00:00Hum Rahe Ya Na Rahe Kal
00:06Kal Yaad Aayenge Pal
00:12A singer or an artist needs a hit
00:15to be recognized by people
00:16So when someone says KK, who is KK?
00:17The one who sang Taro Taro
00:18He says, okay, okay, yes
00:19Ajab Hai Ishq Yaara
00:25Pal Do Pal Ki Khushiyaan
00:30Gham Ke Khazane Milte Hai Phir
00:34Milti Hai Tanhaiyaan
00:39I came to Bombay in 1994-95
00:44And before that, prior to that in Delhi
00:47I was doing jingles
00:48I used to do jingles there
00:50I used to produce a little but I used to sing a lot
00:52So even after coming here, I started doing jingles
00:55I entered AdWords
00:57I started my jingles career with Leslie
01:03And the first film I did was for Vishal
01:08Guldar Sahib's film Matches
01:10That was a very good break for me
01:13Because it was such a big film to be singing for
01:17Guldar Sahib
01:18And Vishal was a very nice guy
01:19He's a nice guy, he's a great guy
01:21But I'm just saying he was a nice guy
01:22Because at that time he was new
01:24And he was willing to try me as a new singer also
01:27The name is retro
01:28They want new singers
01:30To take established people
01:31So when they gave me a chance at that time
01:33I liked it a lot
01:35This song was
01:36Should I sing it?
01:38So the song is something like this
01:40Chhoda Hain Hum
01:45Wo Galiya
01:50Chhoda Hain Hum
01:55Wo Galiya
02:00And it was very important for my life
02:02Because I left Delhi and came here
02:04So when I sang this song for the first time
02:06And recorded it
02:07I felt very closely to this
02:09These two lines which I sang in this film
02:11And Guldar Sahib liked it a lot
02:12He kept this song in the beginning of the film
02:14And also kept it in the end
02:15He said that he sang it very well
02:17I will keep this song in two places
02:19And in the film
02:20Suresh ji, Hariharan and Saigal
02:23All of us sang together
02:25The whole song was sung together
02:26It's a beautiful song
02:27We had a great time at Western Outdoor
02:29I still remember it
02:30It's my first film song
02:31So it's very dear to me
02:33After that
02:34How did you
02:35What was the second thing you did?
02:37Okay
02:39After Marches
02:40It was not as though I had a lot of
02:42Singing offers coming my way
02:44Like I told you
02:45I got a jingle
02:46Once you are in Bombay
02:47You need to have some kind of focus
02:49You need to get the money rolling in
02:51You need to be on firm ground
02:52Because in Bombay
02:53You feel very shaky
02:54Initially I had a lot of
02:56Problems in my head
02:58Coming to Bombay
02:59When I was settling in Delhi
03:00You come to a new place
03:01You don't know anyone
03:02So I was a little tensed
03:03But once I got into the jingle
03:05So
03:07It kept going
03:08Daily
03:09Every second day you were doing something
03:10So I was not hard up for money
03:12Or work at that time
03:13So after Marches
03:15For some time
03:16I did not do anything
03:17Nothing really happened
03:18So
03:19Then one day I got a call
03:20From Madras
03:21Rehman had called me
03:22And he was here in Bombay
03:23And he
03:24I did a song for
03:25Shekhar Kapoor's film
03:26Tara Rampah
03:27I did my first song in that
03:29After that I went to Madras
03:31I did two more songs in that
03:32The movie is not out yet
03:33But the songs in that are very good
03:35Whenever it releases
03:36I am sure it will be a big hit
03:37Because the songs are fantastic
03:40And then I went on to do
03:41With Rehman
03:42Sapne
03:44There was a song in that
03:45Strawberry Aankhe
03:46It was a very good song
03:47Very well orchestrated
03:48And good fun song
03:49Very well picturized also
03:51After that
03:52I was in Bombay again
03:53Vishal was there
03:54I sang in Betabi
03:56And
03:57Then I did something
03:58For Anu Malik
03:59Slowly you know
04:00One song long back
04:01It was three years ago
04:02That film did not happen
04:04Then again
04:05I was doing jingles
04:06And slowly I got into
04:07My own album
04:08Which happened in 99
04:09And just around that time
04:11I did
04:12Hum Dil De Chuke
04:131945 film
04:15Tadap Tadap with Ismail
04:17That song
04:18It kind of
04:20It gave me an identity
04:21To be honest with you
04:23Till then nobody knew me at all
04:25Not that many people
04:26Know me now
04:27But I was saying
04:28With that you get an identity
04:29Some singer
04:30Some artist
04:31Needs a hit
04:32Just like they recognize people
04:33Then someone says KK
04:34Who is KK?
04:35The one who sang Tadap Tadap
04:36He says okay
04:37My friends call me
04:38The ones from school
04:39Or college
04:40Old friends
04:41They tell their friends
04:42Who is KK?
