My dream is to take the Indian independent music scene to an international level. People like Alisha Chinai, Baba Sehgal and Daler Mehndi took it to a very high level. My ultimate target is to win a Grammy. I don't want to primarily be a Bollywood playback singer.
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.
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 compose for very limited people in Bollywood, as I am not a playback artist. I compose my songs and sing them.
I have a long way to go as far as my acting career is concerned. Lots of milestones are to be achieved and dreams to be fulfilled. I would someday want to do playback singing, too, as I am a very passionate singer.
I want to be a playback singer and make my name big.
I am happy being a playback singer and performer.
Apart from being a playback singer for films, I'm also an independent musician.
Actually, it's the beauty of independent music that the artist can feature in his own videos and be the face of it. It is unlike Bollywood movies, where one does playback singing.
I managed to make an identity as a playback singer in the industry; I thought I'll never be able to do that.
At the end of the day, a playback singer has to depend on live shows as their source of income.
I feel India thrives on playback singing and Bollywood music. It does not understand the culture of non-film music.
When Mohammed Rafi was not an active playback singer, Kishore Kumar dominated the scene and vice-versa.
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.
When an actor sings a song, he will be able to bring forth the emotion in it much better than a playback singer.
I always enjoyed singing and working with the late Kishore Kumar. He was a legendary playback singer, an actor, and a producer/director.