Mumbai: In an exclusive interview with the creators and artists behind ‘Ek Aur Baar Kishore Kumar’, where they shared the inspiration behind reimagining the legendary singer’s classics. Music Composer Shamir Tandon, and artists like Alisha Chinai, Shalmali and Mame Khan discussed blending Kishore Da’s original voice with contemporary singers, creating a unique musical experience. Also, they reflected on his timeless influence, personal memories, and the emotional connection his voice continues to evoke. In the last, they shared that this tribute aims to introduce Kishore Kumar to a new generation while celebrating his unmatched legacy in Indian music.
00:31Basically, I look at it as going back in time, transcending back in time and actually back to the future.
00:40Kishorda was timeless and beyond icon.
00:45And today, Shamir Ji has all his songs, well about chosen 9 or 11,
00:52the songs have re-vived, re-create, with a new thought.
00:58And we've also sung, well, like we would sing it in our style.
01:07Sir, what do you say?
01:09Look, today's new song,
01:14those who haven't heard of Kishorda's voice in the real form,
01:19this is a passion for them to reach their songs,
01:23that they will be re-vived,
01:26that the sound of their ears,
01:30the palette, the sound they want to hear,
01:34that they will be packaged,
01:36and they will be able to reach Kishorda Kumar.
01:39And this is such a thing,
01:41which has never happened to us,
01:43that they are keeping their voices,
01:45the singers of today's today,
01:47do-it-guying.
01:49So, this was our whole present,
01:52which was our music label,
01:54Universal Music India,
01:56and the leader of India,
01:58Deverat Sanial Sahib, Sanujit Bujbal,
02:01Gaurav Chaturvedi, Ferzad.
02:03This was a collective vision,
02:05that Kishorda will be populated again in today's generation.
02:09Yes.
02:11Sharmali, what are your reasons for this show?
02:13Sharmali's phone came to me,
02:15and he told me,
02:17that they are making an album,
02:20with the sound of Kishorda,
02:22and what do you have to sing with Kishorda?
02:24What do you say?
02:26Yes.
02:27Yes.
02:28Yes.
02:29That means,
02:31if you are getting an opportunity,
02:32as big as this,
02:34then,
02:36it becomes a big thing for the listeners,
02:39and,
02:41what's happening behind the mic,
02:44it becomes a big thing for the listeners.
02:46So,
02:48this whole series,
02:50a very beautiful,
02:52not only the fact,
02:54that Kishorda has a chance to sing with Kishorda,
02:56but,
02:58a chance to become an album,
03:00where Alicia Ma'am,
03:02Shan Sir,
03:04Maame Khan,
03:06Neeti,
03:08Nikita,
03:10there are so many artists,
03:12and how will Kishorda all the voices
03:15with Kishorda?
03:16This is the opportunity to hear today,
03:19from another time,
03:21with Kishorda.
03:23So,
03:24I find myself very lucky.
03:26Mohamed sir,
03:27what are your reasons?
03:29Yes,
03:31Samir sir,
03:32I called you to sing with Kishorda,
03:35and,
03:37in that sense,
03:39I sang with Kishorda,
03:41and then,
03:42he told me,
03:43this album,
03:44a historical album,
03:45a classic album,
03:46which,
03:47with Kishorda,
03:49has given us,
03:50a song,
03:52and,
03:54I'm very lucky,
03:56actually,
03:57I'm a folk singer,
03:58actually,
03:59I'm not a playback,
04:00as a folk singer,
04:01as a folk singer,
04:02as a folk singer,
04:03is a great thing,
04:04and,
04:05I'm a great thing,
04:06and,
04:07I'm a great thing,
04:08and,
04:09it's a very amazing experience.
04:10You should know,
04:11that Kishorda is a timeless legend,
04:13so,
04:14what does music,
04:15personally,
04:16mean to you?
04:18Well,
04:19it's very good to say,
04:20music is my life.
04:23And that,
04:24yes, it is.
04:25I mean,
04:26it's not really my life,
04:27but,
04:28I would be lying if I said that,
04:29but,
04:30yeah.
04:31Samir ji,
04:32music is definitely not my life,
04:34either.
04:35But,
04:36Kishor Kumar is definitely my life.
04:37Yes.
04:38And,
04:39because,
04:40what is it,
04:41that,
04:42unknowingly,
04:43we've listened to them.
04:44It's not that,
04:45you were playing a cassette,
04:46and you were listening to them.
04:48If we were not playing,
04:49then,
04:50our parents were playing,
04:51and,
04:52if we were playing a black and yellow taxi,
04:54and,
04:55if we were riding a bike,
04:56then,
04:57the bike would play the same song.