04:43KK is the one who sang it
04:45So you get that identity
04:46Which is very important for us
04:48If it's a good song
04:49And people identify you
04:51If they identify you
04:52With a nice song
04:54Then
04:55You kind of
04:56Start sailing
04:58Then after that
04:59Work started pouring in
05:01I did Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai
05:02I did Aks
05:03Banda Hai Bindas Hai
05:05And Aaja Gufaon Mein Ha
05:07Then
05:09Dhai Akshar Prem Ke
05:10Which I did with Jatin Ali
05:12So I started working
05:13On Anand Millen
05:14And Anadesh
05:15Deewanapan
05:17Suraj Bajaj Ji ki film hai
05:18Which is
05:19Main Prem Ki Deewani Ho
05:20In that I have sung
05:21All the five songs for Hrithik
05:22Which is a big thing for me
05:25It's a
05:27I'm waiting for that film
05:28But it's going to take a while
05:29So I'm very excited
05:30For that
05:32Then
05:33The film is still going on
05:34I'm doing it right now
05:36I've been doing a lot of songs
05:37So
05:39I don't say
05:40That
05:41I want to do a song every day
05:42But I just say that
05:43I want to do a good song
05:45So can you sing a few lines
05:46From Anand Deewanapan
05:48Okay
05:49This is my
05:50Claim to fame
05:52It goes something like this
05:55Ajab Hai Ishq Yara
06:01Pal Do Pal Ki Khushiya
06:07Gham Ke Khazane Milte Hai Phir
06:11Milti Hai Tanhaiya
06:15Kabhi Aansu
06:16Kabhi Aahen
06:17Kabhi Shikwe
06:19Kabhi Na Le
06:20Tera Chehra Nazar Aaye
06:24That was an Antara film
06:25Tarab Tarab
06:26It's one of my favourite songs
06:28How did you get Rehna Hai Tere Din Mein
06:30Rehna Hai Tere Din Mein
06:31Yeah actually
06:32I had gone down south again
06:33To do a song for
06:34Haris Jain
06:35Long back
06:36With a lovely song
06:37He's a very
06:38Very young guy
06:39And very
06:40Hip to music
06:42In a new way
06:43Kind of sounds
06:44And all that
06:45So he
06:46Called me to do
06:47A Tamil song
06:48And after that
06:49Kind of
06:50We kind of
06:51Hit it off
06:52So he had come here
06:53To do this song
06:55For
06:56Harshu Ji
06:58Toh main malom nahi tha
06:59Main
07:0040 Mein hum gaye the
07:01Yaar pe studio hai
07:02Bombay na
07:03Woh aa gaye aur
07:04Gaana wahi par record ke hai
07:05Samir Ji bhi the
07:06And
07:08I just loved the song
07:09Such an intricate
07:11I don't know
07:12The melody is
07:13So beautiful
07:14First time I heard it
07:15And
07:16And the whole
07:17You know
07:18The Antara hai
07:19It goes below
07:20It's like
07:21It goes much lower
07:22Than the Mukhda
07:23Thoda different treatment
07:24Of instrumentation
07:25Toh bahot acha laga hai
07:26Haan pe
07:27This was done
07:28This year
07:29Yeah
07:31Goes something like this
07:33Sach keh raha
07:34Sach keh raha hai
07:35Deewana
07:36Dil
07:37Dil na
07:38Kisi se
07:39Lagaana
07:41Jhoota hai
07:42Yaar ke
07:43Waade
07:44Sare
07:45Jhoota hai
07:46Pyaar
07:47Ki
07:48Qasme
07:49Maine har
07:50Lamha
07:51Jise
07:52Chaha
07:53Jise
07:54Pooja
07:55Usin
07:56Yaaro
07:57Mera
07:58Dil
07:59Thoda
08:00Thoda
08:01Tanha
08:02Tanha
08:04Sach keh raha
08:05Hai
08:06Deewana
08:07Dil
08:08Dil na
08:09Kisi se
08:10Lagaana
08:12Aur music videos ki shurwaat
08:14Haan
08:15Yeh
08:17Ninety nine main
08:19Actually I signed
08:20My contract with Sony Music
08:22In
08:23Ninety
08:24Seven
08:25And you know
08:26And they were looking out
08:27For an Indian
08:28Debut artist
08:29Sorry
08:30A debut artist in India
08:32Main bol raha hoon ki
08:33Mere ko kaafi kuch
08:34Luck se mila
08:35You know
08:36I've
08:37I've worked my own way
08:38But like people say na
08:39Tumne bahut struggle kiya hai
08:40Ya ki kiya
08:41To struggle to
08:42Har kisi
08:43Ko karna hi badta hai
08:44Apni taraf se na
08:45Everybody is struggling only
08:46I'm still struggling
08:47I mean I'm still struggling
08:48To do good song
