MY GOAL IN LIFE
is to sing with unalloyed devotion for
the Lord so that once, at least once,
He will glance at me and
smile.
I was born in Durban, South Africa and started singing at the age of seven on the occasion of Krishna Ja [+]MY GOAL IN LIFE
is to sing with unalloyed devotion for
the Lord so that once, at least once,
He will glance at me and
smile.
I was born in Durban, South Africa and started singing at the age of seven on the occasion of Krishna Janmasthami at the Sri Luxmi Narain Temple, Mobeni. Thereafter I won many singing competitions at the Hindi Eistedfod conducted by the Hindi Shiksha Sangh. It was only with the encouragement of Shri Kishore Kumarji [famous playback singer from India who is now late] who toured South Africa in 1976 and invited me to sing in his show that I entered into rendering film songs. This led me to share the stage with another prominent playback singer Shri Mahendra Kapoor. I was not satisfied however with the kind of training available in South Africa for upcoming singers and therefore I yearned to come to India to train in classical music. I wanted to explore these areas and improve on my singing techniques. I left South Africa in 1987 after completing my BSc. Degree from University of South Africa.
It was always my desire to learn North Indian classical music and an Indian instrument. I enrolled at the Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan College in Mumbai for the training in Hindustani vocal and sitar. During this time I also took advantage of the opportunities I received to participate in live shows happening in and around Mumbai. It was here that the artiste's manager of Venus Records spotted me and signed me up as a resident singer for their company for three years. This helped me tremendously in gaining experience as a recording artiste. I also had the opportunity during this time to record and perform with singers like Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Sudesh Bhosle, Mohammed Aziz, Abhijeet, Anupamma Deshpande and Usha Mangeshkar.
Music is such a vast sphere and especially in India, with its various languages and diverse cultures, there is no end to the different types of music traditions that one can pick up. I first wanted to render songs of the type that I have not been doing in South Africa. Besides a proper grounding and training in classical music prepares a singer for any type of song. So it was my desire to first master to the best of my ability this field of classical and folk music. But, although I had the opportunity to
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