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Chat Baba Sehgal on the image trap
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Welcome to my world Baba Sehgal in New Delhi
Your image can make you do funny things. Ask Baba Sehgal, the king of rap. Every time he poses in front of the camera, the lensmen want to make him look a cool dude. “They ask me to kick in the air, make gestures with the hands and the like. It
’s repetitive but what can I do. Today music has become a package. I have to keep my head shaven so that the image continues for only what is seen, sells,” says Baba, now trying different things on the reality show Dhoom Macha De. “In the last few episodes I have sung a song from Taare Zameen Par and a Jagjit Singh number. The problem is here everybody thinks if you are singing rap, you are just an entertainer and not a singer. As if the job of the singer is something different. Kishore Kumar used to entertain the audience with Ooh and Aahs in live concerts. I am proud to be a rap artist but given an opportunity I can try different genres as well. And the show is proving to be a good platform.”
Still best known for his first song “Thanda Thanda Pani” despite 22 albums to his credit, Baba says rap genre started as a protest against colour discrimination in America. “It has been a genre of protest for years. You have to be very particular about the words you are using. It’s only recently that the humour and romantic element has come in.” He gives the example for his latest song ‘Welcome To Mumbai’, where he talks about the affluence of the city as well as the bomb blasts in a light hearted manner. “The song has been nominated for MTV Hong Kong Awards.” An electric engineer by education, Baba wants to start an institute to teach rap music. “Amar Singh had once promised me support, but nothing concrete happened.”
For now, he is busy with his new found fame in Telugu film industry. “My song for Pawan Kalyan, has recently become a rage. They are coming to record my songs in Mumbai.”
ANUJ KUMAR
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