Singer Shreya Ghoshal strict over old songs recreations; never allows her songs to be recreated
Singer Shreya Ghoshal has sung more than 2405 songs in 20 plus languages. In Hindi particularly she has sung 1100 plus songs.
Charismatic and renowned Indian playback singer Shreya Ghoshal, recognised for countless hit tracks in her kitty like ‘Bairi Piya’, ‘Silsila Ye Chahat Ka’, among numerous others, clarifies she is against any of her songs to be recreated, as she attaches strong memories’ to them.
Shreya has professionally sung in over 20 languages, including Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam, among many other languages. She sang more than 2405
On the trend where original compositions often clash with recreations and remixes, Shreya Ghoshal over a media interaction reveals that she sees a lot of recreations happening off late. It was happening a lot 3-4 years ago and she has been the same person who was upset with that a few years ago.
Shreya goes to the extent in saying that People have also become quite bored because of the repetition of the same song. The moment you see the song is not good or not done well, people immediately reject it.
A song ultimately has to be loved by the people. And artists are responding to the frustration of the audience, and there is, she feels a lot of original work that is happening.
Shreya, who is also known for her ghazal album ‘Humnasheen’ which released in 2014, says that we should also celebrate the amazing independent music that is happening in today’s time. It’s not only film music, but new artists from whom she gets to hear, that was not happening three-four years ago.
This is a new and very different time we are into a new trend. Now, underground artists are making waves. The generation today is listening to music differently, and they have a very strong choice. With time changing music has to be relevant to that.
The 39-year-old singer once again makes it known that she doesn’t want any of her songs to be recreated. Even if she is asked for it, she would probably say no. There are many of her songs which she has very strong memories with. Those are sentimental.
She may have those certain sentiments, but other audience members may not have. But, she does have a personal memory of that song, the process that song was made. So, probably it would be hard for her to say okay for the recreation of her own song.
Shreya has recently teamed up with Alexandrian rapper and songwriter, Afroto for a new single ‘Sunn Beliya’, which is a part of the impressive Coke Studio 2023 lineup of releases. This unlikely combination brings together Shreya’s globally renowned vocals and phrasing with Afroto’s boundary-pushing sense of melody and beats.
Talking about the same, she said, “the blend of two genres, and so many different kinds of musicians coming together, from rock, pop, classical, everything happening at the same time. But I never thought that artists of two countries would collaborate this time, completely unexpected from a completely different sub-continent altogether, that is new.”
Calling Afroto a wonderful team player, Shreya said he was a very interesting artist to me. “I was very happy to see his excitement, enthusiasm, and the communication which happened between the two of us, the two teams. It was seamless, felt so organic in every sense. Also I got to represent not just Hindi, which is my national language, but also Bangla, which is my mother language. I got to do two things in one song.”
“There was a very strong message in the song ‘Sunn Beliya’ about harmony, people. It’s almost like an anthem, a movement. So I feel it is a very positive, optimistic energy driving song. I can see people are already giving so much love for this,” she said.
Shreya has a glorious and successful two decades of career span. What belief system you followed throughout?
She started at a very young age of 16 when she did her film songs. She never planned, even her parents, who are the engines of this train which is going forward none of us planned. And also, there was no given route ahead. She is a very impulsive person, and we make decisions about what is right at this moment.
Even when she got this Coke Studio song, I thought it was the need of the moment. This is what I need to do as an artist now. If she doesn’tdo it, she would have been doing the same thing that she was doing in the last 20 years. She needs to do something different. So every moment calls for an action and that kind paves the path ahead, so whether there are successes or failures, that’s a secondary thing. You can not plan those things, none of the things you can plan for your future. God has planned everything for you, and you just need to be truthful for your actions,” she added.
Shreya’s last hit track is ‘Tum Kya Mile’ from ‘Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani’, starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt.
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