04:58In the saloon.
04:59In the saloon.
05:00In the saloon.
05:01In the saloon.
05:02In the saloon,
05:03the dancers were playing,
05:04and,
05:05and,
05:06the dancers were playing,
05:07and,
05:08they were playing,
05:09so,
05:10you know,
05:11subliminally,
05:12knowingly,
05:13and unknowingly,
05:14they were listening to them,
05:15and,
05:16and,
05:17we didn't know another singer was like this.
05:19Kishorda was omnipresent actually.
05:21Yeah.
05:22Shilmali,
05:23I am sorry.
05:25I realized something while you spoke.
05:27I didn't listen to Kishorda's songs,
05:29and I realized later in my life that they were singing like him
05:36because the aspiration was that they were singing like him
05:42and in that sense, everyone wanted to sing.
05:48And I think that's the kind of impact that he has had on so many lives,
05:53musicians and non-musicians.
05:56And one more time, Kishore Kumar, which is our movement,
06:01we have the same hope that people will be inspired by them,
06:06but not imitate and emulate and copy.
06:09So, we are saying that they always listen to their songs,
06:12but in the other words.
06:14So, we didn't want to do that.
06:16And I think that's why in our mission somewhere we've succeeded,
06:20that the other singers are inspired by them,
06:25and learn from their individuality,
06:28which they wanted themselves.
06:30Because I've also listened to their interviews,
06:31and listened to their durdarshan,
06:33where they've said that,
06:35that my son Amit Kumar also says,
06:38you do your own thing,
06:40you do your own thing,
06:41you do your own thing,
06:42you do your own thing,
06:43but you do your own identity,
06:45otherwise there is no place for anyone.
06:47You are a folk singer,
06:49and you are a folk singer,
06:53so, how many of your singers have you had?
06:59To be honest,
07:00I didn't have a song in my childhood,
07:04but one thing is that we were told,
07:06that you will be a folk singer.
07:08Everyone says that you will be a folk singer.
07:10So, when I was like,
07:13I had introduced my father to Christophe,
07:15I didn't know that I was going to go to the radio.
07:18When they come to the radio, they go to Kishore.
07:21So this journey started from there.
07:24And I didn't know that I was going to be with them.
07:28I think a person has become a legend from popularity
07:35when it becomes generic.
07:37They said that when someone was singing in the bathroom,
07:40people would say,
07:42you know, it's become like that.
07:47If you had to pick one Kishore Kumar song that defies his magic,
07:52which one would it be and why?
07:54No sir, this is your question.
07:56There is no question.
07:58Because every song has a magic.
08:00They have probably 3-3,500 songs.
08:03And I have listened to them all.
08:06And in every song, you will feel something.
08:09And every song will feel different.
08:12So every song is a magic.
08:14Alisha ji, what do you say?
08:17Personally, I've been singing with them.
08:20I don't cut them in Mr. India's movie.
08:24And I would say, yes, that song for me was magic.
08:31Okay.
08:32Absolutely.
08:33Sharmali, do you want to know that
08:36if you have a song with Kishore Kumar,
08:38that you think it was magic,
08:40do you want to listen to them now?
08:44They said, same pinch.
08:46I would say that.
08:47But…
08:48Chalte chalte.
08:49Yeah.
08:50Alisha ma'am, chalte chalte.
08:52Yeah.
08:53I think Ek Chatur Nav is him.
08:55Oh, that is funny.
08:56Mind blowing.
08:57I think it's not a play back song.
08:59It's only actors singing.
09:00Yeah.
09:01Yeah.
09:02You know, and that is hard.
09:03That is the epitome of playback singing,
09:06like at its best.
09:08So for me, it would be that.
09:10It's like a live performance.
09:12That song doesn't look like it's a play back.
09:14It's absolutely right.
09:15It's not a play back.
09:17It's like a live performance
09:19that you're on stage.
09:20You know, it's like…
09:21Maameer Ji, you're singing Sagar Kinaare.
09:23So, if you were in Sagar Kinaare,
09:25what kind of activities were you
09:29or what kind of activities you think
09:31that Kishore Kumar can do
09:32and no one can do it?
09:33Look, they can do their activities.
09:35We can't do it.
09:36First of all, this is the question.
09:37Yes.
09:38They told me that I'm a fox singer
09:40where there's no limit.
09:42You go in your opinion
09:43and you go in your opinion.
09:44Kishore Daar has just said,
09:45that you're the best of my singing
09:47but you go in your opinion.
09:48You show your identity.
09:49So,
09:49I've been taught just in my opinion.
09:51Okay.
09:52What is it about Kishore Daar's voice
09:57that makes it relevant even decades later?
