised on the essence and have kept their own statement and are coming up with very good themes.
Culturally, I remember listening to Salil Chowdhury's music for Malayalam films. Many Bengali actors have worked in our films, too.
I would happily do any Malayalam or Bengali film, if the script is good and I get a good challenge as an actor.
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