Saturday, 24 April 2021 | Pioneer
Singer Sunidhi Chauhan started her musical journey at a very young age. She was only 12-years-old when she made her debut as a playback singer with the film Shastra. Her song Ruki Ruki Si Zindagi from the film Mast in 1999 won her Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent. In 2006, she was bestowed with her first Filmfare award for her rendition of the song Beedi from Omkara. After almost two decades (20 years), Sunidhi returns to the world of independent music with Ye Ranjishein.
Speaking about the song, she says, “I am excited to release my new independent track Ye Ranjishein. It has been 20 years as my last independent album, Sunidhi C, was released in 2001. I fell in love with the lyrics of Ye Ranjishein the moment I heard/read them. All of us have worked very hard on the song and we are pleased with the outcome of it. I really hope it resonates with all the music lovers. It’s an ode to love.”
The singer has established her brand name with numerous Bollywood hits, and she feels that people need to stop dividing music into Bollywood music and independent music. Asked if the sudden boom in release of independent music is a result of fewer Bollywood films releasing, Sunidhi has a different way to look at the situation.
“Why are we demarcating music? Music is still coming. Film music might not be coming but still there is music everywhere,” she says.
Once film business revives after COVID cases reduce, and films start releasing regularly, would it pose a threat to independent musicians? “When business will be back and film music will be back, it will have no connection with single releases. Music that is good will work, be it film music or not. When films were releasing regularly and there was no lockdown, even then single tracks were working,” she replies.
Numerous single tracks including Uchi Heels, Main Tera Boyfriend and Saturday Saturday have been incorporated in Bollywood films, Sunidhi reminds.
“There was a phase that some non-film tracks did so well that films took these, and it became a trend. A non-film track is not situational and comes from the heart, and it can be used in a film but a film track cannot be released independently. We need to change our mentality. Music is music,” she sums up.
