Renowned singer Shreya Ghoshal recently shared her thoughts on fellow singer Arijit Singh’s decision to take a break from playback singing. She called his move courageous and said that she has also thought about taking a break.
In a recent interview with ABP News, she was asked about her reaction to Arijit Singh’s retirement from playback singing and whether she thinks it is necessary to take a break in the way he did. Read on to know what she said.
Shreya Ghoshal comments on Arijit Singh’s playback singing retirement
Commenting on Arijit Singh’s break from playback singing, the Ve Kamleya singer said, “Mujhe toh kabhi-kabhi bahut mann hota hai aisa karne ka. Usne toh bahut bravery se ye decision liya, toh mujhe lagta hai, hats off to him. Wo dil se musician hai, wo rag-rag se musician hai. Wo ye nahi sochta ki main ye music kis liye kar raha hoon; jahan usko khushi milti hai, wahi karta hai. He does it without any pretense, and that’s why people love him. Uske liye music bada hai. Usse farak nahi padta ki wo gaa raha hai ya nahi. He loves the artists around him (I also feel like taking a break sometimes. He made this decision with a lot of bravery, so I feel like hats off to him. He is a musician through and through, he doesn’t think about why he’s doing music; he just does what makes him happy. He does it without any pretense, and that’s why people love him. For him, music is bigger than anything else, it doesn’t matter whether he is singing or not. He also loves the artists around him.)”
Shreya Ghoshal prefers live singing over lip-sync
In the same interview, Shreya Ghoshal mentioned that she said that performing live is at the core of who she is as an artist, and she stressed that she would never want to rely on lip-syncing on stage. She was asked it has been observed that many famous singers often lip-sync during stage performances because live singing requires a lot of energy. But you never do this, you always perform live.
To this, Shreya replied, “Kuch artists hote hain jo lip-sync karte hain, kyunki wo sach mein stage par gaane ke liye nahi bane, unka style alag hai. Lekin mujhe uss cheez se bahut takleef hoti hai. I will stop singing the day I have to do that. (Some artists lip-sync because they aren’t really made for singing on stage; their style is different. But it really bothers me, so I will stop singing the day I have to do that.)
For the unversed, Shreya Ghoshal has sung Shreya Ghoshal has won five National Film Awards for Best Female Playback Singer. She is best known for songs like Bairi Piya, Yeh Ishq Haaye, Dola Re Dola, Barso Re, Teri Ore, and Ghar More Pardesiya.
