Shahid ji, how would you like if we get Bhupinder ji to sing your gazal? Which Bhupinder? Dil dhoondta Hai wale? Yes....wohi I remember exactly where I was when Apurva ji called and shared this news. I felt like being transported to the moon a minute.....OMG...my first film, my first gazal going to be sung by the singer I grew up loving.....too good to be true! Before that, for about a few months we were looking for a singer in the Atlanta and neighboring areas. Apurva Ji would audition singers every week and reject them. After we exhausted all the potential singers he auditioned me as well. I was rejected in less than a minute....this is how my career in singing ended....LOL I was feeling depressed and frustrated and this call from Apurva ji lifted my spirits. However, on the day of the recording I was away on a business trip to Burnswick, GA and Sandhya ji, narrated this incident to me: Bupinder ji, while rehearsing the gazal realized that a word not fitting in well. So he mentioned that to her, who in turn told him that Shahid could not make it....please feel free to make any changes as you feel like. Bhupinder Ji said Nahi rehne den.....without the writer it would be improper for me to make changes. I will sing as he has written.. So he sang my gahzal as is...... I was surprised to hear this story as I was a small time jebroni who was not even a writer in true sense.....and here he was, who sang the words of Gulzar, Ghalib, Kaifi, Saahir, and Majrooh Sultanpuri.....yet he was treating at par with those!! This is the material legends are made up of...... Respect!!
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 05:28:12 +0000
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