08:49Or whatever you know
08:50And I'll do my second album
08:51Still struggling to do
08:52My second album
08:53So that never ends yaar
08:54You know
08:55It's just the way
08:56You think about life
08:57It's not as
08:58You can't say
08:59That it's a desperate
09:01It's not that
09:02It's just that
09:03How you do everything
09:04You know
09:05Everyday
09:06Daily you're doing something
09:07In a routine
09:08Or not in a routine
09:09So at that time
09:10When Sony Music
09:11Was looking for a
09:12Debut artist in India
09:13Leslie put me on to them
09:14So again Leslie was
09:15Instrumental in me
09:16Meeting them
09:17I never went to
09:18Sony Music
09:19Or Sony Music
09:20Didn't call up
09:21Aayi tum gaate ho to
09:22Milne aana ho zara
09:23Aisa kuch nahi tha
09:24Leslie put me on to him
09:25And I went
09:26I mean to
09:27Sony Music office
09:28And we chatted
09:29And then again
09:30We met again
09:31And we chatted
09:32And chatted
09:33Got to know
09:34Each other better
09:35You know
09:36It's like very
09:37Important to know
09:38And understand
09:39A person's point of view
09:40And a company's
09:41Point of view
09:42Both angles
09:43For me to understand
09:44Them and them
09:45To understand me
09:46Because tabhi
09:47Conviction hoti hai
09:48Aur conviction nahi ho
09:49Toh kuch
09:50Hoi nahi sakta
09:51Toh bahot aise
09:52Baachit
09:53Waartalaap
09:54Hone ke baad
09:55Ek din unhone ka
09:56Ki I think
09:57This guy fits
09:58I think he should
09:59Be an Indian
10:00Debut artist
10:01And that was a
10:02Big thing for me
10:03Because Sony Music
10:04Coming to India
10:05And signing me up
10:06As a debut artist
10:07Was a very
10:08Uplifting thing
10:09You know
10:10Morale boosting
10:11At that time
10:12Toh wo hua
10:13Aur gaane phir
10:14Par wo phir
10:15Waha par
10:16Rukh gaya
10:17Matab
10:18Ek saal
10:19Tak kuch nahi hota
10:2099 nahi baaki
10:21Release ho album
10:22Toh har kisi ka
10:23Ek waqt hota hai
10:24You know
10:25Yaha par jo hota hai
10:26Wahi hota hai
10:27Ki singer kaise bane
10:28Tumne aise kaise kar liya
10:29Jaldi ho gaya tumhara
10:30Jaldi toh kuch nahi hota hai
10:31Main toh 2 saal laga tha
10:32Album ke liya
10:33Toh it's
10:34It's never that
10:35How you think life
10:36Or how you want it to go
10:37It's never
10:38It's never like that
10:39It never is like that
10:40It's always like
10:41How it's destined
10:42You know
10:43I believe in destiny
10:44So strongly that
10:45You can't really
10:46Do anything
10:47Outside
10:48Toh 99 mein
10:49Mera album release hua
10:50Toh main bahot khush hua
10:51Matab
10:52Karne ke baad
10:53Main chhod diya tha
10:54Main raha ka
10:55Ki ab jab huayga
10:56Toh dikh nahi hai
10:57Puchte the
10:58Mere dost
10:59Kya hua album tumhara
11:00Toh rap tabho huni wala tha
11:01Main ho raha hai
11:02You gotta keep
11:03That positive element
11:04Inside
11:05So first song we did
11:06Was Pyaar Ke Pal
11:07Shot in Ooty
11:08Second one was
11:09Aapki Dua
11:10Shot in Kasauli
11:11All the hills
11:12Station
11:13Bharat Darshan
11:14Karne the
11:15From the south
11:16To the north
11:17But I love
11:18The hills ya
11:19Aur teesra toh
11:20Toh Yaro Dosti
11:21Woh Nagesh
11:22Kukuno ne kiya tha
11:23Direct
11:24Kyunki woh
11:25Aadhi took it
11:26For his film
11:27Rockford
11:28Toh we did it
11:29Internally
11:30Woh gaana jo tha
11:31Pehla
11:32Pyaar Ke Pal
11:33Shot in Kasauli
11:34All the hills
11:35Station
11:36Bharat Darshan
11:37Karne the
11:38From the south
11:39To the north
11:40But I love
11:41The hills ya
11:42Aur teesra toh
11:43Toh Yaro Dosti
11:44Woh Nagesh
11:45Kukuno ne kiya tha
11:46Direct
11:47Kyunki woh
11:48Aadhi took it
11:49For his film
11:50Rockford
11:51Toh we did it
11:52Internally
11:53Woh gaana jo tha
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