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on 2006/6/9 8:45:00
Singer Zubeen Garg owes it all to his song, ‘Ya Ali’, the track from Gangster that pulled him out of obscurity and into the limelight
If accessibility is a yardstick of popularity, then Zubeen Garg has become a relatively popular man. The singer who catapulted to fame after his ‘Ya Ali’ did Mahesh Bhatt's Gangster proud, is on to bigger things. He lets us in on some of them…
How do you compare life before and after ‘Ya Ali’?
There's been a sea-change! I've been flooded with new projects and ventures and have also been counting an increasing number of fans. But most important, I think my struggle has paid off. I now have a studio here and have settled down in Bollywood!
You had earlier been part of the music of Fiza and Kaante, and you've only been noticed now. How come?
My big break in Bollywood was with Fiza, Kaante's music was also a hit. But somehow, I did not get noticed then. Yes, it has been a long wait of three to four years before fame came my way, but I guess that was what destiny had in store for me!
You are a star in the north-eastern music industry. Tell us about your projects outside Bollywood.
I have sung over 7,000 songs in many north-eastern and even south-Indian languages and have won several awards. I was into composing music before I switched to vocals after 1993.
Which projects are you working on currently?
Well, with God's grace, my hands have been full after ‘Ya Ali’. My first project as music director is for the film Strings (with Adam Bedi in the lead). My own music album, for which I have also shot three videos, should be out by September. Feroze Khan claims to be my latest fan, after I recorded for Qurbaani II and I am also working with Vishal-Shekhar on Arjun Rampal's first production.
After all this, do you think you will be still remembered as the singer who sang ‘Ya Ali’?
I hope I am not a one-song wonder, because I am trying my best to be versatile. I have done peppy, westernised numbers for Vishal-Shekhar's project. I trust my capabilities to do a variety of songs.
What is Strings about?
It's a crossover film – a love story – so I had the freedom to blend folk elements from my roots with western music. I totally enjoyed composing the six songs for it, and I have also done the background score.
With reference to fellow Assamese Debojeet, what do you think about reality TV making singing sensations of today?
I think he's a fabulous singer but these reality TV competitions are all over-hyped, with everyone from the channels to the mobile companies involved. In the end, no singer can be a sensation if he hasn't struggled for it, because our music industry is a big, bad world!
source:mubaimirror
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