09:58Icy sys transformation department
10:00What is it about Kishore Daar's voice
10:01that makes it relevant even decades later?
10:02Icy what you think is the situation
10:03is like to your voice
10:06that you must pa upstream
10:08and such that these people
10:10do know that people
10:12and like can you pronounce it?
10:16Why should they listen to every person
10:18You have been a pop icon, so how do you see Kishore Kumar's versatility and influencing even modern pop music?
10:40Influencing modern pop music?
10:43He was very multi-talented, and I am sure that if he was given something in the pop genre, he could sing.
10:54I mean, all the Bollywood songs, basically they are popular songs, and they are singing.
11:02So a pop song is not very different, except there are beats more.
11:07Kishore Kumar would have killed it.
11:10What is your take on the current music reality shows?
11:13What is your take on the current music reality shows?
11:17Because a lot of people say that the reality shows are like AI techniques,
11:24people don't have a good song, but they also have a good song.
11:27So what do you say about it?
11:29I don't want to say anything.
11:30I feel bad about it.
11:32We will talk about it.
11:33We will talk about it.
11:34We will talk about it.
11:35We will talk about it.
11:37Okay, if Kishore Kumar is alive today, how do you think he would react to the evolving music scenes?
11:43I think he was a very positive man.
11:46Because in 1987-1987-13 October, when he was singing, when he was singing,
11:53the 12th October, when he was singing, he was never complaining.
12:01I mean, right from Nayyar Sahib, S.D. Barman, Hemant Kumar, Panchamda, Lakshmin Parallel,
12:08Rajesh Roshan, Kalain Ji Ani Ji, Selik Anu Malik,
12:14he was changing landscape.
12:17All composers were distinctly different.
12:20He never complained that this is not the right music.
12:23He adapted himself.
12:25So, like Mr. Rajdeep Sardesai,
12:31he said, if they are today, they can make reels in 30 seconds.
12:35They can sing pop, rock band.
12:39He was never complaining.
12:41And the person is the one who is changing and reinventing your time.
12:47With the time.
12:48What message would you like to give to your fans who will be watching this show?
12:51One more time, Kishore Kumar.
12:53She has fans.
12:55Sorry.
12:56What message would you like to give to your fans who are watching this show?
13:00One more time, Kishore Kumar.
13:02One more time, Kishore Kumar.
13:05You have to listen to it.
13:06It's a must.
13:07It's a must.
13:08And there are so many songs,
13:11and there are two songs,
13:13one with Shan,
13:16one with Papon.
13:17So, I would say,
13:19I would like to make this song.
13:22So, I am flicking out.
13:27I am flicking out.
13:28We are done.
13:29This is a very few times,
13:31when you listen to your current artist,
13:34and a legendary artist,
13:37listen to the recording together.
13:40And that's why you are listening to 11 songs.
13:43So, there is nothing more special.
13:46That will come for a while now, I think.
13:50So, you must listen and enjoy the music.
13:56Music is to be enjoyed.
13:58And I do hope that people enjoy this album.
14:00What do you say?
14:42Thanks.
14:43Thank you very much.
14:44Yes, I am
14:44Siunga and Nandi sisters.
14:45I am talking about the number of my awards.
14:47So, across generations,
14:48we have seen more than artists.
14:50And each one has got some wonderful stories to tell
14:53and wonderful way to contribute to sing along with Kishorda.
14:57Do you know what you will say.
14:59What message does your fans want?
15:00One more time, Kishokumar.
15:02This is for our generation for today's generation.
15:07It is a very big gift, actually.
15:09In which we have so much of our people who are very good in their own lives, in their own lives, in their own lives, in their own lives, in their own lives, in their own lives,
15:19and those who are living with Kishwarda.
15:21So this communication is very good.
15:23And we need to listen and listen to today's generation.
15:28We don't need to be able to do that in our hands.
15:31Alisha, lastly, a question.
15:33How about Made in India?
15:36How do you see the music evolving?
15:40And what do you think?
15:42Will there be other changes?
15:44What should be good in the history of Made in India?
15:48Well, this is my third inning.
15:51Made in India, of course, created a history, an anthem.
15:55After that, Kajraray.
15:57I think hopefully God will give me a third one.
16:00A miracle.
16:02And this song is also beautiful.
16:05Shamir ji, I'm very grateful that he gave me this song to sing.
16:09For now's generation, I would say that there's lots of talented artists.
16:16And they're all there.
16:17But as Shamir ji had mentioned earlier, that there are too many.
16:21So they each need to kind of fight, you know, for their share of attention,
16:27and just hang in there to make it really big.
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