Srinivas goes live

When singers want to cut albums, the last genre they think of is ghazals, especially if they are mainstream singers. So Tamil playback singer Srinivas' recent launch, Timeless Classics, came as a bit of a surprise.
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But he was clear that he wanted to record this album because he's had ghazals in his system since 25 years. Srinivas, who has sung for films like Dil Chahta Hai and Yuvraj, talks to CS:

Ghazal glory
I think ghazals make you feel complete as a singer. I took more than a year to complete this album. When it was ready, I asked A R Rahman to hear it. He gave me some valuable inputs and the best compliment of my life saying that the vocals were awesome.

Bollywood calling
One of the reasons why South Indian singers don't gravitate towards Bollywood is because Hindi isn't our strength.

Where I am concerned, Gulzaarji and (Javed) Akhtarji are fine with my diction, so I have sung a couple of songs here. And, one of the reasons why my diction is fairly good is because I have grown up listening to Kishore Kumar.

Change over
I love listening to music of all kindsu00a0-- R D Burman, A R Rahman, Kishore Kumar, Mehdi Hassan, Carpenters, the Beatles, to name a few. The music scene has changed over the years.

In the 70s, R D Burman was a rage and then the 80s saw Ilayaraja holding the music industry in awe. With 90s came A R Rahman. He's been an inspiration for the longest time ever.