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Chat Singer Richa Sharma on her makeover and motto
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High note Singer Richa Sharma
In the ongoing trend of playback singers leaving no opportunity to be seen, Richa Sharma is one of those whose makeover is remarkable. The Faridabad girl, who started her career singing Mata ke bhajan in Delhi and NCR with a guy ca
lled Sonu Nigam, is catching eyeballs with her performance in NDTV Imagine’s Dhoom Macha De. She has an analogy for answer. “The food remains the same. Earlier it was served in pattal. Today it is silver thali.”
She explains, “Singing requires a bit of acting. And when you are performing, the audience get to see this side of a playback singer. For instance, when I had to sing ‘Billo Rani’ for the show, it was imperative the costume should match the song. It also requires some dance movements to keep the live audience engrossed.”
Richa says she is picking these engaging skills from the so-called entertainers on the show, Baba Sehgal and Kamal Khan.
Over the years Richa has shown a wide range from “Mahi Ve” to the recent thumri “Daras Bina Nahin Chain” in Saawariya. “Usually, what happens is, the industry remembers you with your last hit. So if ‘Billo Rani’ or ‘Show Me Your Jalwa’ is the latest craze, music composers will offer me similar numbers. Shows like Dhoom…help me in reminding the industry of my repertoire. Thankfully, this is happening. I am working with four different music composers – A.R. Rahman, Pritam, Adnan Sami and Monty Sharma – and singing in different genres.”
Gong back in time, this daughter of late Pandit Shankar Upadhyay remembers how sitting in aisles of the pandal,
Rooted to values
Sonu and she used to discuss their future. “The good thing is we both remained rooted to our values. My father spotted the singer in me when I was just three months old with the way I used to respond to his riyaaz. As I grew older, he used to tell me ‘Kam aisa kar chalo, tum hanso jag roye’. That remains my motto.”
ANUJ KUMAR
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