She's Young and successful
LEKHA J SHANKAR
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Thai singer Tata Young tasted triumph with her first two albums. Her Indian experience sustained the rhythm with "Dhoom Dhoom."
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WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT: Tata Young's "Dhoom Dhoom" song, ,from "Dhoom," is one of the hottest selling numbers in her "I Believe" album.
The most talked-about music event, coming up in Bangkok (July 16-17), is the `I Believe' concert by Thailand's most successful singer, Tata Young. It's her first concert after a gap of eight years, which sold out within hours. It made the organisers, Sony-BMG, stage a second concert. The two concerts are expected to bring fans from neighbouring countries like Singapore, Malaysia, Japan and even India.
After all Tata Young's "Dhoom Dhoom" song, in the Abhishek Bachchan starrer, "Dhoom," is one of the hottest selling numbers in her foot-tapping "I Believe" album, which has broken records all over Asia. The singer visited several Asian countries to promote this album, including India. The trip to India was particularly significant, said the singer, in the course of an exclusive interview in Bangkok, because her parents had lived there for three years, and had named her after the country's best-known business group. Cool, casual and confident, Tata answered all questions candidly. Excerpts:
How do you explain the phenomenal success of your first two albums?
It's probably because I knew exactly how to sing, without striking a wrong note. I also knew how to dance ... Thanks to the success of the albums ... my father gave up his business and became my manager. Today, thanks to my link with Sony-BMG, I also have an International Manager Doug Banker.
Do you enjoy Bollywood films?
I've always loved Bollywood films. "Devadas" is a favourite, though I myself wouldn't be able to run around trees and sing etc. If I did a Bollywood film it would be something different. May be I could have done a role in an action-oriented film like "Dhoom."
How did the song for the film "Dhoom" come about?
Well, during one of my interviews, I was asked if I would like to do the soundtrack for a Bollywood film, and I said `Why not?' [Then]... I was approached by Yashraj Films. They said they liked my album, and would I like to sing for one of the soundtracks of their film "Dhoom"?
How was the experience ?
I had no idea what it would be like to work in a Bollywood film, and it was only when I worked with Yashraj Films that I realised how serious they were, how good! It was great working with stars like Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham etc. They made a Hindi and English version of the song "Dhoom Dhoom" I sang the latter version, which I thought would not do as well as the former, but the opposite happened.
What are your future plans?
Well, right now I'm thinking only of my Bangkok concert. But ultimately, I want to create the largest fan base in Asia, so that I can push myself to Europe, and then, to the US.
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