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Mumbai, Maharashtra: In an exclusive interview with IANS, singer-producer Akshay Hariharan and actor Karan Hariharan opened up about collaborating with their father, legendary singer Hariharan for their new music album 'Jaan Meri'. Speaking on the occasion of the album’s launch, both sons praised their father, highlighting how he has continuously evolved with his art. They emphasized the importance of consistent practice and dedication. The duo also shared their thoughts on nepotism, asserting that there are no limitations in the world of art.


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00:00So welcome to AIS. First thing first I want to know that how was your experience working with dad and
00:06was it just a special conversation with a couple?
00:10So was it intimidating? You know, it was just very normal like a father son.
00:20I think we're blessed that we've worked with dad since we were kids.
00:23So we did shows. When I was five years old, I was a little bit surprised to be featured with
00:30dad's music video.
00:30So for us, it's part of the family culture and the family thing to work together to create art.
00:41It's nervous that we have to keep up to dad's...
00:45It's second nature for us. It's not something you think of. It's in instinct.
00:49And we've always had this relationship where we can talk openly about art and talk openly about what we want
00:55to make.
00:56So in fact, dad is featuring in my album, which I will release in the next two months.
01:03It's an electronic album, which is techno with Indian classical.
01:07So he's very open about everything. So it makes it easier for us to work with him, you know?
01:11Yeah, yeah.
01:12Yeah, yeah.
01:12So you have in both your studio stats in the year, you were raised among the years and many years,
01:19and you were raised among the years, for real cousin Peter and I and I and I, and that will
01:22now you realize that
01:25I must say that but it has changed about the music industry especially in India.
01:29So how do you, you know, the perceived and had changed?
01:34I mean, I think art evolves. If you go to the West, art has evolved. If you go to the
01:41East, art has evolved.
01:43So the beauty of art is that it will change, it will evolve. But the wonderful thing is I feel
01:49Papa has evolved with the art.
01:52Today it's about short-term consumption. It's more about what we do. We keep scrolling Instagram or YouTube Shorts.
02:02Today, the way people consume content has changed, right? But I feel his music, his compositions, the way we design
02:12the tracks, we are acclimatizing to it, but not losing the soul of real music.
02:17Today I want to make a song for six minutes. I'm going to make it. Just because of short-term
02:22consumption, I'm not going to make it two minutes. So that's what I'm saying.
02:32He's an institution? Yeah. He's an institution.
02:35But what is Riyaz, never stop practicing. Never stop practicing. It's simple as that.
02:44I train for two hours a day. Papa trains in the morning. I do singing practice, I do acting training,
02:52I do film training, I do fighting training.
02:54But you have to do what you have to do. Riyaz, what you have to do, Riyaz, which is a
02:57practice. If you do repetition, you will get better at something.
03:01I am programming for seven, eight hours a day in the studio. It's about repetition. It's about giving yourself time.
03:07So Riyaz, Riyaz, Riyaz, that's why he doesn't have to be released.
03:09Can you tell me what happens in the film industry when he also acts after him?
03:14You must have on his nepotato words.
03:15Yes, of course.
03:22Honestly you can be anybody's son but if your song is not good, it's not good.
03:26Also I feel that if you don't sing it, then you won't sing it in your song.
03:33It's universal.
03:37And good music, people understand what good music is and people feel good music.
03:43So I don't think that there's any nepotism line.
03:47I think even in acting, when a good actor comes from a house, a good actor is a good actor.
03:54And that's always going to be the case.
03:56And that's how I feel too about myself as an actor.
03:58I will focus on acting.
04:00It helps where I come from because they taught me what it feels like in this field.
04:08We know what it takes.
04:09So we're happy to give that, you know, pay that price.
04:11And talking about this album, it's universal, the few that you've mentioned, the music
04:17which has been shaped, your music, your music, your music, your music, your music, your music
04:20and your music.
04:22If I ask you in few words or if I ask you real quick, what's the unique quality of this
04:31album
04:31what would you like to say?
04:32It's an album that doesn't stop at touching your soul.
04:38It continues to go forward and makes you reflect on the little things of life.
04:45And I think that we sometimes get caught up in the big things.
04:48And we're so in a rush for all the major milestones that we forget to just spend time thinking
04:55about that one moment that we used to cherish.
04:58So I hope that, you know, when you're listening to these songs that it comes back to that moment
05:02that you've lost those moments and you spend time reflecting.
05:05It will grow on you.
05:06The album will grow on you in terms of the more you listen to it, the more you'll discover
05:10in the songs.
05:12And I think because it's so enriched with quality from Hariji, from the amazing musicians we've
05:20had, the mixing, mastering, the whole process, the video, it adds to the experience of the
05:26song, the album and the whole vibe of what Hariji composes, sings.
05:33So you'll really feel it in this album.
05:39Yeah, that's what I feel.
05:56But most of the reels that do well are emotional based.
06:00Yeah.
06:01Yeah.
06:01A lot of the reels that do well are emotional based.
06:03But I'm happy you're saying it's emotional.
06:05Yeah.
06:05No, but, yeah.
06:07But I take what you're saying as a wonderful compliment.
06:10But I feel that if an artist, an influencer, an artist will make something with a song, he'll
06:18make it.
06:18Yeah.
06:19And you can't, you know, there's no, even there, there is no limitation in art.
06:23So even in your reel, as long as you can transfer the emotion which you want to show in one
06:28minute, if the song has it, if your visual has it, it's fine.
06:36Yeah.
06:38Yeah.
06:38Yeah.
06:38Mm-hmm .
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